Meet the team

The UpRight team is a dedicated group of emergency services workers that are committed to ensuring riders in Derbyshire are given the best opportunity to ride our beautiful roads safely and be able to provide the best level of care to any persons involved in a road traffic collision, or any day-to-day emergency.

We are really proud to be working together to achieve the above and are unique in our workings.

Craig Holmes - UpRight Co-ordinator

Craig has almost 18 years of experience in policing and for the last 4 years has been part of the UpRight team, taking over the reins in 2022.  He is keen to get as many people as possible involved in further training and he also assists with delivery of the BikerDown training programme.  Craig is also responsible for the UpRight social media.

Craig is a police trained biker and rides a ZZR1100 on a daily basis whatever the weather.

John Aldred - UpRight Team

John has been a police officer for 18 years and he joined the UpRight team in 2022 after serving as a front line officer for most of his career.  John assists in organising the team and makes sure that we turn up at the right location, with the right kit….mostly.  He loves to chat with bikers at UpRight events and also helps to deliver the BikerDown program.

John rides a Triumph Street Triple, but then doesn’t everybody.

Ken Shaw - UpRight Team

Ken is a Police Support Volunteer who joined the UpRight team officially in 2021 however he had been attending our events as a Blood Biker since UpRight started in 2019.  Ken is a long time biker who is IAM trained and has a wealth of knowledge to pass on and always looks happy while doing it. Without Ken, UpRight would struggle to attend as many events as we do and he is central to our success.

Ken rides a (nother) Triumph Street Triple in roulette green 🕶😎

Darren Roberts /  Nick Beeston - Management

Behind every great team there are those that keep us grounded and aid with our drive to make the roads of Derbyshire safer. Without their continued support, the UpRight and BikerDown syllabus would look a lot different!

Although not always at the forefront of what we do, they are always in the background making sure things run smoothly.