Kenny MacDonald

For anyone less hi tec I have an estimator which will be in use next Sunday on the reliabilty run, Its called an "oot the back - ometer " and will be in use on Sinclair street and the Georgetown on way back

Many thanks to the brave souls who turned up to help lay sleepers and remove concrete posts Paul Mcd & laura , Paul MscK and Liam , Pat , Iain L , Ian M , Stevie B all braved the elements to get the area prepared for container and new fence. Kenny macD avoided heavy work by faking a phone call from one of our sponsors Next work party Tuesday ( time to be advised , but will be daytime) to assist in placing container into position. All help apreciated

Meeting at clubrooms at 11:00am , bring gloves if possible. Plan is to lay out 4 railway sleepers in position and level. Should not take too long. Kenny MacD

Will confirm time once I speak to Shazy about delivery of container.

Sharons dad has donated a 30 foot metal container to the club It requires us to do a bit of prep work for its instalation. I require some bodies to help lay out four railway sleepers and level them at side of clubrooms. This has to be down before Monday. Any volunteers to assist on Saturday morning please let me know asap. The container will store polo bikes , rollers etc and allow the showers to be cleared and give us some essential storage . Well done to Brian as he is actually buying the container ,its not a surplus one that he has at present. Many thanks are due.

As it looks like clubrooms might be too small next year , a question?. How many members would support holding the presentation in a hotel, somewhere within cycling distance so we could make a weekend of it. With most hotels struggling to fill accomodation in January we could get a good deal (approx. £30 per person DBB) If we get hotel with leisure facilities wifes/husbands ( PC) can swim sauna etc. If an interest is shown we can start a saving plan so as people could pay up over the year to spread cost. Please let me know if this idea is worth pursuing

Thank you to all members who donated prizes for the raffle at the presentation. £126 was raised from the raffle and £66 from the Scott Sunderland jersey, Good to see so many members in attendance at the event to applaud our worthy champions. Thanks to all willing helpers who carried out tasks to ensure the event went smoothly ( you know who you are Special thanks to Burn Stewart distillers for donation of liquid prizes, I'm sure that a few sore heads were in evidence this morning

Reminder of comm. meeting and club tidy up night prior to dance on Saturday. Will be down at 6:45pm to start tidy up , meeting 7:30pm. see you there

This years extravaganza takes place on Sunday 29th. February. Remember as its a leap year you can ask your wife /girlfriend to buy you a new bike, its a leap year tradition going back years :wink: Let me know how you get on This is a date not to be missed , lets hope the weather's kinder this year

Sorry if anyone turned up looking for tickets tonight, after an initial surge of members I decided to vacate premises. With 50 youths hanging about outside armed with sticks/baseball bats I feared for safety of my van ( most were Ji Hi pupils who know what I drive) considering majority of them have incurred my wrath at some time I wimped out and headed home

Jimmy was a quality rider who won the Scottish B.A.R. most people know his brother Joe Linden who still races at the tender age of 71 Jimmy rode for Lomond roads , they had a good association with JWCC riding our hillclimb and taking part in sports day at end of year.

Reminder that this prestigous event takes place on Saturday 17th. January in our clubrooms. Tickets priced £7 per person, £5 oap are on sale from Friday ( clubrooms 7:00pm till 8:30pm) Saturday morning 10:00am till 11:00am. Tuesday 7:00pm till 8:30pm. Caterers are booked for 60 guests so be quick. Buffet ( hot/cold) will be served at 8:00pm prompt. Guests are requested to be at clubrooms for 7:15pm. Please respond to let me know if not now attending. Kenny MacD ps meeting and clubroom tidy up Friday 16th. 7:00pm till 8:45pm

I think I asked an akward question so got locked oot!!! I will email them again :wink:

Iain I joined this forum middle of December and sent them a request for info. Still waiting reply plus I cant get back into forum. can you check members list and see if I'm there? Shazy said she joined as well. Maybe I'm barred as Jim Riach knows me well :wink:

On the good news front :- Neil and Lynne had a baby daughter on 17th. Dec. Mellisa and Lynne both doing well On a sadder note Neils Dad passed away before the birth of the baby following a fight against cancer. I am sure you all join me in wishing Neil and family all the best and sending our thoughts at there sad loss. Neils dad was a member of the Glasgow wheelers in his younger days and a dedicated cyclist till the end.

