It’s time to celebrate our category winners for 2024. In no particular order, we will feature each of them over the holiday period – starting with our Junior Female winner: Amy Barnes of Lichfield City CC. Amy had a season-long battle with Jess Bufton of Hafren CC, but came out on top winning 6 of […]
The championship racing started with all U-16 riders competing in the BC National Trophy race on Saturday afternoon. The weather forecast was looking horrible but the course had been cut up and got very muddy as the race schedule proceeded for the day. The course was basically split across two large fields on a hill. […]
Unfortunately we must cancel WMCCL Round 12, which was due to take place in Walsall on Sunday. This is due to flooding on the course. There is already up to four inches of standing water on large parts of the course, which is only going to get worse with the forecast of prolonged heavy rain. […]
Our next event (on Sunday 24-Nov) is a special one. For riders in the Youth categories and above, it’s the West Midlands Regional Cyclocross Championships, and there are some important differences that those riders need to be aware of. Please note that for all of the Under-12 categories, there are no regional championships. For those […]
This is a season-long competition for those who commit to use a single bike for the duration of each race. No prizes are awarded for individual races, but at the WMCCL Annual Awards, there is a separate podium for the top three One Bike riders in each category. This competition does not apply to the […]
Every WMCCL event follows this timetable – except for the Regional Championships – where the Junior Men start with the Vet 50+ Men. Start Time Category Distance Before 09:45 (subject to course readiness) Under 12 Course Practice 09:45 Under 6 & Under 8 10 minutes 10:05 Under 10 10 minutes 10:30 Under 12 15 minutes […]
Here are the age categories and the Years of Birth (YOB) applicable to each one. In cyclocross, it’s quite simple: if you were born in a particular year, then your category for the 2024-25 season is as follows. It will change on 1 September 2025.
You can ride any bike in the WMCCL as long as: it is operated wholly through the motive power of its rider; the handlebar ends are plugged, not merely covered by tape, and other projections from the bike are protected as far as possible. British National Championship and British National Trophy Events are restricted to […]
The highest scores of each rider from 80% of the rounds in that season will count for a rider’s final league placing – including average points awarded at the discretion of the Committee for giving up a ride to help organise an event. For clarity, if there are 10 rounds in the season then 8 […]
Points are awarded to the first 100 finishers in each category based on 1st 100 points, 2nd 99 points, 3rd 98 points – and so on – descending by 1 point intervals to 100th place. The definition of a category varies. Up to age 16, boys and girls have separate points rankings for U6, U8, […]