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The Lansdowne Dinner, Awards & Riders Meeting 2024

Saturday 9th November 2024, The Manor Hotel, Meriden Once again we are at The Manor in Meriden, where in the afternoon we will have our riders meeting to discuss the 2024 season and the new 2025 season.  We should by then have a rough idea of what meetings we are likely to be invited to…

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The Lansdowne Dinner, Awards & Riders Meeting 2023

Saturday 18th November 2023, The Manor Hotel, Meriden Book now to avoid disappointment. Manor Hotel is now fully booked but other options are available – see below Once again we are at The Manor in Meriden, where in the afternoon we will have our riders meeting to discuss the 2023 season and the new 2024…

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The Lansdowne dinner and awards 2022

Saturday 19th November 2022, The Manor Hotel, Meriden Once again, we are at The Manor Hotel, Meriden, where in the afternoon we will have our riders meeting to discuss the 2022 season and the new 2023 season. We should by then have a rough idea of what meetings we are likely to be invited to and would…

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The Lansdowne awards 2021

See the full Championship positions here Through the beer goggles of Tony Perkin The Manor once again hosted our annual awards to a full house of eighty five impeccably dressed racers, sponsors and supporters of Lansdowne – ‘the’ purest classic race series. Here to collect trophies, enjoy excellent food, have a lot of laughs, win a…

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The Lansdowne dinner and awards 2021

Saturday 20th November 2021, The Manor Hotel, Meriden Once again, we are at The Manor Hotel, Meriden, where in the afternoon we will have our riders meeting to discuss the 2021 season and the and the new 2022 season. We should by then have a rough idea of what meetings we are likely to be invited to…

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Triumph Over Adversity Recovery Raffle 2021

All the team here at the museum want to thank everyone who has given to our first Covid-19 raffle… As promised, the funds raised are being used directly for the purpose of reopening the museum for a limited number of days James Hewing, Museum Director Museum Triumph Over Adversity Recovery Appeal Raffle 2021 The Lansdowne…

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Support our National Motorcycle Museum

The Lansdowne Classic Series has been sponsored by the National Motorcycle Museum for many years – now is our opportunity to lend them our collective support. Coronavirus has hit museums hard as they rely on the footfall of their visitors to keep the wheels turning. The Museum has launched some initiatives to ease the situation…

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The 2020 classic racing season – Q & A

Well, here we are fellow Lansdowne racers, bodies and bikes tuned to perfection awaiting the start of the 2020 season, all praying that the pandemic that threatens us all is reducing and as most of us are facing a return to work and the new normal life. It leaves in its wake the classic motorcycle…

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The Lansdowne awards 2019

See the full Championship positions here Bonhams Lansdowne British GP Championship 2019 Peter Bardell 186 Sam Clews 149 Luke Bailey 95 WRR 500cc National Motorcycle Museum Lansdowne Championship 2019 Chris Bassett 186 George Thomas 148 Peter Carr 104 Avon 350cc Lansdowne Championship 2019 David Hebb 137 Jimmy May 59 Cliff Ransley 50 The Classic Motorcycle (TCM)…

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The Clive Ling trophy meeting

Round five at Snetterton 200 The Lansdowne bring their grid of classic race bikes to Norfolk and the Snetterton 200 circuit on 28-29 September. Hosted by CRMC, our dedicated grid of classics are all set to contest the final round. It’s tight at the top in the Bonhams British 500 GP Championship with just 22…

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