I intend to start providing the John Muir Environmental Award for club members. Family groups can also complete the award. By starting now, it will be completed by October.
Many members have already indicated that they would like to start the Award. Well, what is it about and how do you get started? - register with me via rangerbobreid@gmail.com
What do I need to do after that and What is involved in completing the Award?
The Award has three parts and three sections.
The Head (Knowledge), The Hands (Doing something for Nature) and the Heart (Caring about Nature). It about discovering a new place.
What will I need to do? -Well you are already doing things, which will go towards the award, such as the Club’s Code of Conduct, understanding the importance of our Environmental and Carbon off Set Policies, also our “taking your Litter Home”
• Find out about the John Muir Discovery Award
• Find out about John Muir and the John Muir Trust
• Why is he famous?

May 08- NLSQBC Petition update

SACU Recreational Section are please to see meaningful developments in our quest to establish a climate within Scotland, where planning regulation associated to the establishing of track facilities is now going to be reviewed.
The continuation from our petition to the Scottish Government is outlined in the accompanying letter (click here) which give as hope that we will achieve our aims of having a modern approach within planning to allow facilities  
Bob Reid
SACU Leisure Director

Government Support....?

We are having a meeting at the Scottish Office on the 1st July with the Minister for Sport and Communities Stuart Maxwell Representative.

Ayr Classic Bike Show

The Moffat family attended the Ayr Custom and Classic Bike Show on June 8th to represent the Club. We had a great day and received a number of enquiries about the club and what we do. Jay also took the opportunity to get some great photographs - see these and more here

A Royal Appointment...

To celebrate 5 years of the Queens award for volunteering a reception in was held at Buckingham Palace. As winners of the award in 2007 our club was honoured to receive an invitation from the Queen for two volunteers to attend. It was a fantastic honour for Mark Komar and Richard Moffat to be asked to attend on behalf of our club. Read more here....

In Brief...click for more

Details of NLSQBC Petition to Scottish Parliament.

Please read our Response to Comments to Petition 1100 Relating to Off-Road Motorbike Report to Petition Committee Second meeting 15^th April 2008 pdf format here. Also the SACU Director of Leisure response to the Petition committee can be read here.

2008 Annual Report

Please click here to view and save our 2008 Annual Report. Once again a great year for the club with major milestones both for the club, the recreational biking community and the wider community. 

Member engagement in Local Planning

To all members who attended the North Lanarkshire Council Planning Consultation meetings throughout the council area - Due to your concentrated effort in highlighting the need for a off-road Motor Biking facility in North Lanarkshire. You came 5th in the top seven questions raised by those who attended the meetings. Well done, and thank you for making the effort on behalf of your club and  it members

Queens Award For Volunteering 2007

 North Lanarkshire Scramble and Quad Bike Club was named on the 2nd of June as worthy recipients of the 2007 Queen Award for Voluntary Service....click for more

Donation From Rolls Royce, East Kilbride.

One of our members, Stuart Murray has successfully applied to the charitable donations committee in Rolls Royce East Kilbride for a donation to the club. Many thanks to Rolls Royce for your generous donation of £100 and the recognition of our club and its aims in the community. This donation will be used to update some of our first aid equipment and facilities.

Track Maintenance 2008.

Thanks to the volunteers on the 1st, 15th and 16th of March, your help is invaluable and greatly appreciated. Please can all members make an effort to come and help on  track maintenance days. These are vital to getting track certification and running events this year.  Pictures in the gallery...

Report of our Journey to the Scottish Parliament

It has been a long road, but finally we arrived at Holyrood on the 20th November after a campaign which involved a team effort from you, the members. Through raising the awareness for the campaign we received 2234 signatures from Sottish postal codes as well as many good comments and statements of support for the need for facilities in Scotland....click for more

2007 Club Volunteer of the Year Award

goes this year to Ali Jones. Many of you will have met and seen Ali helping out at our events scrutineering, marshalling and other taks needing done. What you may not know is that Ali is the main man when it comes to preparation and grading of Balbackie tracks. With his JCB, hard work and ready smile Ali puts in many hours every year to make sure our tracks are just right on the day.

He also travels many miles, sometimes half way across Scotland after long shifts, just to make sure that he can be there to get the job done. When you next see him make sure you shake him by the hand and thank him for his hard work.  A well deserved award for a job well done! Thanks Ali.

Karen Whitefield Visit 0n 30th September

NLSQBC members were pleased to welcome Karen Whitefield MSP to Balbackie to experience what our events are about. Karen is champion our call for the Scottish Parliament to carry out a National Review into the need for proper facilities throughout Scotland Karen is hosting the three day Exhibition and Reception at Holyrood in late November to which we are extremely grateful for her continuing support

12/10/07 Club Member Success Stories...
I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate Mark Hadden on behalf of our club in becoming the Scottish Quad 200cc class Champion2007
 Mark 2007 racing year was very impressive with him winning 22 first place and a third place out of a total of 24 races. That is truly an outstanding achievement Mark started his Quading at Balbackie and reflect on the many skills, experience and opportunities he gained in being a club member
 CONGRATULATION and very well done MARK
 Other club riders who have done well this year in his first year in his Adult Support Class Andrew Waddell finishing well up the league in racing his Quad
 
Bob Reid

June 2007
Many thanks to the volunteers at this year choices for life event at Strathclyde country park.

The effort made by members to promote the club and its aims as well as contribute to other organisations and events is greatly appreciated.

NLSQBC Invited to the Queen's Garden Party at Holyrood.

13 of our members were invited to the Queen's Garden Party at Holyrood. The invitations are linked to the Club receiving the Queen's Award for Voluntary Service. We were pleased that two of our Honorary members were in attendance - Brian Wright and Andy Russell. It was a great day with the weather being dry and sunny. Not often you will get to see club members dressed up in their whistles and flutes like this......

1/4/07 - Further Grant Aid for the club

AWARD - In addition to the a £10,000 Grant award from Youth-link Scotland last year which allowed us to purchase new and extra equipment to help us to provide a better service to our members we were awarded a further £3000 by Youth-link Scotland to support us in our work. This additional money has helped procure an additional kit trailer and equipment for the club. Many, many thanks to Youth-link Scotland for your help, this is a great benefit to the club and takes us a step closer to our goal to set up a centre of excellence for Scotland.