Thornton Road Club is a cycling club centred on Dymchurch and Romney Marsh while embracing the Kent coastal towns and villages situated between Folkestone and New Romney. Its members engage in the congeniality of regular cycling.
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Club membership is open to anyone of either gender and practically of any age, so long as his or her interest is in bikes and bike-riding. There are two broad categories of membership: active membership for those who wish to ride regularly with the club, for sheer pleasure or in serious competitions; and a reduced-rate social membership, for those who want to support the club for historical and companionable reasons but who may not be able to ride with the club. Details are given on theMembership page.
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Time Trials
In late spring and summer each year, Thornton RC organises up to half a dozen ten-mile time trials which are contested on the club’s Newchurch course. Details of the seasonal programme are shown on the events diary pages of this website. Entrants must be members of either Thornton RC or of any other club that is affiliated to Cycling Time Trials (for full details see www.ctt.org.uk). A small charge is levied on each entrant to an event.
Club members are also encouraged to participate in other time trials conducted by neighbouring clubs, but particularly those trials organised by Ashford Wheelers (www.ashfordwheelers.btinternet.co.uk and Rye and District Wheelers www.ryewheelers.co.uk).
Other Events
From time to time, other social and cycling events are organised or taken up. Such events have included club participation in a Tour of Flanders and competitive hill climbing in the Lake District, while social events have included an awards evening and a regular club Christmas dinner.