Preview: Round 7 – Stonyhurst College Cyclocross hosted by Secret-Training.cc

December 13, 2021 0 comments News

This is an amazing venue so please bring your ‘A’ game, race hard, enjoy yourselves but please do not ride on the sports pitches, or the wild flower meadow and please take any litter home.

Getting There:

Address: Stonyhurst College, Stonyhurst, Clitheroe, Lancashire, BB7 9PZ

Stonyhurst is between Longridge and Clitheroe in the beautiful Ribble Valley.
For satellite navigation use postcode: BB7 9PX

Stonyhurst is the UK’s leading co-educational Catholic boarding and day school for 3 – 18 year olds, originally founded in Saint-Omer, in 1593. Stonyhurst is based in a magnificent Grade I listed building within a secluded and safe 1,000 acre estate, a beautiful rural setting in Lancashire’s Ribble Valley. Overlooking Pendle Hill and the magnificent countryside, the location is stunningly peaceful and perfect for the British Cycling CYCLOCROSS event. There is some wonderful aerial photography on the school website www.stonyhurst.ac.uk

Event Timing

For this race (and probably for the next round) we’re struggling with daylight late in the day, so the Elite and Junior men’s race will commence 15 minutes earlier.

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Start	Race name	Race duration
10:15	Youth & Novice	30 min
11:05	Under 8	10 min
11:30	Under 12	15 min
11:31	Under 10	15 min
12:15	Veteran 50 / Veteran 55 men	40 min
12:16	Sen, Vet, U23 & Jun Women	40 min
12:17	Veteran 60+ men	40 min
13:30	Veteran 40 / Veteran 45 Men	40 min
14:30	Sen, U23 & Jun men	50 min

* Lower entry fee applies to NWCCA League Members.

For non British Cycling members, a British Cycling day membership costing £3 is applicable at every round for Senior, Veteran, Junior, Under 23 categories of any gender.

If you plan on riding the majority of league rounds it may be worthwhile purchasing a British Cycling RACE membership. A full race license isn’t required for our league rounds, the provisional license that comes with the RACE membership is sufficient.

If you have a British Cycling RIDE membership, this does not include a provisional license so the BC day membership will be applicable.

Parking

OK if you get there bright and early, and you are willing to stay till the end (and help us pack up even?!?) then you are welcome to come up the drive, turn right and then left following signs to reception and basically park in front of the school right next to the course, etc. HOWEVER, once there you will be there all day since this access road is part of the race course.

There are ~ 50 vehicles spaces on Theodor house car park: up the drive turn right then right.

Once these are full then turn left and use the car parks behind the school.

Overflow car parking:- on road parking before the school.

If you are here to spectate then park in Hurst Green and use the footpath to the course.

Course Map

The course has most surfaces from smooth tarmac start to rough tarmac & even some cobbles

Steep off camber sections on maintained recreational grass

Some steep rough transition sections from the sports pitches to the more rural sections

The grounds staff have promised to remove some fence panels and maybe even strim a little, but not so much to ruin your enjoyment! There will be MUD:- but not everywhere. For the seniors there will be technically difficult, physically challenging sections broken with a loop of the Cricket pitch to recover or make up even more time. There might even be some running to keep Dave Haygarth happy.

All races start/finish in front of this historic School;

Outside Catering by Cafe2You

First Aid by Rossendale & Pendle Mountain Rescue

COVID-19 WARNING:- It is still about so remember social distancing & feel free to wear a mask.

NO ENTRIES ON THE DAY, No Changing Rooms, Portable toilets near start finish.

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