Suffolk Triumph Owners Motorcycle Club
Welcome to the Home page of the STOMCC.
The Suffolk Branch of the Triumph Owners MotorCycle Club.
Please have a look around and maybe stay a while .we are a group of like minded Triumph Owners from across suffolk and own Triumph Motorcycles from all years .
About
We offer friendship, ride-outs, social events, help and advice on owning and riding Triumphs and opportunities to get involved if you want to. Regular activities include breakfast runs, shows and rallies etc. Extra social events like quiz nights and 10 pin bowling competitions are also organised regularly. Many of our members regularly take trips abroad.
We invite all TOMCC members to come and join us at our headquarters
The Pickerel Inn, 65 Stowupland St, Stowmarket IP14 1EQ
On the 2nd Tuesday of the month. Whether you’re young or old, ride a new or old bike (or in the car).
So pop along one night and introduce yourself, we will be pleased to meet you.
AGMs and Other Business
AGM: 2022
This Took place onTuesday 12th April, at our club HQ .
AGM Archive
The 2021 AGM was held via Zoom the recorded meeting is available to members on request .
- 2020: Cancelled due to Corona
- 2019: Minutes
- 2018: Minutes
- 2017: Minutes
Events and Activities
- Calendar and organising an event
- Our regular events
The events listed in the calendar shows different two types of events and labelled as such:
FYI Events:
It's the things that happen and where you go in your own responsibility and and not as representatives of the club or the branch.
STOMCC Events:
Those are our club meetings and activities where we represent the club and our branch. These are either
- Show type events where we come together with stall and banner, or
- Rides which start at a dedicated location and we ride together as a group from there.
The second needs a Risk Assesment
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If you wish to plan an event please get in touch with the Social Secretary who will be happy to assist with the planning, and will liaise with the treasurer, if needed, and the webmaster on your behalf to make your event a success.
Ad hoc rides won't make it into the calendar. Those are rides where we use our bikes to meet at a fish and chip shop, or for an ice cream or an (alcohol free) beer, when the sun is out. Please pop those on the FB page to drum up some attendance.
STOMCC Calendar
Below is our list of the regular events, but please look up details directly at the events calendar.
Regular events
- Every 2nd Tuesday of the month is Club night at our HQ the Pickerel Inn
- Every 4th Tuesday of the month we see to arrange a ride to a different pub in the county to accommodate people who live in different areas of the county.
- Annual General Meeting: we are hoping to hold our 2023 AGM at the branch HQ
- Every year we attend the Copdock Show. In 2019 we won best club stand. Next upcoming date is September 2022. Please check the calendar for date once it is announced. We usually arange for a team to camp over the night before, which makes it a bit of a mini-rally, a great branch weekend out.
Calendar
Upcoming STOMCC Events
We did this the year before lockdown and we had a blast. Please let me know if you would like to go, have the bike on the stand and if you would like to camp over. https://www.facebook.com/wheeliefunday/
Our 4th Tuesday Summer meet at The George and Dragon ,Long Melford. New and Prospective members welcome ,please pop a long and say 'Hi', food is available for those wishing to attend.
Our Monthly meet at our Club HQ , come along and introduce yourself. New and Prospective members welcome come on your Triumph or in your Car . Bring your +1 and as usual, no obligation to come by bike, the more the merrier
Our Monthly meet at our Club HQ , come along and introduce yourself. New and Prospective members welcome come on your Triumph or in your Car . Bring your +1 and as usual, no obligation to come by bike, the more the merrier
4th Tuesday Club Meet Tue Jul 26th 7:30pm - 11:00pm White Horse Tattingstone, White Horse Hill, Tattingstone, Ipswich IP9 2NU, UK FTW will have their event in the field, but pub and front garden is open to us. There is no food generally but there is an option to organise if you are interested. Please let me know.Come along and introduce yourself. New and Prospective members welcome come on your Triumph or in your Car .
The theme will be based around '120 years of the Triumph motorcycle' We'd love a broad cross section of bikes from oldest to the latest split evenly between the two factories, Meridian and Hinckley. With one bike being 30 years old to coincide with the 30 years of the Copdock show. Would you like to show off your pride and joy? Anything in road Worthy condition considered! Please contact one of the show committee (Stephen Limmer, Sue Barrett or myself) with what you have. A cross section of the different engine sizes would be good too. Camping over on the Saturday night with the usual fun and frollicks!!
