Thursday 9th July – Club Meeting – Speaker, Graham Weatherhead with a presentation entitled ‘Blood Bikers’.
Graham began his presentation by showing a short film about ‘Blood Bikers’ which explained the operation wasn’t confined to transporting urgent Blood supplies but included Human Breast Milk(Premature babies can’t be fed formula milk substitutes), Faecal samples, Bone Marrow and even special medical equipment. Graham himself then expanded on the explanations given in the film. He told us they weren’t an Emergency Service but a Charity providing an Urgency Service.
Similar services were first started back in 1962 but the Service Graham represented started back in 2014 and is now known as ‘The Shropshire, Staffordshire and Cheshire Blood Bikes’. The group has some impressive equipment and vehicles. Some of the vehicles, including many motorcycles, are registered for zero Road Tax if they are showing emergency service livery. The Charity works 24/7/365 with at least 6 motorcycles on duty at all times and all riders and controllers undergo extensive training. Vehicles aren’t allowed to exceed the speed limits or pass red lights but motorcycles are allowed to filter through congested traffic streams. In adverse weather, services have to be suspended when temperatures drop below 3 degrees C for the protection of their volunteer riders.
Graham’s presentation concluded with a further film fter which Graham repeated to the meeting that his organisation is a Charity and provides all its services free of charge. He asked members to consider a donation to the Shropshire, Staffordshire and Cheshire Blood Bikes.
Donations can be made online via Barclays Bank, Account Name: SSCBB Community,
Sort Code: 20-85-46 and Account Number: 63671887
Thursday 2nd July 2026 – Walk – High Lane and Middlewood.
Starting at the Red Lion Pub on High Lane this was a circular route with an initial stroll along the Macclesfield canal towards Poynton and peeling off at Lord Vernon’s Wharf towards The Middlewood Way. After a short stretch along Middlewood Way there was a branch of the former railway which took the group to a nature reserve called The Jacksons Brickworks. A former quarry and brick factory which is now a wonderful area of ponds and woods being a home to birds, flowers and other wildlife. On return via the Nature Reserve all adjourned to the Red Lion for a perfect lunch.
Wednesday 1st July 2026 – Bowls – Macclesfield 2 Probus v Knutsford Probus
On a beautiful day the Knutsford Probus Bowling team visited the very picturesque green at Siddington Village Hall to play a combined team from the Probus Clubs of Macclesfield 2 and Alderley Edge. The first visit earlier in the season was a victory for Knutsford by 74 points to 55. So, revenge was no doubt in the minds of the home squad.
In both halves there were some very tight matches with good play and sportsmanship to the fore, and during the halftime break, the match could have gone either way. As the total points were added at the end of the afternoon Knutsford came out on top yet again by 92 points to 80. Knutsford entertain Macc2/Alderley Edge on the 12th August at their Knutsford Bowling Club green.