A good second race of the season for me at Hog Hill in London, a tough 2km circuit taking in ‘the Hoggenberg’ climb each lap. With multiple national champion Oli Stockwell of Ribble Pro Cycling and Tim Torrie from Vitus…
Lucy Ellmore raced today (9th January) in the women’s 2/3 race at Croft. Here is her report from the race. It was really windy today, so I just wanted to stay in the main bunch and shelter as much as…
Lucy Ellmore competed at the Croft Racing Circuit on Saturday 12th January. Here’s her report: The circuit is quite long – 3.4km/2.1 miles which made it more interesting to race on. There were about 20 women in my race (cat…
The final Otley Cycle Club 2018 racing award was decided in December when Morgan Leeming-Sykes won the Club Cyclo Cross Championship, the first time it has been won by a female member of the club. Our 2018 award winners are…
Congratulations to the clubs time trialists for season long performances in the Yorkshire VTTA (Veteran Time Trialists Association) BAR (Best All Rounder) competitions. Helen Goldthorpe finished first in the Ladies 3 Distance (25, 50 and 100miles) award, and fourth overall…
Over the weekend of 27th / 28th October, Otley CC helped to run a successful non-points CX event at Pateley Bridge in conjunction with YCCA. The event was well attended with just under 200 riders competing – around half in…
As many members will know, the first ever Cycle Expo Yorkshire took place Friday 12th to Sunday 14th October at the Yorkshire Event Centre in Harrogate. As well as indoor events including the exhibition, a bike testing area and sofa sessions…
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…
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…
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…