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Christmas Club Night 2025

The Christmas Club Night in 2024

We’re planning to make the last Thursday before Christmas on the 18 December a really special club night starting at 8pm at the BCSA. It’s open to all Branch members and their partners and there will be a complimentary buffet of festive food and Christmas music. The bar will be open as usual. We will be holding a raffle with some great prizes. So come along and enjoy a yuletide evening with fellow Branch members.

Note that Goring Lane is now open again which makes it easier for those coming from the M4 direction.

If you are a Branch member, you should have already received an invite like the one below by email.

If you are coming, you should already have replied to the email telling us so and whether you are bringing a partner. If you haven’t done so already, please do so and let us know and we may still be able to fit you in.

It will be a fun evening. Click here to see some photos of last years event.

Bring & Buy Sale – 2026

We will be having a bring and buy (aka autojumble) sale for motorcycle related stuff at the BCSA on Thursday 15 January 2026 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 our 2025 Bring & Buy Sale

Nacelle Report – Nov 25

Below is the report published in the November 2025 issue of Nacelle, which covered Branch activities in September 2025

First off, a personal thank you to Digger Warwick for riding with me to Bavaria, where we met up with our Tiger Explorer riding, globetrotting hero, Jörg Balle, in his hometown of Sonthofen, the southernmost town of Germany.  Digger, you’re a great wingman.  Oh, that damp Belgian pavé, so slippery when wet!  I think Digger’s waterlogged boots finally determined that he needed new ones, which he duly purchased in the Held Superstore, otherwise he would have been better off on a barefoot adventure.

Digger and Bibendum off-roading with Jorge Balle in Southern Bavaria

We held our Autumn Bike Meet at the BCSA on the last Saturday of September and had some great bikes in attendance.  Well done to all who helped at the event and, of course, all those that brought their bikes.

A well attended Autumn Bike Meet at the BCSA and a great selection of bikes

Ride-outs have continued twice weekly, such has been what seemed like an endless summer.  One midweek ride led by King Graham to Hamble-le-Rice saw a great route threading our way through the Hampshire countryside.  A stop to buy fish & chips and onto our briney destination where the Hamble converges with Southampton water, as calm a picture as you could wish for, so no chance to go surf crazy.  Why not join a ride-out on any Sunday/Wednesday/Thursday, check out the Runs WhatsApp Group for details.

An ambush of Tigers at the water’s edge

Now don’t miss Bob’s famous quiz on 6th November!  I’m sure you’ll have to exercise those brain cells to win one of the fabulous prizes and perhaps even be pictured on these very pages.

Question 1: What’s the hidden theme in the report?

Ride fast and safe.

Bibendum

Branch AGM 2026

The Branch committee at the 2025 AGM

The 2026 Branch Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be held on:

Thursday 12 February 2026 at 8.00pm

It will be held at the BCSA as part of our weekly club night. If you arrive around 8pm, you can get a drink from the bar, get a seat and sign in before the formal meeting starts 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.

See the following links for more information.

Current Committee Members

Committee Roles

Do you think you might like to be a committee member? See here for more information on how to get involved and join the Branch committee.

Berks on Nacelle Front Cover

The front cover of the October 2025 issue of Nacelle

For the second time this year, the TOMCC magazine Nacelle has featured one or more of our members on the front cover. This time it was Branch Chairman Nick Swain on his 1969 Triumph Bonneville together with Regalia Officer Chris Williams on his Triumph America with Branch member Derick Nobbs as a spectator in the background. The photo was taken during the Branch’s appearance at the Swallowfield show in August when around a dozen members rode a parade lap around the arena and then talked about their bikes and the TOMCC. The photo illustrates a key part of what the TOMCC is all about: Club members having fun together on their bikes. We get to do a lot of that with Club nights every week, ride-outs often twice a week and around a dozen other events a year.

Branching Out – Old Bike Gathering

This article is about the Old Bike Gathering, also called the Old Motorcycle Gathering, which is our summer show for bikes that are more than 40 years old, and is held every year. This describes the show held in June 2025 and first appeared in Nacelle, the Triumph Owners Motor Cycle Club magazine in October 2025.

Click here read the article in full.

Nacelle Report – Oct 25

Below is the report published in the October 2025 issue of Nacelle, which covered Branch activities in August 2025

Hello all, well summer fizzled out with a few damp days, but what a fantastic riding season we’ve had this year and August saw the branch very busy, yet again.  With what’s become the norm of having two ride-outs a week, we’ve had rammed weekends, too.

The first Sunday of August saw 13 riders thread their way to Sammy Miller’s museum in New Milton for Triumph day.  An excellent event and an establishment that seems to have grown new buildings every time I go there.  It was good to chat to Tracey, Dave and Simon from the South Hants branch and we hope to see you again soon.

Rendezvous for the ride to Sammy Miller’s museum for Triumph day
Pre2000 Classic bikes at Thruxton BSB. Whoops! what’s that Rocket doing there?

The following weekend was a long one for some, commencing on the Thursday, erecting the branch stand at Thruxton for the BSB.  We were restricted to pre-2000 bikes for our display in the classic bike arena.  So it’s a big thank you to those members who ventured out on their “classic” pre-2000 bikes to the event.  It’s your involvement that makes these displays and we try to make ours outstanding.

On parade at the Swallowfield Show with Andrew taking control of the MC’s mic.

For the bank holiday weekend the branch displayed bikes at the Swallowfield show.  Again, blessed with fine weather, we were on parade and interviewed by the MC both days in the show ring.  Now, not a lot of people know this, but this country show has been in existence since Gottlieb Daimler was granted a patent for the world’s first ICE motorcycle: 1885.

Looking forward to Saturday 27th September, when we will be holding our Autumn Bike meet at the BCSA, James Lane, Burghfield.  All are welcome and all the usual amenities will be available; we hope to see you and your friends there.

Finally, a warm welcome to Lee, Ian and Scotty who all joined TOMCC’s premier branch in August.

Ride fast & safe

Bibendum

Riding Route 66 – 9 Oct 25

Mick Bennett will be giving an illustrated talk on his epic ride on his Bonneville along the legendary Route 66 from Chicago to Los Angeles. Mick and a group of friends had their bikes shipped out to Chicago in advance and then rode them on an adventure across the USA. Mick will be talking and showing photos from his trip to Branch members and their invited guests at the BCSA on 9 October 2025 from 8pm.

Mick on the Triumph Bonneville that he rode on the trip
Mick’s Bonneville parked outside the Dixie Truck stop with his friends bikes
Their bikes at another stop on route

Quiz Night – 2025

We’ll be holding our annual quiz night at our Thursday Club Night on 6 November 2025 at the BCSA.

Once again, quiz master, Bob Cromwell will be testing our knowledge with questions on motorcycle related topics and general knowledge. Prizes will be awarded at the end of the evening for the winning team.

You don’t have to form a team in advance, just come along. Teams often get formed on the night, typically around three or four people each. You can also participate as an individual if you want. It’s a great way to get to know other people and have a fun evening.

See here for some photos of last year’s quiz.

Proceedings will kick off around 8.30pm so get there before that so you can get your team together and get yourself a drink from the bar.

Swallowfield Show – 2025

Our stand and a display of bikes at the 2024 Swallowfield Show

We will have our Branch stand at the Swallowfield Show on Sunday 24 and Monday 25 August 2025 with a display of Triumph bikes. So if you are going to the show, come along to our stand and say hello. We will be in the “Classic Car” area.

If you are a Branch member and want to display your bike on our stand, remember you need to inform us before hand, so please get in touch.

Click here to see photos from last year’s Swallowfield show.