How to Join Centreville
We’d love to have you aboard: £20.00 + £1 booking fee for Senior Membership (over 18’s), £5.00 + £1.00 booking fee for Junior members Please visit our page on the the British Cycling website Membership renewals are due 1st November each year. We are currently looking to set up a direct debit facility to make automatic renewals possible.
We ask that members also take out 3rd party insurance with either British Cycling (at least Ride Level) or Cycling UK. This is to ensure that we are all protected in the event of an incident on the road.
Juniors (16-18’s) and under 16’s now free in their first year with the club. If young riders or their families have any concerns they can contact Joe Yates, the club welfare officer. Family membership is available, and we welcome non-cycling social members who’d like to be involved or help with organising. Enquiries via the contact page
Current Officials
President: Mandy Bishop Chairman: Nigel Bishop / Treasurer: Tony Young / Secretary: Nick Holmes / Kit Manager : Laura Tring/ CTT & BCF: Stuart Howard Cofield / Welfare Officer: Jo’ Yates
Club communication
Information for members is sent out by email through the British Cycling system, so if you get something from BC check if it is specifically from the club rather than generic BC content.
The Centreville Facebook page is here; you can see ride information, upcoming events, and post yourself if you request membership of the page. This is a public space, so not suitable for personal material or jokes.
Each club ride tends to communicate on routes and arrangements with regular riders as needed via text and/or Whatsapp, so ask to be included by the ride’s leader.
Twitter is here which is more used for broadcasting to the wider public.
Centreville Strava group
If you join our Strava club your latest rides will show up on the website and we will all be impressed and wish we were doing it instead of reading about it.
Club clothing
We encourage all members to ride in club strip – it’s a great feeling to ride and race in club colours, motorists treat us with more respect, and it lets other riders know that there is a good club to join in their locality.
The classically stylish club kit currently made by Champion Systems and can be purchased when we have an order open by setting up a personal login and joining the ABC Centreville Manchester page. Contact Nick Holmes via the contact page for more information. There is useful information on the different levels of kit available here.
We also have some kit in stock for immediate purchase, including: short sleeve Jersey (small, medium & large), blue shorts in large and black shorts in medium.
Loan equipment (in memory of Craig Perry)
Nigel Bishop (also of Fawkes Cycles) is managing equipment which can be loaned until you are able to source your own. Currently this includes an aluminium road bike and a steel tourer, both with triple chainsets and approx 54cm frames. For more information contact Nigel here.
