The annual club presentation night was held last Thursday night at Abbeys Bars (Portals Place) to celebrate and recognise the achievements of the club members during the 2019 season.
Paul Garstang opened the night with his welcome speech to go through the order of events for the evening and to introduce the some of the special guests we had in attendance:
Lewis Hall presented the awards assisted by John Grant who was compare for the night. Gavin Russel and Dave Oliver from the VTTA ,with who the club work closely with hosting TT events in the Teesside district were also at the event. A special mention must go to Mrs Russell who presented the Phillip Russell Memorial Trophy for the fastest 10m TT.
Phil and his family deserve a big thank you from the club members for organising the evening as a they put in a lot of hard work that is not always appreciated and also the staff at Abbeys Bar deserve a pat on the back for the service and buffet they provided.
Hartlepool Cycling club championships 2019:
SPOCO 23mTT Edward Walker Cup P Thirling 00;55:43 Actual
SPOCO 23mTT Handicap SPOCO Handicap Cup R Grant 00:55:24 Handicap
Senior 10m TT J.W.Cameron Cup G Hunt 00:23:15 Actual
Handicap 10m TT 10m TT Handicap Cup R Grant 00:19:22 Handicap
Fastest 10m TT Phillip Russell Memorial Trophy P Fountain 00:21:37 Actual
Senior 25m TT Ron Best Cup G Hunt 00:59:10 Actual
Handicap 25m TT 25m TT Handicap Cup R Grant 00:51:45 Handicap
Fastest 25m TT Marcus Bloom Shield G Hunt 00:55:50 Actual
Senior 50m TT 50m TT Shield G Hunt 01:54:11 Actual
Hill Climb Hill Climb Cup P Thirling 00:04:06 Actual
Best All Rounder B.A.R Cup 1st place G Hunt 26.88 mph ( Average over 10m, 25m, 50m distances)
B.A.R Plaque 2nd place R Grant 24.68 mph ( Average over 10m, 25m, 50m distances)
B.A.R Plaque 3rd place P Wright 23.48 mph ( Average over 10m, 25m, 50m distances)
100/8 Challenge P Garstang, P Wright, A Wilson, R Grant, T Jones, B Blakelock, A Downs. All received a commemorative medal.
Photographs of the award winners:
Philip Russel Memorial Shield
Ron Best Cup
Handicap cup
T Jones A Downs and B Blakelock are missing from photo
Marcus Bloom Shield
50m TT Shield
Apologises if some photographs are missing, these are the only ones i have been sent.
The raffle was a success with some good prizes kindly donated by club members which raised £115 to go to the club funds so a big thank you to Janet and Julie who sold the tickets and also to Andrew Wilson who was sorting the beer chits and taking in the yearly subs.
Andrew was made up after winning a designer pink saddle bag in the raffle to go with his pink cycling tights which hopefully will get its first public outing in this years 100/8..
After the closing address by Paul it was time to reminisce with some of the old guard who were well represented on the night.
A trip down memory lane for some of the old timers, who reckon they could still beat the young guns of today over most of the TT distances but especially the 100/8!!!!
Two photographs taken 63 years apart of the same group of lads.
Here are the lads representing West Hartlepool CC in the 1957 Bruslington Road Race.
Left to Right: Lewis Hall, Jim McNeil, John Grant, Ken Bainbridge, Colin Lyth and Ian Cox.
The 2020 photo: Jim McNeil, Ken Bainbridge, Lewis Hall and John Grant, Missing from the photo are Colin who now lives in Australia and sadly Ian who is no longer with us but the lads had a few beers for them in their absence.
All in all the night was a brilliant success.
RIDE STRONG STAY SAFE..