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Tickets now available for the Annual NCCC Dinner and Awards Evening

Tickets for the Club Dinner on Saturday 8th February are now available to purchase via the link below.

Please note tickets will not be available at the Revolution Cafe this year so you will need to purchase them through Fixr.

Tickets are limited and available on a “first come first served” basis so please don’t wait to buy them if you’re planning on attending.

Here’s the link👇

https://fixr.co/event/nccc-club-dinner-2025-tickets-603470946

The awards nomination link will follow shortly.

We’re delighted to announce another fabulous and enlightening evening is being held on the 6th February and we look forward to seeing as many of you as possible for this rare opportunity and insightful experience.

Tickets can be purchased from the QR code below. Timings etc can also be seen below 👌

It’s the NCCC Annual Dinner and Presentation Evening 8th February 2025.

Further details to follow but please note the tickets are very limited and will be offered on a “First Come First Served” basis.

It’s membership renewal time folks and what a year 2024 was for our fab club!

Here’s just some of the headlines.

All time record overall membership of 227.

All time record high growth in our women’s section of 33% year on year.

All time record high number of women members.

“It’s nice to remind ourselves how fortunate we are as a cycling club to have all of the fabulous benefits below under one roof ”

Great cycling shop (Cotswold Cycles) as our club base. Reassuringly always on hand for us offering their vast range of products, services and expertise to cater for all our cycling needs throughout the year! Very often at short notice too.

Great super friendly cafe as our club base (The Revolution Cafe) spoiling us with hot & cold beverages and variety sweet or savoury delights making our very popular post-ride atmosphere even more special!

Great cycling club (North Cotswold Cycling Club). A friendly social club catering for all abilities all year round.

There’s not many cycling clubs that offer so much under one roof!

Team – North Cotswold Cycling Club 

Team – Cotswold Cycles

Team – The Revolution Cafe 

TWMD! (Together we make a difference!) and the numbers prove it!

There’s more good news by joining us!NCCC members also get a 10% discount on purchases from Cotswold Cycles in Moreton-in-Marsh which is the club base (excluding bikes and labour).

https://cotswoldcycles.co.uk/

Being a member of NCCC also brings further discounts at TY Cycles, Chipping Norton  (https://www.tycycles.co.uk)

So, if you want to come along and join us or renew your current membership simply follow (or copy and paste) the link below:

https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/club/profile/6068/north-cotswold-cc

Our annual fees are only £15 for seniors and £5 for juniors!

To participate in our group rides you must have your own third-party liability insurance. This can be purchased from many outlets such as.

– British Cycling – https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/membership

– Cycling UK (previously CTC) – https://www.cyclinguk.org/insurance

– A comparison of others can also be found here – https://www.money.co.uk/bicycle-insurance.htm

