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2022 AGM – Agenda

The Annual General Meeting this year is coming up (Sunday 12th June, 10:30am on Zoom), and the deadline for proposals and nominations in has now passed, so the Agenda has been finalised. The AGM will be held Zoom with electronic voting to follow, and all BCA members are entitled to attend and vote. The AGM […]

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GPF Ian Timney Award

Ian Timney was a keen caver and member of the Wessex Cave Club, with whom he did a number of sporting caving trips abroad including the Gouffre Berger. Following his untimely early demise his caving friends held fund arising events in 2021 and then donated £1,500 to the Ghar Parau Foundation to distribute in his name. […]

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FSE scholarships to 18th International Congress of Speleology

The European Speleological Federation FSE grants five scholarships to young speleologists for attending the 18th International Congress of Speleology ICS in Le-Bourget-du-Lac, Savoie, France (see http://uis2021.speleos.fr ). The requirements are: a) Applicants must be affiliated to an organisation being member of FSE or a karst research institute in Europe.b) Applicants must be 26 years of […]

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Statement on Russian invasion of Ukraine

BCA (in conjunction with BCRA) absolutely deplores the aggressive invasion of Ukraine by Russia and the subsequent war which was entirely fabricated by the Russians without justification. In a civilized society, war has no place in resolving disputes and we stand shoulder to shoulder with the Ukrainian people and in particular their caving community in […]

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Ash Dieback

Ash Dieback has been reported near various cave entrances across the UK and care needs to be taken as affected trees can become brittle and suddenly collapse so think about those trees you use for belays and anchor points! Ash Trees are native to British Limestone environments and with 80% projected to succumb to the […]

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Update on the CRoW Judicial Review.

After a remote hearing at Cardiff High Court on 13 October, we wereagain refused permission to bring a judicial review of the decision bythe Steering Group set up the Welsh Government (WG) to refuse membership of its Access Reform Advisory Group (ARAG) to Stuart France of the CCC on the ground that caving is not […]

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CRoW Judicial Review to be Appealed

After careful consultation with the CRoW Convenor and the Lawyers involved in supporting the action, the BCA Exec unanimously agreed with their recommendation to proceed to lodge an “Appellant’s Notice” in the Court of Appeal. For more information about the context of this decision you can read the press release announcing the result of the Judicial Review, […]