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Dave Saffery 26th September 1929 to 18th July 2009

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on Tue, 04/08/2009 - 16:18
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The funeral of Dave Saffery, Thanet RC president, took place at Thanet Crematorium on Monday 3rd August. It was standing room only, as cyclists from all over Kent joined Dave’s friends and family to say farewell. Although tinged with sadness, the simple ceremony provided an insight into the family man and the cyclist, with tributes and anecdotes. Dave had chosen the final song - Monty Python’s “Always look on the bright side of life”; so typical of him to send us away with smiles on our faces.

Rest in peace old friend.

(click on the title bar for the full obituary)

Dave celebrating his 79th birthday.

Ray Gosman - Best of the Hardriders 1955

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snoozysteve
on Mon, 09/08/2010 - 19:56
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To quote Malcolm, he has been reading "2 very very large albums of press cuttings produced by a De Laune member starting back in the 50's"...

Malcolm kindy scanned and sent the attached cutting relating to Ray Gosman:

Ray Gosman 1955

If anyone else has archive material they wish to share please forward it on and we can add it to the site.

Apprentice needed - URGENT!

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grahamo
on Sat, 19/06/2010 - 15:45
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Congratulations to Steve and Shabana

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grahamo
on Sun, 30/05/2010 - 09:32
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I am delighted to report that at 0310 hrs on Sunday 30th May Steve and Shabana Robertson welcomed the arrival of a 7lb 9oz daughter. They are still considering options for naming the 2028 Olympic hopeful, but if Steve has his way we can expect a long name containing Victoria, Nicole, Rebecca and Lizzie!

Wednesday 'Wobblers'

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grahamo
on Wed, 05/05/2010 - 22:27
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The Vets 10’s take place on the first Wednesday of each month. Riders meet at Great Chart and the racing kicks off at 10am. These are friendly events on an ‘interesting’ course.

Stolen Bike

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grahamo
on Thu, 15/04/2010 - 19:52
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Colin Inett reports...

Jason Wares was unfortunate enough to have his bike stolen from his place of work in St Peter`s this morning (15th April), and has asked me to pass the word around to all Club members.

The bike is a black Trek road bike and has been recently resprayed. It has Trek logos with blue borders and white centres and has blue/white flashes. The wheels are Mavic Ksyriums. The bike is worth around £1000.

If you see this bike or are offered it to buy please contact Jason or respond via the website

Bill Hurlow - 1921-2010

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on Tue, 02/03/2010 - 20:21
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Bill Hurlow, past TRC President and frame-builder extraordinaire died peacefully at Kent and Canterbury Hospital on 28th February. His frames were special and will be forever cherished by their lucky custodians; thus Bill will be remembered by a grateful cycling community. Put ‘Hurlow’ into your search engine, or click on…
Classic Lightweights UK
Classic Rendezvous

Thanks Frank

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on Mon, 10/08/2009 - 16:22
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Those of you ‘blitzing’ around the corner and over the flyover at Potten Street on the Wednesday evening 10 may not have had a good look at Frank, our regular marshal for this section of the course, so here he is…

…and as our season on the Q10/31 draws to a close in favour of Fowlmead, this is to say all the very best Frank - thanks for looking out for us and we look forward to seeing you on the corner again next year.

Ernie sets a new age record

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on Sun, 10/05/2009 - 20:50
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A fact recently noted by our esteemed President. And I’m quoting him verbatim, so the language is his own (our apologies for this)!

"...Looking at last Wednesdays results (22nd April) I see that the old b***** Ernie Abdella set an age record for a 78 year old (34:43)over a distance of 10 miles. When I contacted him he reckoned it was just to have a ride around the circuit and age records was the last thing on his mind. Just as well Randell doesn't get on his bike.
Regards
Dave ..."