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Welcome

Welcome to the Old Portlians Cycling Club. We are a friendly and long established cycling club based in South London between Croydon, Surrey and Bromley, Kent. Find out more here »

Come and ride with us. A good way to get to know the club is to come out on one of our weekend rides typically through the lanes of Kent and Surrey. On Saturdays we have our 'Social' ride for riders of all abilities. On Sundays we go a little further and a touch faster but nobody gets left behind. See the relevant pages for the planned club rides and meeting point.

Or meet us at our clubroom at the Blackheath Harriers Clubhouse in Hayes near Bromley - see the Meetings page for more information and directions.

Recent News and Results

Southern Counties CU 100 - G100/60 - 25.07.2010
Four Ports entered, and two arrived at the start line. Ian is still in recovery and Dave for some reason thought a night out with friends was a more appealing option... More »

Club Runs 24/25.07.2010
Sunday - Dave, Iain, Ian (who was injured, but NOT making a fuss), Mark and Keith met at Corkscrew for a ride out to Penshurst ... More in 2010 News
Saturday - Simon, Phil and newbie Julian met-up with Oz, Sheena amd Michael ... More in 2010 News

Crawley Wheelers 10 - G10/57 - 24.07.2010
Fine morning on G10/57. Resistance on the return leg but no wind to speak of.
Phil Pearson, Paul King, Barry Newman and Gary Blunt were entered. Gary was invalidated by a back injury. ... More »

Club Evening TT - 22.07.2010
A scorching ride by a guest, and Colin edges closer to Ian in the league table ... More in 2010 News amd league table here

Wednesday Club Ride 21.07.2010
Same as last week - out to Cuckfield via Crawley and Pease Pottage and back to Croydon via Balcombe and Horley - 60 miles - Phil

Bec CC 25 - G25/53 - 18.07.2010
Usual Broadbridge Heath Course.
Grey morning with a bit of a westerly breeze by the time OP's were on the road.
Four entered but Ian and Dave were both DNS.
So, two riders -

Barry - 01:04:38
Phil - 01:05:45

Didn't wait for the winners time to come up but I don't think it was going to be a quick morning - Phil
Club Runs 17/18.07.2010
Sunday - there were Ian, Wojciech, Gary, Dave Warne, and Mark. Now, as Ian was 'off games' the 'new' 10 course was chosen to see if it was met with approval. An interesting route was chosen ... More in 2010 News
Saturday - followed the usual route with Ian, Les, John, Owen AND a re-juvinated Simon ... More in 2010 News

Club Evening TT - 15.07.2010
Another dry and bright night and a big leap by Wojciech ... More in 2010 News amd league table here

Wednesday Club Ride 14.07.2010
Usual route out via Charlwood to Cuckfield - straight into the wind. Then back by the most direct route to beat the rain drops (did, just) and see the OPs on a French road side - didn't, except in John's screen grab. Still, 60 fairly tough miles - Phil

Club Runs 10/11.07.2010
Sunday - was even hotter. There at Corkscrew was Andy, Iain and Paul and Dave ... ... More in 2010 News
Saturday - Phil, Stuart, Les, Graham, Clive, Wojciech, John, Oz, Sheena amd Simon were out today ... More in 2010 News

Breaking News

France Trip
Check out the France trip photos here »

31st July/1st August
Posted - 29thd July 2010
No races planned this weekend (that we know about !) so there should be a good turn-out for the Saturday and Sunday club rides.

24th/25th July
Posted - 22nd July 2010
On Saturday Phil, Gary, Paul and Barry ride the Crawley Wheelers 10.
On Sunday Ian has scratched from the SCCU 100 but Wojciech, Dave and Andy are also entered. Wojciech rides his first open time trial of any sort !

17th/18th July
Posted - 15th July 2010
Events entered this weekend include Ian in the Bec 10 and 25 and Barry, Phil and Dave in just the Bec 25.

13th/19th July
Posted - 11th July 2010
The annual France trip takes place this week with Iain, Paul and Andy heading off for several days in the Alps. They hope to ride some of the famous climbs - Galibier, Telegraphie, Ventoux and Alp d'Huez - as well as catching the Tour going by.

10th/11th July
Posted - 9th July 2010
This weekend looks good for the club rides and also for Paul, Phil, Colin and Andy riding the South Eastern RC 10 on Saturday and Ian riding the Southend Wheelers 50 on Sunday. Andy has Peter Tadros off two minutes behind him - no pressure.

Brighton Bash

7th July
Posted - 4th July 2010
Wednesday 7th July - the anuual Brighton Bash. Meet at the top of Titsey Hill at 0930 for a ride to Brighton and back by a slightly circuitous route !
Note the normal Wednesday ride from Croydon will not take place this week.