Dear members, For the avoidance of doubt I set out below the results of Saturday’s conference voting along with some comments to put these in to context. All of the motions except motion 6 relating to the use of specified words in Clarion promotional material, were approved. Whilst motion 6 achieved a majority in its […]
25TT Championship postponed
The 25 mile Championship TT that was scheduled for Sunday 27th June will now be run later in the season (most likely in September). We will provide more information as soon as possible.
Online awards presentation postponed
The online presentation of the 2020 Club and Racing awards was due to take place tonight. Unfortunately, it has not been possible to prepare the video in time and we are therefore postponing the ceremony to Friday 18 June at 8 p.m., when the video will go live on the National Clarion YouTube channel. It […]
Tribute to Louise Harrott
Louise Harrot, a member of Saddleworth Clarion, tragically died a few weeks ago following a RTA. Her family have now set up a tribute site, https://louise-harrott.muchloved.com, through which they are raising funds for Cycling UK/Road Peace. If you are in a position to, please consider supporting this effort.
Ken Hemsley
We are deeply saddened to share the news that the National Club President Ken Hemsley passed away earlier this week. Ken suffered a massive stroke earlier in the month, when he was hospitalised. Unfortunately, the damage was too severe for him to recover and he died peacefully on Thursday afternoon (25th February). Aged 80, Ken […]
No Easter Meet in 2021
It is with great sadness that the committee have again concluded that the Easter Meet scheduled for Warwick over the weekend of 2nd-5th April should be cancelled due to the present COVID-19 pandemic. We are examining the practicalities of holding Conference by Zoom or similar, or postponing it until later in the year. At present […]
Clarion response to Highway Code consultation
The National Committee submitted a response on behalf of the club to the recent consultation as part of the government’s review of The Highway Code to improve road safety for cyclists, pedestrians and horse riders. The response is presented below, and can also be downloaded as a PDF using the button below. Consultation on the […]
2020 Clarion Awards
The 2020 National Clarion Awards were due to be presented at the 125th Easter Meet at Warwick. Obviously current circumstances have made that impossible, so we are pleased to take this opportunity to acknowledge the winners of this year’s awards, listed below. The winners are also shown in the gallery at the bottom of the […]
Easter Meet – Warwick 2020 Cancelled
It will come as little surprise to many of you, that with the recent government advice regarding the Covid-19 Corona Virus outbreak, that we are forced to cancel the 125th annual meet of the National Clarion this Easter. This is the first time we will have missed an Easter Meet since 1918, which shows how […]
Twin’s Peak: The rise to success of the Yates Brothers
Artist Simon Taylor has kindly gifted us the use of this fantastic work of art, picturing two of our most famous members, who came from Bury Clarion to both become world class cyclists. You can order a copy of this print (or others) from https://www.simon-taylor.com/clarion/. You can get in touch with Simon at enquiry@simon-taylor.com On […]