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Category Archives: Cycling
Khan hails £130m chance to revive Crystal Palace sports centre
Proposals for what London Mayor Sir Sadiq Khan has welcomed as a “once-in-a-generation” redevelopment of the sports facilities in Crystal Palace Park have been submitted in a planning application to Bromley Council. The £130million project aims to bring the Olympic-sized … Continue reading
Posted in Athletics, Basketball, Boxing, Bromley Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Cycling, Football, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Rugby League, Sadiq Khan, Sport, Swimming, Tennis
Tagged Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace athletics stadium, Crystal Palace National Sports Centre, Dave Bedford, London, London Mayor, Mayor, Mayor Khan, Mayor Sadiq Khan, Mayor Sir Sadiq Khan, Pope John Paul II, Shane Gould, Usain Bolt
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Cup final captain Thomas gets back on his bike to fight cancer
Geoff Thomas, the former Crystal Palace captain, is setting off to ride the Tour de France route next month, 20 years since he first completed the arduous test of cycling endurance. Former England midfielder Thomas will once again will be … Continue reading
Posted in Crystal Palace FC, Cycling, Football, Health, Sport
Tagged 1990 FA Cup final, Crystal Palace, Cure Leukaemia, Cycling, Geoff Thomas, Leukaemia, Leukaemia Care, Tour de France
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Addiscombe cycle shop-owner who had record-breaking career
SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT: Further research into the archives at Croydon Minster has discovered another local who reached Olympic heights in the last century, writes DAVID MORGAN The Stockholm Olympics of 1912 were the last Games to be held before the Great … Continue reading
Councillor claims: We can’t afford to reopen Arena stadium
Track where Olympic stars Donna Fraser, Martyn Rooney and Lawrence Okoye began their track and field careers is under threat after covid-19, as senior council figure claims it could cost £200,000 to reopen Oliver Lewis, the council cabinet member, last … Continue reading
Posted in Athletics, Croydon Council, Croydon FC, Croydon Harriers, Cycling, Football, Lawrence Okoye, Martyn Rooney, Oliver Lewis, Sport, Tony Newman, Uncategorized, Woodside
Tagged Croydon Arena, Croydon Council, Croydon Harriers, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Oliver Lewis, South Norwood, Tony Newman, Woodside
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Shut Arena has Croydon trailing in national fitness campaign
With the government launching a £10million health awareness campaign to encourage the public to take more exercise and lead active and fitter lifestyles, it appears Croydon has made a false start. There’s mounting concern among some of the borough’s biggest … Continue reading
Posted in Athletics, Croydon Council, Croydon FC, Croydon Harriers, Cycling, Football, GLL - Better, Leisure services, South Norwood, Sport
Tagged Better, Croydon Arena, Croydon FC, GLL, Greenwich Leisure, South Norwood
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GLL Foundation seeks applications for 2019 round of funding
Posted in Athletics, Boxing, Charity, Cricket, Cycling, Football, GLL - Better, Golf, Hockey, Netball, Rugby Union, Sport, Swimming
Tagged GLL, GLL Foundation, Greenwich Leisure
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Croydon BMX club is riding high with new sessions for 2019
The Croydon BMX club is back in the saddle this Saturday for its regular weekly sessions at the custom-built track in Norbury Park, from 9am.
Posted in Cycling, Cycling, Norbury, Norbury Park, Sport
Tagged Croydon BMX, Norbury, Norbury Park
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BMXercise women-only sessions, Norbury, every Saturday
Croydon BMXercise has started up again, at Norbury Park’s special BMX track.
