Category: NCCC News

MINUTES FROM COMMITTEE MEETING OF NORTH COTSWOLD CYCLING CLUB:

7:30PM ON THE 3rd AUGUST 2026, WHITE HART HOTEL, MORETON-IN-MARSH

Attendees: Laura Baskeyfield, James Barlow, Will Biggart, Charlotte Lewis, Mel Wilson, Henry Eve,

Rachel Davies, Ian Humphrey, Jeremy Taylor

Apologies: Rhiannon Rhodes, Paul Flint, Martin Angell, Simon Jones, Will Biggart, David Hanson

1) WHATSAPP LINK TO WELCOME EMAILS

Request for comms going out to new members to include the club WhatsApp link. This goes out via Andrew Brays welcome email, but would like to look to include this as part of membership automated email that comes via British Cycling. Club will look into this for 2027 membership

renewals.

Andrew will send out an email to all members in parallel to ensure they have all links to club communications.

2) PARENTAL CONSENT FORM

Have struggled to find the parental consent form, that isn’t specific to Go-Ride. Ian to take an action to look for one, with the view to sharing on the NCCC website.

Link to the British Cycling: PARENTAL CONSENT FORM

3) GOVERNENCE

Jeremy to resurrect the file, to ensure all club log-ins / admin rights are captured for the committee and any future requirements.

4) CLUB EVENTS – VUELTA A ESPANA / TOUR OF BRITAIN (23/8/26)

Vuelta Espana: Save the date to go out for 13th September. Jeremy to do a poll in the committee chat to see who can support this.

Tour of Britain: Martin to send out club communications on this, that we are looking at a route and potential ride leaders to support this – dependant on timings once confirmed on Sunday 23rd Aug.

5) ISSUES / PROPOSALS ARISING FROM BC INSURANCE

Jeremy has reviewed the British Cycling insurance document and has proposed the following updates to comply with “best practices”:

• All ride leaders are designated as club officials. Martin to keep track of the list of ride leaders that we currently have. This will be a live document in the committee chat, that all committee members can add to. The document can also capture “other” club officials• Identify the ride leaders and communicate the reasons behind this via the “NCCC Ride

Leader” WhatsApp group and the wider club to encourage more ride leaders.

• Set a 2 ride limit for any new members that are invited to join club rides / wish to join the

club before they are required to join the club. Will also need to look to update the

constitution from 3 rides to 2 (Section 8 VII).

• Andrew to send out a reminder to all members to remind them of the requirement to have third party liability insurance NOT bike insurance.

• Jeremy to produce a draft of a generic risk assessments for every ride for circulation around the committee.

• Ian to review with British Cycling what is covered by club insurance in terms of off road rides.

6) RIDE LEADER TRAINING

The club will host a dedicated British Cycling Ride Leader Level 1 course for late October / early November. Date TBC, course attendee limit is 10 people. Laura to obtain a list (plus reserves) of those who would wish to attend, stating there will be an obligation to lead club rides on the back of this.

Cost to host this is £1,700. Nikholas Procktor has offered Kingham Primary School as a venue.

7) FOLLOW-UP FROM WORKSHOP FEEDBACK

Committee praised Charlotte for organising the workshop. It was well attended and feedback from the attendees was extremely positive. The committee agreed we should look to host another workshop (late September) for those who couldn’t make the last one and address some of the outputs from the original meeting. Charlotte to organise this.

It was raised during the session that there was not an easy way for riders to step up between groups.

The club noted that we have introduced a C-Group for the café ride and changed Sunday ride speeds this year, so there were no plans to add additional rides at this time.

Actions from the workshop:

• Raise awareness of what to do in incidence

• Consider the need for first aid training – James to purchase 6 x additional bottle first aid kits in the interim.

• Update the website and etiquette guidance – Laura and Martin

• Consider how to integrate people into the club – Charlotte and Andrew

• How do we brief the riders every week for the varying levels – Martin

8) AOB + DATE OF NEXT MEETING

• Quiz Night and AGM proposed for Thursday 19th November – Rachel will confirm availability with the Revolution Cafe. Ian noted that we will need to get trophies back and engraved ahead of this.• As there has been a decline of interest in faster rides, James to explore if there is interest to combine with groups from other local clubs such as Shipston.

