Morris Jury, Wigmore CC – 1939-2023
I knew Mo from the 1950s when we were both young members of the Wigmore CC, and he became a life-long friend. He was a very good time trialist, roadman and track rider, and also a very good clubman. He also did well at running, before coming back to cycling later.
One of his first trophies was the Wigmore Junior Massed Start (Road Race) Champion’s Cup awarded to him in 1956. Two years later he won the club’s 12 Hour Challenge Trophy with 233.645 miles in the KCA ‘12’ (5th place).
The next year Mo was riding for the Sittingbourne CC and in 1960, when I was on national service, he was in a very strong Sittingbourne team with Terry Hulme and Brian Hampton. They won many team awards, and Mo was KCA Senior Best All Rounder. It was his best season of racing. He won the KCA ‘100’ with 4.18.39, the fastest time on the trophy then and he won it by nearly 9 minutes. But he did a faster ‘100’ that year, 4.14.41, I am not sure of the course, and he gained a good placing in the BBAR.
In that year Mo won the Folkestone ‘25’ with 59.23, I think at Chilham. He also won the Medway Wheelers Roy Enfield Memorial ‘50’ with 2.2.38, Terry Hulme was second and Brian Hampton third counter with 2.09.07, another team win. In third place was Ken Craven, Crescent Wheelers with 2.3.29, Ken was hardly ever beaten when he raced in Kent. He was a good friend of the Wigmore. When racing in Kent he and Roy Savery used to stay with Pete Milner at his home in Bredhurst. They often joined the Wigmore club runs when they were racing down this way or sometimes they just rode down from East London to go on our runs.
In 1963 Mo came back to the Wigmore. He won the Len Chambers 25 Mile Cup in 1963 (1:00:01), 1965 (1:00:47) and 1966 (58:11), the R A Burns 50 Mile Cup in 1963, 1965 and 1966, and the Fairyland 100 Cup in 1965 and 1966. He was the winner of the B.A.R. (Best All-Rounder) Cup – Senior in 1963, 1965 and 1966. He also set place-to-place solo and tandem records for the Gillingham (Will Adams Memorial) to Canterbury and back.
In 1971 the Wigmore won the KCA BAR team. Our team was John Booty, Roger Travers and Mo. He recorded 222.683 miles in the ‘12’. The next year Mo was selected to ride for the South East District in the National 100 kilometres 4up Championship. The other team members were Dave Bedford, John Booty and Rod Kennison. They finished 4th , their time was 2.21.17. The Hounslow and District were winners, 2.07.52.
Mo did many road and circuit races, including Brands Hatch, and also track racing, but he broke a collar bone in a grass track race. After 1972 Mo stopped racing and began running. In a marathon he did a time of 2.42, showing he always had great stamina.
In his 50s Mo returned to cycling. He became a member of the VTTA. He didn’t race any more, but he did a lot of long rides still. He went to Wednesday Wobblers and he won the Wigmore Tourist Shield (for a noteworthy tour, audax or sportive ride) in 2008, 2009 and 2010.
Mo passed away on 4 December 2023 after a long illness. I wish to offer my deepest condolences to his family and friends, especially his daughter Andrea and son Steve on losing their father and also their mother Shirley, who passed away on 24 August. They lost both their parents less than four months apart.
Clin Maisey, Wigmore CC.
Evening 10 Time Trial results – Round 1, 01/05/24
10 mile open time trial cancelled
Very sadly we have had to cancel the Wigmore CC Bill Philbrook Memorial this year due to multiple roadworks on the course, poor road surfaces and a very low number of entries.
I suppose after 36 years of uninterrupted promotions we have been lucky and it had to happen at some time.
As a result we will be moving next year’s 25 from our traditional venue Chilham to an alternative course hoping for better luck and bumper entries!
Thank you to all who did enter this year and apologies for not being able to run the event as planned.
- 8Finally “Please support your local events” enjoy the ride and stay safe! ♀️
Bill Philbrook 25 mile time trial 2024
75th Anniversary Awards
Our 75th Anniversary Awards evening was on 18th November 2023 and saw the return to the location where the was club founded in 1948 – the Wigmore Smallholders Club.
