Barton Wheelers CC
J. Taylor
21 Sunnybank
Barton-on-Humber,
North Lincolnshire,
DN18 5LJ
Phone: 01652 632042
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Website: http://www.bartonwheelers.co.uk
The Club is based at Barton-on-Humber in North Lincolnshire and has members from many of the surrounding towns & villages. We currently have around 70 members of all ages and cater for touring and most racing disciplines. New members are particularly welcome whatever their cycling interest. We promote club time trials on Thursday evenings through the summer, plus two open time trials, and three road races. The highlight of the year is the Carnival road race held on the Saturday evening of the Barton Carnival weekend. It passes through the streets of the town and attracts a quality field of riders.
The History Of The Club And How It Was Formed
The Club was founded in July 1933 after a group of cyclists led by Herbert Dent and Dave Farmer went to a rally at Torksey and found that they had to be members of a club in order to enter the sports. They used the name Barton Wheelers for the weekend and held an inaugural meeting on their return to Barton.
Competitions started in 1934 with riders taking part in time trials, track racing and endurance events. The ride to Meriden and back, a distance of over 200 miles, is the endurance event most frequently found in the club records. Photographs of club runs and events show that the club had a substantial membership of both sexes and it is known that there were 11 couples riding tandems in 1938.
The club prospered until the late 1950s when private motor transport gradually became more common and the club declined to such an extent that organised activities ceased in 1959. However, Mike Frow, who is still with the club today, looked after the trophies and bank account and continued to pay the National Cycling Union subscriptions.
In 1978 some of the previous members and new enthusiasts revived the club and held their first club run on 23rd. April. Time trialling and road racing followed later in the year. The club now has an average of 70 members each year and is involved in practically every aspect of cycling.
The majority of our club competitions involve time trials but we do have groups competing regularly in road races, cyclocross and mountain bike events. Between April and September we have club time trials every Thursday evening at distances from 5 to 25 miles. We also promote several open time trials each year and have promoted the National Juvenile 10 Mile Championship (1983), the National Junior 10 Mile Championship (1994) and the National Junior 25 Mile Championship (1999).
The event that brings cycling into the town is the Carnival Road race, which is always run on the evening of the town carnival in July.
Members preferring to ride longer distances at a more leisurely pace take part in Audax events or join the Hull CTC group for Sunday rides. Small groups are forming for weekday club runs and there are some fast training rides at weekends during the Winter.
Tandems are regaining popularity and are prominent in the club weekend trips to Coxwold (wartime cyclists memorial service) and the CTC York Rally.
The main social events in the Winter are the Christmas lunch ride and the Prize Presentation evening.
Leisure on Road, Road, Track, Time Trials, MTB X-Country, MTB Downhill, Cyclo-Cross
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