Skip directly to content
  • Harry Says “Just get on my wheel and you will be alright!”
  • Harry Says “Put in an extra loop down the coast road”
  • Harry Says “Ride your bike!”
  • Harry Says “Just a steady 2 to 3 hours”

NOTICE: User accounts and passwords

Due to a recent website update, you may experience issues logging into your user account. If you do, please try resetting your password

Website improvements are on the way. Please stay calm and patient. smiley

HMCC CX Race - 21st January 2018

danmon_81's picture
on Sun, 26/11/2017 - 21:34
HMCC CX RACE -
 
Hi everyone.... The HMCC inaugural CX race will be taking place on Sunday January 21st 2018..... this is going to be an absolute cracking day for all! It's part of the NWCCA calendar and will be the last race of the season - http://nwcca.org.uk/calendar/
 
It's taking place on the Beacon. We will need as many people to help out as possible.... therefore we're asking if people could begin to pencil it in their diaries and put their names down to help out. Even if you've never raced CX before or even seen it you'll be amazed at how much of a family, community event/ race it is.... racing is from under 8's all the way up to the old farts! It's such a good day in the mud with awesome people.... so we'll be looking for (not exclusively):
 
- Course volunteers/ marshals (no experience necessary, wellies and flask compulsory :-)
- Registration Volunteers (lovely warm-ish tent)
- We'd love the awesome HMCC cake squad baking (belgian themed cakes :-)
- Runners and logistics helpers
 
The racing will begin from 10:30 but obviously set up before. The core organising team will be there from stupid o'clock to set up the course but we don't need people to be there from then. If you can do anytime across the day then great, racing finishes around 15:30. We will rotate people around where we can to avoid tedium and coldness.
There will be coffee and tea and if we can get some food vouchers we will dish them out!
 
Please post in the event page if you can help and i can keep track of volunteers- https://www.facebook.com/events/125357251463270/
 
posted on the forum too
 
what else could you be doing on a cold day in January!!! :-)
 
cheers everyone
 
Dan and organising team
 
danmon_81's picture

HMCC CX sponsorship....

Hi everyone,

As you may have seen our inaugural HMCC CX race will be taking place on the Beacon on the 21st January 2018. The event will be a fantastic finish to the North West CX race season and will also be a brilliant family, cycling event. We are having an event village centrally with stalls, the race will be a 1.7km circuit for adults and a smaller one for kids – racing is for under 8’s up to Vets! As part of the race we have already secured some sponsors and we’re now in a position to offer any of our club members the opportunity to sponsor the race/ areas of the race.

We are thinking that people may want to sponsor small sections of the course or full races. In terms of how much, that’s up to you. The money from sponsorship is re-invested in the infrastructure of the race, and any excess will go back into the club, this may be in the form of additional resources for our kids Go-ride set up or club equipment. This isn’t the chance for the club to make money from its members, but rather a great chance to invest in the club and what we’re doing within the community and the race scene.

Sponsors would get the chance to put some signs up around their area or have them up around the winners of their sponsored race i.e. HMCC under 8’s CX race 2018, sponsored by Asda.

Please don’t take this as a plea for funding, the race is supported by the entry fees and some existing sponsors, we thought this would be a nice way for people to get behind a HMCC event in a different way.

The course is pretty much signed off, therefore we have the following which may be of sponsor interest (not exclusively):

- Youth/ Novice race

- Under 8 race

- Under 12 race

- Under 10 race

- Vet 50 Men race

- Women race

- Vet 40 Men race

- Senior / Junior Men race

- there will be some hurdles on the course

- Spiral of Doom

- HMCC Belgian corner

- Manor house ruins

- Hill climb

If any of these or others sound interesting drop myself or the Captain an email and we can talk further.

Thanks for reading, see you on the 21st!

Dan, HMCC CX team and the Captain

Post new comment