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Latest News and Programme of
The Section
(update as of 27th September)
Steve and his daughter after completing
this year’s Great North Run
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Important Update : Those section members helping with the
Alternative at Battlesbridge should arrange to get to the site on Thursday 2nd
Oct at 12.00. The next club night at The Woodman will be on Thursday 9th
October.
At the Club night on 25th September
the final details were discussed for the forthcoming Alternative Rally at
Battlesbridge which starts on Thursday 2nd October. The final routes
for the Friday and Saturday runs have now been decided and all we need now is
for the weather to remain fine for the event. Members who are helping at the
event should arrange to get to the site at mid-day on the Thursday for setting
up.
Dave Walling still needs to hear from anyone
wishing to attend the annual end of season dinner at Bulphan on Saturday 6th
December as soon as possible. Several have hinted to him that they intend
coming but have yet to confirm, so please do so now.
The section’s expedition to the Jampot rally
at Corbridge went well with Roy, Geoff G, Steve C and Dave W riding to the
event with Lin B taking the Club’s van carrying here own bike and luggage for
the riders and Pam and I traveling by car to the halfway overnight stop at
Snaith, meeting Peter and Christine Morris there. The following day we all made
our way to our hotel at Corbridge where we met up with Dudley W who had driven
up that day and at the rally site where we met up with Graham E with Claire,
Reg G with Janice and Dave Ayres from Oxford, who were either staying in a
different hotel or on site. The weather for the event had been forecast as very
bad but in fact it turned out very good in the end with no serious rain until
the run home. The event went off well except for marshalling problems on the
Saturday run (Steve even bought two more bikes) and none of the four who rode
the whole way had any serious mechanical issues in the over 900 miles they
rode. Pictures of the event can be seen on our Events
page.
The weekend after the Jampot ride Steve C was
back up North to take part in the Great North Run, running alongside his
daughter in aid of charity. They completed the run together in good time with
Steve giving his replacement artificial knees a good workout. Well done the
both of them.
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 September 2025
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