The BNECC annual club dinner will be held at Sheldrakes on the 23rd November to celebrate club member successes for the 2012 season. Tickets are £25 per person (£20 for youth members) and can be purchased from Keith Boardman, Dave Large, Allyn Cunningham, John Lyth or John Forbes. The dinner is limited to 80 people. The event will start at 7.30pm. Entertainment will include a light show and music.

The menu for the dinner is:

Starter: Tia Infused Roasted Butternut Squash & Coconut soup OR Smoked Salmon Tian stuffed with Crab & Avocado with Watercress & Salsa Verdi.

Main course: Rump of Lamb, Jus Rosemary & Red Currant Jus with Green Beans Provencal & Roasted Fondant Potatoes.

Desert: Winter Berry Assiette

Coffee

Options: Vegetarian & Coeliac are available on request on the night.

The Horseshoe hill climb was held on Sunday 7th October. BNECC juveniles, Max Spedding and Jack Hulme, competed in the juvenile category of the event, Max was 1st juvenile with 11.59 and Jack a very close second with 12.05.

The Great Orme Road Race organised by the Rhos-on-Sea Cycling club was held on the 30th September. Three North Enders competed in the under 16s race. Rob Rogers was 2nd, Max Spedding 7th and Jack Hulme 9th. Craig Rogers also competed in the under 12s event finishing 5th.

Race report from Peter Spedding:

” 4 BNECC youth members took part in the Great Orme race in gruelling conditions yesterday, wind was gusting 35-40knots at Hilbre Island so I guess up around 50-60mph  by the Rest and Be Thankful cafe where they finished – you could barely stand up in the wind.

Craig was brought down early on in his race but dusted himself down and spent the race chasing the leaders – real good effort.

Jack, Max and Rob were in the U16’s.  Jack who was under the weather finished well (9th) having to chase for much of the race.  Max was in the leading pack until last 150 yards uphill into the wind finished about 10 secs back 7th, Rob came close to the win sprinting  head on into the wind the winner nipped past with yards to go.  I felt proud watching them. Believe it was their first taste of closed roads racing through town.

 Mark Donnelly did the main race and that looked as hard as it gets with rain and wind. Plenty of hard crashes by the looks of the tattered lycra and pink bikes.”

Round two of the North West Cyclo-Cross league was held in Horwich on the 23rd September. Jessica Wilkinson was 1st under 16 girl (8th in the under 16s race). Craig Rogers was 1st under 14 boy (5th in the under 16s race). Rob Rogers was 1st junior (8th in the senior race).  Full race results can be found by clicking here.

Message for Karen Jones, Northern Lights Charity:

Hi All

Many thanks for registering an interest at Eureka Café for our Cycle to Lapland fund-raising event, I have attached a couple of newsletters for your information (click links below):

Newsletter one

Newletter two

 We are at the stage of allocating time slots to anyone who would like to help us with this event, as a reminder we are trying to cycle the equivalent distance from Neston to Kittila in Lapland which is a total of 2,235 miles on turbo trainers during the following times at Cheshire Oaks:

Friday 23^rd November – 10am – 7pm  

Saturday 24^th November – 9am – 5pm

Sunday 24^th November – 10am – 5pm

We require 5 cyclists per hour and hope to average about 20 miles each making a total of about 100 miles per hour, therefore we estimate that we can complete this ride within 24 hours over the three days.

We are not asking anyone to collect sponsorship for the event, but hope to collect funds in buckets during the ride from the shoppers who will be at Cheshire Oaks at the beginning of their busy time for Christmas.  We do however have a Text Giving number and an online website collecting funds so hope you may be able to encourage friends and colleagues to either come along to the event to support you or to donate via these means as follows:

Text NLCC25 £5 to 70070, or click on the following link to donate using your credit or debit card via – https://mydonate.bt.com/events/cycletolapland/90424

On the day, if you are one of the riders who can take part on the Turbo Trainers we will require the following:

• A road  bike!
• A computer on the rear wheel of your bike so we can capture and collate the number of miles ridden
• To attend at the allocated times as without a guaranteed 5 riders per hour we will struggle to make the distance

Or if you would like a slot on the exercise bike:

• To attend at the allocated time in suitable clothing for cycling

 We will provide:

• Water for while you are riding
• Tea, coffee and biscuits while you are on a break
• Goody bag to take away with you after the event

 Please can you confirm the times when you would be available, we can do this as one hour on and one hour off if you want to do multiple hours or you can commit to a longer period of continued riding if you want.  Hopefully we will be able to allocate the times you would like, but if they get overbooked we will come back to you with an alternative as close to the times you have selected.

 We look forward to hearing from you, please forward this message onto any other riders who you think might like to take part in the event.

Kind regards,

Karen Jones
Chairman

PO Box 33, Neston, Cheshire, CH64 9FN
T:   + 44 (0) 151 336 2515
M:  + 44 (0) 7889 161202
E:     info@northernlightscharity.org.uk
W:   http://www.northernlightscharity.org.uk

Saturday 22nd September saw the last in the successful BNECC Go-Ride race series. A cold but bright morning resulted in a good turn out of 38 riders at the Oval cricket ground. The race report, results for race 5 and the overall results can be found by clicking the links below:

Race report

Go-Ride race 5 results

Go-ride race series overall results

The first race in the North West cyclocross series was held in Preston on the 16th September. There were some great results for the younger members of BNECC. Craig Rogers was 6th in the youth race and 1st in the under 14s category. Jess Wilkinson was 11th in the youth race and 1st in the under 16 girls category.  Rob Rogers rode in the Seniors/Junior/Vet/Women combined race. Rob was 11th overall and 2nd junior.

The Johnny Helms memorial time trial will be held on Sunday 7th October 2012. The first person off is at 12pm. BNECC member and ex-pro Geoff “the dog” Dutton will be riding the event – his start time is 1pm. Please see below for further information.

Course information

Course map

Riders start order

The last of the BNECC Go-Ride 2012 series is being held on Saturday 22nd September at the Bebington Oval. Please see  the below link for further information:

Go-Ride Race 5

The TLI national road race championships were held on Sunday 9th September at the Worleston circuit. Four BNECC riders took part in the afternoon races. The first race was espoirs, seniors, M1 and M2 and the 2nd race was for category A & B riders. Keith Jones won the first race and the M2 category after getting into a three man break on the first lap.  Mike Garner was 5th in the same race winning the M1 category. In the 2nd race Steve Molyneux came 4th in the category B race and Scott Smith 6th in the category A race.

Keith Jones wins the M2 category

Mike Garner wins the M1 category