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BLAH and make its future as a multi-sport facility financially secure. Herne Hill is a unique part of Britain’s sporting heritage and it is famous around the world. Its history stretches back to the late 19th century and the track saw action in 1948 London Olympics. It is cycling’s equivalent to Wembley or Wimbledon. Last year its premier event, the Good Friday track meeting, celebrated its centenary with world champion and Olympic cyclists drawing record capacity crowds. Our 2004 Olympic medal winning cyclist Bradley Wiggins grew up riding on Herne Hill. We want other young athletes to have the same opportunities. Our regeneration plan has been given outline planning consent. The aim is to improve the existing Velodrome in a way that will not only safeguard its future as a centre of cycling excellence, but will also broaden its appeal and value to local residents, schools and Londoners generally. The plans include an all-weather perimeter cover for the track itself, gym facilities, ecological landscaping and a superb indoor climbing centre, a facility currently not available in S-E London. The Trust’s vision for renewal will benefit the whole community. The latest news First, thanks to all of you who have e-mailed your support to the London Velodrome Trust website and the Dulwich Estate. We've had brilliant support from all of you, plus supportive letters from local MPs, including Tessa Jowell, Simon Hughes and others, Valerie Shawcross at the Greater London Authority, British Cycling, Sport England plus London 2012. This has resulted in some positive movement from The Dulwich Estate, less than the LVT has requested and might reasonably expect, but which is positive in the short term. The negotiation of arrangements between the LVT and the Estate to both guarantee Good Friday 2005 the rest of the season are ongoing and looking positive. Thank Tessa Jowell and say that like her you're passionate about sport. It would be helpful if you could all e-mail Tessa Jowell the local MP at her constituency office, at jowellt@parliament.uk, copied to mail@londonvelodrome.org letting her know how much you appreciate her support for Herne Hill, particularly those that live in her constituency. Current position The London Velodrome Trust's home page http:// www.londonvelodrome.org/summarises the current position. The Trust is working to re-open the track as soon as legal agreements can be put in place, and to subsequently engage positively with the new lessee to secure a viable future for cycling. Re-opening Herne Hill track This can only happen once arrangements to allow the LVT to re-open the Velodrome are in place between the Dulwich Estate, their proposed new lessees, Southwark Council, and the London Velodrome Trust - the Dulwich Estate say the end of February for this - but offer no guarantees. The likely commercial deal. This is certain to be conditional on the preferred commercial leisure operator achieving a planning consent for a viable commercial leisure development of the Velodrome site (perhaps including adjacent Dulwich Estate land too). As Metropolitan Open Land the development options will be constrained by Southwark and the Greater London Authority’s planning development policies which if the Estate's new Leisure operator intends to secure local support for their preferred development they are likely to include retention of the velodrome. No pre planning application discussions with the planning authority for a new development have yet taken place. If the planning consent they want isn't achieved their deal with the Dulwich Estate is likely to be over. Pass this on to a friend and tell them that if they want to be put on the Friends of Herne Hill e-mail list to e-mail mail@londonvelodrome.org including the words "Friends email" providing their full name, address & full postcode, and details of Club membership or organisation represented. www.norwoodparagon.co.uk 4 Blah! <strong>Winter</strong> 2005
BLAH! Jon Jennings an appreciation by Keith Butler Cycling enthusiast par excellence Fearless Skier Audax rider extraordinaire: Tour de France, Paris Brest Paris (Solo & Tandem), Daylight 600, Le Marmot, Etape de Tour etc etc. Jon joined us from the Festival Road Club in 1989 and soon made a mark by quickly becoming a First Category Roadman, apart from full racing programme he found time to run three training camps in the South of France and one in Portugal for mainly Club riders plus trips to watch the Tour de France and to ride the Brevet des Alpes and Le Marmot. A brief list of his achievements shows something of his depth of talent. 1990 AEU Cup for 550 Sprint, George Colget Cup for five miles Point to Point. 1991 Tricycle 100 in 5.02.30 (a record that still stands), Solo 12 hour record of 273 miles. Team Record with Harry Featherstone and Jack Platts of 774.821 miles - record still stands. Rotherham 12 hour Cup, Les Black Hill Climb Cup, Frank Burton Cup for 550 yard handicap, Ravensbourne Cup for five miles Scratch, George Colget Cup for five miles Point to Point. 1993 Established all the Mixed Tandem Records with Allison Butler. Those listed below still stand. Mixed Tandem 30 Record with Allison Butler 1.7.19, Mixed Tandem 50 Record with Allison Butler 1.53.37, Club and Mixed Tandem 12 hour Record with Allison Butler 255.359. Frank Burton Cup for 550 yard Handicap, Surrey League Stein 1994 Club Open Events Champion, Rotherham 12 hour Cup, Surrey League Stein 1995 Club Track Champion, Mixed Tandem 100 Record with Alison Butler 4.2.20, Ravensbourne Cup for five miles Scratch. Results Service for Pru Tour. Jon was a bike rider from first to last. From weekend Youth Hostel trips, Club Runs to participation in top class competition. A RIDE REMEMBERED ‘THE’ ride, of those that I saw, was the Poole Wheelers 12 hour of 1991. The Club had a four man team. Gethin Butler, Harry Featherstone. Jack Platts and Jon Jennings were the riders and this was the day that Glen Longland was to beat 300 miles. Gethin was not riding at his best and desisted after 140 miles. Megan and Keith were then free to watch the event unfold. So they joined John Pocock’s team at a feed. Jon Jennings went through and his time was taken. It was a bit quick. ‘Must have missed a leg!’ said someone. ‘Not to my knowledge’ says John P who had followed Jon J since the start. Oh!! Out of Poole and across to Bere Regis, up to Blandford Forum and back to Wimborne we were waiting for the cracks to appear. But they didn’t. Onto the Finish Circuit Jon kept up his relentless pace. We all stood by the roadside to cheer at the spot where he surpassed Robin Buchan’s old Club Record of 269 miles. The Timekeeper recorded a total of 273 miles for a new Club Record. A superb ride. This ride epitomises Jon. Not a top speed merchant but capable of riding very very hard for a long time. In 1997 with virtually no training he entered the National ‘24’ as a back up rider to Gethin, Steve and Ross and finished the day with some 376 miles. It was not general knowledge that in his teenage years he had Hodgekinsons Disease and had had his Continued on page 6 www.norwoodparagon.co.uk 5 Blah! <strong>Winter</strong> 2005
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