Recently we have received communications from Bilton Cricket Club increasing the cost of the room hire and the food. The room hire is only a marginal increase, however the cost of food on the evening has doubled.

The costs were already significant and even with the £2 contribution from members, the provision of a buffet signified a loss to the group depleting finances.

The committee has discussed the situation and has taken a short term decision to suspend the buffet until a solution can be found, We aim to discuss this at the next committee meeting in January and then gather consensus from the wider membership on options moving forward at the AGM in April.

As a result the £2 contribution for the buffet will be not collected at the meetings.

The January meeting on the 13th will host a speaker, Jeremy (Jez) Hardcastle from Mental Health Bikers, a UK charity promoting mental health amongst bikers. We hope for a good turnout for this speaker who is travelling down from the NE to be with us.

If any of the members have any comments or suggestions then please reply/email.

Thanks

Paul