The BNECC annual club dinner and prize presentations is being held at Sheldrakes on Friday 5th December (start time 7pm). Tickets are £20 for adults and £15 for juniors. Tickets are avialable from Allyn Cunningham, Dave Large or Brad Smith.

The 3rd round of the National Trophy Cyclo-cross series was held in Durham last Sunday (16/11). Nicole Clarke was 3rd in the under 14s girl event. Full results & write up can be found here

The Liverpool Century Cyclo-cross event was held in Otterspool last Saturday (15/11). Craig Rogers won the under 16 youth event. James Wright was 28th in the same event. Tyr Bujac was 13th in the under 12s race with Elliot Bujac and Andrew Clarke 9th and 10th respectively in the under 10s event.

Full results can be found here.

The second round of the National Trophy Cyclo-cross was held on the 26th October in Southampton. Nicole Clarke rode in the under 14 girls race. For the majority of the race she was 2nd but dropped back to 3rd on the last lap.Full results can be found here.

The Weaver Valley Cyclocross event (5th round of the NW CX) was held on Saturday 18th October in Northwich. In the Youth race Nicole Clarke was 7th (1st girl) and James Wright 22nd. Andrew Clarke was 7th in the under 10s race. In the vets/womens race, Ian Clarke was 56th. Full results can be found here.

Nicole Clarke rode in the under 14 girls National Trophy cyclocross event on Sunday 12th October in Shrewsbury. Nicole managed to get 3rd place with a strong ride. Full results can be found here.

On the Saturday (11/10), Nicole’s brother, Andrew was 4th in the under 10 boys cyclocross event at Rossendale with dad, Ian, 48th in the veterans race. Full results can be found here.

A number of BNECC members have taken part in North-West Cyclo-cross races over the past month. Results as below:

Hoghton Tower  6/9/14

U10: Andrew Clarke 6th, Elliot Bujac 7th; U12: Tyr Bujac 13th; Youth: Nicole Clarke 13th (1st U14 girl), Oliver Nickson 37th; Women/vets: Clive Wilkinson 42nd, Ian Clarke 51st.

Full results here: http://nwcca.org.uk/2014/09/red-rose-cross-hoghton-tower-result-and-pics/

Horwich Humdinger 14/9/14

U10: Andrew Clarke 8th; Youth: Nicole Clarke 10th (1st U14 girl); Women/Vets: Ian Clarke 50th

Full results here: http://nwcca.org.uk/2014/09/horwich-humdinger-2014-nwcca-round-2-results/

Heaton Park 5/10/14

U10: Andrew Clarke 5th, Elliot Bujac 10th; U12 Tyr Bujac 10th; Youth: Craig Roogers 3rd, Nicole Clarke 16th (1st girl), Oliver Nickson 41st; Women/Vets: Ian Clarke 78th.

Full results here: http://nwcca.org.uk/2014/10/manchester-wheelers-cross-heaton-park-05-oct-2014-results/

The Great Orme Road race was held on Sunday 28th September. A number of youth section members took part. Results below:

Youth A – Danny Harrison 32nd
Youth B – Craig Rogers 3rd, George Higgins 15th, Max Moss 17th, Tom Davies 20th.

Full results can be found here: http://greatormeroadrace.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Great-Orme-Road-Races-U16s-U14s-Results.pdf

Mike Garner broke the club 100 mile TT record on the A50 with a 3.49.59 on the 6th September. The previous record was set by Don Hacking in 1992 with 3.58.30.

Jessica Wilkinson and dad, Clive Wilkinson, rode the 3 Yorkshire peaks Cyclo-cross challenge at the end of September. Both Jessica and Clive achieved sub 5 hour rides and won the father and daughter competition. In addition, Jessica broke the under 18s females record with her time.