The first sportive on the calendar…14 NTR members congregated for the York > Leeds > York sportive. The Weather forecasts predicted it could be a challenge but none of them expected the mini winter storm. As 10.00 am approached the group were hit with 40 mph winds, hail, sleet and snow. This weather was not ideal for […]
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To support the growing interest in cyclocross, the Club booked Kirkley Farm’s dedicated cyclocross course for a spot of Sunday training. Despite the blustery weather conditions we had many junior and adult members turn up and enjoy the training. They had the chance to learn many new skills including, mounting and dismounting the bike, how
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As the spring is starting to slowly creep in and the temperatures are rising, our coach Martin Kitching very kindly put on a training session at Prissick. Martin’s comments of the day: Excellent effort by everyone at our coaching session yesterday. Congratulations to Gary, winning the 2019 NTR Race with 2017 champion Derek not quite
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The cyclocross season came to an end in December. Fast forward 2 months and the CXNE Awards Presentation night was held at the Crown Plaza, Newcastle. NTR picked up two awards…. Well done to the ladies on an amazing CXNE season! 1st ladies team Ruth, Paula and Nicola, also Ruth Marshall 3rd V50 and Nicola
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New to the club? Or been with the club a long time but still not attended a week ride? Wondered what all the weird acronyms mean, and what speed you’ll realistically be riding at? Here’s a brief guide to the NTR Road Rides you should be joining in with if you’re new to road riding
2018 – THE YEAR IN REVIEW Our membership continues to grow. Today we have 493 members. Like gym memberships, not everyone who joins a cycling club comes out to play, and numbers will naturally dip at each annual renewal, and build again across the year. Compared to other clubs, our membership retention at annual renewal
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The final CXNE race of the season at Gypsies Green, South Shields. Shields Velo Cycle Club hosted the final race of the 2017-18 season and what a course it was. Placed on Gypsies Green right on the Coast was a beautiful location for the event. The weather was on our side, cold but dry which
Well, what a day the club had today, taking advantage of the unusually warm, almost summer weather. Muckle Cycle Club Hill Climb Well done our NTR hill climbers who took part in the Prospect Hill climb organised by MCC. We made up 10% of the field and Wilf Sergant got the 18th fastest time overall
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This Time Trial was a 2-stage hill climb, with 29 riders tackling the ascents of MH9 (The Gibbet) and, 90 minutes later, MH17 (BIllsmoor). First overall was former National Hill Climb champion Adam Kenway (Vitus Pro Cycling) with a cumulative time of 11:30, followed by local veteran Colin Atkinson (Muckle CC) in a time of 11:51,
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For those that do not know, the Great North Bike Ride (GNBR) although it has a grand title started off a group of mates riding in memory of a lad called Chris Lucas who died of rhabdomyosarcoma at the age of 16. That was in 2000 when there was 6 of them, now 18 years
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