• Air Ambulance ride still planned for Sunday 16th August. Club café rides to be held on Saturday 15th August to the Humphreys prior to this as a fundraiser.

• Club membership is down, by ~40 compared to this time last year. James asked those out riding to keep track of how many people are turning up to rides as they still appear to be well attended.

• Ian to provide proposal to reduce the size of the committee before the next meeting.

• Treasurers update provided by Ian in Martin’s absence:

Clubs balance is ~£8,300 – Martin now has full access to all clubs accounts.

Next Meeting will be Monday 6th October @ White Hart, Moreton in Marsh

Agenda and discussion points to be shared no later than 48 hours before.

MINUTES FROM COMMITTEE MEETING OF NORTH COTSWOLD CYCLING CLUB:

7:30PM ON THE 8th

JUNE 2026, WHITE HART HOTEL, MORETON-IN-MARSH

Attendees: Laura Baskeyfield, Simon Jones, James Barlow, Will Biggart, Charlotte Lewis, Mel Wilson,

Henry Eve, Rachel Davies, Ian Humphrey, Rhiannon Rhodes

Apologies: Andrew Bray, Martin Angell, Martin Lewis, David Hanson, Jeremy Taylor, Paul Flint

1) JULY CLUB EVENT

Bastille day event has been organised for 19th July. Oddington Village hall has been booked again,and will do the same format as last time as it was simple enough to organise.

Rachel will send out comms regarding the event.

2) CONTINUATION OF DEVELOPMENT PL AND CG

Paceline and chaingang development groups will continue. Several reasons likely to have impacted numbers on these rides, including the weather. Will continue to advertise these rides and review attendance at the next committee meeting. Comms around these rides will aim to encourage more people to come along.

3) RIDE LEADERS + RIDE LEADER TRAINING

A private British Cycling Ride Leader 1 course is £1,700. Agreed that we will fund a course for 10 people (and reimburse Jill Brunsdon for the cost of her individual course £185) to help support the pool of ride leaders and encourage better ride etiquette within the club.

Laura will organise this and Simon will speak to Nick Prockter with regards to a venue at Kingham Hill School.

4) SLOWER PACED GRAVEL RIDE

It had been suggested that a slower paced gravel ride would be a good addition to the club rides, to open it up to more riders. A slower ride following the same route (or perhaps a shorter route) on the same day would be the preference. Ian will talk to Martin Angell about a ride leader for this group.

Simon also offered to support with ride leading.

5) 20 MILE INTRODUCTORY RIDE START TIME

The change to an earlier start time worked well this week, as a result will change to a 9:30 start time moving forwards.

6) GROUP RIDING DISCIPLINE + ETIQUETTTE

Will look to organise a ride leader meeting to manage level of expectations that are required from the leaders during a ride. The club will look to host an evening at the White Hart to communicate best practice. Charlotte and Simon will look to organise this (and speak to Martin Lewis) and put

together some guidelines and circulate to the committee in advance, taking into account Jeremys points shared on WhatsApp. Will aim to do this early July.

7) MEMBERS LIABILTY INSURANCE

Come to our attention that some of our members may not have liability insurance. Andrew to send out a reminder regarding this.

8) INTERGRATING LADIES RIDE WITH CLUB RIDES

Will look to change group 4 ride speed to 12-14mph, and advertise as more as a social ride in our ride communications. We will look to have more female ride leaders to encourage our female members, which will hopefully be supported by our newly trained ride leaders.

This will also open the ride up as a more mixed social ride.

9) AOB + DATE OF NEXT MEETING

• Rachel suggested potential for club events throughout the winter month at the Rev,

such as a pizza and quiz night. The committee discussed hosting the AGM in

conjunction with this.

• Midlands Air Ambulance Open Day will be 16th August. The club will look to organise

a ride to this event.

• Simon will look for dates for a ride to the CFC ride.

• Robs “Summer Solstice Ride” will NOT be a club ride.

Next Meeting will be Monday 3rd August @ White Hart, Moreton in Marsh

Agenda and discussion points to be shared no later than 48 hours before.

