Gateway Cycling Award Winners 2013
Congratulations to the winners of the Gateway Cycling awards for 2013! This years winners are: Club Champion – Graeme Garner For his unbeatable times in the 2013 Summer TT, Hill Climb and Winter TT Most Improved Female – Jacqueline Tongue; Most Improved Male – Dennis Gunner Excellent improvements from both these riders this year. Among their highlights would be Jacqueline completing the Prudential RideLondon-Surrey 100 and Dennis completing his London to Southampton ride. Most Valuable Contribution to the Club – Dave … Read entire article »
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Tour de France 2014 – Volunteer!
2014 is the year that Le Tour comes to Essex. Don’t miss your chance to volunteer for this exciting event! Tour de France 2014 Still time to sign up to be a ‘Tour Maker’ volunteer! As we welcome another big year for Sport, Essex residents have a unique opportunity to play a part in the Tour de France 2014 – by registering to be a ‘Tour Maker’ volunteer. Volunteers will be needed on Monday 7 July 2014, as Stage … Read entire article »
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Membership Subscriptions
Date: Friday 10 January 2014 Time: 19:30 – 21:30 Location: Orsett Churches Centre The Club Membership Subscription is due on 1st January. Please can you ensure that your subs get to me as soon as possible. Please remember to bring payment or your cheque book to the first club meeting of the year at Orsett Churches Centre and pay either myself (or Lorraine Retigan the Treasurer if I am not available). Subscriptions are: Individual £ 20 Family £ 30 Second Claim £ 15 We are a small club with an urgent need to process club funds when they are due. Please help by being prompt with membership subscriptions. Happy New Year … Read entire article »
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A Christmas Message from the Chairman
It has been another cracking year for British cycling – two Tours de France in a row are enough to stir excitement and patriotism in the hearts of even the least competitive and most ardently recreational cyclists. Gateway Cycling has not missed out on this flush of enthusiasm. Our membership is up by about 50% compared to 2012 and in every branch of cycling the efforts of our members continue to increase. The roads around Thurrock are oft times awash with the distinctive blue colours of the club and more and more members are venturing further afield to display those colours in major sportives and other prominent events. On the track, too, our kit is becoming more noticeable with an increasing number of members putting in first class performances throughout … Read entire article »
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Club kit Order
One of the benefits of being a Gateway Cycling member is being able to order our fantastic Giordana club kit. The kit is really good quality, comfortable, and with the club colours looks great too! We are about to place our next order with Giordana and we need your requests for the items you want before Monday 21st October. We need to meet minimum order requirements per item and we have plenty of orders for Shorts, Short Sleeve … Read entire article »
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Get Britain Cycling report and e-petition
All, Please go to the BC website and read the report then sign the e-petition: http://www.britishcycling.org.uk/ and follow the link in the left hand column under ‘Latest News’. I think you will all agree that this is an important petition for the future of cycling in this country. Noel … Read entire article »
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Beginners’ Ride
The first of the new series of Gateway Cycling’s Beginners’ Rides will be held this Sunday 24th February subject to the weather – so watch our website www.gatewaycycling.org.uk for any updates/last minute cancellations. Meet at the Blackshots Leisure Centre car park for a start time prompt at 9:00. The first part of the ride will be through Baker Street and Orsett to Bulphan. The intention is to arrive at Bulphan by 9:30 so that any riders who wish can … Read entire article »
Annual General Meeting 2013
The Gateway Cycling Annual General Meeting will take place on Friday 8th March 2013 at 7:30pm. All are welcome to attend but only current club members, i.e. those whose annual subscriptions have been paid, are eligible to vote. … Read entire article »
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London to Paris Charity Ride
On the 12th of September 2012 I was out training on my bike when I was involved in a road traffic accident. I got hit by two vans and ended up underneath one of them in a ditch, I was air lifted to hospital and sustained 6 broken bones. Both bones in my right leg and 4 bones in my pelvis were broken and I’ve spent 6 months so far recovering. Now myself (Ben Lamb, 17) and my … Read entire article »
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