DLN Nov 2001

OFFICIALS
PRESIDENT JOHN KAVANAGH 40 Beverley Road Barming Maidstone Kent ME16 9JP 01622 726959	SECRETARY PETE HARRIS 91 Ashbourne Road Ealing London W5 3DH 020 8997 7852	TREASURER JAMES LETT 102 Park Road Kingston Surrey KT2 5JZ

What a fantastic month for the club, on the social side and for racing. We started with the club hill climb. It was a dark damp day for the climb up White Lane. Not a big field but full of quality as would be seen.

First Mat Goods 2.00.33
Ben (Avec travail d'equipe) Neville 2.10.2
John (I am a new dad) O'Brian 2.11.58
Ross Fryer 2.36.7

It was good to see a lot of our members giving the lads support. Considering the sort of day it was, my hat goes off to two of our older members who rode out. Les Pyne (81) and Bill Miles (90 next Feb.)

It was good to see Katie Chown out and looking well. Typical Katie, she has to get involved. So if you wanted to start, you had to report to her at the bottom of the hill, as she was our first timekeeper. At the top we had Bill Wright doing the honours.

After the event it was all down to the pub at Tatsfield for the medal presentation. Thanks to Stax, we had medals engraved for 1st 2nd and 3rd. Mat, Ben, and John'O, but this was for last year!

Mat had to phone his mum and let her know how he got on. (This is normal) bless him and John'O introduced his new little son Mikey, to the club. He was good as gold. (See photo) (Still waiting for it Mr. Pres. Ed.).

The big day arrived, Sunday the 14th of October. The Catford hill climb in the morning and Bec hill climb in the afternoon. We had full teams in both events. We knew the lads were fit, but how fit? Well, they were flying.

In the afternoon The Bec. Could we repeat what we did in the morning? Well we did and more. Not only did Mat win the event, but also Ben was second. He did a flyer. The team award was won by guess who? Yes the De Laune. Call me an old fart, but it is good to see the De Laune at the top and our riders in the top three, just like the olds days (sorry lads).

Mat 1.56.82 (This must be a new club record Ed.)
Ben 2.02.78
John'O 2.16.27
James Lyon 2.19.0

As normal, we had our full team of supporters out, including Mats mum. (It saves telephone calls) See the photos of our hero's.

Friday the 26th of Oct we have our Belgium Night at the clubroom. Thanks to Quill & Co all tickets are sold. I will give you a full report.

I had a letter from Mrs. Fuller saying that she does not want to press charges (see letter) I have warned Mr. Saxton that this sort of behaviour will not be tolerated. What will our younger members think? People like John'O, Mat, Quill, Ben, Alaric and Katie could leave the club in droves if this sort of behavior continues from our older members.

I thank you for your letter of the 19th inst. I do appreciate your concern regarding my complaint re - the evening of the 17th Sept. Regarding Mr. Saxton's appearance at Ken's 70th 'Do'. I have conferred with all the 'girls' present on the said evening, and we now feel that we do not want to press charges with the Solicitors - Shambrook, Shambrook, Shambrook etc,etc., also we would ask you not to haul him before THE COMMITTEE or even the 34th Nomads Committee, and we feel that we should have taken offence at the 'lack of dress' of even trousers/underpants.

After much discussion with 'the girls' of the De Laune and 34th Nomads, we have decided to call our own meeting very soon and to ask Mr. Saxton to 'appear' before us at 6 Ladycroft Way, in the same Strip-O-Gram 'costume' as on the said evening previously mentioned. We will then assess the punishment he is to receive at 'our hands'. Photographs will not be allowed at this meeting, but one's already taken on the evening in question can be passed round. I must let you know of some of the comments overheard on that evening: - "what a body", "not an inch of surplus fat on him", "wish my husband had a body like that", "he looks about 30 - body that is", "he's a bachelor - what a waste" etc. etc. I will keep you informed after the meeting takes place, of the outcome after our third sighting of Mr. Saxton.

