F L March


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Official Roles

Name Role Year Notes Source

F L March Timekeeper 1982 1982 Membership Card
F L March Life Member 1993 1993 Membership Card

Road Race Results

 

Rider
(Gender/Category)
Time
Position
Event
Distance      Course
Year

F L March 1stNational Cycling Union Championship Heat 1 1 mi...
1 miles      Central Cricket Ground
1913
F L March (Brighton Stanley and Hastin.. 2ndEastbourne Athletic Club Handicap Heat 3 1/2 mi...
Devonshire Park
1912
F L March (Brighton Stanley and Hastin.. 3rdEastbourne Athletic Club Handicap Final 1/2 mil...
Devonshire Park
1912
F L March 05m 12s
1st
Club Open Handicap 2 miles 4 August 1913
2 miles      Central Cricket Ground
1913

Newspaper Articles

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Date
Newspaper
Article

8/04/1912
Eastbourne Gazette
97
PRIZE MEETING AT DEVONSHIRE PARK

Blustering winds and a chilly atmosphere militated against the pleasure of onlookers at the prize meeting of the Eastbourne Athletic Club, which was held on Monday afternoon. Nevertheless the interesting programme attracted a large crowd and there was some good racing…

880 YARDS BICYCLE HANDICAP (OPEN)

First Heat – 1 AE. Ferrell, Eastbourne Rovers, 60 yards; 2, Fred Mills, Hastings and St. Leonards, 80 yards. Five started. Time 1 min. 4 3-5th secs.

Second Heat – 1 R H Clarke, Polytechnic C.C., 35 yards; 2, W A McLaren, Brighton Mitre, 75 yards, Five competed. Time 1 min. 10 1-5th secs.

Third Heat – 1 W A Hills, Westcombe Park C.C..45 yards; 2, F L March, Brighton Stanley and Hastings 70 yards. Five started. Time 1 min. 6 3-5th secs.

Fourth Heat – 1 C F Lasseter, Brighton Stanley, 70 yards: 2 A Offen, Brighton and County H., 60 yards. Five competed, Time 1 min 13 1-5th secs

FINAL. 1 W A Hills. 2 R H Clarke. 3 F L March. Won by three-quarters of a length. Time 1 min. 6 secs.

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9/08/1913
Hastings Observer
96
CYCLING AND ATHLETIC CONTEST

MR CONWAY WERTHEIMER PRESENTS THE PRIZES

A highly successful cycling and athletic race meeting was held in the Central Cricket and Recreation Ground the afternoon of Bank Holiday, promoted by the Hastings Cycling Club, there was some capital racing and a satisfactory attendance, a large number prominent residents being accommodated in a reserved enclosure.

The officials were: Judges, Councillor J Niedermayer NCU (cycling), and Mr A. Saunders (running); Referee, Mr C T March; Starter, Mr W J Ransom; Umpires, Messrs W H Raby, A Stoakes, W T Roberts, and W Huggett; Timekeeper, Mr A Moule; Scorers. Mr. Philip O Buswell and Councillor E A Hocking; Marksmen. Messrs. T Wade, H Sherwood, and A F Tyrell; Dressing Room Steward. Mr Toff Lynch; Telegraph Steward, Mr Sargood Williams; Enclosure Stewards, Mr W Catt and Mr J King; NCU. Representatives, Mr W Huggett and Mr W T Roberts; handicappers. Mr V Waterhouse, NCU (cycling) and A.A.A. Board of Handicappers (running); Hon. Secretaries, Messrs G H Chapman and Harry Groome.

Appended the results:

One Mile Open Cycle Handicap. Prizes value four guineas, two guineas, and one guinea. The first two in each heat competed the final. The heat winners were: W Harvey (Kentish Wheelers). 180 yards start; W A Muir (Tunbridge Wells St. John's), 170 yards; E A Firrell (Eastbourne Rovers) 110 yards; A P Richardson (Paddington CC). 135 yards; G E Brown (Elite CC), 125 yards; and W A McLaren (Brighton Stanley CC), 130 yards. Final: Brown. 1; Harvey, 2; Muir, 3. Won by a wheel. Time, 2mins. 27 3-5th seconds. …

One Mile Local Cycle Scratch Race. Three prizes for Tradesmen's carriers. The heat winners were A E Crouch, Henry Knight, J G Avery, and F Fellows. Final: Avery, 1; Crouch. 2; Knight. 3. Time, 3mins. 28secs. A very good contest.

