The club runs on Sunday 27th July will be the Bill Bradley rides out of Preston Arena at 8:30. The usual 9:00 depart will be at 7:00 from the Plough roundabout picking up riders en route.

The new SouthportCC shorts will be availble for colection for all club members at the club house on Monday 28th July.

Sefton Council are opening a new section of cycleway on the sea wall  at 13-45 on Thursday 24th July.
The cutting of the tape will be on the sea wall near the park and ride; close to where pleasureland was situated;

SouthportCC are running the 2008 edition of the Bill Bradley Rides on 27th July 2008.
The routes, maps and entry details are on the 2008BBradleyRide page.
A list of entrants are on the bb_entries page. Will all riders sign off at the arena on completion of the ride, to save the marshalls searching for non-finishers.

The starting order for the SouthportCC OPEN 25 mile Time Trial incorporating the Neil Smith & Norman Rimmer  Memorial Trophies is on the Open 25 July page.

SouthportCC riders Nev Holgate and Terry Seanor rode a 600km, 373 mile, Audax from Preston to Edinburgh and back. Setting off on Sunday 13th July they completed the journey in 38 hours. As both rides are 70+ this achievement is even more remarkable. Terry and Nev are half way to their target of completing a Round-the-year-Randoneur, by having ridden at least a 200km event in each month this year; incuding some 300km and 400km rides.

For several years SouthportCC has been campaigning to have the old railway bridge over the River Douglas at Hesketh Bank reinstated as a foot and cycle crossing; the road bridge on the A59 at Bank Hall is narrow and on a bend. At a  cycle group meeting at LCC in Preston on Thursday night, attended by Ken, Lancashire County Council announced a competition is to be held to design a new bridge over the River Douglas at the site of the old Hesketh Bank station. The bridge is to be a bridle way and cycle route. A company called Remade (part of LCC) are the promoters and the North West Regional Development Agency are also involved. More information about the project can be found on www.riverdouglas.co.uk/
There are some images of the old bridge on www.heskethbank.com/history/photos/railway.html

Just another reminder that Dave Hilton is still looking for marshals for the SouthportCC open 25 on July 20th. You can contact him on 07966497399 or on e-mail at djh071164@aol.com

There is some information about the Tour of Britain support races on this site. see the Tour of Britain page.

Waitrose Formby have generously offered to support the SouthportCC Bill Bradley Ride on the 27thJuly. The event is in support of the Macmillan Nurses Appeal, and has a choice of 3 route, to suit differing abilities.
All the rides are through the quiter lanes of Lancashire's Forest of Bowland.
Thanks to Waitrose Formby we will have  some goodies for the riders.
For information on the ride see the 2008 BBradley rides page on this site. 

Ken and Nev were at RAF Woodvale on Friday night helping a fund raising effot by the ATC at Woodvale. They were taking riders from St Dunstans, the blind charity, round the airfield on the back of Nev's tandem.
Well done to the pair of them for supporting this worthwhile cause

The routes for the SouthportCC 2008 Bill Bradley Rides are on this site on the route for BB rides page 

Track Night
SouthportCC have hired the Manchester velodrome on Thursday 9th October from 8-10pm, Colin Baldwin will be taking names of anybody who is interested. It will also incorporate the Southport C.C. track championships for which there is a fine trophy given to the winner.

Ribble Valley Juniors are holding youth races over the weekend of 13th to 15th June. Details are on this site on Ribble_Races_3, Ribble_Races_2 and Ribble_Races_1 pages
Further details and the full results can be found on www.ribble-valley-juniors.com

There are some intersting rides around this area during the summer; for more details visit www.LetsTravelWise.org/cycling to download a copy of the programme of Bike Time events; to find out more about cycle training and to order free cycle maps.

