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DE LAUNE CYCLING CLUB FOUNDED 1889
Sponsored by EVANS CYCLES (UK) Ltd. & SPECIALIZED CYCLES De Laune News November 2000 No. 820 -71st Year
Photo Brian Dacey PETER
JENN ON HIS WAY TO THIRD
PLACE
WORLD MASTER CLASS 2000 CHAMPIONSHIPS
THE PRESIDENTS REPORTS Who said the club is dead? For my report this month, I attended two De Laune functions, both good days out. First we had the OMA lunch on Sunday the 24th of September at the Park Wood Golf Club, organised by Mark Ballamy at one of his golf clubs. (I think he owns quite a few!!) And the club hill climb on the following Sunday. First, the OMA lunch, which started with hand shakes and kisses all round, and that was just the men. I know we see a lot more of each other now we are retired, thanks to members like Dot Fuller, Mark Ballamy, and George Wood who organise the lunches, but it would be nice to see the faces of the younger members. (Yes Yvonne I did see you) I will repeat, all members are welcome. Among members that it was good to see was, Brian Dacey, complete with camera. Brian was one of the top track riders we ever produced, and still is in good nick. When I asked him did he fancy having a go on the track at the next Vets World Championships, He just gave me a grin!! Look out next year. It was good to see little Amy Thomas, (we had to put her on a cushion so we could see her) who is now living back in London. Talking about little people, Mary Dods was seen again! No stopping her now she has found second gear in her car. The cross toasting was not up to scratch on this occasion. Alan Rowe informed me that as President I should let members know when cross toasting can commence. Well I did, but it didn't. Dear Malcolm Adams did not say a word. Linda told me he had the wrong teeth in! He should have had his smilers in and not his eaters. The food was good, but it came in a funny order. I started with a nice soup, then a sausage on a stick, then a nice trifle, and then, roast chicken and potatoes turned up, so I had that as well! Over all, it was a good venue and a good day out, thanks Mark. Sunday the 1st of October, The Club Hill Climb, on Titsey Hill, and another good turn out by members. The event was timed by Mark, and the riders pushed off by Brian Saxton, well not the young lady who wanted to push her self off. I do not blame her with Brian Saxton. It was said that three members of the club, (to mention no names,) had measured the course, in the dark, dressed in black, and chiseled a line in the tarmac at the start and finish. We have now got three distances for this hill, and remember the last one was measured with a twelve-inch ruler! I think you will find a full report and result in this issue by Mark. After the event it was down to the pub at Tatsfield for drinks and eats. I counted about 20 members around our table, including Adam Glassers little boy, and Ben Nevilles little baby. Sorry I did not get the names, but you see the thinking is, if we cannot get new members, we grow our own. I think the high light of the morning was when our winner, Mat Goods mum phoned him on his mobile in front of every body in the pub, to ask him how he got on. We saw a big red face. Two good occasions, but we have a problem as only a few younger members at the lunch, and no older members (excluding the old faithfulls like Tich Shambrook, Brian Saxton, Roy Savery) at the hill climb. Mat Goods tells me we have a team in the Catford Hill Climb on the 15th October, so how about some support. It must be a good excuse to go in the pub afterwards. Hope to see you all soon. Kav. I have just read in the minutes that Katie Chown our club secretary resign at the committee meeting on the 5th October. Ed.
