The Weaver Valley Cyclo-cross event was held 19/10 in Northwich. Rob Rogers was 4th in the senior event. Craig Rogers was 6th in the under 16s event (3rd under 14 boy). In the same event Nicole Clarke was 3rd under 14 girl (16th overall). Andrew Clarke was 4th in the under 10s event. In the vets/womens event, Clive Wilkinson was 21st, Martin Rogers 38th and Ian Clarke 48th. Results & report can be found here.

The 1st of the National Series events was held in Abergavenny on the 13/10. Jessica Wilkinson was 6th in the women’s event (2nd junior female), Rob Rogers 14th in the junior men’s category, Craig Rogers 8th in the boys under 14s event and Nicole Clarke 5th in the under 14 girls category. Results can be found here.

Locally, Andrew Clarke raced at Clitheroe and was 5th in the under 10s race. Results can be found here.

The Great Orme Criterium Race was held on the 29/9/2013. Max Spedding was 2nd in the under 16s race. BC points from this race now mean that Max is 12th in the National Youth A category. Full results of the race can be found here.

Report on the Manchester Wheelers Cyclo-cross event held on Sunday (6/10) by Jess Wilkinson:

“Manchester Wheelers Cyclo-cross was on Sunday. Andrew Clarke came 5th in the U10s, (out of 39 riders too!), Nicole Clarke came 2nd girl in the U16s and 17th overall. In the Vets/womens out of 102 riders Clive came 25th (and got his first envelope for 3rd vet50!), I came 1st woman and 26th overall, Martin Rogers came 44th and Ian Clarke in 53rd and Ros Clarke (private member) 6th woman. In the seniors/juniors Rob Rogers came 7th/67, taking 2nd junior!”

Geoff Brandt has written an article on this year’s successful Go-Ride series run by BNECC for British Cycling. To view the article click here.

Report courtesy of Geoff Brandt:

“Well organised by Steve Davies at Newport Velodrome last weekend. Clive was still nursing himself back to fitness and XL was sunning himself in Majorca so I was left to fight it out on my ownsome. Saturday began with a sprint qualifier of about 13.5, bit slow but good enough to lead the pack in the 65-69’ers. Then a points race with 4 more sprints to face, I get 2nd in every one to win a silver medal behind Mike Allen. On with the sprint competition proper, I get a walk over in the 1st round then win my semi and final for the gold medal, both from the front. Sunday morning and a recovery ride from Newport to Usk via Caerleon, got to the garden centre for a bite and found I hadn’t got enough for B on T so back for a flap jack and the afternoon scratch race. Despite best efforts over 40 laps to get rid of the opposition a bunch finish ended in a 3rd place. Quickly on to the 500m time trial, a rapid change of chain ring and I drag out a sub 40s ride to get another 1st place. Sadly, Mike Allen won all 3 of his events so the overall Omnium championship will have to wait for another year.”

The TLI national road championships were held on Sunday (15/9). Keith Jones took part in the under 40s race. Keith got away in a break of 8 within the first 10 miles which had reduced to 5 towards the finish. Keith then won the sprint for the line and also became the M2 category National Champion. Jeff Vernon, in a separate race, was the first B rider to cross the line making him National Champion in this category. Full results can be found here.

Keith Jones win

The 1st round of the North West Cyclo-cross league was held on Sunday (15/9). Jess Wilkinson was first lady in the vets/ladies race (26th overall). Clive Wilkinson & Martin Rogers were 25th & 37th respectively in the same race. In the U16/U14s race, Nicole Clarke was 1st under14 girl (15th overall). In the under 12s race Tyr Bujac was 9th. Andrew Clarke & Elliot Bujac rode in ther under 10s race and were 5th and 8th respectively.

The final round of the Youth National Circuit Series was held in Scarborough on Sunday (1/9). Nicole Clark competed in the under 12s race (boys & girls). Nicole stayed with the main group of boys for the race and was the 1st girl to finish in this category. Max Spedding also competed in the under 16s boys race and gained his first podium place in the National series haven taken 3rd place.

A full race report can be found here.

Round 6 of the CDNW Youth race series was held in Blackpool on Saturday (31/08). Max Spedding won the Youth A boys race which came down to a sprint. Nicole Clark was 2nd girl in the Youth C race but was first girl in the overall series. Andrew Clark was 6th in the Youth E boys race.

A full race report can be found here.