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.

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.

This week sees the second hosting of the European Masters Cycling Championships, an event for riders over 30, at the Manchester Velodrome.

On Wednesday two of the Lichfield City Cycling Club members were riding in events with realistic medal prospects and did not disappoint.