Category: Announcements

Announcements about Branch activities

Spring Bring & Buy Sale -2026

Last year we held a Bring & Buy sale in the summer in addition to our popular January Bring & Buy Sale. It was a great success, so we have have decided to do it again this year, but a little earlier in the year this time.

So on Thursday 21 May 2026, we will have a bring and buy (aka autojumble) sale for motorcycle related stuff at the BCSA 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 or on the lawn in front of the building 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 Bring & Buy Sale in January 2026.

Summer BBQ – 2 July 26

We’ll be having a BBQ on Thursday 2 July 2026 for Branch members and their guests instead of the usual weekly club night starting at 7.30pm. 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.

We will hold a raffle with some fabulous prizes to be won.

During the evening, we will judge all the members bikes that are brought along, and we will present the Steve Butcher Memorial trophy for the Best Branch Members Bike to the owner of the best bike there. If you want to be in with a chance of winning this prestigious award, come to the BBQ on a bike.

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

The Old Bike Gathering – 2026

The Old Bike Gathering, also referred to as the Old Motorcycle Gathering) is 0ur show for old bikes. It will be held this year on Sunday the 28 June 2026 at the Burghfield Community Sports Association (BCSA), James Lane, Burghfield, RG 30 3RS from 11am to 4pm. This is near to junction 11 of the M4 and is where we hold our Thursday evening 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 1986. 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.

A collection will be taken for Blood Bikes, which is a charity which uses volunteer bikers to deliver vital suppliers like blood to hospitals. See here for more information about Blood Bikes.

Click here to see pictures from our Old Bike Gathering in 2025 or read  this article from Nacelle Magazine about it.

See the following flyer about the show that you can download, print and share.

Lunchtime Bike Meet – 25 April 2026

We are having a Lunchtime Bike Meet on Saturday 15 April 2026 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. 

Hot food and drink will be on sale in the club house and the bar will be open.

A collection will be taken for the Thames Valley Air Ambulance, which is a charity which brings emergency hospital level care by land or air to people in the local area to give them the best chance when the worst happens.

See here for details of the venue.

See here for pictures from last year’s Spring Lunchtime Bike Meet.

Here is a flyer for the event. Feel free to pass this on to other bikers in the area who might be interested.

Bulldog Season Opener 2026

Bulldog Triumph will be having a season opener at their shop in Wokingham on Saturday 18 April from 10am to 4pm. Triple C Paintwork will be there and and firing up the grill will be Barbarian Grill. We’ll be there too with a stand and some of our members and their bikes. See Bulldog Triumph for more details.

Our stand at at previous Bulldog Triumph’s season launch

See here for more photos from last year’s Bulldog season launch.

John Bottomley – Evolution of the motorcycle

John Bottomley will be giving a presentation to the TOMCC Berkshire Branch and invited guests on Thursday 5 March 2026, starting at 8pm at the BCSA.

John will chronicle the Inventions and Innovation necessary for the development of a motorcycle starting in 3400 BC and finishing in early 20th Century when the audience can then add their own knowledge and motoring experience . It is focused on motorcycles but does apply to cars. John will use a few examples of machines, but it is not a chronology of early bikes , or cars.

John is a former engineer and has ridden motorcycles off-road and on the track all his adult life. He also started the motorcycle team at Brooklands Museum. 

John gave an excellent presentation to us last year on GP Racing Development which was well attended and everybody enjoyed it. So we’re looking forward to another great evening with John.

Joining the Branch Committee

We need new people to join the Branch Committee to enable the Branch to continue when existing members step down, where existing committee members are covering more than one role or just because having new people join from time to time helps to keep things fresh.

We are a very active Branch and there are a lot of things to organise each year. See this video for a summary of what the Branch does in a typical year or check out the Events page on this website to see what we are doing this currently.

All this takes some organising, and a lot of Branch members contribute in various ways, but there are usually some key people who are critical to making something happen. Some things need continuity, like managing the Branch’s accounts or looking after the Branch’s collection of tools and they really need dedicated effort from one person. The point of having a committee is for the main people organising things to communicate with other, coordinate their activities and collectively agree on what to do. See this description of the current roles on the committee. However, those roles are only a guide. The way the work is divided up has changed in the past to reflect what different people are able to contribute, so we could do that again if needed.

We typically have about six committee meetings a year, which last about two hours each and are held at the BCSA, usually on a Tuesday evening. In addition, the committee has a dedicated Whatsapp group and we also communicate with each other by email.

So if there is something that you could do and you can come to committee meetings, why not stand to be on the committee? You need to be a Full Member 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. There is then a vote at the AGM when the committee is elected. If that all sounds a bit daunting, have a chat to one or more of the existing committee members on a Thursday night and they will be able help you.

Reading Toy Run – Dec 2025

The annual Reading Toy Run organised by Reading Christian Motorcyclists will be on Sunday 7 December 2025. As usual, we will be supporting this in various ways, with some of our members acting as Marshalls or supporting the event at the High Close School destination while others will be joining in the ride alongside thousands of other bikers in the area.

See picture above for information about the event from the organisers or see their Facebook page for the latest information.

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