Mildenhall CC
Club Contact Details
Dave Bowers
Grove Villa
Beeches Road
West Row,
Suffolk,
IP28 8NP
Phone: 01638 715986
Website: http://www.mildenhallcc.org.uk
Secretary
Mandy Cook
Email: mandycook@btinternet.com
Some History
Mildenhall Cycling Club was formed in 1953, but there was a Mildenhall & District Wheelers that existed between 1933 and 1937 when it folded due to the second World War. There is also evidence of a Cycling Club in the late 1800's, with a picture in the local museum showing cyclists on 'Ordinary Cycles' in front of the historic Market Cross, which forms part of the modern-day Club's logo.
The current Club originates from very humble beginnings with a group of young men who used cycles as transport to the swimming pool in nearby Newmarket. This intrepid group, which included brothers Alan and David Thompson, Ted Cocksedge, Olly Snushall, Bill Butcher, Ron Morley and Bob Bragg, eventually got tired of cycling to Newmarket. They wanted more adventurous areas and distances to cycle in, even though the machines they owned weren't specialist bikes. They did however serve the purpose and Mildenhall & District Cycling Club was born in 1953.
However, being the first few years after the War, the new Club lost many members to National Service and by 1956 was on the verge of going out of existance. It struggled on until 1959 with just five members, when one of the founder members Alan Thompson returned from the RAF determined to keep the Club going. He has remained loyal to the Suffolk Club and is now a vice-president. It was at this point that current Club President Dave Bowers joined and together they set about increasing the membership.
During those early years it used, as a meeting place, many varied establishments. These include an old fish & chip shop, a garage at the Ship Inn Public House (now dismantled and moved away from the Lark Road as a house) and the saloon bar at the Half-Moon Public House.
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