| CLUB HISTORY |
| Record of Events |
| 1893. | | The club was formed in April 1893, by a few enthusiastic cyclists who, having formed a social alliance, were inspired to form themselves into a cycling club. A meeting was convened at Heaven's Coffee Tavern, Hill Avenue, Bedminster. It was at first suggested to name the club W.D.& H.O. Wills Cycling Club. However, amongst the original members, there were friends who were not employed by the firm, therefore, perhaps with a thought of the days to come, it was decided that the club be known as the Bristol South Cycling Club. |
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| | The original members and founders of the club were:
Messrs. A G Justin (chairman), T Edwards (captain), C F Manns (treasurer), W Morgan (bugler), C Hazelwood, F Budd, G Jones, R Alden, W Greening, J King (vice-captain), W H Lewis and A S Sheppard (secretary). The Bugler let it be said was an important person in the clublife in the early eighteen nineties. |
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| | | The first run after the club was formed was to Bath, on the 29th April 1893. Saturday social runs and holiday tours were a great feature of Club life |
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| 1894 -96. | | The club joined the National Cyclists Union. Racing came to the club through an amusing incident; arriving at Wells early in the day on a Whit Monday holiday tour, members decided to have a try out on the track. Some gave up the idea but R Alden and W Greening decided to race, whereupon they dismantled their roadster bicycles of mudguards, brakes, etc. R Alden (Bobby) won his heat
in the half-mile race and to the amazement and delight of the club won the final. |
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| | | After the initial attempt a few members, Bobby in particular, took up serious racing with considerable success. R Alden became the first Club Champion in 1896. The first race run by
the club was in 1894 from Horfield Barracks to Gloucester and back, won by W Greening. |
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| | | For some seasons the club, in conjunction with the Bristol Harriers ran a series of sports meetings at Eastville and at St. John's Lane on the ground of the Bristol South End FC (which become Messrs E S & A Robinson's Athletic Ground and has now changed its name again). |
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| 1920 -39. | | The club was to the fore in every type of cycling activity. The Frampton Memorial Shield was won outright and re-presented to the NCU for further competition. The club was the founder club of the Western Time Trials Association whilst the annual Evening Track Sports became a popular feature
in Bristol fixtures. With the advent of youth hostelling, many members became strong supporters of this form of touring. |
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| 1939 -45. | | The club carried on a skeleton time trial and social programme during the war years. |
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| 1946. | | The club reorganised and admitted ladies for the first time. In this year E E Ilott won the half mile National Grass Championship at the County Ground. |
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| 1947. | | The post-war years saw a rapid revival of the club and by the end of the 1947 season the membership and social activities were setting up new records. It was in this year that the club celebrated its golden jubilee since the war prevented it being recognised on time in 1943. |
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| 1948. | | The club promoted the National Hill Climb Championship at Weston Hill, Bath, and the season was concluded successfully by the club's Golden Jubilee Dinner, which was attended by the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress of Bristol. |
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| 1951. | | The club promoted its second National Championship - the Ladies 25 miles time trial on the Bridgwater Flats. |
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| 1946 -59. | | Between 1946 and 1959 a great deal of controversy developed between the British League of Racing Cyclists (BLRC) and the National Cyclists Union (NCU) over the rise of mass start racing. This rivalry continued until the formation of the British Cycling Federation (BCF) in 1959. During this period the club took a full part in the development of both lines of the sport. |
