1. MCN Motorcycle Show Excel
2. MEPs, Peter Skinner 14th January
3. Club Night 26th January 2012
4. Events Calendar 2012
5. Bisley Ranges
6. Facebook Group page

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1. MCN Motorcycle Show Excel - Hi all just a quick message to say that I have 2 places still available for the Tomcc Stand at the MCN Motorcycle Show at Excel on Friday 3rd Feb - all your commitment comprises of is a 'stint' of around 3 hours on the Tomcc stand and the rest of the time you can look around the show or go home or eat etc etc - I still await the tickets for the 4 days - but if you’re interested in covering the stand on the Friday- entry is free (saving £20 each) .. open to any Tomcc member. For full details on the show see :- http://www.mcnmotorcycleshow.com/

2. MEPs, Peter Skinner 14th January – Nearly 80 riders including me and Sandy from Surrey Tomcc braved the bitterly cold Saturday morning weather to attend the MEP surgery at P&H Motorcycles in Crawley on 14th January. Peter Skinner, Labour MEP for the South East of England said he really enjoyed the day, and was delighted at the turnout, though surprised that so many of the questions were about EU procedure. He commented on how well informed the MAG members appeared to be and that he's had more mail about biking issues that any other subject. Well done all who attended. P&H Motorcycles who hosted the 'motorcycle surgery' event, P & H have kindly loaded some photos from the day onto their Facebook page. If you have Facebook then follow the link... https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150520923364727.402134.358322134726&type=1

3. Club Night 26th January - Please don’t forget that we have our club night tonight down at the King William IV in West Horsley starting around 8pm – for those of you that have yet to join us on a Thursday – please pop along if you are able to, full details on the Pub and how to get there are on our website http://surreytomcc.co.uk/ or email me with your phone number and I’ll get back to you as soon as possible.

4. Events Calendar 2012 – our event Calendar for 2012 is currently being updated and I await the runs and functions agreed for 2012 by the Committee at a meeting recently. Please have a look at our Events page on the Surrey Tomcc website for full details on our activities planned for 2012, please remember that the runs and other functions are yet to be added, however please keep an eye on the events page as we will be adding or amending the list at various times throughout this year. Events page = http://surreytomcc.co.uk/events.php

5. Bisley Ranges - In the meantime, one possible day out is a day down at Bisley ranges firing a rifle on the ranges… My contact at the ranges has given me this brief summary of how the day is run:-

The way I plan to run the guest days (learning from previous events) is to allocate slots during the morning/afternoon when the guests will get 1-1 tuition with a club instructor, and be given the opportunity to fire the club rifles. The slots will depend on previous shooting experience, for someone who has shot previously, 30 minutes will be sufficient, for someone new to the sport, probably 45 minutes. That way we can give each guest a specific time to turn up, I can organise the instructor, and we can all have a nice time. The cost of a 30 minute session, when we typically fire 12 rounds will be around £12, to cover paying for the range hire, and ammo at £8 for 12 rounds. A second session will just be the cost of the ammo, so £8. These figures will be finalised nearer the date. We should be able to handle 10 of your members in a morning or afternoon session without a problem. It is a great day out and something very different to the normal run of the mill events. Now if that has whetted your appetite and you wish to have a ‘shot’ at this, then please send me an email so I can note your interest and start to get things organised.

6. Facebook Group page – I have recently started a new Surrey Triumph Owners Motorcycle Club Facebook page - if you are on facebook check it out and join us at - https://www.facebook.com/ray.semmens?ref=profile#!/groups/surreytomcc/

That’s all for now - keep an eye on the Website and Forum and now our Facebook page for any changes or updates to club runs or functions and as always - any problems with the website / Forum or anything concerning the Surrey TOMCC you wish to bring to the committee’s or my attention – please email me at rayds@sky.com – hope to see and speak to you soon, but in the meantime Ride safe.

Kind Regards Ray
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