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FOUNDED 1889

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 February 2005
No. 872 -75th Year

www.delaunecc.org

THE PRESIDENTS REPORTS

February already. How time flies. We have just taken down the Christmas tree and now start to look forward to Easter!

At the last committee meeting we had four new applications for membership so lets hope this will be a good year for our club. You lose some and gain some but unfortunately we lost one. A member for many years, Bryan Tidbury. Bryan died of a heart attack when on holiday last month. I think Stax will be saying a few words in this edition. Maureen, our condolences to you and your family from all our members.

As requested by Maureen, a cheque was sent on behalf of the De Laune made payable to the Leo House Childrens Hospice.

As you get older you lose more and more of your mates, which I suppose is natural. Talking to George Wood at the funeral, he told me he had two more funerals to go to that afternoon.

Thursday the 20th of January we had our special general meeting at the Herne Hill clubroom. You all have had the agenda. The meeting was to tie up all the lose ends with regards to the money received from the sale of the clubroom.

A big thank you must go to Peter Harris for all the hard work he has done dealing with estate agents, solicitors and financial advisers etc. I would also like to thank Don White, (who was involved in the first trust which was set up for the Memorial Club room many years ago) for valuable information for the new one. Thanks guys.

Now for a moan! We only had about 16 members who turned up out of over 120 members for the S.A.G.M, with only one letter of apology. Come on guys, this is your club and we are not talking about small amounts of cash to be invested. The members who did turn up were old members, (one came from as far as Colchester and one from Eastbourne) with exception to Nigel Scales and Nick Butler who are relatively new but show a genuine interest in our club.

We have the A.G.M coming up in June with a lot of decisions to be made so please, please, make the effort. It is your club.

Now is the time that you should be getting the basic miles in for the coming racing season. Long slow distance is the name of the game with short fast sessions to speed you up at a later date. I know that Brian Dacey will go all the way to Newport in South Wales in one day to train on the indoor track.

How keen can you get! Remember you must go faster in training than you race, but for shorter periods. If you racers want any help or guidance we have a wealth of experience in the club. Just ask.

Hope to have more news for you next month.

Kav

NEXT O.M.A. GET TOGETHER WiLL BE A LUNCH SOME TIME IN MAY WATCH THIS SPACE FOR THE DATE

O.M.A. E-MAIL NEWS
 

Hi,

My name is Caroline Faunce-Brown and I am a descendant of Alured Dodsworth Faunce, as below:

- Thomas Faunce + Bridget Nugent (gx5 grandparents)
- Alured Dodsworth Faunce + Anne Godard (g,g,g,g grandparents)
- Major Thomas Faunce + Augusta Sophia De la Motte (g,g,g grandparents)
- Alice Mary Faunce + Clifford Crewe (g,g grandparents)
- Alice Crewe + Arthur Richard Brown (great grandparents)
- Clifford Faunce-Brown + Raymonde Audrey Peace Raoul-Duval (Grandparents)
- Michael Faunce-Brown + Daphne Bridget Hender (Parents)

I have just discovered your website, whilst researching my family history and was delighted to find someone with links to the "Faunce" family going back over so many generations. I am currently piecing together the immediate family of Thomas Faunce (born 1809 Colchester) and have a genealogy written by my great aunt (Violet Eveyln Brown) tracing the family back to 1525, which I am trying to prove step by step (as she makes only passing references to her sources). I would love to hear from you and perhaps exchange information if you are interested.

With warm regards,
Caroline
 

I have put Caroline in touch with Malcolm Adams. Ed.

Hi Mark,

Very interesting, Carolines ggg grandparent, Thomas was a brother of Alured Tasker ( 6 children in all) who is the direct line to the Australian lineage (Marcus).

Thomas (I have him down as Lt Col.) and Sophia de la Motte had 8 children this line stops at this point on the family tree I have.

If Caroline wishes to contact me I can point her, in other directions.

Dr Ian Walker (mother Faunce of the Australian branch) Head of Kings School, Rochester would be a good start for her as he has the history (112 A4 sheets, printed both sides, by Alan De Laune Faunce). I have a copy but it will take to long to reproduce, either he or Alan will have other copies. In the mean time I can reproduce the family tree pages if she wishes.

It appears that 1525 is as far back as the tree goes I wonder if Caroline knows of the effigies in St Helens church in Cliffe at Hoo.

She can phone me if she wishes (01227 373045) email (jazzymalc@aol.com ) may take to long as the whole family history is so diverse.

