Q. What’s brown and sticky? A. A stick. … and everyone who rode the filthiest Humdinger today. Apologies to any washing machines reading this. After several nightmares with land owners / managers over using venues for this year’s Humdinger, the Horwich CC eventually had to go far afield and tap into the tremeandous help of Hope […]
Always nice to visit a new venue, and always nice to feel like we’re stretching the boundaries of the region by getting to the extremes! Brilliant to be at the far south of our large geographical area, and a wonderful new venue. Big thanks to Steve Sherwen, Gary Scott and team at the North Cheshire […]
So very cross! The moisture’s back, but not a patch on the previous Marl Pits moisture. Lovely to see brown lines appear on the ground again though. A superb day of sport organised by Rossendale Road Club and driven by Graham Wright. Well done to all involved in a smooth day, and thanks for coming […]
Hope. You enjoyed it. Not really sure how to say thank you to you all enough – not only for another cracking, happy and friendly event, but this now concludes the series and season. The only nice thing about this is that the late April finish means that #crossiscoming that little bit sooner this time. […]
The sun shines on the righteous. Another belter. Whilst Manchester moaned under the weight of hail and sno, some of us got their foreheads tanned. We keep getting away with it. Because we’re righteous. A huge round of thanks once again to the team who make these happen. Hope Technology, the Broughton Hall estate, the […]
Well… somehow the wind stopped, the rain stopped, the snow stayed just a few miles away, and we got away with another corking event – thanks to the efforts of Commissaires Graham and Len, Registration team Christine, Vanessa, timing from Mark and this time round helpers from RIBBLE VALLEY JUNIORS, RED ROSE OLYMPIC and PORT […]
After the Round 2 work to get the new track / bridge / gate in, Round 3 will be a time to consolidate, so expect tweaks to the course design, slight further shortening of the lap, and a few new lines and some old favourites. Hope Technology once again generously support the event with infrastructure, […]
Marl Pits, Rawtenstall welcomed riders for the first time of hopefully many. A largely rideable course (if there had been a drought on) was endured and enjoyed by many, of all ages, across the North West family. Well done to Graham Wright on organising a stonker of a race at his first ever attempt, and […]
Race organiser Graham ‘Lefty’ Wright and Rossendale Road Club / local friends welcome riders to Marl Pits Sports Centre, Rawtenstall, for Round 10 of the North West Cyclocross league. Marl Pits is a venue new to almost all of you. Anyone who rode MTB in the 1990s and early 2000s may remember mountain bike races […]
New venue, new decade, and some old-skool Veldrijden on the Royal Cheshire Showground. Well done to the team at Weaver Valley for finding somewhere that brought a different type of challenge to the league riders today. Fast and powerful riding on grass that looked lighter than it turned out to be. Well done to all […]
