CLUB HISTORY

Record of Events

1893	The Club was formed in April 1893, by a few enthusiastic cyclists who, having formed a social alliance, were inspired to form themselves into a cycling club. A meeting was convened at Heaven's Coffee Tavern, Hill Avenue, Bedminister. It was at first suggested to name the club W.D.& H.O. Wills Cycling Club. However, amongst the original members, there were friends who were not employed by the firm, therefore, perhaps with a thought of the days to come, it was decided that the Club be known as the Bristol South Cycling Club. The original members and founders of the Club were: Messrs. A G Justin (chairman), T Edwards (captain), C F Manns (treasurer), W Morgan (bugler), C Hazelwood, F Budd, G Jones, R Alden, W Greening, J King (vice-captain), W H Lewis and A S Sheppard (secretary). The Bugler let it be said was an important person in the Club life in the early eighteen nineties. The first run after the Club was formed was to Bath, on the 29th April 1893. Saturday social runs and holiday tours were a great feature of Club life
1894 - 96	The Club joined the National Cyclists Union. Racing came to the Club through an amusing incident; arriving at Wells early in the day on a Whit Monday holiday tour, members decided to have a try out on the track. Some gave up the idea but R Alden and W Greening decided to race, whereupon they dismantled their roadster bicycles of mudguards, brakes, etc. R Alden (Bobby) won his heat in the half-mile race and to the amazement and delight of the Club won the final. After the initial attempt a few members, Bobby in particular, took up serious racing with considerable success. R Alden became the first Club Champion in 1896. The first race run by the Club was in 1894 from Horfield Barracks to Gloucester and back, won by W Greening.
	For some seasons the Club, in conjunction with the Bristol Harriers ran a series of sports meetings at Eastville and at St. John's Lane on the ground of the Bristol South End FC (which become Messrs E S & A Robinson's Athletic Ground and has now changed its name again).
1914 - 19	During the war years the Club was kept in being by older members and was reorganised in 1920.
1920 - 39	The Club was to the fore in every type of cycling activity. The Frampton Memorial Shield was won outright and re-presented to the NCU for further competition. The Club was the founder club of the Western Time Trials Association whilst the annual Evening Track Sports became a popular feature in Bristol fixtures. With the advent of youth hostelling, many members became strong supporters of this form of touring.
1939 – 45	The club carried on a skeleton time trial and social programme during the war years.
1946	The club reorganised and admitted ladies for the first time. In this year E E Ilott won the half mile National Grass Championship at the County Ground.
1947	The post-war years saw a rapid revival of the Club and by the end of the 1947 season the membership and social activities were setting up new records. It was in this year that the club celebrated its golden jubilee since the war prevented it being recognised on time in 1943.
1948	The Club promoted the National Hill Climb Championship at Weston Hill, Bath, and the season was concluded successfully by the Club's Golden Jubilee Dinner, which was attended by the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress of Bristol.
1951	The Club promoted its second National Championship - the Ladies 25 miles time trial on the Bridgwater Flats.
1946 - 59	Between 1946 and 1959 a great deal of controversy developed between the British League of Racing Cyclists (BLRC) and the National Cyclists Union (NCU) over the rise of mass start racing. This rivalry continued until the formation of the British Cycling Federation (BCF) in 1959. During this period the Club took a full part in the development of both lines of the sport.
1953 & 55	New figures were set in the Club's open promotions for the National men's and women's Competition Records.
1961	One of the club's riders, Chris Holloway had the distinction of attaining third position in the National BBAR competition and backed up by John Kempe and Jeff Fry, the Club were placed first in the National Team Competition.
1966	Mrs B Body became the first member chosen to represent Great Britain in the World Championships held on the famous Nuremburg Ring, Germany.
1967	The club promoted the first time trial in the U.K. for professional riders in 1967, when a separate Bristol to Weston event was provided for this category.
1972	The club promoted the Mens 25mile National Championship won by Alf Engers in 53:40.
1979	M. Noble rode the Junior World Cyclo Cross Championships in 1979 and in the same year Allen Janes was the first rider ever to ride a low profile bike in a time trial.
1982	The club promoted yet again, the mens National 25 mile Championship on the Gloucester Road that was won by Dave Lloyd, Manchester Whs in 53:34.
1987	Matthew Bristow set the Juvenile 10 miles competition record in the West DC GHS Final on the U4 in 20:26. During the same year Rod Collins, at his first attempt at the distance was 2^nd in the 24 hour National Championship covering 483.104 miles.
1988	From 1988 to 1991, life member Dave Galley became the club sponsor. Club members competed in club colours carrying the Galley logo, and the legend 'Dave Galley & Son'.
1992	The club adopted a new patterned racing strip that retained the original club colours of red and gold.
1993	The club celebrated its centenary with several events during the year: - It promoted the 100 mile National Championship on the Gloucester Road which was won by Gethin Butler in 3hr 44min 45sec - The centenary dinner was held at the Kingswood Civic Centre with Ted King, President of the CTC, as the guest of honour - The first club run from Bristol to Bath was re-enacted along the railway cycle track in association with the Veteran Cycle Club - A celebratory club run to Malmesbury took place, where the riders stopped for lunch.
2005	Dave Keene wins the World Trike Championship
2006	A celebratory luncheon was held to recognise the long term membership of ten club members, each with over 50 years of continuous membership; they are Les Cattell, Len and Alice Beak, George Keene, Dave Galley, John Kempe, Pete Baldwin, Brian Boyd, Jeff Fry, Allen Janes. Dave Keene retains the World Trike championship and breaks the national trike competition record for 100ml (4hr 0min 1sec).
2007	The National Hill Climb Championship is held in Cheddar Gorge with Dave Keene as the event organiser.
2008	Dave Keene wins the World Trike Championship – again!

