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LEAGUE OF VETERAN RACING CYCLISTS The Veteran Leaguer is the official Newsletter of the League of Veteran Racing Cyclists Newsletter Editor Ray Minovi, 45 Augusta Road, Moseley, Birmingham B13 8AE Tel/fax: 0121-449-1347 email: raminminovi@cnews.freeserve.co.uk No news is good news For once the Editor is at a loss for words. It’s true that there were four days of rain in Mallorca, which was a bit of a downer if you went for just that week but not very earth-shaking in the great scheme of things. We got back to the UK to find no races wiped out by foot and mouth restrictions, and then three weeks of warm, sunny weather. The SGM went off with surprisingly little fuss: no-one got punched in the mouth, no-one was the victim of an outburst of verbal abuse, and no-one actually walked out shouting ‘You’ll regret this, mark my words!’. The League’s second time-trial championship was run off with an increased field and no argy-bargy about funny hats. It may not be normal, but we can live with it. A warning that we’re running short of photos for future magazines, so if anyone fancies getting out to some early season events and banging off a few shots, we’d be happy to print the better ones. We’ll even pay for the prints, or you can digitise them and e-mail them. An apparent increase in membership means that we’re running low on Handbooks. At the present rate we’ll just be issuing a set of rules and the rest of the Calendar to late joiners. All this information is, incidentally, available on our Website at www.lvrc.org. We welcome all contributions from anyone – letters, comments, results, articles, reports, pictures, even abuse as long as it’s in the bes possible taste. We’d rather have your stuff handwritten than not at all, but if you can type it or supply it on computer disk we’re even happier. Word, .rtf, or ASCII are all fine. Deadline for next issue: 15th June The Lord taketh the cake When she was Speaker of the Commons, Betty Boothroyd, now ‘Baroness Boothroyd’, was a generally well-liked and popular figure. It now turns out that Baroness Boothroyd is another deranged motorist who thinks that it’s OK to behave badly towards cyclists. On 15th April the Lords had what they call a ‘debate’ on the misuse of mobile phones by motorists. As if she’d been waiting her chance La Boothroyd pounced: ‘Will the minister explain the position in relation to cyclists who use mobile phones? I have witnessed a horrendous incident in which a cyclist had one hand on the handlebars and the other hand holding a mobile phone, dicing with death around Hyde Park Corner. I confess to having taken the matter into my own hands by using my horn so loudly that the cyclist had no alternative but to drop the telephone. I am sure that the House would like to know the rules and regulations relating to cyclists, who cause great trouble and difficult circumstances by the use of mobile phones.’ Leaving aside the question of whether the members of the Lords are spending their time and our money usefully on this drivel, this dangerous representative of undeserved over-privilege is certainly right about one thing: we’re all dicing with death while people like her are about. Baroness Boothroyd is one of our legislators, whether we like it or not. Yet she apparently thinks that her appalling behaviour (a sort of ‘mugging by car’) is perfectly acceptable. What ‘matter’ did she think she was taking into her own hands? Suppose the cyclist had actually fallen in front of her? Presumably she’d have said, ‘What can you expect? There he was, dicing with death, and I came along.’ We know the rules and regulations pertaining to causing death by dangerous driving; we also know that in the event of Boothroyd killing or maiming anyone these same rules are unlikely to be applied to her. The poor cyclist’s real offence seems to be that of irritating a member of the House of Lords. Still, she has performed a valuable public service by warning motorists how vulnerable they are to this horrendous new cycling threat. Deadlines & intended publication dates of future issues Issue Deadline Publication 2/2002 Summer 15 June 6 July 3/2002 Autumn 31 August 27 September 4/2002 Winter 10 December 3 Jan 2002 1/2003 Spring 25 March 25 April Cover picture: Neil Martin leads Jack Belcher, Nick Giles, Ron Hewes and Nick Yarworth (hidden) over the rolling Worcestershire landscape in the Abberleys Three Day. Photo: Amanda Court Page 2 Veteran Leaguer: Winter 2002
Calendar: new events, cancellations, date changes Additional races not in Handbook Lou Miller Series Race One: Tour of the Masts, Sunday 23rd June. Start 1300 hr Keith Wright, 29 Church St, Kirkham, Lancashire, PR4 2SE, Tel 01772499213 Race Two: The Elswick RR 21st July. Start 1300 hr John Huddleston, 29 Park Ave, Euxton, Chorley, Lancs., PR7 6JQ Tel: 01257270639 Race Three: The Lou Miller Final 8th September. Start 1300 hr Wally Hodge, 43 Wyre Ave, Kirkham, Lancs., PR4 2YE, Tel: 01772682531 Cancelled Sunday 19th May, Oldster’s RR, Region 10. Organiser ill. Sunday 14th July, Barnsfield Team Velo Vet Races, Region 10. MOD land in use for another event. Sunday 28th July, Airedale CC, Boroughbridge RR, Region 2. Headquarters double-booked. Date changes C & D Championships at Stourport are moved from 23rd June to Saturday 22nd June to avoid a clash with a Peter Fryer event Start time Start time for the Severn Stoke RR on Saturday 15th June will be 10.30 a.m. A National Executive Committee Meeting will follow the event, beginning at about 2 p.m. Other amendments and information The Grass-track championships at Birmingham’s Cannon Hill Park on Sunday 9th June will be a scratch race: the handicap referred to in the report of the AGM is a different race. Beacon RCC RR in Handbook for 14th July will now be on Sunday 7th July. All other details as in Handbook. Delivery of The Veteran Leaguer The Leaguer is not distributed centrally. It is sent out to you by regional distributors, whose names, addresses and phone numbers are in the Handbook, and on page 23 of this issue of the Veteran Leaguer. If you’re having a problem with delivery, please take it up with your local distributor. Executive Meeting Executive will meet on Saturday 15 th June at the HQ of the Severn Stoke RR near Worcester, immediately following the prize giving, approx 1400hrs.Executive will discuss agenda for the AGM and any other business which becomes apparent in the next two months. Regions should note that all members are invited to these meetings, and one member from each Region is allowed a vote. Distances: Cat ABCD 38 m Cat EFG 30 m HQ for all events: Elswick Village Hall. Ray Levers Trophy in Handbook for 9th June 2002 will now be on Sunday 22nd September. All other details as in Handbook. New Address Yorkshire Coast RR 22nd September 2002 Organiser Phil Bramham has a new address: ‘Chequers’ 19 Horse Fair Lane Little Driffield East Yorkshire YO25 5XB 01377-253141 Phone number Please note: the Editor’s phone number in the Handbook has the last digit missing. The correct number (phone & fax) is 0121-449-1347 Veteran Leaguer: Winter 2002 Page 3
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