South Elmsall CC's New Kit
Peter Stirk
Welcome to the home page of South Elmsall Cycling Club.
The club is celebrating its 75th anniversary this year with a free buffet at the George & Dragon in Whitley on Saturday, 4th July.
All members past and present are welcome, and please feel free to bring a guest and children. There will be live music and the pub has a large lawn at the back.
It will begin about 3.15-3.30 pm after the club's open '25' which starts at 2 pm and is on the Pollington TT circuit.
Final details will be discussed at the club meeting on Thursday 2nd July, 7.30pm at the Weston Hall, South Elmsall.
The domian southelmsallcc.com will expire at the end of November this year. Please use
http://southelmsallcc.terapad.com
to access the club web site, and save in your favourites.
The club championships will be held at Pollington in July. As in other years these will be open to 1st. claim members only.
Dates are; Veterans on Standard 13th. July, '5' 20th. July, and the coronation handicap on 27th. July.
Two life time personal best rides by our riders this week in the City R.C. Hull 10 miles event. 21.40 for John Martin and 22.48 for Peter Stirk.
This reminds me that the South Elmsall SCC records for riders over 60 years old are held by Ken Scott with 22.12 for ten miles and 59.10 for 25 miles he was aged 63 at the time.
I have recieved another report of careless riding on the weekday chain gangs. We know that cyclists from other clubs take part, but South Elmsall riders were seen to take risks near Brierley this week. Please respect other road users and uphold the good name of South Elmsall Cycling Club.
John Martin did a new lifetime personal best ride in the Burton & District 25 mile time trial at the weekend with a time of 56.35.
Our club clothing orders are now complete, members who wish to see the accounts may contact. me. The contact link will open an email.
2009 time trials have now started so the Saturday and Wednesday rides may not be too well attended. The Sunday rides are doing well see the note below.
Derek Snowden has let us have a 1957 photo please see photos from the past gallery. He has also let us have Presentation evening cards for 1953 and 1955, these are now also in the gallery. Thank you Derek.
Several members took part in the 100 miles reliability trail last Saturday completing the ride in 7 hours on a very windy day. Please see photo gallery.
Three photos from Howard Welbourn have been added to the photos from the past gallery. Thank you Howard.
When will this snow and ice go away?
Sunday club rides are planned to start on Sunday 25th. January. They will start at the Barnsley Oak at 9.30 am. and are intended as steady quite short rides the routes have yet to be planned.
Brian Riley one of our older members has died, he was a club member for may years, I remember him as an establish club cyclist in the 1970s. His funeral is at South Elmsall on Monday 22nd. December.
Our young lady member Joanna Blackburn took part in the gruelling 112.5 miles very hilly Dragon Ride in South Wales at the weekend covering the course in 6 hours 41 mins .7 seconds she was the 7th woman to complete the course on the day. 1238 cyclists took part. Stuart Burrows took part to support Jo. they finished the ride together.
South Elmsall Cycling Club (SECC). Founded in 1934, is steeped in history and boasting former champions, the Club still has a number of road riding activities from social riding, racing, Time trials and track days. Please browse through the "About Us" pages on the left to find out more
SECC's New Kit
After nearly 12 months of work by many Club members, the new kit has finally arrived. It was introduced to the world by six hardy riders who braved steep inclines and icy roads to Langsett to make a statement to the cycling fraternity. The New club colours have been designed in association with our main sponsor 'Berrymans Glass Recycling' of South Kirkby. We have have also had considerable financial help from Dempsey Dyers and Unite Union (Please visit our sponsors page). Without their help this would not have been possible.
Special thanks to Stuart Burrows for all his hard work on the 'New Kit Project'.
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