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| 1953 /55. | | New figures were set in the club's open promotions for the National men's and women's Competition Records |
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| 1961. | | One of the club's riders, Chris Holloway had the distinction of attaining third position in the National BBAR competition and backed up by John Kempe and Jeff Fry, the club were placed first in the National Team Competition. |
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| 1966. | | Mrs B Body became the first member chosen to represent Great Britain in the World Championships held on the famous Nuremburg Ring, Germany. |
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| 1967. | | The club promoted the first time trial in the U.K. for professional riders in 1967, when a separate Bristol to Weston event was provided for this category. |
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| 1972. | | The club promoted the Men’s 25mile National Championship won by Alf Engers in 53:40. |
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| 1979. | | M.Noble rode the Junior World Cyclo Cross Championships in 1979 and in the same year Allen Janes was the first rider ever to ride a low profile bike in a time trial. |
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| 1982. | | The club promoted yet again, the Men’s National 25 mile Championship on the Gloucester Road that was won by Dave Lloyd, Manchester Whs in 53:34. |
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| 1987. | | Matthew Bristow set the Juvenile 10 miles competition record in the West DC GHS Final on the U4 in 20:26. During the same year Rod Collins, at his first attempt at the distance was 2nd in the 24 hour National Championship covering 483.104 miles. |
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| 1988. | | From 1988 to 1991, life member Dave Galley became the club sponsor. Club members competed in club colours carrying the Galley logo, and the legend 'Dave Galley & Son'. |
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| 1992. | | The club adopted a new patterned racing strip that retained the original club colours of red and gold. |
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| 1992. | | The club celebrated its centenary with several events during the year:
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| | | | It promoted the 100 mile National Championship on the Gloucester Road which was won by Gethin Butler in 3hr 44min 45sec |
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| | | | The centenary dinner was held at the Kingswood Civic Centre with Ted King, President of the CTC, as the guest of honour
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| | | | The first club run from Bristol to Bath was re-enacted along the railway cycle track in association with the Veteran Cycle Club
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| | | | A celebratory club run to Malmesbury took place, where the riders stopped for lunch. |
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| 2005. | | Dave Keene won the World Trike Championship. |
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| 2006. | A celebratory luncheon was held to recognise the long term membership of ten club members, each with over 50 years of continuous membership; they were Les Cattell, Len and Alice Beak, George Keene, Dave Galley, John Kempe, Pete Baldwin, Brian Boyd, Jeff Fry, Allen Janes.
Dave Keene retained the World Trike championship and broke the national trike competition record for 100ml (4hr 0min 1sec). |
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| 2007. | | The National Hill Climb Championship was held in Cheddar Gorge with Dave Keene as the event Organiser. |
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| 2008. | | Dave Keene won the World Trike Championship – again! |
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| Of Bristol’s many pre-World War 1 cycling clubs only Bristol South CC remains and it is one of the oldest cycling clubs in the country.
All the club’s collection of archives are now held at the Bristol Record Office at B Bond Warehouse, Smeaton Road, Bristol BS1 6XN. The collection contains minutes, accounts, correspondence, newspaper cuttings, membership records and start and result sheets. The documents
