MASTERS AND LADIES CYCLING CLUB - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Treasurer
- Member of Committee
Ray PRESSLY was associated with PE Cycling and Athletic Club from the 1960s and he was also Chairman of the Eastern Province Cycling Association for a time. The 22km circuit, which started at Fairview and now Altona School, was named after him in recognition of his services to cycling. The circuit then started west of the N2 overhead bridge and went up the Three Sisters, left into Altona and back to the start.
The circuit called PIKE CIRCUIT is in fact the POULTER CIRCUIT, named after Cyril Poulter, another stalwart of cycling. The circuit was named after him when he passed away, replacing the name of "Pike Circuit".
The name "Pike" was given to the circuit by a cyclist, Geoff Smith, a British immigrant who spent a few years in Port Elizabeth, first with Spartan Wheelers and then with Walmer Cycling Club. He maintained that the circuit made "pike" of the cyclists, after the fish that fed on or chased each other - the cyclists were able to stay in the slipstream of those in front, because the circuit is relatively flat and it is difficult to shake off someone on your back wheel.
Job Titles:
- Secretary
- Member of Committee