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North Lanarkshire Scramble and Quad Bike Club

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New Events and opportunities for your Calendar This Weekend - Volunteers Wanted to attend Viewpark Garden Show Friday 15th Saturday 16th and Sunday 17th May phone Bob 07759159219 Saturday 16th May Club Guide Walk at Strathclyde Water Sport Centre 1pm to 3pm part of the John Muir Award Sunday 24th May Let's Building Nest and Bat Boxes "Night v Day Wildlife Hotels" at the Visitor Centre Strathclyde Park 1pm to 4pm then for them to be put up in June and will be part of the John Muir Award 1pm to 3pm Andy Russell's Track Rider Training Days These are two specials for our members and will help you improve your skills and riding techniques. The first one is on the Sunday the 14th June at Balbackie and for Bike Riders Training day only followed by Andy Russell's Quad Rider Training Day on Saturday the 27th June both days will start at 9.30 am and finish at 2pm Sunday 28th June Bird and Bat BOXES completed will then be put up around Balbackie Come along and get involved, show that Bikers do care for the Wildlife, it will count towards getting a John Muir Award If you wish to register for the John Muir Award then see Bob ( visit the John Muir Award link to find out what the award is about) NLSQBC Member Success Stories Congratulations to Daniel Chisolm for his successes so far in the racing scene - another example of the talented riders coming from the NLSQBC stable. Whilst we are a recreational club it is rewarding to see the skill and quality of young riders in the club and also moving into the racing side of the sport. Well Done Daniel! Borders mxc championship round 1 @ duns march 30th Annual Report Please right click for 2008 annual report here. This provides a detailed round up of the club and its many achievements in 2008. Don't forget Sunday 22nd AGM and Presentation of Member Awards for those who were not at the Dinner Dance. Please can as many of you as possible come to the AGM as this is a key event for the club and communication with the membership. This is a pivotal year for the club and how we move forward. Held at the Water Sport Centre Strathclyde Country Park, from 1pm to 4pm In the Press... As you will all be aware noise is the single biggest issue affecting off road sports - especially bikes. The future of racing at Croft circuit near Darlington is in doubt after three local residents were awarded around £150000 in compensation for noise issues. Noise is what has prevented us submitting a full planning application for Forrestburn - despite positive outcomes from noise testing. There is, however a sea change being driven by both the need for reduced pollution in the environment and the requirement for more efficient transport technologies - namely (dare I say it) Electric bikes! I know there are many who still believe these are feeble kids bikes - but with the Isle of Mann staging a TT for low emission machines we are in for some great machines. 100% torque at minimum revs...150mph bikes...low running cost and zero emissions. KTM have indcated that they will have production crossers in 2010. The only problem is cost - for now. After discussion with Bob I have been in contact with Zero bikes and also KTM to see if we can obtain a test and demo bike for the club. At present we have not managed to get one but we will continue to do work on this. As for the industry - well check out these... quantyabikes zeromotorcycles Electricmoto Mission one Vectrix	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. 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 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.... 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
Key 2008 stories... NLSQBC Presentation and Disco Evening I must thank all the people who assisted in providing such an enjoyable evening. Thanks to our Guests Eric and Heather Jones SACU, Lenny McGingell and his lovely wife from Motherwell College and to John and Barbara for organising the Cambusnethan Social Club, which is an excellent venue. We will consider using the larger hall next year as some members were disappointed because of the demand for tickets. Thanks to the Cambusnethan Catering Staff for providing an excellent spread with plenty to eat and to Carolyn McDonald for collecting and running the Raffle, which made £130.00 Thanks to our member David Arnott for providing the Disco, which went down a storm with everyone involved and to Jim Henderson for his piping rendition of his very own “Leaving Balbackie” I would like to thank all the membership on behalf of my Wife and myself for the lovely leather briefcase and the food hamper, which was presented to us on the evening. Thank you and best Wishes Bob Reid Choices for Life 2008 NSQBC volunteers and first aid facilities supported the Choices for life event at Stratchclyde Park. A great day out for the club. Many thanks to the volunteers. See photos on the YC Website here... Forrestburn Noise Test July 08 Saw two noise testing events;- The first at Forrestburn with a number of club volunteers attending on quads and bikes to assist. Bob and Ali cut tracks into the site to facilitate the testing and everyone had a great time (if a bit dizzy) riding the test tracks. The second was at Balbackie at one of our July events. It is our hope that working with council consultants we are able to build on our case for planning consent at Forrestburn. See Photos here... NLSQBC MEMBERS AND THE JOHN MUIR AWARD I can now provide the John Muir Environmental Award for club members. Family groups can also complete the award. 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? 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.