Club News
This page will be used for the regular updates regarding the latest Cossack Owners Club information
13th March 2026
Welcome to the first COC email of 2026.
In it, you'll find a comprehensive list of not just COC camping weekends and possible days out, but those planned by The MZRC. We have a considerable crossover of members with the MZ Club, meaning you're likely to meet someone you know, or at least know of.
We have included a flyer for "An Epic Weekend" at Bottisham Airfield Museum. Noni Stannard sent it. She sends these flyers for events she plans to attend, making excellent use of the COC email service to tempt members to attend. It's off the A14 between Newmarket and Cambridge.
It has been said that often, COC camping weekends are too far away for members worried about mechanical integrity or the weather. If more people sent in meet-up possibilities like Noni does, there's bound to be somewhere close to someone to ride to. Get in touch here.
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These emails, sent out more frequently throughout the Summer, enable short-notice meet-ups. Going out at the weekend, fancy making it a gathering of friends? Email me, I'll tell the Club, the more the merrier, right?
COC Committee news.
Nick Turnham is established as our Treasurer now and a member of the club's organising committee. treasurer.coc@gmail.com
Peter Ballard has taken up the role of Club Secretary as well as his previous responsibilities for machine dating. Peter is the first point of contact with the club for the outside world. secretary.cossackownersclub@gmail.com and idandreg.cossackownersclub@gmail.com
David Angel, yes, F2 David, is our new Facebook Group Administrator and joins the committee to give the Facebook group an important voice in club decision-making. f2mcltd@gmail.com This allows David Cox to concentrate on administering the COC Website.
Regalia
We've decided not to maintain stock, but instead to make COC clothing available from the supplier. At the time of writing, setting up this process is in progress. Gina, our departed Regalia Secretary, is selling off the last of the regalia stock through the established club outlets until it's gone. If there's any left now, it'll be available from the COC Website, www.cossackownersclub.co.uk/shop
Places to go, people to see, hundreds of them throughout 2026!
International Classic Motorcycle Show
25–26 April 2026 Staffordshire Showground, ST18 0BD
Contact: Comrade Carl 01253720327 NB, Carl lives a peaceful life largely without the internet anxiety the rest of us suffer. He's not contactable by email. Leave a message on his answerphone if you want to display your bike on the COC stand. This is worth doing because, yes, there is a highly polished motorcycle show, auto jumble, exotic auction and trade stands as well, but Stafford is very much a COC social event too.
COC Spring Dent
8–10 May 2026 Conder Farm, Dent, Cumbria, LA10 5QT There is no official organiser for this, the weekend runs on the formula of the weekend after the early May bank holiday, so those who know go then. It's very much a COC institution, begun a hundred years ago by Trevor College, who's long gone now, bless him. Anyone interested in the Dent weekend should ask questions in reply to this email, paulcodling@mail.com
COC Three Magpies 50th Anniversary
29th, 30th, and 31st May 2026 Bath Rd, Seend, Melksham SN12 6RN This year, The Three Magpies Rally is a special anniversary weekend, because we've been camping here for 50 years! Provisionally, it might include a run-out, a come-and-fix-it workshop, service parts availability, a commemorative badge, and a celebration meal on Saturday evening. For now, it's important to fix the date. There'll be more details later.
Contact: Peter Ballard idandreg.cossackownersclub@gmail.com 01225 891634
JAWA-CZ Owners Club National Rally and AGM 2026,
5th - 7th June 2026. Greetham Community Centre, Great Lane, Greetham, Nr. Oakham. LE15 7NG The rally organiser is John Blackburn, chairmanjawaczoc@gmail.com Once again a free rally, i.e. free camping (including motorhomes and caravans), free rally badge, free evening meal on Saturday. Bar on site, breakfasts available (not free). Saturday is the main day; please make an effort to attend the AGM. More details to follow.
Maybe, we'll have an invitation-only camping weekend in June, in South Norfolk, focused on The Locks Inn, Geldeston, accessible by dirt track across the swamp if it hasn't rained much, otherwise it's a ferry trip up the river from Beccles. Geldeston Locks is the extreme Southern limit of The Broads. Keep in touch with paulcodling@mail.com
Red Star Rally, or East European if you like, and COC AGM,
30th July – 2nd August 2026, Talybont Farm Campsite, Talybont on Usk, Brecon LD37YJ. This is a joint rally hosted every two years, now more frequent than the previous every four years, this year by the MZ Riders Club, with the Jawa/CZ Club and the Cossack Club. It usually draws a brilliant turnout, and in the past, over 200 people have attended. The campsite is brilliant, with lots of flat grass, excellent toilets and showers, and a couple of real-ale and food pubs less than 10 minutes' walk away. It really is a beautiful part of the country.
