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Club ChampionsMick Bennett (Thomas Burton) Klaus-Peter Thaler “Tom Smart”
Klaus-Peter organises the Tour of Hope bicycle charity ride, and was given the Pierre de Coubertin medal for
that in 2005.
For further information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klaus-Peter_Thaler Derek Keen “Mr Slasher” Alan Rushton "Thomas Groffin" Ron Kitching "Benjamin" David Duffield "Mr Ayresleigh" David Duffield has broken 12 RRA records (all on tricycle) including two successes at Land’s End to John o’Groats. He also briefly held the RTTC 100 mile tricycle record in 1958. Ron Webb "Mr Griggs" Glenn Longland "Old Wardle" Glenn is a multiple Time Trial champion. He holds 5 RRA records in addition to his 11 RTTC records (both totals are a mixture of two and three wheeled exploits). Ralph Dadswell "Master Tommy Bardell" Ralph Dadswell has a strong reputation for breaking records on tricycles: Road Records Association: Additionally, Ralph holds one Eastern Counties RRA tandem trike record; two Midlands RRA tandem trike records; eleven North & West Home Counties trike records; two RRA of Scotland solo bike records; and four Southern RRA trike records. Tony Doyle MBE “George Nupkins” He won bronze in the individual and team pursuits at the 1978 Commonwealth Games. He finished fifth in the team pursuit at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow as part of the British team. He was not selected for the individual pursuit even though he was the national champion. As a result Tony turned professional and won the world professional pursuit championship, beating Bert Oosterbosch and Herman Ponsteen. He then raced six-day track races with a variety of partners before achieving great results partnering the Australian Danny Clark. Tony became a regular in six-day track races during the 1980s, winning 23 six-days. As a result he was, and still is, Britain's most successful six-day rider. He was noted for fluid and rapid pedaling, which brought him an unofficial UK time-trial record for 25 miles on a 72-inch fixed gear in 56m 30s. In 1988 Tony suffered from a serious head injury and multiple fractures at the Munich Six-day. He was given the last rites and was in a coma for ten days. He spent six weeks in ITU, followed by two months in a rehabilitation centre. Due to the extent of his injuries it was predicted that he would be unable to return to professional racing. Tony received the Bidlake Memorial Prize in 1980 following his first world championship. He received an MBE for services to cycling in 1989. He took silver in the team pursuit at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, Canada. Unfortunately, a broken back as a result of a crash at the Six-day in Zurich ended his professional career. After, he remained in sport and in particular cycling. Tony became President of the British Cycling Federation in 1996. He was the founder director of the Tour of Britain that restarted in 1994. In 2009, he was inducted into the British Cycling Hall of Fame. Tony Doyle is currently Chairman of the Olympic Delivery Board for the London Borough of Southwark. For further information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Doyle_(cyclist) Hugh Porter MBE "Jonas Mudge" Nowadays, Hugh is a TV and public-address commentator at events. He is the voice of cycling for BBC Sport, the Olympics and Commonwealth Games (track and road), World Championships (track and road) and World Cup track meetings. He commentated on the 2009 Tour of Britain, while also the public-address commentator. He kept referring to the 'stage announcer', which was himself. Hugh is a regular at Manchester and Newport velodromes, and is the voice of the Revolution series at Manchester. He is often assisted by his wife Anita Lonsbrough who sits alongside him off-microphone and helps him with his notes.
Hugh's achievements were celebrated in 1972 when Cycling Weekly awarded him his own page in the Golden Book of Cycling. In 1973, he travelled to Buckingham Palace and was made an MBE for services to cycle racing. Hugh was presented with an award for Outstanding Contribution to Cycling at the World Track Championships in
Manchester in 2008, and in Winner of the Bidlake Memorial Plaque in 1968 for his victory in the World Professional Cycling Pursuit Championship at Rome on 29th August 1968. Hugh won a Commonwealth Gold medal and he and Anita were honoured with Hon. Degrees from For further information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Porter Reg Harris OBE "Gabriel Grub" Three months before the start of the London Olympics in 1948, Reg fractured two vertebrae in a road accident. With only a few weeks to train, he then fell in a 10-mile race and fractured his elbow. Although he won two Olympic silvers in the sprint and tandem sprint, he was disappointed that he was prevented by NCU officials (timetable constraints) from winning what would have been an almost certain gold in the kilo – as Reg said coldly, this was the one gold medal he could have won. Reg won the world amateur sprint in Paris in 1947 riding a Claud Butler bike. He then won the professional sprint championship in Copenhagen in 1949, 1950 (Belgium), 1951 (Milan) and again in 1954 (Cologne). He made his comeback 20 years later to win the British championship in 1974 at the age of 54 on the same Raleigh bike he had used 25 years earlier. Winner of the Bidlake Memorial Plaque in 1947 for his victory in the Amateur Sprint Cycling Championship of the World at Paris on 27th July 1947. He won the Plaque again in 1949 for his victory in the Professional Sprint Cycling Championship of the World at Copenhagen on 28th August 1949, during the first year of his professional career. He was the first Englishman ever to win this title. He won Sportsman of the Year in 1950, and was runner up in 1949 and 1951. Awarded the OBE in 1958 - Reg was a great man and a great champion. For further information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reg_Harris and | ||
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