Monthly archive for February 2017

Have you ever wanted to try a time trial but felt a bit intimidated, or are you a triathlete looking to improve your bike split?

When:  Sunday 9th April, first rider at 8:30am

Where: Course G10/44, 10 miles on local quiet roads with marshals, from Kirdford to Wisborough Green via Petworth.

HQ:  Plaistow Village Hall

A ‘Come and Try It’ event is a means of enabling newcomers to try time time trials without some of the usual restrictions: e.g. riders do not have to be members of an affiliated club, they can ride in any type of clothing (helmet required), or on any type of roadworthy bike.

£5 per rider: please book in advance by emailing Andrew Tell:

ralphwonderllama@hotmail.co.uk

Dear fellow cyclists.

The funeral details of Roland (Roly) Masset are:

TUESDAY 28 FEBRUARY 2017
10.30am – Private Cremation at Guildford
1.00pm – Service to celebrate the life of Roland at ST MARY’S CHURCH, EPSOM ROAD, WEST HORSLEY, KT24 6AP followed by Reception (local) – details on the day.

The church is situated on A246.  From Guildford – just beyond Squires Garden Centre and on right hand side of road.
From Leatherhead – 0.5 mile beyond Duke of Wellington Pub, left hand side of road.

Parking rear of Church – Care when turning – brow of hill.    NO PARKING on A246.

FAMILY FLOWERS ONLY

DONATIONS TO LYMPHOMA ASSOCIATION would be appreciated either at the Service or c/o Funeral Director, Alan Greenwood, 1 New Parade, Leatherhead Road, Gt Bookham, KT23 4RL

The family would be very happy for those who wish to arrive via bike and in cycling gear – our Rector is a cyclist.

Paul Gillingham

To all fellow club members,

I regret to have to inform you that our dear old cycling friend Roly died last Saturday afternoon, 11th February.

It is a long time now that Roly cycled with us, but old-time members of the club will have known him from years back. He was a lovely man, very gracious and tall with a large-framed steel bicycle. He was a true hard-rider, a long-time member also of the Charlotteville Cycling Club in Guildford. Even in his Seventies he completed the LEL (London-Edinburgh-London) classic non-stop and regulars at the Ripley Bike Jumble will remember him as a regular welcoming presence on the door. He was until very recently a very active member of the Guildford Travel Club, where he was formerly Treasurer, and I always looked forward to meeting him there and having a chat with him and his lovely wife Ann. He was there at the meetings before Christmas as cheerful as ever, always interested in the world around him.

Roland had been suffering considerable back pain since December and after two scans it was confirmed on 20th January that the lymphoma had returned. Whilst it was hoped that chemo would prolong his life he was only well enough to have two treatments and was admitted to the RSCH last Tuesday. Ann said that the family are all dazed at the speed of Roland’s illness.

I shall try to find out when the funeral is and let you know.

Paul Gillingham