News: Central Cyclo Cross League

The Central Cyclo Cross League gets off to a flying start with the Archer Road Club’s event being upgraded this year to Category A, which recognises its top level standard of promotion in past years.

Now it no longer clashes with a National Trophy event so a top level entry is expected on Sunday, 30 September, at the Hillingdon Cycle Circuit which is so well situated for access from the motorway network. The Category A rating brings with it an enhanced band of ranking points which are needed to ensure entry for the National Trophy series.

The success of the Central Cyclo Cross League, only in its fourth year, means more organising clubs available than dates and regular big entries, so the Archer RC event has moved forward to tempt more of the Hillingdon circuit’s road race regulars to keep up their fitness with a new challenge on what is likely to be a hard and fast race layout.

In fact a few years ago a rider won the final road criterium at the circuit and two weeks later also won the Archer cyclo cross race. So it can be done.

The state of the art clubroom at the circuit offers the ideal HQ, with equally fine changing rooms and hot showers available in the adjacent Goals Soccer Centre which is part of the Minet Country Park complex that includes plenty of parking and even a licensed bar in which to celebrate or drown sorrows!

Full details of the race meeting can be found on BC’s cyclo cross calendar with on-line entry now the easy and most economic way to do it, as entries on the day will be accepted at a slightly increased fee.