Hopefully Shazy will pick up on this post and use the info . She welcomes any input in this area.

It is with regret that I have to inform members of the death today of May Young , daughter of Jock Nicol and wife of Jim Young. May was a life time supporter and member of the club , especially in her youth when she travelled all over Scotland with her mother and father. Jim and May were loyal members of the club throughout the years and still kept up to date with the club through me. She died today following a battle against cancer , our thoughts are with Jim and her two daughters .

Moved from clubrooms to Kenny MacD's hoose. Last entry 2:00am Soup and food provided bring your own booze. Kenny MacD

Please send me a message if attending this years party at clubrooms asap. Also I am holding a poll to see if anyone would be interested in booking a youth hostel next year for Hogmanay. We regularly booked Invarary hostel for new year up untill the millenium. Anyone interested in trying it again. Family rooms allow people to stay in comfortable rooms with CH. We would take over whole hostel as sole users . Would allow a good run up and back plus a party night.

Has anyone got Corel draw on there PC ? if yes can you redirect the new Scottish leader logo to Steve Joughin for me. I have it in a format he can't open , so if I send it to someone with Corel draw they can convert it and send on. Second request:- can anyone coming to hogmanay party at clubrooms let me know asap , or I will change venue . Format is pub style quiz ( in teams ) soup and sarnies, the bells , fireworks, ceilidh/ singalong , disco . Starts 7:15pm finishes 2:00am ish. ps you may not have received a christmas card from me , reason being :- Bah Hum Bug . I would ban it if I could :wink:

I will be issueing TLI application forms in January. With our Reliabilities in February then Jimmy Rae's events in March it will be an early start to the season ps Martin you have to win to get the whisky :wink: So start practicing that sprint mate

