The town of March may have
lost its railway marshing
yards at Whitemore
but it now has a vintage cycle club to be proud of. The March
Vintage & Veteran Cycle Club .The club which was formed on
the 28th of April 1983 with 30 members in it, now has over 70
Members, who now own a wide range of vintage and veteran cycles.
It has it own rally which gets better each year (see below). The
club attends the other vintage cycle clubs rallies in the UK and
in other countries. It also goes to lots of events like the Nene Valley Railway transport weekend and fetes and
parades. The clubs own vintage cycle rally was held in the town
of March for the a number of years, but for the last few years,
this rally has been held at Upwell, were the club has also hoisted
the N.A.V.C.C. rally in 1996 The club had also hosted the NAVCC
rally in 1986.
This page on the
March Club has a short report on 2002 events with link to a fuller
report and photos of some events. 2001 events and links to events
in 2001 are at the bottom of this page
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2002
The club went to a lot of events this year.
The year started out with the annual free wheeling competition.
This was held on a misty morning with Colin Arnold free wheeling
the most. Gail Arnold was winner in the ladies event. The Club
took part in the March Golden Jubilee Parade. The club went 2002 Nene Valley
Railway transport day at Wansford station on July 14th and
put on static display of cycles and also to the later in the year
to Norfolk railway for its transport day. The club went to Duxford
on June 26th and 27th. Members went to this years 2002 NAVCC rally. Also the Boston
club rally was attended. The 2002 March vintage cycle club
rally in 2002 was held in March this September for report click
on report . This is just some of a very busy year for the club.
March Vintage &
Veteran Cycle Club now is its own official web site.
On this site are more details
of these and other events that members and the club went to. I
have put a link below to the site and it's home page with its
full name. Please note you will be leaving this site.
It's well worth a look.
2001
2001
The start of January 2001
saw March Vintage & Veteran Cycle Club holding their famous
Freewheeling competition. This is strange as March is in the middle
of the very flat fens. There is not a hill any were. The March
members hit on the I dear of using a railway bridge. The riders start on top of the bridge
and then free wheel down! 52 members turned out on bright but
bitterly cold day.Then they then all went afterwards for a hot
lunch.
This page updated 2-10-2002
The 2002 March
rally report