The WMCCL are pleased to publish the overall prize fund for the 2021 – 2022 Shimano Lazer Cyclo Cross season. The committee have topped up the contributions from our 13 individual organisers to provide a prize fund of over £7000! Apologies for the delay in publication of the overall prize fund but even today our […]
Registrations closed for the Ridley Lazer West Midlands Cyclo Cross League on Sunday 20th August with a record number of riders! A full list of rider names will be published in the next few days for riders to check their category and other details are correct. Categories are based on dates and year of birth […]
Round 1 of the Ridley Lazer WMCCL is this weekend! John Potts and Redditch Council have been doing great things to bring us a new race venue at Abbey Stadium, even widening the gaps in hedges to reduce bottlenecks. John is one of our super group of organisers who leave no stone un-turned to provide […]
The Ridley Lazer WMCCL are delighted to announce that journalist Ben Goddard will be assisting our amazing organisers to get their events publicised. Ben rides the Senior League and will try and see as many of the races as he can and file a report to local and National Press on Sunday evening. This is […]
Toby Barnes (Lichfield City CC) and Bethany Crumpton (Storey Racing) showed their early season form to take victories in the opening round of the Ridley Lazer West Midlands Cyclo-Cross League. Both riders put on dominant displays to take comfortable victories in their respective races while Stephen Knight (Team Jewson) and Darren Atkins (Ride Coventry) were superior […]
Hannah Payton (Team Kinesis UK) and Jacob Knight (Solihull CC) clinched their first victories of the cyclo-cross season in the women’s and senior races respectively in round two of the Ridley Lazer West Midlands Cyclo-Cross League at Pype Hayes Park, Birmingham. Veteran over-40 Darren Atkins (Ride Coventry) and veteran over-50 Stephen Knight (Team Jewson-MI Racing) […]
Words: Ben Goddard – Pictures: David Perry Junior riders Toby Barnes (Lichfield City CC) and Harriet Harnden (T Mo Racing) dominated the men’s and women’s events in the third round of the Ridley Lazer West Midlands Cyclo-Cross league. Junior rider Barnes struck back from a third place last week to win the men’s event while […]
Toby Barnes (Lichfield City CC) and Hannah Payton (Team Kinesis UK) continued their dominant form to take further victories in round four of the Ridley Lazer West Midlands Cyclo-Cross League promoted by Solihull CC. Junior rider Barnes had won two of the opening three rounds of the series and his third victory never looked in […]
Congratulations to all the West Midland Cyclo Cross League riders who journeyed to North Yorkshire to take part in the iconic 3 Peaks Cyclo Cross on 24th September. This really is the World’s toughest Cyclo Cross race, 60kms overall race distance, 1524m of climbing, 4 miles of carrying your bike over some of the rockiest, […]
Harriet and Ross Harnden took the women’s and senior men’s event respectively in the fifth round of the Ridley Lazer West Midlands Cyclo-Cross League at Shelsey Walsh in Worcestershire. The Malvern based siblings used their mountain bike backgrounds to their advantage on the gruelling course which snaked up and down the countryside. Shelsey Walsh is […]