TA EAST E-NEWS – JANUARY 24^TH 2020

To TA East members & friends

From Ferg Muir

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It is our pleasure to look forward to welcoming

THE PRESIDENT AND GAZETTE EDITOR OF THE TRICYCLE ASSOCIATION to

THE TA EAST ANNUAL LUNCHEON at

Bradfield Combust on Sunday 2^nd February 2020

Lunch Organiser Martin Badham writes:

We will, once again, be lining up at “The Manger” in Bradfield Combust, just south of Bury St Edmunds (IP30 0LW) on 2nd February for the Annual Luncheon and Prize Presentation of the Tricycle Association (Eastern Region).

Gathering from 12 Noon for lunch at 1ish. Tickets, £20.00 from Martin Badham.

01603 897738 or 07801457756  or  Email

Appetiser Run: Meet at “Sweetmeats” cafe above sweetshop in Water Lane, Lavenham (opposite kitchen door of “The Swan”) approx 10.30am.

For those wishing to park vehicles at the Manger, there will be a run to Lavenham leaving at approximately 9:00 am. Subject, of course, to the clemency of the weather. 

Special Guest: President and Gazette Editor – Roger Alma and his wife Myra.

Also, our  Chairman, John Purser, is happy for people to park at his home at Higher Ground, Acton CO10 0AF.

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PAUL DENNY

It is sad to be reporting the death of engineer, artist, tricyclist and Audax rider Paul Denny

Paul appears on many TA East result sheets of the 1950s and  was a member of the Diss & District CC 100 mile Tricycle Competition Record Team in 1960 – aggregate time of 14:57:14.

Our sympathies are with his widow Jaqui and their family.

Paul and Jaqui had been married. I believe, for over 65 years.  They met in 1952 – it was a real cyclists’ encounter……..

Jacqui, who was a regular churchgoer at the time, attended early service at Ufford, near Woodbridge and then rode to Lowestoft to meet her Ipswich BC clubmates for Lunch.

The club  did not make the rendezvous, so Jacqui turned round and headed south again, stopping for tea at the NCU-appointed cafe at Carlton-cum-Kelsale, then on the A12 near Saxmundham.

 This proved to be crowded with the Diss & District CC clubrun. There was no vacant table, so she had to share one – and got talking to the tricyclist sitting there ….one Paul Denny.

His funeral will take place on Thursday 13th February 2020 at 11:00 a.m. at The Woodland Burial Park, Colney, Norwich NR4 7TY.

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TRICYCLES FOR SALE

ROGER AKERS, in Hertford,   is selling his stable of tricycles.

Scroll down on the TA Facebook page for details and photos

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East Secretary Martin Badham reports regarding PETE MARTIN that:

“Our Northern Captain has an operation for a hip replacement coming up so will not be able to lead runs for a few months. I (Martin) have volunteered to lead the first one in March, we would welcome volunteers for the remainder until Pete is mobile again”  Contact the Sec on 01603  897738

Pete hopes to be back in the saddle for June.

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However, we still have a mouth-watering series of runs in the offing:

TA EAST SPRING PROGRAMME

Sat Feb 15^th: Tiptree’s Lock Tea Rooms, Heybridge Basin CM9 4RS – Meet 10:30; Lunch at The Chequers, Goldhanger CM9 4AS; Leader Ian Mackenzie.

Sat March 7^th: Meet at Charlie’s Café, 3 Apple Yard, Kerridge Way, Holt NR25 6AR for an 11:00 start for a trundle in North Norfolk;   Leader Martin Badham

Sat April 4^th: Meet at “La Parisien Café” in Diss Market Place, 11:00, riding to lunch at Thornham Magna “Three Horseshoes”;

 P.S. The Eastern Region “Eric Madgett Memorial 25 is the next day so it could make a nice weekend. Leader please.

Sun April 5^th: Eastern Regional 25 mile TT from Bressingham to Thetford. Entries and marshalls required, most probably a lunchtime meet nearby for post race discussions.

Sat May 2^nd: Eastern Regional 10 mile TT at Sleaford. This should have been the May Day Bank Holiday until the Government decided to change it to Friday 8^th.

May 9^th: Tricycle Camping Weekend at Dunston, south of Lincoln. Details to follow.

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MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL – WE must all remember that now is the time to renew TA membership. The renewal form is the detachable centre-spread of the current TA Gazette – the one with the photos of Dr Michael Hutchinson and  Alan Shuttleworth on the front cover.

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Best Wishes to You All

Ferg Muir 01603 615000, fergusmuir@btinternet.com