The second race of the season was hosted by Cycling Club Hackney at the Lambourne End Centre, which is a place for Outdoor Learning that focuses in particular, on developing Young People by utilising adventure, farm and environmental activities. As the centre is also a working farm, they make their own sausages and burgers (even Vegan) which is something most …
Cyclocross Report – Chelmsford 7 September 2025
The first race of the 2025/26 season was held in Springfield Park, Chelmsford last Sunday hosted by Chelmer CC. Of course for the music fans amongst you Chelmsford was also the venue for the ‘Radio 2 in the Park’ music festival over the same weekend, but there is no doubt that the most exciting event was the one in Springfield …
August off-road news (including some grass track)
Marston Mega Cross – 17 August Four wheelers raced at Marston mega cross race on 17 August. Marston Mega Cross is a unique event, raced over an off-road course of around 5 miles (either solo or in teams) for 3 hours. Megan Free and partner Caroline came 1st in female pairs relay.Paul Watson raced solo, 3rd in Age Category.Nick Rush …
Mud in the East at last! Milton and the end of season relays
The east of England is the driest part of the UK, so we get ‘proper cross’ conditions (i.e. mud) much less often than the rest of the country. But the last couple of Eastern races have redressed the balance! The last formal round of the Eastern Cyclocross league was held at Milton Country Park (just outside Cambridge) on 26 January, …
They think it’s all over – it is now (the end of the cyclocross season)
Sadly after 5 glorious months of Cyclocross racing, it’s now all over until September. The last of the winter ‘Cross’ races have all been concluded, the Eastern League Relays took place yesterday, which have been superbly documented by Stephen Brook and the last race of the Leicestershire league events also took place in the grounds of the Motor Racing circuit, …
Post-Christmas Cyclocross Blues
Your latest Cyclocross news report from Peter Golding Well the busy Christmas/New Year period is finally over, and what a period it has been, especially if you are an armchair cyclocross fan. There seemed to be a race on the gogglebox most days, lots of excitement to entertain us, whilst there was a lack of racing in the UK. It’s …
Cyclocross update – West Stow Cross 2024
The sunset on Sunday was spectacular and so was the event at West Stow Country Park which our Club hosted so magnificently. Now that the dust, quite literally has settled, it’s time to put pen to paper and write some thoughts on the day.What a day it was, the weather helped of course, but it wouldn’t have been so successful …
West Stow cyclocross – call for volunteers
West Suffolk Wheelers your help would be much appreciated.West Suffolk Wheelers are hosting round 9 of the Eastern Cyclocross League on Sunday 15th December 2024 at West Stow Country Park, West Stow.We are asking for volunteers to assist on the day of the race, a few to set up the day beforehand and a few to help the final tidy …
Cyclocross update – 3rd November 2024
Sadly there was no local (Eastern Cross) race this last weekend, but the Central Cyclocross League had an event on Saturday at the Milton Keynes Bowl, this time hosted by Equipe Velo, a North Buckinghamshire Club. The last event held in the ‘Bowl’ hosted by Velo Bants, made use of a very steep bank which most ran up and a …
Cyclocross Report – Week ending 20th October
Firstly the track at West Stow is in great condition and has had plenty of folk training on it during the week, the more times it’s ridden as the weather gets damper and the ground softer, the smoother the racing line will become. So if you’re an off-road rider off any type, Cross, Gravel, MTB, why not get over there …