So, a quick update, on this day 12 months ago, we had 77 paid up members and by the end of 2019 we had 101 fully paid up members. Today we have 74 members who have paid their 2020 subscription. Many thanks to you all. Club night this month is on Valentines night, so why not bring your valentine along, have a cuppa and cake – and pay your subs. It would REALLY, REALLY, REALLY be appreciated if everyone else would pay their subscription and complete the on-line membership form:- – Payment can be made by bank transfer into the club bank account 30-18-34 01559612 using member(s) name as reference. – Alternatively you can pay by cash or cheque on club night which will be on 14th February and Chris Garside will be there to … Read entire article »

ALL Gateway members PLEASE READ THIS!! Here are some very important dates for your diary. The scheduled April club night is on Easter Friday, April 10th, and the hall is not available. If any members would like to meet up, perhaps there could be a get together at the Foxhound Pub instead, just an idea. Let other members know what you would like to do on Whatsapp or Facebook. The AGM will be held on Friday 17th April in our usual venue. Please put this in your diary, calendar or whatever! We need as many members as possible to attend as we need to vote on amendments to the constitution relating to social media, to approve the financial report for the club and to vote for any changes of club officials. If you … Read entire article »

Hello to all Gateway members and some who are hopefully nearly there. On this day 12 months ago, we had 50 paid up members and by the end of 2019 we had 101 fully paid up members. Today we have 53 members who have paid their 2020 subscription. Many thanks to you all. It would REALLY, REALLY, REALLY be appreciated if everyone else would pay their subscription and complete the on-line membership form:- – Payment can be made by bank transfer into the club bank account 30-18-34 01559612 using member(s) name as reference. – Alternatively you can pay by cash or cheque on club night which will be on 14th February and Chris Garside will be there to process the payments. – This will help us all to keep our records up to date and ensure … Read entire article »

From Jon Lane Dear All. The weather looks good for the weekend, some sunshine, a light breeze but a bit nippy at 7 degrees… I plan to take a ride to Kent this Saturday 18th – meet at Tilbury/Gravesend Ferry at 08.45 taking the last ferry at 09.00 (no ferries after 9, breakfast break… Next is 10.20) A short ride out to Sole Street, Cobham, Upper Higham, then a quiet zig zag route through the back lanes to the cafe. A bit of hill work and slight traffic to start but all manageable and at an easy pace. All being well we should be back before lunchtime… There’ll probably be wet and mud along the route so leave your posh bike and take a hybrid, MTB or cyclo cross – ideally Gaitor Skin, … Read entire article »

From Phil Baker….. Happy New Year to all. Thanks to the 21 members who have already paid their 2020 membership subs. It would be appreciated if everyone paid by the end of January. This year the committee has another small request; As part of Gateway Cycle Club’s GDPR requirements and to maintain the data held by British Cycling, Paul Plumridge has developed an on line membership form. Can all, “that means ALL”, members please complete the form. It has been simplified removing medical, ethnicity and in case of emergency information so it only takes a couple of minutes to complete. We will use the data to update not only the club’s British Cycling records, but also the email address list used for the weekly website news round and access to Facebook. In that way we can ensure … Read entire article »

Gateway Cycling 2020 Membership fees are now due …. please The committee would like to wish all of our members a happy New Year, a happy New Decade and an enjoyable, successful and safe year of cycling for 2020. If you have set yourself some new challenges, it would be great if you could let us know and keep us updated with your progress throughout the year. – Membership fees are due this month and the committee are requesting that you pay your membership before the end of January. This will help us all to keep our records up to date and ensure that we declare our membership numbers correctly with British Cycling. – Payment can be made by bank transfer into the club bank account 30-18-34 01559612 using member’s name as reference. – … Read entire article »

Gateway cycling club riders will be wearing festive costumes for its annual Santa ride on Sunday December 15th. Leaving Bulphan at 10.00 am we will ride over to the restaurant at Hanningfield Water Park for some refreshments before riding back to Thurrock. This ride is always well attended so if you see us give us a wave. … Read entire article »

Wednesday 11th – lunch at Coalhouse House Fort – there was one space left as of yesterday. Friday 13th evening – Christmas evening buffet – all welcome, first drink free. Sunday 15th – Santa ride at 10.00 from Bulphan         … Read entire article »

Hi all, a reminder about a couple of events coming up. On Friday the 13th December we will be having the Gateway Cycling Christmas buffet at the Kings Arms in Orsett. We start at 7.30 and hope to see loads of you there. Your first drink is on the club and they always lay on a good spread. On Sunday 15th December, there will be the annual Santa ride. This starts in Bulphan at 10.00 and will go to the cafe at Hanningfield. Feel free to attire yourself appropriately. It would be appreciated if some of the more experienced riders would lead this ride, at a slower speed, for the social riders. Mark Woolven has kindly offered to lead this ride, thanks Mark. … Read entire article »