NWRoAR came into existence during the early part of 2019.  There was no RoSPA group in the area at the time and yet there were many hundreds of riders spending their weekends flashing around the glorious roads through the mountains of North Wales, and beyond - some having 'unfortunate incidents'. 

 

As a small section of those riders, we felt there needed to be some way of improving rider skills, whilst shaking off the view that advanced rider training was for the 'older generation' - because us younger ones know what we're doing! ("Younger" in this context is clearly tongue in cheek, if you look at some of our photos!)

 

So, a group of enthusiastic riders gathered together, set about achieving RoSPA Gold and Tutor qualifications and, with RoSPA's help, formed the group. 

 

Initially, the idea was to cater for the needs of the central and north western Welsh counties, but it rapidly expanded to include all the counties along the coast, including the Llyn Peninsula and Anglesey. There were many local riders beginning to take an interest in advancing their skills, either for themselves or, in some cases so they could ride for Blood Bikes Wales, which was rapidly expanding its fleet in the north of the country.  Consequently, having successfully passed with the highest RoSPA qualification many of the NWRoAR advanced riders have now joined the blood bike team.

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From the point of our inception the membership has grown rapidly to over 70 members, with the vast majority of those tested achieving 'Gold' at their first attempt!