Two new City Centre Cycling events have been announced for the NorthWest.
The City of Preston GP will be held on Sunday 28th September. There are cycling races for all schoolkids starting at noon pro riders start at 4pm There are also some running races on the programme
.Blackburn is another new venue this year with town centre racing on Wednesday 23rd July, Rochdale on Wednesday 2nd July Blackpool on the Friday 4th July Colne on Wednesday 16th July The North West is well served with closed circiut events this summer All events start 7pm exept Preston which is 12 noon
See www.cdnw .org/ if you need more info

There are some superb photos of the Lanky Lanes ride taken by James on the Lancashire Lanes page

Time trial results for the Thursday 10's for this year are on the 10s_2008 page

Time trial results for the Thursday 25's for this year are on the 25s_2008 page
There is some information about the olympics in general and the olympic cycling events on http://www.aboutolympics.co.uk/olympic-cycling.html

The annual race for the  Centenery Shield was held in Victoria Park on Saturday 26th April.
The winner was Steve Duffell who was presented with the shield and £50.
Second place and £30 went to Greg Callagan
 In third place was the clubs rising star Andy Judge who collected £20

The results for weeks 1, 2 and 3 and the overall placings for the Terry Dolan / SouthportCC schoolpeoples races are now on this site.

The next Terry Dolan schoolpeoples races is on Saturday 12th April. We now have a new start time of 09:30. Marshals are wanted to help with the mornings events and the setting out of the park. Terry Dolan has again donated 5 Terry Dolan track frames as a first prize for each group.
We had 85 rides in the first week of racing. Entries are accepted on the line.

 SouthportCC Terry Dolan school-peoples race series for 2008 start on Saturday morning,March 29th, with more events on the mornings of April 5&12th. More details will be posted on this site nearer the time. The races are open to all under 16's; if you would like to ride the SouthportCC series contact Ken on 0704 228 968.
The races are organized into age groups, and all riders have at least two races per day.

Evening Time Trials
Just to remind you it's that time of year again.
The 2008 evening 10s series started again on Thursday the 10th of April and the results are on the 10s 2008 page on this site. The evening time trials  will run every Thursday until the end of August.
Each week the first rider will be off at 7:01
The last Thursday of May,June and July will be a 25, again with a 7:01 off
Signing-on will be in the side road just north of Bretherton Island; the start will be in the layby about 500m further north. The entry fee is the same as the last 3 years at £2.
The weather as usual is guaranteed !

In addition to the series long 10TT and 25TT points and handicap competitions, this year there will be an aditional award for riders over 70.

There are press reports from the Southport Viz on this site.

SouthportCC sent a cohort of riders to the Combined Clubs 10 mile Time Trial, organized by Lancky Road club on 8th March.
Every club in the area is invited to enter a team in this early season competion.
SouthportCC had a good turn out ready for the ride from Garstang, north on the A6 to Hampson Green roundabout then back to Garstang. As our first rider, Derek, set off the rain began, the wind picked up and by the time our last rider, John F, took to the road there were howling winds, hailstone and poor visibility. With all rider well frozen and soaked by the finish it was not surprising the several riders had clocked their worst ever times.
The Thursday night 10's for the 2008 season begin on 12th April.

Results fromNLTTCA 10 Held on Brock Saturday8th March on a very windy & cold day 2pm start.
1st D Hilton 24-51 J Fewtrell25-42 R Tabener 26-41 C Baldwin 26-46
 S Ginty 26-51 B Sedgewick 26-53 B LLoyd 27-27 D Unsworth 28-36
 G Lovelady 29-37 J Keenan 29-39

A page has been added to this site with information about the Bill Bradley ride for this summer. There is also a copy of the entry sheet, that can be downloaded.

As the weather has improved the Saturday runs are now travelling further; this saturday Rivington was the main cafe stop, although some rider who had to be back early doors went to Fettlers at Rufford.
The first local race of the year, the Eddie Soens cicuit race, is being held on Saturday 1st March at Aintree on the old car racing course; there should be a couple of Southport rides in the field, including Spencer who has been out on evening training runs over Parbold and Ashurst through all the recent bad weather.
The School-peoples first race is in Victoria Park on Saturday March 8th. CDNW are running the event, SouthportCC have been asked to provide the venue, make the tea and put the safety bales out.
There are some maps of the proposed course on a seperate page on this site.
Ken's SouthportCC school-peoples series is later this year on March 29th, April 5&12th details will be posted nearer the time. The races are open to all under 16's; if you would like to ride the SouthportCC series contact Ken.

