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The Lewes Wanderer 2008
The Official Monthly Magazine of the Lewes Wanderers Cycling Club
Edited by Chris Martin   

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No. 214 - January
6.66MB

    Included Inside January's 12 page edition + 2 pullouts

    What's On - on and off the bike
    Obituary – Maureen Porter
    AGM and 2008 Committee
    Archive remembers mud and movie stars
    Wanderers in colour
    Remembering 07 through unpublished photos
    Remembering the 2007 Tour de France
    Chronological Reports Includes:

    • Club Runs - Christmas Lunch
    • Reg Porter Rd 1 - Rollapaluza - Cyclo Cross
    Hardshoulder – talks time - it’s all relative?!
    Wanderers Right off the Back – more daftness!!

    LWCC Membership Questionnaire

    LWCC Reliability Trial Entry Form - 27/01

No. 215 - February
2.89MB

    Included Inside February's 12 page edition + 1 pullout

    What's On - on and off the bike
    Meet the Committee - Simon Yates
    Archive remembers Rollers, Reliability and more mud
    Photos - ESCA Awards Lunch
    Final photographic look back at 2007
    Photos - Club Reliability
    Photos - Free Wheeling
    Chronological Reports Includes:

    • Hills & Mills - Reg Porter Rd 2
    • Club Runs - Heathfield Drinks - LWCC Reliability
    More news and info
    Hardshoulder – talks impending obesity?!
    Yet more colour pictures and captions!!

    Your 2008 Race Programme Pullout

No. 216 - March
5.04MB

    Included Inside March's 20 page edition + 1 pullout

    Editorial & What's On - on and off the bike
    Meet the Committee - Mark Winton
    Archive - remembers Mad Jack & Club Award Dinners
    Chronological Reports - Includes:

    • Hell of the Ashdown - Worthing Winter Warmer
    • Club Runs - Club Night - Reg Porter Round 3
    • TT & Road Race Reports - New Forest MTB ride
    • Awards Lunch - Heathfield Drinks
    Photos – Reg Porter Rd 3 - Speed Judging
    Photos – MTB ride - New Forest
    Photos – Club Awards
    Photos – Club Runs - Winton 4 Day- Volta ao Algarve
    More Reports:
    • Winton 4 Day (Mad Jack & Club Runs)
    Different types of racing - by Mark Winton
    Winter Training the Austrian Way by Mike Levett
    Ride the BAR? – Simon Yates
    Our Off Road Secretary reports on his month
    Taming the Bicycle (part 1) by Mark Twain
    Reg Porter scandals from our very own retro man
    Hardshoulder – solves global warming?!
    Even more daft colour pictures and captions!!

    2008 Summer Clubruns Pullout

No. 217 - April
4.78MB

    Included Inside April's 16 page edition

    What's On - on and off the bike
    Archive remembers Newhaven-Beddingham
    Chronological Reports - Includes:

    • The Last Club Night - Newhaven-Beddingham
    • DungeeWow 200km Audax - ESCA Hardriders
    • Mitre 10 & 25 - Heathfield Drinks - ESCA 2-up
    Photos - Newhaven-Beddingham
    Photos - ESCA Hardriders
    Photos - ESCA Two-up TTT
    The good and bad of cycling - Simon Yates
    Music and bikes - CM & Martyn Crawford
    Taming the Bicycle (part 2) by Mark Twain
    More Reg Porter controversy - Paul Gibbons
    And now for something completely daft!!

No. 218 - May
4.44MB

    Included Inside May's 16 page edition

    What's On - on and off the bike
    Archive remembers the 25 Championship & other stuff
    Chronological Reports - Includes:

    • Club Runs - ESCA & Club 25 Championship
    • All the other TT reports - The Venta 300km Audax
    • Heathfield Drinks
    Photos - ESCA 10 & 25
    Photos - New Zealand & Spain
    A cyling adventure in New Zealand - Stuart Anderson
    Phill King enjoying the tough life as an expat
    Membership Questionnaire - January 2008
    Topical Gallery - more colour photos
    Speed Judging - The final word?
    Hardshoulder's feeling hard done by?!
    Competition - Win the latest book on Jacques Anquetil
    And now for something completely daft!!

No. 219 - June
4.55MB

    Included Inside June's 20 page edition

    What's On - on and off the bike
    Archive remembers MTB TT, road racing & problem tens
    Chronological Reports - Includes:

    • Club Runs - All the TT reports - Heathfield Drinks
    • Classic League & Middlemarkers latest
    Photos - Round 1 Evening Tens - 6th May
    Photos - Catch-up & Mike Anton Gallery
    The Barlingator goes titanium
    The illusive James Prescott by Alan Lester
    Mark Winton's National Ten - 25th May
    Paul Gibbons - Off Road Secretary in the wars again
    Topical Gallery - more colour photos
    An interesting technical exercise - Simon Yates
    The Amade Cycling Marathon 08 - Mike Levett
    European Triathlon Championship - Debbie Evers
    I'm no mug - Souvenirs from Nationals
    Hardshoulder's left the arena, so meet Hugo?!
    And now for something completely bonkers!!

