Corrections

Thank you to Alistair for pointing out that the races at Goodwood are in October, not August. So - Sunday, 12 October.
Thank you to eagle eyed Mike Marchant that spotted the photo of JP was taken at Rowlands Castle and not the IOW.

Bognor Hilly TT

Sunday, 19 October is the Bognor Hilly 28 mile time trial.
Bognor Hilly - the entry fee is £7. Event organiser is:-

Roy Fairchild
5 Kingsway
Craigwell-on-Sea
Bognor Regis
West Sussex
PO21 4DQ

The closing date for entries is 7th October.

World championships

This Sunday is the world elite road racing championships at Varese, Italy. PezCyclingNews have quite a nice article about the area, from which I pinched these pictures. It looks like Eurosport International will be showing coverage from 09:30 to 16:15. Enjoy!

New members

Welcome to our latest members Gareth Smith and Andy Davey from Midhurst. Gareth is a former member. Below is a picture of him winning the 1991 IOW Junior Grand Prix. This photo is from our photo archive.

Racing at Goodwood

There is racing for all categories at Goodwood on Sunday, 12 October. See the Surrey League website. If you've not raced before check out the How do I? guide.

Cyclo cross calendar

I have selected specific events from the Wessex and London League cyclo cross calendars ...
28 Sep, Swindon - Wessex League
5 Oct, Dears Leep Park, East Grinstead - London League
12 Oct, Newbury Showground - Wessex League
19 October, Crow Farm, Ringwood - Wessex League
26 October, Bournemouth Jubilee, tbc - Wessex League
1 Nov, Cowley near Oxford - Wessex League
9 Nov, Tachbury Mount, Southampton - Wessex League
16 Nov, Basingstoke - Wessex League
16 Nov, Stanmer Park, Brighton - London League
23 Nov, Tilehurst, Reading - Wessex League
29 Nov, Cowley near Oxford - Wessex League
30 Nov, Lancing - London League
7 Dec, South area championships, Swindon
21 Dec, Dunsfold - London League
26 Dec, Southampton Sports Centre- Wessex League
4 Jan, Southampton Sports Centre- Wessex League
4 Jan, Herne Hill - London League
24 Jan, World Masters championships, Mol, Belgium
25 Jan, Herne Hill - London League
1 Feb, Stanmer Park, Brighton - London League

This year Pete McGuiness rode the World Masters championships at Mol in Belgium. He is keen to go again this year and is keen to get a party going. There is no qualification criteria.

Southdown Velo TT champs

We had our second ever Southdown Velo time trial championship on Sunday last. Only three starters - Shaun Smart who took first place, Pete McGuiness who took second and penultimate places and Alistair Mallett who was our plucky last.
Pete supplied cycling prizes whilst I supplied bottles of Leffe.

Sportives

Sunday also saw a number of riders take part in the Trailbreaks sportive starting at Petersfield.
There are a number of sportives this coming weekend. Check the events page.

John JP Pendleton

Velo Club Noviomagus Riders circa 1964

Left to right: John JP Pendleton, Pete Gould.
Taken on the Isle of Wight around 1964. John JP Pendleton was the founder of Southdown Velo which was formed from the Velo Club Noviomagus. Pete Gould was later the Managing Director of Moreys who sponsored the Island's three day race for a number of years.
The Noviomagus jersey was based upon the Italian champion's jersey.
This photograph was supplied by Ann Owens (nee Ellis), now a member of CS Dynamo which is based in Exmouth. Ann was one of the earliest members of VC Noviomagus.

Photograph courtesy Ann Owens.

Club night

Sunday, 7 September is club night at the Vestry, South Street, Chichester at 8pm.

Well done Joseph

Well done to young Joseph Marchant who won at Goodwood. An excellent ride as he has not had much chance to race this year after appearing in the Music Man at Chichester.

Tyre order

Shaun Smart will be taking tyre orders from racing members at the club night. It is a requirement that anyone who buys discounted Conti tyres has stickers on their bikes. I still have some left.

Southdown Velo TT champs

Last year we had the first ever Southdown Velo TT champs. We used one of the local club events and retired to the Cafe at Rowlands for tea, cake and prizes.
If people are interested we could use the Portsdown TT series event on 14 September at 08:00 Rowlands Castle. It's probably about £3 to enter on the line. HQ is probably the hall at Rowlands.

Not again Toby

Toby "Calamity" Neave has managed to break another bit off his long suffering body. We wish him a speedy recovery.