Contact Andy Binns on 07980 837005, email bynnsi@gmail.com or Sandy Morgan 07929 955 221, email sandyjmorganmz@icloud.com or Peter Ballard idandreg.cossackownersclub@gmail.com 01225 891634
Norfolk ’n’ Good COC Weekend
4th - 6th September. The Venue is to be confirmed, but only provisionally for the moment, we're returning to the campsite in Loddon, Loddon Marina Campsite, Bridge Street, Loddon, South Norfolk, NR14 6EZ. The site is under new management and has been significantly tidied up. It's quite pleasant now. Loddon is a spectacular location with some equally spectacular Saturday ride-out opportunities. With luck, this will be another agricultural show/classic vehicle weekend, and punters who get there early might get a Friday evening ride out to Geldeston Locks Inn.
Contact: Paul Codling paulcodling@mail.com 01508520890
COC Autumn Dent
2nd – 4th October 2026 Conder Farm, Dent, Cumbria, LA10 5QT. The contact details are as for the spring Dent weekend.
Red Oktober Day, Ace Cafe, date to be confirmed, likely Sunday 18 October 2026 Ace Cafe London, Ace Corner, North Circular Road, Stonebridge, London, NW10 7UD Eastern Bloc vehicle meet in collaboration with the IFA Club.
Contact: Andrew Mutter andrewmutter@yahoo.com 07775890815
Note. The following MZ Club weekends, as published in MZ Rider Magazine, our source, might not have comprehensive contact details. In those cases, try Sandy Morgan, MZ Club events coordinator, sandymorganmz@gmail.com
Malvern Hills Camp,
27th - 29th March Lower Lode Inn, Tewkesbury, Bishops Walk, Gloucester GL9 4RE. £20 for 2 nights. Food and drink are available in the pub. Contact Martin Vermeire.
Leigh's Bala Rally,
24th - 26th April, Llanuwchilyn, Y Bala Gwynedd, North Wales, LL23 7DD. Please book directly with the campsite in advance if possible, 01678 540983 www.bwcyn-uchaf.co.uk or email:
post@bwch-yn-uchaf.co.uk £12 per night camping. B&B on-site pub/shop/restaurant 15 minutes walk away.
North West Section Camp,
8th - 10th May, at The Turner Hall Campsite, Seathwaite, Cumbria, LA20 6EE. More details will follow, or contact Dave Gillespie.
Notts and Derbys Camp,
15th - 16th May, Miners Standard Pub, Winster, Derbyshire, DE4 2DR. Pub meals. Contact Chris Cook 07969 98958 or Chriscook2727@gmail.com
Askrigg Camp,
5th - 7th June. Station Road Campsite, Askrigg, North Yorkshire. Luxury toilet facilities and a tap with a new washer! Brewery 150 yards away. The village has 3 pubs, 2 cafes, a shop and a partridge in a pear tree. Contact Duncan Kirk askrigg-camping.com/about/
South of Scotland Midsummer Camp,
19th - 20th June, The Kendridge Hotel, New Galloway, DG7 3PR. Further information from Gordon Wilson 01786 832336.
Highlanning Farm,
10th - 12th July, Dent, Lancashire. I hope to arrive Friday afternoon. Please visit. The Heritage Centre to pay. Tony Searle.
Pewsey Camp,
10th - 12th July, Coopers Arms Pub, Ball Road, Pewsey, Wiltshire, SN9 5BL. Free camping. Three pubs, a real cask ale bar and the usual fast food outlets and a supermarket, all within walking distance. For those wrinkles with bus passes (but not Welsh ones!), Salisbury and Marlborough are only a short distance away. Why not have a 2-week holiday by riding to The New Forest Rally the following weekend, only 50 miles away. Further details from Mike Dalton, mtdalton@talktalk.net or 07729 305060.
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AGM and Annual Camp.
21st - 23rd August, hosted by The North West Section. The 2026 MZRC AGM and camp will take place at The Turner Hall Campsite, Seathwaite, Broughton-in-Furness, Cumbria, LL20 6EE. The campsite is situated in the Dudgeon Valley area of South Lakeland. The facilities, including showers, are good if a bit small. The camping fees for 2025 were as follows: adults £10, tents £2m, motorcycles £1, camper vans £5, cars £2, all per night and cash only. Any changes to these prices will be announced as soon as possible. The nearest pub is a 15-minute walk away, with a fine selection of beers and a menu that includes breakfast.
MZRC Eire Rally,
4th - 6th September, Glencar, Co Kerry. If you are booking rooms, please deal directly with Noreen on 00353 87 747 1074 or 00353 66 9760101. Please let them know you are with the MZ Group for the weekend. If you are going to stay in the 8-berth dormitory, please message me directly. Please note, if camping, no need to book.
Northumbria Section Camp
9th - 11th September, Alanholme Caravan and Campsite, Long Martin. 3 miles North West of Appleby, Cumbria. I hope to arrive at Thursday lunchtime. Payment method to be confirmed,
Tony Searle.
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