Happy New Year 2015!

To all CC Hackney 

members, associates, friends, 

and followers in 2014

Happy New Year 2015! 

A racing bike in the making

Following our fund raiser event at the Concorde Centre of Friday 19the December, here's an image of what's coming up as a result:

Washing machine, cupboard and fridge - not included

Many thanks to Gary Boyd at Hubvelo and the others putting time and goods in to make this happen.

  

Gary Boyd

...we raised enough for a £350.00 rebuild racing bike.

A big thank you going out to all that supported and came along to the CCH Fund Raiser Party at the Concorde Centre Youth Hub last Friday evening. It was a lot of fun with good Caribbean food (thanks to Hackney Homes) a right mix of music plus BASS, volleyball, table tennis, hoola hooping, and MC free-styling.
A special mention must go to Interlinkx CiC staff; Kevin Cabey & Sulaymaan Altamash who helped me as sound hands moving the MiHS system to and from the venue. I had a bad back - honest! Thanks and praise is also due for staff and management at the Concorde Centre & Hackney Marsh Partnership for facilitating this event.

Including the match funding from an anonymous donation and with the support of Hub Velo I'm pleased to say that we raised enough for a £350.00 rebuild racing bike. This will be number one of the 'fleet' to be available for training and racing early in the new year. A date for the next fund raiser event No.2 with added 'wow factor' will be publicised in due course. This show is expected to include an exclusive film premier from the CC Hackney production crew that is James, Daniel & Bjorn.

Anyone interested in volunteering as part of the next event management team? Do contact me: keir@cyclingclubhackney.co.uk and/or our new CCH social secretary Mike Mooney.

Reminder - this Friday evening 19th December 6-10pm CCH fund raiser party...

 
On Friday 19th December 2014 there is a fund raiser event & club social going on at the Concorde Centre. CC Hackney's members, adult friends, supporters and family are welcome.
Concorde Centre, Kingsmead Way, Homerton, London E9 5PP
Raising Funds
Youth Fleet Bikes
For Racing!
CC Hackney - supporting local champions

UCI World Cup news

Track League - Monday 1st December 2014

The Full Gas Track League takes a break this week to make way for the UCI World Cup's return to the 'Pringle' for the first time since February 2012.

CCH coach Neil Irons will be operating the starting gate during the UCI Track World Cup at Lea Valley Velodrome. The 2nd round of this seasons World Cup series sees top class track riders back at the 2012 Olympic venue including a strong British team.

Neil will be wheeling the 68kg start gate on and off the track throughout the qualifying

sessions with Fridays session comprising mainly pursuits; he'd better have his porridge before going down there!

 

For those of you without tickets you can watch the action on the red button on BBC, 

fyi

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=302807979872894

CCH 2014 AGM 3rd December 7pm @ 6 Olympus Sq E5

CCH 2014 AGM 3rd December 7pm @ 6 Olympus Sq London E5 8PL

Members welcome.

Agenda:
Committee present
Managers report
Annual accounts
Election of officers
Achievements and milestones
AOB

Kit up-date

CC Hackney kit up-date here

Fund raiser event & club social - Friday 19th December 2014

On Friday 19th December 2014 there is a fund raiser event & club social going on at the Concorde Centre. CC Hackney's members, adult friends, supporters and family are welcome.
Concorde Centre, Kingsmead Way, Homerton, London E9 5PP
Raising Funds
Youth Fleet Bikes
For Racing!
CC Hackney - supporting local champions

...some of the quotes on the way via Bike Fix

"You don't think about hospital, you think about winning."  
Sean Kelly

"Always remember the others are suffering just as much as you." 

Fausto Coppi

"Newspapers are unable, seemingly to discriminate between a bicycle
accident and the collapse of civilization." George Bernard Shaw

Life is like a 10 speed bicycle. Most of us have gears we never use. -
C. M Schultz

great minds think a bike...

 

"Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving."

Albert Einstein

'Cycling on busy roads - assertion training for free.'

  "The bicycle is the most efficient means of getting oil onto your trousers"

Some comedians from the 80s
 

Every pedal stroke is a winner!

More cycling quotes here

    

A cycle industry sponsor for CC Hackney...

                   

A cycle industry sponsor for CC Hackney...

CCH and Giant Docklands have been in discussions for quite some time about forming a working partnership where shared aims and ambitions around raising cycle sport for all can be better realised. Below is a recent email received from Giant Docklands that gives an update of where discussions have led to at this stage:

Dear Keir

I hope that you are well.

As mentioned when we last met, we are very supportive of the work you are doing at CCH. We would love to be able to assist with everything we have discussed so far but in reality we need to break down what we can do for you immediately and what will need some  more time to develop; possibly with the help of Giant UK.

Following on from our recent meetings we have listed below some of the services and benefits that we are able to offer CCH in the short term:

• To offer your signed up membership card holders the option of a free bike safety check (offer ends November 2014)
• To offer your signed up membership card holders 50% off any of our service plans (offer ends November 2014)
• To offer your signed up membership card holders a 10% discount on all bikes and accessories (offer ends November 2014)
• To service CCH loan/session bikes free of charge (to confirm how many of these there are first)
•  To consider offering part time work experience in our store to one of your members

I know that you were up for including some of our ideas in your brochure and maybe to position our logo onto your club kit and this is much appreciated. I have attached some Giant Docklands artwork for you. In the mean time we would be happy to continue working with you on a “wishlist” with the intention of formalising an arrangement with even more value to the club in the long term. Some of the ideas discussed with this view in mind include:

• To provide Saturday morning support for a youth programme of coaching at the Lee Valley Velopark (to establish how many people we will need on the ground to support this)
• To consider sponsoring of an all day event at the LVV Velodrome
• To look at the possibility of forming a racing team to enter races at regional level
• To look at supporting some of the long term trips currently being considered by CCH (Tour l'Ain)
• To take an active part in the new concept 'Velodrome Passport' currently under development (maybe you want us to attend a meeting with you to visit the development manager at Lee Valley Velodrome to investigate any opportunities that may exist)
• To look at including other boroughs at some stage (Tower Hamlets, Waltham Forest, Newham, Greenwich)

We have put a time limit of end November on this but would be happy to extend or reassess this if the promotion is successful. We also have a very active social media campaign and would be happy to consider promoting CC Hackney at some stage.

Finally, your invite to our Giant Docklands staff and our key clients to participate in CC Hackney's coaching sessions in future is interesting, especially the opportunity to train with you on the Lea Valley Velodrome. This would also be a very good time to meet your club members as would be when CC Hackney visits us at our shop - you are all welcome any time we are open!
   

I look forward to hearing from you.

Dan Chapman,

 

Manager Giant Docklands

http://www.giant-docklands.co.uk/en-GB/

Lanterns Way, Isle of Dogs, London E14 9DR 

Store hours

Mon - Wed: 10am - 7pm
Thu: 8am - 8pm
Fri: 10am - 7pm
Sat: 10am - 5pm
Sun: 11am - 4pm

 

The bike fitting room at Giant Docklands