The 5th round of the National MTB XC series was held at the Olympic Hadleigh Farm course last weekend. Craig Rogers achieved a podium position gaining 3rd place in the juvenile race. His brother, Rob, was 13th in the junior race.

The last of the Litherland Circuit league races was held on Wednesday (21/8). Max Spedding won the Youth A boys race. Max was also 7th in the 2/3/juniors race with Mark Donnelly 12th. Danny Harrison was 5th in the Youth B boys race.

Full results can be found here.

Final league positions can be found here.

The Macclesfield Wheelers Road Race (TLI) was held on Sunday (17/8) at the Siddington circuit. The under 45s race saw 4 BNECC members riding – Keith Jones, Stu Hannah, Brad Smith and Mike Garner. Mike Garner won this race with Brad Smith 5th.

The 19th round of the Litherland Circuit League was held on Wednesday (14/8). Max Spedding won the Youth A boys race and was 4th in the 2/3/4/juniors race. Rob Rogers was 8th in the 2/3/4/juniors race. Craig Rogers won the Youth B boys race with Dickie Morris 4th and Danny Harrison 6th.

Full results can be found here.

The 18th round of the Litherland Circuit League was held on Wednesday (7/8). The under 14 boys race saw BNECC’s Dickie Morris gaining his first win with Danny Harrison 3rd. Max Spedding won the under 16 boys race with Jack Hulme 2nd. Louise Colyer won the under 16 girls race (only girl). In the 2/3/juniors event Jeff Vernon was 5th and Max Spedding 6th.

Full results can be found here.

League points positions after 18 races can be found here.

The Prudential Ride London Youth Grand Prix was held on Saturday (3/8). Max Spedding rode in the under 16 boys event. He manged to get away from the bunch at one point to gain a prime. Max finished 8th overall in a strong field. A full report and results can be found here.

The club 50TT team record was broken on Saturday (3/8) on the A50 in Derby. The previous record was 5.52.01 set back in 1969. On Saturday the combined efforts of Mike Garner (1.49.39), Brad Smith (1.51.15) and Mark Donnelly (1.55.54) set a new club record of 05.36.48. The event itself was won by Matthew Bottrill (Drag Zero) with 1.36.45 – over 4 minutes fastest than Charles Taylor (South Pennine RC) who was second.

Full results can be found here.

The BNECC open 25TT was held on Sunday (28/7). Paul Grindley (Liverpool Century) was the winner with a time of 54.40. Hannah MacDonald (Liverpool Century) was fastest lady with 1.00.18. Liverpool Century also took the junior prize (Sean Fawcett with 1.03.04) and the team prize.

Full results can be found here.

Round 16 of the Litherland Circuit league was held last Wednesday (24/7/13). Max Spedding was first in the Youth A boys category and first in the 2/3/4/juniors race. Jeff Vernon was 4th in the 2/3/4/juniors race. Louise Colyer 1st girl in the Youth A girls race (only girl). Richard Morris and Danny Harrison 3rd and 4th respectively in the Youth B boys race.

Full results can be found here.

The Mersey Roads club 24 hour TT was held over the weekend (20 & 21/7). John Forbes from the BNECC road the event and achieved a PB of 450 miles. The event was won by by Stuart Birnie (Willesden CC) with 518 miles. Full results can be found here.