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Evesham & District Wheelers Cycling Club
Evesham and District Wheelers Cycling Club was formed in 1947

History The club was founded in April 1947 following a meeting held in a flat above the shop premises of Bert Godwin, cycle agent, in Port Street Evesham.Those attending the meeting included some past members of the now defunct pre war North Cotswold Cycling Club which had been based in Broadway. The first chairman of the club was Edward Warmington. The first President was Bert Godwin who remained in this post for many years. The activities of the club at that time were weekly Sunday club runs time trials and social evenings. In 1949 the Three Counties Cycling Association (T.C.C.A) was formed for clubs based in Worcestershire, Gloucestershire and Herefordshire. Evesham Wheelers were founder members and promoted the first race a 25 mile time trial. In addition to the T.C.C.A the club were members of the Worcestershire and Midland Counties Associations. In the 1950s the club joined an umbrella association of mainly athletic clubs in Evesham based at Wallace House in Oat Street. The property and funds being provided by Wallace Smedley proprietor of a canning factory based in Evesham. The club opted out of the association late in the 1950s and revert to their original formation. The club ceased to operate in 1960. In 1965 the club was reformed and weekly club runs re-instated. The meetings and social evenings were held at The Talbot Inn Port Street Evesham at this time. The club promoted an open 25 mile time trial and also an open 10 named as memorials to Edward Warmington and Gerry Aldrich. The club continued to develop to the present day.

Current Activities

Evesham & District Wheelers are affiliated to British Cycling (B.C) and Cycling Time Trials (C.T.T) and promote Road Races under the rules of B.C and Time Trials under the rules of C.T.T. A weekly club run takes place from Evesham every Sunday morning, a tradition that was instigated back in 1947. The membership in 2010 is 110 members.