Page 26 - Bidlake Booklet

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Bidlake

Hubert Opperman

1936.
1935.
record,
England,
his peak,
long time.
the Bidlake,
what happened,
sors at Hercules.
an overseas figure,
of the Catford CC.
Frank Southall.
cycling rather than racing,
Edward Southcott.

breaking ride of his glittering career,
vious year.Although only 30 years old,
this time with two compatriots,
but it was a close-run thing.

that they would be able to honour him in 1935,

Stuart and Milliken,
unrivalled haul of victories and records over almost ten years.
for he tried hard to recapture these records but failed,
lated that there was more to come from the great Frank Southall,
but it had been a tense summer for Southall and his spon-
and the
something that would not happen again for a long,
and
Milliken’s London-Brighton-London record.This was the last record-
until
Southall may have just passed
Opperman returned to
trio proceeded to wipe out many of Southall’s records from the pre-
This was the first award for services to
team that went to the Berlin Olympics.Ted Southcott was President
Perhaps the Bidlake committee had calcu-
and the recipient was Edward Southcott,
there is not much doubt that he was being honoured for his
and it was enough to win him
Although he received the award for this Brighton
who had been largely responsible for organising the British cycling
and this is exactly
Britain’s only real success at the Games was a
at last by a supreme effort he sliced just under a minute from