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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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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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
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
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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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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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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As I sit down to write my final race report of the season, I’m flooded with a mix of pride, gratitude, and disbelief at just how far I’ve come. This season has been a journey like no other. Every climb, every race, and every challenge was a piece of a larger story – a story
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Quarrington Hill Climb – Oct 20, 2024 Statistics and Course Records Quarrington Hill is a challenging ascent featured in the Houghton Cycling Club event. The climb covers a distance of 0.89 kilometers, with an elevation gain of 62 meters, resulting in an average gradient of 6.9%. Starting just outside Bowburn in Durham, England, the route ascends past the
The Venue Many of our riders will be familiar with Kirkley cafe, a popular spot for road cyclists to have a bacon sandwich and a cuppa located just outside of Ponteland. It also being a farm means there is a lot of land that can be used each year for our cyclocross racing. The conditions
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