Archive for January 28, 2019

Emergency Contacts

As you know we hold an amount of data about our members to enable us to communicate with you and for you to be a member, British Cycling collects this information during the membership application process.

One of the fields we have added is your emergency contacts (sometimes known as ICE) and any medical conditions we may need to be aware of.

This is a periodical request from the club for members to ensure that all their contact information is correct.
This is to enable us to contact the correct person and/or inform any emergency services of any conditions in the unlikely event of an incident when out on club activities.

We ask for any medical conditions to ensure should we need to we can get the right help to you, If you believe that we should be aware of a condition or any other issues let a ride leader know before the ride starts.

If you have any new conditions or changes in current conditions please seek advice from your doctor before undertaking any activities.


10% off Bikmo Insurance

New bike? Or are you yet to protect your pride and joy? Bikmo have boosted your bonus for a limited time!

You may have read our post on Bikmo before, they’re a good bunch of like minded cyclists. They have come to us offering an increased 10% discount on policies if you take them out by 14th February 2019 (if you treat your loved one to insurance as valentines present, please do share the results with us!)

Just as before it’s really easy to use this offer, quote BLAYDON5  or click this link for the offer page.

Why don’t you start 2019 with award-winning cycle insurance from our partners Bikmo. 
We’ve secured an exclusive 10% discount for policies taken out by the 14th Feb 2019. Use code: BLAYDON5 and get geared for more. 
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Blaydon Awards & AGM 2018

On Saturday the 12th of January 2019 we held our AGM and club awards where we looked back on 2018, planned 2019 and celebrated and awarded the achievements of 2018’s season. Our venue was Tyne Amateur Rowing Club in Newburn.

Our Winners are as follows:

Club TT winners 
Vet Roadbike – Graham Mckinney
Senior Roadbike – Paul Wright
Women’s Roadbike – Rachel Galler
Vet TT – Justin Ramel
Women’s TT – Joanne Rea
Senior TT – Steven Craggs
Men’s HIll climb – Marcus Cram
Women’s Hill Climb – Angela McGurk

Club category winners
CX rider of the Year – James Hadfield
TT’er of the Year Male – Julian MacBride
TT’er of the Year Female – Joanne Rea
Road Racer of the Year Male – Marcus Cram
Road Racer of the Year Female – Gemma Hutchins

Mile Muncher – Corinne Black

Voted for by members

The Sergio Garcia (Surging award) – Del Fiddes 
Wheelsucker award – Darren McGurk
Pedal and Pint – George Russell
Wooden Sock – Paul Wright 
Crash Test Dummy – Paul Wright 
Best Newcomer Male – Marcus Cram
Best Newcomer Female – Rachel Galler
Most improved Male (Race) – Mark Whaley
Most Improved Female (Race) – Sara Cummings
Most improved Male (non Race) – Darren McGurk
Most improved Female (non Race) – Jane Aston
MTB Rider of the year – Sarah Pilkington
Club Run Rider of the Year – Richard Noble
Dev Rider of the year – Phil Conway
EW Rider of the year – Sophie Betts
Selfless Helper Award – Sharon Dyson

The club also rewarded Sharon, Frances Schultz, Peter Schultz and Jack Earl with Club branded jackets to thanks them for there amazing efforts over 2018 with stopwatches and cameras.