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Updated 21 June 2004
Rules (General) 1. The Club shall be called the 'De Laune Cycling Club' and the Club colours shall be light blue, brown and white. The design of the racing vest shall incorporate these colours and be approved by the members at a General Meeting. The Club clothing shall bear the name of such sponsors as the Club may have from time to time. The Club badge shall be a shield with 'De Laune' diagonally across same and the word 'Club' in these Rules shall refer to the 'De Laune Cycling Club' only. 2. The Club shall be open to members of either sex and candidates for membership must be proposed and seconded by two members, one of whom must be a member of the committee or an Officer of the Club. No application for membership will be refused on other than reasonable grounds. The committee will be prepared, if asked, to state their reasons in writing for refusing any application for membership. 3. Candidates for membership shall complete the necessary application form and submit this to the Treasurer together with the appropriate annual subscription. This shall provisionally entitle the candidate to take part in all Club activities with the exception of voting at General Meetings and Racing. Notice of election of membership shall be sent to each candidate who shall thereupon become a member of the Club and be bound by its rules and regulations. 4. Annual subscriptions for members for the year to 31st December shall be decided at an Annual General Meeting of the Club for the following classes of membership:
The ages for the above classes to be taken as at 1st February. 5. All subscriptions shall become due on 1st January. Where subscriptions have not been paid by the last day of February the membership shall be deemed to have lapsed, the individual shall no longer be a member of the Club, nor enjoy the privileges of membership. Subscriptions of members joining the Club after 1st September of any year shall be deemed to expire on 31st December of the year following. Any Member with 50 years membership of the Club and over 54 years of age will be eligible to apply for Honorary Life membership. 6. Members resigning shall, within seven days of such resignation being accepted, return to the Club properties held and, in the event of resignation before the formal presentation of any trophies other than trophies won outright, such presentation shall not be made. For the purpose of this rule, a medal shall not be regarded as a trophy. 7. A committee of five ordinary members shall be elected at the Annual General Meeting and the affairs of the Club shall be managed by the committee, Officers of the Club and promoters of all the Club's open events. The committee shall meet as often as may be necessary and shall have power to replace any committee member missing three consecutive meetings. A quorum of five shall be necessary to transact business The Officers consist of:- the Chairman, General Secretary, Assistant Secretary, Treasurer, Captain, Vice- Captain, Sponsorship Secretary, Membership Secretary, Social Secretary, Time Trial Manager, Road Race Manager, Track Manager, Triathlon Secretary, Cyclo-Cross Secretary, Editor of the De Laune News, Press Secretary, Junior Secretary, Youth Development Secretary, Canteen Manager, Property Steward, Old Members Association Secretary, and promoters of all of the Club's open events. 8. The Treasurer shall administer the funds under the direction of the committee and shall have authority to sign all cheques drawn on the Club's general funds and/or other authorities for payment up to and including £75. All other cheques and/or other authorities for payment must be signed by two Trustees or one Trustee and the Treasurer. 9. The Annual General Meeting shall be held not later than the last day of June of each year to receive the accounts and balance sheet of the previous year which shall have previously been audited by two members not being Officers of the Club, to elect Officers and Officials for the following year, to decide open promotions for the following year and winter activities for the forthcoming season, and to transact such other business as may be necessary. 10. A special General Meeting shall be called within 28 days of the receipt of a written requisition signed by at least 10 ordinary members, stating the reason for calling such a meeting and which shall be the only business transacted there at. 11. A General Meeting shall have sole power on recommendation for the Club committee to elect a President and/or Vice Presidents, to grant Honorary Life Membership or award the Club Gold Badge of Honour in recognition of outstanding services. The President shall not hold office for more than 5 consecutive years. 12. No rule shall be made, altered or rescinded except at a General Meeting, 14 days notice of which proposed alteration etc. shall have been given to all members of the Club and all members shall be bound by a majority of two thirds of the votes cast by ordinary members at such meeting. 13. The Club committee shall be arbiters of the interpretation of all rules and shall have power to deal with any matter not provided for in the rules.
