Notices
and website changes
Latest Newsletters from:
31st December(New Years eve) meeting is cancelled - next meeting 14th January
12th January
Arteck jump starter pack for sale in the Bar. Latest Section Secretaries Newsletter now on the above button.
3rd January
New
reports page for 2019 now setup with the 2018 reports now moved to the
'previous year' button, all under the Lounge as above. If anyone needs
any information/photos etc from a previous years reports page, then I
still have them, just email me.
1st January
Happy New Year everyone.
One
small change to our calendar is the need to put the St David's day run
back a week from the 3rd March to the 10th March, all other details are
the same.
30th December
There
have been six nominations for the posts of Director for the club. Some
are new names. Geoff McGladdery was co-opted onto the MC during
the last year whilst Brian Southam served on the MC for 14 years with
myself. The most important thing for you, is to vote for these six
as they are prepared to step up to the plate, which bodes well for the
future of the club after the past few turbulent years. The following
are copies of their applications - do have a read and vote for them all:
Bob Clark - Clyde Valley Section
Brian Southam - West Kent Section
Geoff McGladdery - Herefordshire Section
John Lay - Brooklands and South Hants Sections
Raymond Albeson - Auld Reekie(Edinburgh) Section
Roy Moore - British Historic Racing
28th December
A note on the Day after Boxing day run, now on the Reports page along with Bruce's tale of his ride out. Entry form for the Llanishen Bike show is downloadable from the events calendar page.
18th December
Last
night's Xmas dinner was attended by 47 and we managed to present most
of the Vale of Glamorgan Trophies during the evenings proceedings. It's
always nice to see some members from the West South Wales section and
to welcome two new members, Iulian and Monica Casalean. Photos etc on
the reports page in the Lounge.
Next
event is the meeting on the "day after Boxing Day" at the Red Lion on
the A48 in Bonvilston - followed by the "Day after New Years Day" at
the Victoria Inn, Sigingstone. Meet at the pubs around 12 noon.
Merry Christmas everyone.
17th
December
We've had an invite to enter our bikes etc in a show on the 8th june
organised by the Ystrad Mynach College. Entry forms are here
in PDF, or here in Word format. Please note
that I have queried the first requirement on the form that asks all
entrants to declare that they have "appropriate 3rd party insurance". I
am assured that this refers to road insurance and that the college has
it's own PL insurance in place. I'm not sure how that affects anyone
who wishes to enter and to take their bike on a trailer as they may not
have road insurance for it - best to check with the organiser.
14th
December
Latest CMB magazine now on the button above.
10th
December
Last call for dinner choices, if you intend to come. Raffle prize
donations will be welcome on the night.
The Wednesday evening rideouts have been finalised and are on the
calendar on the events
calendar page
Briefly they are:
April - The Black Cock, Caerphilly mountain
May - The Victoria Inn, Sigingstone
June - Y Maerun, Marshfield
July - Red Lion, A48, Bonvilston
August - Creigiau Inn, Creigiau
September - The Farmers Arms, Aberthin
4th
December
There
is a mistake in the section notes in the December journal -
the
"day after Boxing day run" is not to start anywhere at all. It is
simply a ride from the riders home to the Red Lion on the A48 in
Bonvilston to arrive around 12 noon.
Another calendar change is to
the Cheddar weekend - due to a clash of dates with the Cotswold section
Felix Burke trial, the Cheddar weekend has been brought forward a week
to the 30th/31st March. That gives us a small problem in that
we
have the Spring run listed for that weekend. I do not propose that we
amend our calendar, so unless annouced here, the Spring run will take
place on the 31st as listed.
LAST CALL FOR THE DINNER - PLEASE GET IN TOUCH QUICKLY, IF YOU WISH TO
COME AND HAVE NOT DECIDED YET.
26th
November
I've now added most events to the events calendar in the Lounge. If
anyone spots a mistake or has anything to add, then please get in
touch. The 23rd June is a busy day with 5 events listed, including our
'Remember the Dragon'. If you have a few minutes then please complete
the FBHVC survey on the costs of
owning and running an old vehicle - it's not too onerous and is
important for the FBHVC to analyse the state of the old vehicle
movement in the UK.
I've deleted the old Cotswold section newsletter button from above as
the Newsletter ended with the last one from Reg Eyre in December 2017.
I still have the copies, so if there is one that you'd like, I can
email it.
20th
November
Well
done to everyone who attended the club last night for the charity
auction. It was a good night which raised £400 from the sales - amiably
run by Rob, with John as backup. We also had £105 of cash donations
from Barry, Roger, Bob and two non-members one of whom was
present and wanted to
contribute. Barry's gold plated pickle onions produced £111 - they
do have a secret ingredient I'm told, and are well worth the
cost.
6th
November
Latest Section Secretaries Newsletter is now on the VMCC HQ button
above.
23rd
October
Free laptop computer in the Bar.
18th
October
For those interested the Western Region Road Trials Championship, the
results can be seen here - all in Excel spreadsheet
format. Quite a few of our members are in the lists, with trophies won
as class runner-ups, by:
Bruce and Di - Post Vintage
Rob Jones - Post war
Bill and Jean - 3 wheeler
17th
October
Some
photos from the Levis cup trial of our members are now on the reports
page in the Lounge. New CMB magazine now on the button above.
Film
night next Monday.
7th
October
Latest
HQ newsletter is now on the above button. Also included with the
newsletter are copies of the five year plan. Download version one here
- download version two here.
Any comments can be passed back to the Chairman via HQ. If you haven't
had enough of that then you can have a read of the latest proposed
amendments to the club By-laws here. The changes are in italics
and they are a bit haphazard, I must say.
4th
October
New bike for sale in the bar
and a report on the recent Isle
of Wight Scurry - now in the Library on the features page.
28th
September
New bike for sale in the bar.
20th
September
Some notes and photos of the Saundersfoot weekend are now on the Reports Page in the
Lounge.
21st
August
Vale of Glamorgan event report, results and photos, now on the Reports page in the
Lounge. Next meeting on Mondaythe 27th, followed by the wednesday
evening rideout to the Creigiau Inn on the 29th.
18th
August
Vale
of Glamorgan event tomorrow first away from the Llanharry club at 11am
- if you haven't entered then turn up tomorrow and enter on the day.
The grape vine has it that John F is to sell his Bond Bug, so if you
fancy something different, contact John.
10th
August
Some
photos added to the Roof of Wales report on the Reports
Page, many
thanks to Steve T. Don't forget the Chairmans run this coming Sunday -
meet 10am for a 10.30am start at the Mountain Cafe.
7th
August
A few notes on the Roof of Wales run are now on the Reports page. Anyone
got some photos?
3rd
August
Latest
CMB magazine is now available on the above button. Don't forget the
"Roof of Wales" Run this coming Sunday . It includes a free BBQ at
around the halfway point. Also - entries are desperately needed for the
Vale of Glamorgan event - regs at the bottom of the calendar page in the
Lounge.
I now have a copy of the minutes from the Area Reps meeting, so if
you're interested, just ask, and I'll pass you a copy.
23rd
July
Report on yesterdays "Historic Tour" now on the Reports page.
Don't forget the Wednesday evening rideout on the 25th - venue? the Red
Lion in Bonvilston.
Next
Mondays clubnight is the Fish and Chip run - 7pm from the car park on
the south side of the A48, outside the Indian restaurant - NOT at the
old cafe, where we used to meet. F&C back in the clubhouse,
after
the ride, at £5 per head.