The jerseys have arrived !  The new stock of club clobber has been delivered and will be at the club room on Monday evenings for anyone who wants some togs. Kens usual credit terms apply.
Some of Ray Greens Mallorca Blogs are on the Mallorca Blogs page

The results for the SouthportCC Open 2010 held on Bickerstaffe are :

The organizer was Dave Hilton.

SouthportCC young member Tom Stewart seen here on Lord Street in June, had a good racing season this summer having won 25 under 10s schoolboy races this year

Hard riders Pete Gawthorne, Malcolm Heathcote and Allan Taylor are off on a 600km ride on August 12th, the first leg is north to Penrith then home before the second circuit to Newport, Shropshire and back. Last week Allan rode to York via Park Rash !

The Sunday Club runs for schoolpersons which start at the clubroom, in future are now going to be split into two groups.
We have had as many as 23 starters and we are finding it hard to control the group safely
Any younger rider who is unable to ride 50 miles should continue with the rides from the clubroom in Victoria Park at 09-30 prompt.
Jim Gunn has agreed to take control of these runs.
Riders who can ride about 50 miles should be at the bus stop near the Plough Hotel for a social run by 09-30. This run will leave promptly 9:30 on the dot. The Ormskirk riders can pick up the ride at Tarleton Lights at 10-00.

The Bill Bradley ride held on 25th July was again a success with 167 riders. We are waiting for a report from Mr & Mrs to give numbers of riders on the 80 miler and 40 miler etc.
One of the riders, young Pavel did some off-roading on the decent from Boundary Hill. Fortunately there were several club members about to call for assistance including Ken. The added interest of Pav taking a dive going down Boundary Hill  and the arrival of the Air Ambulance the NHS Ambulance and the Mountian rescue gave many riders an excuse for a breather; after all that with no broken bones  he was home before  Ken

There are 33 entries to date, if you intent to ride please enter before Sunday to minimise the chaos of eol's for the organiser.
Ken's number is 01704 228968 or kenbeck18@btinternet.com

SouthportCC won a prestigous award this summer being named as the "Club of the Year" by Sefton Council. 13 members of SouthportCC attended the Sefton Sports Awards gala night at the Floral Hall on the 30th June. The capacity crowd of 450 enjoyed the food and dancing The main event of the evening was the presentation of the Sefton  Sports Awards for 2010.
The club had been short listed in the Club of the Year section in recognition of the efforts to encourage youngsters to enjoy cycling and  took the honours in this section

Southportcc's young rider Tom Stewart won his 8th race of the season on 10th June in the under 10s race at Preston arena, his brother Sam was 4th.

The results of the SouthportCC Centenary race are on the Centenary Shield page along with some photographs taken by Fred. If you would like copies of these photos they can be supplied, as the images on this site have been compressed.

A celebration of Derek 'Broo' Rimmer's 80th birthday was held at the club hut on 31st May. Broo, on the left, was in fine fettle and is with his old sparing partners Roy Freeman and Harold Woodcock.

There are a couple of photos from the recent jolly to Mallorca on the Mallorca_2010 , Mallorca_2010_pix and Mallorca_10_2 pages

The SouthportCC 10 mile time trial on 29th April was cancelled due to a road blockage caused by a Road Traffic Accident in Carr House Lane prior to starting the event. No cyclists involved.

SouthportCC are planning to run some bike maintenance classes in conjunction with Sefton, a Certificate of Competence  will be issued to those who achieve the required standard. For more information please contact Ken Beck on 01704 228968 or kenbeck18@btinternet.com

The results of the SouthportCC evening 10 are on the 10's 2010 page

The SouthportCC series of Evening Time Trials for 2010 start on Thursday 15th April and will be held each Thursday until the end of August. Each event is 10 miles except on the last Thursday of May, June and July which will be 25 milers. The first rider will be off at 7:01pm. As usual for all SouthportCC events the weather is guarenteed
More information about the course is on the 2010 Tens page

The Youth nights have finished now until October
Details of the 2010 Bill Bradley Memorial Ride to be held in July are on the Bill BradleyRide page. The ride will start at the Preston Sports Arena, there will a choice of three rides around the Forest of Bowland using country lanes

Results of the Dolan Cycles Saturday races held in Victoria Park are on this site for week one and week two. The week three and overall results and photographs are now posted to this site. There are some photos on the Dolan pix page.
Local cycling enthusiast Cllr. Fred Weavers, who had watched the racing, presented the prizes to the school girls and boys, results were based on the three days of racing. Nearly 100 youngsters took part in the event. First prize in each age group was a Dolan Cycles frameset.
A big THANK YOU to everyone who supported and assisted in the events, marshalls, tea ladies, official, time keepers and the results staff and all who made a big effort to ensure the wheels kept turning.

At the AGM held on 14th Dec Paul Mayor was elected asthe club chairman.
The next youth racing and fun night is on Friday 18th Dec at the club.
There is a copy of the 2010 club calendar on the calendar page, a list of club prize winners on the 2009_winners page and a list of club clothing in stock on the Club Togs page. A review of last years longer rides is on the Audax page.

On  Monday 26th Oct in the clubroom, Southport Cycling Club members presented a cheque for £1400 to the Macmillan Cancer Appeal. This is the proceeds of the Bill Bradley Memorial ride held in July. A big thank you to all who helped to raise this amount, including the riders.. To read the report on the ride see the BBradley_2009 page
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Dave Hilton set a new club 10 record last Saturday in the Kent Valley event on the Levens, L1015 course with a time of 20.11

Dave Hilton won the SouthportCC 2009 Thursday Night 10 mile time trial series by 1 point from last years winner Rob Hurst. Well done to everyone who took part in the events, especially those who had the bottle to ride for the first time, then come back later to have another go ! The series will resume in April 2010

SouthportCC rider Annette Robinson completed the coast-to-coast ride over the August Bank holiday weekend, her solo ride on a scenic route took three days. In July Annette rode form Lands End to John o'Groats with Diane Davis. Diane has since move to Qatar and taken her bike with her. see LEJOG_blog for their story.

There is a report on the succesful 2009 edition of the Bill Bradley Memorial Ride on the BBradley2009 page. Well done to Joan and her helpers who raised £1400 for MacMillan Nursing Care.

There is an account of Joe Croughan's recent cycling trip and roamin' in the gloamin' around Scotland on the Joe's jolly page

The Saturday morning rides, leaving the bus stop by the Plough Hotel at 9:30 prompt, are attracting more new riders each week. The rides around the lanes of West Lancashire are ideal for anyone new to cycling in a group, usually returning to Southport at midday with an optional cafe stop.

There is a report with pictures by SouthportCC riders Annette and Diane on their recent Land's End to John O'Groats ride on the LEJOG_blog page.

There are a couple of short videos about some of the club's activities on
www.youtube.com/southportcc
don't forget to turn your speakers up.

Reports submitted to the local press this year by out intrepid reported Paul Mayor are on the Viz 2009 page

On Monday 2nd Feb Cllr Fred Weavers , Lib Dem, locally elected representative and on the Sefton Cycling Forum; will attend the club to discuss local cycling issues. If you have any questions, such as 'How much is left of the £5million awarded to Southport as a cycling town'; and 'What do we have to show for the money spent to date'; this will be an opportunity to ask questions

At the SouthportCC AGM held on 15th Dec. Mr Derek Rimmer (broo) was elected as the club President.
A full list of Club Officials can be found on this site.

            El Presidente

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.

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.