However, Tom Moses (Jun) and Matt Denby (V40) added a bit of spice to the field, taking first and third places, and separated by NW rider Richard Kent.

Results

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Youth:

Message in from Louise Gore, who is tasked with trying to unpick a few problems with the results from the November event…

I finally received the Brockhole lap score sheets yesterday and have come up with a provisional result (however there are still errors to be resolved – so don’t update the league tables just yet)

Please could you email the provisional result to those you normally send the league tables to, and invite the riders to send in any queries to me by Friday 15th January at the latest.

In particular I would urge the following people to contact me as I have unresolved queries for them:

Paul Hudson (32), David Switzer (45), Matthew William-Jones (100), Phil Braybrooke (123), Paul Simpson (175), Morgan Donnelly (197) and Richard Wood (226/496).

On the last lap a number was recorded twice. In order to make sure that I have the correct number of finishers I have listed below all riders that I have recorded as DNF and request that these riders confirm that they Did Not Finish:

Dean Smith (1), Clive Wilkinson (13), Graham Kennerley (21), David Switzer (45), Kevin Walford (46), Jack Bowyer (48), Scott Wilson (56), Mick Speirs (79), David Boulder (98), Duncan Stuart (179), John Hols (184), Paul Andrews (188), Keith Ashbridge (191), Sam Clarke (199), Sean Hoban (235) and Richard Leafe (246)

Anyone not shown in the results that should be, needs to let me know.

A lot of these riders may not be registered for the league, but I need their input because their numbers may have been mixed up with some of our league riders. Maybe you could ask Dave Haygarth to display this info on the website for those who are not on the email list.

Also Ian Small has asked for donations of prizes for a raffle, proceeds to the NWCCA.

Ray

Nimrod Youth Scramble Click here for PDF
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Royles SupaCross Click here for PDF

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New Years Revolution cross, Todmorden

Just over the border from Lancashire is the second running of the New  Year’s Revolution ‘cross, put together by MTB guru Chipps Chippendale.

All the detailsare int he poster (right); point your satnavs to OL14 7DFand put on a small gear for the legendary cobbled climb that makes the Muur van Geraardsbergen look like a bump up a kerb.

Hambleton Road Club are promoting the 5^th round of the CXNE league (Cyclo Cross North East) on Sunday 3^rd January 2010 at Croft Motor Racing Circuit near Darlington .

The race offers an exiting opportunity to ride at this popular motor sport venue and is open to riders of all abilities, so if you fancy burning off a few of those excess Christmas Calories, or are a seasoned Cyclo Cross rider fighting for League positions then this is the race for you! The fast, flowing nature of the course will also allow Elite riders to fine tune their preparations for the national championships, held in Birmingham the following weekend.

The races start at 10-30am for the Under 12s, 11-00am for Youth riders with the Senior/Vets/Ladies/Juniors race taking place at 12-30pm. All races are electronically timed, producing immediate results that show finishing position, overall time and individual lap times.

The modern facilities at Croft Circuit allow for ample parking, indoor signing on and changing facilities. The race is spectator friendly with refreshments being served from 09-30am onwards. Toilets for riders and spectators will be open throughout the day.

Further information can be found at:

• http://www.necca.org.uk
• http://www.hambletonroadclub.co.uk
• Hambleton Road Club on Face Book.

All enquiries: stevemiddleton1@yahoo.co.uk

Every competitor deserved a medal in awful conditions of driving rain, hail and finger-numbing cold temperatures, but there was a fiery finish to the main race as young junior Lewis Burke and 37 year old Paul Bethell (both Macclesfield Wheelers)battled for the honours. The pair had been wheel to muddy wheel all race long with Burke eventually taking the chequered flag by a couple of bike lengths. Rhyl CC’s Andy Bowyer did well to just beat the experienced Mark Baker (Deeside Olympic) of Prestatyn in 15^th and 16^th and VC Melyd’s Simon Price was 23^rd.

Mayor of Rhyl Glyn Pickering sent the riders on their way for all three events supported by Rhyl Town Council and Denbighshire County Council, and Ashley Clitheroe (Red Rose Olympic) was best U16 just ahead of Welsh champion at U14 level St.Asaph’s Dylan Kerfoot-Robson (Rhos-On-Sea CC), and U10 Sol Kerfoot-Robson won the U12 race in fine style riding on a sticky bed of slime and mud. The all conquering family also had daughter Seren claim 1^st place in the U12 girls.

Results

Results here

Please click here to email Louise Gore – the North West’s leading statistician and cyclocross troubleshooter – who is trying to sort out any results.

