As we approach the end of our 99th year, on behalf of the NRC Committee I wanted to wish you a Merry Christmas and send you our very best wishes for the year ahead!
2025 is shaping up to be a year of memorable celebrations and there are plenty of events planned so please put the dates in your calendar now - you can find them posted in our Special Events Calendar here.
But before we ring in the new, I wanted to give a special 'shout out' to our 2024 award winners who will be picking up trophies at our Annual Awards Evening on 5 February 2025.
You can read about the great achievements of our racing community in our Review of the Racing Year here. And our discretionary superstar award winners are:
Dave Martin - Awarded the 'Merit Shield' for outstanding service to the Club, including adoption and management of our Spond rides app, organisation and leadership of Club runs and so much more .....
Team Friend / Edwards (Cassie, Andy and Frank) - Awarded 'Ride of the Year' for their epic, unsupported conquest of the King Alfred's Way this summer.
Phil George - Awarded the 'Club Run Shield' for the most club runs in 2024 ..... in shorts, all weather!
Fran Williams - Awarded the 'Women's Award' for being a champion in the Women's Rides community and for taking on ride leadership in other events across the Club and beyond.
Abi Dean - Awarded 'Best Racing Newcomer', not least for picking up three TT trophies in her first year with the Club.
Jack Calvert - Awarded the 'Len Buttrey Junior Trophy' for his performance in the 2024 NRC Hill Climb.
Congratulations to them all! I hope you can join us to celebrate them at our Awards Evening - sign up details will be on Spond soon.
Christmas is a special time, hopefully you are able to find a window to get out on your bike. To those who have rejoined our great Club already, I look forward to seeing you on the road in our 100th Anniversary year, and I hope we see many more rejoining over the festive break (please check your Spond messages for renewal details).
With very best wishes
Lorraine Murrell 🎄🧑🎄
Lorraine Murrell
Chair, Newbury Road Club
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