A new course for 2006/07 – A mixture of hard gravel tracks, short, sharp dismount climbs and a few bits of awkward grassland that could be slow if it”s been raining in the days before. Expect some fast, open racing on the harder parts of the course. Toilets N Showers N Refreshments N How to […]
Great news ! A new event has been added to the NWCCA calendar for 2006 – a madison cyclo-cross at Phillips Park on 16 December. Click here for further info about the event and here for venue info. Organiser Matthew Winston says “There will be a change area where the riders will “tag” or “sling” […]
An old favourite resurrected in mid 1990s after a break of several years. Brought back into the NW calendar again in 2004 and used for that year”s North of England Championships. A mixture of fast grassland, bankings, steps and stony tracks. Further modifications from the Horwich course directors will ensure close racing conditions. The corner […]
The Lakes Road club have decided against running an event this year on the popular Ulverston Glaxo course.? This means that the North West league”s most northerly race of the 2006/07 season will take place at Bolton.
Please follow this link to the British Cycling website to see the full up-to-date listing of Cyclo-Cross events in the North West.
We are?deeply deeply saddened to tell you that Caroline Wood, a member of Red Rose Olympic has died after a recent illness. Caroline was taken into intensive care last week and was unconscious for three days. Unfortunatley she died early on Monday morning.? A post mortem will take place in due course. Caroline was NWCCA […]
Nine photos of the annual bash at Horwich sent in by Mark Leyland.? (Thanks Mark!) (The list of winners by category is here)
Jonny McEvoy was 39th at the World Championships is Zeddam at the weekend. He finished a very respectable 2:39 behind dutch winner Boy Van Poppel, and continues to show great promise with another year yet to race at Junior level. On the British Cycling website, Jonny commented: “I really enjoyed that. I started right near […]
Super-Junior Jonny McEvoy won his final race before the Junior World Championships on 29 Jan at Phillips Park, Manchester.? McEvoy was chased all the way by a group of three riders, and although his lead hovered at a maximum of 30 seconds, he held enough in the bag to take a well deserved victory.? Full […]
Dave Headon has organised this year”s prize night to take place in Horwich on Friday 10th February from 7:30.? Hot Pot, Music and ”Cross videos.? Sounds like an ideal night..? Contact Dave on 01204 660711 to get your tickets – priced ?10 (Adults and Juniors), ?8 (U16) ?4 (U12) and free of charge to under […]
