Wednesday, August 28, 2002

Eastridge Finals
A big thank you to every one who raced or turned up to watch
a few people had flown out to the worlds and missed a good weekends of top racing.
Evan the rain on Saturday didn't stop some very fast times check out the results>>>
Sundays Cross Country was low on entries but this was made up for by the quality of the
riders on what is one of the best cross country courses in the England.

Sunday, July 21, 2002
2002 National Down Hill Champions?
see pics

Wednesday, July 17, 2002
NASS - something deferent for the weekend?

See Dale Homles in action? see here

Sunday, July 14, 2002
Nationals Hopton 2002

Few pictures from he downhill course,
news is more stone has been laid down in what was the muddy slow sections, now the course rips.
a few new bits added to catch few people out .
see pics

Friday, June 21, 2002

UCI World Cup Cross Country race format for 2003

hot news from the front is that the UCI had a meeting with all managers to say they are going to change the format of the World Cups to have point to point, stage races, short courses, enduro and standard cross country.

This could lead to changes to midlands races?
e-mail chris@nakedracing.co.uk with your thoughts

Thursday, June 20, 2002
EASTRIDGE DH 3/4 & Midland Champs

Thank you to every one who came and raced over the weekend,
We had a fantastic turn out, despite the wet weather on Saturday.
Sunday saw the sun shire and times but with one or two, well five people who crashed on the doubles but every one came back from the hospital walking!
A big thank you to all the ambulance crews we meet over the weekend.

The Series finals will be back to Eastridge on August 25th & 26th 2002, get your entry in now for what will be a cracking end to the series.

The Down Hill course is to have a new section cut through the bottom of the woods with a little help of a digger with a certain Stu Hughes at the controls! ( subject to approval from the Forestry Commsion)
More news on when this is completed soon...

Midland Champion Results below:

Juvenile
Rich Staples
Simon Barclough
Daryl Upton

Youth
Sammy Cotton
Matt Simons
Lee Pincher

Junior
Marc Beaumont
James Pinner
Rich Cheetham

Vets
Rob Munn
Ian Hutchinson
Chris Hewgill

Masters
Alan Blood
Simon Paton (Me!)
Daron Osbourne

Senior Woman
Suzy Osbourne

Senior Men
Dave Richardson
Rick Minshull
Chris Grffiths

Pro Lady
Rhian Atherton

Pro Men
Stu Hughes
Matt Farmer
Neil Donaghue

Thursday, 30-May-2002
Going to the World Cup

we will bring you the Pictures and may be even a report to!

Sunday 19th May 2002
Eastridge

Spent the day at Course building, made new top to the course,
see pics below, more work will be going on next Sunday...

Monday 22nd April

Picture's from Hopton

Cross Country

Tuesday, April 9, 2002
Hopton News
Down Hill Course - work has been done putting stone into the what were slow muddy bits, the track was dry and getting really fast, a new line and burm has been added just before the second fire road crossing and new way into the G - out, lower down the course a new track has been cut thorough to join up with with national course and down into the field to finish. Nice.

Cross Country Course- This is one proper XC course a couple of good climbs, technical descents some fast open down hill all go to make this a really satisfying course to ride.
Laps are around 5 miles long.
From the Start in the field its short flat section and a long climb up on to the fire road
this continues up to the top of the forest road, then a nice flat fireroad burst, turn right up a short climb towards the down hill start and a quick right and down into a nice technical decent thorough the trees to drop down back onto fire road,
a short dash then left turn up up a grass fire road, this leads into a fast decent for what seems like miles fast open fire road leading into nice fast single track over a few roots and then drop down onto the fire road,
short down hill burst into nice decent to pick up a right turn onto a lovely bit of following wide track cut into the side of the hill this drops down into the finish. This is one wicked course.
A course from the old days when it was more than just flat race round a field with a hill in it. Don't miss your chance to ride this course.

Pictures from the event will be here early next week.

Oh and Dave Perace said there will be bonfire on Saturday Night.

Wednesday, April 3, 2002
OK new stuff very soon being doing lots of other things but will get back to it now.

Red Marley Hill Climb 
Some thing a bit different Pre 1970's Motor bikes