The latest version of "The History of SouthportCC" by Ray Green is now on this siteThe SouthportCC calendar for 2008 is now on this site.
Ken is about to send off the order for club kit for 2008. If you want to order some togs please contact Ken asap.

Polite reminder - Subscriptions for 2008 are now due. Bill Lloyd is the treasurer, and attends the club hut most Monday evenings.

Audax rides for the next 4 months are on the Audax site, use the link http://www.audax.uk.net/  for more information; select the calendar option, then the event to find more details.

Reports of the weekend rides are on the "Club Runs" page.

The first Saturday run of 2008 had 12 riders departing from the Plough at 9:30 with others joining in en route. The Saturday rides are a circular route through Croston and Mawdesley with a cafe stop at Rufford before returning over the country lanes. The 30 mile circuit is usually completed by noon. All cyclists are welcome to join in.

There are some photographs of the Boxing Day 10 on this site
Subs for 2008 are now at Senior £25 Junior £6 Schoolboy £4 Family £35 Two persons. Please send a payment to Ken, Richard or Bill asap. so we can keep the club running.

There are some photographs of the SouthportCC track night at Manchester Velodrome on this site, on the page titled Velodrome !
A good time was had by all who attended. Big thanks to Colin for organising the event.
For anyone who would like to see some track racing, the next Revolution event is in February, Saturday 23rd. Tickets are £10, and £5 for over 60's. For more information see http://www.cyclingrevolution.com/content/en/default_gb.aspx

The SouthportCC club AGM was held on Monday 10th December, with about 30 members attending.
In addition to the secretaries reports and the election of officials the notable actions were the provision of racing shorts, with the SouthportCC logo, for all members at £10; and the organizing  of a trip to Mons Belgium, to ride the May day Audax events. Mons is twinned with Sefton, and the two previous visits were most efficacious.
Subscriptions for 2008 remain unchanged from 2007, and are due on 1st Jan 2008 to the treasurer Bill Lloyd. (No subs No shorts)

The SouthportCC AGM will be held in the club hut on 10th Dec at 8:00.
A copy of the agenda for the meeting is on this site.

There are some photos taken at the 75th Anniversary dinner on pages 75th_1  75th_2 and 75th_3 etc. on this site.

There were 189 starters 75th Anniversary dinner, held on 17th November. With guests traveling from afar this was an international event. Ron Welch came all the way from Vancover, Mike Keen from Portugal, Terry Wignall made it from the South of France, Bob Newsham who most had not seen for over 30 years came from Jacksonville N C in USA.
A few others who we had not seen for a long time included Mike Jackson, Brian Lewis,  Ray Cranshaw, Ken Ashcroft, Dave Cutbill, Margret Biggs, Pat Dolan,  Russ Adams, and Bob Bush
Bob Newsham had a memorable trip, Delta airline lost his baggage on his way here, which he only recovered when he arrived back at Manchester airport on Tuesday on his way home. Bob borrowed some gear from his brother who picked him up at Manchester Airport, lucky he is about the same size. (even luckier it wasn't his sister who picked him up !) Going back he was on time to Atlanta but Delta cancelled his ongoing flight to Jacksonville and he had to stay the night in Atlanta  some weekend ! 

SouthportCC rider Jim Henderson finish 4th in the National Hill Climb held on 28th Oct. Although 4th in this super tough National event is a great achievment, the course was not the very steep profile that suits true hill climbers like Jim..

A potted History of SouthportCC written by an esteemed member of the Pickwick Club is on this site on the page History of SCC

There are some photographs on the site courtesy of John Shadlock, they are on the page titled Olde Photes. Some are from New Brighton when Tom Simpson rode, Phil Liggett  was the organiser for the New Brighton CC, before he was famous. Can you recognise anyone ?

John Keenan's club BAR time is 21-127mph.
Club membership for 2007 is 101.

In the fiercely contested downhill, last years champion is rueing giving up the Hollands pie diet after dropping to 3rd place.
1st Lenny Collins
2nd Bill Lloyd
3rd Dave Abram
Other club riders, Dave and Lee, rode a 200km Audax event around Cheshire and over the Horseshoe pass, completing the ride in under 8 hours.

