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2 Pickwick Bicycle Club Magazine. Volume 9 No.1 March 2012
Your President’s word:
Editorial
I am extremely grateful to the club for electing me as their President
There has been a glorious
th
start to what is destined to for this historic year marking the 200 anniversary of the birth of
be a momentous year! Charles Dickens. If the year is anything like the first few months it
will truly be something that I will
Our club was honoured always remember.
with our President meeting
the Royal Family at I have written a short report of the
Buckingham Palace on Portsmouth celebration of 7th
behalf of the club; two February when several members
members at Westminster joined the Mayor and other
Abbey and the Mansion dignitaries and guests. The
House; and others in cyclists were in period dress and
Portsmouth, all for C.D’s riding appropriate machines. This
Bi-Centenary celebrations.
accompanies the photographs on
later pages
Then G.B’s women setting
new World Records at the I am looking forward to meeting
Olympic Velodrome, the the Queen and Prince Philip at
track designed by our own Buckingham Palace on 14th February.
Mr Griggs. Hotel booking
on Box Hill by Baillie Mac
Something for the Olympic
Road Race. Proposed
‘Camp Pickwick’ for the The Captain’s Orders:
Olympic Time Trials and
so much more to look This year we celebrate of the birth of a brilliant writer
forward to. Whose stories help make our existence,
brighter
A special celebratory A talent whose memory we hold very dear
Dickens event later for us Making this a historic Olympic year
and our partners and, of
course, the regular events, His words captured the Victorian era
Golf Day and bike ride, Creating characters of a social stigma
Benson Rally, Hampton The world over, his stories are spread
Court Ride, the And in many languages his words read
President’s Lunch, the
Garden Party – Wow! what Our very existence is drawn from his writing
a prospect! Characters all from Pickwick Papers uniting
Having sobriquets by which we are known The Captain
Great days ahead, make Ensures our traditions are given a fine hone (Dismal Jemmy).
the most of them, forget
your troubles and enjoy Each time you dine or venture forth on the road
while you can! Member ensure you adopt the correct dress code
Let us show to the world of manners most striking
New woven hat badges, a Standards to further the interest of eating and cycling
lapel badge and a pair of
magnificent cufflinks were We should seek to reassure by preserving tradition
sent to all members, the A crucial action in this changing world of competition
latter arriving on the very By the application of our customs and the way we are dressed
anniversary day. 14th Feb. Like guests, maybe Charles Dickens would have been impressed