date from the 1890s to the 1990s. |
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| Past Officers of the club |
| | Listed here is a record of who has served the club in the roles of President, Chairman, Secretary, Treasurer and Captain. The list of Presidents is complete from 1893 up to the present day but unfortunately the others contain some gaps as these records were not maintained over the years. |
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| President |
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| 1893 - 97 | W Melville Wills | | 1897 | W R Ireland | | 1898 - 00 | W P Kingston | | 1901 - 02 | Walter H Long MP | | 1903 - 22 | J Daveridge | | 1923 - 35 | W W Douglas | | 1936 - 45 | T Thornton Wills | | 1946 - 67 | E A Warbutton | | 1967 - 03 | E E Janes | | 2003 - 12 | J S Kempe |
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| Chairman |
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| 1893 | A G Justin | | 1897 | A Hall | | 1898 - 00 | A G Justin | | 1901 - 39 | C A Hall | | 1946 - 47 | H A Butt | | 1948 - 53 | W F Perry | | 1954 - 57 | G Fox | | 1958 - 61 | E E Janes | | 1962 - 64 | C Cave | | 1965 | E E Janes | | 1966 - 68 | J S Kempe | | 1969 - 70 | F C Holloway |
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| 1971 | J Fry | | 1972 | J S Kempe | | 1973 - 74 | E E Janes | | 1975 - 77 | J S Kempe | | 1978 - 79 | K Haynes | | 1990 | D Hill | | 1991 | J S Kempe | | 1999 - 01 | J S Kempe | | 2002 - 08 | R Hutchinson | | 2008 - 19 | D Braidley | | 2020 - | D Cullen |
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| Secretary |
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| 1893 | A S Sheppard | | 1893 - 97 | A G Justin | | 1898 - 99 | W R Ireland | | 1900 - 04 | C Glenister | | 1905 - 06 | W G Adams | | 1907 - 08 | W J Webb | | 1909 | F A Newman | | 1910 - 11 | C Cox | | 1912 - 19 | H Birth | | 1920 - 21 | C Curry | | 1922 | R Herrington | | 1923 - 24 | G Gallaway | | 1925 - 26 | G Taylor | | 1927 | P Stocker | | 1928 - 35 | P W Still | | 1936 | A R Cook | | 1937 | P W Still | | 1938 | K Paterson |
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| 1939 | F W Cook | | 1940 | R Deane | | 1941 - 43 | B Lee | | 1944 - 46 | K Evans | | 1947 - 48 | J Walton | | 1949 | A D Herrington | | 1950 | K E Evans | | 1951 | L Stuart | | 1952 | D Williams & R Hazell | | 1953 -54 | Miss S G Hiscox | | 1955 | R Hazell | | 1956 | D G Jones | | 1957 | Mrs M G Keene | | 1958 - 61 | H L Beak | | 1962 | I D Metcalfe | | 1963 - 64 | H L Beak | | 1965 | D Tovey | | 1966 - 68 | B Harris |
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| 1969 | J Turner | | 1970 - 72 | M Nixon | | 1973 - 76 | S Francis | | 1977 | P Baldwin | | 1978 - 81 | K Ainscough | | 1982 - 83 | F C Holloway | | 1984 - 2001 | A McKenna | | 2002 - 05 | B Pilsworth | | 2005 - 08 | G Partridge | | 2008 - 12 | R Hutchinson | | 2012 | C Gyles | | 2012 - 13 | P Jones | | 2013 - 18 | J Warren | | 2018 - | Tim Barnes |
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| Treasurer |
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| 1893 | C F Manns | | 1894 - 97 | W R Ireland | | 1898 - 06 | W H Lewis | | 1907 | F Hollwey | | 1908 - 24 | W G Adams | | 1925 - 26 | T Parkhouse | | 1927 - 29 | W A Thomas | | 1930 - 37 | E J Smith | | 1938 - 39 | W F Perry | | 1946 | A R Cook | | 1947 - 48 | W W Griffiths | | 1949 | W H Chappell |
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| 1950 - 52 | A R Cook | | 1953 - 54 | R Sullivan | | 1955 - 56 | Miss P Heyes | | 1957 | C Moore | | 1958 - 60 | J S Kempe | | 1961 - 63 | J Fry | | 1964 - 66 | D Galley | | 1967 - 68 | S Maggs | | 1969 - 70 | J Fry | | 1971 | B Harris | | 1972 - 79 | J Fry | | 1980 | R Hull |
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| 1990 | J S Kempe | | 1991? | Mrs E Keene | | 1992 | J Roberson | | 1993 | J Roberson | | 1999 - 2004 | G Keene | | 2004 - 09 | Miss J Priest | | 2009 - 2017 | I Deegan | | 2018 | J Warren |
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| Captain |
