This section has been created as a vehicle for keeping our members informed of association news and by reporting current events etc. related to the wide spectrum of engineering. Contributions by members will always be welcome, but no politics or religion please.
LAE 2026 Golf Tournament Hon. Golf Secretary Steve Stacey forwarded his report and results of the 2026 Golf Tournament. Steve took photographs during the day. His photographs follow the report below…… *************************************** GOLF REPORT 2026 Captain – Graham Roper Hon. Secretary – Steve Stacey This year the event was held at Cobble Hall (Leeds) G.C. playing … Continue reading “2026 Golf Tournament Report and Photographs….”
Ben King wins ‘Apprentice of the Year Award’ Our newest council member Ben King was nominated in June for ‘Apprentice of the Year at the Leeds Manufacturing Festival Next Gen Awards 2026’. The great news is that Ben won the award…. Here is a link to the Leeds Manufacturing Festival Awards page:- LMF Awards Here are Ben’s own words on … Continue reading “Ben King wins ‘Apprentice of the Year Award’…..”
Leeds Engineers Tour – Sunday 14th June 2026 Venue: Lawnswood Cemetery, Otley Road, Adel, Leeds LS16 6AH Your roving reporter John Aldersley spotted an interesting Sunday afternoon guided tour of Lawnswood Cemetery to inspect the graves of local engineers. A bit of an offbeat tour but no doubt will be of interest to all engineers… The tour commences at … Continue reading “Visit: A tour of Lawnswood Cemetery – Engineers’ Grave Stones….”
LAE member Neil Cobbold has kindly arranged a visit to Finning UK (Caterpillar) formerly Leverton, in Leeds on Tuesday 2nd June at 18.30 See the Event Page by clicking in the RH column ‘Forthcoming Events’ for full details of this summer visit, coming soon… Don’t miss it ! .
May 10th 2026 Annual Church Service Report John Aldersley attended the church service and here provides a report :- “The association received a very warm welcome from the Rector Reverend Canon Paul Maybury. Graham Roper our president would like to thank all those who attended. The association stalwarts, Malcolm and Lynne Murray were, as always, in attendance. Sam Wilkinson our … Continue reading “Report on the Church Service by John Aldersley…..”
Once again our ‘roving reporter’ John Aldersley sends some more good news …. Our newest council member Ben King has been nominated for ‘Apprentice of the Year at the Leeds Manufacturing Festival Next Gen Awards 2026’. The LinkedIn news was reposted by his employer Craig Dowling, Manufacturing Director of Kirkstall Precision Engineering…. Click here to see the LinkedIn … Continue reading “Ben King – Nominated for Apprentice of the Year…..”
The Steam Workshop visit 30th April 2026 John Aldersley has kindly produced a report on the recent visit, presented here:- Your roving reporter has a disclaimer “I haven’t a clue about steam, trains or traction engines, so please bear that in mind” What a lovely warm day for a visit, a small number of members turned out, other than Howard, … Continue reading “Report on the visit to The Steam Workshop”
Graham Sykes’s ‘Force of Nature’ becomes the 2nd Fastest Bike in the World The fastest motorcycle in the world is the Ack Attack streamliner (below) which holds an official FIM world speed record of 376.363 mph (605.697 km/h), set by Rocky Robinson. This purpose-built machine, rather than a conventional production bike, achieved this record using dual turbocharged engines to break … Continue reading “A Record for ‘Force of Nature’ – 2nd Fastest in the World…..”
Martins Golubevs now working at ‘Isembard’ Martins joined the association as a student member and joined the council along with colleagues from Kirkstall Precision Engineering. An opportunity came along and Martins moved to Isembard. Here is his report:- . “As some of you may know I have migrated to the South of England for a job opportunity and I have … Continue reading “Martins Golubevs – News of his new employment…..”