Rules - (Racing) 14. All road time trials shall be governed by the regulations of the Road Time Trials Council, all track, road and circuit racing events shall be governed by the rules of the British Cycling Federation and all cyclo-cross events shall be governed by the rules of the British Cyclo-Cross Association except where varied by rules which follow. 15. No entry for Club races or time trials shall be accepted later than Thursday, 9 or 10 days before the event, all entries must be accompanied by the respective entrance fee. 16. Members whose subscriptions are in arrears will not be allowed to enter any Club promotion or to ride for any Club trophy or prize. 17. Only 'First Claim' members (as currently defined in Road Time Trials Council regulations) shall be allowed to enter any Club race or time trial. 18. Entrance fees for the Club road, track and inter-club events shall be £1 for each Senior and Junior entrant and 50p for each Juvenile entrant in each event. Minimum entries required before an event can be run shall be as follows:
19. In the year that members attain their eighteenth birthday, they shall remain eligible for the Club's Junior competitions until 31st December of that year. 20. Handicap prizes shall be awarded in conjunction with all Club road time trials, one prize for six to nine entries, two prizes for ten or eleven entries and three prizes for twelve or more entries. 21. Members competing in Club races and time trials shall take not more than one Club medal for any one performance. Members shall be allowed to decide which medal they wish to take. 22. Standard medals may be ridden for in conjunction with the Club road time trials as well as in time trials schedules by the BCF and RTTC as open, semi-open or association events. The entrance fee for each distance or time shall be £1.50 per annum and shall be handed to the Time Trial Secretary together with the completed entry form showing previous best time or distance. 23. Standard medals may be ridden for on the track in a private time trial when there shall be a fee of 50p for Seniors and Juniors and 15p for Juveniles for each individual attempt, in addition to the standard entry fee of £1.50 per annum for each distance or time and subject to the conditions set down in Rule 21. All fees shall be handed to the Track Secretary together with the completed entry form showing previous best distance or time. Seven days' notice in writing must normally be given to, but may be waived at the discretion of the Track Secretary. An authorised Club Timekeeper using a watch approved by the Club committee or a recognised BCF Timekeeper must officiate at all track standard attempts. 24. Members claiming a standard medal must beat the distance or time shown on the entry form and complete the claim form and submit it to the appropriate racing secretary supported by a result sheet in the case of open, semi- open or association events and must count their best ride at that distance or time, on the same class of machine, for a medal, provided that the ride for which a medal is claimed was performed whilst riding in the Club's name in the same calendar year. Members without a previous best distance or time must count their best distance or time ridden after entering for the standard, subject to current standard times. One ride being sufficient to qualify. Only one single and one tandem standard medal may be taken at each distance each year. Amendments to the Club standard distances or times shall be accepted only at the Annual General Meeting and 14 days' notice shall be given to all members. 25. Any first claim member who beats an existing Club record whilst riding in a open, semi-open or association event (provided it is ridden in the Club's name), a De Laune CC time trial or De Laune CC private time trial shall be entitled to hold any plaque marking the record until it is again beaten and to receive a bronze medallion suitably engraved. In the case of the hill climb, the race must take place over the Club's official course. All records made on the road must be claimed on the Club's official claim form with supporting evidence within 60 days in writing to the Time Trial Secretary and subsequently submitted to the Club committee for approval. In addition, Veterans will be able to claim Club records based on their age and receive a suitable certificate. No record will be considered if a better time or distance has already been made by a record holder of a greater age. No claim to a record will be considered unless the rider has beaten his Veterans' Time Trial Association age-related 1st Class Standard time if male or her 3rd Class Standard time if female. The first two paragraphs of this rule apply to these age-related records except that the hill climb is not included and record claims should be made by 31st October of the year in which the record was broken. 26. Performances in track standard attempts (provided that the full 7 days' notice has been given) and during an official track meeting equalling or improving upon existing Club records, other than one hour standing start record must be vouched for by at least two authorised Club Timekeepers and/or BCF Timekeepers; independent watches must be used, the slowest time to be claimed. All claims for records made on the track must be made on the Clubs' official claim form and submitted within 28 days to the Track Secretary and subsequently submitted to the Club committee for approval. 