Matlock Cycling Club's Home Page.
Diary Dates for April
Club room open after the finish of the race.
Meet for a social ride starting at 9.30 in Crown Square, Matlock
18.30 MTB ride from the Laburnum, Hackney Road.
19.00 Meet for a road ride starting from Crown Square.
Club room open after the finish of the race.
BSCA Forest Town Races
6.00 : Everyone rides to Skeggy, 300km audax from Alfreton
12.00 : Darley Moor crit
18.30 MTB ride from the Laburnum, Hackney Road.
19.00 Meet for a road ride starting from Crown Square.
Club room open after the finish of the race. - Dr Bike. Ring Rob on 01629 822259 for an appointment.
18.30 MTB ride from the Laburnum, Hackney Road.
19.00 Meet for a road ride starting from Crown Square, Matlock
Club room open after the finish of the race.
18.30 MTB ride from the Laburnum, Hackney Road.
19.00 Meet for a road ride starting from Crown Square, Matlock
19.00 : Entries, £6.50, close for the BDCA 50 on Sunday, 8th June. This is our club 50 championship. Entries to CMM/oc/cj
Club room open after the finish of the race.
9.30 : Coaching at Whitworth Park
19.00 : Closing date for entries, £6.50, to the Grouse 10 on Wednesday, 11th June. Entries to Richard Thoday.
9.00 : Tramway audax (100kn) from Crich
The Barn Club Room.
The Barn club room is open each Thursday evening after the evening hilly time trial
Club Benefits
Members get:-
a) 10% off shoes at Ward's Shoe Shops on production of a valid membership card. b) 15% off labour charges at Farmer's Garage, Smith Road, Matlock. c) 15% off Impsport products in their catalogue. d) Paul Dalton has recently started to work in Matlock at Chubb and Co., Solicitors at Bridge House, 1, Dale Road Matlock. Paul will be offering a 10% discount to all members of Matlock CC on all legal work.
Chubb and Co are local lawyers for local people and specialise in work for individuals and small businesses
e) Up to 40% off some ferry fares. A really useful ferry discount is now available to club members thanks to a company called Alternative Promotion, based in Weston Super Mare. Adge Last has used this service for many years – discounts tend to be in the region of 30 40% on a range of different crossings.
Before calling them, have all the details to hand: the crossing you want, your dates of travel and the vehicle & passenger details. Then call them (Monday to Friday office hours) with your request and they will get you a quote. You will then need to arrange payment and they will issue the tickets or a reference number.
Please be reasonable with this service don‘t make speculative calls - I usually have an idea of what the crossing would cost me from other sources so when they give me a price I can say yes or no immediately to save them from hanging around.
Alternative Promotion: 01934 824138
When you contact them it is important that you let them know that you are a cyclist from Matlock CC and have been given the contact by Adge Last.
Saturday Mountain Bike Rides.
From Saturday, 1st March 2008, these will start at the new car park opposite Stanley Fearn's and adjacent to Somerfields
Web Site
Matlock Cycling Club‘s Home Page can be found at http://www.matlockcyclingclub.org.uk/
It is expected that the club's new website will be up and running in early May. The URL stays the same.
Press Secretary.
Chris Sharp needs your results and any other information by Sunday night. Chris can be reached at chrisrach@fsmail.net or 01773 856075.
Welfare.
If you know of any club member who would appreciate a get well card or a congratulations card or a commiserations card please let Phil Smith have the details.
Ladies Rides
These rides go at a slow pace - 5mph uphill and 10 - 15 mph on the flat. They are around 1 to 3 hours in duration and meet at the clock tower in Hall Leys Park. Ring Dawn on 01629582300 or Karen on 01629760575 for a chat.
Children's Cycling Kit
Do you have any cycling kit that your children have outgrown? We would like to start a borrowing box for children‘s kit which would be available on club nights (Thursday). Kit could be borrowed and then returned once outgrown. A donation of £1 per item borrowed would be welcomed. This money could then be used to buy kit to add to the box.
www.zepnat.com10% reduction for club members. Contact Julian Gould. if interested.
Club Subs
2008 Subscriptions Subscriptions have increased for the first time in 15 or so years. They are now as follows. Adult : £12 ; Family : £20 ; Junior : £6 ;Under-16 : £2 ; Second claim: £6 Subscriptions become due on the 1st January 2008.
Home Information Packs
Paul Dalton works in Matlock at Chubb and Co., Solicitors at Bridge House, 1, Dale Road Matlock. 581252 Chubb and Co work with all local Estate Agents and produce HIPS at competitive prices, if you are thinking of selling your house call Paul before putting it on the market!
Club Merchandise
Royal blue polo shirts with the club logo are available at £12.(Small 38•, medium 42•, large 46+) Ring 01629 734996 if you are interested. Club fleeces at £16 and club mugs, £2.50,club bottles, £2.75, available from the club room, Ring 01629734996 if you are interested.
