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1977 British National Track Championships
The 1977 British National Track Championships were a series of track cycling competitions held from 5–13 August 1977 at the Leicester Velodrome Leicester ( ) is a city status in the United Kingdom, city, Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority and the county town of Leicestershire in the East Midlands of England. It is the largest settlement in the East Midlands. The city l .... The Championships were sponsored by Newmark and the championships suffered two cancelled days due to rain. Medal summary Men's Events Women's Events References {{DEFAULTSORT:National Track Championships 1977 in British sport August 1977 sports events in the United Kingdom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leicester
Leicester ( ) is a city status in the United Kingdom, city, Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority and the county town of Leicestershire in the East Midlands of England. It is the largest settlement in the East Midlands. The city lies on the River Soar and close to the eastern end of the National Forest, England, National Forest. It is situated to the north-east of Birmingham and Coventry, south of Nottingham and west of Peterborough. The population size has increased by 38,800 ( 11.8%) from around 329,800 in 2011 to 368,600 in 2021 making it the most populous municipality in the East Midlands region. The associated Urban area#United Kingdom, urban area is also the 11th most populous in England and the List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, 13th most populous in the United Kingdom. Leicester is at the intersection of two railway lines: the Midland Main Line and the Birmingham to London Stansted Airport line. It is also at the confluence of the M1 motorway, M1/M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robin Croker
Robin Croker (born 10 May 1954) is a cyclist born in Melbourne, Australia to British parents. He won a bronze medal riding for Great Britain in the team pursuit at the 1976 Montreal Games. Croker also rode for Australia in 1974 British Commonwealth Games (Road). References 1954 births Living people English male cyclists Cyclists at the 1976 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists for Great Britain Olympic bronze medallists for Great Britain Olympic medalists in cycling Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics Cyclists from Melbourne {{UK-Olympic-medalist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ray Crombie
Ray may refer to: Fish * Ray (fish), any cartilaginous fish of the superorder Batoidea * Ray (fish fin anatomy), a bony or horny spine on a fin Science and mathematics * Ray (geometry), half of a line proceeding from an initial point * Ray (graph theory), an infinite sequence of vertices such that each vertex appears at most once in the sequence and each two consecutive vertices in the sequence are the two endpoints of an edge in the graph * Ray (optics), an idealized narrow beam of light * Ray (quantum theory), an equivalence class of state-vectors representing the same state Arts and entertainment Music * The Rays, an American musical group active in the 1950s * Ray (musician), stage name of Japanese singer Reika Nakayama (born 1990) * Ray J, stage name of singer William Ray Norwood, Jr. (born 1981) * ''Ray'' (Bump of Chicken album) * ''Ray'' (Frazier Chorus album) * ''Ray'' (L'Arc-en-Ciel album) * ''Rays'' (Michael Nesmith album) (former Monkee) * ''Ray'' (soundtrack ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British National Points Championships
The British National Points Championships are held annually as part of the British National Track Championships The British National Track Championships are held annually and organised by British Cycling (formerly the British Cycling Federation). The main events are various track cycling disciplines for elite athletes to determine the British national cha ... organised by British Cycling. A women's championship was held for the first time in 1985. Men's Senior Race Women's Senior Race Men's Junior Race Women's Junior Race Male Youth Race Female Youth Race References {{British National Track Championships Cycle racing in the United Kingdom National track cycling championships National championships in the United Kingdom Annual sporting events in the United Kingdom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nigel Redmile
Nigel ( ) is an English masculine given name. The English ''Nigel'' is commonly found in records dating from the Middle Ages; however, it was not used much before being revived by 19th-century antiquarians. For instance, Walter Scott published ''The Fortunes of Nigel'' in 1822, and Arthur Conan Doyle published ''Sir Nigel'' in 1905–06. As a name given for boys in England and Wales, it peaked in popularity from the 1950s to the 1970s (see below). ''Nigel'' has never been as common in other countries as it is in Britain, but was among the 1,000 most common names for boys born in the United States from 1971 to 2010. Numbers peaked in 1994 when 447 were recorded (it was the 478th most common boys' name that year). The peak popularity at 0.02% of boys' names in 1994 compares to a peak popularity in England and Wales of about 1.2% in 1963, 60 times higher. Etymology The name is derived from the church Latin '. This Latin word would at first sight seem to derive from the classical L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dave Patten (cyclist)
David Clark Patten (born March 12, 1988) is an American musician, actor, director, and author from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Early life and education Patten attended Temple University in Philadelphia, graduating with a degree in film in 2010. While at university, he collaborated with rapper Meek Mill on tracks "Believe Me" and "How Good", also directing some of Mill's music videos. This led Patten to sign with Creative Artists Agency, and subsequently with Meek Mill's record label DreamChasers Records in 2012. Career Patten has been signed to Clark Records since 2009, releasing nine studio albums and one live album. Patten has toured America and Canada, currently represented by Neon Entertainment. He played the role of Adam in the DreamWorks film ''Delivery Man Delivery is the process of transporting goods from a source location to a predefined destination. Cargo (physical goods) is primarily delivered via roads and railroads on land, shipping lan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terry Holmes (cyclist)
