Year: 2016
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Earlybird ending, CIO progress, a design challenge, Coxwold and more…
We had a very productive meeting on Saturday (19th March) and are making good progress on several fronts. Many thanks to Cycle Heaven on Hospital Fields Road, York, for hosting us again. The key points are: – Campsite bookings are coming in well, but earlybird prices end just a week today (midnight on Sunday the…
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Ready to race at the Rally? Grasstrack entries are open now…
Entries are now open for the grasstrack racing at the 2016 York Rally! You can now enter online via the British Cycling website. This event has traditionally been one of the great fixtures of the Northern grasstrack circuit, and we are proud that it is now returning for a second time following the successful revival…
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1949, 1962 & 1975: glimpses into Rally history
Many thanks to our Event Co-ordinator Paul Reid, who unearthed three copies of early CTC magazines which featured items about the Rally, from 1949, 1962 and 1975. Without further ado, here they are – enjoy! Apologies for the poor scanning on some of them:
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Feb update: bookings hotting up, Sustrans feature the Rally and more…
Time for another York Rally update! Last weekend we had a meeting, our first in a new venue (Cycle Heaven’s shop near the Millennium Bridge in York) and we’ll likely be back there again for our next meeting too, on Saturday 19th March, when our kind hosts will work on some improved seating arrangements. Key…
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1965 York Rally – anyone remember the Bootie bike?
We have received the following very interesting letter from Brian Conolly, who would be very interested to hear from anyone with further information, or recollections, of the ‘Bootie’ bike which was on show at the 1965 Rally. Click any image above to enlarge. He writes: Dear York Rally committee, I’ve sent you some photos from…