Category: York Rally news

Just a quick summary for now – just back from the meeting.  More later and I’ll also be sending a more detailed update to the Friends who have supported the Rally thus far by their membership. But in brief: The Rally will definitely be on in 2015! To date (including Sportive revenues so far) we’ve…

Just a quick note that we’ll be having our next York Rally meeting this coming Saturday (the 13th September) downstairs at the ‘York Bike Shed’ cafe in Micklegate, York, from 10AM. All are welcome – especially those with any ideas, skills or time to volunteer! If you can’t make it, feel free to email any…

There are still spaces left on our fundraising Sportive, coming up on the 21st September – less than three weeks away! Please do help us fill the remaining spaces (as I write, available at all three distances) either by signing up yourself or by passing around our new Sportive leaflet! Click to enlarge… It prints…

There are still places available for riders to join the York Rally Sportive, coming up on Sunday, 20th September 2015. The ride comes in three flavours, the tough Grande Classic at 140 km, the challenging Classic at 100 km and the approachable Petit Classic at 36 km. All proceeds from entry fees go towards funding…

Out for a bike ride? Print out some of our York Rally cards and pop them in your wallet before you go, and hand them out to likely Rally-goers you encounter! Or leave a small handful at the counter of your favourite cycling cafe, at a cycle jumble or wherever cyclists gather… These are business…

We’re featured in the latest (Aug/Sept) issue of ‘Cycle’ – the CTC magazine! See the scan below and click to enlarge… Welcome to all ‘Cycle’ readers. You can find out more about who we are at About us and how you can help support the Rally’s revival by becoming a Friend of York Rally or…

Thanks to York’s Press for this great coverage! You can read the full article online: http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/11336988.Historic_cycle_rally_event_returns_to_York_after_Le_Tour_success/ and here’s how it looked on paper:

We’re delighted to announce that the Rally’s Twitter account @yorkrally is up and running! Follow @YorkRally And a warm welcome to the Rally team for Charlotte Gray, who will be doing most of the tweeting for us! Charlotte has many years of service to the Rally behind her already, along with her father Peter Gray,…

The press release is out! And I’ve just had a call from the York Press: watch out for a story on Friday… You can download the press release here as a 300k PDF: PR York Rally 09-07-14 and do feel free to pass it around! Or read on: PRESS RELEASE: Ride Yorkshire for the Rally!…

Plenty of progress to report! You can now join the Friends of York Rally online! Entries are live and route maps are up for the York Rally Grand Classic Sportive in September. We’re preparing a press release campaign to go out very shortly, capitalising on the Tour de France and Yorkshire buzz. We’re also spreading…