Posted in Activities, Cycling, Norbury, Sport
Tagged Norbury, Norbury Park, Norbury Park BMX track
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Croydon BMX sessions, Thu and Sat, Norbury Park
Posted in Croydon parks, Cycling, Norbury, Norbury Park, Sport
Tagged Croydon, Norbury, Norbury Park, Norbury Park BMX track
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Council to save £100,000 by axing 2018 Croydon CycleFest
WALTER CRONXITE reports on an excellent cost saving by the council which passed by entirely unmentioned at this week’s Town Hall budget meetings Council leader Tony Newman’s bike race, which has cost Croydon Council Tax-payers at least £300,000 since 2015, … Continue reading
Free Bikeability cycling courses, Croydon Arena, Oct 25-27
Posted in Activities, Cycling, Cycling, Education, Transport
Tagged Croydon Arena, Cycling
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Council’s commitment to cycling is only a virtual reality
After spending at least £300,000 in three years on staging the under-sponsored Croydon CycleFarce road races around the town centre, the council’s “commitment” to encouraging cycling in the borough remains only a virtual reality. As Tony Newman, Jo Negrini and … Continue reading
Posted in Connected Croydon, Croydon Council, Cycling, Cycling, TfL, Tony Newman
Tagged Croydon Council, Croydon CycleFest, Jo Negrini, London Borough of Croydon, Tony Newman
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Mayor urged to make Games bid centred on Crystal Palace
The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has received a proposal to bid for the 2026 Commonwealth Games – centred on south London, with Crystal Palace National Sports Centre undergoing a substantial, and overdue, refurbishment. With the Rio Olympics underway and … Continue reading
Posted in 2026 Commonwealth Games, Athletics, Bowls, Croydon Council, Croydon Harriers, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace Community Association, Crystal Palace FC, Crystal Palace Park, Cycling, Environment, Housing, London-wide issues, Martyn Rooney, Mayor of London, Netball, Planning, Rugby Union, Sadiq Khan, Sport, Tramlink, Transport
Tagged Commonwealth Games, Crystal Palace, Olympic Games, Sadiq Khan
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Croydon schoolboy is rewarded for his Peake performances
A pupil from a Croydon school has just had an out-of-this-world experience, meeting British astronaut Tim Peake at a reception in No 10 Downing Street. Michael Eagling, 15, was invited to the event, hosted by Prime Minister Theresa May, after … Continue reading
Posted in Athletics, Cycling, Sport, Swimming, Trinity School
Tagged Croydon, Shirley, Tim Peake, Trinity School
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Croydon needs to race for a Superhighway for a real legacy
CROYDON COMMENTARY: After three deadly accidents involving cyclists in Croydon in the past month, AUSTEN COOPER says that our borough’s roads are overdue a modern transport infrastructure Tomorrow evening sees the return of the Pearl Izumi Tour Series that last … Continue reading
Posted in Commuting, Croydon Council, Croydon Cycling Campaign, Cycling, Cycling, Selhurst, Sport, TfL, Timothy Godfrey, Transport
Tagged Austen Cooper, Croydon, Croydon Cycling Campaign, Selhurst, Timothy Godfrey
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Cyclists set to snub £150 entry fee for charity bike race
Croydon’s cyclists seem likely to snub the £150 entry fee being demanded by the organisers of a charity event being staged as part of the town centre bike race next month. It is the second year that Croydon has staged … Continue reading
Coulsdon cycle shop stages St George’s Day celebration
Cycling Made Easy in Coulsdon is staging a special bike ride on St George’s Day, April 23, to mark 125 years of cycling in the town. They say, “When we found out that our building, 226 Brighton Road, Coulsdon had … Continue reading
Posted in Coulsdon, Cycling, Cycling, Sport, Transport
Tagged Coulsdon, Croydon Cycling Campaign, Cycling
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BMX track should put Norbury Park in the fast lane
CROYDON COMMENTARY: With a background in landscape architecture, and an interest in getting a BMX track for Coulsdon, LEWIS WHITE went along to the council’s community engagement day in Norbury Park on Saturday to see what is really on offer … Continue reading
Posted in Cycling, Maggie Mansell, Norbury, Sherwan Chowdhury, Sport
Tagged BMX, Croydon Council, Norbury
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Council freewheels into new row over Norbury BMX track
The council is staging what it calls a “community day” in Norbury Park this Saturday, where many hope that Tony Newman, the council leader, will get to demonstrate his relatively new-found enthusiasm for bicycling. Or, more accurately, what they call … Continue reading
Posted in Cycling, Cycling, Norbury, Sport, Timothy Godfrey, Tony Newman, Transport
Tagged Croydon Council, Labour, Norbury, Norbury Park, Timothy Godfrey, Tony Newman
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It’s jams today and jams tomorrow with TfL’s Fiveways scheme
CROYDON COMMENTARY: Transport for London’s announcement this week of its preferred option for a road scheme at the Purley Way by Waddon Station has generally been regarded as the least bad of two bad choices. Here, AUSTEN COOPER highlights some … Continue reading
Cycle event organisers snub Croydon after £148,000 race
JEREMY CLACKSON, our transport correspondent, with another exclusive which exposes poor planning and management from our council Croydon’s Council Tax-payers have been taken for another ride, this time on the back of a racing bicycle. The “international” cycle race staged … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Activities, Boxpark, Business, Commuting, Croydon BID, Croydon Council, Cycling, Cycling, Sport, Tony Newman, Tramlink, Transport, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, Hammersfield, Hammerson, Labour, Tony Newman, Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
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