Club History
Club Historical Timeline:
1895
Club founded
1938
Club holds its first Cyclo Cross event
1939
Club disbanded 1939 to 1941 due to WWII
1947
Club reforms as section of Huddersfield RC
1948
Club visit Olympic Games
1949
Club officially reformed
1950
First AGM
1951
Club joins BDCA (Burton and District Cycling Association)
1951-57
Ray Harrison Chairman
1951
Club runs and time trials commence
1952
Club joins Derby Track League
Club annual Dinner 5sh 6p!
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1962
Len White elected as Chairman
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1968
Club joins British Cyclo Cross Assn
Chris Mottram joins the Club.
1974
Chris Mottram forms Lady Manners Youth section.
Regular time trials commence
1975
Club opens its first Bank Account
1976
Harry and Tim Gould join
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1976
MCC support creation of Track on Dimple Tip
1977
Club hold cyclo- cross race at Brickyard Farm
1981
Tim Gould(17yrs) wins team gold medal in World Cyclocross Championships
Tim Gould best junior in 3 Peaks
1983
Rachel Clark wins GHS National10 mile Time Trial
1986
Club promotes National Hill Climb championships at Riber
1996
Club sponsored for the first time by Wards’ Shoe Shops
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1997
Club promotes National Hill Climb championships at Rowsley Bar
1998
Club awarded “Impruve” status
1999
First Club website goes online
2001
Club membership reaches 200+
2003
MCC become British Cycling GoRide Club. BC trains 2 coaches
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2003
Club promotes Cyclo Cross National Trophy Event
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2004
Len White becomes Club President
Harry Gould and Sustrans produce draft Derby to Bakewell cycle route
2005
Club Membership reaches 300+
2006
Harry Gould retires from Club Committee after 30 years of service
2008
Club promotes National Hill Climb on Bank Road
2010
Tim Gould included in BC’s Hall of Fame (picture at Manchester Velodrome!)
2014
Club gains Clubmark certification
2016
Club promotes National Hill Climb on Bank Road
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2023
Maia Howell wins National Junior Time Trial 10 Mile Championship
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2024
Maia Howell Multiple National Time Trial Champion
Arthur Limb British Cycling National Youth Mountain Bike Series Champion
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2025
National Hillclimb Bank Road
In 2017 we lost our then oldest member Pete Turner. In memory of Pete, below is an article he wrote for our club magazine Pedal Power recalling his early times with Matlock CC.....