Archive for the Club Meetings Category
Mince Pies and Good Cheer
17/12/2008 by Al and Sarah.
Thurs 18th is last club meeting before Christmas so lets have a good turn out and all bring along a little piece of good cheer to celebrate - we’ve got some mince pies and a bottle of wine for starters !! ps and some out of date christmas crackers from the millenium !! The hats will be ok though and obligatory !
December Club Meeting
12/12/2008 by Martyn.
15 members were present at the new club house.
Discussions took place on how we can move the club forward.
Grants are available though in one case with a lengthy form
Potential things to be funded
Training members to be coaches, having looked at this today there are 2 routes, and I suggest anyone considerring this should look at the web sites of ABCC and BC and circulate pros and cons of each for future discussion. For example you can only go on a BC course if you are first aid trained to a set standard and have a CRB check. ABCC is a correspondance course, BC is a 2 day course and so on
Rob suggested getting a bike trailer for members to use on sportives, races etc. Storage, towing etc was raised and it wasn’t progressed
Thursday cycle sessions had some discussion, putting on a regular , event or training evening run by a qualified and CRB checked person, this could include road safety training
No firm decisions were taken about what we might apply for
It was decided to have regular Turbo sessions running all year. These will be on the 1st,2nd and 3rd Thursday of the month and we will try and put on a monthly talk or demonstration which we can try and encourage other cyclists to attend. Any suggestions or contacts please, what would YOU like to see?
Care must be taken when bringing bikes etc into the club house, Phil is going to buy some sheeting to put under the bikes but members are responsible to make sure no oil or dirt is dropped onto the floors and carpets
We are getting more members out on runs, but the issue of mudguards arose, what do members think about agreeing mudguards between certain dates in winter?
Kirklees cycling meeting
28/11/2008 by Martyn.
a good chance to air your views about cycling and also in view of discussions about youth cycling ask BC what support they can give?
martyn
Kirklees Public Meeting on Cycling
Huddersfield Sports Centre Wednesday 3rd December 2008
The “Windsor Suite”
Southgate
Huddersfield
HD1 1TW 7.30pm – 9.15pm
Cycle parking:
There are 4 no. cycle lockers (use your own padlock) located in the car park under the walkway.
AGENDA ~ Chair: Cllr. Martyn Bolt
1. Start: 7.30pm - Welcome/ Apologies 5 mins
2. Matters arising from minutes of September 2008 meeting 5 mins
3. Spen Valley Greenway & Spen Ringway: 20 mins
• Update from Yorkshire Water on sewage pipeline works
• Diversion route for closure of southern section of Spen Valley Greenway (Cater
Lane, Heckmondwike to Calder & Hebble Navigation towpath, Thornhill)
• Sustrans Warden update
4. Guest Speaker: Peter Root - British Cycling Regional Manager, Yorkshire & North East
20 mins
5. Kirklees Greenways update: see “Project Update” notes 10 mins
• Meltham Greenway – link paths
• Calder Valley Greenway - Mirfield Rail Station to A644 Huddersfield Rd. Mirfield
• Update on usage figures from automatic cycle counters
6. Cycle Parking in Kirklees: 15 mins
• What we have now (short & long stay provision) – a presentation
• What would we like to have & how do we fund it?
7. Increasing cycling levels in Kirklees: 15 mins
• cycle count data for on-highway facilities (journeys to work)
• suggestions on how to boost the number of cyclists in the district (for example the
role of adult cycle training, bike buddies, promotional rides etc.)
8. Kirklees Greenways: Sustrans Volunteer Ranger Group 5 mins
Spen Valley & North Kirklees recruitment evening
9. Cycling events in 2009 5 mins
10. Any other business, including agenda items from the floor. 5 mins
11. Date & Venue of Next Meeting – to be agreed: March 2009
Contacts:
Kirklees Cycling Officer, Lynnette Evans Tel: 01484 225611 lynnette.evans@kirklees.gov.uk
Cllr Martyn Bolt (Chair) - Tel: 01924 496129 martyn.bolt@kirklees.gov.uk
Move to new club house
25/11/2008 by martyn1.
I have spoken to Battyeford Sporting and they are arranging keys etc for the new clubhouse.
I am trying to get something arranged for that night to start off with a ‘bang’, fitness tests, interactive turbo are a couple of feelers I have put out.
Please can you help by ringng round club members in particular the ones we don’t see or who aren’t on the blog?
If we can try to drum up support it will help?
i am trying to get something in the papers this week to attract members of the public and if we can go down with club tops we can get a team photo for the next week’s paper?
7.30 December 4th at the new ‘home’?
New Club room
10/11/2008 by Martyn.
Battyeford Sporting Club have confirmed that Thorpers can use their rooms.
Talking to Phil before he left, we will move in from the beginning of December.
As discussed at the AGM we are hoping to revert to Thursdays.
If possible can somene have a look in the cellar of the scout hut and see what we have to move to battyeford?
Just to remind everyone, the new clubhouse is opposite Coppin Hall lane, just off Huddersdfield RD and next to John Cotton’s.
Loads of lit car parking and a pub nearby.
AGM
22/10/2008 by jekyl.
I have been a member for some thirty years and think that last nights meeting was perhaps one of the best I have attended. The discussions and attitudes were so positive. Thanks to the new members for their contributions and offers to take on various positions. Thanks to Phil and Martin for the way they ran the meeting. Also thanks to Martin for setting up the possibility of a new clubroom ,well done. As they say in the advert. the future is THORPERS
A.G.M.
13/09/2008 by jekyl.
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YOUR CLUB NEEDS YOU:
“The club’s AGM is on Tuesday 21st October 2008 at the clubroom, commencing at 7:30pm.
Subs of £10.00 are due along with CTC third party insurance of £12 (£22); unless insurance is taken elsewhere.
We need your support, plenty of jobs on offer.”
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The club A.G.M. is to be held late october. It now the time to think of who you want to be the officials for 2008/2009, we seem to have an influx of new members who seem to have some progressive ideas, maybe they would like to be nominated for some official position.If so dont be shy come forward and yourselves be known.
