Cycling clubs from all over East Sussex and Kent took part in the Kent Group VTTA Annual Reliability Trial which started and finished at Bethersden on Sunday 8 February. Continue reading Local Cycling- Early Season Activity
Category: Sports
Rye Wheelers at KCA Luncheon
‘Pav’ Bryan is Best All Rounder and Bronwen Ewing Sets New records.
Peter ‘Pav’ Bryan of Rye & District Wheelers was the 2016 Kent Cycling
Long Distance Best All Rounder Champion and a major prize winner at
the KCA Luncheon, held at The Weald of Kent Hotel on Sunday 6 November.
Also at there to collect her trophies for being the KCA’s fastest
10 mile and 25 mile lady in Kent was Rye Wheelers first National Champion,
Bronwen Ewing. Continue reading Rye Wheelers at KCA Luncheon
Rye Wheeler William wins Hastings Hill Climb
Outstanding Victory for Young Rye Wheeler
On a miserable wet morning, Rye Wheeler William Murtagh was the outright winner of the Hastings Hill Climb which took place this morning Sunday 16 October 2016.
Continue reading Rye Wheeler William wins Hastings Hill Climb
VTTA 15 Mile Sunday 9 October
Pictures from the Event
Gordon Davis of the Thornton Road Club competed in the event in memory of his son Andrew who had competed in 2001 but sadly died in 2002.
Gordon, who is almost eighty, has been racing in time trials since 1954. He is pictured below, rounding the Brenzett roundabout with four miles to go.
Rye Town’s First Home Goal
Rye Town F C Top the table
Rye Town Win 4-2 at The Salts against Tackleway.
Film of the very first home goal.
Rye Town 4 Tackleway 2 – East Sussex League
Alfie Weller gets the ball rolling Continue reading Rye Town’s First Home Goal
Wheelers Trip to France 2016
Cross Channel Jaunt
Ten of the more senior members of Rye & District Wheelers ( average age 70 ) made a trip across the Channel from Dover on Tuesday 26 July 2016 and rode a circular route from Calais via Gravelines, Audruicq, Ardres and back along the Canal Road to Calais.
A 50 mile run, interspersed with stops for refreshments at regular intervals to sample the cuisine and hospitality of the area. Continue reading Wheelers Trip to France 2016
Rye Wheelers 10 Mile Junior Championship 1962
Mike Ashdown, Bernard Clarke, Garry Booth, Chris Parsons & Peter Miles at Full Speed
Another piece of film from the 1960’s – Dug out of the Rye’s Own Film Archive
From “Rye’s Own” Film Archive – Released Monday 20 June 2016
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The Tenterden 5 Mile
On a windy but mild day in February, there was a record entry for the Tenterden 5 Mile Race (previously called the Isle of Oxney Hot Soup 5 mile dash) A rolling rural, almost traffic free, route along the quiet lanes around the pretty Kent village of Wittersham, near Tenterden was well organised, friendly and the marshals and St John Ambulance were cheerful and supportive. Continue reading The Tenterden 5 Mile
KCA 3 Up Team Time Trial
The Joys of Owning a Bike
By Beryl Dale
As a child I lived in the village of Playden, near Rye in East Sussex, close to the boundary with Kent. It is a village where the centre housed the church, village hall and The Peace and Plenty pub. Not far from there was the school which my brother and I attended until we were eleven years old. We lived on the far reaches of the village near The River Rother and close to the lock gates and the Star Inn pub.
I was seven years old when the Second World War ended and until then we had been restricted in our movements. Having to show identity cards wherever we went. Suddenly we could roam free. Dad had a small arable farm on the far side of the river to where we lived. Also a market garden, a grain drying unit and he reared pigs and kept hens. We knew all the local farmers and felt free to play in the fields around us. Continue reading The Joys of Owning a Bike