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2025 NTR Award Winners

On Friday 20th March 2026 we hosted our annual awards night at Whitley Bay Golf Club, a new venue for NTR. 60 members attended and it was lovely too see everyone. Award Winners Men’s Race Trophy: J. Faram Women’s Race Trophy: C. Cunningham Most Outdoor Miles: P. Hopkins NTR Hill Climb Male: I. Gallon NTR […]

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NTR Ride Schedule 2026

Our current Club Ride Schedule is below. All midweek rides are evening starts. All events are posted in advance via the NTR Spond app – members have access to this app for details of start time & location. Monday – Gravel / Local Wagonways ride aka ‘Dirtbags’. Approx. 20 miles. Suitable for Gravel/CX Bikes and

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2026 Q1 Summary

JANUARY A new webmaster for 2026, and a resolution to try and post more club blog posts in 2026. On 10/11th January the National CX champs were held at Gypsies Green by our friends at @southshieldsvelocc . The fight for the national stripes… We had a number of our riders involved across the weekend. Special

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2025 Q3 Summary

DECEMBER A quieter month for the club – with some truly awful weather limited many of our rides. But December saw us hold our annual Christmas rides during the downtime period between Xmas and New year. David Bleakman has recently started some Thursday evening social rides, and for Christmas introduced ‘Sunday Sips’ – an off

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NTR Awards Nominees 2024

Based upon member feedback we agreed that for this years awards we would provide you a shortlist. You can find that shortlist below. If you wish to nominate anyone other than the below for voting please follow the instructions in the Spond message. Nominees must be received by 5pm Wednesday 5th February. Spirit of NTR

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2024 Roundup Part 1

Summary 2024 January Started off strong, with the first weekend of the year having an alternative Breakfast Blast ride hosted by Ian S, unfortunately for him it resulted in a trip to A&E. Tony D also hosted a session of loops at Cramlington later in the month, the cafe stop was good old Greggs in

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NTR Hosts CXNE 2024 Round 9

Gypsies Green This weekend NTR hosted Round 9 of the CXNE league, the final round of the season. Cyclocross is an entirely off road race, covering anything from mud and sand to hurdles and running. The idea being that each person does as many laps of the course as they can during their race. Although

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Newcastleton Weekender

On a rare dry weekend in September, a mix of roadies and dirtbags headed to the Scottish borders. Based at Whithaugh Park in Newcastleton, the weekend got off to a good start with a cracking meal at the local pub, The Grapes. Day 1 Half the party took on the Ken Laidlaw sportive route, a

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NTR Does Majorca 2023

We’re all just about back from what was an awesome week in Majorca. We had 23 members out there at once, all having made their own arrangements and staying across a variety of locations. Here’s the highlights. Arrival Day – 40km With people arriving at different times there were a couple of options – Campanet

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