Malcolm.

PS please forward this to her
 

Hi Mark,
Thanks so much for your help. I will get in contact with Malcolm very soon. This looks to be a big step forward.

Best wishes,

Caroline
P.S. You are the 2nd oldest e-mailer I have corresponded with!! I have a South Africa cousin who is in her 80's - I always picture the older generations as having a quiet smile when they send their e-mails spinning through modern cyberspace!

Hi Mark

Just read about poor old Bryan Tidbury.

Do you have any address for Maureen his wife, as I was friends of the Tidbury's for many years before we came to SA both as a racing colleague and after our racing days had ended.

I would like to offer my condolences direct. I suppose I should rejoin the De Laune after all these years (1975) as I read the web page regularly and feel a bit of a cheat!

Regards
Ted McDonald

Brian perhaps you would like to follow this one up as Membership Sec. Ed.
 

Dear webmaster

We were talking on the phone tonight to Ken Knapman many of your members will know him and he said what a good web site the De Laune had... so I have been looking at it, just touched the surface at the moment but saw that you have a proper book on the club, can you please tell me how much it is to purchase it. Thanks

I am helping a person in Leicester put together a History of Cycling in Leicester, tracks, riders etc and would be interested to see how yours has been done.

Regards to those members who remember us.

Ann and Alan Sturgess

Alan now a very keen golfer plays three times a week and when the weather is right, no wind no rain he tries to get out on his bike a couple of times a week but has to ride on his own , only rides for about an hour.

Dear Webmaster/Mark,

I was a member of DeLaune CC from 1989-1991. I rode in the Grand Prix of London roller competition and did some time trials etc. I was 18/19 at the time. I used to ride with Glen Brown (Well known poser at the time - I was NOT a poser though !)

I'm now one of Irelands' top track sprinters (though still NOT a poser - you understand !) and would like to get in touch with the Club/Glen Brown to organise an Ireland Vs England Rollers Challenge or the like.

Can you put me in touch with the relevant people ?

Thanking You in advance...

Regards,

Malcolm J. Goggin

Type "Malcolm Goggin Ireland" in to Google to find out about yours truly...

Malcolm rides for the “MURPHY – GUNN” team see next page. Ed.

I have found out the Glen now rides and is Hon Gen Sec of the AVANTI club and lives in Farnborough Kent, and I have now put them in touch. Ed

Thanx very much Mark, Let me know if you would like a little international flavour for your next roller race ! Malcolm.

Irish in action at Revolution 5 A large group of Irish riders were in action at the 5th Revolution meeting, held in Manchester. The ever popular event drew sell out crowds to see Britains World and Olympic champions in action and the special appearance by Paris-Roubaix winner Magnus Backstedt. I think that Malcolm Goggin is the one in the centre does anyone recognise him? Ed.

Triathlon News

We are starting 2005 with a cross country running race in Bushy Park at 11.15 a.m on the 27th February. The start of the race is at Hampton Royal Cricket Club near the Kingston Upon Thames bridge.

The first four finishers in each team on a cumulative time basis count towards the team competition so I thought it important to give it a go!

Anyone else that wants to run for the De Laune team that does not normally do Triathlon is naturally welcome (any ability!). I would like eight to turn out for this, If Cliff is reading this, we need you!

I am going to have enough De Laune vests for those that want them, you should all race in them. We are all looking forward to more competition over the year.

Best wishes for 2005

Harry Corbett.

WEAVERS DOWN WOBBLE ON SUNDAY 28th NOVEMBER

The 10.00 am start at Longmoor Camp in Hampshire (an army training barracks) saw myself and two other (James King and Rob Horton —hopefully future De Laune members) taking part as a team of three in the third of a series of adventure races organised by TrailPlus. Besides us there were 350 or so other participants lining up at the start line with the hilly and sandy course ahead.

The race started with a four-mile cross—country run, which took us through the urban combat training facility at the barracks. As we progressed onto the mountain bike phase of the race (consisting of a two-lap, 13-mile course) we soon realised that the run was a “walk in the park”. It was hard going - probably the toughest bike course yet according to TrailPlus - as the predominantly sandy and hilly terrain was especially wet and cloying on our tyres. Coming back into transition (a large hangar) we felt completely drained but there was no let up. It was a mile run to the start of the kayaking, which, thankfully, took place in a shallow and not too cold lake. The windy conditions together with the fact that the kayaks were inflatables meant that we had to jump out and push them along on occasions. After this it was a mile run back to transition, but the feeling that we had nearly completed the race was soon met with disappointment as we discovered that the race had a sting in its tail. First, there was a ski challenge on the sand, which involved the three of us using two wooden skis to move between two points without touching the ground. This was surprisingly difficult owing to our tired limbs. After which there was a half mile run over hilly soft sand, then under a cargo net that finished in water and, finally, up and over a slippery wall to the finish.

