Inter-Club Challenge Proves a Great Success Track/Crit Inter-Club: we all had a great day with 25 riders from NTCA taking part in the Track events and 28 in the criterium. Everyone rode superbly and they can all be proud of their achivements. There was also a healthly contingent of parents who attended and they supported the riders with great enthusiasm. The highlight was the team sprint where two of our teams placed first and second which shows that our riders are well drilled in this team events after numerous practice sessions down at the Lyme Valley track. The Crit was on the new circuit next to Manchester City Football ground with wins coming from Tomos Owen in the U12 boys event,Sophie Capewell in the U12 girls, Joe Evans in the U14 boys from teammate Jacob Kelly, Paige Millward in the U14 girls and Alex Simmons in the junior race. The Final Scores saw Eastlands win with 194 points from Newcastle with 111. Isle of Man were third on 77 points. Special thanks go to coaches Martyn Shaw, Phil Houlton and Nigel Capewell who helped me throughout this morning and afternoon event. This years event has been the best one since we started the Inter-Club Challenges 8 years ago and everyone has agreed to repeat the series of three races again next year Track/Crit Interclub Results Rollers Inter-Club: The annual Inter-Club challenge series between Newcastle Track Cycling Association and Manchesters Eastlands Velo proved to be a great success on Saturday when Round One was contested. The venue was St John Fisher High School, Newcastle under Lyme with 40 riders contesting a 39 race programme with the age ranges being from 7 to 16 years of age. Rollers Results NTCA Quiz NightDear All, We had a great Quiz night on Friday with over 70 people attending. The deserved winners wre the "Cylopaths" with 96 points made up of the Hill family and friends. Everyone had a great night and in my opionion it was one of the best. Special thanks go to the Quiz master John Robinson and the venue organiser Sue Jones. Chris....... NTCA Handicap LeagueNeil Potter has kindly offered to sponsor the Handicap League this year. As a result the prizes will be as follows; 1st £50, 2nd £30, 3rd £20. This is a fantastic gesture to the track by Neil and one that is very much appeciated by the NTCA committee and its riders.This cash prize should help encourage some close and fierce racing this year at the league for one of the top three prizes. There are 9 events throughout the season with the first one being on the 29th April at the seasons opener. they will then be run alternately each week with the Keirin league. Chris....... 2010 NTCA AGMThe 2010 AGM took place at Whitfield Tennis Pavilion, the following link is a transcript from the event AGM 2010 2009 Prize Presentation Newcastle Track Cycling Association held their annual prize presentation at St John Fisher High School last Friday night. There was a great turn out of riders and families at this vent which also included a small programme of roller racing for the under 16’s. All the awards were presented by Track League sponsor Tony Brooks of Brooks Cycles and Chairman Rick Notley. Tony also announced that he will be sponsoring the league next year which is very much appreciated by the organising team more........ Lyme Valley Stadium Welcome to Newcastle Track Cycling Associations Lyme Valley Velodrome. The current track was resurfaced in 2004 following a successful Lottery Application of £250,000. We now have as a result of these improvements the best outdoor track in the Country. The track is 400m in distance with a banking of 31 degrees in the bends.
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