Events
These events are solely for Members and Associates of Bournemouth & Wessex Advanced Motorcyclists. To find out more about joining BWAM, select About BWAM.
All group organised rides are conducted according to the IAM's guidelines for Group Organised Rides. These include the stipulations that there shall always be an Observer participating in (if not leading) the ride, and that all Associates shall have been cleared for group riding. Any ride that doesn't meet these requirements is deemed not to be a group organised ride, and will not be associated with BWAM or the IAM.
Participants in group organised rides are responsible for their own safety and compliance with the law, and should at all times ride within their own capabilities.
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All departure times are latest!
19th August - Club Night
Meet friends and associates, talk bikes, plan trips ...
Monday 18th August, 8:00pm at Cobham Social Club
24th August - South West Motorcycle Show, Westpoint Exeter
Early start from Avon Forest which promises to be an interesting day of motorcycle events,displays & shows Adult tickets £8.50 Seniors £4.50 (We will be asking for discounts depending on numbers)
Sunday 24th July, Time to be arranged at Avon Forest Park Café
20th & 21st September - Loire Valley, FRANCE!
Long weekend in France Tour to the Southern Loire Valley located in the very heart of France.I will book the ferry,bed and breakfast accomodation stop overs and places to visit.If you have never toured before this is an ideal start, if you have, then you will know the superb roads, fabulous food,excellent wine and great company are not to be missed). Please register your interest with Vince on 07905411895 or e-mail Vince Woolley directly. Once he has numbers he can negotiate prices, confirm costs and take deposits.
Sunday 20th July, 11.00am at Avon Forest Park Café
22nd September - Club Night
Meet friends and associates, talk bikes, plan trips ...
Monday 22nd September, 8:00pm at Cobham Social Club
5th October - BOB FOSTER RUN
The Bob Foster
Monday 20th October, 8:00pm at Cobham Social Club
20th October - Club Night
Meet friends and associates, talk bikes, plan trips ...
Monday 20th October, 8:00pm at Cobham Social Club
17th November - Club Night
Meet friends and associates, talk bikes, plan trips ...
Monday 17th November, 8:00pm at Cobham Social Club
15th December - Club Night
Meet friends and associates, talk bikes, plan trips ...
Monday 15th December, 8:00pm at Cobham Social Club
Regular Events
Every Sunday
Sunday Observed Rides
The new optional format for regular meetings for Observed Rides, devised to promote the valuable social aspect of these rides. Observers, their Associates, and/or other Members and Associates (who have been allocated to Observers), who might welcome riding company, may be found at Avon Forest on Sundays between 9:00 and 9:30am. For further information see this article.
Every Sunday, 9:30am at the Avon Heath Park Café.
3rd Monday of each month
Club Night
Members' and Associates' social evening. Chat about bikes and riding, meet friends and associates, arrange rides. Presentations by a variety of local people on a wide range of topics of interest. Raffle. IAM literature and merchandise on sale.
Third Monday of each month, 8:00pm at the Cobham Social Club.
3rd Monday of each month Restarting for Summer 2008 on 21st April
Club Night Ride-In
Normally starting from Wimborne Somerfield Car Park at 7:00pm, and finishing at the Cobham Social Club.
Third Monday of each month, 7:00pm at Wimborne Somerfield Car Park.
2nd and 4th Saturdays of each month
Saturday Social Run
See Note.
2nd and 4th Saturdays, 1:30pm for 2:00pm departure, at the Avon Heath Park Café.
1st Wednesday in the Month New for Summer 2008 starting April 2nd
Evening Social Ride - Fish and Chips
We are going to be running throughout the coming year on the 1st Wednesday Evening of each month a "Fish & Chip Run". Get your Excuses in early.
Leave Wimborne Somerfield at 19:00.
1st Wednesday, 7:00pm at Wimborne Somerfield Car Park.
Every Wednesday in the Summer Restarting for Summer 2008 on 9th April
Evening Social Ride
Enjoy that special Dorset summer evening feeling whilst making progress to a local destination providing food.
JT says: Leave Wimborne Somerfield at 19:00. Will need volunteers to lead the rides!
Every Wednesday, 7:00pm at Wimborne Somerfield Car Park.
Note
These rides are run on an ad-hoc basis unless otherwise stated. If you turn up then there is no guarantee that anyone else will. But if you and a few others wish to have a ride then it is a good place to meet, so that others may join you. Don't forget to use the forum if you wish to plan a ride and invite others
Meeting Places
New! All eight meeting places on the Map page.
| Avon Forest Park Café | Just off A31, two miles West of Ringwood. Turn off at the Woolsbridge roundabout. The café is signposted. |
| Bere Regis | The Royal Oak pub, on the Wool road. |
| Blandford | The riverside car park by the bridge. |
| Cobham Social Club | (Also known as the FRA Social Club) situated behind 'Les Bouviers' restaurant on the road between the old Merley Bird Gardens roundabout and Queen Anne traffic lights, at Oakley (near Wimborne). |
| Dorchester | Top O'Town car park near the Keep. |
| Ringwood | Main car park, opposite lorry park. |
| Wareham | The car park on the Quay. |
| Wimborne | The small car park behind Somerfield, near the Police and Ambulance stations. |