NCCC visit to MAAC (Midlands Air Ambulance Charity)

It was a real honour to have been invited to visit the Midlands Air Ambulance Charity site at Strensham today.

Our charity contact Nicole introduced us to one of the crews, so we got a chance to chat to Ian (Pilot) and Scarlett (Doctor).

Luckily they didn’t have a call out while we were there, but if they did they are in the air 3-4 minutes from the first shout.

They carry far more equipment than a traditional ambulance, including 4 units of blood (which has to be changed daily).

Another notable piece of equipment they carry is the LUCAS device which is able to give automated chest compressions in event of a cardiac arrest, leaving clinicians free to deliver other life saving interventions.

Thanks to Will for digging down to that level of detail!

Nicole told us that the ‘take off’ cost has significantly increased given the rise in the cost of aviation fuel. As a Charity that means donations are what keeps them flying and it’s great that the club supports them.

Since 2024 NCCC have raised over £3000! The main purpose of today’s visit was to handover the £525 we raised from the raffle at the club dinner in February.

Below is a sample of some of today’s visit and the cheque handover by club committee members Will Biggart, Ian Humphrey and Martin Angell.

NCCC take on the Col de Rates (and Pogacar)
Having smashed the KOM on a UAE training ride in December, Tadej’s time stands at 11:57 at an eye watering 20.1mph for the 3.99 miles at 5.5%
Most of us would be happy to get our times to less than double his, with only Ian already having this one in the bag from 2024. Ian had already asked us for a lead out into the base of the climb, team UAE style, but we politely informed him we were not his domestiques!
On a glorious sunny day and with a 4 up lead out by Ian we started the climb, Ian soon disappearing into the distance to clock an impressive 21:28. The remaining 3 stuck together for a couple of miles eventually only separating by less than a minute at the top. All achieving PRs. Martin 24:56, Birthday boy Marcus 25:13, and Sophie a very impressive 25:47

“Happy Birthday Marcus from all your friends at NCCC.”

Good news regarding club kit!

We’ve added the TY Cycles logo and the ordering window is now live.

The window closes Friday 17th April 2026.

See link below:

https://www.bioracer.co.uk/en/mybioracer/?r=cF0TzEerhT

MINUTES FROM COMMITTEE MEETING OF NORTH COTSWOLD CYCLING CLUB: 7:30PM ON THE 2nd MARCH 2026,

WHITE HART HOTEL, MORETON-IN-MARSH

Attendees: James Barlow, Laura Baskeyfield, Martin Angell, Andrew Bray, Henry Eve, Rachel Davies,

Ian Humphrey, Mel Wilson, , Charlotte Lewis, Jeremy Taylor, David Hanson

Apologies: Paul Flint, Martin Lewis, Will Biggart, Simon Jones

1) MEETING DATES & FREQUENCY – JAMES BARLOW (JB)

It was proposed that we now meet on the first Monday of every month, rather than every other month due to the volume of discussion points. The dates of the next meetings are as follows:

Monday 13th April (Due to Easter Monday Bank Holiday)

Monday 11th May (Due to Early May Bank Holiday)

Monday 1st June

Monday 6th July

Monday 3rd August

Monday 7th September

Unless otherwise stated, meetings will be held at the White Hart Hotel, Moreton in Marsh @ 7:30pm

2) AWARDS & ANNUAL DINNER DE-BRIEF – ALL

Annual club dinner was well organised and went well, James thanked Henry and Rachel for organising. Agreed that trophies would be returned a month prior to next year’s dinner for engraving. Total cost of the dinner to the club was ~ £900. An increase on previous years due to now needing to pay for venue hire, alcohol license and plates.

As a result, there may need to be increase to ticket prices and / or removal of a drink with the dinner ticket next year to support the additional incurred costs.

The raffle raised ~£1,053.77 after transaction fees. This would be equally split between CFC and MAA. Simon to organise a ride to CFC on the 4th April to donate their share of the money. Martin to contact MAA with the view to arranging a similar ride.

Ian mentioned that only ~20% of the club was in attendance, and may not be the right time of year and future events could be combined with an AGM. The committee agreed the attendance was normal, but it was proposed that next year’s date would be shared in advance. Saturday 30th

January 2027 was proposed.

