URGENT MESSAGE. The 2013 York Cycle Show has been cancelled. Below the text of a Press Release.
Organisers of the annual CTC York Cycle show have had to cancel their planned 2013 event, due to have been held on the City’s Knavesmire over the June 22nd/23rd weekend.
Committee Chair Paul Hepworth of Holgate, York said ”Advance bookings by traders and visitors this year, are well below expectations. Last year’s horrendous weather depleted our attendance and income, and this year’s uncertain summer forecasts do not give cause for public optimism.
Changes in personal leisure and retail spending, plus increasing travel costs and the squeeze on personal finances have also influenced our visitor market . Our financial reserves have been depleted by all these factors, over the last two years. It is increasingly difficult to compete with other major cycling events which, unlike us have commercial sponsorship.”
Mr Hepworth continued “We have previously discussed involvement in the 2014 “Tour de France” and hope to bring the Cycle Show back in some form, as part of the activities associated with the “Grand Depart” in Yorkshire.
Other local CTC groups in Yorkshire are planning TdF related events, during the “Grand Depart” period, and to help build a “follow on” cycling legacy.