FGCC Gentleman, Roy Kruger, and work colleagues on Hindhead to Land’s End charity ride.
Updates from Roy as he progresses – assuming he has enough energy. Day three and final 100 miles – Day started off with us all going the wrong direction, but after doubling back and climbing the ex’s of all ex’s we managed to make up a bit of time. Hard first third, fairly flat second…
Read MoreFollow Mr Budd’s Pacific adventure
You can follow Chris Budd’s Pacific crossing on his friends’ yacht via this link: Www.afarvi.blogspot.it
Read MoreNot Gala Night 2015
Eight gentlemen of the FGCC met at the Gurkha Tandoori on Friday 20th February for our annual celebration of all that the Findon Gentlemen’s Cycling Club represents, to present awards for great achievements in the previous year, and to enjoy the Gurkha fare – as one gentlemen (PT) later commented “Not Gala Night was, as…
Read MoreThe 2014 bling award
On January 9th PT circulated the statistics of attendance on 2014 rides as follows:- So the bling award returns to RT and was presented during breakfast at Julia’s Kitchen in Findon after the Saturday morning ride on 10th January. Whilst RT was honoured to receive the award again, especially as 1.67 Everests takes him higher…
Read More2015 APM
The 2015 Annual Planning Meeting was held at Nepcroft at the start of New Year’s Eve celebrations. Apologies received from PT, we were still quorate with Messrs Mead, Allen, Roche, Kruger and Thomas present, assisted by a polypin of Dark Star bitter sourced by Mr Roche. A video conference with Mr Budd in Italy established…
Read MoreEPM – 2015 long ride
A meeting at the Village House called to discuss and hopefully agree where to go for the 2015 long ride. But firstly we had the pleasure to drink to Team Vicar’s newly arrived first grandchild and consider the prospect of three generations of FGCC members cycling to a T&B at the tank in a few…
Read MoreNot-Gala-Night 2014
In an earlier summons, members of the Findon Gentlemen’s Cycling Club had been invited to “foregather and assemble in order to partake of exotic victuals and libations, and to celebrate and commemorate such feats, alarums and excursions as have befallen, overtaken or blessed the assembled host on Friday the Seventh of March proximate, at 8pm…
Read MoreAPM 2014 24th January 2014
KBS, RT, PT, TK, ZA, JR Plan was to meet at the VH at 8.00pm, and although initial pints were acquired there was no seating available so the meeting transferred to the Gun. Both ZA and KBS rode to the meeting, particularly impressive being ZA riding all the way from Rustington in spite of the…
Read MoreSaturday 30th November – preparation of the FGCC contribution to the Findon Christmas tree festival
A hard morning’s work for Messrs Roche, Topley, Thriscutt, Penhallow and Thomas saw the creation of a marvellous work of art in the form of the FGCC entry to the Findon Christmas tree festival. The picture says it all, but to see the real thing please come to St John the Baptist Church, Findon between…
Read MoreEPM Friday 15th November – 9.00pm at the VH
An EPM is to be held on Friday 15th November to decide on date for the 2014 C2C ride as well as to discuss the FGCC contribution to the Christmas Tree appeal Please come prepared with dates for which you can obtain a pass for the C2C, and ideas for decorating the FGCC tree.
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