 The only non-University, associate members allowed by the Proctors were the three senior officers of Oxford City Road Club, in recognition of the city club's friendly disposition to University cyclists.The club immediately joined the National Cyclists' Union and also became affiliated (for road racing) to the break-away British League of Racing Cyclists.The club gained its first female members at this time.The first woman to join was  Anne Sims (St. Anne’s Coll.)