News

We hope you are already subscribed to our calendar so you can keep up to date with the events happening and sign up for any that you may be interested in.  

Things to look out for in June:

We have our first Thursday of the Month Evening Ride out on the 6th of June, led by Ian Levin. This will start from Kineton at 6:30.

The group meeting on the 10th of June is open to all and will be hosted by a special guest presenter Stephen Wilkinson-Carr talking about the psychology behind SMIDSY! We look forward to seeing you there!

The Monthly Ride Out will be on the 16th of June led by our very own Richard Taylor.

Tours – Last call! If you’re interested in the Vosges in September please sign up before the end of June.

This month’s second Evening ride will be on the 20th of June – Observers can one of you please volunteer to lead this ride?

We have the Cornering Course on Saturday the 22nd!! Please sign up ASAP to attend!

AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST!!! It is happening this month!!

Prescott Bike Fest Sunday, June 23rd

SWAR is hosting a stand at the Prescott Bike Fest alongside Gloucestershire Advanced Riders! – We could use one more volunteer! please reach out to Gaya to discuss it if you’re available!

If you’re interested in attending please book your tickets through the website! https://prescottbikefestival.co.uk/

Achievements

Congrats to James Dawson for his Gold and congratulations to Chris Moody who obtained a well deserved Silver!

Other news

The observers’ meeting that took place on the 28th of May provided us with some good feedback and insights into the ride reports. These have now been simplified and reformatted to match the RoSPA test criteria.

As per the membership guidelines, non-grant associates are expected to contribute £25 per session to their observer. This is purely intended to cover the running costs of the observers bike such as Insurance, Maintenance, Tyres, Fuel, Depreciation etc.

Socials

You can keep tabs on what we are up to on all our social media below! Don’t forget to join the WhatsApp group for general discussion and if you want to get out for a ride, take someone with you.

• Calendar
• Instagram
• Facebook page
• Facebook group
• Threads
• WhatsApp

Disclaimer: The WhatsApp group is an open discussion forum set up by members to enable exchange of info between same – not an official moderated SWAR forum.

Tours in 2024

The tours are continuing! If you haven’t already looked into this, please look at them on the Calendar and sign up if you are interested.

For 2024, we have arranged three trips:

April – A Three-day tour around Mid Wales (NOW FULL) – A great time was had by all who went

July – A Four-day tour to Normandy and the D-Day Beaches (REGISTRATION CLOSED)

September – A Five-day tour to the Vosges Mountains in the Alsace region of France (CLOSING DATE FOR REGISTRATION 30TH JUNE)

The conditions of the trips will be:

• Members undertake at their own risk ‘eyes wide open’. ​
• SWAR is not acting as a Travel Agent​.
• Anyone attending will be required to sign a waiver form. ​
• For foreign tours, riders must book their ferries, trains, and any UK accommodation e.g. at Folkestone before le Shuttle​.
• Non-returnable deposits may be required to secure tour accommodation​.
• Riders are responsible for adequate insurance and breakdown cover​.

Skills days

There are skills days organized throughout the year details of which can be found on the following pages or via the calendar. Please click on the links and sign up if you are going to be attending. There are also other events on the calendar which you will be able to sign up for:

Slow riding

Cornering

Overtaking

Round Abouts

As always thank you for your support and continued membership with SWAR.

Memberships

Starting with a little reminder… if you have joined before 2023 or have joined us and passed your test 2023, you will need to pay your membership fees for 2024!  

These can be paid very easily into the following account: 

Sort Code 30-91-91  

Account number 51124868  

Please use SUBS24 with your full name as the reference. 

Not all members are due to pay this time around.  Those who joined us under grant funding in 2023, and have NOT passed their test, are covered for 2024.  

Those of you who have passed your tests, joined on the 2022 grant, or joined as a self-funded member, will be due to pay for their 2024 membership for £25 for the year. 

We hope you are already subscribed to our calendar so you can keep up to date with the events happening and sign up for any that you may be interested in.  

Things to look out for:

The group meeting on the 8th of April will be about getting yourself and your bike ready for the start of the season! We look forward to seeing you there

The April monthly ride-out will be on the 21st of April and led by David Gomez

Slow riding Skills Day! – our first skills day is coming up on the 27th of April! if you’re interested in attending please sign up on the calendar ASAP!

Tours – Last call! If you’re interested in the Vosges in September please sign up before the end of June.

Last but not least we will have our first Evening ride on the 2nd of May! please sign up for this event so we know roughly how many will attend.

Associates Weekend May 11th and 12th

The first intense weekend of training is coming up in May. Please sign up to attend!

Prescott Bike Fest Sunday, June 23rd

SWAR will be hosting a stand at the Prescott Bike Fest alongside Gloucestershire Advanced Riders

If you’re interested in attending please book your tickets through the website! https://prescottbikefestival.co.uk/

Achievements

We ran an observers’ day at the start of March and saw 5 new observers go through the program!

Socials

You can keep tabs on what we are up to on all our social media below! Don’t forget to join the WhatsApp group for general discussion and if you want to get out for a ride and take someone with you.