WELCOME to Richard Hill who has joined the club as a student member, his address is 3 Rosendale Road, London, SE21 8DS

NEW e-mail address for Pete Harris pdharris@ukonline.co.uk

TOM BEWSEY O.B.E. a member since 1930s is also the President of the SIDCUP SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, I met him recently in Warlingham were he had been giving a talk to the Women's Institute of which Marjorie my wife is the President. This year the orchestra is celebrating it 40th year, in this issue you can read what they have achieved over the years, and the dates of their concerts for the coming months. Ed.

MATT GOODES makes it four in a row by winning the Norwich & Region CA 500 yd. climb by 3.3sec. in 50.2sec.

CLOSING DATE for next issue of the DLN is the 21st November.

It was unfortunate that we were unable to find a venue for our September Lunch, so now the next time we can get together will be at Newnham Remembrance Service at the Church at Newnham 10.30 a.m. 18th November 2001. The regulars will know the arrangements, but for any members who have not attended before - here are the details.

We meet in the Car Park of The George Inn - Newnham (opposite the Church) at appox. 10.00. the Pub will be open to us for coffee (and toilets) then over to the Church for 10. 30. a.m Service, after which we gather in the Churchyard where our President 'KAV' will lay a Poppy Wreath on behalf of the Club (you know where the nail is now John). I have reserved a room for us at The George as usual where we can all sit together for our lunch, and of course that chat that always goes with it, it is a good day out and chance to catch up on the gossip, as we missed our September 'Do'.

The most important 'bit ' is for me to know how many for lunch - as the Landlord of The George needs to know to be able to set up the room for us - Now - you know what to do next - phone me now -- 01689 851241 Hope to see a good number of you there...

Well I know I said that I had finished for the season well I lied. Just 2 points away from my 2nd cat couldn't resist. James Lett joined me for this little jaunt, his first race since July and his wedding.

Cutmil is the old favourite and James Lett and I have enjoyed some success there so I was hopeful, James however, suffering with a hangover, was not so hopeful. It started pretty quick and pace did not really ease up. Not many people where abe to attack with a lot of riders seemingly willing to sit on the front riding fast tempo? Tried a break about half-way with a couple strong juniors but decided not to carry it on, too many riders willing to do turns on the front, very negative but that's 3rd cat racing. On the penultimate lap someone got away and dangled 200 - 300m off the front for just over a lap. As the got caught I went for the counter attack drove hard of the front hoping that someone would come with me. Not that sort of race, lots of people towing nobody attacking. Well I dug in for 5km or so but couldn't break the tow so eased into the bunch.

Into the finale and I was fast recovering so eased back up the bunch, someone almost crashed on my left so I attacked right with 2 - 3 others. No one fell so it came back together 2 km too the finish. Those that have sat on for the duration sat coming forward, why do people tow them round? I started losing places and was having to fight hard on the outside to maintain position. Then James reappeared (had not seen him most of the race) and towed me to the front, star performance. Hit the lower slop of the finishing climb and went to the front driving hard, someone came round so jumped onto his wheel, 200m to go, go again 100m to go leading but dyeing fast 3 hangers on come past I come in 4th almost puking. James came in with the bunch an excellent performance after so much time off and the last bit of teamwork really helped.

Jead and I have been back here now for two weeks, took a week to get over the time difference. I wanted to say how I very much appreciated all my old De Laune friends coming over to Don and Beryl's house for that get-together. We definitely lucked out with the weather and with all the good food cooked and prepared by Beryl and help from Don the party was a great success.

I did express my appreciation to everyone for coming to see me when we did the photographs, on reflection I was probably the excuse and it was most likely the good food that brought so many along.

May I say once again what a great day it was for me, I shall be thinking about it for many months to come. I am attaching one of the group pics I took.

