News from East District
Kimberley Barefoot Brace is attempting the Pembroke to Gt. Yarmouth Road record on Sunday 20th September.
You can find her route and follow her here.
Could you please share her route and schedule with Local clubs and social media groups
Would be great to see some support for her when she passes through our area on route to Yarmouth.
Would be great if some members of EDCA clubs could be there at the finish.
Marshalling
There are still TT events and Hill climbs scheduled for the last weeks of the season. If none is able to assist with marshalling, please contact the organisers.
National 25 - Help required.
The 2026 National 25 will be held on Sunday August 2nd on the B25/17 course (Thetford-Diss). Diss & District CC are organising the event, alongside the CTT.
Volunteers are required to support this event. If you are able to marshal, or offer other assistance (traffic control, refreshments etc.), please contact the organiser - Rob Hobbs, or via Mick Madgett (madgetcycles@aol.com)
National 100 - East District riders results
National 100 12th July L10010 Cumbria
35 Joseph Shaw Ipswich BC 3:56:40
40 Simon Butteriss 4:04:41 (4th in Open Road bike category)
63 David Gill Diss & Dist 4:48:38
National 50 - East District riders results
National 50 28th Jun
J4/34 – Cheshire East
44 Joseph Shaw Ipswich BC 2:07:01
British Cycling - Eastern Region
Di Farrell-Thomas is Sport Developer for the Eastern District. Here is the February newsletter
Eastern Club Newsletter Feb 2026.pdf
SPOCO East 2026
EDCA will once again be running a SPOCO competition in 2026.
Details: SPOCO East 2026 - EDCA.Bike
CTT AGM-2026
As suspected there was a big change at Board level.
Directors. Those elected were Richard Bideau, John Fairclough, Alex Royal and Paul Winchcombe. Andrea Parrish survived the vote and remained as a Director.
Chairperson. Gavin Russell withdrew his nomination for Chairperson.
The vote was closer than anticipated with Tim Smith receiving 38 to Andrea's 34. Immediately following the announcement that Tim Smith was elected Chair, Andrea resigned from the Board and left straight away. Both Martin Heritage Owen and Robin Fielding resigned from the Board in support of Andrea (they are all from South Wales DC).
Following lunch, it was announced that the vacant position on the Board would be filled at the discretion of the Board. The AGM continued with most of the regulation changes went the way we were mandated to vote, with exception of 3 items (to be discussed at the next East District meeting).
EDCA representatives to write to new Chair person Tim Smith, firstly to congratulate and to request that the layout of the papers revert back to a previous format (pre- Andrea Parrish). It is the opinion of the EDCA that Tim Smith will steer the Board in a direction which will re-engage with Districts.
EDCA Handbook
Due to numerous reasons, including a decline in sales, it is no longer financially viable to print and distribute an EDCA handbook. Instead, all EDCA information and announcements will be via the EDCA.bike website and the EDCA Facebook page.