The world track champs are also at Manchester on 26/30th March 2008 inc. Details and tickets information can be found on www.worldtrackcycling.com
Margaret Sims would like to say a big "Thank You" to all the people who attended the Macmillan Coffee morning held at the club room in Victoria Park on 28th September. The event attracted many cyclist, depite poor weather, and raised over £200 for a worthy cause.
Fred won the raffle for a cake
Well done to Margaret and her helpers !

John Keenan is the winner of the Club Best All Rounder competition having completed a 100 mile time trial in just over 5 hours. Highest average speed over events of 25, 50 and 100 miles is the criteria for this award.

There are some photos of Jim Henderson winning the Bickerstaffe Road Race held on 8th Sept. on the page titled Bickerstaffe. Martin Lyon and Steve Clark also represented SouthportCC. are in a couple of snaps.
The full results are also on this site.
 

There is a report of this summers Bill Bradley Rides on the Bill Bradley Page together with a photo of the presentation of a cheque to the MacMillan nurses of the  £500 raise on by the event.

A note from Richard regarding the completion of this years club time trial programme:

Hi Everyone,
That's it for another year (my 11th!) The night wasn't as good as I promised but still some good times. At least the wind was behind the riders on some sections of the course.
I'll let you know when I've finalised the dates for next year. Thanks everybody for competing, I've got to know your riding styles so well I don't need to look at your numbers as you pass me at the finish.
Thanks also to all the marshals as I can't do it without you.

Hope to see you all next year,
         Best Regards, Richard Abram.

I have added a page with a couple of reports that  have appeared recently in the local paper, The Southport Visiter (Viz), for people who live out of town.
If you would like this to continue let us know.

SouthportCC rider Dave Abram completed a charity ride with some of his work colleagues at Paymentshield from their Edinburgh office to the Southport office.
Raising £10,000 for Cancer Research UK along the way
Dave, our hero, is in the top right

Here is a link to a website run by ex SouthportCC rider Ray Green, this article refers to some of his accomplaces who are still active local cyclists. Ramon has retired to the South Coast
http://greenjersey.wordpress.com/tag/cycling/the-worlds/
Also on Ray's site are some of his unbiased opinions of all things cycling, here is an example :
"I'll keep this short or my blood pressure will go through the roof. What about Duffield's commentary at the Dauphine Libere? He must be having a laugh at the viewing publics' expense. Lets be clear about this, he is absolutely bloody useless. He talks drivel in an endless stream of cliches. You could go in any cyclists' cafe in the country and say "anybody fancy doing a bit of commentary on the tele ?" and find a bunch of people who would do a better job than that clown. In the old days I put up with his crap as he would occasionally identify a rider I didn't recognise but now he seems only to know "Vineykrov" so I use the mute button".

SouthportCC rider Damon Peacock completed 361.4 miles in the National 24  Hour, organised by Mersey Roads Club over the very wet weekend of 21st/22nd July 2007.

 One hour to go

Damon rode the Southport 25TT on the following Thursay, and is riding the Paris-Brest-Paris 1200km Audax event in August.
Damon Peacock has made a short film of the National 25 held on Bickerstaffe. It's on Youtube and is embedded on his website, use this link :  http://www.damonpeacock.com/

There is an obituary of Bob Bird on a page on this site, written by Paul Mayor

Craig has added more material to YouTube relating to club activities, use this link www.youtube.com/southportcc

Pete Leonard raised over £2000 on his LEJOG ride in May this year; and would like to thanks everyone for their help.
An account of the ride is on the LEJOG_2007 page.

Pete's diary from his LEJOG ride in 1998 is on this site on it's own page.
I won't spoil the story by telling you what happened in the end, but it is well worth reading all the way through !

The Boxing Day 10k result:
Another hard fought Boxing Day race with a total of 2 competitors braving the sub-arctic conditions. One competitor was totally focussed on the race, the other succumbing only after veiled threats from the secretary and chairman.
1. Dave Hilton 13:53
2. Rob Rix 15:36