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News releases from the club

Skills for Life this Summer?

Posted on | by Salli Griffith

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 As the name suggests, better riding is not a one-time benefit but a real skill for life.

Recognising that the majority of collisions are caused by driver or rider error, the IAM Advanced Driving Test has the specific objective of significantly improving driving standards and is accredited by the Driving Standards Agency (DSA). The Advanced Riding Test is not exclusively about safety, but encourages the rider to feel confident on the road, to make good progress, and to get greater enjoyment from the experience.

To date, over 400,000 people have taken the Advanced Test, the pass rate is around 75%, and we currently have over 100,000 active IAM members.

The IAM Skill for Life package contains everything you need to get your riding skills up to speed.

  • An initial assessment with an IAM Observer from an IAM group local to you
  • As many rides as required to get you to ‘test ready’ standard
  • The definitive guide to advanced riding techniques ‘How to be a better rider’
  • Membership of your local IAM bike group, with invitations to group events
  • Full preparation for your Advanced Riding Test
  • Your Advanced Riding Test undertaken with a qualified examiner
  • An IAM Advanced Riding Certificate on passing the test
  • 12-month membership of the national IAM, which includes:
    • Our award winning membership magazine ‘Advanced Driving’
    • Access to a host of membership benefits, privileges and discounts
    • Special insurance discounts and policy cover once you have passed – Click here for more details.
    • Access to the members-only area of this website (for special events, services and member offers)

PLUS every Skill for Life course now comes with 12 months FREE RAC roadside and recovery cover (£106 RRP) so there has never been a better time to become a better rider! 

As a charitable organisation, the whole Skill for Life package is available for only £139*.

To find out more –  contact us

Round Great Britain Charity Ride

Posted on | by Salli Griffith



TVAM members Gemma Murphy and Adam Fuller will be riding round the coast of Great Britain over a period of two weeks in aid of two great charities. The first of these is Everyman, a prostate and testicular cancer charity, a disease which Gemma’s grandfather sadly died of. He loved bikes and used to take his Triumph on trials all over Great Britain. The second charity is Bliss which was set up in aid of sick and premature babies. Gemma is a nurse in a neonatal intensive care unit, so can see what valuable work Bliss does for the families of these babies.

The ride will start on the 20th May and finish on the 2nd June.

If you would like to support and sponsor them please visit Gemma’s website www.motorbikingroundgreatbritain.co.uk where you will find more information and links to the Just Giving pages. They also welcome any support on the road, so if you would like to join them for a leg or two you can also find itinerary details on the website.

Site Update: 3rd April 2012

Posted on | by Steve Dennis

The first of a series of updates to the site took place today. This was mainly a “behind the scenes” update with new versions of WordPress (v3.3.1) and half a dozen plug-ins. As these are mostly bug-fixes, you won’t notice anything different.

New in 3.3.1 is an updated admin-bar (the dark grey menu bar across the top of the screen). This shows your name and login status with a drop down menu to update your profile or logout. If you registered with a gravatar, this will also show up here. If not, you get the default little blue button. The big black “Logout” button on the left hand menu has been removed.

An RSS Feed button has also been added in the main navigation menu bar. This will allow you to subscribe to the “Latest News” page and get notification of new posts:

RSS in your browser:

Click on the RSS button and add it to your browser subscriptions.

Outlook RSS Feeds (2007 on)

Paste the following link into your Outlook RSS Feeds folder (right click and select “Add a New RSS Feed…”) https://www.tvam.org/feed/

Notifications are delivered to this folder as “emails”

Apple Computers

On an Apple computer, if using Mail, you can subscribe to the rss feed by using the + and choosing add RSS feed and inserting the url above.

 

 

Watch out for future functional updates