3) PUBLCITY & SOCIAL MEDIA UPDATES – ALL

James acknowledges that Paul had now stood down from his publicity and social media responsibilities and would share an update thanking him for his efforts. Charlotte had asked someone to pick up on some of the social posts, but this had not progressed. Following the previous

meeting between Simon and Paul earlier in the year, it wasn’t clear on who was taking on this responsibility and what was discussed. It was agreed this would be parked until the next meeting.

4) KIT – JAMES / WILL

Simon to open a club kit order window and advertise to members to allow for any spring kit to be purchased. James mentioned that he had been contacted by Kallas with regards to them supplying our club kit, one of the benefits of this would allow stock to be held at TY Cycles. The committee

agreed more information was required with regards to this. James to ask Kallas for some sample kit (including a winter jersey), prices and clarify who would pay for any stock held. Simon to also provide feedback on actions from the last meeting regarding kit.

5) MEMBERSHIP UPDATE – ALL

Total of 168 members, 70 had not rejoined. Andrew to remove anyone no longer a member from club communications.

65% Male / 23% Female / 12% Unspecified

6) RELIABILTY RIDE – ALL

The committee discussed potential replacement venues to continue to host the reliability ride, but agreed to pause the ride for 2026 given these options and the later time of year. Ian offered to contact Andrew Milner to update him of this. James suggested that we could look to organise a

charity ride later in the year instead.

In order to bring our members back together on club rides it was agreed that we would bring back the “Grand Tour” rides for 2026:

• 17th May – Giro d’Italia. Laura and Rachel agreed to look into options for a venue and

catering to host this.

• July – Date TBC – Tour de France

• August – Date TBC – La Vuelta

7) AOB

1. Sunday Ride Finish – Jeremy volunteered to discuss options for returning from rides with the White Hart and if this was still feasible for them.

2. Routes via Email – Nobody had responded with regards to the club ride routes sent out via email. Andrew would put out a final email to say that this will be stopped.

3. Chain Gang – it was proposed chain gang would be restarted on Friday 3rd April4. 5. 6. 7. Paceline – it was proposed that paceline would be restarted on Tuesday 7th April. If there were enough riders for two groups, then only the second group would be a no-drop ride.

Paceline would include a development group, with either Lisa or Jez offering to lead this.

WhatsApp would be used with a “thumbs-up” indication for those wishing to ride.

Couch to 50K had seen lower numbers, likely due to venue change but had still been

popular. Bridgette had offered to put on a 50K to 100K series, starting in April. Laura will promote this on the clubs social channels.

Jeremy to circulate Saturday ride proposal to the committee before the next meeting.

Laura to gauge interest for British Cycling RL1 (ride leader) training within the clubs members before the next meeting

 

NCCC Awards Evening raises over £1,000 for Charities!

It’s the club’s social highlight of the year and what a fabulous evening we had !

Last night was for our Annual Dinner & Awards Evening and this year the event was held at the wonderful grade two listed Redesdale Hall which dominates the centre of Moreton-in-Marsh.

The club had another incredible year and continues to flourish with all time high numbers of members, last night was an occasion to reflect on some of the brilliant events that was enjoyed throughout the year and of course to celebrate the clubs award winners.

Also a time to welcome and thank all of our many new members too (and we have lots!).

Talking of new members, the club decided to show some real appreciation to them this year and for the very first time introduced an all new award purely for our new members.

It really was a fantastic evening but we must mention our raffle because this year we held the best ever in terms of prizes with the star prize being a BRAND NEW Zwift Ride setup with Bike & Trainer, kindly donated by Eric Min and Zwift worth £1,100.