The Youths race was on shorter all rideable course was a display of strength from Red Rose Olympic , led home by Jack Humphries, with Ashley Clitheroe and Andrew Noxon in 3rd and 5th places. Sport City’s Bryn Davies and Christian Braybrooke took the first two places in the U14, with Jessica Wilkinso n BNECC winning the U14G prize, just behind Becky Preece who won U16G.
The U12s race was won by Matt Wallis of Eastlands Velo from Sam Hollingworth of Red Rose ,with Oran Speakman of Salt Ayre Cog Set 3rd. Kim Baptista of Eastlands Velo was 4th and first U10 rider.

Jonny McEvoy of Candi TV -Pinnarello, who lives quite close to the course was a clear winner of the Senior race by almost two minutes to Richard Kent Colnago/Microshift/Skins, with visitor Matt Denby V40 of Zepnat RC 3rd and futher 1.15 back.

Another newcomer to NW events was Rob Smails of Mid Devon CC was 4th ahead of Roy Hunt (Colnago/Microshift/Skins). Paul Bethell was the next regular NW followed by Martin Woffindin who was first Junior. Mechancial problems affected a few riders with 5 DNFs ,well down on last weekend, including Lewis Burke who dropped out after two laps, and Joe Allen who broke a chain.

A video was taken of all three races by Stuart Turton for showing in full at the NWCCA presentation event at Beacon Park on the 24th January. Excepts will be posted shortly.

Result

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Senior results here
Youth and U12 results here

Haslingden’s first ever cyclocross race took part in Victoria Park in mud, glorious mud, but on a dry, cool November day. The second Wheelbase event to be run in the borough of Rossendale in two years, Haslingdon’s historical park saw some top action from the UKs top cyclocross riders. In contrast to the bright sunshine over crisp and frozen snow at last year’s event in Waterfoot, the parcours was wet mud after a full ten days of rain.

Organiser Dave Haygarth had revised the course drastically in advnace of the event when it became clear that the rain had got its way: “The challenge is to make it a race – no-one really minds the mud, but technical parts of the course were just no longer necessary when the simpler bits were going to get so badly cut up”.

So – on the day – a record 118 riders signed on in the Senior event, and you don’t get much bigger names than Paul Oldham, Rob Jebb, Ian Bibby and Jonny McEvoy – all of whom have represented Great Britain in Cyclocross in the last few years. Oldham was always going to be the favourite for the £100 first prize and pulled no punches, leading from the gun and easing away from the field bit by tiny bit on each of the 7 min laps. The fight behind from Bibby and Jebb was never going to allow Oldham to relax for long, and their tough battling in contrasting styles was a joy to watch. Bibby stayed ahead of Jebb in the dying stages and enjoyed day one of his return to ‘cross for 2009 (all three were to do battle the next day in Richmond).

Meanwhile, McEvoy – relying on only one bike – rode with utter guts and determination to destroy the hopes of some riders behind him with full pit crews. Veteran Matt Denby took the top vets prize and 5th position overall. Wheelbase’s Sue Clarke came home the first lady – another pre-race favourite living up to expectations, whilst the top Junior was Sport City Velo’s Martin Woffindin.

In the Under 12s race, Matt Walls of Eastlands Velo won the first boy, whilst the first girl home was team mate Kim Baptista. The following race on a course that was already showing signs of wear and tear was the U16s race, won by long distance visitor Dylan Kerfoot-Robson (Rhos on Sea) and first girl home was Hannah Layland, (VC St Raphael).

Report on the British Cycling website here.

Results

Full Results from all the events here

Video

Photos

Photos from Joolze Dymond here to browse or below as a slideshow.

Photos from Dave Haygarth of the U12 and U16s event (slideshow below, browse here):

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Photos from Phil Haygarth of the U12s Event (slideshow below, browse here):

Photos from Cheryl King (slideshow below, browse here):

LEVERHULME PARK event 29th Nov 2009.

• the race is definitely on as the calander details
• it’s wet like everywhere else but will be ride able and we believe exciting and fast in many places
• we are making full use of the park tracks, dryer areas around the trees on the top field, and two bits of tarmac
• it will be fully taped off as usual
• we will avoid any significant uphill grass sections as these are impossible to ride and boggy [boooooo - webmaster]
• there will be the usual WIDE, SAFE and LONG grass start
• same changing rooms as usual
• same signing on area as usual
• double back to back pit
• it’s a cat B event so more ranking points for those that do well [and lots of better riders committed to the YCCA event in Richmond means even more points on offer here!!]
• the usual exciting under 12’s course as well, but likely to be a bit different, but using the same areas.
• we expect a HUMDINGER and we know the riders never disappoint!

All welcome as always, the more the merrier!

Click here for full results of the senior event.
Other results: U12 | U16

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Results

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Photos

Photos by JJ Carson

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