MINUTES FROM COMMITTEE MEETING OF NORTH COTSWOLD CYCLING CLUB: 7PM ON 6th
JANUARY @ THE REVOLUTION CAFÉ, COTSWOLD CYCLES
A) Introductions & Apologies
Attendees: Jeremy Griffiths, Simon Taylor, Simon Jones, Henry Eve, Rachel Davies, Marcus Hearle,
Martin Lewis (Ride Captain), James Garstin, Laura Baskeyfield, Martin Lewis (Ride Captain), James
Barlow, Andrew Bray
Apologies: Simon Richards, Martin Lewis (Membership), Paul Flint, Will Biggart
B) Chairman – Jeremy Griffiths
1. 2. Club Dinner will be arranged for 8th February, at the Revolution Café. Kallo will support with
the catering. Tickets will be available by the FIXR app for all payments to be paid directly for
the club. Tickets will be charged at £15 each, to include food and a drink. Henry Eve will
support with a link for tickets to be purchased. Henry will also create a survey monkey for
members to nominate for the awards, which will be decided by a sub-committee. Current
trophy’s to be returned.
Karen Croxson, NCCC member has offered to provide first aid awareness training with CPR
and Defib use free of charge. This won’t be an official qualification, but can be offered to
our members. Jeremy Griffiths will approach Karen, who is covered to teach awareness in
her current role with South Western Ambulance.
Official first aid training is required to support those with an RL1 qualification. Laura
Baskeyfield will enquire on expiry date of the last first aid course (usually 3 years) and cost to
host this with Cotswold First Aid.
3. 4. The club has been approached by Andrew Campbell (club member)r with regards to a space
for Go-Ride. Possibly have a solution at Condicote Village Hall, which has access to parking /
toilets / car-park. The local roads are quiet, and could be policed by volunteers. Jez to share
the details with James Garstin (youth chair) to follow-up.
Ladies Couch to 50K series started on Saturday. Conditions were cold, with club rides
cancelled due to ice. 10 people turned up, 8 of whom were new to the club. There was a
good buzz within the club before and after. Plenty of female volunteers have come forward
to support with these rides over the course of the coming series.
C) Vice Chairman – Simon Jones
Frequently chasing qualified ride leaders to lead club rides, despite running two courses. Will
approach general club members and specifically group 4 riders directly who aren’t RL1 trained to
lead. Simon Jones has offered to provide some general ride leader training to club members at 9:30-
10:30 on Saturday 25th January. This will be advertised in the What’s App group
D) Ride Captain – Martin Lewis
Ride leaders already discussed. Weather not been great, but not surprising given time of year.
Struggling to find routes on gritted road for inclement weather, but will venture further afield.
Decision taken to cancel rides if a yellow weather warning is issued.
E) Membership Secretary – Martin Lewis
Club Membership is now up for renewal. Club membership currently stands at 227 members.
Breakdown = 66.5% Male / 23.8% Female / 9.7% Unspecified.
F) Treasurer – Marcus Hearle
Club Balance = £6,228
Andrea Charlton has approached with regards to the youth initiative fund for Katie Charlton. The
committee agreed to support this on the basis that we would open this to suggestions for other
riders at the clubs annual dinner.
G) 1. 2. Youth Secretary – James Garstin
Sibford school has been contacted with a view to hosting Go-Ride. Kitebrook school and
Batsford (Laura to share estate details) to be contacted as potential venues. James will
create a plan for delivering Go-Ride and in-between Go-Ride and club rides and what this
experience should look like for the next committee meeting. Part of this to include a plan
for offering subsidized racing costs for younger rides as a next step from Go-Ride. Andrew
Bray offered to support, based on his past involvement with this initiative and shared the
accreditation and previous files with James.
Issue raised with the Saturday off-road ride on a local bridleway which caused upset with a
local farmer. James to share the farmers details with Jez, for him to contact on behalf of the
club to let him know this issue has been raised and our members contacted.
H) Secretary – Laura Baskeyfield
1. 2. Agreed that the club kit window for ordering will be opened end of February, to allow
people to order kit for Spring. Simon Jones will action this.
Given the new members coming through the Couch to 50K series, a bike maintenance
evening would be useful to skill up new riders. This will be done through Cotswold Cycles
and Jez will organize. This will be free of charge for members.
3. As a follow-on from the Couch to 50K, will look to organize a 50K to Sportive series to
encourage riders to continue with the club. Laura to find a local sportive that would be
suitable for this to work towards.
I) Race Secretary (Henry Eve)
Henry has created a document to detail “how to get into racing”. This will be shared in the club
WhatsApp’s announcement group with a view to offer support for anyone that is interested.
J) General Committee
James Barlow
Raised concerns with group riding – such as carrying spares, calling out, passing messages etc.
Martin Lewis will capture group riding etiquette in an a ride leader email to all club members.
AOB
• Reliability Ride agreed for Sunday 23rd March
• Martin Lewis suggested that we provide “rewards” for ride leaders as an initiative to entice
people to lead rides. This was popular amongst the committee and will be implemented this
weekend. Jez agreed that this would be funded by the cafe on a trial basis initially. The
committee will review at the next meeting to discuss if the club should fund this rather than
the café.
Next Meeting = Monday 3rd March 7pm @ Revolution Café, Cotswold Cycles

Hello all,

It’s that time of year again—membership renewal season!