• Calendar
• Instagram
• Facebook page
• Facebook group
• Threads
• WhatsApp

Disclaimer: The WhatsApp group is an open discussion forum set up by members to enable exchange of info between same – not an official moderated SWAR forum

Tours in 2024

The tours are coming! If you haven’t already looked into this, please look at them on the Calendar and sign up if you are interested.

For 2024, we have arranged three trips:

April – A Three-day tour around Mid Wales (NOW FULL)

July – A Four-day tour to Normandy and the D-Day Beaches (CLOSING DATE FOR REGISTRATION 31ST MARCH)

September – A Five-day tour to the Vosges Mountains in the Alsace region of France (CLOSING DATE FOR REGISTRATION 30TH JUNE)

The conditions of the trips will be:

• Members undertake at their own risk ‘eyes wide open’. ​
• SWAR is not acting as a Travel Agent​.
• Anyone attending will be required to sign a waiver form. ​
• For foreign tours, riders must book their ferries, trains, and any UK accommodation e.g. at Folkestone before le Shuttle​.
• Non-returnable deposits may be required to secure tour accommodation​.
• Riders are responsible for adequate insurance and breakdown cover​.

Skills days

There are skills days organized throughout the year details of which can be found on the following pages or via the calendar. Please click on the links and sign up if you are going to be attending. There are also other events on the calendar which you will be able to sign up for

Slow riding

Cornering

Overtaking

Round Abouts

As always thank you for your support and continued membership with SWAR

Memberships

Starting with a little reminder… if you have joined before 2023 or have joined us and passed your test 2023, you will need to pay your membership fees for 2024!  

These can be paid very easily into the following account: 

Sort Code 30-91-91  

Account number 51124868  

Please use SUBS24 with your full name as the reference. 

Not all members are due to pay this time around.  Those who joined us under grant funding in 2023, and have NOT passed their test, are covered for 2024.  

Those of you who have passed your tests, joined on the 2022 grant, or joined as a self-funded member, will be due to pay for their 2024 membership for £25 for the year. 

We hope you are already subscribed to our calendar so you can keep up to date with the events happening and sign up for any that you may be interested in.  

You can keep tabs on what we are up to on all our social media below! Don’t forget to join the WhatsApp group for general discussion and if you want to get out for a ride and take someone with you.

• Calendar
• Instagram
• Facebook page
• Facebook group
• Threads
• WhatsApp

Disclaimer: The WhatsApp group is an open discussion forum set up by members to enable exchange of info between same – not an official moderated SWAR forum

Achievemets

Big congratulations to:

Dave Cooke for a well deserved Gold!

Tours in 2024

The tours are coming! If you haven’t already looked into this, please look at them on the Calendar and sign up if you are interested.

For 2024, we have arranged three trips:

April – A Three-day tour around Mid Wales (NOW FULL)

July – A Four-day tour to Normandy and the D-Day Beaches (CLOSING DATE FOR REGISTRATION 31ST MARCH)

September – A Five-day tour to the Vosges Mountains in the Alsace region of France (CLOSING DATE FOR REGISTRATION 30TH JUNE)

The conditions of the trips will be:

• Members undertake at their own risk ‘eyes wide open’. ​
• SWAR is not acting as a Travel Agent​.
• Anyone attending will be required to sign a waiver form. ​
• For foreign tours, riders must book their ferries, trains, and any UK accommodation e.g. at Folkestone before le Shuttle​.
• Non-returnable deposits may be required to secure tour accommodation​.
• Riders are responsible for adequate insurance and breakdown cover​.

Prescott Bike Fest

SWAR will be hosting a stand at the Prescott Bike Fest alongside Gloucestershire. We are looking for 6-8 volunteers to support us on the stand. Please let us know if you’re interested by reaching out to us in the WhatsApp groups, via email or during a group meeting.

Observers

For all members who have passed their tests and would like to continue to become an observer, the Observer training weekend will be held on the 2^nd and 3^rd of March 2024.

We expect to have some additional observers soon!

Memberships

Starting with a little reminder… if you have joined before 2023 or have joined us and passed your test 2023, you will need to pay your membership fees for 2024!  

These can be paid very easily into the following account: 

Sort Code 30-91-91  

Account number 51124868  

Please use SUBS24 with your full name as the reference. 

Not all members are due to pay this time around.  Those who joined us under grant funding in 2023, and have NOT passed their test, are covered for 2024.  

Those of you who have passed your tests, joined on the 2022 grant, or joined as a self-funded member, will be due to pay for their 2024 membership for £25 for the year. 

Upcoming Meetings

Group meeting on 11^th March

Group ride out on 17^th March

Committee meeting

The next committee meeting will take place on the 4^th March so if you wish to share a topic you would like discussed or want to share your thoughts on how we can do better please get in touch before this date.

Skills days

There are skills days organized throughout the year details of which can be found on the following pages or via the calendar. Please click on the links and sign up if you are going to be attending. There are also other events on the calendar which you will be able to sign up for

Slow riding

Cornering

Overtaking

Round Abouts

As always thank you for your support and continued membership with SWAR