Courtesy
of Dave Swaffer Courtesy of
Rob Allen Courtesy of Rob Allen
Courtesy of Rich Walker
Congratulations
to Sir Chris Hoy from all at Portsmouth North End Cycling Club!
Known until the 1980s as the
PNECC or just "the North End", the dropping of the 'CC' from our
racing kit means that many cyclists now just refer to us as "the
PNE". Whatever we call ourselves, our club has a long and
distinguished history of promoting races and being the starting point for
many young cyclists' careers. We are lucky to have a wealth of
experience at most of the sport’s disciplines and our committee plays a vital
role in the organisation of the many races the club promotes throughout the
year. Our racing members enjoy training together and participating in
a variety of races. We also enjoy the social side of cycling,
particularly in the winter when races are fewer. Read about our history here.
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Bulletin Board Portsdown Time Trial League Prize Presentation The
2008 season prize presentation and ‘American’ supper will take place at 1930
on Thursday 15 January 2009 at the D-Day Memorial Hall in Southwick. Please bring some food to share around as
this is the principle of an American supper.
Sausage rolls, cheese and biscuits, quiche, breadsticks and dip are
all welcome – just use your imagination!
Tea and coffee will be available but feel free to bring your own
drinks, alcoholic or otherwise. Sheila
will be there from about 1830 onwards if you what to turn up a bit early and
help her set things up. Welcome back Paul Bailey We are
please to welcome Paul back to us. He
now lives in north Wales and enjoys a bit of mountain biking
(obviously!). In his younger days Paul
was a keen rough-stuff rider and was no stranger to the old Meon Valley
railway line before it was formally designated a cycle path. Welcome back Neil Taylor We are
pleased to welcome Neil back to us after a few years away from competitive
cycling. His original skinsuit still
fits him well and we look forward to seeing him quickly becoming a regular
sighting at next year’s local racing scene. Well done Matt! Congratulations
to Matt Wyles for becoming our new hill climb champion! Matt completed the ascent of Portchester
Lane in a time of 3:05.6, beating former champion Rob Allen into second place
by some 9 seconds. As far as we can
remember, this is the first time that Matt has raced in PNE colours for some
19 years. What a way to make a
comeback! Welcome to Meridith Grimsley Meridith
has joined us just in time to ride the Hill Climb on 14 August 2008. In doing so she is the third United States
citizen to race in our colours in the last few years! Change of club clothing design for 2009
racing season The
committee has unanimously decided that it is not in the interests of
the club to change the design of the racing strip, including the red training
tops, for at least another year. This decision has not been taken
lightly and is entirely due to the large amount of club funds currently held
as clothing stock. Therefore any club member who is in need of new
clothing is strongly encouraged to make contact with Paul Martin who has taken
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