What a fantastic year for Steve Clayton culminating with him being presented with certificates and a trophy by no other than Sir Chris Hoy at the British Cycling Annual awards ceremony and 50^th anniversary celebration in Manchester a couple of weeks ago.

Emily Nelson takes Silver medal For Lichfield City CC.

^{Lichfield’s Emily Nelson rode a fantastic race which gained her a well deserved podium place in the U14 girls event.}

Boxing Day saw the traditional Kenilworth cyclo-cross meet, which was well attended. Any ice left on the course was salted away for the competitors but the spectators had to deal with a massive slab of treacherous ice in the main viewing area.

Last Sunday saw two youth riders, Will Davies and Emily Nelson both from Lichfield City Cycling Club, travel to Budleigh Salterton in Devon for the first round of the National Trophy Cyclo Cross Series.

Alex Welburn who recently joined Lichfield City Cycling Club travelled up to the Lake District at the weekend to take part in the 9th annual Grizedale Mountain Bike Challenge.

Over 630 competitors battled it out over a gruelling 34 mile course that took in nearly 6000 feet of climbing.

Last Sunday was the start of the West Midlands Cyclo Cross League with the first event in the highly technical Pitcher Oak Woods in Redditch. Lichfield City Cycling Club were there supporting this event and most of the Lichfield riders got a good start with some exceptional performances.

After the British Championships in June and my selection for 
the British Team Mid July saw me part of a team of three British men and five 
women traveling to Tel Aviv in Israel to take part in the 7th World Mountain 
Bike Orienteering Championships. The events spread over the week consisted of 
long distance qualifier, middle distance, sprint, relay and long 
final.