ABOUT THE CLUB
The club was formed in 1996 and was originally known as the Rotherham Runaways. Amongst the founding members were Rob Price, Glynn Thompson and of course the famous or should that be infamous Bully.
Their original watering hole was The Wellington Boot pub in the town centre. After a year or so the club moved to the Fitzwilliam Arms in nearby Parkgate it then began to attract members from Barnsley and the Dearne areas. In the summer of 1999 the fitz underwent a facelift which left us out in the cold (in the car park actually) new venue time we thought, so the search was on (landlords beware scooter club on the prowl). After a couple of ride-outs and one or two verbal exchanges! We decided on The New Inn at Wath upon Dearne. This is a traditional pub situated on a busy main road with lots of passing traffic (poseurs or what). The pub has strong links with scooterists being a favored haunt of The Wath Panthers and Dearne Crusaders in the mid seventies, in fact on some Sunday nights some of the old faces can still be seen propping up the bar reminiscing about the good old days and how you could pick up a complete lammy for twenty quid and a packet o' woodbines!
With Wath being in the heart of the Dearne Valley the new name was easily sorted and so the club as we know it was born. In the last eighteen months or so the club has flourished with new faces turning up from all the surrounding areas. Being a no subs and card type club it is hard to get an accurate figure but we must have thirty plus members which always guarantees a good "crack" on Sunday nights.
As a club we try to attend most major and all local events and will openly support other clubs in the area and beyond. As a club we have forged close friendships with other local clubs such as Doncaster A1, Wakefield 3 Lions, Northern Line, Doncaster Hunters and Barnsley Vikings to name a few. The club does not have an official number 1 or committee as such so what needs to be done or sorted usually gets done (eventually) by anyone who can help at the time.
A range of club merchandise is available for members new and old, pilots jackets, T-shirts, stickers etc with a small percentage of the cost going into club funds. We are always open to new ideas and suggestions and try to be democratic about decisions that may affect the long term stability of the club. Hopefully we have a good solid foundation on which to build a club we can be proud of for years to come. Finally and most importantly we try to have FUN, because at the end of the day isn't that what it's all about.
Posted by Tom on 06 Jan 2009
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