News

29 Jan: James the First! [Top]

After a relatively quiet winter so far, interupted by illness, James Fradley returned to form in the Midland Champs by snatching a narrow victory in the U13 Boys race.

James won by the width of a vest, but a win is a win! To see just how close it was please click here.

Adam Fradley and Jacob Droogmans performed well in the debut at this level finishing 62nd and 85th respectively.

In the U13 Girls Sophie Goodfellow showed good improvement on last year by finishing 28th, with Hannah Jones 37th in the Junior Womens race.

The Senior Women finished 11th team on the day with Michelle Buckle first back in 31st, with Mel Young, Wendy Swift and Belinda Riley completing the team.

Matt Lockyer repeated his performance from last year in finishing in 37th. The Senior Men were 14th team on the day.

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23 Jan: Helsby Half [Top]

Four club members took part in a very, very windy Helsby Half on Sunday.

Stephen Askey was first back in 1.31.09 for 226th place and 7th in the M55 category. Matt Jackson, Helen Hall and Belinda Riley also battled around the wind swept course, with Helen an impressive 12 minutes up on last year's time despite the conditions.

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17 Jan: Birmingham League [Top]

Newcastle's senior men were back in action at the weekend in the 3rd fixture of the Birmingham League, hosted by Sphinx near Coventry.

Steve Ratcliffe lead the team home in 34th with Mark Flint, Tim Twentyman, Matt Driver, Ian Sparks & Martin Bailey completing the count.

Although not counting Rob Ibbs and the unsung Neil Gerrity provided much need back up in 122nd and 165th place respectively.

The team finished 12th on the day and sit in the same position overall and barring disaster should secure their division 2 status for another year in the final fixture.

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10 Jan: Get well soon! [Top]

Best wishes from all at the club to Cath Dulla and Pete Swinnerton who were hit by a car on a recent training ride, with both requiring hospital treatment.

Hope you both have a speedy recovery and are back in action before too long.

8 Jan: County Champs round up [Top]

Matt Locker made a rare but valuable performance for the club in Saturday's County Champs by finishing an excellent 3rd in the Senior men's race, the best individual performance by a senior man for a few years.

The team packed well to finish 4th and just shy of a medal, with new member Dave Giles again to the fore in the team count (27th) and Tim Twentyman 4th Vet overall.

Michelle Buckle was first back for the senior ladies in 10th but was 3rd Vet with the team finishing in 6th and the Vets team picking up a bronze medal.

In the junior races with the exception of the U13 Boys the turnout from club members was relatively sparse. The U13s were rewarded for their efforts with 3rd team and James Fradley was 2nd.

U13s Team ready to run!

Sophie Goodfellow finished in 10th in the U13 Girls, Ben Meir 12th in the U15 Boys and Paul Fradley 17th in the U17 Boys.

Good luck to those who made the Staffs County Team in the Intercounties in March!

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