est. 1891
Many thanks to all members that have renewed their subscriptions and licenses for this year , for those who have not yet renewed yet , please do so soon as we have blown all our bucks on stocking up on club racing jerseys.
Diarise these dates :
Thursday 15 February 19hr00 . The club is putting on a track meeting at the Bellville Velodrome , all members are welcome to come and watch or even take part in the action.
Saturday 24 February 12hr00 . WPCA /SACF hold selection races at the velodrome for the tri-nations to be held the Friday before the Argus funride.
Monday 26 February 19hrs30 City Cycling Club AGM
06 - 10 th March . Giro del Capo.
Friday 09 th March Tri-Nations . Bellville Velodrome
Sunday 11th March . Tour d’Valiums
05 - 07 April . Western Province track champs . Paarl track
13 - 16 April . Junior Tour . Mpumalanga
19 - 21 April . SA track champs Port Elizabeth
Saturday 05 May . Start of the road season in the Western Province and we are hosting the first race.
03 - 05 August . SA road & T/T champs - Kimberley
18 - 25 August . Rapport tour (the locals must start training now)
18 August. Western Province T/T Champs
25 August .Western Province road champs
In between all of this up until the end of April there are back to back funrides more or less every weekend.
Skills clinics
Steve Down and Angus Robinson have resumed their clinics every second Saturday at the Green Point stadium car park , should you know of any youngsters who want to improve their bike handling skills give Steve a call on 462 4190 (office hours)
All old cycling kit , old spare tubes and tyres are needed for the development of our sport in other communities ,should you have any old kit please bring it to the AGM or a monthly club meeting.
Annual General Meeting - 26th February
Traditionally , this meeting is held on the first Monday in March , however , as some of our members are going to be involved in the Giro - Tony Roberts is organising the whole thing , Steve Down is officiating , John Leahy normally drives the Commissair around , and this year City will have a team - so we are rather going to have it on the last Monday in February (26th to be exact) We appeal to all members to make an effort to attend , all indications are that the existing committee will be available for the coming year , so there is no danger that anyone will be steamrolled onto a committee , that doesn’t mean we will turn away volunteers. Snacks and refreshments will be served. Come on show some commitment and take an evening off from training as we need an indication of who will be planning on going to nationals , world champs etc etc. Chairman , John Simpson starts his performance at 20hrs00 sharp , front row seats are at a premium.
Club meetings
Club meetings are held on the first Monday of the month , here you can catch up to all the latest gossip and get up to date with any changes on the calendar. The first meeting after the AGM will be in April.
Western Province Track Champs.
At the last monthly WP meeting , the venue of the champs was hotly debated , on the one side , the clubs in the Paarl area contribute the most participants in all categories , on the other , we need to use the Velodrome at every opportunity , especially over the weekend. Clubs exercised their democratic rights and narrowly voted for Paarl to be the venue . This decision elicited a spiteful response from the SACF , this is fine coming from a federation that promised two years ago to hold a referendum amongst participants at SA’s regarding the Velodrome to be the venue for all future championships , we are still waiting for the referendum to happen.
Bellville track league is held every week either on a Tuesday or a Thursday , we do have track bikes available
A track committee has been formed , and they will concentrate on the future of track cycling in the province , I hope they are able arrange a winter league at the velodrome as it will mean that the facility will be used all year round and maybe it will encourage more cyclists to use the track as a means of keeping fit during the winter months.
Giro Del Capo
Clubs come last in the pecking order when teams are considered for participation in the Giro , however , Schalk Visser , Mark Wilcox , Willie van Zyl , Darren Lill and Shaun Kirshner have entered and will ride for City. Good luck , just do your best.
Club jerseys are available for the princely sum of just R150 , we also have a few skin suits available for R200.
Vets selection race
There is a possibility that the Vets & Women’s Assoc. will be holding a three day selection race in May , we will keep you informed as more information comes to hand.
Schools - Eric van Enter week
Western Province have been awarded the rights to host this events during the winter school holidays ,which means that the provisional racing calendar will have to amended , once it has been finalised we will inform you of the changes.
Tour d’ France - to follow the tour in the mountains and also ride some a stage will cost..R11 500
The race is on
Last year Memo gave Oscar carrots. This year , Oscar’s programme and heart rate monitor suggests he will peak at the right time.
The Constitution stipulates that we have to notify you in writing that we are holding our ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING on the 26 February , you should also receive this notification 30 days prior to the meeting . YOU HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED a bit late , the pigeon came down with Newcastle’s disease and the Posties horse developed foot & mouth.
SEE YOU THERE
2001 Subscriptions are due !!!!!!
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