Of Bristol’s many pre-World War 1 cycling clubs only Bristol South CC remains and it is one of the oldest cycling clubs in the country.

Listed here is a record of who has served the club in the roles of President, Chairman, Secretary, Treasurer and Captain. The list of Presidents is complete from 1893 up to the present day but unfortunately the others contain some gaps as these records were not maintained over the years.

President

Year		Year		Year
1893 - 97	W Melville Wills	1903 - 22	J Daveridge	1967 - 03	E E Janes
1897	W R Ireland	1923 - 35	W W Douglas	2003 -	J Kempe
1898 - 00	W P Kingston	1936 - 45	T Thornton Wills
1901 - 02	Walter H Long MP	1946 - 67	E A Warbutton

Chairman

Year		Year		Year
1893	A G Justin	1962 - 64	C Cave	1978 - 79	K Haynes
1897	A Hall	1965	E E Janes
1898 – 00	A G Justin	1966 - 68	J S Kempe	1990	D Hill
1901 – 39	C A Hall	1969 - 70	F C Holloway	1991	J S Kempe
1946 - 47	H A Butt	1971	J Fry
1948 - 53	W F Perry	1972	J S Kempe	1999 – 2001	J S Kempe
1954 - 57	G Fox	1973 - 74	E E Janes	2002 – 08	R Hutchinson
1958 – 61	E E Janes	1975 - 77	J S Kempe	2008	D Braidley

Secretary

Year		Year		Year
early 1893	A S Sheppard	1937	P W Still	1958 – 61	H L Beak
1893 - 97	A G Justin	1938	K Paterson	1962	I D Metcalfe
1898 - 99	W R Ireland	1939	F W Cook	1963 – 64	H L Beak
1900 - 04	C Glenister	1940	R Deane	1965	D Tovey
1905 - 06	W G Adams	1941 - 43	B Lee	1966 – 68	B Harris
1907 - 08	W J Webb	1944 - 46	K Evans	1969	J Turner
1909	F A Newman	1947 - 48	J Walton	1970 – 72	M Nixon
1910 - 11	C Cox	1949	A D Herrington	1973 – 76	S Francis
1912 - 19	H Birth	1950	K E Evans	1977	P Baldwin
1920 - 21	C Curry	1951	L Stuart	1978 – 81	K Ainscough
1922	R Herrington	1952	D Williams &	1982 – 83	F C Holloway
1923 - 24	G Gallaway	1953 -54	R Hazell	1984 – 2001	A McKenna
1925 - 26	G Taylor	1953 -54	Miss S G Hiscox	2002 – 05	B Pilsworth
1927	P Stocker	1955	R Hazell	2005 – 08	G Partridge
1928-35	P W Still	1956	D G Jones	2008	R Hutchinson
1936	A R Cook	1957	Mrs M G Keene

Treasurer

Year		Year		Year
1893	C F Manns	1947 - 48	W W Griffiths	1969 – 70	J Fry
1894 – 97	W R Ireland	1949	W H Chappell	1971	B Harris
1898 – 06	W H Lewis	1950 – 52	A R Cook	1972 – 79	J Fry
1907	F Hollwey	1953 - 54	R Sullivan	1980	R Hull
1908 – 24	W G Adams	1955 – 56	Miss P Heyes	1990	J S Kempe
1925 – 26	T Parkhouse	1957	C Moore	199?	Mrs E Keene
1927 – 29	W A Thomas	1958 – 60	J S Kempe	1999 – 2004	G Keene
1930 – 37	E J Smith	1961 – 63	J Fry	2004 -	Miss J Priest
1938 – 39	W F Perry	1964 – 66	D Galley
1946	A R Cook	1967 – 68	S Maggs