TOUR OF SCOTLAND APR SERIES SPONSORED BY SCOTTISH LEADER WHISKY Series of APR races throughout the season, series awards for Juniors, Women, Seniors, Masters, A&B, C&D, E&F, and G +. Series Co Ordinator Ken MacDonald SATURDAY MARCH 6TH BELLSDYKE ROAD RACE SERIES 1 All categories 2pm 30 miles Group Starts Rugby Club, Crieff Entry Fee Members £5 Non Members £7 James Rae, 22, Highland Road, Crieff.Perthshire PH7 4LE Tel 01764 654894 e-mail [email protected],uk SATURDAY MARCH 13TH BELLSDYKE ROAD RACE SERIES 2 All categories 2pm 34 miles Group Starts Rugby Club, Crieff Entry Fee Members £5 Non Member £7 James Rae, 22 Highland Road , Crieff Perthshire PH7 4LE Tel 01764 654894 SATURDAY MARCH 13TH BIG JJ SPECIAL 10 TIME TRIAL All categories 10am 10miles Buchlyvie/Kippen Cross Buchlyvie Church Hall Entry Fee Members £4 Non Member £6 Youths Free JJ Harris, 20 Lomond View, Condorrat, Cumbernauld G47 4JR Tel 01236 730157 SATURDAY MARCH 20TH BELLSDYKE ROAD RACE SERIES 3 All categories 2pm 35 miles Group Starts Ruby Club, Crieff Entry Fee Members £5 Non Member £7 James Rae, 22 Highland Road, Crieff Perthshire PH7 4LE Tel 01764 654894 [email protected] SUNDAY MARCH 28TH BUCHLYVIE PLONKIES TTT All categories 10am 16 miles 2up team time trial Circular course Buchlyvie Church Hall Entry Fee member teams £8 non member teams £12 JJ Harris 20 Lomond View Condorrat Cumbernauld G47 4JR Tel 01236 730157 SUNDAY APRIL 4th (Scottish Leader Whisky Tour Of Scotland Round 1) Johnstone Wheelers APR All Categories 12 a.m. 56 miles APR Barrmill circuit. Entry fee Members £6 non members £8 Organiser :- Jim Brogan/I.Manson SATURDAY APRIL 10TH SPRING CLASSIC APR No1 All categories 2pm 35 miles Australian Pursuit Rugby Club, Crieff Entry Fee members £5 non members £7 James Rae, 22 Highland Road , Crieff Perthshire PH7 4LE Tel 01764 654894 [email protected] SUNDAY APRIL 11TH TROSSACHS CLASSIC SPLENDIFEROUS TT All categories 10am 26 miles time trial Challenging course Callander Hall , Perthshire Entry Fee members £4 non member £6 TROSSACHS CLASSIC TEAM TIME TRIAL All categories 2pm 26 miles 2 up team TT Bum Clenching Course Entry Fee member teams £8 non member teams £12 James Rae, 22 Highland Road, Crieff PH7 4LE Tel 01764 654894 [email protected] SUNDAY APRIL 18TH “SPROCKETS BRAE 10” All categories 12 noon 10miles time trial NST 27.50 Brockets Brae Hall, Lesmahagow Entry Fee members £4 non members £6 George Stewart, 472 Main Street, Bonhill, West Dunbarton G83 9HY Tel 01389 758260 e-mail, [email protected] SATURDAY APRIL 24th (Scottish Leader Whisky Tour Of Scotland Round 2) Wild Hills Road Race All 11 a.m. 35 miles Moniaive, Dumfreisshire, HQ to be confirmed. Entry Fee members £6 non members £8 Dave Moss, 10 Lovers Walk, Dumfries DG1 1LP Tel. 01387 263994 e,mail [email protected] www.solwaytli.co.uk SATURDAY 1ST MAY CRIEFF ROAD RACE All except Jun/Juv 12 noon 65 miles Rugby Club, Crieff Entry Fee members £5 non members £7 James Rae, 22 Highland Road, Crieff, Perthshire PH7 4LE Tel. 01764 654894 e-mail. [email protected] SUNDAY MAY 2nd Tour of the Shire TT Renfrewshire 20 M TT Organiser :- Alan King SATURDAY MAY 22nd BRAES OF GREENOCK TT All Categories 10am 19 miles TT Blair Drummond Hall Stirlingshire Entry Fee members £6 non members £8 JJ Harris 20 Lomond View, Condorrat, Cumbernauld. G47 4JR SUNDAY MAY 23RD (Scottish Leader Whisky Tour Of Scotland Round 3) BRAEHEAD APR All Categories Venue to Be Announced Later Entry Fee members £6 non members £8 Sanny Bain, 11 St Nickolas Road, Lanark, Lanarkshire ML11 7AT Tel 01555 663438 SATURDAY MAY 29th (Scottish Leader Whisky Tour Of Scotland Round 4) BROUGHTON BASH APR All Categories 10.00am 45 miles HQ Broughton Hall Entry Fees. Members £6 non members £8 Jim Walsh. Coldburn, Bigger Road, Edinburgh .EH10 7DU THURSDAY JUNE 3rd BLAIR DRUMMOND TT All Categories 7pm 10 miles TT 24.14 Blair Drummond, Stirlingshire Entry Fee members £4 non members £6 George Stewart, 472 Main Street, Bonhill, West Dunbartonshire G83 9HYTel 01389 758260 e-mail [email protected] TUESDAY JUNE 8th KILLACKY TIME TRIAL All cats. Hilly TT 14.2 miles Forfar, race H.Q. Angus Cycling Club, Glamis Road, Forfar. Entry Fees members £5 non-members £7 Hamish Lean, 7A Wyllie Street, Forfar, DD8 3DN Tel. 01307 465920 e-mail [email protected] THURSDAY JUNE 10TH WOODLEA 10TT All Categories 7pm 10 miles TT NST 26.10 Woodlea, Port Glasgow Entry Fee members £4 non members £6 George Stewart. 