27th July, 2008 - G100/59

The SCCU Centenary Hundred had a symmetrical feel to it on Sunday, with a hundred entries and a hundred pounds first prize.

Keith Coffey, Bec CC celebrated with a course and event record of 3:48:35, no mean feat on the multi roundabout and bumpy southern roads.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tamar Collis, Addiscombe CC was the first woman, with a Counties, course and event Ladies record of 4:34:00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ray Dare, Kingston Phoenix Road Club, who had come out of retirement to ride the Centenary 100, was well rewarded when he broke the VTTA record for eighty-two year olds with a 5:15:44.

The Bec CC took the team award with Keith Coffey, Shaun Kennedy, 3.55.15 and James Hughes 4:01:17

The first 100 in 1908 was won by C Price, Oval CC with a 6:01:35, the race starting at 3 am on a Saturday. The team winners in 1908, the Elite CC, were presented with the Syd Gray Team Shield, an enormous 36x26 inch trophy which has a likeness of Syd Gray embossed in silver at the top and, in the centre, the scene depicted shows a timekeeper starting a rider from the actual starting point on the Brighton Road, south of Redhill, which was used for the early Syd Gray 100s. The same shield is still being awarded to the team winners today and is a tribute to the Edwardian silversmiths who created it. (Early information courtesy of John Watts Addiscombe CC)

Pictures of all riders can be seen in the Gallery, where you can also download your photos for free!

 

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