The 9th round of the Litherland circuit league was held Wednesday (5/6/13). Jeff Vernon won the 2/3/juniors category with Rob Rogers (junior) 6th. Jack Hulme was 3rd in the Youth cat A boys race with Louise Coyler 1st in the Youth cat A girls race (only girl). Charlie Byrne was 4th in the Youth E race.

For results click here.

Liverpool Century promoted the TLI Clieves Hill event on Sunday (2/6). Keith Jones and Mike Garner rode the under 50s event – 11 laps of the course. Both riders were in a break after a few laps. The break gained a big gap from the main field, at one point the gap was 1 minute 40 seconds. They also caught and passed the over 50s race. Keith Jones won the race with Mike Garner second. Results and a race report can be found here.

The BC 2/3/4 Capernwray Road Race was held at Aughton last Sunday (2/6). Jeff Vernon was the only BNECC rider to take part and was 6th overall. For full results click here.

Only one BNECC member, Jack Hulme, competed at Litherland on Wednesday. Jack was fourth in the category A boys events. Results can be found here.

The North West International Youth Tour was held over the last Bank holiday(25-27th May). Max Spedding, Nicole Clark and Andrew Clarke all competed in the events. Nicole was 3rd overall in the under 12 girls category. For overall results click here.  A race report is also available by clicking here.

The Litherland circuit league was held on Wednesday (22/5). Jack Hulme was 3rd in the Youth A boys category, Louise Colyer 1st in the girls Youth A category (only girl) and Jeff Vernon 6th in the 2/3/4 category. Results can be found here.

The TLI Steve Jones Memorial Race (organised by Graham Weigh Cycles) was held on the Saighton circuit on the 19/5/2013. In the under 45s category, Brad Smith was 1st, Mike Garner 2nd and Jeff Vernon 5th. In the same category, Keith Jones won the bunch sprint. Results of the under 45s race can be found here.

The TLI National Criterium Championships were held at Marsh Tracks on Saturday (18/5). BNECC rider, Jeff Vernon, won the B category event – for results click here. For full race report click here.

Jeff receiving his National Champs medal

The Welsh National Mountain Bike championships (and 4th round of the Welsh MTB series) was held on Sunday (19/5). Rob Rogers was 1st junior after taking an early lead. Craig Rogers was a clear 2nd in the under 14s race. Nicole Clarke won the under 12 girls event.

The 2nd round of the CDNW Youth Road Race Series was held in Preston on Saturday (18/5). In the under 12s races Nicole Clarke was 10th (second girl) and 4th (first girl). Andrew Clarke in the under 8s race was 4th and 3rd.

Nicole Clarke