A lot of hard work goes into delivering any club event, so thanks must go first to Helen Masters, Social Secretary and Kirsty Wastall for shouldering the burden of the work with support from Mike Finch, Bob Philbrook and Martin Trice. Thank you.
Following our meal, we were thrilled to have cyclocross legend Ian Field speaking about his career as a cross racer and his journey to get there and his new role as coach at http://veldcoaching.co.uk. Our host for the evening Bob Philbrook ensured things ran smoothly.
Bob and Jon from the Go-ride section were on hand to announce the prizes as Ian kindly gave them out with a smile and a handshake. Not before some well-earned flowers for Helen and Kirsty for their sterling work in organising the event.
The full list of winners is below but some notable awards are here:
- Steve Harman, Dave Bishop and Marin Stoichkov, Cyclerama Award for completing Lands End to John O’Groats.
- Henry Twynam, “”L’Equpier” rider of the year for being super helpful and supporting younger riders at Go-ride sessions.
- Keith Walker, for a truly amazing tally of awards.
The traditional raffle followed, with our great friends The Bike Warehouse Gillingham donating some awesome prizes.
There was also a special prize paid for by the Philbrook family for introductory coaching vouchers for Luke Anderson’s new cycle coaching venture Luke Anderson Cycle Coaching. Find out more about Luke’s offering at https://lacc.uk. We wish Luke all the very best with his new venture.
It was great that some old club members could attend too, and there was a display of club memorabilia from years gone by.
We hope everyone had a great evening and is looking forward to next years challenges, maybe with a new bike or gadget from Father Christmas, or indeed The Bike Warehouse!
The 75th Anniversary Wigmore CC prize winners
Rider | Award |
---|---|
Caitlin Dobbins | Most Improved Rider |
Cameron Carthew | 3rd Evening Scratch League (Road Bike) |
Laurence Bailey | Most Improved Rider (Primary Age) |
Henry Twynam | “L’Equipier” Rider of the Year |
Mike Finch | 1st Evening Scratch League (Road Bike) |
Jamie Harris | 2nd Anderson Points League |
Miles Twynam | Most Committed Rider |
Julien Barton | 1st Evening Scratch League |
2nd Evening Handicap League | |
2nd Evening Vets League | |
John Booty Club Events Cup | |
Zwift Shield | |
Marin Stoichkov | 2nd Evening Scratch League (Road Bike) |
Luke Smeeton | Best Racer |
Dave Wastall | 2nd Open TT League |
3rd Anderson Points League | |
Luke Anderson | Len Payne Off Road Trophy |
Sonny Jenns | Best Newcomber |
Franco Della Mura | Track Shield |
Dave and Kirsty Wastall | Clubman of the Year |
Alex Holliday | Most Improved Rider (Secondary Age) |
Steve Harman/David Bishop/Marin Stoichkov | Cyclerama Shield |
Richard Masters | 1st Evening Handicap League |
3rd Evening Scratch League | |
3rd Evening Club Combined League | |
3rd Evening Vets League | |
Tourist Trophy | |
Jude Tippins | Junior Zwift Award |
Anthony Bee | 3rd Open TT League |
Dave Bedford 10 Mile Cup | |
Len Chambers 25 Mile Cup | |
Presidents Short Distance B.A.R. Champion | |
Keith Walker | 1st Open TT League |
1st Evening Vets League | |
2nd Evening Scratch League | |
2nd Evening Club Combined League | |
3rd Evening Handicap League | |
Anderson Points Cup | |
Bill Philbrook Memorial Trophy | |
Club Hill Climb Champion | |
Club Hill Climbing Champion | |
Len Chambers Massed Start Cup | |
R.A. Burns 50 Mile Cup |
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75th Anniversary
It’s party time!
It’s our 75th anniversary. Come and help us celebrate at our special Presentation Evening party on Saturday 18th November from 5pm to 10pm.
The event will be held at the Wigmore and District Smallholders (2 Springvale, Gillingham ME8 0JG) where the club was founded way back in 1948.
There will be hot food served at 6pm.