2024 was a fantastic year for NCCC!

We didn’t just reach our goal of 200 members; we completely smashed it, ending the year with an impressive 224 riders. Not to mention, we’ve seen a wonderful increase in our proportion of female riders

At the 2024 AGM, it was decided that membership fees will be £15 for seniors and £5 for juniors. Renewing your membership is as easy as pedalling downhill—just follow the links below.

A few quick reminders:

– NCCC membership runs from January 1st each year (not the date you originally joined).

– You’ve got until the end of February to renew, thanks to our grace period. But trust me, the sooner you renew, the less you’ll hear from me!

Ready to renew? Here’s the link: https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/club/profile/6068/north-cotswold-cc

Why renew? Just a selection of the benefits of NCCC membership

– 10% off parts, labour, and café goodies at Cotswold Cycles and Revolution Café.

– Discounts at TY Cycles in Chipping Norton.

– Fun-filled social events all year round.

– Weekly club rides to keep you fit and part of the NCCC team!

Don’t forget: To join group rides, you’ll need third-party liability insurance. Check out these options:

– Wiggle Cycle Insurance  https://cycleinsurance.wiggle.co.uk/

– British Cycling Membership  https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/membership

– [Cycling UK Insurance  https://www.cyclinguk.org/insurance

– Compare options here  https://www.money.co.uk/bicycle-insurance.htm

If you’ve decided it’s time to hang up your NCCC jersey, just let Martin J Lewis ( NCCC Memberships) know on the email address below.

Please note that if you don’t renew by the end of February, you’ll automatically be removed from the NCCC WhatsApp group and mailing list.

Finally, Happy New Year and here’s to another amazing year of cycling adventures in 2025!

Cheers,

Martin J. Lewis

NCCC Membership

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YES, we’re super excited to confirm our Women Only Cycling Series “Couch to 50k” is back again and the first ride is on 4th January.

The series will be held on Saturday mornings at 10.00am from our club base Cotswold Cycles in Moreton-in-Marsh (see map) the first ride will be on the 4th January is 6 miles (10k).

North Cotswold Cycle Club & Breeze Moreton-in-Marsh.

All rides will be led by our own team of experienced women ride leaders and everyone is welcome to come along and take part in these rides.

Watch out for more information shortly.

Follow us on:

Instagram northcotswoldcycling

Website www.northcotswoldcc.org.uk

Facebook: https://www.fb.com/NorthCotswoldCC

Attention Calling Ladies Only

Morning all, NCCC are looking for additional volunteers to help and assist in the monthly women only rides.

As you know we also have the return of the popular Couch to 50k women’s series starting in January, so ideally to enable the monthly ride to carry on alongside the Couch to 50k NCCC we will need circa 6 more assists.

So, if you want to help and assist please respond via this WhatsApp group or any of the links below and we’ll put you down .

No qualifications needed as training and advice will be given.

Alternatively if can think of any other club member that may help please give them a gentle nudge.

This is purely for additional people to support in our great women’s section.

Find us on all of the following links:

Instagram www.instagram.com/northcotswoldcycling/

Facebook www.fb.com/NorthCotswoldCC

Strava https://strava.com/clubs/4582

Website www.northcotswoldcc.org.uk

Please note that all NCCC scheduled rides for tomorrow Sunday 8th December are unfortunately cancelled.

Find us on all of the following links:

Instagram www.instagram.com/northcotswoldcycling/

Facebook www.fb.com/NorthCotswoldCC

Strava https://strava.com/clubs/4582

Website www.northcotswoldcc.org.uk