Advertising that was produced for events which have since happened.
This is a great event that raises money for the Dr Barnado’s children’s charity We’ve been supporting this bike show for many years and we’ll have a stand there again this year. See here for photos and a video of this show in a previous year.
Click here to see information published by the organisers of this event.
We’ll be having a BBQ on Thursday 18 July 2024 starting at 7.30 pm for Branch members and their guests instead of of our usual weekly club night. It will be held outside at the BCSA where we normally meet. There will be a small charge per head per serving for BBQ food. Drinks will be served and paid for at the bar as usual.
There will be no subs collected on the night.
During the evening, we will judge all the members bikes in the car park, and we will present the Steve Butcher Memorial trophy for the Best Branch Members Bike to the owner of the best bike in the car park. So if you want to be in with a chance of winning this prestigious award, come to the BBQ on a bike.
Click here for more photos from last year’s BBQ.
The Old Motorcycle Gathering, our show for old bikes, will be held this year on Saturday 22 June 2024 at the Burghfield Community Sports Association (BCSA), James Lane, Burghfield, RG30 3RS. The show will be from 11am to 4pm. This is near junction 11 of the M4 and is where we hold our Thursday club nights. Click here to see the venue on a map.
This show is for all bikes classed as “Historic” vehicles by the DVLA, which currently means bikes manufactured before 1984. The show is open to all marques, but bikes must be ridden to the show. Prizes will be awarded for Best Foreign, Best British and Best Triumph as well as Best in Show.
There is no entry charge.
If you don’t have an old motorcycle, you can still come along on a modern bike. Just leave it in the car park while you look at the old bikes on the lawn.
A wide range of food and drink will be on sale at the bar.
Click here to see pictures from our Old Motorcycle Gathering in 2023 or read this article from Nacelle Magazine about our show.
In 2024 the Triumph Owners’ Motor Cycle Club will be 75 years old and on 17th-19th May 2024 we will be celebrating the event with a party at the historic Shelsley Walsh Hill Climb venue set in the Malvern Hills of Worcestershire.
We’ll be attending and will have our Branch stand and a display of members bikes in the historic paddock. A lot of our members plan on attending and its also a chance to meet other TOMCC members and branches at a great venue.
There will be a bar, food, and music/entertainment. There will be demonstrations taking place on the hill of special Triumph machines from throughout the ages.
Its going to be a cracking weekend !!!
See here for more details on this event.
We are having a Lunchtime Bike Meet on Sunday 14 April 2024 from 11am to 4pm at the BCSA. It’s a great opportunity to meet other riders, see their bikes and have lunch and a drink . All motorcycles and riders are welcome.
We will be holding a collection for Thames Valley Air Ambulance.
A wide range of food and drink will on sale in the club house.
See here for details of the venue.
See here for pictures from one of our previous Lunchtime Bike Meets.
This event is not organised by Berkshire TOMCC, but we will have a stand at the show. So come along and say hello if you are attending.
We will be having a bring and buy (Swapmeet) sale for motorcycle related stuff at the BCSA on Thursday 7 March 2024 at our Thursday club night, from 8pm to 10pm. So if you have any: motorcycle clothing, parts, tools, accessories or books that you no longer want, bring them along.
Just turn up with your stuff and lay it out on a table in the bar and see if anyone wants to buy it.
Or just come along and browse through what is on offer. You might just grab a bargain.
Food, drink and endless chat about motorbikes is also on offer as on all other Thursday club nights.
See here for photos of last year’s Bring & Buy Sale
The 2024 Branch Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be held on:
Thursday 15 February 2024 at 8.30pm
It will be held at the BCSA as part of our weekly club night. The AGM will start at 8.30pm. All Branch members are welcome to come to the meeting where we review the last year, present the accounts, elect a new committee and discuss plans for the coming year. Branch members can vote, ask questions of the current committee, put forward propositions and join in the discussion. This is an opportunity for all Branch members to have a say in the plans for the Branch during the next year.
People standing for the committee must be full members of the Branch and must be nominated by two other full members at any of the Thursday club nights leading up to the AGM on the nomination sheet that is on the notice board by the bar.
Come along and have your say in how the club is run. Consider how you may be able to participate more in club activities. Do you think you might like to be a committee member?
See the following links for more information.
Peter Rowe of the Glorious Adventure Company will be giving a presentation on accompanied motorcycle tours in India and Europe on Thursday the 18 January 2024 starting at 8pm at the BCSA.
This will be part of our normal clubnight, so the bar be open and hot food available as normal.
Eric Patterson (World Land Speed Record Holder) will be giving a presentation on his exploits at Bonneville Salt Flats to the TOMCC Berkshire Branch on Thursday 1 February 2024 starting at 8pm at the BCSA.
This will be part of our regular clubnight, so the bar will be open and hot food available as normal.