One Mile Open Flat. Prizes value three guineas, two guineas, and one guinea. F Strange (Ashford), 140 yards, 1; E Barker (Brighton), 118 yards, 2; P Boulton (Hastings C.C.). 180 yards, 3. Thirteen started. A very pretty race. Gear [G D Gear], of Hastings, made the pace too hot, and fell back in the last lap. Time, 4mins 25 2-5th sec.

Two Miles Open Cycle Handicap. Prizes value four guineas, two guineas, and one guinea. First Heat: A P Richardson (Paddington) 230 yards, 1; G E Brown (Elite), 215 yards, 2. Time. 5mins 6 1-5th secs. Second Heat: W Harvey (Kentish Wheelers), 340 yards, 1; T L Watts (Tunbridge Wells St John's), 270 yards, 2. Time, 4mins 54 2-5th secs. Third Heat: F L March (Hastings) 230 yards; W A McLaren (Brighton Stanley), 220 yards 2. Time, 5mins 12 4-5th secs. Final: A P Richardson. 1; G E Brown. 2; W Harvey, 3. Won by half dozen yards. March had hard luck. After going a lap his machine went, wrong, and he dismounted and took another machine. This put him in a hopeless position. The time was 5mins 32 2-5th secs. …

One Mile Sussex NCU Championship. First Prize, 18 caret gold medal; second prize, gold centre medal. Heat 1: 1st F L March (Hastings CC); 2nd W A McLaren (Brighton Stanley CC). Heat 2: 1st E A Firrell (Eastbourne Rovers); 2nd E J Hooker (East Grinstead CC). This final was disallowed owing to the competitors exceeding the time limit of three minutes.

Half Mile (Club) Flat handicap. First Prize (value of £1 10s), case of fish knives and forks. R Bursley; second prize (value £1 1s) plated flower epergue. G D Gear; third prize (value 10s), clock F G Leigh-Nicholls. …

One Mile Club handicap (winner to hold the Harvey du Cross 15 guinea challenge shield for twelve months, also first prize of a case of fish knives and forks). 1st C Maxted; 2nd plated sugar basin, S G Kent; third, plated salad bowl and servers, W Gentle. Time 2mins 31secs. …

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6/09/1930
Hastings Observer
110
Club Notes

During last weekend the open 25 miles road event promoted by the Hastings Club was decided under good conditions. B Bevan, of the Highgate CC gained a well merited success in achieving the fastest time. In doing so he improved on last year’s winning time to the extent of 96 seconds and brought the course record down by 39 seconds. S E Maplesden of the Eastbourne C and AC, scored a popular win in annexing the first handicap award. In connection with this , it is interesting to note that by reason of handicap allowances, 10 competitors were brough within 1½ minutes of Maplesden. This indicates the judgement with which the handicaps were awarded.

In the race for the team honours (aggregate of the the three fastest men of one club), a fine struggle ensued, in which only 10 seconds covered the first three clubs. The following gives the chief results: 1st fastest B Bevan (Highgate CC), 1hr 5mins 10secs: 2nd fastest, E L Parsonson (Clapham CC), 1hr 7 mins 1sec: 3rd fastest H A Longley (Brighton Stanley) and G W Stanford (San Fairy Ann CC) 1hr 7mins 13secs. 1st handicap S E Maplesden (Eastbourne) 5 ¾ mins, 1hr 3mins 9secs; 2nd handicap G W Stanford (San Fairy Ann) 4 mins 1hr 3mins 13 secs; 3rd handicap R Westgate (Brighton Ex) [Brighton Excel], 6½ 1hr 4mins 26secs; 4th handicap, G Sinden (Hastings) 7mins, 1hr 4mins 28secs; 1st team San Fairy Ann (Maidstone), 3hrs 28mins 31secs; 2nd team, Clapham CC, 3hrs 26mins 37secs; 3rd team, Brighton Stanley, 3hrs 26mins 41secs.

Mr Harvey Smith (the club’s chairman) was timekeeper for the event assisted by F L March [Frederick March]. The timekeeping at the halfway stage was accomplished by Mr A I Balchin, with Mr F Rix acting as pivot for the riders’ turning.

The thanks of the club are due to Messers. Jenkins, Tester, Bliss, Mabb and Emary for marshalling the course. As referee, Sir Charles Kirkpatrick maintained a keen and interested watch over the whole activities. The organisation of the event was in the hands of Mr F C Gasson (hon. Secretary).

This weekend the club will be represented by J F Mackie, A Helliwell, R Harmer and C W Sinden in the 12 hours road event promoted by the Southern Counties Cycling Union.

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