History
East Grinstead Cycling Club was formed in 1950, and was initially a cycle touring club. Club members quickly found a love for racing, and the club enjoyed many successes including numerous Sussex championships in road racing and time trialling. Many well known names have passed through its ranks, including Brian Phillips, Stephen Elms, Steven Dennis and Belgian Women's National champion Natacha Maes.
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Sean Yates and his brother Christian both started their cycling careers with the club. Sean famously went on to become one of Britains most well known continental professionals with a stage victory and wearing of the Yellow Jersey in the Tour de France. He is still a member today, and it's not unknown for a member of the Yates family to show up to a club midweek Time Trial
The Club Today
Today the club enjoys some local success in Time Trials, and is a regular promoter of cyclo-cross, individual time trial & reliability trial rides. During the summer months the club promote a full evening program of Time Trials, on Tuesday evenings, across a range of sporting courses and distances in Surrey & Sussex.
The club's official website link is here [1] where details of results, upcoming rides, club records, and how to become a member are available
The club is affiliated to British Cycling, Cycling Time Trials, Audax UK, Sussex CA, East Sussex CA, and the Southern Counties Cycling Union