Tuesday 18th March 2025 saw the return of our annual inter-club quiz, this year with seven teams entering to compete for the much coveted Old Cranks trophy. Tradition states that the winners of the previous quiz had to set the questions, leaving us all one again at the mercy of Blackburn and District's exceptionally ruthless quiz-masters. As usual, the quiz was held at Boyce's Barrel in Colne, with the staff (being keen Chopper enthusiasts) entering their own team again.
Seven teams took part in the eight round competition, starting by pinpointing well known attractions on a map of Great Britain, such as Alton Towers, Blenheim Palace and Woburn abbey. We then moved on to rounds of traditional questions with topics such as what famous people's initials stood for (e.g. JFK), their occupations before coming famous, and the almost mandatory round on cycling.
This brought us to half time, and pie time, with a traditional Pie and Pea supper.
Points at the half way stage running very close:
| Burnley & Pendle | 40 points |
| Dopey Pedallers | 36 points |
| Martins & Co. | 35 points |
| T's & C's | 31 points |
| Chopper Group | 28 points |
| Clarion A | 23 points |
| Last Years Winners | 28 points |
... putting us into the lead.
Supper over, and we continued with the final rounds on "Numbers", "Letters", and two rounds of General Knowledge leaving the final points tally (in order) at:
| 1st Place | Burnley & Pendle | 69 points |
| 2nd Place | Dopey Pedallers | 66 points |
| =3rd Place | Martins & Co | 63 points |
| =3rd Place | Last Years Winners | 63 points |
| T's & C's | 62 points | |
| Chopper Group | 58 points | |
| Clarion A | 40 points |
Congratulations to us - Burnley & Pendle CTC. We now get the dubious honour of setting next years questions.
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Starting with a damp December morning, only one person turned up for the pre-Christmas Dinner ride, so it was abandoned, with everybody else meeting at Rolls Royce Social at 2:30 for drinks before sitting down to our traditional Christmas Lunch at 3pm.
Dinner was up to the usual exceptional standard, seating a total of 23 members.
The club Christmas Dinner is our traditional time to present any club awards for the last 12 months, these being the winners of the Jack Harrison Trophy: Mark Clegg, and the Bill Heywood Trophy: Margaret Brown. Congratulations to both.
Finally during the meal, we held a numbers raffle, raising just over £100 which will be donated to the Lancashire and Yorkshire Air Ambulace Services.
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Monday 26th February 2024 saw the return of our annual inter-club quiz, with six teams entering to compete for the much coveted Old Cranks trophy. Tradition states that the winners of the previous quiz had to set the questions, leaving us all at the mercy of Blackburn and District's exceptionally strict quiz-master. As usual, the quiz was held at Boyce's Barrel in Colne, with the staff (being keen Chopper enthusiasts) entering their own team this year.
Six teams took part in the seven round competition, starting by identifying the pubs central to local towns and villages, then moving on to rounds including 'Sport', 'Literature and Spelling' and 'Maths and Science'. We wisely decided to play our joker on the "Maths and Science' round, earning us double points for 9/10 correct answers.
This brought us to half time, and pie time, with a traditional Pie and Pea supper.
Points at the half way stage running very close:
| BB1-BB18 | 48 1/2 points |
| Burnley & Pendle | 46 1/2 points |
| Pendle Dyslexia | 46 points |
| Barlick Clarion I | 29 points |
| Dope Pedallers | 28 points |
| Barlick Clarion II | 26 points |
Supper over, and we continued with the final three rounds leaving the final points tally (in order) at:
| 1st Place | BB1 - BB18 | 73 1/2 points |
| 2nd Place | Pendle Dyslexia | 67 points |
| 3rd Place | Burnley & Pendle | 66 1/2 points |
| Dope Pedallers | 60 points | |
| Barlick Clarion I | 55 points | |
| Barlick Clarion II | 52 points |
Congratulations Blackburn & District, you get to keep the dubious honour of setting next years questions.
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With a very poor forecast for the ride and snow on the ground, nobody was willing to brave the elements this morning for our annual Christmas Dinner ride.
We all met at Rolls Royce Social at 2:30 for drinks before sitting down to our traditional Christmas Lunch at 3pm.
Dinner was up to the usual exceptional standard, seating a total of 27 members.
