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Obituary:- Brian Bladon 18-12-1933 – 28-11-2024 – Age 90 years

Brian Bladon (Right) with Ken Beck

Brian was born and brought up in Southport and attended Farnborough Rd Junior school, then moved on to Birkdale High School. He started work in the family printing business as an apprentice to his father on Princes St in Southport.

He did National Service in the RAF and while there he met another cyclist Brian Wotton who just happened to work in the office of the British Cycling Federation in London where he was secretary to Len Unwin who ran BCF in the early days.

They developed a strong friendship and some years later, Wotton helped Brian to get foreign riders onto the start line on the Kings Gardens.

He married his wife Catherine in 1957 and they had 4 children together 2 boys & 2 girls, Lesley, Susan, Steven and Kevin.

The business moved to Shakespeare St and then to its present location on Tulketh St. Kevin, one of his sons, joined the business later doing IT.

On leaving school he wanted to see new places and started Cycling, about 1950 he joined the local CTC in Southport and was soon riding all over the North West.

After a couple of years he joined Southport RCC and in 1954 he rode the famous Boxing Day 10m Time trial on a foul wet & windy morning with only one rider beating 30mins.

He rode TTs mostly in club events for a good number of years without troubling the national records.

In 1964 he took over the Secretary’s job at the Southport RCC and was soon organising what we liked to call the Bladon Races on the Kings Gardens. They ran for nearly 20 years which at first was part of the local Gala week.

He put his heart and soul into the day-long series of races doing everything that needed doing for the races, even printing the glossy race programme, but never asking for any help until the day of the races.

Over the years he imported top Belgium/Dutch amateurs & Pros to race on the excellent Kings Gardens circuit and some of them even went on to ride the Tour De France. It quickly became the top Criterium in the country with big crowds and Brian providing excellent prizes for all the events by Securing generous sponsorship from local businesses.

He left the secretary’s job at the end of 1979.

In the 1970s he started Schoolboy races on Pleasureland coach park but found as the numbers of starters increased it was not big enough, so he moved the races to Pontins at Ainsdale and briefly on to part of the Kings Gardens.

This was a lot of work setting it up and after 2/3 years, moved to Victoria Park where the races are still running 50 years later.

He also promoted the 1972 Merseyside Division Senior & Junior RR Championships with 20 laps of Clieves Hill, about 110 miles for the Seniors and 50 miles for the juniors, with the races starting and finishing in Southport.

He also found time to start a bi-monthly club magazine which ran for a few years and he also lobbied local councillors to get a Milk Race finish in the town, this happened 5 times.

Another major event he organised was the Southport end of the Rediffusion Cycling series and supporting races, which ran for 2/3 years on the top side of the Kings Gardens.

Brian packed a lot of hard work into his 16 years in office and the club should be very grateful to him for spending so much of his free time on the club. When the club had to leave the church hall on Liverpool Rd, he quickly found a Tennis pavilion in Victoria Park, which we bought for £100.

It was rebuilt much later and has served the club well over the years.

One of his personal long term ambitions was to complete a Sky Dive and he had it all set up to go to North Wales, but sadly his doctor would not give consent as he was 88, so he changed his doctor but still never got to do it as his illness got the better of him.

RIP Brian

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Cyril Barton Obituary

26-11-35 to 18-10-2024 – 89 years

Cyril lived in Sefton Street and attended Linaker street Primary School and Meols Cop High School. He then went on to Southport Tech where he was sat next to John McEvoy who was also a keen cyclist and they joined the Southport RCC together in 1954. They got on

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Winter Kit 2024 – Order Extension Until 4th of November

The online order window for the club winter kit has been extended until Monday morning (04/11/24).

If you wish to order kit please follow the link below.

Once the window is closed then that will be the last chance to order any with limited stock until later next year.

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SCC Annual Dinner 2024

Saturday 23rd November 7pm.

Old Links Golf Club. Three course dinner with coffee and mints is subsidised at £20.00, £10.00 under 18s.

Once again Howard Massam is taking names for this year. It is an opportunity to meet fellow members and support events winners.

Howard is at the clubhouse every Monday 7pm-8.30pm to take menu

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Club Hill Climb – Sunday 29th Sept – 10am start

Club Hill Climb this coming Sunday 29th Sept. 10am start. Ashurst Beacon climb from Lees Lane to Prince William Pub. Event HQ is Beacon Country Park main car park. Signing on between 9am and 9.45am. Members of other local clubs welcome.

Entry £5 incl CTT levy. (SCC members free) The Cafe at Beacon Park should

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BICKERSTAFFE ROAD RACES – JULY 6th 2024

The original date for the event in April was cancelled due to Storm Kathleen, but I believe riding in the wind would have been a better option than racing in torrential rain with flooded roads like it was on Saturday.

The forecast predicted right and the rain didn’t stop until late morning. 56 riders had

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New Kit Ready to Collect from the Clubhouse

For those who have ordered and not yet collected new kit, I Howard be at the clubhouse on Monday evening from 7 – 9pm.

The following two Mondays he is on holiday so the 15th July will be the next evening he will be at the club. Please note, we are still awaiting delivery of

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Villefranche – panoramic sea views – 2 bedrooms – £500 for the 3 night stay!

The following accommodation has become available due to Dave Sims no longer being able to stay the accommodation.

It’s a perfect location to see the stages of Tour de France.

Entire rental unit in Villefranche-sur-Mer, France

18th of July 2003 to the 21st of July 2023.

4 guests2 bedrooms1.5 bathrooms

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SCC BICKERSTAFFE Road Races – New date – 6th of July 2024

After the disappointment of the original race being cancelled we are pleased to announce that the event has been re-scheduled to be held on SATURDAY JULY 6th.

Let’s hope no storms are forecast.

Thanks again for your support.

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Southport Cycling Club Clothing Update

At the 2023 AGM it was proposed and passed to amend our existing club clothing design in line with requests for increased visibility to other road users.

We are pleased to share with you the final design:

 

We are again for 2024 using GSG Clothing UK and this year we are using their

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Half Price on Old SCC Kit

With the new SCC kit now available, we are now selling any old kit half price.

*Howard will be in the club house from 7:30 pm on Monday’s to take orders.

For the NEW design club kit, please order it on the online order portal

https://www.cornervelo.co.uk/collections/southport-cycling-club

Current Club kit stock at the clubhouse:

• 04121

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Southport Cycling Club Rides

Welcome to Southport Cycling Club!

The information provided below is intended to help riders select a ride most suited to their ability and needs. If you have not ridden with us before and you’re not sure which ride is most suitable for you, just drop us an email or message us through our Facebook group

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Evening TT Series – 2024 Results

Results of all evening TT’s have now been uploaded to the TT results page.

It’s been a difficult season with 7 events being cancelled due to a combination of roadworks, adverse weather, the tragic events in Southport and a shortage of available timekeepers / marshals.

Only 7 SCC riders have actually ridden events this year,

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