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From: Ian Jones [mailto:ianj@sysspec.co.za] Sent: Monday, January 25, 2010 12:31 PM To: 'Giovanni. Mottalini' Subject: Cyclist in Hit and Run 24/1/2010<?: prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> Hi Giovanni The following report was posted on the Hub yesterday by Trevor, Garth has asked for our assistance in tracing the cyclist involved to get more details as they believe they may have a registration number of the vehicle. Can you ask your people to send out a request to the clubs to contact CGC if they know who was involved in the incident. Can you then please pass the information onto Garth if anyone comes forward. It is a positive move on the part of the Cradle residents and I think we should support them. Thanks Ian Report: News Flash: Our 24/7 National Incident Centre (NIC) received a report by 2way radio this morning from a Cradle Resident who Reported: At 09h25 Sunday 24/01/2010 whilst travelling south on the Beyers Naude Drive close to Zwartkops, a Silver 240 e Merc passed some Cyclists riding single file. A cyclists was seen going down in what seemed to be a 'Hit and Run'. Our Eye witness saw the cyclist fall, get bachk on their feet and move to the side of the road. Unfortunately our Cradle Resident could not stop to gather further info, however made our office aware of the incident. In the interests of ensuring the safety of all road users, we The Cradle Residents are keen to find out who the cyclist is, and their state of health, and possibly assisting in supplying accurate information to address this incident. We also request, that positive intervention and comment flow from this posting. We look forward to engaging with 'Organised Cycling' on this matter, and hope all who access the Cradle area will be equally proactive Regards Trevor Link to Hub thread: https://www.bikehub.co.za/forum_posts.asp?TID=74295&PN=1

Dealz- glad you enjoyed it, and hope to see you at the next one,the interclub series will be back next year, from April, this time round we will be having 6 events, so will keep you posted on it, any suggestions regarding it, is welcome, as the last one was to see how things would work, so we are far from getting it right, so guys suggestions are welcome, will send it on to the committee for interclub next year Mornedn - thanks as well, and hope to see you at the next series, the interclub was great fun, enjoyed by all, and i personally enjoyed meeting all of you, as being behind the scenes, i never to to see the people, so that is my opportunity to meet all, and a huge thanks to all that partook in it, i have made certificates for all the participants of interclub, so please get your clubs to collect them from me, or you can collect them from me. a big thanks to all

thanks Firefox, i am all for the cyclists, and yes i have been very quiet and keeping in the background, but this time around i thought twice about it, and put my thoughts here, as am tired of the nasty comments, i go out of my way to help all, and love what i am doing

pretorium- have followed it up for you, yes it will be included in the awards along wth the downhill series, will keep you posted, but sorry on my website, www.cgcycling.co.za, and will inform the clubs of the names to receive awards for it, chilli Pepper- only a pleassure to solve the problems that i can

Captain Slow- send me any suggestions you have, and we can discuss, we are focussing on safety, and all imput is appreciated

so guys does nobody have anything better to do, than to trash us on this site, will tell you from one of these comments, i actually solved a problem, by the person emailing me directly, and yes it has been sorted out, so my opinion ,all just like to be on here to complain, why not use this site for more positive things, than always complaining, the event is over, come and gone, nothing can be done about it, some enjoyed it, some did not, those that were getting awards, and was not there, look on the cgc website, if your name is there, contact me, and you can collect it, but please leave this subject alone, it's finished, been there worn the t-shirt

mampara- firstly, we dont get the licence money, that goes to CSA, secondly which 5 dinners are you suggesting,we booked the complete venue for the evening, and yes it was costly, but i can bet you, no matter where we have it, the turn out will be the same faithfuls, thanks to all of you that do support it Shifter - thanks for your comments, appreciate them, and will address your suggestion at the next committe meeting Scotty- yes it is costly to fit the full evening, on our own, we never even charged anything extra for the evening, except what barnyard asks for the show, so yes guys we made nothing from this event, thanks

thanks for the comment, you made my day, and thanks to all that attended the awards evening, it was great having you all there, even though i don't know you all, personally, i tried to make it a stunning event, and the show afterwards was great, congratulations as well to all that received awards

which club do you belong to, have you checked on the website, is you email for your club correct, maybe thats the first step, to solving the problem, and then, maybe contact me, and i can give you a date for meetings, we dont have club meetings monthly only committee meetings, but am sure if you want to join, you can let me know, and you can attend, i do respond to all emails, they are not ignored, and this is my last comment on this discussion, anyone else want something to say, be man or women enough to phone and say it, or email the office, jackie@cgcycling.co.za, or 011-4659635. as i have better things to do than hang out on this site, was just sms'd to go see the sight, thats why am on it now

the list went out to your club, go and ask your club why they did not inform you

thanks, for that, and was not pointing my thought to you, but for some aftwerwards

CGC informed all the clubs on numerous mails, as well as a list of all receiving awards, we even published the awards evening on face book, and on twiiter, and on our website, as the administrater of CGC, i am tired of cyclists always wanting to point fingers at us, what happened in the past is not now, CGC has come a long way, and yes we informed all about this event, so please if you want to look for fault, maybe you should all look on your own doorsteps first, we put lots of effort into this event, i worked till midnight for 2 weeks to make it a success, and every weekend, i never asked for anything in return, but to make it a success for you guys the cyclists, so stop using this site to always run us dowm, if you got something nasty to say, phone or email, and lets sort it out, for once i would love to see a flippin well done CGC, it was a great evening, thanks, just my 2c worth

well done to New Horizons, the event went off well, and was well organised, next year we will be having 6 interclub events starting from April, will keep you all posted

we at CGC are aware of all your concerns, and acknowledge the points raised pro and against cycling, however process needs to be taken through the correct channel and not antagonise each other.first and foremost we need to ensure that we abide by the rules of the road, and in so doing we all possilbly gain the respect of the motorist, this will obviously not pacify all motorists, and this we acknowledge. we all need to co utilise the roads.Riding in groups does infact give the perception of safe riding, and in the instance of antagonising a motorist in the group, the motorist may take it out on the next single cyclist he finds on the route, in conclusion, abiding by the rules of the road is a step in the right direction.