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News and Programme of The Section
(update
as of 27th June)
Reg Green
with his and Graham’s bikes on the Corran Ferry on the way to the “International”
Important Update : The next mid-week
lunch meet is at Stapleford airfield clubhouse on
Wednesday 2nd July at 11.30am. The next club night at The Woodman is
on Thursday 10th July. The next section run is on Wednesday 16th
July from Crown Corner at 10.30am.
At our
club night on 12th June the weather was kind enough that we were
able to sit outside for the first time this year. This was fortuitous as we had
19 members and guests attending and we were particularly pleased to see Jan and
Kerry Harknett arrive. We also were joined by Mike
from the British Owners Club who had some questions about his Matchless G3,
which hopefully Alan and Pat were able to help him with. Roy and Dave
entertained us with a report of the International Rally. Apart from the two
problems mentioned above the only other bike related problem was that Geoff
also had a puncture, in the rear wheel this time, and Dave Ayres seemed to have
sprung a small oil leak on his Royal Enfield Himalayan. Perhaps it was feeling
left out !!.
Although it rained a bit during the rally it wasn’t enough to spoil any
of the runs, but they had to ride through torrential rain on the way back from
the rally site to their overnight stop in Glasgow.
The
section run on 18th June was to try out one of the suggested routes
for the Alternative runs so although we started from Crown Corner we first rode
to Battlesbridge as the route “try out” needed to
start from there. We had fine weather for the day and Myself,
Roy, Dave Walling, Keith Smith and Dave Watts left from Crown Corner and met up
with Lin Brown and Graham Eaton at Battlesbridge.
Dave Watts had to attend another appointment so left from here while the rest
of us followed the run route “try out” before having lunch and then making our
individual ways back home.
At our
club night on 26th June we were pleased to see prospective member
Mike, who is rebuilding his 350 Matchless, again and he is now going to join
the Club and hopefully become a regular attendee at our section activities. We
were a bit down on numbers this time as we were missing Pat and Mary as Pat had
a meeting to attend and also Geoff G was absent as he was suffering pain after
an altercation with a bees nest while working in a garden with a hedge trimmer.
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 June
2025
Wednesday 2nd July – Mid-week lunch meet at Stapleford
airfield club house cafe (11.30am)
Thursday 10th July – Section club night at The Woodman,
Stanford Rivers (from 7.30pm. 6.30 if eating)
Wednesday 16th July – Section run (start from Crown Corner at
10.30am, destination to be announced)
Thursday 24th July – Section club night at The Woodman,
Stanford Rivers (from 7.30pm. 6.30 if eating)
Wednesday 6th August – Mid-week lunch meet at Rosey Lea’s, North Weald airfield. (11.00am)
Thursday 14th August – Section club night at The Woodman,
Stanford Rivers (from 7.30pm. 6.30 if eating)
Sunday 17th August – British Owners Club classic bike event
at The Woodman.
Wednesday 20th August – Section run (destination and start
location to be announced)
27th August to 1st September –
Section attendance at the Jampot Rally, Corbridge, Northumbria.
Thursday 28th August – This should be a section club night
but may be cancelled due to Jampot Rally
Wednesday 3rd September – Mid-week lunch meet at Stapleford
airfield club house cafe (11.30am)
Thursday 11th September – Section club night at The Woodman,
Stanford Rivers (from 7.30pm. 6.30 if eating)
Wednesday 17th September – Section run (destination and start
location to be announced)
Thursday 25th September – Section club night at The Woodman,
Stanford Rivers (from 7.30pm. 6.30 if eating)
2nd to 5th October – Section running the
Alternative Rally at Battlesbridge Antiques Centre
Thursday 9th October – Section club night at The Woodman,
Stanford Rivers (from 7.30pm. 6.30 if eating)
Thursday 23rd October – Section club night at The Woodman,
Stanford Rivers (from 7.30pm. 6.30 if eating)
Thursday 13th November – Section club night at The Woodman,
Stanford Rivers (from 7.30pm. 6.30 if eating)
Thursday 27th November – Section club night at The Woodman,
Stanford Rivers (from 7.30pm. 6.30 if eating)
Saturday 6th December – Section end of
season dinner at The Plough, Bulphan. (contact Dave Walling)
Thursday 11th 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