Last Sunday 12 members of Lichfield cycling clubs youth section travelled down to Portsmouth to contest the National Schools track championships. With riders ages ranging from 5 to 13 the local club was represented in almost every youth category. This was an excellent opportunity for some of the riders to show their skill on the track and there were some fantastic performances despite the awful weather. Not only was it cold but many of the riders had to complete the first event, the pursuit, in heavy rain.

Lichfield City CC Spring Road Race - 2nd  May 2010

In this years race riders faced a cold windy day with rain threatening at the start. The poor conditions made early breakaway attempts a tough prospect and few riders made any great impression on the peloton. As the laps rolled by and legs became tired a group of 4 riders pulled clear and started to build a sizable gap.

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A good contingent of Lichfield city cycling clubs young riders recently travelled en masse to the height’s of the pennines to chase the medals at this years British Schools Mountain Bike championship. The event was held in a testing course in true Bronte Country, high above the Yorkshire mill towns, near Howarth. Such was the severity of the course that two riders, Rugeley’s Connor Smith and the Friary’s Isabelle Clarke suffered heavy falls and were unable to complete the course.

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.