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Entries Tagged as 'British Cycling'

British Cycling NPS Penmachno …. cancelled

September 5th, 2008 · No Comments

From British Cycling’s web site… and our forum
 
The next and final NPS Cross Country at Penmachno 13/14 September is cancelled… for more details join the squabble over at www.xcracer.com.  Our respect goes to the organisers who had a hard unprofitable job putting on this years series and I dont blame them at all.. The fact [...]

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Tags: British Cycling · MTB Marathons · MTB Racing · MTB XC · Mountain Biking

Athertons and Peaty help top off a great World Cup Downhill Season

September 4th, 2008 · No Comments

Another great end to the season at the classic course at Schladming, Austria is due on 13 September. In the Women’s Downhill event we are seeing the domination by North Wales resident Rachel Atherton who has been flying so high and fast this season most of her opponents are only seeing the vapour trail.

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Tags: British Cycling · MTB Downhill · MTB Racing · Mountain Biking · NWMBA website news

British / Atherton domination at the downhill World Championships in Italy

June 21st, 2008 · No Comments

Great news just in. Downhill finals today saw Gee Atherton First and Steve Peat second in the men and Rachel Atherton first in the ladies with Josh Bryceland and Sam Dale doing a 1-2 knockout of the worlds Junior Men in that race.

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Tags: British Cycling · MTB Downhill · MTB Racing · Mountain Biking

Press Release from the Organisers of the 2008 National Downhill Championships

June 21st, 2008 · No Comments

British National Downhill Championships at Rhyd y Felin.
 
The No.1 event in the UK domestic calendar this year is taking place on the legendary Bala course in North Wales on 19-20 July.

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Tags: British Cycling · MTB Downhill · MTB Racing · Mountain Biking

British Cycling’s MTB Commission

December 27th, 2007 · No Comments

British Cycling have announced the latest line up of the MTB commission who are the faces that help steer the sport forward. It is made up from members who have the experience of officials, promoters and riders to hopefully keep everything progressing. Not often controversial they were handed a rather dirty stick last year when [...]

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Tags: British Cycling · Mountain Biking

MTB Racing at Penmachno

December 27th, 2007 · No Comments

British Cycling have just awarded the running of the 2008 National Mountain Bike Cross Country Series to ‘Thetford MTB Racing‘ who have in turn announced that a round this year will be held at Penmachno over the weekend of the 10/11 May 2008 with the XC on the Saturday and a 50/75/100km MTB Marathon on [...]

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Tags: British Cycling · MTB Marathons · MTB Racing · MTB XC · Mountain Biking

WCU North Wales Working Group

October 21st, 2007 · No Comments

I attended the meeting to represent the club on saturday.. as ever we were out gunned and out numbered by the road clubs who were specifically there to toast a couple of guys from the Welsh Sports Council after the planned closed road circuit at Eiras Park in Colwyn Bay got turned down….As far as [...]

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Tags: British Cycling · Meetings · Welsh Cycling Union