Our team “Bravo & Two Zeros” came in a very respectable 40th out of 115 teams in a time of 3:15:47. Despite the conditions, which meant that apart from when running, you felt cold and wet, this was the most enjoyable multi-discipline race I have competed and would recommend it to anyone.

Geoff Heaton

 ALL THE RACING RESULTS

 The 12th round of the 2004/05 London Cross League supported by Mosquito Bikes and USE, held at Temple School, Strood,

on January 2 and hosted by Team Darenth

1      JODY CRAWFORTH                EVANS RT
2      ALEX ATKINS                          EVANS RT
35    BILL WRIGHT        VET            DELAUNE/EVANS/SPECIALIZED

YOUTH
1       Tom Smart VC                     Deal
6       Sam Fensterheim                 De Laune CC

National Cyclo-Cross Champs :
National Champs held at Abergavenny Leisure Centre on Jan 9
Juniors
1 Alex Atkins          Evans Cycles RT
2 Paul Cox             WebstersCycles.co.uk
3 Tom Last             Matlock CC/Wards/Impsport
21 Nathan Palmer    De Laune CC
 
National Champs Inter Area Champs held
at Eastway on January 16
 
Youth  
 
1 Andrew Griffiths          London A 4 laps in 30:44
2 Jonny McEvoy             North West A +0:34
3 Adam Turner               East Midlands +0:35
24 Sam Fensterheim      London B +3:57

Team result
1 London A 10
2 N West A 23
3 E Midlands 42
4 Wales 46
5 Wessex 48
6 London B 56

MORE RACING RESULTS
 
The 11th race of the Twickenham CC Hillingdon winter series held on Sunday, January 22
1. Dan Rudd           Edwardes (De Laune) 55km 1.14.40
2. Lewis Atkins       Glendene CC
3. Gavin Smith        Willesden CC

The 13th & final round of the 2004/05 London Cross League supported by Mosquito Bikes and USE, held at Eastway, on January 23
and hosted by Finsbury Pk CC.
YOUTH
1 Alex Paton              VC Deal 35.54
3 Sam Fensterheim    Delaune CC 37.34

Hi Mark

Here I am still progressing slowly I have an appointment with the Consultant Neurologist on Feb. 23rd something I have had to fight for by going to my Local MP who happens to be a practicing medical Doctor, so as I can ask the Neurologist some questions that have been bothering me. All this because the hospital had basically washed their hands of me and I was not happy with that.

Anyway here are the course details for the two Club 25's on the SCCU course G25/53 mainly for the new members as I have been asked previously where they are.

Also for all the Club coaches out there here is my progress on the turbo, so how am I doing?

There are a number of Club Trophies that have been up for grabs for quite a few years.

e.g.
Club 30ml. TT
Club 50ml. TT
Club 100ml. TT
Club 12hr. TT

The 12hr. was last competed for in 2001 when the Kent Cycling Association (KCA) ran the Vets National 12hr. champs. De Laune had 4 riders entered namely Charles Curthoys (sadly no longer with us), Malcolm Adams, Terry Deeley & Alan Rowe.
Charlie covered 216mls. approx, Alan covered 213mls. approx, Terry covered 200mls. approx (sorry Terry I can't remember exactly), Malcolm covered 194mls. approx. Hence Charles is the current holder.

Now we have a glut of new younger members who I am sure could give us oldie’s a good run for our money and beat those distances and compete for the others, so how about giving it a go this year. There are local KCA or SCCU events we can ride and as long as there are 3 or more De Laune members entered it will count as a Club event and the fastest Club member will be the Club 30, 50, 100, or 12hr. champion for that year.

There is also a 3 up TTT 25ml. on the 20th March this could interest road riders as it is like being in a 25ml. break or track riders with a bit of stamina, as long as you can hold a wheel they are really good fun, (not a laugh you understand!! )

Here is a list of the other events you could think about getting together and having a go.
Course
KCA 50ml. 21st June Q50/1
KCA 100ml . 26th June Q100/5
KCA 12hr. 14th August Q12/2

If you need to know anything about any of the events just E-mail me agrowe2004@yahoo.co.uk

I know there is no 30ml. event shown but I will get back to you on that, and some events on the SCCU roads.