27. Any objection to a Club road or track event must be notified within 48 hours of the time of the alleged offence to the event promoter who will report the matter to the next Club committee meeting. The Club committee will then deal with objection in accordance with the relevant current BCF rules, RTTC regulations or BCCA rules. 28. A 25 miles time trial shall be held annually for riders who are novices (i.e. they have not won an award for gaining a scratch placing in the first three) provided that a minimum of three entries are received. The winner shall hold the Memorial Shield for one year. 29. Club Best All-Rounder Competition: To be decided annually by the performances of first-claim members over the following events promoted by the Club: Championship 25 miles time trial, 5 miles track championship, open circuit race, open cyclo-cross event and hill climb. Points for each event shall be awarded for placings as follows:
Points gained shall be collated from the event result sheets by a competition organiser to be elected annually at the General Meeting. Riders need not ride in every event to qualify. If two or more riders share the same number of points at the end of the competition, their final position in the competition shall be decided by the Club committee, taking into account placings in all events in the competition. The winner shall be known as the Club Best All-Rounder. 30. The Club committee shall decide annually the closing date of the following Club competitions and all claims by first-claim members for times recorded in open, semi-open or association and Club events to be considered must be submitted to the Time Trial Secretary and accompanied by a result sheet. Times recorded in private time trials and all other events on the same day as a Club event (except the hill climb) shall not be eligible. Subject to the foregoing, eligible events shall be open to all riders of the category for which each of the competitions is designated, and shall not be restricted to the class or ability of the competitors, with the exception that men's events with 20% or the entry reserved for women shall be eligible for the Women's Time Trial competition.
31. The following Club competitions shall be held annually and shall be open to first-claim members competing in the Club's name in events run under BCF rules. Placings gained by riders must be reported within 28 days of the event in which they are placed to the Road Racing Secretary and must be verified either by a result sheet or by providing the name and address of the event organising Secretary. The winner and runner-up in each competition shall receive Club medals. The Club committee shall decide annually the closing date and shall have power to suspend any rider from the competitions.
32. A Club Cyclo-Cross Championship shall be decided on a points system in accordance with the following procedure:
33. The following Club Track Championships shall be held annually and shall be open to first claim members.
MEMORIAL CLUBROOM RULES 1. That the property known as the De Laune Memorial Clubroom situated at 93 Choumert Road, Peckham, London SE15 be vested in the individual names of four members of the Club as Trustees for the De Laune CC whom shall be appointed by a General Meeting of the Club. 2. That the main use of the Memorial Clubroom shall be as a Cycling Club Headquarters and that the day to day running shall be the responsibility of the Club Committee. 3. That the Trustees shall require any action, which in their opinion is necessary to protect the property, to be carried out and to be charged on the assets of the De Laune CC. 4. That no commitment for the sale, alteration to the structure or change in the main use thereof shall be valid except in accordance with the following procedure:
5. That any amendment, cancellation or addition to the Memorial Clubroom Rules shall conform to the provisions of Rule 4 hereof, as far as notice, majority vote and ratification are concerned.
OLD MEMBERS' ASSOCIATION The Old Members' Association was formed in 1952 to provide for a continuity of interest and good fellow-ship amongst the older members likely to be to the advantage and benefit of the Club. Every paid up member of the Club with ten years membership who is aged 30 or over or any member aged 40 or over will automatically be enrolled in the Old Members' Association. It has been arranged that anyone who has in the past been a member of the Club, but whose membership has lapsed can rejoin without payment of a new entry fee provided he/she qualifies as a member of the OMA.
BRITISH CYCLING FEDERATION Members desiring to complete in events run under BCF rules must hold a current racing licence. It is in the interest of every member to affiliate as the benefits include a free third party insurance, legal and touring advice, etc. Notes Date of this publication June 2004 Previous issue (complete) January 1996 The Club Rules were revised during 1987 and published in the March/April DLN, issue 679. Subsequent minor amendments took place on 3/9/87, 27/10/88, 12/2/89 and 11/2/90. Outcome of recent Meetings 30 September 1993 - 1/2 yearly GM - no changes
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