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Minutes of KDCS Committee Meeting - Mon 29th June 2026

  Present: Anne Brookes (Chair), Dave Wills, Brian Woodward, Tim Goffe, Phil Morgan, Jim Carson, Will Beck Apologies: Martin Slader 1. Membership Anne reported that 6 new members had joined this year, since January.   Only 2 had responded to the Welcome email and requested to join the email lists (Jane Hodgson and Peter Hicks); the other 4 were not known to Will on the MTB rides.   Action:   Anne to send follow-up email to new members who are not on email lists. 2. Ri de reports MTB (Will) Will reported that the MTB calendar was filled until September and that they had managed to put on a ride every week so far.   The talk then focused on the major incident that occurred on Thursday 4 th June when Caroline came off her bike on gravel in Grisedale Forest and sustained serious injuries to her shoulder, suspected neck, and arm.   Phil was with her and quickly assessed that the emergency services were needed and called Coniston Mountain Rescue (CMR...
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KDCS AGM – The Tap, Kendal 7pm - 27th January 2026

  KDCS AGM – The Tap, Kendal 7pm -   27 th January 2026 Attendees: Anne Brookes, David Wills, Martin Slader, Will Beck, Tim Goffe, Jim Carson, Andy Gillham, Clare Gillham, Richard Evans, Alan Green, Phil Morgan, Bill Jackson, Simon Rose, Mike Hayward, Jan Goodey, Brian Woodward, Brian Cox, Neil Hazlehurst, Sue Hazlehurst, Sarah Harrison, Liz Otway, Caroline Neall, Rod Luhrs, Catherine McConnell, Pete Wade, Ian Jones, Phil Haddon, Lesley Houfe, Romola Stringer, Steve Warner, Kath Hunt, Paul Crooke. Apologies: Catriona Webster, Angela and Tony Brand- Barker.   1. Chair's report (Anne): Introduction Anne opened the meeting at just after 7pm and outlined the agenda for the meeting. Approval of Minutes The minutes of the last meeting were approved. Proposed by Will Beck and seconded by Jan Goodey. Membership of KDCS  Anne had sent out emails to all those on the membership list who had not been active for a while to see ...
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Agenda for KDCS AGM at The Factory Tap Kendal Jan 27th 2026

1. Chair's report (Anne): Introduction Approval of Minutes Membership of KDCS  Committee membership KDCS Blog revamp 2. Financial Summary (Martin) -  Approval of accounts 3. Ride reports Road rides (Anne) MTB rides  (Will) Easy Tuesdays  (Dave) 4. Away Trips (Brian & Tim) 5. Committee Proposals for discussion Ride 'Guides', Insurance and Affiliation with Cycling UK Change of Email account  6. Social events - request for organisers 7. AOB
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KDCS Accounts Y/E 31 DEC 2025

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KDCS AGM February 2025

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KDCS AGM –TUESDAY 11TH FEBRUARY 2025 STATION INN Committee: Anne Brookes, Tim Goffe, Brian Woodward, Martin Slader, David Wills, Will Beck There were about 20 members present in addition to the committee. Apologies: Edward and Romola Acland, Mark Bazeley, Liz Otway, Peter Horne, Angela and Tony Brand-Baker, Catriona Webster, Kath Hunt Agenda: 1)       Financial Summary 2)       MTB rides 3)       Away Trips 4)       Road rides – joint leaders 5)       Easy Tuesday 6)       Social events 7)       Web site 8)       AOB   The meeting started at 7:30pm. Anne Brookes (Chair), opened the meeting and welcomed everyone and gave a summary of how the meeting was going to proceed, with reports from committee members and AOB at the end. 1)     Finan...
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Steve hands over to Anne as Chair of KDCS

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  TO ALL MEMBERS Many of you will know that after many years of being Chair of KDCS I have passed the baton on to Anne Brookes. I would like to thank all of you for both your personal support, and for keeping our cycle club active for the past 30 years. The time is now right for a fresh pair of hands to take over the role and I would like to thank Anne for volunteering for the task. I’m sure Anne will bring her considerable professional skills and her cycling knowledge and  experience to the post and I know you will support her in taking our club forward.   Thank you once again and I look forward to seeing many of you on future rides. Steve    
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