Announcements about Branch activities
This bike show raises money for the Dr Barnardo’s children’s charity. We have supported this show for many years and is always a good event with an interesting collection of custom bikes on show. We will have a stand at this show and a display of bikes.
See here for some photos and a video taken at a previous year’s show.
See here for more information about Dr Barnardo’s or here for more information about Highclose School.
We will have our Branch stand at the Swallowfield Show on Sunday 30 and Monday 31 August 2026 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.
Click here to see photos and a video from last year’s Swallowfield show.
Click here to see more information about this event from the organisers.
We will have our Branch stand at the British Superbike Championship at Thruxton race circuit from 14 to 16 August 2026. We will be there for the whole weekend from Friday to Sunday. So if you are planning on going to the Thruxton BSB meeting, why not drop in and visit us at our stand.
See here for more pictures and a video of us at BSB in 2025.
See here for an article about us at the BSB which was published in Nacelle.
See here for details of the BSB event from the organisers
At our Lunchtime Bike Meet in April 2026 we held a collection for Thames Valley Air Ambulance and raised £250. They sent us the following certificate.
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.
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, (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.
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 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.
See here for more photos from last year’s Bulldog season launch.
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.