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| 1893 | T Edwards | | 1894 - 96 | W Poole | | 1897 - 98 | C A Hall | | 1899 | S King | | 1900 - 02 | A Stewart | | 1903 | G Jones | | 1904 | R Alden | | 1905 | F Keen | | 1906 | G Roddick | | 1907 | F Newman | | 1908 | A Powell | | 1909 - 11 | W Vokes | | 1912 | P Roach | | 1913 - 19 | F Alden | | 1920 - 21 | W G Bush | | 1922 | G Hill | | 1923 | H Hampson | | 1924 - 25 | E J Smith | | 1926 | W A Thomas | | 1927 | P W Still | | 1928 - 32 | H A Butt | | 1933 | T Long | | 1934 | H Thornhill |
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| 1935 - 36 | W F Coomes | | 1937 - 40 | A F Cook | | 1941 | H Jefferies | | 1942 | T Carberry | | 1943 - 45 | K Evans | | 1946 | H Broomfield | | 1947 | J Thomas | | 1948 | A D Lanfear | | 1949 | D T Tucker | | 1950 | F T Taylor | | 1951 | A D Lanfear | | 1952 | B Yeoman | | 1953 | A A Rich | | 1954 - 57 | F T Taylor | | 1958 | J Fry | | 1959 | None | | 1960 - 62 | F T Taylor | | 1963 | P J Lark | | 1964 | R Lyall | | 1965 - 66 | P J Lark | | 1967 | P Foster | | 1968 | S Maggs & J Morris | | 1969 | J Legge |
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| 1970 | E E Janes | | 1971 | N Selman | | 1972 | D Galley | | 1973 | N Selman | | 1974 | E E Janes | | 1975 - 76 | D Galley | | 1977 | E E Janes | | 1978 | A Cheyne | | 1979 | J Legge | | 1985 | J Fry | | 1988 - 93 | D Galley | | 1995 - 96 | J Fry | | 1999 - 01 | D Galley | | 2002 - 08 | J Fry | | 2008 - 13 | A Legge | | 2013 - | S Hore | | 2015 | J Waren | | 2016 | M Miskelly | | 2018 | M Meinders | | 2019 | D Cameron |
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| Roll of Honour |
| | The passage of time has seen the death of several members who gave many years of
valuable service and the club's appreciation of their good work is recorded here. |
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| 1941 | W F Coombes (14) | | 1942 | A Hall (46) | | 1943 | G E Brown (42) | | 1943 | B England (21) | | 1943 | K Patterson | | 1945 | C Glenister (47) | | 1945 | H Rose (38) | | 1948 | E J Smith (26) | | 1949 | R Alden (56) | | 1952 | W Pearce (49) | | 1954 | G A Widman (22) | | 1955 | W G Stone (33) | | 1955 | W J Wyatt (52) | | 1955 | C Hazelwood (62) |
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| 1959 | W Told | | 1959 | V Allen | | 1960 | S H Justin | | 1961 | Mrs J Evans | | 1965 | G Fare | | 1978 | C Cave | | 1978 | Gus Taylor | | 1978 | R Sullivan | | 1989 | E Ilott | | 1993 | D Hill | | 199? | P Still | | 199? | A Cook | | 199? | W Chappell | | 2000 | R Leach |
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| 2002 | K Evans | | 2003 | W Perry | | 2003 | E Janes (70) | | 2004 | K Ainscough | | 2005 | T McKenna | | 2007 | R Theise | | 2008 | H Les Cattell | | 2009 | L Beak | | 2010 | Mrs E Keene | | 2014 | J S Kempe | | 2015 | K Haynes |
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| Previous Club Rooms |
| | Over the years the club has used many different locations for its regular meetings
and informal social gatherings; here is a list of those considered to be the ‘official’
club room. |
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| 1893 | Heaven's Coffee Tavern, 12 Hill Ave, Totterdown | | 1894 - 95 | Lee's Coffee Tavern Bath Bridge | | 1896 - 97 | Angel Hotel, Redcliff Street | | 1898 - 01 | White Hart Hotel, Old Market | | 1902 | The Ship, Redcliff Hill | | 1903 - 29 | The Star Hotel, North St, Bedminster | | 1930 - 33 | The Old Fox, Redcliff Street | | 1934 | The White Hart, Old Market | | 1935 - 37 | The Bathurst Hotel, Price Street | | 1938 - 39 | Haymarket Hotel, Bristol | | 1946 - 61 | The Glasshouse Hotel, Lawrence Hill |
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| 1962 - 65 | Scout Hut, Gadshill Rd, Eastville | | 1966 - 67 | The Old England, Bath Buildings, Montpellier | | 1968 | The Old England, Bath Building | | 1969 | The Rhubarb Tavern, Queen Ann Road | | 1969 | Centre 66, Redcross St | | 1969 | The Bear Hotel, Hotwells | | 1970 - 72 | The Old England, Bath Buildings | | 1972 - 74 | Scout Hut, St Annes Terrace | | 1974 - 76 | Horfield Parish Hall | | 1975 - 76 | Sandringham Sandy Park, Brislington | | 1977 - 90 | Old Fire Station, Hollywood Rd, Brislington |
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| 1990 - 92 | Hollywood Road | | 1993 - 00 | Bristol & West Social Club, Portway | | 2001 - 02 | Bristol University Joint Social CLub | | 2002 - 08 | The Scotchman & His Pack | | 2008 - 09 | Cross Hands pub, Downend | | 2009 - 12 | Cornubia pub | | 2012 - 16 | Star & Dove | | 2016 | The Oxford, Totterdown |
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