CMA (UK) - CMA Scottish Borders Branch Events

Scottish Borders

The Scottish Borders branch operates on the border with England. We meet on the 2nd Wednesday of each month at the Under the Sun cafe, 45-47 Roxburgh Street in Kelso. The 'forgathering' begins around 19:30 and for GPS users this cafe has a post code of TD5 7DS.

Contact

For further information contact:
Steve (borders@bike.org.uk) on 01573 224380

Events

2012: March April May June July August September October November

March 2012
31^st National Exec meeting Share:
31^st Heather is leading us to Kielder to break the ice at a bikers’ gathering place. This is a café close to the biker meeting point marked on the Lidl’s waterproof maps. Details will be sent out soon but current thinking changes the start point to Jedburgh, collecting Ron at Bonchester Bridge and then a ramble through Kielder Forest. Timings have to be worked out to get us to the café for lunchtime. Share:
April 2012
21^st This is a mystery ride to north of the Forth. David is asking us to gather in the square in Kelso from 08:30 to depart at 09:00. He will lead us at road ‘legal speeds’ (slow manoeuvring for some) to the A7 and Dobbie’s Garden Centre EH18 1AZ. This is the second rider collection point 09:45 and then on to Tesco’s at South Queensferry for 10:15. From here we go over the Forth Road Bridge and disappear into the mists of Fife. Share:
28^th National AGM at 1.30 pm at Woodgreen Evangelical Church, Hastings Drive, Warndon Villages, Worcester WR4 0SR Share:
28^th to the 29^th International Classic MotorCycle Show at Stafford County Show Ground, Staffordshire, ST18 0BD. CMA have a stand. Share:
May 2012
4^th to the 6^th Paignton Bike Festival will be held on Paignton Green. Open Friday evening, Saturday & Sunday Share:
11^th Torque Festival 2012 www.torquefestival.org We are confident the gospel will be clearly presented at Torque through the music and personal testimony so be assured this event sets it’s main objective as evangelizing men. There will be Christian books on sale, mobile coffee van, pakora van and mission stalls. The event kicks off again with a mass ride out from Glasgow to Irvine. Our partners this year include Operation Mobilisation, Christian Men Together, MAD Ministries, Central Evangelical Church and Christian Motorcycle Association. We are extremely grateful to The Bridge Church in Irvine for offering us the use of their superb venue. All proceeds from the event will go towards mission and men’s ministry. Here is the line up this year; Philippa Hanna, young british singer songwriter www.philippahanna.co.uk Steph MacLeod from Edinburgh, amazing testimony www.blog.stephmacleod.com Royal Foundlings, top Scottish Christian rock band www.royalfoundlings.co.uk After The Flood, local worship band Release Dance Crew, young hiphop dance group http://youtu.be/S1iDNuWB014 Gospel Graffiti Crew from Holland, sharing the gospel through graffiti art www.ggcrew.org Just to inspire you a little I have included a few YouTube links; http://youtu.be/y9aN_OX3gp8 video made by the French graffiti boys of their trip from Dunkirk to Torque including schools work & bike ride out http://youtu.be/dNShfKp745c video made by CMT partner Matthew McKinnon of Torque 2011 with some of the bands and the graffiti work http://youtu.be/6PiIt0ToHX8 this year’s short Torque promotional dvd with a bit of Philippa, Release and Gospel Graffiti Ticket prices are as follows; Standard Adult Ł20 Concession (student, under 16) Ł15 Adult group (10+) Ł18 Concession group (10+) Ł10 Standard tickets can be purchased online at www.torquefestival.org Group tickets can be purchased from me.. Share:
19^th to the 20^th The BMF Show at Peterborough. CMA have a large stand at this prestigious event and Bedford Branch will need assistance to make it work. Share:
26^th to the 8^th of June Isle of Man TT Share:
26^th Ken plans to LEAVE the car park, on the A72 at the west end of Peebles, at 930am. Then to continue on the A72 to Biggar then the A702 to Abington. This should only take about 30 mins, even on a BMW, and would be a good point to collect riders from the Northwest. The tone of his route continues in this style so it would be a great ride to take part in, even on a BMW! Share:
June 2012
15^th to the 17^th MAG Farmyard Party - an important event for CMA. Held at Duncombe Park Estate,Helmsley, North Yorkshire YO62 5EB Share:
22^nd to the 25^th As you may have guessed, this is the branch's long weekend away. We are now booked into the same hotel as last year. The Millcroft, at Gairloch, are looking forward to seeing us again. Perhaps this year we can take full advantage of the long hours of daylight with an extended ride. Another option is to take a thorough look at the eastern side of Scotland. Share:
23^rd National Exec meeting Share:
29^th to the 1^st of July CMA Ireland have their first National Rally in Dublin. See http://www.cmaireland.ie Share:

July 2012
7^th to the 8^th Kelso Bikefest at The Border Showground, Kelso, TD5 8LS Scotland. CMA have a stand at this event. Share:
7^th to the 8^th BMF rally at Kelso with another chance to let the Holy Joe's light shine! I couldn’t really say “little light shine” as this may imply a lack of assurance. Share:
21^st A day designed to appeal to a wider audience. It's intended to be a joint run with Forth and Tay. George Mackie is organising the route and we understand that he is trying to find dry, clean roads to suit a fancy Italian thoroughbred bike. Share:
26^th to the 29^th CMA UK National Rally at Storthes Hall Park. Storthes Hall Lane. Kirkburton. Huddersfield. HD8 0WA Share:
August 2012
1^st to the 5^th EMC hosted by CMF Franken www.cmf-franken.de at Zeltplatz Schleuseninsel D-91301 Forchheim, Germany, not too far from the Czech border set in the area known as the 'Franconian Switzerland' Share:
18^th Gordon, from the far west, is going to organise this run. We can only trust that this run will not involve slow riding between Hamilton and Motherwell. There is a rumour that the run will include a viewing of the finest decking in Motherwell! Share:
24^th to the 27^th CMA will have a stand at Greenbelt at Cheltenham Racecourse Share:
31^st to the 2^nd of September CMA will have a Holy Joe's cafe from Friday morning to Sunday morning at 'Stormin The Castle Rally', Witton Castle Country Park, Witton-Le-Wear, Bishop Auckland, County Durham DL14 0DE. Contact our National Chairman, Mike, if you can assist. Share:
September 2012
22^nd National Exec meeting Share:
22^nd Allan is organising a day out for many elderly gentlemen and ladies in the full bloom of life. Allan has agreed both to set up a run and put up with us helping him. Share:
October 2012
20^th 20th October may become the last chance for Ron to organise a run for Scottish Borders in 2012. With his planned early retirement we should enjoy a brilliant day out. The extra free daylight hours will permit Ron lots of time to get everything just right. Share:
November 2012
3^rd National Exec meeting Share:

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