The Chairman spoke to
commend Tim Court as a very reluctant but worthy recipient of the trophy
and outlined his numerous contributions to the life of the club.
He was recruited early
to the vital post of club secretary, succeeding Pete Barnard
If that wasn’t enough, shortly after he took on the task of organising our competitions and prizes, from Mike Morley. Since when he has been a very busy man
The role of Secretary
is the highest profile in the club. It is the principal contact with CTC, named
on the CTC website and in Cycle with his home phone number too. So, he is the
first person an outsider would contact, and therefore a very public person. As
well as being an active secretary. he has made a major contribution to
modernising our website and keeping it relevant.
As competitions
organiser he revitalised the photo competitions, using his IT skills to bring
them into the digital world. At a more down to earth level he is the custodial
of our crown jewels, the club trophies, keeping them intact with quantities of
Blu-Tack, and nursing them carefully as he transports them around in his
panniers.
In addition, he found
time to organise at least one club holiday in northern Spain.
After about 7 years he
successfully handed over his Secretaryship to Dave Ferrett, who thanks Tim for
his considerable assistance during a long handover period. He might have become
less busy. If anything, the opposite is true. He remains on the Committee to help
represent the views of B and C group riders. His name constantly crops up in
connection with club activities, be it competitions, promoting women in the
club, helping recruit new ride leaders, and most recently organising the
publicity around the Hilly 50.
But above all, we all
know he gives generously of his time and knowledge to all of us who need help,
advice, or encouragement.
I commend to you and
propose Tim as a worthy recipient of this year’s Arthur Jessop Shield for
Outstanding Achievement. The motion was duly approved by the AGM.
3 comments:
For he's a jolly good fellow.
So say all of us.....
And he s helped mend punctures. Notably today when Tim Gibbons got a nail in his tyre. His explanations as he went along made us all regret we hadn't filmed it for youtube. Also Paul Day's gadget was demonstrated successfully placing the last bit of tyre on the rim with ease.
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