News and Adventures of the Rye & District Wheelers Past and Present
Well Attended A.G.M.
The Annual General Meeting held at the Riverhaven Hotel on Thursday 13 February was attended by more than half of the membership. Continue reading The Sprocket Page March 2003
This photograph of the Rye Boys School (Mermaid Street) soccer team of 1931 was kindly loaned by Frank Igglesden. Continue reading Rye Boys and Old Boys Soccer
Started with two laps of the Track then moved to the road via Peasmarsh & Iden. The distance was nine miles
The recent article in Rye’s Own on the Long Distance Race and Rye Sports ‘Like Grandfather, Like Father, Like Son’ brought back memories for Mary Hall of Continue reading Prewar Rye Sports Long Distance Race Winner
The GB Age Group Triathlon Team this year comprised of 107 male and 81 female tri athletes. Of these there were only four competitions in the male class category of 65-69 years. There were no females competing in age groups above 65. Also, Continue reading Granville at Worlds Championhips
A Vignette of Local Interest
by Clifford Jordan
Rye Football Teams in the 1920’s Continue reading In Living Memory
The Prewar Rye Wheelers ran an annual “Winchelsea Road Sprint” to find the fastest sprinters in the club. The race, held on the newly built Winchelsea Road, took the form of two time trials over a distance of a quarter of a mile. One from a standing start position and one with a flying start. Sixty years on and the spirit of Continue reading Winchelsea Road Sprint
The Rye & District Wheelers have enjoyed Club Runs every Sunday during the past month. Runs to Tenterden, where members paid a visit to the Kent and East Sussex Railway and to Bodiam Castle were especially enjoyed. Ben Sharp, the Club Captain, reports regular attendance on runs. Membership is climbing and some Continue reading Sprocket Page June 2001
Paul Osborne, the cycling Mayor of Rye, has made a tremendous contribution to the Rye & District Wheelers and cycling in Rye generally, during his two year term of office at the Town Hall. Continue reading The Sprocket Page
by Jim Hollands
Many past players of the long inactive Rye Athletic Football Club attended the funeral of Terry Spencer on Wednesday 14 March 2001. Continue reading Terry Spencer
Fifty Policemen Attend Domestic Incident at Rye Harbour According to the Rye Observer 50 (fifty) policemen attended an incident at Tram Road, Rye Harbour on Tuesday 20 February in what was reported as a nine hour siege drama. The incident was resolved at 2 am on the Wednesday morning when the man, described as a thirty-nine year old family man, came out of the house and was arrested. A spokesman for the police said “He was not armed and it was not a hostage situation”. He was later released on bail. Continue reading Town Crier March 2001