Terence David Holmes (born 10 March 1957) is a Welsh former rugby union, and professional rugby league footballer who won 25 caps for as a scrum-half, and later played rugby league for Bradford Northern. Holmes was a highly physical player and being taller and heavier than most scrum halves of the time, he was known for his frequent close range tries especially following pick up from the back of the scrum and the break down. Holmes was a member of the first round of players to be inducted into the Cardiff RFC Hall of Fame. Background Terry Holmes was born in Cardiff, Wales. Youth career Holmes joined the Cardiff Youth side at the age of sixteen and also played for Wales Youth from 1974 to 1976 and in that time won a record number of caps.Welsh Rugby Union Official Program -Wales v England Saturday 20th April 1985 at page 9. Cardiff RFC Holmes played his entire rugby union career at Cardiff, the city of his birth. Following his appearances for the Youth team he ap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rik Evans
Richard 'Rik' Evans (born 1954), is a male retired cyclist who competed for Great Britain and England. Cycling career Evans represented Great Britain in the 1973 UCI Track Cycling World Championships winning a silver medal in the team pursuit. He represented England and won a gold medal in the team pursuit event, at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games The 1974 British Commonwealth Games ( mi, 1974 Taumāhekeheke Commonwealth) were held in Christchurch, New Zealand from 24 January to 2 February 1974. The bid vote was held in Edinburgh at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games. The Games were off ... in Christchurch, New Zealand. He rode for London and was the 1977 National team pursuit champion. References 1954 births English male cyclists Commonwealth Games medallists in cycling Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England Cyclists at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games Living people Medallists at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games {{England-cycling-bio-s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glen Mitchell (British Cyclist)
Glen Ronald Mitchell (born 11 May 1958) is a retired British cyclist. He competed in the team pursuit event at the 1980 Summer Olympics. Cycling career In addition to his Olympic Games representation he also represented England and won a bronze medal in the 4,000 metres team pursuit, at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Mitchell is a 10 times British track champion, winning the British National Omnium Championships in 1986, the British National Team Pursuit Championships in 1977 & 1979, the British National Madison Championships in 1977 & 1979, the British National Points Championships in 1980, 1981 & 1983 and the British National Scratch Championships The British National Scratch Championships are held annually as part of the British National Track Championships The British National Track Championships are held annually and organised by British Cycling (formerly the British Cycling Federatio ... in 1977 & 1981. References External links * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Hamilton (cyclist)
Peter Hamilton may refer to: Writers * Peter F. Hamilton (born 1960), English science-fiction writer * Peter Hamilton (editor), Scottish editor of ''Nebula Science Fiction'' Sportspeople * Peter Hamilton (footballer born 1931) (1931–1981), Australian rules footballer for North Melbourne * Peter Hamilton (footballer born 1956) (1956-2019), Australian rules footballer for Melbourne * Pete Hamilton (1942–2017), American race car driver Others * Peter Hunter Hamilton (1800–1857), one of the founding fathers of Hamilton, Ontario * Peter J. Hamilton (1859–1927), Alabama lawyer/historian and Puerto Rico federal judge * Peter Hamilton, captain of Air Canada Flight 621 * Peter Hamilton (diplomat), New Zealand diplomat, see List of ambassadors and high commissioners to and from New Zealand This is a list of ambassadors and high commissioners to and from New Zealand as of 2020. International organisations See also *List of New Zealand diplomatic posts * List of ambassado ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ronald Keeble
Ronald James "Ron" Keeble (born 14 January 1941) is a former British international cyclist. Cycling career He won the bronze medal in Team Pursuit at the 1972 Munich Games. He represented England in the scratch race and time trial, at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland Scotland (, ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a border with England to the southeast and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the .... References 1941 births Living people English male cyclists Cyclists at the 1968 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 1972 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medallists for Great Britain Olympic medalists in cycling Cyclists from London Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for England {{UK-cycling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British National Team Pursuit Championships
The British National Team Pursuit Championships are held annually as part of the British National Track Championships organized by British Cycling. Prior to 1996, there were two separate team pursuit championship events for amateur and professional riders. A women's championship was later added, competing over a shorter 3 km distance with three riders, until 2013 when this was increased to 4 km with 4 riders as in the men's event. Venues and dates *1937-1950 Herne Hill Velodrome *1967, 1971 Quibell Park Stadium, Scunthorpe *1960-1969 Aldersley Stadium, Wolverhampton *1973-1994 ( Leicester Velodrome) *1995–present (Manchester Velodrome) *2016 (not held) Men's Senior Women's Senior See also British National Track Championships The British National Track Championships are held annually and organised by British Cycling (formerly the British Cycling Federation). The main events are various track cycling disciplines for elite athletes to determine the British natio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
