With the demise – temporarily hopefully – of the YCCA summer cyclo cross in Otley Wharfemeadows park the closest ‘cross race to the club hometown was the non Yorkshire points scoring round Sunday 7th October at Haw Pike Farm near Bolton…
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Otley Cycle Club Open 2 stage Hill Climb. Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin’
The 2018 Otley CC hill climb on Saturday 6th October might have been the first event he’d organised but Andrew Bolton must have some sort of magic touch. The forecast rain didn’t appear and although it was cold early on…
Social series ride reports – 7th October 2018
A beautiful autumnal morning brought nearly 30 riders to the Buttercross – both new and old faces were made very welcome! We split across 3 rides… Gentle ride to Muddy Boots Christine’s report… It was a privilege and joy to…
Autumnal racing
Autumn’s here – it really is, starting Sunday 23rd September this year – so it’s on to mainly winter cyclo cross and hill climbs but with TTs still to finalise. Time Trialling The last race in the 2018 YCF Sporting…
Half-Day Social Rides Sunday 7th October
This Sunday our half-day Social rides are to Gentle Ride to Harewood House led by Christine Bell with a coffee stop at Muddy Boots …. Stretching Ride to Pannal led by Graham Smith with a coffee stop at TBC…
Christmas Ride Out Dinner 2018
Ho! Ho! Ho! It’s nearly Christmas!!! Save the date in your diaries – 9th December The Ride Out dinner will be held at The Wharfedale Inn, start planning your routes, costumes and bike decorations…. More details to follow soon.
Lizzie’s A Mum!
Lizzie has a begun a new challenge with her husband Phil, with the birth of their beautiful daughter, Orla. We made sure she feels part of the club already, with her very own OCC Blue cycle top!
A thank you on behalf of Stephen Broadley and his family
Another successful Triangle Series ended with the 30 mile championships on September 9th and two days later many of us were entertained by Sheldon’s review of the year at the Triangle awards evening at The Wharfedale. Tom Broadley was crowned…
Feel Like A World Champion
What is it like to feel like a World Champion? Well you could ask our Patron, Lizzie, but she’s a bit busy at the moment! Alternatively you could seek out the Otley faces in the bunch who enjoyed wearing a…
Mont Ventoux – 3 ways
Huge congratulations to Julia Day and Christine Thwaite who have joined the exclusive Club des Cingles du Ventoux. To become a member of this Club they climbed Mont Ventoux by all 3 routes from Bedoin, Malaucene and Sault all in…