IS THIS HOW KAV GOT HIS HIGH VOICE. Ed. This was sent to me by our President. Ed. Subject: Memories Hi Mike. Sorry about the delay but the old memory got to work, and I started scribbling some of my random thoughts down, just in case there are some people who are still club-members that recall the incidents. First of all, a cheque for a copy of "A century Awheel" is on its way to you. I've made it out for 13 pounds, because I know that there's some bank catch where they sting you a bit extra for the exchange. What with the cost of postage and package you'll end up giving the book away. I wouldn't mind but I couldn't stand the embarrassment of the club financial secretary standing up at the AGM and saying that the club would have made a profit had that Geoff Margetts not suddenly risen from the dead and ordered a book! If it's not enough to cover the costs, please let me know. Talking about memory jogging - in those days (when policemen wore top hats and beer was two pence a gallon!) we did know each other, didn't we? I can remember a Mick Peel. Are you him :-)? Contemporaries - I've got a lot of old dusty memories tucked away in the junk-room of my brain (thinking about it, is IS my brain). The dates are a bit vague but the incidents happened. A group of us joined the De Laune in '64 - Dick Taylor, Mick Jones, Terry Clifford, Dick Gates, Dennis Sweeney, Barry Rorrison and Me. We were all regular visitors to Herne Hill and had all decided that De Laune was "The club". I can remember being totally impressed by a picture on the front cover of "Cycling" ("Cycling and mopeds" as it then was) showing Brian Tidbury getting his wheel over the line first in a sprint at Herne Hill. It was a great picture - B.T. on the inside of the track, elbows out, head down to his right to watch his front wheel 10 inches in front of the second rider. We wanted to do that! People remembered Tim Hookins Johnny Lawrence Malcolm Adams Jack Young Ken Hill Charlie Carlton Tim Hookins Reg Dawkins Dennis Tarr Brian Dacey Dave Rudd Alan Jackson Fred Peachey & Tony Peachey John Cheshire Mack Cole Alan Rowe Herne Hill Track Dinner and Dances I've been rambling on! I think that the main memory I have of the "De Laune" is what fun it all was. If any of the above mentioned people are still around, send them my best wishes. They, together with people that I can remember but can't name, all belong to a time, which I happily remember. Looking forward to reading the book Best regards Geoff (Thanks Mike for forwarding this mail on, it always nice to hear from a past or old member of the club. Ed.) From: AlisonLivesey
<AlisonLivesey@tesco.net> Thanks for your message of congratulations - I have forwarded it to our riders in Australia, it's great for them to know out there how much the British Public are with them. Alison Livesey, Dear Alan Just received the DLN from my old friend Brian late the 'Queens'. Well done or as we are now in the EU it could be recorded as 'ausgezeichnet' or 'remarquable/exceptionnel'. Whatever, sterling work, congratulations! As we live north of Watford I will not be attending the OMA Lunch on the 24th September but I would ask you to pass on the words, from a telegram of mine, written in the the DLN of January 1954, whilst serving in the 'Fatherland' to the members at the Annual Dinner 1953 (Express Hall, Clapham Junction)."With you in 'spirit' if not in 'spirits' ". These sentimental words,still, hold fast in the year 2000. Go forth, there are more conquests in the future! Yours, as ever Len Danby Hi! Len Thank you very much for your very kind appreciation, that meant a lot to me,( what ever the language) coming as it did from a blast from the past! It was good to hear from you. I didn't realize that Brian was an old "Queen" you just can't tell can you? I am disappointed that you will not be attending the OMA lunch but even though you live North of the border it isn't a day's journey to get there. I am racing in Essex in the morning and I am still going SHAME ON YOU!!! All the best in whatever you do, try to make the next function. Yours truly Alan (Club Vets Champion) (Sorry Bill, this item should have been included in the last mag Ed.) On Thursday night (17thAug) we held our first meeting of the working party to put together proposals for the future of the Clubroom. (As we have only just started our investigations there is little to report just yet - we will be meeting again at the Clubroom on Thursday 31st. All are welcome to become involved.) As a preliminary to our work we thought it essential to establish just where the Club is going in terms of membership, long-term strategy, and what form Club meetings will be likely to take in the future. At the same time the BCF has been looking at it's long term strategy, as regards attracting new riders into the sport. Our Club is typical of a great many in the country, with a falling number of new riders - ours now has NO racing members under the age of 20. The BCF has put into place a scheme called Impruve - sponsored by the Prudential - to encourage youth development across the country. I have written about this in the DLN on a previous occasion, so I won't go into very great detail about it here, except that it involves organising clubs such as ours to put into place training sessions for boys and girls starting at about age 10. The committee has given the go-ahead for four members (so far) to take coaching courses in order that we may become involved in Impruve. Five clubs across London and Kent now have Impruve status - the Hillingdon Slipstreamers, Team Darenth (at Dartford), Victory CC (at Rainham), Lee Valley Youth CC and recently Catford CC. Many of you have already reported seeing large Catford CC club runs going out at the weekends. This can happen at De Laune. It will take some work getting it going, but experience shows that these schemes quickly take off, and that parents soon become involved - lessening the workload on volunteers. I have asked Neil Simpson, the BCF Regional Development Officer for Greater London, to come to our Clubroom on Thursday September 21st at 8.30pm, (this date is being rearranged) to give us a talk on Impruve, what it involves, how it will be financed (a grant is available from the Prudential), and how to recruit young people to take part. He is very keen to help us in all aspects of putting the scheme together. I urge people to attend, and to please tell others whose names are not on this email list. I believe this is of primary importance to the future of the Club. Bill Wright THE FUTURE OF THE CLUBROOM Working Group 17.8.00 Secetary: Quil Forbes Attendees: Quil Forbes (QF), Pete Harris (PH), Matt Goodes (MG), Bill Wright (BW), Rhino Dan (RD), Alan Male(AL) James Lyon (JL) Apologies: Steve Carter-Smith, Rachel Headley These notes represent a guide to the meeting. 1. Discussion of Trustees BW Recruit volunteers to stand as trustees Discussion of role of trustees and voting QF Hold SGM to vote in new trustees ACTION Request next committee to set date for SGM to vote in new trustees 2. Discussion direction of club QF Discussion not relevant to Working Party meeting ACTION BW to present to committee BW to invite Neil Simpson to present details of IMPROVE to club 3. Discussion of extent of repairs needed for club BW Description of repairs needed; redecoration, new ceiling, roof timbers,exterior painting PH Will roof collapse ? ACTION Define roles required to
pursue future of clubroom 1. Contact person for Estate Agents
assigned to RD & AL 2. Contact for Legal Issues assigned
to PH 3. Contact for planning Issues
assigned to BW 4. Contact for Building Renovation
assigned to QF Results to be reported to the
working party. VOTE: Keep Clubroom Sell Clubroom
Undecided 2, 3, 2 Next Meeting: 31st of August 2000
MEN 55-59 Results 15kms Points Race
8th September 2000.
