EPM and celebration of Mr Roche’s retirement
An EPM has been called for 1st April at the Village House for the purposes of celebrating Mr Roche’s retirement from the wheels of commerce – beware of likely falls in global markets – and to plan a future Hayling Island ride. The outcome of those plans will be published in the next days. Update:…
Read MoreFGCC Not-gala-night 2022
Nine gentlemen of the FGCC dressed in formal club attire along with full regalia attended a fine banquet at the Tajdar in Findon on January 22nd 2022 to commemorate achievements of members of the club in the past year. Sadly we were without two members, Messrs Avery and Roche, who were confined to barracks for…
Read MoreFindon Gentlemen’s Cycling Club Annual planning meeting held on Friday 7th January
FGCC APM 2022. The annual planning meeting of the FGCC was held on Friday evening to plan rides and events for the new year with 8 gentlemen present and with a member of the youth wing,Mr Budd chairing the meeting. In contrast to past meetings the plan was determined in record time enabling all to…
Read MoreMonarch’s Way ride raises £600+ for st John the Baptist school
Chairman of the school governors reports that the FGCC Monarch’s Way ride has raised more than £600 with hopefully more coming in as articles are published in local press. As previously reported this will go towards playground markings which are desperately needing improvement.
Read MoreMonarch’s Way ride – Friday update from Mr Roche to the school
Thanks for your email and we are glad that you have enjoyed these updates to our and King Charles’ stories. By the time you read this we hope to have visited you all at school today and talked to you about our adventures. This message is just to continue telling our story from yesterday. On…
Read MoreMonarch’s Way ride – Thursday update from Mr Roche
Yesterday we started cycling from Winchester heading east. You will remember that we arrived at Winchester (once the ancient capital city of England), from Salisbury following the path taken by King Charles II on the trek that he made on his way to France. He wanted to escape pursuit and capture by the armies of…
Read MoreMonarch’s Way ride – Wednesday update from Mr Roche to the school
Now where were we with our story? Ah yes …. our monarch, King Charles the second, was fleeing to France pursued by his old enemy Oliver Cromwell, who had at his command the parliamentarian army….. and our modern day collection of cyclists are following in the King’s footsteps (or those of his horse). By the…
Read MoreMonarch’s Way ride – Tuesday update from Mr Roche
On Tuesday Mr Roche sent the following message to the school. Yesterday we cycled from Wincanton to Salisbury. What we have learned is that not a lot happened to Charles II on this leg of his journey and we are pleased to say that not a lot happened to us either: no breakdowns or tyre…
Read MoreMonarch’s Way ride update from Mr Roche to the school
Hello from all of us as we set off on this week’s biking adventure. Today we start our ride from Wincanton in Somerset on our quest to join you all at school on Friday morning (we hope). Yesterday ten of us travelled here by car from Findon to stay overnight before we set off this…
Read MoreMay Monarch’s Way ride in aid of Findon school PTA
FGCC to ride the Monarch’s Way – in aid of Findon St John the Baptist school’s PTA …for new playground markings and other projects for the children At the end of May (2021), pandemic allowing, a group of trusty cyclists from the Findon Gentlemen’s Cycling Club, several of whom have close connections to the Governing Body at Findon…
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