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DE LAUNE CYCLING CLUB

FOUNDED 1889

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"James and Ross on the Men’s Pairs podium at SITS 24hr"

 "Photo courtesy of Joolze Dymond"

 October 2005
No. 880 -76th Year

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THE PRESIDENTS REPORTS

IS HE TO BUSY RACING TO WRITE A FEW WORDS?

BELGIUM NIGHT FRIDAY 28th OCTOBER

Belgium night is only a few weeks away so I spoke to my suppler in Belgium Hans Winters, what have you got for me Hans you know what this English people are like so hard to please give me something different ah duck legs white beans Belgium chocolate cheese truffle sweet baby bananas new potatoes. Hans told me he had two guys from England come over for the beer for Belgium night went by the name Kav & Stax crazy English men drink, drink, drink they buy enough beer for six Belgium nights sounds like Kav & Stax I hope their will be some beer left for Belgium night anyway here goes for the menu.

Cliff Steele

Don’t forget to reserve your place for this Special Gastronomic Experience - Phone Dot Fuller 01689 851241

CLUB RUN – 4th September

The run had an all right turn out there was only 6 riders myself, Ross Fryer, David Haggart, James King, Sam Fensterheim and Harry Corbett who went around on his mountain bike bless him.

I had been to Richmond Park a few weeks back on a Saturday morning their must have been about 40 London Dynamo riders going round with about 40 riders joined in with them. They were split into 3 groups fast medium and slow it was well organised and very friendly and very impressive this is what I would like to see our club do on a Sunday morning but talk is cheap we need riders to come to Richmond on Sunday morning.

It did look good a bunch of De Laune riders going around in their De Laune strip and we did get noticed but if we could get 10 De Laune riders going round on a Sunday morning then we would get other riders to link up and hopefully join up we could then start to do some rides out to Box hill or were ever so the next date for our club run at Richmond Park will be at Roehampton gate at 9am Sunday 16 October I would like to see a least 10 De Laune riders there, it will not be a fast ride just a steady one so please make time it will be worth it.

CLIFF STEELE

The Chairman’s Report

I keep getting asked “Kav what are we doing with all this money we have in the club?” Good question, so let me explain. I will not talk about amounts as our DLN is on the web and read by a lot of non-members.

We are now starting to get interest from our Building Soc. So after we take off 25% of that interest (to keep the fund built up) and the tax due, we are allowed to take the remaining interest for the benefit our club members.

So how do we all benefit I hear you all ask? Well, we no longer have a Time Trial Sec but have a Time Trial Manager. We no longer have a Road Race Sec, but a Road Race Manager etc. At the beginning of the year each manager is asked by the committee what he needs to promote his section and of course to encourage new members. Within reason, he is allocated money.

For instance, we allocated money to Bill Wright our Youth Development Manager/Officer. This has allowed him to take his group to championships, subsidise clothing and of course to encourage new young members.

We have an off-road section, which we have subsidised to enter events, as they are not cheap and are held all over the place.

When I asked Harry Corbet how much he wanted allocated to his Triathlon section he said “Nothing. Just the honour of riding for the De Laune” Bless him.

“What about the benefits to the non-racing group?” I hear you say and quite rightly so. We have a Social Manager, Cliff Steel who, as we know, is the king pin for our Belgium Night. Where can you get a four-course meal and all the wine you can drink for a tenner? We are hoping to get that cost down as well.

Do you remember in the old days the visits with the club to the Theatres? The trips down the Thames listening to Jazz? We can do it again but Cliff cannot do it all, so if you have an idea and are willing to organise it let us know the event and the rough cost.

Talking about the Belgium night, have you let Dot know if you are coming to our OMA/BN, which is on the 28th of October? From what Dot tells me two-thirds of the seats have gone already.

On the Sunday the 2nd October we have our Down Hill competition at Tilburstow Hill, Godstone. First man down 11am. If you remember last year the champion was our Howard Coulson who nearly went over the top to Godstone and if I remember he fell off at the bottom doing it and damaged his ribs! I know he is getting old but perhaps Terry Deeley will come out of retirement to challenge!

October is the month of the Hill Climbs with our big guns Mat Goods, John O’Brien, and Ben Neville looking for wins. If you fancy yourself as a hill climber why not ride the club hill on White lane/Titsey Hill on Sunday the 9th October.

How often have you said I would love to go out on my bike with the club run but I am not fit? Well you can now! Cliff Steel has organised a club run around Richmond Park on Sunday the 16th October. (9am start) You can do as many laps as you like (I think about 4 miles per lap) and if you feel knackered you can drop out and join the club run on the next lap! Just up my street.

If I do not see you at the above events I will hope to see you at the Belgium Night at the end of the month.

Kav.

PS if you remember a few years ago I organised a trip for the men to a place where woman had hardly any clothes on and you could drink as much as you liked for £3.00. I am doing it again. Maidstone Swimming Baths!

PSS We have a rider in the club who is winning club events who looks the business in his De Laune strip but has hairy legs! I wonder who that is.

OMA 10 10/09/05

Short course due to road works approx 6.6 miles - damp, not cold & not windy.

Nick unfortunately does not qualify NOT OLD ENOUGH! / has not been a club member for 10 years. But if he had qualified he would have needed to have got round in 11.50. to have won! Thanks to Tony Peachey for calculating the standard times to 6.6 miles.

Malcolm.

Autumn 25 18/09/05

 VETS BAR 2005

The above shows the current position, however still awaiting other claimants please contact me if you qualify:- Two ‘10’s and two ‘25’s and 40 years or over. All claims by 31st October.

Malcolm Adams Tele 01227373045 or e mail jazzymalc@aol.com