THE REDMON - THE EARLY YEARS - Part 1
By Ron Martin, Ex-President, Vice-President + Life Member

It was late in 1933 that I met Jim Austin when I fought him in a boxing match at the Catholic Boxing Club in Montacute Road, Morden. It was a friendly bout and we were evenly matched. After the fight we had a chat and soon became the best of friends. Turned out he was a cyclist and I had just bought a new bike a roadster with North Road semi-dropped handlebars. I was proud that they made the bike just that bit different from a 'Sit up and Beg' type. Jim was very enthusiastic on the joys of cycling and the' Open Road' and he was a member of a cycling club! He eventually enticed me to their clubroom a row of sheds in High Path near South Wimbledon Underground. The so-called clubroom was actually a Cafe with a backroom, which was the clubroom. It had a dartboard and the ceiling was so low that the darts often stuck in the rafters when throwing for double-top. I was not impressed and didn't go back.