July

    There wasn't a July mag (see page 2 of June's mag)

No. 220 - August
4.35MB

    Included Inside August's 20 page edition

    Editorial, News & What's On - on and off the bike
    Archive remembers big rides in France
    Evening Ten Series race results
    Two-up Ten & LWCC Evening Criterium Series
    Photos - Two-up Ten Gallery
    Photos - Cycling USA
    Cycling USA on 3 different bikes - Chris Martin
    A tale of three 100's - Mike Levett
    South Downs Way 2008 - Paul Gibbons
    G2 Revolver- Ian Craig
    A tale of two races - Debbie Evers
    Wandering around the 7 Stanes - Simon Farmer
    Photos - Simon Farmer + The big prize draw
    Anton Deck & The big prize draw
    More from Hugo and he likes cakes (top man)?!
    And now at last it's the Back Page!!

No. 221 - September
5.55MB

    Included Inside September's 20 page edition

    Editorial, News & What's On - on and off the bike
    Remembering Mick Burgess & Ben Cheek
    Archive remembers 12 hours and the end of an era
    Evening Ten Series final table
    TT results + Middlemarkers & Classic League Tables
    Photos - Shots from Mike Anton
    Photos - Evening Tens - new & old faces
    Photos - More topical photos
    Kent CA 12 hour - Simon Yates
    National 12 hour - Mike Levett
    Welsh CA 12 hour - John Mankelow
    Want to ride a 24 hour? - Chris Martn
    A Giant day out - Ian Craig
    The Tri-ing times continue - Debbie Evers
    The Good German - Burgess Hill Rumble - Alan Lloyd
    More news and events
    And once more it's the Back Page!!

No. 222 - October
4.26MB

    Included Inside October's 16 page edition + 2 pullouts

    Editorial, News & What's On - on and off the bike
    A new Winton + Committee Report
    Goodbye to Mick Burgess
    Archive - remembers Duo Normand and the Gents GP
    Circuit of Chailey
    Michael Moy Burgess
    Photos – Mick Burgess
    Photos – Tour of Britain
    Photos – More topical snaps
    One Final Tri – Debbie Evers
    Time Trial Results
    Final BAR, Classic League & Middlemarkers Tables
    Interesting Odds & sods
    Coaching - Want to go faster – Stephen Long
    It looks like Hardshoulder’s back from the asylum!
    The best Back Page ever, honestly it is!!

    2008/09 Winter Club Runs List

    Entry Form for ESCA Reliability 23/10/08

No. 223 - November
2.53MB

    Included Inside November's 20 page edition

    Editorial, News & What's On - on and off the bike
    Star Inn, Waldron - Chris Martin
    Bob Coleman knocked off his bike
    Archive remembers our 93 & 98 winners
    Our 2008 Winners
    Gents GP - Graham Jeffs
    Mid Sussex Hilly Audax - Chris Martin
    Photos - Punctures, shadows & fast men
    Photos - Mid Sussex Hilly Audax - Mike Anton
    Photos - Alps, Cycle Show & Cyclo-Cross
    Big blokes can climb mountains - Bob Comben
    Club Run reports
    A brief Hill Climb season
    Earls Court Cycle Show - Paul Gibbons & Mark Burgess
    Mark Burgess's move to Team Terminator
    London-Edinburgh-London - Tony Longhurst
    It looks like Hardshoulder's got a point for once!!
    Back Page mud and injuries special!!

No. 224 - December
3.57MB

    Included Inside December's 24 page edition + 1 pullout

    Editorial, News & What's On - on and off the bike
    ESCA & LWCC Awards Presentations
    Archive remembers Sylvia Burgess & Reliabilities
    Editor's Report & Awards
    LWCC Hill Climbs
    Photos - LWCC Hill Climbs
    Photos - Mike Anton assortment
    Photos - Adam Monaghan in Finland
    Photos - Stanmer Park Cyclo-Cross
    Photos - Deer's Leap Cyclo-Cross
    Reg Porter Rd 1 - Tourist Trial
    Club Run & Cyclo-Cross reports
    ESCA Reliability Trial reports
    The last of the missing Time Trial reports
    Photos & Captions -Mick Burgess
    Summer cycling - the Lowden way
    Are you a real anorak? - by Simon Yates
    The Gibbons Incident - by S Farmer & P Gibbons
    New lights, Punctures and the Pub - by Chris Martin
    Laurie Leaney sells his sole to the Devil and goes electric
    Hardshoulder's getting fat and embarrassing me!!
    Two pages of extra daft photos & Captions!!

    AGM Agenda - Wednesday 21st January 2009 Please note that the AGM Agenda sent out with the mag has been replaced by this updated version

No. 225
February 2009

    There will not be a January edition of the Wanderer (see Dec mag page 3)
    No 225 February's edition will be on-line by 1st February 2009


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  • Chris Martin became the Newsletter's fourth Editor with the January 2006 (No. 190) publication. 'The Wanderer' is available as a ‘PDF’ download. If you are not viewing with Broadband it will take a while to download. The Magazine file size is displayed below the view button.
      Chris needs the Club membership to provide him with results, news and articles, for both the Newsletter and the Website. He also needs your weekend results by Sunday evening for Press Releases.

  • Lesley May-Hills Edited the Newsletter from March 2005 to December 2005.

  • Sarah Baker Edited the Newsletter from October 2003 - February 2005.

  • Michael Rabbetts started 'The Lewes Wanderer' our Club's monthly Newsletter in Jan 1990. You can view all editions from Jan 1999 (No 108) on our Archive Pages. Michael & Megan moved from Crowborough to live in Market Harborough, Leicestershire towards the end of 2003. Michael sadly died on 11th Sept 2004. (Obituary)
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