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The Hastings and St.Leonards Cycing Club was formed on 12th October 1876 at the Swan Hotel, Hastings. . The club is one of the oldest continuously active cycling clubs in the UK. Only the Pickwick BC, formed in 1870, is older.

The club has had a number of successful racing cyclists. George Jenkins was 17th in the Cycling Track World Championships in Switzerland in August 1929. Maurice Carpenter and Mickey Dunn (Catford Cycling Club) Broke the Road_Records_Association London to Brighton and return Tandem Tricycle record on the 9 June 1963