Welcome to the West Midlands Cyclo-Cross League…
We offer competitive off-road bike racing for all ages and abilities. You don’t need any specialist equipment to start, as long as your bike is safe for yourself and others.
The League title sponsors are leading Belgian helmet brand Lazer and the world’s leading bicycle component manufacturer Shimano.
Lazer is the world’s oldest cycle helmet company with more than 90 years’ experience. They remain one of the most innovative helmet companies in the world.
Shimano pursue the creation of new designs and easy-to-use functions by keeping one jump ahead of the users’ imaginations and realize innovative new products excelling both in high precision and in durability.
Madison are the UK distributors of these well known brands and the UK’s leading distributor of bicycle parts and accessories. They have supported us for many years as title sponsors for which we are very grateful.
Senior Male Winner - Rob Burns of Malvern Cycle Sport retained his Senior title in WMCCL 2024. That’s four Senior category wins in a row since we resumed the League after Covid, and five wins in total, which is a fantastic achievement. As always, Rob had to contend with some very strong U23 riders, but he won in Round… ... Read more
Under-16 Male Winner - Under-16 Male (or Youth A if you prefer) was another very competitive category in WMCCL 2024. The winner, with four wins – including the Regional Championship - was Oliver Larner of Lichfield City CC. But second-placed Arthur Oliver and third-placed Ben Whitehouse also had wins. Here’s Ollie’s summary. “I am very happy with my results… ... Read more
Senior Female Winner - Genny Billington of Bromsgrove Olympique was our Senior Female Champion for 2024. She finished well clear of Melissa Baker, who was second, and Laura Rogers third. Genny was also second overall in the combined Women’s standings behind Ceris Styler. “This year, I went into the season wanting to take the league more seriously and found… ... Read more
V50-54 Male Winner - A newcomer to the region, Crispin Doyle of Magspeed Racing, was able to disrupt the Team Enable MI Racing domination of our V50+ races. After a couple of second placings, he got into his stride and finished the season with five wins to pip Nick Whitley by two points in the V50-54 category. John Darroch… ... Read more
Junior Male Winner - The last of our four winners from Solihull CC is Sam Brownsword. He dominated the Junior Male category in WMCCL 2024 – winning eight races, including the Regional Championship. Sam was joined on the Junior podium by Aidan Walters of Stafford RC in second place and Sam’s teammate Patrick Neely in third place. Sam is… ... Read more
V65-69 Male Winner - The second of our 2024 winners from Matlock CC is Chris Watts, who won the V65-69 Male category. He beat the previous year’s top-two: Gary Rowing-Parker (into second place) and Paul Freeman (into third). Chris loved the atmosphere and camaraderie of the League and - although we are ruthlessly friends during races - it’s the… ... Read more
V40-44 Female Winner - We've talked about a few of our category winners with 'near perfect' records: here's a rider that went one better. Ceris Styler of Rotor Race Team won all eleven rounds of the WMCCL - including the West Midlands Regional Championships. And that was not just winning her category (V40-44), that was winning the combined Women's… ... Read more
Under-10 Male Winner - Our Under-10 Male winner for 2024: Lucas Shephard of Stratford CC, was another young rider with a near perfect record. He won nine races – with just one ‘off day’ in Round 2 at Shrewsbury. Calum McAusland won that day, and finished on the podium in seven other races to claim second place in the… ... Read more
V40-44 Male Winner - Andy Wearing of Mike Vaughan Cycles topped the V40-49 standings and was our V40-44 champion for 2024. Andy won six races and was on the podium in three others, which put well ahead of Chris Mapp (second) and Scott Palmer (third) in this sub-category. Here are Andy’s reflections on a very successful season. “Fast and… ... Read more
Under-12 Female Winner - Another young rider with a near perfect record this year was Zosia Latuszynska of Solihull CC. She won our Under-12 Female category with 9 wins from 10 races. Evelyn Charles was the only girl to beat her (in Round 1), but it was the twins from Hafren CC: Teleri and Heledd Rowlands who got closest… ... Read more