Membership
As George Harrison sang..’Here Come’s the Sun, do do do do’
OK, maybe I’m a week or two too early but it won’t be long. So now’s the ideal time to think about retrieving the summer bike
from the garage/spare room or wherever you stored it, feather brush the dust/cobwebs off it and check it’s ready for riding.
You don’t want to miss out on that chance of the first warm, sunny Sunday ride this year.
Oh, and whilst you’re at it, why not re-join the VC for 2024 if you haven’t already done so.
Your cycling club friends are looking forward to seeing you again this year and riding with you.
Don’t delay, get that membership arranged today so you can straight away enjoy the benefits of the VC and the
group Sunday rides. We’ve tried to make re-joining nice and straightforward. Just follow this link:
https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/club/profile/3596/vc-norwich where you will find our club profile on the British Cycling website,
and ‘click’ on BUY CLUB MEMBERSHIP where you can re-join and pay online. Remember the membership fee for this year is just
£10 per member and this includes the £1 BC admin fee.
Annual General Meeting
Our AGM will be held on the 17 March 2024. As we did last year, we will roll this into one of our regular Sunday club rides, which will
set out from the Forum at 9:30 to meet at Cafe Verde in Mattishall where food and drink will be provided by the club. If you cannot make the clubride there is parking at Cafe Verde and we will aim to gather there at 11:00am for a quick catch-up chat and nibbles/refreshments with the aim to start the AGM at 11:30am.
As well as the usual look back over the past year, we will be using the AGM to discuss what you, the membership, want out of the Club as we move forward into 2024. We already have a few dates in the diary but let’s hear your ideas for how we can make the Club as welcoming and rewarding as possible. We are also looking for willing volunteers (as always) to help out on the committee and this will be a great way to win your year’s membership for free.
Time Trialling
Our Club is organizing two ‘Open’ events this year and the beauty of being a club member is that this year if you want to race you get free entry to these two events. (You’ll need to complete the usual advanced entry request).
The 25 mile event this year is being run in honor of Mark Smart who sadly and suddenly passed away just recently.
For those newer members that may not have been fortunate enough to have met Mark, he was liked by all and was a prominent, active and enthusiastic member of this Club for many years; only leaving because he moved north to Scotland.
His contribution to this club was immense; participating in everything the club arranged, helping new members, competing, organizing events,
being on the Committee including the Chair role and just generally loving cycling. He leaves behind a lot of friends.
The events dates are:
Sun 28th April 0900. 25 mile TT – Mark Smart Memorial (Wortwell HQ/ Bungay course)
Sat 6th July 1400. 10 Mile TT. (TBA)
Nearer the time we will also be looking for volunteers to help marshal etc
Maybe if an ‘Open’ event is slightly too daunting to start, you just haven’t got all that aero equipment and paraphernalia, or you just fancy giving it a go, then our series of Evening 10’s are an ideal place to start. These are run in conjunction with other clubs on Wednesday evenings in summer from 29/05 to 14/08 from 7pm with the starting HQ at Morley.
Just turn up on the night, sign on, pay the entry fee and race. What could be easier ?
And then there’s the added bonus that there is a category specially for people on standard road bikes, so you get a fairer comparison. You never know, you could get hooked!
Clothing
We still have stock of summer club kit (which is made by Castelli). Our November 4th newsletter catalogued what is still available.
This can be ordered by email from clothingvcn@gmail.com
Majorca
Don’t forget we have linked up with Total Velo if you fancy a week riding in lovely Majorca in April.
The dates in 13th to 20th April 2024.
Details can be found in the email sent out on 7th Jan or by contacting:
Antony Stapleton : 07881-502505
Dawn Riley : 07789864303
Email – totalvelo24@gmail.com
British Cycling Coaching Courses
Do you want to become a cycling coach? British Cycling are running three courses over the coming months. If you are interested, please see below from British Cycling and click on the links for more details.
Intro 2 Coach – Multi – Redbridge – 11th May 2024 – 7147
https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/events/course/details/8783
Intro 2 Coach – Off Road – Redbridge – 13th July 2024 – 7149
https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/events/course/details/8785
Intro 2 Coach – Multi – Redbridge – 12th Oct 2024 – 7150
https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/events/course/details/8786
Well, that was quite a long update but I think that’s about it for now.
We look forward to seeing you out on your bikes again this year and at the AGM. See you soon.
Stewart Lyons – Chairman
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