472,Main Street, Bonhill, West Dunbartonshire G83 9HY SUNDAY JUNE 13th (Scottish Leader Whisky Tour Of Scotland Round 5) LAKE OF MENTEITH APR All Categories 10am 43 miles Australian Pursuit Buchlyvie Hall, Stirlingshire Entry Fee members £6 non members £8 Jim Reid, 6 Dougalston Crescent, Milngavie, Glasgow G62 6HW Tel 0141 956 1530 THURSDAY JUNE 17TH SAFARI 25 TT All Categories 7pm 25miles Blair Drummond Hall,Stirlingshire Entry Fee members £4 non members £6 George Stewart, 472 Main Street, Bonhill, West Dunbartonshire G83 9HY Tel 01389 758260 [email protected] SUNDAY JUNE 20TH CUMBRAE RACES Event 1 “Round the Island Time Trial” (All Categories) 10.30am 10 miles Event 2 Cumbrae Road Race (Vets over 40 Only) 2.00pm 35 miles Town Hall Millport, Island of Cumbrae Entry Fee:- Each event £5 Jun £3, Under 16 free, Ian Loughran, 16 Moorfield Ave. Port Glasgow, PA14 5XT Tel 01475 705117 THURSDAY JUNE 24TH A BIG 30 TT All categories 7pm 30 miles Lesmahagow / Abington Brockets Brae Hall,Lesmahagow Entry Fee members £4 non members £6 youths/juveniles free George Stewart, 472 Main Street, Bonhill, West Dunbarton G83 9HY Tel 01389 758260 e-mail. [email protected] SATURDAY JULY 3RD “LONG FLANDERS MOSS TRIAL” All categories 10am 26 miles time trial Buchlyvie Church Hall, Stirlingshire Entry Fee members £4 non members £6 JJ Harris, 20 Lomond View, Condorrat, Cumbernauld G67 4JR Tel 01236 730157 SATURDAY JULY 17th (Scottish Leader Whisky Tour Of Scotland Round 6) PROVOST OF MENTEITH APR All categories except jun/juv 10am 43 miles Buchlyvie Church Hall, Stirlingshire Entry Fee members £6 non members £8 David Nisbet, “Ryeyards” Port of Menteith by Stirling FK8 3RA Tel 01877 385283 SUNDAY JULY 25TH VTTA JACK CONNOR CHAMPIONSHIP ROAD RACE All categories although winner must be in A-H category. 11am 40+miles Rugby Club, Crieff Entry Fee members £5 non members £7 James Rae, 22 Highland Road , Crieff Perthshire PH7 4LE Tel 01764 654894 [email protected] SUNDAY AUGUST 1ST MUIRKIRK ROAD RACE All categories noon start 35 miles group start Muirkirk Entry Fee members £5 non members £7 George Stewart , 472 Main Street, Bonhill. West Dunbartonshire G83 9HY Tel 01389 758260 SATURDAY AUGUST 21st (Scottish Leader Whisky Tour Of Scotland Round 7) Straiton Gala APR H.Q McCallendish Hall 30 miles enty fee details from Vic Posse tel 01655 770661 SUNDAY AUGUST 29th (Scottish Leader Whisky Tour Of Scotland Round 8) KINLOCHLEVEN ROAD RACE All categories except Jun/Juv noon start 60 miles group start Kinlochleven Entry Fee members £5 non members £7 George Stewart, 472 Main Street, Bonhill, West Dunbartonshire G83 9HY Tel 01389 758260 e-mail. [email protected] SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 11th THE THREE STANES APR All catagories 11 a.m. start 39 miles Around Aberlemno, forfar Race HQ to be confirmed Entry fees members £5, non members £7 John Bremner, 32 Keptie Road, Arbroath, DD11 3EQ Tel. 01241 876674 [email protected] SUNDAY 19th SEPTEMBER Cumbrae 4 up team time trial All Cats, Entries encouraged from families and mixed groups 11 am start, round the island Millport Town Hall Isle of Cumbrae Entry Fee, Seniors £4 members £5 non members (Per rider) Juniors £3, Juveniles free George Cowan, 55 McClellan Drive, Kilm,arnock. KA1 1SZ. Tel 01563 544197. SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 26th (Scottish Leader Whisky Tour Of Scotland Round 9) Balloch - Dunnoon Apr 56 miles. 10:00am start Entry Fee Members £6, Non members £8 Organiser :- Steve Hickey SUNDAY OCTOBER 10TH LARKHALL HILL CLIMB Anyone at all 11am start Steep about 4 minutes Entry Fee members only £2 non members £4 Organizer George Skinner, 84 Kirkwall Ave, Priory Bridge, Blantyre. G72 9WX Tel 01698 325902 SUNDAY OCTOBER 17TH TOUR DE GENTLEMAN Two person groups any category 11am start About 20 miles Buchlyvie Church Hall, Stirlingshire Entry Fee members £8 per team, non members £12 per team Dave Nisbet, Ryeyards, Port of Menteith, by Stirling FK8 3RA Tel 01877 385283 SUNDAY OCTOBER 24TH MASS START HILL CLIMB All Categories 12 noon start 6 miles plus hill. Luss, Loch Lomond Entry Fee members £3 non members £5 George Stewart, 472 Main Street, Bonhill, West Dunbartonshire G83 9HY Tel 01389 758260 e-mail. [email protected] THURSDAY APRIL 29th Round 1 25 miles Graham Arms, Longtown, Cumbria. THURSDAY MAY 13th Round 2 30 miles Firth Hotel, Annan, Dumfrieshire. THURSDAY MAY 27th Round 3 28 miles Old Mill Inn, Dearham, near Cockerham THURSDAY JUNE 3Rd Round 4 25 miles Graham Arms, Longtown, Cumbria THURSDAY JUNE 10th Round 5 33 miles Beehive Inn, Eamont Bridge, Penrith THURSDAY JUNE 17th Round 6 30 miles Firth Hotel, Annan, Dumfrieshire. All rounds are Australian Pursuit Road Races – handicapped on Age & Ability groups 7pm Start Time for all rounds - All age categories accepted - Entry on the Night only Entry Fees. £4 TLI Members. £6 Non Members. Organiser. Dave Moss. 10 Lovers Walk, Dumfries. DG1 1LP Telephone. 01387 263994 Email. [email protected]

