Geoff Bewley Memorial ‘Cross, Otterspool Park: preview
News Release in from Liverpool Century Road Club:
Saturday 20th November see’s the North West Cyclo Cross League return to Otterspool Park for Round 10. Organised by the Liverpool Century Road Club, the Youth event will start the day off at 11am with the main event starting at 1pm.
Events
11am – Youth Race, 30 minutes, £5 entry fee
12pm – Under 12’s, 15 minutes, No entry fee
1pm – Sen/Vet/W/Jun, 1 hour, £10 entry fee
The Course
Otterspool Park offers something for everyone and we have designed a challenging yet fun course, because we think Cross is really about having fun in the mud!
We have re-introduced sections of the park which have not been used for several years, these include the ‘Ottersberg’ and ‘Muro Di Otterspool’ climbs. The course consists of tarmac paths, grass fields, descents, run-ups, off camber turns, hair pins, planks and much much more.
See our YouTube video of a lap of the course following the Liverpool Century’s very own ‘King of Cross’ Mike Fugaccia.
Prizes
Thanks to our very generous sponsors every competitor on the day will receive a prize (while stocks last!).
BioRacer have provided Winners Jersey’s for the Winner of the Main Event and the 1st Woman.
The Top 3 finishers in the following categories will receive a medal and certificate:
Under 8 Boys
Under 8 Girls
Under 10 Boys
Under 10 Girls
Under 12 Boys
Under 12 Girls
Our Sponsors
Please visit our sponsors websites:
Professional Photographers from www.sportsunday.co.uk will be taking photos throughout the day.
The Otterspool Restaurant will be allowing competitors to use their toilet facilities, they will be serving food from 11am.
About Geoff Bewley
Geoff Bewley saw the need for cyclists to keep fit in the winter month and cyclo-cross was ideal. Geoff organised the Century event along with other local clubs using Otterspool Park as the venue. In the early days he would be ringing around looking for sponsorship from local traders and supermarkets, taking small drinks and mars bars etc. Geoff really did take the event to heart every year designing a hard course. He would along with Betty his wife travel to all the cross committee meetings and have his say. Geoff had 60 years membership, 10 years as club President when he died. And it was a 100% effort over those years for the club, running winter training sessions in school gyms, weight training in his garage. He would organise the speed runs, the weekend away training at Dolly Hall (Wales) and in the early days at Lilleshall.
He enjoyed anything cycling, he was Mr Century.