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Windrushers Gliding Club (also known as Bicester Gliding Club or simply "Bicester" within gliding circles) was a gliding club flying from Bicester Airfield in Oxfordshire until late June 2020. At its heyday, the club was one of the biggest gliding clubs in the UK, hosting various competitions throughout the year and maintaining the physical presence of the British Gliding Association's shop[1] as well as numerous BGA staff members. The club operated seven days a week, with paid staff running various elements of the club's operations.
The club also hosted Oxford University Gliding Club at their site until Windrusher's closure, where OUGC then relocated to Oxford Gliding Club. During their tenancy, the gliding Varsity match between Oxford University Gliding Club and Cambridge University Gliding Club was held at Bicester Airfield every other year, the other years it was held at Gransden Lodge Airfield.[2][3] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic these competitions were not held but in the early summer of 2022 the series was restarted and held at Oxford Gliding Club. Prior to its closure, and since operations ceased the club has maintained Community amateur sports club (CASC) status,[4] a favourable tax status.
- ^ "BGAShop". BGAShop. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
- ^ "Gliding Varsity - Oxford University Sport". Oxford University Sport. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
- ^ "Oxford-Cambridge Varsity Match | Cambridge University Gliding Club". www.cugc.org.uk. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
- ^ "W, X, Y, Z". GOV.UK. Retrieved 27 June 2022.