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Sally Boyden (cyclist)
Sally Boyden (born 7 April 1967 in North Ferriby, East Riding of Yorkshire) is a female former United Kingdom, British track cycling, track and road racing cyclist. Cycling career She was British National Points Championships, British National Champion of the points race five times in a row from 1995 to 1999 and a British champion on road and track 10 times. She competed and was a medalist at the World Masters Championships on several occasions and held the British record for the flying kilometre and standing kilometre Track time trial, time trial on the track. The kilometre record of 1:14.18 was set in 1995 and broken in 2005 by Victoria Pendleton with 1:10.854. Boyden was also the European Masters Track Champion in the individual pursuit event for riders aged 35–39, in 2002. She represented England at the 1998 Commonwealth Games, England in the road race and track points race, at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Palmarès ;1993 :1st British National ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Ferriby
North Ferriby is a village and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the Haltemprice area of the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. History Humber Estuary "The archaeology of the intertidal wetlands of the Humber Estuary is of international importance, and includes prehistoric boats, trackways, fishtraps and platforms, Roman settlements and ports and Post-Medieval fishweirs." The foreshore of North Ferriby, within the Humber Estuary, is the site of the earliest Sewn boat, sewn plank boats known outside Egypt. In 1931, wooden planks belonging to an ancient Ferriby Boats, boat were discovered by local man Ted Wright on the shore of the Humber. Two further boats have since been discovered. Estimates using radiocarbon dating have placed the origin of the boats to the Bronze Age, between 2030 and 1680 BC. The Ferriby Boats are the earliest known boats found in Europe. In addition, Bronze Age round barrows were found near North Ferriby by archaeologists excavating the land ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