Notice from SCU website :_ SCU Board Appointments Posted: Thursday, December 18, 2003 (viewed 39 times) By this time you will know that the members of the SCU wholeheartedly passed the SGM proposal to become a Company limited by guarantee and that we are now know as Scottish Cyclists’ Union, a company limited by guarentee, and intend trading as Scottish Cycling This will safeguard every member from any litigious claim made against the Union. Also at the AGM the initial board was elected and after the first Board meeting on 17th December, these Board members were tasked to create, monitor and provide feedback to and from the Board for their own particular sub committee. The Board members and their responsibilities are listed below: Ian Sinclair President Jim Riach Executive Officer – Administration and Development Jim Gunn Volunteers, Officials & Coaches -including Coaching, Event Officials &Volunteers Alan King 8) Marketing & Communications -including Membership Benefits, Website, Corporate Image, Newsletters, Monthly E-mail Bulletin, Press Reports, Handbook, Post Board meeting Communiqués Who's going to be a busy boy then Hope you find some time to get out on the bike Alan David Menzies Corporate Services including Financial Management, Sponsorship Registration, Legal Contracts, HR, AGM, Constitutional matters &ICT Systems) Graeme McGinty Competitions including Road, Track, MTB, Cyclo-cross, BMX & Speedway Mike Pooley Performance including Squad Affairs Fiona Walker Development including Youth and Club Development The above Board members will be contacting some members who they think may be able to help with the tasks of the individual sub committees, but not all the skills of our membership are known to the Board, so if you have the appropriate skills or knowledge that would suit one of these sub committee groups please do not wait to be contacted, JUST VOLUNTEER to HELP. Now dont all rush at once :? Good luck Alan I think you will need it , and before Gerry asks :- who is in charge of facilities strategy?

Price list of clothing orderd:- Ladies shorts £30 Bib shorts £35 Bib tights £47 S/S jersey 3/4 zip £33 S/S jersey full zip £35 L/S jersey £38 Gilet £32 Track top £38 Skinsuit £47 Martin Keir is coordinating sale of clothing, so contact him with deposit or to start paying up your clothing. When will it be here , answers on a postcard to pro Vision. My guess is middle of Marchapriala, but definetly before next Julumba

This will be the first post of a group outlining the club officials for 2004. I am currently Club President for 2004 and my duties will be to oversee the day to day running of the club, I shall preside over comm. meetings ( with only a casting vote) , liase with sponsors, oversee maintenance of clubrooms , support all other comm. members and deal with membership problems. I will fill in any other positions of comm. in times of illness or resignation (on a temporary basis). This is a rough outline of some of the duties I currently carry out and will continue to do so. I can be contacted via the website or The bunch , and at regular Friday night club nights. Please feel free to contact me if you have any concerns / queries. Kenny MacDonald