Alan G. Rowe
Time Trial Manager
De Laune C.C.

BITS AND PIECES

Reading John Darroch’s article in January’s issue of the DLN and noting the print error in the year the De Laune was formed (corrected by the editor), I am afraid, as club archivist I have to take John to task over another slip-up.

The De Laune Cycling Club did not begin its days as a boxing club; the De Laune CC and the Lynn Athletic Club were both off-shoots from the De Laune Institute, the Lynn being the name of the boxing club, having been formed in 1892.

Incidentally, did you know that Danny Williams, the heavyweight boxer who recently knocked out Mike Tyson in his turn to be given quite a hiding by the Ukrainian Vitall Klitschko was a member of the Lynn Boxing Club, having joined when he was eight years of age. Looking at Williams’ injuries as a result of the Klitschko fight, I recommend sticking to the bike!

On another matter, I wonder whether you saw a recent survey in a national newspaper regarding the greatest British sportswomen of all time; the top ten were Mary Rand (athletics), Kelly Holmes (athletics), Laura Davies (golf), Beryl Burton (cycling), Tanni Grey-Thompson (athletics), Anita Lonsborough (swimming), Mary Peters (athletics), Ann Jones (tennis), Ann Packer (athletics), Paula Radcliffe (athletics). Each person had alongside their name a short write-up of their achievements. For Beryl, the following:

 “Came with a late run (or, more accurately, pedal) to surge up your chart. Stuart Benstead’s E-mail said it all: ‘Seven times world champion … broke the men’s 12-hour time-trial record (in the same race and over the same course as all the leading British men)… first woman to beat one hour for 25 miles, two hours for 50 miles and four hours for 100 miles, a record which stood from 1968-1996.’ Or, as one French scribe observed: ‘If Beryl had been born in France, Joan of Arc would have had to settle for second place’.”

Brian Saxton
Club Archivist

MEMBERSHIP

We welcome Alan Constable, who lives in Maidstone and is rejoining, having been a member in the 1960s: Will Matthews, from Eartham near Chichester, who is interested in triathlons: Jim Evans, who lives in Wandsworth, South London, who was a member of Loudoun Road Club in Ayrshire, Scotland (Alan Rowe will be pleased to know that Jim is interested in riding time trials) and Mark Wadley, who lives in London SW1 and was a member of Bath Cycling Club in the 1980s; he is also a member of Serpentine Running Club.

Mike Peel has received a request for an electronic copy of the Club History from ex-member Andy Castle. I sent him a “real” hard-backed copy of the book to save his eyesight. I also sent a medal which he should have received 12 years ago and explained that we are now an old club with quite a number of elderly people in official positions, thus things move along very sedately! The medal was for a second place behind Danny Rudd. Evidently Andy was second place to Danny on quite a number of occasions and he indicated in his letter to us that he would probably rejoin directly Danny retires! Why not? Andy is sitting on a couple of good fast ‘25’ courses down near his home at Southwater, West Sussex.

Elsewhere in this issue of the DLN is shown a list of members as at the 31st December 2004, numbering 126, down from the 31st December 2003 when it was 131.

 Brian Saxton

LIST OF MEMBERS AS AT 31ST DECEMBER 2004

San Fairy Ann Circuit Races at Eastway (Lee Valley Cycle Racing Circuit)
on Saturdays 19th, 26th Feb and 5th March

Entries
Entries for all races close Sat 12th Feb. All entries received after this date will require the Entry on Line fee.
To check that your entry has been received, or for any other queries, please contact: keir_williams@hotmail.com

Good Friday Track Meeting :
Well known stars of road and track in a feast of top quality racing
The Good Friday International Track Meeting returns after a one year break on Friday, 25 March, 2005.

Event organiser Graham Bristow says, 'I am delighted to announce that the Southern Counties Cycling Union’s annual GOOD FRIDAY MEETING is again being held at London’s Herne Hill Velodrome on March 25th.' Online Tickets/Website

Tickets will soon be available online & the new Good Friday website has gone live at http://www.goodfridaymeeting.org.uk 

DATES TO REMEMBER

PRODUCED by MARK & JASON BALLAMY
DISTRIBUTED BY BRIAN SAXTON

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