Please forgive me if this message makes you shake your head in disbelief. But I just thought I'd give my question a try. My name is Jeanne Delaney, supposedly directly descended from Gideon DeLaune. I have been able to find out quite a bit about him. Well, my question is this. Is there any common knowledge concerning Gideon's descendents. My ancestor is Thomas Dulany, from Portarlington (which had a French Huguenot settlement), Ireland, who emigrated to the United States. I'm trying to establish the link between Gideon and Thomas. In the US, Thomas is the dead end with the controversy being whether he was French or Irish or French and Irish. The rumour is that Thomas is related to Gideon through his father Gideon whose father Gideon was this Gideon Delaune's son. Other people say that is completely untrue. Yes, I know "But I'm only the webmaster" but any help is appreciated. Sincerely, Jeanne Delaney

I'm located in Palatine, Illinois, which is a northwest suburb of Chicago. My Delaney's came from Greene Co., Pennsylvania. Thomas's descendents, each generation, had a lot of children. So, there's a lot of Dulaney, Delaney, and Dulany's over here who are all related. And since the advent of the internet, a lot of communication has occurred on message forums and such. I've found distant relatives all over the U.S. and we compare notes. On one state genealogy website I found a copy of my great great grandfather's will that was an exciting find. But if I'd told you a year ago that I would be doing all this I would have thought I was crazy - I simply wasn't interested in it till about five months ago. Funny how life is.

Since Gideon the apothecary was so famous I was able to get a picture of him. My father certainly has his brow, ears, and lips. But since Gideon has a beard it's hard to tell further. So, who knows?

Thanks so much for passing it on. I thought it was a crazy idea but decided to email you anyway. I love the website by the way. It was fascinating to see the pictures and to read the history. I ride bike. Too bad I'm not closer!

This gives Peter an average speed of 25. 629637 MPH. His age standard at age 57 are :- 10 Miles 29.06 25 Miles 1.14.55.

Alan's average speed is 24.871398 MPH, His age standards at 62 are: 10 Miles 30.16. 25 Miles 1.17.45.

This means that Alan has won the competition by the closest margin ever, +003965 MPH In real terms this means that if he had been one second slower in a '10' and the placing would have been reversed. This result is, however, only provisional and subject to the checking of my calculations, and the Fact that Peter also submitted '10' times of 22.44. & 22.10. (As shown in my previous report) which appear to be PTT's and do not qualify under the Club rules (I'll leave this in the hands of the committee to sort out). Both these times could be Club age records, but again I'll leave it to the committee to interpret the rules.

My average speed is 22.854348 MPH. My age standard is the same as Alan This gives a plus of 3.296151 MPH.

1st team of 2 on standard I helped a bit being the other member of the team; we just beat the VC Deal by +7 secs. And we got our name in Cycling!!!

Recent visitors to the Clubroom may have seen some new photographs on the walls. Many other sports clubs have a great display of pictures showing their members in action.

The Committee thinks that it would enhance the atmosphere in the Clubroom if there were more pictures of our members.

You are all invited to participate in this project. If you have a decent action picture of yourself we can include it in the display.

I will organise this and you can send your picture to me at the Clubroom or to my home address at 91 Ashbourne Road, Ealing, London, W5 3DH. If you put it in the post, then please use a board-backed envelope clearly marked 'Do Not Bend'.

There are a couple of points. Pictures should be no larger than 10" x 8". The photograph should show you in either a Club, representative (division, national etc), or championship jersey.

I will frame the picture and include a caption with your name (and if appropriate a date). There will, however, be a charge an inexpensive frame, for which you will have to pay £10 (to be sent with the picture). I think that that will be an average price of the frames, but any surplus will be put into Club funds.

THE LAST DAY FOR COPY TO BE INCLUDED IN THE NEXT ISSUE IS WEDNESDAY 21st November 2001

THIS SHOULD BE SENT TO:
MARK BALLAMY
41 MAYES CLOSE
WARLINGHAM
SURREY CR6 9LB

Phone & Fax 01883 627809 - e-mail mark.ballamy@virgin.net

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MATT GOODES TRIPLE HILL CLIMB WINNER