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(update as
of 27th February)
Roy and Ian get ready for the return run from
Ashfields Country Club
Important Update Those who are
intending to go to the Ardingly event on 29th March should make sure
that they are booked in with the organisers by 2nd March closing
date. There will be a section run to the event and if you want to go on this
then ring Roy for details. The next club night at the Woodman will be on
Thursday 12th March.
On our 12th
February club night we had an Italian Meal night at The Woodman to celebrate
Dudley’s 85th birthday. ‘ Italian’ because that is what we know is
Dudley’s preference. We were in the main room of the Woodman this time as our
usual space was not large enough for the sixteen of us who attended. We sat
down to a nice meal that also included a large chocolate cake baked by Roy’s
wife Karen and we were joined later by Ian Savage for the evening. During the
evening I learnt from Graham E that he had now finished the latest rebuild of
the engine of his G15CS that has given him so much trouble. It has run
statically for around 20 minutes without problems and he was now hoping to
finally get everything back together again and get it properly run tested on
the road before this year’s ‘International’ in the Netherlands.
On Wednesday 26th
February we had an impromptu section run on what turned out to be the nicest
day of the year so far. Roy led eight of us (Roy, Steve C, Ian S, Dave W, Geoff
G, Lin B, Reg G and myself) away from Crown Corner, but only after Steve’s bike
failed to start and had to be pushed to Roy’s so that he could use one of Roy’s
spare bikes. Roy led all eight of us through Ongar on towards Fyfield.
Unfortunately amongst the traffic in Ongar Dave stalled and by the time he got
going in the traffic he and Geoff had lost sight of those in front. Eventually
having caught up with Reg (as they thought) they followed him, except that it
wasn’t Reg and they had unwittingly joined the run of another club. Still, they
ended up only 8 miles or so from Ashfield’s Country Club at Great Canfield
where our run ended and arrived some 10 minutes ar so later after a phone call
between Roy and Dave. We arrived at Ashfields to find that there was already a
group from the BSA Gold Star club there, so the excellent weather had obviously
encouraged other clubs to make the most of it as well. On the return run I led
the way at first until we encountered a closed road and had to change our
route. Ian then took over and found a route more or less similar to the route I
had intended but with a couple of lanes that were new to me. After the return
Steve, Roy and Dave worked on Steve’s bike at Roy’s and eventually got it
running well with a new battery and carb’ rebuild. An excellent run in fine
weather.
Any
information on forthcoming section activities will be always given on this page
of our section web site as the frequent changes that occur and the lead times
for the “Jampot” section notes does not allow for them to be used for this
purpose. So check this page regularly. It gets updated after any new information becomes available and usually
as soon as possible after each club night .
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Our Future Planned
Events
Update from 27th
February 2026
Thursday 12th March – Section club night at
The Woodman, Stanford Rivers (from 7.30pm. 6.30 if eating)
Wednesday 18th March – Prospective section
run (weather permitting) Start from Crown Corner 10.30am
Thursday 26th March – Section club night at
The Woodman, Stanford Rivers (from 7.30pm. 6.30 if eating)
Wednesday 1st April – Mid-week lunch meet at
The Squadron (Rosey Leas), North Weald from 11.00am.
Thursday 9th April – Section club night at
The Woodman, Stanford Rivers (from 7.30pm. 6.30 if eating)
Wednesday 15th April – prosective section
run, details to be confirmed
Thursday 23rd April – Section club night at
The Woodman, Stanford Rivers (from 7.30pm. 6.30 if eating)
Wednesday 6th May – Mid-week lunch meet at
Stapleford airfield clubhouse, from 11.30am
Thursday 14th May – Section club night at
The Woodman, Stanford Rivers (from 7.30pm. 6.30 if eating)
Wednesday 20th May – prospective section
run, details to be confirmed
22nd – 25th May – International
Jampot Rally at Borculo, Netherlands
Thursday 28th May – Section club night at
The Woodman, Stanford Rivers (from 7.30pm. 6.30 if eating)
Wednesday 3rd June – Mid-week lunch meet at
The Squadron (Rosey Leas), North Weald from 11.00am
Thursday 11th June – Section club night at
The Woodman, Stanford Rivers (from 7.30pm. 6.30 if eating)
Wednesday 17th June – prospective section
run, details to be confirmed
20th – 21st June – Intersection
Summer Solstice Camping weekend at the Bat and Ball, Wisborough Green West.
Thursday 25th June – Section club night at
The Woodman, Stanford Rivers (from 7.30pm. 6.30 if eating)
Wednesday 1st July – Mid-week lunch meet at
Stapleford airfield clubhouse, from 11.30am
Thursday 9th July – Section club night at
The Woodman, Stanford Rivers (from 7.30pm. 6.30 if eating)
Wednesday 15th July – prospective section
run, details to be confirmed
Sunday 19th July – VMCC Founders Day event
at Stanford Hall.
Thursday 23rd July – Section club night at The
Woodman, Stanford Rivers (from 7.30pm. 6.30 if eating)
Wednesday 5th August – Mid-week lunch meet
at The Squadron (Rosey Leas), North Weald, from 11.00am
30th July – 10th August – Section
run and attendance at the West Kent event (speak to Roy nearer date)
Thursday 13th August – Section club night at
The Woodman, Stanford Rivers (from 7.30pm. 6.30 if eating)
14th – 17th August – Jampot Rally
at Mount Kelly, Tavistock, Devon
Wednesday 19th August – prospective section
run, details to be confirmed
Thursday 27th August – Section club night at
The Woodman, Stanford Rivers (from 7.30pm. 6.30 if eating)
Wednesday 2nd September – Mid-week lunch
meet at Stapleford airfield clubhouse, from 11.30am
Thursday 10th September – Section club night
at The Woodman, Stanford Rivers (from 7.30pm. 6.30 if eating)
Wednesday 16th September – prospective section
run, details to be confirmed
Thursday 24th September – Section club night
at The Woodman, Stanford Rivers (from 7.30pm. 6.30 if eating)
Thursday 8th October – Section club night at
The Woodman, Stanford Rivers (from 7.30pm. 6.30 if eating)
Wednesday 14th October – prospective section
run, details to be confirmed
Thursday 22nd October – Section club night
at The Woodman, Stanford Rivers (from 7.30pm. 6.30 if eating)
Thursday 12th November – Section club night
at The Woodman, Stanford Rivers (from 7.30pm. 6.30 if eating)
Thursday 26th November – Section club night
at The Woodman, Stanford Rivers (from 7.30pm. 6.30 if eating)
Thursday 10th December – Section club night
at The Woodman, Stanford Rivers (from 7.30pm. 6.30 if eating)
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Any impromptu runs or meets can be confirmed at short
notice by contacting