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history of serrl |
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We have researched the origin of the league's somewhat patchy
history. To the best of our knowledge it appears it was
originally the idea of Bill Best of the Sydenham Wheelers, founded either
in the late 60's or early 70's, named the South London Road Race League.
As clubs all over the division stopped promoting races it was obvious that
another route to provide competition was urgently needed.
In the mid 70's Colin Coe aided by Dave Creasy and Pete Harris remodelled the league to make it easier to run. The name was then changed to Kent Cycle Road Race League. The league flourished, promoting 2 races at each circuit with higher category races in the morning and lower categories in the afternoon. Many Kent and South East London division clubs attended and enjoyed the racing that was provided. Such was the success of the Kent League, Keith Butler, one of Britain's former pro riders established a similar league in Surrey. The Surrey League has grown into an extremely well attended league. During the 90's under the leadership of Bill Lewis and Vic Hopkin the league continued to provide most of the racing in the Kent area. The name of the league was changed to the South East Road Racing League, to reflect its popularity. The league then ran one larger race per day as race helpers were thin on the ground. Both Bill and Vic decided to retire at the end of 2002 and so Paul Bridgland stepped up to administer the league in 2003, assisted by Preston and Kim Anderson and Adrian Kingwell. The races continued to be well attended and a full calendar was run. The SERRL had a difficult start to 2004 as Paul Bridgland could no longer devote enough time to the administration of the league. It was then that Kim Anderson offered to take on the responsibility of co-ordinating the league to prevent a massive shortage of racing in the area. The season provided much exciting competition across all categories. Moving on into 2005 the SERRL has a full programme of racing and dedicated support staff along with newly acquired league sponsors. It is with the help of these sponsors that the league can now run a informational website and offer both increased overall prizes and on the day race prizes. We thank the sponsors for 2005 and wish you all good luck and good racing for the season. |
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