Other superb prizes were:

•⁠  ⁠A Gold Bike Service worth £170 courtesy of Cyclists Fighting Cancer in Stratford 

•⁠  ⁠A gift box from TY Cycles 

•⁠  ⁠Two x £15 vouchers for Bakery on the Marsh 

•⁠  ⁠A voucher for an afternoon tea for two at the Royal White Hart 

•⁠  ⁠A Cadbury’s Hamper donated by Rachel Davies 

No surprise with the incredible prizes that were on offer that the raffle proceeds made over £1,000!! All these proceeds will be shared between our two club charities the Midlands Air Ambulance and Cyclists fighting Cancer 

And this year’s Award Winners are:

• Richard Milner memorial Cup (“Above & Beyond”) – Ian Humphrey
• Club Man of the Year – Paul Flint
• Club Woman of the Year – Isobel Hunter
• New Member of the Year – Mel Wilson
• Ride Leader of the Year – Simon Jones
• Half-Wheeler Award – Dom Valder
• Crash of the Year – Csaba Kallo
• Stirrer of the Year (Wooden Spoon)  – Will Biggart

The fabulous food was provided by Jeremy and Sara Griffiths from The Rev (Stow on the Wold) and a huge special thanks to them for the most delicious food.

It was a great turnout and members had a most enjoyable evening with an incredible raffle and fun game of heads and tails to finish which was won by Rod Reynolds.

“There are too many people to mention that really made our evening the success that it was so here’s a massive thank you to you all.

You are all amazing and the club really appreciates everything that you did last night to make it the fantastic event that it was! 

There’s a real buzz around the club and 2026 is already looking like another fab year ahead!

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We’re delighted to invite you to our annual club dinner, taking place on Saturday 21st February and this year we have a new venue!

TICKETS ARE LIMITED AND ARE AVAILABLE ON A FIRST COME FIRST SERVED BASIS!

Prices remain the same as last year at £15.00 per person which is amazing value for money!

Yes the wonderful grade 2 listed Redesdale Hall, High Street, Moreton-in-Marsh GL56 0AX is where our celebrations will be taking place.

It promises to be a brilliant evening to reflect on the past year, celebrate our achievements, and realise what everyone looks like when not in lycra…

The evening will kick off at 7:00pm and will feature a hot buffet and pay bar, just as in previous years.

Please do secure your places as soon as this really helps us confirm numbers and ensure we can cater for everyone properly.

Don’t forget to let us know if you have any dietary requirements when booking.

This year the evening will include speeches, prize giving, an interactive game, a quiz and a raffle. Oh and of course, the eagerly anticipated moment when we discover who takes home Crash of the Year!

NEW MEMBERS, there’s also an all new award up for grabs for you too this year!

Yes, we’ve listened to our members and delighted to announce that this year we’ve DOUBLED the amount of club awards on offer so lots up for grabs!

We hope you can join us for what promises to be a fantastic evening, here’s an overview.

• New Venue (grade 2 listed)
• More Awards than EVER before
• Quiz
• Games
• Raffle
• Buffet
• Bar

* Payments on the evening can be made by cash or card too.

Don’t forget that TICKETS ARE LIMITED AND ARE AVAILABLE ON A FIRST COME FIRST SERVED BASIS!

Here’s your ticket link👇

https://fixr.co/event/nccc-club-dinner-2026-tickets-941136829

The awards nomination link will follow shortly.

NCCC the place to be! (especially on the 21st February)

MINUTES FROM COMMITTEE MEETING OF NORTH COTSWOLD CYCLING CLUB: 7:30PM ON THE 5th

JANUARY2026, WHITE HART HOTEL, MORETON-IN-MARSH

Attendees: James Barlow, Laura Baskeyfield, Martin Angell, Will Biggart, Andrew Bray, Henry Eve,

Rachel Davies, Ian Humphrey, Mel Wilson, Simon Jones, Charlotte Lewis, Martin Lewis, Jeremy Taylor

Apologies: Paul Flint, David Hanson

1) CHAIRS WELCOME – JAMES BARLOW (JB) JB acknowledged the resignation of James Garstin from the committee as the youth secretary due to personal time constraints. The committee were asked to encourage anyone who expressed interest

in this role in future, but at this current time it was not deemed a priority to actively seek someone.

