Minutes for the meeting of Penzance Wheelers Cycling Club
1/7/2025
1. Committee members present: Beth Berriman, Jonathan Butt, David Goodrich,
Stuart Hunter, Mike Tonkin, Mark Travis
2. Ordinary members present: Dave Phillips, Terry Timms, Patrick Duffy, John Fazakerley, Kay Fazakerley, Scott Thompson, Hari Slade, Andy Williams, Joanna Keverne, Jim Turner, Martina Geraghty
3. Apologies: Tristan Harris, Matt Southam, Sarah Tregear
4. Time Trial News: Jon reported that nothing has changed regarding CTT events. We are looking at the possibility of running competitive events under TLI regulations – if there is interest within the club we can pursue this. There have also been some online comments about clashes between our social event and CTT events from members of the regional CTT committee.
5. Audax Report: Jon fedback that these were very successful with 147 entries – and £700 being raised for the Royal Cornwall Hospitals Charity. There are still a few payments to be made from the Audax event. We will be running the events again in 2026 and will also look at the idea of running more Audax events next year as there seems to be a wider interest in these types of events within the cycling community.
6. Charity ride: We are going to offer an off road route as well, after talking with Wheal Velocity parents were keen for children to ride but prefer traffic free off road route if possible. We have shared details of the ride with other groups and on social media.
7. 2026 events: Three 100km reliability trials have been set for next year on the same weekends as last year. Mines and Mineral railways Audax will be early June again. Nobody was forthcoming in taking on running competitive events for next year.
8. Kit update: Jon will do a fresh stock take of club kit as we are getting low on a few items and will contact Lloyd to see about new suppliers now that Endura no longer make club kit.
9. Group rides: It has been noticed that the discipline within some of the groups has
fallen below what is expected – it’s important to remember these rides are social rides and riders shouldn’t be getting dropped or lost. The 17 members at tonight’s meeting talked about experiences on rides and we decided to look at ways in which we could all improve how the groups work.
The outcome of the meeting with regards to group rides will be detailed in a separate document to avoid it getting lost within these minutes.
One of the immediate things we plan to try out is not publishing a detailed route, cafe location will still be announced but it’s hoped this will avoid riders pulling away from the group .If there is demand the club can also look at running with Cycling UK a ride leader course so that an independent person can help, advise and offer training on being a group ride leader.
10. A.O.B. Jon has fixed the date with Ed Owens for the 7 Hills charity ride, this is usually on the second Sunday before Christmas which tied in with Ken Barclays birthday. However, due to a clash with a local TT on the same day we have set the date of this event to 7 th December 2025 (although there is also a round of the South West CX series on this day).
Stuart mentioned that Darren Rundell is keen to run more away days and the group agreed it would be a good idea, as the previous ride around Bodmin was very well received – plans are being made for a September ride
David Goodrich and Andy Williams mentioned about regular riders turning up on a regular basis who are not club members – so it was decided to suggest that after 3 rides they should join the club – members on group rides should encourage non members to join if they want to and explain the benefits of being in the club. We will also continue to remove non members from the private Facebook group.
Terry Timms, Spanish Dave and Patrick Duffey are all riding the National Masters crit
Committee meeting and pub evening. Tuesday 1st July. We're going to try a new venue, Trevines, on Blowing house hill, Ludgvan. Meet at 7. The bar shuts at 9 so you'll not be late home.
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Agenda
Committee members present
Non committee members present
Apologies
Any follow up information from previous meetings
Summary of June Audax events
Update on August 31st Charity ride
Group rides
2026 events
Kit update
Any Other Business