Hastings & St .Leonards Cycling Club Archive

1953

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This is the information held in the database for 1953.

I continue to clean the data (I am aware that there are duplicate resuls for example). If you can fill in any gaps (dates for examples), have any other results, or spot any errors please email us at: hastingsccarchive@gmail.com.

 

Trophy Recipients

 

Note that 12 Hour trophies will sort both Time and Distance

Recipient (Gender/Category)	Trophy	Time    MPH Event Distance	Year
M Kenward	Palmer Cup	1h 03m 34s	1953
Gordon King	Hughes Trophy	1h 05m 04s	1953
Gordon King	Ron Eastes Trophy	1h 02m 16s	1953
Gordon King	Croft 50 Trophy	2h 14m 52s	1953
Gordon King	100 Mile Trophy	4h 34m 56s	1953
Gordon King	Rye Hythe Rye	1h 49m 49s	1953
Gordon King	Evening Events Cup		1953
Gordon King	Evening 25	1h 01m 31s	1953
Lyn Chambers	Best Clubman		1953
M Jones	Ron Powell Shield	25m 58s	1953
Gordon King	Best All Rounder Martin Trophy	22.283mph	1953

 

Records

 

Note: Tri = Tricycle; Tan = Tandem; TT = Tandem Tricycle

Rider (Gender/Category)	Time Position	Event Distance      Course	Date
Gordon King	12 Hour	East Sussex CA 12 Hour 9 August 1953 231.270 miles G56	9 Aug 1953
Gordon King	4h 34m 56s	East Sussex CA 100 miles 19 July 1953 100 miles      G55	19 Jul 1953
Gordon King	1h 01m 49s	East Sussex CA 25 miles 12 April 1953 25 miles      G52	12 Apr 1953
Gordon King	1h 00m 57s	East Sussex CA 25 miles 12 April 1953 25 miles      G52	12 Apr 1953
Gordon King	1h 14m 23s	Club Record 30 miles 1 January 1953 30 miles	1 Jan 1953
Gordon King	2h 08m 47s	San Fairy Ann CC 50 miles 3 May 1953 50 miles      Q90	3 May 1953
Gordon King	2h 06m 11s	East Sussex CA 50 miles 10 May 1953 50 miles      G54	10 May 1953
Gordon King	2h 04m 46s	Chichester CC 50 miles 21 May 1953 50 miles      P8	21 May 1953
Gordon King	1h 14m 23s	Club 30 miles 16 August 1953 30 miles      Romney Marsh (30)	16 Aug 1953
R Downey	12 Hour	East Sussex CA 12 Hour 7 August 1955 231.370 miles G56	7 Aug 1953

Time Trial Results

 

Note: Tri = Tricycle; Tan = Tandem; TT = Tandem Tricycle

Rider (Gender/Category)	Time Position	Event Distance      Course	Date
R Downey	12 Hour	East Sussex CA 12 Hour 7 August 1955 231.370 miles G56	7 Aug 1953
(R) Gordon King	4h 34m 56s	East Sussex CA 100 miles 19 July 1953 100 miles      G55	19 Jul 1953
(R) Gordon King	1h 00m 57s	East Sussex CA 25 miles 12 April 1953 25 miles      G52	12 Apr 1953
Gordon King	1h 14m 23s	Club Record 30 miles 1 January 1953 30 miles	1 Jan 1953
Gordon King	2h 04m 46s	Chichester CC 50 miles 21 May 1953 50 miles      P8	21 May 1953
Gordon King	24m 10s	Senior Record 1953 10 miles 10 miles	31 Dec 1953
Gordon King	12 Hour	East Sussex CA 12 Hour 9 August 1953 231.270 miles G56	9 Aug 1953
(R) Gordon King	2h 08m 47s	San Fairy Ann CC 50 miles 3 May 1953 50 miles      Q90	3 May 1953
(R) Gordon King	2h 06m 11s	East Sussex CA 50 miles 10 May 1953 50 miles      G54	10 May 1953
(R) Gordon King	1h 14m 23s	Club 30 miles 16 August 1953 30 miles      Romney Marsh (30)	16 Aug 1953
(R) Gordon King	1h 01m 49s	East Sussex CA 25 miles 12 April 1953 25 miles      G52	12 Apr 1953
Gordon King	2h 04m 46s 4th	Chichester CC 50 miles 21 June 1953 50 miles      P8	21 Jun 1953
Jack Southerden	12 Hour	Kent CA 12 Hour 23 August 1953 215.235 miles	23 Aug 1953
Jack Southerden	2h 16m 09s	Chichester CC 50 miles 21 June 1953 50 miles      P8	21 Jun 1953

 

Social Events

 

Event	Association/Club	Date
Club Annual Dinner 31 January 1953	Hastings and St.Leonards CC	31 Jan 1953
Club Run 17 May 1953	Hastings and St.Leonards CC	17 May 1953

Documents

This is a list of documents held in the database. This does not include start and result sheets. These can be accessed via the results page or through the Clubs Page

Document Type	Event	Date
Club Dinner Menu 31 January 1953 Menu  (Index #: 13)	Club Annual Dinner 31 January 1953	31/01/1953

 

Images

 

You can sort by Date, Caption (based on the text) and Event (note there may not be an event lnked to an image and these will appear first)

Date      Caption      Event
Maurice Carpenter, Arthur Coleman, Ron Longley and Joyce Sinden in Smarden (poss 17 May 1953) Image #58 Maurice Carpenter Smarden 17 May 1953 Image #135 Michael Kenward, Ron Longley Rye Hythe Rye 19 April 1953 Image #136 Ron Longley First Race Rye Hythe Rye 19 April 1953 Image #137 Catford Hill Climb (Ide Hill) 18 October 1953 Image #176   Hastings & St.Leonards CC Archive Facebook Page      Hastings & St.Leonards CC Website   Hastings & St.Leonards CC Facebook Page      Hastings & St.Leonards CC Blogspot (archived)   Web site hand coded by Tim page updated 21/9/2024