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The Ulysses Motorcycle Association of South Africa offers opportunities for over forty year olds to get out there and show the world that we still have what it takes to enjoy the excitement that awaits every skilled rider and would be rider to show that we aren't ready to lay back and watch the weeds grow and then look back and wonder "could I have done better". No, for us it is the open road and the friendship that comes with the great companionship of many others who wish to enjoy the biking way of life.

The name comes from a poem of the same title by Alfred, Lord Tennyson. It tells how the great Greek hero Ulysses, now middle-aged and securely in charge of his kingdom of Ithaca, is getting bored with things around him and longs to go adventuring again with his shipmates of old.

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See Ulysses National Constitution here.

National Committee

  • Incoming Chairman: John "Sharpie" Sharpe (May 2010)
  • Outgoing Chairman: Mauritius Meiring. (May 2010)
  • Vice Chair Person: Jackie Ludick
  • Secretary: Johan Moorcroft
  • Treasurer: Andre Du Preez
  • Committee Member: Riaan Becker

About the founder, Stephen Dearnley

The Ulysses Club was formed by Stephen Dearnley, a self-confessed motorcyle tragic who came to Australia from Britain in 1947 after going through hell in World War Two. His aim was to create a movement that encouraged older people to get out and enjoy life in their later years.

That movement has grown from just five members to more than 20,000 across the nation.

Stephen Dearnley's wife, Jo, died in 1996 after a long battle with rheumatoid arthritis. That's why the Ulysses Club's major charitible beneficiary is the Arthritis Foundation of Australia. Stephen Dearley still rides motorbikes. He's 84.

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