Tag: Kent Cycling Association

Follow Kent Cycling Association through the Rye’s Own archive, in articles that record its people, activities and place in the life of the district. The trail includes “Wheelers Team Win”, “Wheelers Race to Wedding”, “Still Going Strong at 82”, and “Wheeler’s First Promotion”, offering several ways into the subject rather than a single potted account. It is a collection to browse for both the main story and the small, telling details that a local magazine notices.

Still Going Strong at 82

  Maurice Carpenter St Leonards character, Maurice Carpenter, is one of the town’s best known racing cyclists. As far back as 1952 Maurice, at the tender age of 19, recorded over 225 miles in a 12 hour race and took the Hastings & St Leonards Cycling Club record that had stood in the name of J F Mackie … Continue reading Still Going Strong at 82

New Cycling President

NEW CYCLING PRESIDENT FOR ESCA Esther Carpenter, one of the best known cycling organisers in the South-East, became President of the East Sussex Cycling Association at the Annual Luncheon and Prize Presentation held at the Roebuck

Wheeler’s First Promotion

                       The K.C.A. “50” On Sunday 8 June Rye & District Wheelers, on behalf of the Kent Cycling Association, promoted the famous June K.C.A. Fifty Mile time trial on the Romney Marshes. A seven year high of 84 riders competed on a blustery morning and … Continue reading Wheeler’s First Promotion