The BNECC 22 mile TT hilly is to be held on the 29th March 2013. Please click here for the startsheet.

Click here for a map of the new Burton marsh cycle route (dashed blue line). An opening date for the route has not been released yet.

Round 2 of the Dolan circuit school races was held in Southport on Saturday 16th March. BNECC youth members Nicole Clarke, Danny Harrison and Max Spedding all competed in two races in their age categories. Max was placed 10th and 12th in the Youth A (under 16s) category, Danny 16th and 12th in the Youth B (under 14s) category and Nicole 4th and 3rd in the Youth C (under 12s) races (and also 1st girl in both races). Nicole is currently leading the girls Youth C Dolan series championship.

Full results can be found by clicking here.

Nicole in the lead.

The first of the Dolan circuit school races was held on Saturday 9th March at Victoria Park in Southport. A number of BNECC youth members raced despite the dismal weather conditions. Nicole Clark competed in the under 12s, Danny Harrison and Alex Forbes in the under 14s and Max Spedding in the under 16s. Nicole produced a couple of great results which meant that she was the 1st under 12 girl. Full results for all events can be found by clicking here.

The 2nd round of the Welsh Mountain Bike Series was held on the 3rd March at Coed Y Brenin. BNECC youth members Nicole Clarke, Rob & Craig Rogers all competed and again acheived some great results. Nicole was 2nd under 12 girl and 6th overall in the under 12s category. Craig was 3rd in the Juvenille male race and his brother Rob also 3rd in the Junior mens race.

Full results can be found here.

“We are proposing to hold our annual Youth Section fund raiser shortly, a Hot Pot Supper and Race Night to which adults and youngsters are invited. It will be held on Friday 19th April at the Wirral Rugby Club near Thornton Hough at 7pm. Last year we raised over a thousand pounds which was spent on funding events, sponsorship for riders, insurance, and maintenance for the stock of bikes we hold.

We have tickets available at a price of £6.50 for adults and £4.50 for under 16s, including the hot pot supper. Please invite family and friends, we can cater for about 100 so please let Geoff know asap how many you would like.

As well as tickets we sell the 8 races at £25 each so you can name the race eg “The Clan Contracting Handicap”, plus horses at £5 each, there are 8 per race, so you get to name the horse and take home a bottle of wine if it wins its race. Please let Geoff know if you can sell your boss/ publican/ butcher a race, and your work mates a horse each. All in a good cause.

At the moment we anticipate that tickets will initially be held by Gary Bateman, Annie Smith, John Simpson and Geoff Brandtf. If you can sell a horse or two please let Geoff  know.

We will be holding an organising meeting on Monday evening (4^th March) at the 7 Stars in Thornton Hough at 7pm to chat about it all. The venue, the FunRace Co and the food are all booked, we just need to put bums on seats, so if you feel you could sell tickets, horses or races please come along on Monday.

 Best wishes

Geoff Brandt

Youth Coach

07770 577784”

Please click the link below for the flyer:

Hot Pot Supper & Race Night

The first of the MTB XC Go Race North Wales events was held at Coed Y Brenin on Sunday February 24th. North End members Nicole Clarke and Craig Rogers competed at the event which included a race and a skills test. Both Nicole and Craig gained impressive results. Nicole won the under 12 girls event (4th overall for the under 12 girls & boys) and Craig was 2nd in the Juvenile boys event.

Nicole demonstrating her MTB skills

Nicole in the under 12 girls XC race

2013 club subscriptions are now due. They must be paid by the 13th March 2013. Payment can be made at the next club meeting (held at 8pm on 13th March 2013 at Thornton Hough Church Hall) or by post (address: Brad Smith, 41 Greenfields Drive, Little Neston, Neston, South Wirral.CH64 0TX). Cheques should be made payable to “Birkenhead North End Cycling Club”.

Membership costs:

Senior (over 18) – £30

Junior (16-18) – £7.50

Juvenile (U-16) – £1.50

Over 65 – £22.50

Associate – £15

2nd Claim – £22.50

Message from Tom Greep:

“I am pleased to report that the Knowsley Track League will commence running a track league at the new track facilities at Knowsley Leisure and Culture Park which is located in Longview Drive , Huyton, Merseyside , L36 6EG on Friday evening of the 12^th April, 2013.   The Track League will run for twenty consecutive Friday nights.   The racing will start at 7:00 pm each evening

 The full details will show on the BC website very shortly as well as a Press Release.

 The organiser will be Liz Cockram and a League website will be set up by the 1^st April, 2013.   Liz’s contact details will be made known when the Press Release is issued. “

Please click on the link below for information about races in the North West:

North West race calender