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THE CX-GL MCC WAS FORMED DURING THE FIRST WEEK OF FEBRUARY 2002 BY SKIPPY AND STEVE, THEY FIRST USED YAHOO GROUPS BUT FOUND THEM TO BE UNSUITABLE, SO ON 11th FEBRUARY 2002 THE CLUB WAS OFFICIALLY LAUNCHED ON MSN. AT THE BEGINNING OF 2006 IT WAS DECIDED DUE TO THE GROWTH IN MEMBERSHIP AND UNRELIABILITY OF THE MSN SITE,THAT IT WAS TIME TO LOOK AT THE CLUB HOSTING ITS OWN WEBSITE AND BEING A SUBSCRIPTION CLUB. SO A SITE WAS BUILT UP AND LAUNCHED BY DAVE FRENCH AND BECAME THE NEW HOME OF THE CX-GL MCC ON 10th JULY THAT YEAR.

OVER THE PAST SIX YEARS  SINCE THE CLUB WAS FORMED  AND THE MEMBERSHIP HAS GROWN, A NATIONAL RALLY HAS BEEN HELD TO ALLOW THE MEMBERS TO PUT FACES TO NAMES DUE TO OUR CLUB BEING MAINLY AN INTERNET BASED FORUM. EACH YEAR THE RALLY HAS GROWN AND HAS NOW BECOME A HIGHLIGHT OF THE YEAR FOR A LOT OF THE MEMBERS, AND A CHANCE FOR US ALL TO GET ALL TOGETHER IF POSSIBLE AT LEAST ONCE DURING THE RIDING SEASON AS THIS IS A NATIONAL CLUB AND MEMBERS COME FROM EVERY CORNER OF THE UK AS WELL AS  OVERSEAS. 

2002 - Hampshire Bowman nr Bishops Waltham, Hants
2003 - Stotfold, Herts (Delboy's sister's field!)
2004 - Braithwaite nr Keswick - Cumbria
2005 - Biggar, Scotland (unsure of venue)
2006 - Fenny Bridges, Devon
2007 - East Malling, Kent.

2008 - Walcott, Norfolk

THE 2008 NATIONAL WAS HELD ON THE NORTH NORFOLK COAST AND AS OUR RALLYS SEEM TO HAVE A NAME TAGGED TO THEM, WE  DECIDED TO GO WITH "THE BOUDICCA BASH" NAMED AFTER THE QUEEN OF THE ICENI WHO LIVED IN EAST ANGLIA.

Boudicca (died c.AD 60)

Imagined portrait of Boudicca © Boudicca was queen of the Iceni people of Eastern England and led a major uprising against occupying Roman forces. Boudicca was married to Prasutagus, ruler of the Iceni people of East Anglia. When the Romans conquered southern England in AD 43, they allowed Prasutagus to continue to rule. However, when Prasutagus died the Romans decided to rule the Iceni directly and confiscated the property of the leading tribesmen. They are also said to have stripped and flogged Boudicca and raped her daughters. These actions exacerbated widespread resentment at Roman rule. In 60 or 61 AD, while the Roman governor Gaius Suetonius Paullinus was leading a campaign in North Wales, the Iceni rebelled. Members of other tribes joined them. Boudicca's warriors successfully defeated the Roman Ninth Legion and destroyed the capital of Roman Britain, then at Colchester. They went on to destroy London and Verulamium (St Albans). Thousands were killed. Finally, Boudicca was defeated by a Roman army led by Paulinus. Many Britons were killed and Boudicca is thought to have poisoned herself to avoid capture. The site of the battle, and of Boudicca's death, are unknown.

 

 

 

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