Captain

Year		Year		Year
1893	T Edwards	1933	T Long	1965 – 66	P J Lark
1894 – 96	W Poole	1934	H Thornhill	1967	P Foster
1897 – 98	C A Hall	1935 – 36	W F Coomes	1968	S Maggs & J Morris
1899	S King	1937 – 40	A F Cook	1969	J Legge
1900 – 02	A Stewart	1941	H Jefferies	1970	E E Janes
1903	G Jones	1942	T Carberry	1971	N Selman
1904	R Alden	1943 – 45	K Evans	1972	D Galley
1905	F Keen	1946	H Broomfield	1973	N Selman
1906	G Roddick	1947	J Thomas	1974	E E Janes
1907	F Newman	1948	A D Lanfear	1975 – 76	D Galley
1908	A Powell	1949	D T Tucker	1977	E E Janes
1909 – 11	W Vokes	1950	F T Taylor	1978	A Cheyne
1912	P Roach	1951	A D Lanfear
1913 – 19	F Alden	1952	B Yeoman	1999 – 2001	D Galley
1920 – 21	W G Bush	1953	A A Rich	2002 – 08	J Fry
1922	G Hill	1954 – 57	F T Taylor	2008 -	A Legge
1923	H Hampson	1958	J Fry
1924 – 25	E J Smith	1959	None
1926	W A Thomas	1960 – 62	F T Taylor
1927	P W Still	1963	P J Lark
1928 – 32	H A Butt	1964	R Lyall

Roll of Honour

The passage of time has seen the death of several members who gave many years of valuable service and the Club's appreciation of their good work is recorded here.

Died	Name (yrs service)	Died	Name (yrs service)	Died	Name (yrs service)
1941	W F Coombes (14)	1959	W Told	2002	K Evans
1942	A Hall (46)	1959	V Allen	2003	E Janes (70)
1943	G E Brown (42)	1960	S H Justin	2003	W Perry
	B England (21)	1961	Mrs J Evans	2004	Ken Ainscough
	K Patterson	1965	G Fare	2005	Tony McKenna
1945	C Glenister (47)	1978	C Cave	2007	Bob Theise
1945	H Rose (38)		Gus Taylor	2008	H Les Cattell
1948	E J Smith (26)		R Sullivan
1949	R Alden (56)	1989	E Ilott
1952	W Pearce (49)	1993	D Hill
1954	G A Widman (22)	?	P Still
1955	W G Stone (33)	?	A Cook
	W J Wyatt (52)	?	W Chappell
	C Hazelwood (62)	2000	R Leach

Previous Club Rooms

Over the years the Club has used many different locations for its regular meetings and informal social gatherings; here is a list of those considered to be the ‘official’ club room.

Year	Location	Year	Location
1893	Heaven’s Coffee Tavern, 12 Hill Ave, Totterdown	1968	The Old England, Bath Buildings The Rhubarb Tavern, Queen Ann Road
1894 – 95	Lee’s Coffee Tavern Bath Bridge	1969	The Rhubarb Tavern, Queen Ann Road Centre 66, Redcross St The Bear Hotel, Hotwells
1896 – 97	Angel Hotel, Redcliff Street	1970 – 71	The Old England, Bath Buildings
1898 – 01	White Hart Hotel, Old Market	1972	The Old England, Bath Buildings Scout Hut, St Annes Terrace
1902	The Ship, Redcliff Hill	1973	Scout Hut, St Annes Terrace
1903 – 29	The Star Hotel, North St, Bedminster	1974	Scout Hut, St Annes Terrace Horfield Parish Hall
1930 – 33	The Old Fox, Redcliff Street	1975 – 76	Horfield Parish Hall Sandringham Sandy Park, Brislington
1934	The White Hart, Old Market	1977 – 90	Old Fire Station, Hollywood Rd, Brislington
1935 – 37	The Bathurst Hotel, Price Street	? – 2000	Bristol & West Social Club, Portway
1938 – 39	Haymarket Hotel, Bristol	2001 – 02	Bristol University Joint Social CLub
1946 – 61	The Glasshouse Hotel, Lawrence Hill	2002 - 08	The Scotchman & His Pack
1962 – 65	Scout Hut, Gadshill Rd, Eastville	2008	Cross Hands pub, Downend
1966 – 67	The Old England, Bath Buildings, Montpellier

CLUB HISTORY

Record of Events

Past Officers of the Club

Roll of Honour

Previous Club Rooms