Minutes of the Club's 86th AGM, held on 15th May 2026 at Moore Place Hotel, The Square, Aspley Guise, Bedfordshire

President's opening remarks
Mervyn Jones thanked Steve Wassell for his work in producing cycling runs of the highest interest that incorporated the outstanding aspects of each local area. Mervyn also gave
special thanks to Steve for the run to Llangollen which replicated, as close as possible, the original run of the Club in 1939. He also added his thanks to absent treasurer Alan Pritchard who, although not an accountant by trade, is very diligent in his approach to the treasurer's responsibility. Mervyn added thanks to David Robertson for his arrangements for the annual dinner which had been very successful this past February.

Apologies for absence
Apologies were received from the following members
Mel Payne
Paul Stanforth
Mark Bickerton
David Moakes
Tony Wilkinson
Mike Norris
Rick Stanforth
Alan Pritchard
Kyle Hodson
Donald Haden
Tony Hadland
Keith Noronha

Approval of the minutes of the previous AGM
These were agreed without alteration. Proposed by Roger Airey and seconded by Jeremy Pinnock.

Election of Officers and Committee
The following members were proposed
President - Dan Farrell
Vice President - David Taylor
Treasurer - Alan Pritchard
Run Secretary - Steve Wassell
Dinner Secretary - David Robertson
The above officers were unanimously elected.

Treasurer’s Report
In the absence of Alan Pritchard, Mervyn Jones presented the treasurer's report.
This showed a slight reduction in the bank balance of approximately £100, but this was after certain prepayments. As such the club had produced a surplus in the previous year. Mervyn noted that there was also no dinner in the 2025 calendar year since it was held over until February 2026. Acceptance of the accounts was proposed by John Macnaughtan, seconded by Eddie Eccleston and adopted unanimously.

Run Secretary’s Report
Steve Wassell commented on the three runs in 2025 that were all successful. There had been 18 attendees in Belgium, this despite several members being severely held up due to issues in the channel tunnel. There were 20 riders on the Draycott Water Day run and 14 members attended the Weymouth run. Members present at the AGM considered this to be a very enjoyable run. Looking forward Steve noted that the July day ride would be in the Bridgnorth/Ironbridge area and the autumn run would be on the Norfolk/Suffolk border close to Diss, which was timed for 2nd to 4th October 2026. Steve also noted that in 2027 the locations had not yet been finalised, but in 2028 the aim would be to return to France or Spain.

Dinner Secretary’s Report
David Robertson reported that February's dinner had been successful. It was noted, however, that the showers in the hotel were very unpredictable and  he agreed to take this up with the management. It was proposed to continue with this venue next year on the 26th February 2027.
Mervyn Jones proposed that we continue to choose our own wines and pay corkage, rather than using hotel wines and that he would cover any extra costs involved.
There was a general discussion about a speaker and David advised that he was looking at a website where speakers could be provided cost free. However, Tim Ward said that he would be prepared to make a presentation. This would be followed up in due course.

Any Other Business
Philip Taylor suggested three new membership possibilities, namely:
Del Thomas
Iam Fulton
Clive Punter
These proposals would be considered at the next committee meeting.

The President closed the meeting.