We also have a very special guest speaker, Ian Field (pictured on the top step in his British Champions jersey). Ian is now a cyclocross coach at Veld Coaching https://www.veldcoaching.com/ , but is the former FIVE times winner of the British National Cyclocross Championships at U23 and Senior level and raced cyclocross professionally in Belgium for many, many years. Not only that, but he’s also a local lad from Ashford!
Tickets for the event cost £25 for adults and £12.50 for children.
You can book your place by filling out this simple form:
https://forms.gle/RmXP6vtx1wLpp4Me8 – don’t forget to hit the “submit” button after you’ve filled in all the details.
Tickets must be purchase by 1st November 2023.
It only takes a minute. Once you’ve hit the submit button, you’ll get a link to pay sent to the mobile phone number you specify in the form.
Food options are:
Main course – Breast of chicken or vegetarian lasagne
Dessert – Raspberry and white chcolate, or Chocolate cheesecake
…and you specify these in the form.
Any questions, please email Helen on social@wcc.bike
Thank you very much and looking forward to a great night.
Hill Climb 2023
It’s here, our Hill Climb Event
Location: Hollingbourne Hill, Sittingbourne
Date: Sunday, 24th September 2023, 10:30am
Entry to our traditional Hill Climb Event up the ever challenging Hollingbourne Hill has been extended by a couple of days, and will close on SUNDAY 17th September.
Entry is just £12.50, with a host of cash prizes on offer (including age categories, not just the fastest).
Entry is on the Cycling Time Trials website HERE:
https://www.cyclingtimetrials.org.uk/race-details/25356
If you have any questions or queries, or are available to help out on the day; please hit reply to this email, or drop the organiser a message at events@wcc.bike
Hopefully see you there!
2023 Zwift League
So the 5th iteration of our club winter Zwift League has come to an end. Points have been totted up and the final results are in. First of all I’d like to thank you all for logging on each week to race and making the league a success.
Go-Ride
🏆 Jude Tippins
🥈 Luke Smeeton
🥉 Oliver Young
Adults
🏆 Julien Barton
🥈 Steve Penny
🥉 Jamie Harris
Full league tables – https://wigmorecyclingclub.org.uk/2023-2/2023-zwift-league-tables/
All the results of the Go-ride races are here: https://wigmorecyclingclub.org.uk/2023-2/2023-zwift-league-go-ride-results/
All the results of the adult races are here: https://wigmorecyclingclub.org.uk/2023-2/2023-zwift-league-go-ride-results/
Stats for the season
22 Rounds✅
2,200+ Miles✅
4 Go-Ride Members✅
15 Adult WCC Members✅
13 Guest Riders✅
12 Different Race Winners🥇
2023 membership renewals
Dear All
Thank you so much for being a member during 2022. Hopefully you managed to get out there and achieve some of your goals on the bike, and had a bit of fun at the same time. Especially during all that great sunny weather we had over the summer. And here’s hoping that 2023 brings more of the same.
This is all a long way of saying…
ALL CLUB MEMBERSHIPS
ARE NOW AVAILABLE
FOR 2023 RENEWAL
To renew your club membership, please click our (now infamous) “Big Pink Button”. You know you want to…
Memberships run for the entire year, so now is the very best time to renew your membership. Plus, you’ll be in the first batch of super special awesome amazing membership packs that’ll I’ll be putting together in a couple of weeks. I’m planning a refresh of these member pack… so gone are the usual trinkets, in will be some sort of other new trinket! Also, I’ll be providing a club events calendar (inc TT series dates, and other such calendar-ey things).
• Senior: £26
• Junior: £10
• Family: £39 (2 adults and 2 children living at the same address)
• Supporter: £6 (for our non-riding friends of the club)
And if you’re a member of another club but would still like to support us:
• 2nd Claim Senior: £13
(Note: Supporters and 2nd Claim members are not eligible for anyclub trophy. 2nd Claim and Family memberships are reviewed before acceptance by the secretary… ME!)
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
If you’re receiving this email, you’re still very much invited to our AGM that will be held on Thursday 26th Jan 2023. You should get another email or two about that, but other club emails (news, events, announcements, etc…) will now only be sent to renewed members.
And with that, I’ll leave you to enjoy the rest of your weekend. Hope to have you on board again in 2023!
Kind regards…
Phil Appleby, WCC General Secretary