Welcome
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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Membership
Club membership is open to anyone of either gender and practically of any age, so long as his or her interest is in bike-riding. There are two broad categories of membership: one for those who wish to participate in time trials or road racing; and a second reduced-rate membership for non-racing and non-time-trialling members. Details are given on the Membership page.
For the hardy and the brave, the seasoned enthusiast and the novice, year-round Sunday runs are at the heart of the club’s activities. Two grades of riders are catered for by two kinds of rides.
Club run 1
First, is a one hour ride of about ten miles, which begins at 10.00 am at the Light Railway Café in Hythe. It is an undemanding agreeable social ride that ends at about 11.00 am back at the Light Railway Café.
Club run 2
Second is a more arduous ride of between 30 and 40 miles that begins at 9.00 am at Botolph’s Bridge Inn near West Hythe, and usually ends before 11.30 am at the Light Railway Café. A variety of routes encompassing the flat but windy Romney Marsh or its hilly periphery of central and east Kent are the measure of the challenge.
If you need advice about the level of ride suitable for you, then contact any club member or use the contact page on this website.
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.