2) AWARDS & ANNUAL DINNER EVENING – HENRY EVE (HE) & RACHEL DAVIES (RD)

Booking at the Redesdale Hall has been confirmed for Saturday 21st February. HE to share the invoice details with MA. The Revolution Café have expressed interest to cater this event again, HE will confirm with them as first preference before looking at other potential options. The committee

agreed to hold the ticket price at £15, with a link sent out to purchase online in advance. At the previous meeting the addition of new award categories were discussed, it was agreed that the following awards would be offered and winners agreed by the committee:

• Half-Wheel
• Wooden Spoon
• GRP3 / GRP4 Ride Leader (Non-Committee)
• Favourite Cafe (to be voted by members)
• New Member of the Year

These would be in addition to the current awards – Crash of the Year, Club Person of the Year, Club Women of the Year, Richard Milner Trophy and Club Young Rider of the Year. HE will send out a

survey to club members for nominations for each of the categories. SJ to arrange collection / return of the trophies ahead of the evening. The committee agreed to support with arranging raffle prizes

for the evening, with the proceeds being donated to Midlands Air Ambulance and Cyclists Fighting Cancer. JB requested that we provide updates of club member achievements that could be used for

a recap of the year. WB had spoken with a potential guest speaker on the night, but was waiting on confirmation before this could be communicated in any comms on the evening.

There were some discussions about an additional award that would encourage competition, but it was agreed this

would be discussed at a further date.

3) TY CYCLES SPONSORSHIP OFFER – SIMON JONES (SJ) SJ had spoken with TY Cycles, who had indicated they were keen to sponsor us. This would include

10% discount for members, speedy workshop turnaround and a customer rewards scheme in return for having their logo on club kit. The committee all agreed in support of this.

4) KIT REPRINT / REDESIGN – SIMON JONES (SJ) Following the previous meeting SJ had obtained sample pictures of a new colour kit design, based on members feedback regarding visibility. Given the existing kit is only a few years old, there are no immediate plans to change the current kit. However, as the TY logo would now be included on orders moving forwards – SJ would look at potential updated gilet designs based on options A and B

that were shown (also including reflective panels) for discussion at the next committee meeting. SJ to also find out what the MOQ would be on any new kit orders.

5) TREASURERS UPDATE – MARTIN ANGELL (MA)

Following the election as the new treasurer, MA was in the process of arranging for administrative control with both HSBC and Sum-Up. Transactions could still be made during this period, but MA stated Marcus Hearle still had access if required. MA agreed to use his home address for any

correspondence with these accounts, rather than Dekomte for ease. Once this control had been completed, then MA would apply for a new club debit card. Website fees for 2026 had now been paid. 5 x NCCC Mudflaps had been purchased through TY Cycles.

6) ROUTE LIBRARY REVIEW

It was agreed that feedback from the committee and ride leaders would be required in order to trim down some of the rides from the route bank. JT stated that he would be happy to help support with

some of the administration of this. Routes could also be modified and updated as and when required (due to road surfaces / closures etc) based on feedback provided within the WhatsApp group. The route bank on the website will then be updated following this. An effort will be made to

focus on Sunday Group 3 rides that mirror Group 1 / Group 2 rides to create an additional route bank of 35 mile rides to support with request from the membership. IH offered to support with this.

7) RIDE ANNOUNCEMENTS

It had been noted by both members and committee that some of the ride communication had been sent out late on some occasions. JB asked how we could support the ride captain as a committee or

collating the required information given the number of club rides we host. IH suggested a vice ride captain, or a separate weekday / weekend ride captain to ease the load. The committee also discussed a ladies ride captain. ML stated that often delays were the result of trying to find ride leaders or routes being sent through late rather than the time of collating and sending out the

comms. Although, ML did indicate the British Cycling email system is also not user friendly. In the short term, the committee agreed to be more hands-on within the ride leader WhatsApp group, ensuring ride leaders and routes were being kept updated for the ride captain to process.

AB would send out an email to club members, to see who is accessing the ride information from there and if the updates via email are still required or if WhatsApp only could be used moving forwards.

8) SATURDAY RIDE GROUPS

There was a further discussion around Saturday café ride groups and speeds but with no clear outcome. It was agreed that a further meeting would be needed to discuss and agree this.

However, in order to limit the discussion JT agreed to take this offline and propose some potential options for the Saturday ride prior to the meeting that could then be reviewed and a decision made.

Meeting terminated at 10:30pm without fulfilling agenda. As such, a further meeting will be held in February to discuss Saturday ride groups and publicity and comms. Date and location to be agreed

still.