We now have booked 10 places, This is now fully Booked. we now have created a WhatsApp group for people going, we are hoping to be able to ride together. We will take a van as well and carry some stuff. This is organised by branches from the Midlands with the idea of getting branches together and having a good time (10 branches joined so far). This is just what we were looking for. We have built good relationships with Essex, Norfolk the Gloucester Meteors and Guernsey, and had been thinking about our own little rally this year. Now we're getting one delivered on a silver tray. There will be: Fixed camping facilities, Food, Bar, Bands, Games, Rides (Hinkley Factory), ... The Friday night band is announced: Kick Back from Cambridgeshire. For first hand info you can join the TOMCC Big Branch Bash FB group.
Time: · Stall; 09:00 – 16:00 · Visitor 10:00 – 15:00 Location:Steam Pumping Station, Hatfield Road, Langford, Essex FB: https://fb.me/e/3FYjV93Y6 Cost: Adult£8.00, Concessions £7.00, Children (5 to 15) £5.00 Children under 5 FREE We have now secured a stall there, and spacefor side car plus 6 bikes. Stall crew will get free tickets. Pleaselet me know if you are interested in displaying and getting a free ticket. For STOMCC members: Separate email wentout on 18th July.
World record attempt. Everybody welcome, only females counted for record. Details on FB https://fb.me/e/2T7b1EW7E. Please let me know if you are interested and I'm happy to send you the details if you can't access
Blog
Our Bikes
Our Commitee members.
Paul Meecham
Chairman
Andy Turner
Vice Chairman
Mark Barrett
Treasurer
Tim King
Membership Secretary
Rika Nauck
Social Secretary & Webmaster
Useful Links
Disclaimer
The below web links have been useful to our members and are personal recommendations. We are not responsible for the content of the sites, nor do we support the content on club basis. If you believe that a link should not be displayed here or you have links you found useful and would like them added, please get in touch with the webmaster. Our Own
- Suffolk Branch TOMCC Public Facebook page : This is where we announce everything which we think the world should know about us
- Suffolk Branch TOMCC FB Private Group: You need to be a member of the TOMCC club to be admitted to the branch page. Please click the join button, and if you are eligible you will be admitted. For queries please get in touch with the chairman or the webmaster.
- Twitter @SuffolkTomcc
- Instagram @suffolktomcc
Friendly LinksClubs
- Motorcycle Action group - MAG: The Motorcycle Action Group (MAG) is a Riders’ Rights Organisation that champions and promotes motorcycling in the UK.
- Copdock Classic Motorcycle Club - CCMC: The Copdock Classic Motorcycle Club (CCMC) is run by enthusiasts for enthusiasts for the goodwill and promotion of motorcycling. Our branch has a stand on their annual motorcycle show, which from 2021 takes place on the first Sunday in September. Please check the Calendar for details.
Service and repair
- Ekquire Motorcycles Bury St Edmunds: For all your Diagnostics, Servicing, Repairs, M.O.T, Parts and Restoration. Very specialised in Triumphs, and recommended by members of the branch.
Address: Ekquire Motorcycles, Station Hill, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP32 6AD
Tel: 01284 765434
Email: info@ekquire-motorcycles.co.uk
Advanced Riding
- Biker Down - Road Safety: As bikers tend to ride in groups or pairs, it is usually the case that when one is involved in an incident, the first person on the scene will be a fellow biker. Biker Down is a free awareness-raising course for bikers, created by Kent Fire and Rescue Service, and consists of 3 modules:
- Incident Scene management
- Casualty Care
- The Science of Being Seen
- We are looking into organising a course for the branch once the Covid situation relaxes.
- Suffolk Advanced Motorcyclists - SAM: SAM is a registered local charity (No 1067800) and affiliated to the Institute of Advanced Motorists They are one of their Official Providers as part of the IAM RoadSmart brand.
Contact
- The Pickerel Inn, 65 Stowupland St, Stowmarket IP14 1EQ, UK
Our usual HQ Our New Club HQ is The Pickerel Inn, 65 Stowupland St, Stowmarket IP14 1EQ Our club night takes place on the 2nd Tuesday of the month from 19:30 onward
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