Choristers get on their bikes for Annalese and Sparkle

Photo by Lyn Gauntlett   Members of Cõr Meibion Caldicot Cycle Club, friends and supporters leave the choir hall this morning to set out on their epic three day sponsored cycle ride from the source of the Severn to Caldicot via Shrewsbury, Ironbridge, Bridgnorth, Stourport upon Severn, Worcester, Tewkesbury, Gloucester and Thornbury and finally over the…

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Choristers and friends cycle for Prostate Cymru

  What an event!  Four days of sheer torture and happiness. Three hard stages of cycling plus three nights camping out with a great bunch of lads.   Day 1 – leaving the Choir Hall early afternoon in the mini-bus, driven by Leon to the Gateway Holiday Park in Llanelli. Eventually tents put up and bedded-down for…

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Cycling Club has Distinguished Patron

Following the success of the 55 mile Taff Trail ride, the riders have formed a cycle club under the auspices of Caldicot Male Voice Choir and known as Côr Meibion Caldicot Cycle Club (CMCCC).   The new club has two founding principles: 1. to embrace the health benefits, attendant with organised social cycling and 2. to…

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Choir Cycle Club Web-site Created

Following on from the recently arranged bike rides and the highly succesful Taff Trail sponsored ride by members and friends of the choir, organiser and chorister Tony Griffiths has created a new web site which will specialise on the Choir’s newly formed Cycle Club.   This promising site will focus on past and forthcoming Choir cycle…

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Taff Trail Story Told

I’ve included a lot more photos of our Taff Trail riders and supporters.  Many are taken from video footage so the size and quality may be poorer, but nevertheless they’re worth showing (I hope).  The preparation of a commemorative DVD is underway and should be available next week.   It’s worth reiterating that this was…

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Sponsors Support Choir Cyclists

Many thanks are due to all the supporters who gave up their time and expense to back up the Sponsored Taff Trail Bike Ride.  Not least among these are the local businesses that provided food, drinks and accessories to help the choir meet its targets.  Without them our task to complete the Taff Trail would…

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Intrepid Choristers Triumph on Taff Trail

Press Release   The wheels of twenty seven bikes went round and round as choristers and other supporters pedalled the 55 miles of the Taff Trail from Brecon Canal Basin to Cardiff Bay where they came to rest some 7 hours later, exhausted, but triumphant at the Millenium Centre.   Early in the morning of 19th August at…

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Choristers Tour de Taff Trail

  Early in the morning, on Sunday 19th August, 11 intrepid riders from the choir and 22 choir supporters will meet at the choir hall at 7-30am (organised by Dave Kirton) and be taken by mini-bus to Brecon canal basin to start the marathon ride to Cardiff Bay.  This is a sponsored event, organised by…

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Fundraising Cycle Ride

On Sunday, August 19th 2012, a number of choir members, friends and supporters intend to raise funds for the choir’s 50th Anniversary in 2013 by riding the 55 mile Taff Trail from Brecon to Cardiff.           Timings 8:00am – meet at Choir Hall 8:15am – mini-buses to Brecon 9:45am – arrive…

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