Club Event Results 2008 and Points Competition 2008
A list of club events and results in 2008 can be found here.
Club Kit
There are 4 order dates : 1st January, 1st April, 1st July and 1st October. Completed order forms with a cheque payable to Matlock CC will be accepted at any time and added to the next order. (cheques will not be cashed until delivery of the order).
The 2007 price list is available on the club‘s web site. Price freeze for 2008!
Coaching Dates
The next coaching session takes place at Whitworth Park on 31st May.Both sessions start
at 9.30am and we hope to use both grass and the old tennis court.
East Midland Region BSCA Events 2007/8
Regional ChampionshipsNote Change to MTB Championshipsand the Roller Championships.
Saturday Morning Mountain Bike rides
These start at the new car park opposite Stanley Fearns in Matlock. Cars can be left in the DCC car park below County Offices on Bank Road free of charge.
Club Drinking Bottles
The club bottles are silver/grey 750ml with club logo on the side and cost £2.75 each
Club Secretary
Tony Holmes retires as club secretary on 31st December, 2008. We need a volunteer to take his place.
Thanks
Thanks to all marshals and helpers who helped to make the Open Hilly a successful event.
Thanks to Chris Sharp for obtaining sponsorship of the Hilly 25 from bsp consulting
Embers Merinao-Outdoor boutique
see : http://www.embersmerino.com Embers Merino‘s outdoor boutique blends fashion, art, environment and natural fibres to create clothes which are perfect for the modern outdoor lifestyle. We‘d like to Offer 10% discount to all members of Matlock Cycling Club on anything in our range. Simply use code MCC when you order online or by phone.Based in Belper, Derbyshire , UK
Extre 10
Due to Darley Moor being unavailable on Sunday July 13th for the GHS and BSCA events we are going to use the A10/16 for the 10 mile events with an 8.00 start. We propose to run a club event ie a sign on the line event, in conjunction with this event hopefully using Rowsley village hall as HQ.
Club Charity
The 2008 club charity is the Derbyshire Air Ambulance. The main fund raising effort is the raffle at the club‘s Trophy Presentation Evening.Other donations gratefully received
National Hill Climb Championships 2008
This event, promoted by Matlock CC, takes place between 12.00 and 14.30 on Sunday, 26th October 2008. We need your support especially with marshalling the hill on the day.
We are looking for the use of a transit type pick-up truck for the weekend of 24th/25th/26th October to transport barriers, cones etc. If you have one or know of one that we may be able to use please let us know.
We need 10 barriers, 20 road closed signs and about 40 cones for the road closure. We can hire some of these but we are aiming to break even on the event. Again please let us know if you can help.
We need some way of contacting marshals, officials and relaying times to the announcer during the event. If anyone has experience of using hand held devices apart form mobile phones please let us know. Where can we get/hire them?
Junior Newsletter
Thursday,15th May 2008 : 19.30 Junior Dr Bike where you can take your bike to get it checked out or make sure that it works. You need to make an appointment by ringing Rob on 01629 822259.
May‘s Coaching session is at 9.30 on the 31st May at Whitworth Park. This session will start on the ”tennis court• but will hopefully use the grass during the session.
The hard track and roller regional championships take place at Forest Town, Mansfield om Saturday, May 10th. We are taking a party of riders to compete in these championships. If you would like to be included in the party please ring 01629 734996 or email cj@ormail.co.uk by Saturday, 3rd May at the latest. Entry fees and transport costs will be paid for by the club. Entry forms can be downloaded from www.bsca.org.uk using the forms section. You will need to take a form to the event, Both events are very much come and try it events and ideal for novices.
The Regional and the National Circuit Race Championships take place at the Darley Moor Circuit, near Ashbourne, on Sunday, 22nd June. One race covers both championships. Details next month. All BSCA championships are run in the following age groups : under-8 ; under-10 ; under-12 ; under-14 ; under-16 ; over-16. The age is how old you were last September when you started this school year.Junior DR Bike.
Coaching sessions.
BSCA Races In May
Details of Trip to Forest Town
Other BSCA Championships
The BSCA area grass track and mountain bike championships take place at Whitworth park on Saturday, 14th June. The grass track event consists of a 1 lap individual time trial followed by a series of sprints. These take place on the old cricket pitch in the park. The mtb races uses a circuit around the football pitch on the far side of the park including the two grass ”hills•. Entry for both events is free to Matlock CC members but you must complete an entry form. and let me know that you intend to race.
Contact Tony, the club secretary, for more information about club activities
Tony Holmes 01629 734753 or Email : ash2cv@supanet.com or write to The Old Smithy, Chesterfield Road, Two Dales Matlock, Derbys. DE4 2EZ
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