Eric Mason 11th Dec 1919 to 12th Dec 2013 Eric Mason joined the Finsbury Park Cycling Club on 4th November 1937, he was 18 years old. Eric was the third longest serving club member with 76 years membership. (Dick Curtis 83 years and Jack Lauterwasser 79 years). He was the last known link with the…
Our annual Road Race takes place on 12th October 2014 All information for riders can be found in the link Below. Road Race Programme
This is a reminder that the club RR is now only just over a month away. For those that wish to enter (I have no entries from club members yet) the deadline is Sunday 21 September (cats 2, 3 and 4 are eligible to ride). At the moment it’s looking like it will be oversubscribed…
Road racing update: 24 June 2014 by Gray Turnock Fourteen club members have been mixing it in the bunches this year, mainly in London and the Home Counties but with Johns Pritchard and Wood also showing the club colours in the north. The former earning a well-deserved promotion to the thirds in the process. Several…
Report from Matt Larkins, fresh from his first (of many?) ‘Parker’ cross channel rides. Had a great trip to France with Seet, Chris and Louise. The weather was perfect and we signed on for Saturdays 145km ride with high hopes for the day. A few kms down the road Chris had a mechanical with his rear…
Eight ‘Parkers’ graced the E64 for round 5 on a pleasant evening and everyone performed at or near their potential; with the exception of Albert who was well off his usual pace, without any excuses. I wonder what happened. Michael Briars surprised; not with his performance, but that he managed to start on time, get…
Mid Season Roundup. Ian Bibby / June 12, 2014 2014 is turning out to be quite a busy year for Finsbury Park Trackies with many members so far having enjoyed the Track Training sessions at the fabulous new London Velodrome. I think everyone is quite impressed. If nothing else the race is on for members…
Odam Series after 4 rounds. Round 3 was an improvement on previous trips and we nearly doubled our attendance to date with eight members scoring points and plenty of time left for everyone to have a tilt at the Odam trophy. Matt Larkins confirmed his early season promise and secured 10 points in his second…
The club Odam Series is under way with two rounds completed. Tom Boulton leads the scratch and handicap for the time being, but I expect the new names to make their mark and the Odam title is more likely to go to Andy, Dan, Matt or Mike if they apply themselves to a season of…
Our first club track session on Thursday 17th April, was excellent; everyone had a great time enjoying a mix of skills and fitness exercises. We must have had at least 1hr 45m on the boards out of the two hours. Natalia was the only one with no previous track experience and the coach (Rob) gave…