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.
Revised Event Dates - The event at Solihull Riding Club has been rescheduled from 9-Nov to 14-Dec. This means that the League will have three blocks of four consecutive Sundays, with a break in between each block. The first break (one weekend) coincides with the National Trophy event at Derby. The second break (two weekends) coincides with the National… ... Read more Pulse Events Summer Cross Race 2 - Please support Pulse Events Summer Cross Race 2 at Baggeridge Country Park on Wednesday 23rd July. Race 1 has had to be cancelled due to a lack on entries. It's a shame to miss such opportunities to prepare for the forthcoming cyclocross season. Enter here. ... Read more 2025 Race Entry Fees - We have not raised our race entry fees for several years, but the pressure of rising costs for services such as first aid, and an increase this year in the rider levies that we are required to pay British Cycling, mean that we have decided to increase entry fees for 2025 across the board by… ... Read more Membership for 2025 Open - Membership for 2025 is now open in RiderHQ Please use the JOIN option. The RENEW option will not work. At present, we have 11 events, which are shown on the Events page. We still hope to add additional rounds. Do let us know if your club is willing to organise one. There are currently unused… ... Read more WMCCL AGM - All WMCCL members are invited to attend the Annual General Meeting of the WMCCL, which will be held at: 2pm on Saturday 29th March, at: Mappleborough Green Primary School, Henley Road, Studley, Warwickshire B80 7DR. The rules governing the AGM are in the Constitution of the WMCCL, which is on the website here: https://wmccl.co.uk/constitution/ I… ... Read more V60-64 Female Winner - It is fitting that we end our review of WMCCL category winners for 2024 with Julie Rowntree, who won our V60-64 Female category after some great racing with Debbie Hodson - who was second - and Carolyn Jennings – who was third. All three typify what the WMCCL is all about – the joy and… ... Read more V45-49 Male Winner - Our 2024 V45-49 winner, Dave Morris of the Grity Race Team, spent the season chasing Andy Wearing in the V40-49 race. He never quite managed to catch him (see below), but he was nearly always second or third, and that was enough for him to finish well clear of Colin Miller (who was second) and… ... Read more V55-59 Male Winner - Darren Atkins of Team Enable MI Racing was WMCCL Champion and WM Regional Champion in the V55-59 category. He also finished third overall in the V50+ standings. He was never out of the top three in that race and won it three times. Tim Barnes was second V55-59 and Leon Field third. Darren was also… ... Read more 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 
