About
Us ...
Welcome
to the online home of the England XIV Chapter
of the Blue Knights International Law Enforcement
Motorcycle Club.
Who
are we?
The Blue Knights are an Incorporated Fraternal Organisation
comprising of Law Enforcement Officers
from every aspect of Law
and Order, who share a passion for Motorcycle Riding.
The Blue Knights came about as an Organisation in
1974 when a few friends from Bangor/Brewer, Maine,
U.S.A. decided to form a local Recreational Motorcycle
Club. This was to counter the adverse publicity
and public perception of Motorcyclists following
on from the Lawless Activities of the Motorcycle
fraternity commonly known as the 'Hells Angels'.
Within two
years of the small club being formed, it had become
an International Organisation called the 'Blue Knights.
Today, the Blue Knights have 588 Chapters in over
twenty-three Countries (representing 30 Countries)
spread across the World, with in excess of 19,268
Members. There are 18 Chapters in the United Kingdom
with some 666 members.
Blue Knights International has
its own website which you can visit here.
If
you think you would like to join us, then follow
this link to the Members
Area and please get in touch with us, we
would love to see you. I think that we have several
points in our favour which may help you make up
your mind.
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We
are a friendly and welcoming group.
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We want people to come out and enjoy riding with
us, and this does show when new members join us.
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We
look for interesting events for our members to
participate in.
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We
are planning events to raise money for our charities
next year.
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We
participate in Lawride and fund raise for the
police survivor's charity - UK COPS.
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We
support two other worthwhile charities - NABD
and Support Dogs.
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We
actively support national and international rallies.
- We
LOVE riding our bikes!
England
XIV has an area which incorporates the Avon
& Somerset and Devon
& Cornwall police areas. We can be
found by travelling south down the M5 Motorway until
you near the City of Bristol. From then on, all the
waydown to the very tip of Cornwall at Lands End,
that's us, England XIV.
It
is a large area for a club, but the advantages are
the variety of motorcycling roads and the views. You
should sample riding over the Mendip, Blackdown or
Quantock Hills or on either Bodmin
Moor, Exmoor
or Dartmoor.
It is truly wonderful! Fancy visiting the sea? then
we have many areas to visit from areas such as The
English Riviera to the south, then all rond Cornwall
to the coast of North Devon and Somerset. Our area
has historical Ports such as Plymouthand
Bristol
and the Architectural wonder of Edwardian Bath
as well as the mystical area of Glastonbury - Avalon
in King Arthur's time. So plenty to visit and see,
so why not come and join us - we are a friendly and
welcoming Chapter!
Besides
enjoying our bikes, we try to help our charities and
you can see details of our adopted charities namely:
UK COPS,
the National
Association for Bikers with a Disability and
Support
Dogs. Please take time to 'click' on link
logo's to the far right of this and every page on
this website.
England
XIV is part of the United Kingdom
& Ireland Conference which currently
comprises of 18 Chapters throughout England, Wales,
Scotland and the Republic of Ireland. The Chapters
are as follows and where they have them, links to
their websites:
England I
North West England
England
II South East England
England
III North East England
England
IV Wessex & The Channel Islands
England
V Manchester & Western Pennines
England
VI East Midlands
England VII Norfolk/East Anglia
England
VIII Leicestershire & Rutland
England
IX South Yorkshire
England
X Cambridgeshire
England
XI Staffordshire & West Midlands
England
XII North Yorkshire
England
XIII South Midlands
England
XIV The West Country
England XV North Lancashire
Ireland I
Republic of Ireland
Scotland
I Scotland
Wales I
Wales
Visit
the UKIC website here.
Enjoy
your visit and don't forget to let us know if you
are visiting our area, especially if you would like
to meet up.If you would like to join us then please
follow this link
to our Members Area where you will find all the details
and forms.
Ride
With Pride,
John Cooke
President
