York Rally Newsletter: 5th June 2016
Dear fellow cyclists,
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With under two weeks to go until the 2016 Rally, this may be our last newsletter before the event! We had our final on-site committee meeting on Saturday (4th June) - everything's on course, and the Knavesmire was looking in good condition too.
As you will (I hope) see in the picture above, we've completed the show programme and it will be off to print on Monday (6th June). Huge thanks to all of the traders whose advertising in the programme helps offset the print cost. And it's looking good...
Just about everything is now coming together. We have:
• A full rides list!
• A packed trade show.
• Auction (Saturday) and Saddlebag Sale (cycle jumble, Sunday)
• Masses of racing and sport, especially for under 16s! If you have kids into racing we will able to keep them busy: we have Go-Ride coaches on site giving free skills training to U16s (all day Sat, plus Sunday PM), plus youth categories in Grasstrack (Saturday) and Cyclo-cross (Sunday).
• A talks programme (still being finalised, but will we hope include touring talks, specialist club talks, and Q&A sessions on electric bikes and recumbent trikes)
• Performers ready to go! As well as the Foresters folk bank playing live on Saturday evening, The Pretend Stage will be back with their eclectic act! And Bo Clown will be entertaining with his bicycle-borne Punch and Judy, too.
• We have a bar selling craft beer from Cwrw Ial Community Brewing Company in Wales - under cover in a large seating area so we hope it'll be popular.
• We've been working on many improvements after last year. So expect more and better signs, a bigger Rally HQ area with much less cramped displays, new bunting for the Arena, and much more!
• Plus we have a new Volunteer Co-ordinator - do drop by HQ to offer just an hour or so of your time if you can, or sign up online.
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