February 2023 Newsletter

The 1st Group Ride of 2023 saw number of our members head off toward Melton Mowbray before arcing to the north of Loughborough and then south to home.

In all 150miles and approx 4 hours riding.

Not long after leaving Market Harborough the ride was held up as a result of a collision on a right hand bend. A biker had collided with a car which was emerging from a nearside junction. The collision had damaged the front of the car but the bike looked a total wright off.

More importantly the rider had been thrown a way down the road and was being attended to by a 1st responder/Doctor. Shortly after the ambulance arrived our group were able to continue and after a short detour resume the planned route.

First thoughts were that the rider was way too close to the nearside junction and presumably had ignored the road sign which indicated the that there was a nearside junction on the bend – perhaps some advanced training would have helped to avoid the collision – however hopefully the rider will recover fully!

A Potential Observer Course has been arranged for the 11th and 12th of March. As there will be 8 candidates on the course hopefully this will generate a good number of Group Observers which should go a long way to lighten the load of the Observers we have at present.

The various Skills Workshops which were mentioned in last months Newsletter have not been forgotten and will be finalised in the very near future. You will appreciate hopefully that without enough Group Tutors these courses prove difficult to organise.

The Monthly Group Ride Outs for Gold and Silver Riders are on the Website and there are ride leaders allocated for the 1st 6 Rides. So more ride leaders are still required for the second half of the year – If you would like to put your name forward to organise and lead a ride please contact the Training Officer.

The Group Annual General Meeting will be held on Monday 13th March. Please try and get along – this is your Group – everyone will have a chance to question the outgoing and ingoing committee about the Group activities and have a chance to put your ideas forward for what you would like to see in the coming months.