It's the cx nats this weekend....

[dan_bo]

Might be a bit different from the 1962 edition

http://www.yorkshirefilmarchive.com/film/british-cyclo-cross-championship

 

[dan_bo]

10 minutes in my mate Neil Orrell gets a mention. He had hair back then.

 

[dan_bo]

Sent the vid to Neil. Here's what he said back:

Very good that, it was a pig of a day, I don't remember what I finished. I rode the North of England Champs on the same course in 1960. There were 3 of us away coming up to the finish Harry Bond, Roy Comer and me, there was a road climb then grass downhill to the finish. I dropped the other two on the climb and was 100 yard from the line when my chain came off, I could have run to the line and won but I decided to put my chain back on, and the other two came by, so I only got third. What a fool!!

 

[dan_bo]

Superb.

 

[nickyboy]

Although you'd never know it to look at me, my Dad was a very good CXer and competed in these events, albeit "down the field". Googled the start list but, of course, that sort of info isn't online

 

[palinurus]

Here's a technique I need to work on.

 

[Jenkins]

It's being streamed on the British Cycling website on Sunday afternoon so I may have it on the tablet while doing bike fettling in the shed (if I remember)

 

[fossyant]

10 minutes in my mate Neil Orrell gets a mention. He had hair back then.

Neil will know Stu Johnson also - I worked with Stu about 25 years ago - he organised loads of CX stuff (you'll know him as well Dan).

 

[dan_bo]

Neil will know Stu Johnson also - I worked with Stu about 25 years ago - he organised loads of CX stuff (you'll know him as well Dan).

Yeah nice bloke Stu. Doesn't race anymore but still turns up to watch from time to time.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

A good showing for Yorkshire, with Tom Pidcock taking the jersey (Elite & U23 mixed event)

A friends daughter placed8th, in the Junior Women
Another friends daughter, placed 8th, in the U23 Women

Tim Gould was 3rd, in the MV50 cat!!
Nice to see he's decided to stay competing


All results here; http://results.smartiming.co.uk/view-race/nc2019

Filters apply, you may have to change 'positions' to get the 1st/2nd/3rd/etc.....

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Might be a bit different from the 1962 edition

http://www.yorkshirefilmarchive.com/film/british-cyclo-cross-championship

It used to be the same, when Calder Clarion (one of the local Clubs, & Barry Hobans Club, when he was home, from Europe) held CXs
http://www.calderclarion.co.uk/history/
They used Heath Common, essentially that; Common land to the east of Wakefield, where it was a mixture of soil/sand/hillocks, as there used to be a Golf Course on the Common
(Heath village is a 'Conservation VIllage', as almost every house is Listed!)

 

[DRM]

It used to be the same, when Calder Clarion (one of the local Clubs, & Barry Hobans Club, when he was home, from Europe) held CXs
http://www.calderclarion.co.uk/history/
They used Heath Common, essentially that; Common land to the east of Wakefield, where it was a mixture of soil/sand/hillocks, as there used to be a Golf Course on the Common
(Heath village is a 'Conservation VIllage', as almost every house is Listed!)

It would be fun & games on Heath Common now dodging the travellers ponies.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

It would be fun & games on Heath Common now dodging the travellers ponies.

Yes
There used to be B&W photos of the CX. on the 'Clarion' website, they don't seem to be there anymore