Christmas Dinner is our traditional time to present the club awards for the last year. Certificates this year being awarded for our challenge rides as follows:
100 Mile Challenge Ride
- Mark Clegg
- Claire Hunter
Unfortunately our other challenge rides this year were cancelled due to poor weather conditions.
The final presentations were to the winners of the Jack Harrison Trophy: Roger Taylor, and the Bill Heywood Trophy: Claire Hunter. Congratulations to all.
Finally during the meal, we held a numbers raffle, raising just over £120 which will be donated to the Lancashire and Yorkshire Air Ambulace Services.
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After missing two years due to Covid, our inter-club quiz night was back. Tradition states that the winners of the previous quiz had to set the questions, and eventually remembering it was ourselves, Ian Lowcock kindly stepped in as QuizMaster for the evening. Held once again at Boyce's Barrel in Colne.
Size teams took part in the seven round competition, starting by identifying the rivers that flowed through our local towns and villages, then moving on to rounds on 'The year 2023', 'Nature' and 'Pot Pouri'. We wisely decided to play our joker on the Pot Pouri round, earning us double points for 9/10 correct answers.
This brought us to half time, and pie time, with a traditional Pie and Pea supper.
Points at the half way stage running very close:
| Burnley & Pendle | 37 1/2 points |
| Blackburn & District 'A' Team | 37 points |
| Blackburn & District 'B' Team | 37 points |
| Pendle Forest | 37 1/2 points |
| Barlick Clarion | 23 points |
| Chopper Men | 26 points |
Supper over, and we continued with the final three rounds on 'Cycling', 'Yorkshire' and 'Lancashire' leaving the final points tally (in order) at:
| 1st Place | Blackburn & District 'A' Team | 64 points |
| 2nd Place | Blackburn & District 'B' Team | 63 points |
| 3rd Place | Burnley & Pendle | 53 1/2 points |
| Pendle Forest | 39 1/2 points | |
| Barlick Clarion | 38 points | |
| Chopper Men | 38 points |
Congratulations Blackburn & District, you get the dubious honour of setting next years questions.
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With a poor forecast for the ride, only five os us braved the elements this morning for our annual Christmas Dinner ride. Shame really because it didn't turn out that bad, with just the occasional short shower once we'd got going, and waterproofs not required for most of the day.
We left Rolls Royce sports and social at 10am, heading down Greenberfield Road and over Brogden Lane to Rimmington. Then on to Downham and Chatburn before turning towards Bolton-by-Bowland where we stopped at nearby Holden Clough nurseries for coffee and toast. Seems it was their Christmas fayre, and they were quite bust, but wew were made very welcome and enjoyed the break from the cold December morning.
Leaving Holden Clough, we headed up Forest Becks to Wigglesworth, turning right and down to Paythorn, before returning to Rolls via Horton and Bracewell.
Dinner was up to the usual exceptional standard, where we were joined by 25 other members who hadn't braved the morning ride.
Christmas Dinner is our traditional time to present the club awards for the last year. Certificates this year being awarded for our three challenge rides as follows:
25 Mile Challenge Ride
- Jim Duerden
- Jackie Duerden
- Sue Wallace
- Chris Wallace
- David Tinker
50 Mile Challenge Ride
- Jim Duerden
- Jackie Duerden
- Sue Wallace
- Chris Wallace
- David Lowden
100 Mile Challenge Ride
- Mark Clegg
- David Tinker
- Joolz Hampton
- John Ramsden
- Roger Taylor
The final presentations were to the winners of the Jack Harrison Trophy: Mark Clegg and the Bill Heywood Trophy: David Tiknker. Congratulations to all.
Finally during the meal, we held a numbers raffle, raising £100 which will be donated to the Lancashire and Yorkshire Air Ambulace Services.
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With Covid scuppering our annual Christmas Lunch last year, we were looking forwards to a good ride and meal today, and we weren't disappointed.
Seven riders turned up for the ride at 10am, starting from Rolls Royce Social Club in Barnoldswick, for a short ride out for coffee and toasted tea-cakes at Gardenmakers before returning via Bolton-by-Bowland for our Christmas Lunch at 3pm. We even got to meet Father Christmas along the way.
After the meal, we concluded the day with the presentation of the Jack Harrison, and Bill Heywood trophies, This year, the Bill Heywood trophy being awarded to Chris Marshall for his work over the years as our Rights and Planning officer, and the Jack Harrison Trophy, awarded to Jim Duerden for leading the points competition with a whopping 240 points!. Congratulations to both.
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