Rodney Charles Smith  1963 – 15/08/2026

It is with great sadness to announce the passing of one of our members Rodney Smith who suddenly died of a heart attack whilst at home with his family.

He was a great character who always had smile on his face, always generous and would offer his help to others where he could.

Rodney grew up in Kent and when he left school, he became a hairdresser working in Barnetts, Rainham. He later opened two other salons in Medway.

He was quite the entrepreneur even though he was dyslexic and had the foresight to realise that property was going to boom through the early 2000’s acquiring several properties in the Medway area to rent out which took up most his time whilst keeping his eye in on doing a few haircuts for his friends.

When not working his two passions were sailing, he half owned quite a large yacht with his uncle which he used mainly around Turkey which is where he had an apartment and spent several months there in recent years, and of course, cycling.

Rodney was an accomplished time trial rider regularly recording 10mile TT’s in around 22 minutes – mainly at Harrietsham, Grain and Iwade. He also liked to do some of the longer distances around the Romney Marsh/Lydd course but occasionally with some unfortunate issues.

I recall one time in particular he rode a 100mile TT and wore through his shorts to the point of not having any padding left at all in just over 4 hours, he walked around very gingerly for the next few days after that. Another time he forgot his cycle shoes and rode in a pair of brogues but still recorded a competitive time! He even qualified to ride for the British Team in the over 60’s class but due to having an unfortunate accident he couldn’t compete.

He had a few big accidents in the last few years resulting in several fractures, a punctured lung, being in a coma for several days but amazingly this didn’t appear to affect his enthusiasm and he got back out on the road as soon as he could, even though he was still in pain, where I am sure this would have put most people off ever riding on the road again. He even rode on the morning of his passing.

Rodney will be sorely missed by his many friends and family including his 3 children Liam, Scarlet and Pearl and his two grandchildren.

The funeral is to be held on Thursday the 1^st of October at Blue Bell Hill at 1pm.

Wake to follow at Upchurch golf club.

Wigmore CC Winter Zwift League starting soon!

28/10/26 – every Wednesday at 6.30pm.

There will be two warm up events, just for “fun”, in the preceding two Wednesdays (14th and 21st October).

See you there!

The club has made the decision to change the name of our Evening 10 TT series to “The Clin Maisey Evening 10 Mile Time Trial Series” to honour our staunchest and most loyal member for all the hard work and dedication he has given to the club his whole adult life.

Everyone knows Clin – he’s been ever present, representing the club through good times and bad. He has helped and supported cyclists his whole life – that’s what he does.

Photos show Clin in full flight, time trialling in around 1984. Thanks to Clin’s family for finding them for us.

We now have a TT series in his honour and there will be a new special cup awarded to the overall winner of the series and a number of additional prizes.

The 20-event Evening 10 series will be run across the familiar Q10/20 and Q10/45 courses at Iwade, starting Wednesday 29th April 2026.

The events start progressively later as evening daylight increases until 17th June (7.45pm start), and then starts earlier from the 22nd July event (7.15pm start).

Sign-on will again be at The Woolpack car park (17 The Street, Iwade, Sittingbourne ME9 8SH), with sign on closing 15 minutes before first rider is off.

Please note these conditions which may affect your ability to ride:

• FRONT and REAR lights are MANDATORY
• Sign on closes 15 minutes before first off
• Under 18’s cannot ride on the Q10/45 (Iwade to Cowstead roundabout) course
• Helmets must be worn

Entry remains £5 and entry is open to guests who are members of Cycling Time Trials (CTT) affiliated clubs. See event details on the CTT website here.

Riders of all ability and gender are very welcome and can become temporary members of Wigmore CC for an additional £2 if not already a member of another CTT affiliated club.

For the full schedule of E10 TTs and our Open events, click here.

It is with sadness that Clin has reported the passing of two longstanding members of the club.

Nobby Holdstock, 92 who only recently lost his wife and club member Beryl Holdstock.

Nobby had a fall and went to hospital but sadly never recovered. His funeral is at 11am on Tuesday 9th December at Bobbing Crematorium. No flowers but donations can be made to Cancer Research.

Also, Rodney Moppet, 85 has also passed on. Currently there are no details of his funeral.

If anyone has memories or photos of Nobby or Rodney they’d like to share, please get in touch.