 |
|
 |
Home | Newsletter | Bike Rides | The Egrets (Tandems) | Loaded Touring | The Clams | The Bents | Our Sponsors | Classified Ads | Contact Us
Mission
of the Tidewater Bicycle Association:
The purpose
of the TBA is to promote and encourage the use of the
bicycle as a means of recreation and transportation; to
develop a physically fit, self reliant, well informed
citizen; to uphold and support the rights of bicyclists; to
encourage the use of facilities for bicycling on public
lands; and to provide information in the interest of
bicycling safety.
Why should you join TBA? It's fun! It's healthy! Great way to meet people! It's affordable! And, you can register safely online with a major credit card.
Membership Applications and Information: Click here. Membership can be paid online!
The 4 candidates for Mayor of the City of Virginia Beach will be attending and speaking at our September 10, 2008 membership meeting. They will speak about 10 minutes each and then there will be about a 30 minute question and answer period. No questions will be asked from the floor but we would like any questions you might have for any one or all of the candidates. I will act as the moderator and will try to pick or combine as many questions as possible.
Very Important! If you have a question you would like asked of the candidates, it must be submitted to me in writing via e-mail or regular mail and received in my office no later than 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, September 4, 2008.
This will be one of the most important election decisions all Virginia Beach residents will have to make this November. If you want improved and safer bicycling facilities in the City of Virginia Beach, be sure you attend this meeting or if you don’t then do not complain about the outcome of the election.
Tom Coghill
|
If you live in the City of Virginia Beach, you must attend the September 10th membership meeting at the Central Library on Virginia Beach Blvd. All four candidates for Mayor will speak to us at 7:00 p.m. that evening. This election is extremely important to all of us who ride bicycles in Virginia Beach. The current and several previous City Councils have done absolutely nothing for the health, welfare and safety of any citizens who are trying to improve their health and also to save gas. |
From
the President: 32nd Annual Tour of the Eastern Shore
September 26-28, 2008
The Tidewater Bicycle Association's Annual Eastern Shore Tour will take place the weekend of Sept. 26-28, 2008. Have you set the date on your calendar and made reservations yet?
The weekend begins on Friday – whenever you arrive. If you arrive early, you may have time for cycling around the island or into the refuge, just a short distance from the Best Western Motel on Chincoteague Island, where we will be staying. And if you arrive before dinner, you may also have time for a casual “Chincoteague Island” dinner at one of the local seafood restaurants. Whenever you arrive, you will have a chance to meet others joining our relaxing, social “Getaway Weekend” and hear about our plans for riding and dining on Saturday.
Saturday morning, after a full breakfast at the motel, we will caravan to Snow Hill, MD. For a 35/45 mile circular ride on flat, country roads. We will stop in the town of Berlin, about 20 miles in, for lunch at one of the local cafes. The ride will be whatever your comfortable pace is B, C or just cruising, and we usually break up into groups at each of these paces. After the ride, we will caravan back to the motel for showers, resting, and getting ready for our Wine and Cheese Social before going out to dinner.
Early Sunday morning we gather for a ride into the Assateague wildlife refuge to look for the Chincoteague ponies and other local residents of the refuge, then return to the motel for another full breakfast. The weekend is topped off with a ride around the island, observing the both the aspects of a quaint beach and fishing community and also the relaxing modern small-town getaway.
We will be staying at the Best Western Motel, Chincoteague Island which has very nicely furnished rooms, a full breakfast, and an area for us to socialize for our Wine and Cheese Event and at other times. AND the management has give us a very reasonable group rate. They are holding the 16 first floor rooms for us on a first call, first serve basis, and then will take reservations on the second floor – there is an elevator. To make your reservation call the Best Western at 757-336-6557 and tell them you are with the TBA.
Please call or e-mail with any questions to let me know you are joining us so we can make plans for the Wine and Cheese Event on Saturday afternoon, and dinner reservations for Saturday evening.
Carole Taylor, 757-490-1831, ctbiken@cox.net
Important Dates and Information:
-
The next General Membership Meeting will be on Wednesday, September 10th and then November 12th at the Virginia Beach Central Library. As always new and non-members are welcome and encouraged to attend. 6:30 pm to socialize, 7:00 start of meeting.
-
If you have moved, please contact Marcella to have your address updated. E-mail: cnt4@verizon.net. We mail out our correspondences and newsletters via 3rd Class mail, and it will not be forwarded by the U.S. Postal Service.
-
The deadline for next month's newsletter is the 10th of this month. You can e-mail your submissions (i.e. classifieds or articles) to Jeff Hathaway at editor@tbarides.org.
-
The TBA Board Meetings are open to all current members of TBA. If you would like to address the Board on a topic please send your request in writing to club president Tom Coghill at cnt4@verizon.net. Directions are available at www.tesorocorp.com, click on the Offices Tab.
 |
 |
 |
|
||
 |
|
 |
|
||
September 1st Labor Day Ride
September Eastern Shore weekend event (possibly coincide with the Fiddler’s convention in Berlin, MD)
November Elections at the General Membership Meeting
November Fall Festival Ride/Picnic at Northwest River Park (1st Weekend)
December Christmas party