MANFRED NEPP - KEITH OLIVER - PETER JENN Pursuit 7th September 2000 Qualifying Round: 149 Keith Oliver AUS 2:32.217 241 Roger Wrenn GBR 2:34.034 159 Max Pendleton GBR 2:35.749 104 Peter Jenn GBR 2:36.588 106 Karl Jensen DEN 2:37.074 22 Lindsay Bourke AUS 2:38.049 194 Fred Simpson GBR 2:38.651 Bronze Medal Ride: 159 Max Pendleton GBR 2:35.388 104 Peter Jenn GBR 2:36.751 Gold and Silver Ride: 149 Keith Oliver AUS 2:31.074 241 Roger Wrenn GBR 2:36.501
Time Keeper JASON BALLAMY Observers: President John Kavanaugh, Eddie Starsmeare & grand daughter, Tich Shambrook, Mrs Glasser & the little Glasser's Mick Valentine, Mark Ballamy, The climb was over a slightly longer coarse (706yards) than it has been for the last few year (18yards longer) but still not as long as the coarse that Ken Fuller set his record of 1.59.2 way back in 1962. Matt Goodes set a new record for the shorter coarse, and today his time is again a new record for this distance and the fastest this century. Dear All, I have rearranged for Neil Simpson to attend our Special General Meeting on Thurs 19th October to talk about how we can begin a Development Programme to attract new members to our Club, and join the BCF's Impruve scheme to recruit and retain new members into the Club. As a reminder, the agenda includes: I have asked Neil to speak and answer questions between items 2 and 3, which I hope will give some food for thought for the discussion. I urge people to make every effort to attend. I am sure that it will be of huge benefit to the Club to undertake such a programme. The timing is also excellent following our Olympic successes, and what are set to be a widely covered World Championships later this month at Manchester. We have a responsibility now to build on this success at a local level, and re-vitalise the Club at the same time. It would be a serious error to miss this opportunity. Best regards
O.M.A.NEWSOur last 'Do' for this year. We all met up at Marjorie & Mark's home in Warlingham, for coffee, the morning started off dry and I'm sure M & M were hoping that we would all be able to be out in the garden in the sunshine! But - no luck, it started to rain heavily so we were all confined indoors - quite a crowd 36 of us milling around - but luckily there was plenty of rooms to 'mill in'. Thank you very much M&M for inviting us all round for coffee and chats, it was a nice way to begin the day together. We all found our way to the new venue at Park Wood Golf Club in Tatsfield, the Clubhouse was in a lovely setting with views over to Westerham - well there would have been lovely views if there hadn't been so much mist and rain, there was a large balcony, which we could not take advantage of to have our pre-lunch drinks on, ah well, we should be used to the British weather by now. Eventually we all sat down for lunch, our thanks to Mark for the wines on all tables. It was Good to see Amy (nee Thomas) again, and also Barbara, Carol & David - the 'GIRLS' being Marks' sisters, so, needless to say we caught up on lots of Gossip. We missed our 'Golden Oldies' Doreen &-Bill, we send our good wishes to you both, especially Dor who is at present in Hospital, Bill keeps fit by cycling to visit her most days, also manages to get a 'spare' lunch whilst there. We also heard at the lunch that SEZ LES, has been ill with a does of Shingles - hope you will be 'rash free' soon Les. The end of another enjoyable day out with good friends, hope to see a lot of you at the Clubhouse on the 19th October for the Special Meeting, which is mainly to decide on the future of our Clubhouse. The date for NEWNHAM will be 19th November, we will be booking lunch at the local Hostelry, namely 'The George' so if you would like to join the party after the Memorial Service, please Phone me on 01639 851241. Further details in next DLN usually we gather in the Pub Car Park around 10.00, for the Service at 10.30. Then lunch at 12.30. DOT 
PRODUCED by MARK & JASON
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