This was the last race of the season and started on a cold and foggy morning. The course was very technical with plenty of steep banks and loads of mud!!!

Sunday 22nd Jan was the penultimate race of the season and the day started on a sunny but windy day at Wolverhampton. SCC had 4 riders starting in the first race.

The junior awards evening/late party will take place on Saturday 11th February at the Home Guards Club, Tiddington from 7.00 onwards.

The last round of the WMCCL league will be held on 29th Jan at Baggeridge Country Park, Sedgley. The usual age categories apply, with racing starting at 10.15 for the U8/U10's. Entry on the day.

Please note, on Monday 30th Jan we will not be holding any track training but we will be running an indoor session at the Home Guards Club from 7.00 pm onwards.

The 1st of a series of 3 Youth Races will be held on Saturday 3rd March at Tudor Grange Park, Solihull. IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT YOU MUST PRE-ENTER VIA THE BRITISH CYCLING WEBSITE. Spaces are limited for each race.

Go-Ride Cyclo-Cross races are taking place on Monday 23rd Jan at the Tiddington Track. This event is for U16's novice riders only. Signing on is from 5.30.

Good luck to Tom & Preslav who are competing in National Trophy Rd 6 Cyclo-Cross Event on Sunday 15th Jan. The event is being held at the Sundorne Sports Village in Shrewsbury. The U16's race starts at 13.30.

It was great to see so many SCC junior riders at this event, despite it being a very windy New Years Day. A big thank you to all the parents who managed to get up early to get the riders to this event.

SCC Membership is now up for renewal. Please visit the membership section of the Junior area for further details of membership benefits/costs and forms etc.

Normal cyclo-cross training sessions will commence again on Monday 9th Jan. Session times as normal 6.00 - 7.00 for groups Pooley & Romero and 6.45 - 8.00 for groups Cooke & Pendleton.

The only Stratford Rider in the U10's & U12's for his race was Luke Simmonds aged 9. Luke rode most of the race in 3rd position and was hoping for his 1st podium but sadly after a slight tumble on the last lap, we was overtaken and had to settle for a very well deserved 4th place finish.

This event is being held at the same location as rd 4 but promises to be more exciting, with a new, longer more technical course layout and a ride thru Belgian sytle marquee. Please note a parking charge of £2 is required.

We are very sorry to have to inform you but due to temporary lack of floodlights at the Tiddington Track - we have had to make the decision to cancel the Go-Ride Racing planned for Monday 19th Dec. We are very sorry about this but the Go-Ride racing planned for Monday 23rd Jan, should go ahead.

Turbo Sessions for older Juniors will commence on Wed 4th Jan. They will be held at the FISCC Hut (located in the car park). The sessions will be for period of 10 weeks, session time is 6.30 - 8.00pm. Session costs are £3 or £25 for 10 weeks.

The event is being held in the same place as Lichfield CC event earlier in the season. The postcode for the event is WS15 2UA. For those who didn't attend the previous event please be aware that the HQ is not at the Forestry Centre. By using the postcode it will get you within 1/4 mile of the HQ. The event sill be sign posted and there will be a charge of £2 per car for parking.

Please join us on Monday 12th Dec at the Tiddington Track for a very festive cyclo-cross evening. There will be prizes for the best dressed bike/junior (please do this safely as you will still need to be able to ride your bike!). Mulled wine & mince pies will be available for parents of SCC juniors and hot choc/squash and mince pies for SCC junior riders.

On Friday 25th November, SCC hosted its annual awards evening at the Grosvenor Hotel in Stratford. This year the club were delighted to have the pleasure of Magnus Bäckstedt as a special after dinner speaker.

There will be Go-Ride Cyclo-Cross racing evenings on Monday Dec 19th 2011 & Monday 23rd Jan 2012 at The Home Guards Track, Tiddington. Races start at 6.00 with signing on from 5.30. Races open to u16's novice riders. £3 entry fee payable on the day

On behalf of SCC, we would like to extend a massive thank you to John Johnson and his team for organising another brilliant cyclo-cross event last weekend and for providing prizes for the under u10/u12's. 18 Junior SCC riders took part and there was also a good turnout of adult riders.

It was wonderful to see so many Junior SCC riders turnout on Sunday 20th for Rd 8 of the WMCCL. 18 riders took part giving results as follows: U6's 1st, Spencer Corder, 6th Ryan Speechly. U8's 7th Cerys Simmonds, 10th Jacob Barritt, 14th Dan Evans. U10's 5th Luke Simmonds, 9th Nick Evans, 16th Kieran Speechley, 22nd Joshua Stratford. U12's 13th John Chesney, 24th Andrew Butler. U14's 9th Kier Lewis, 20th Peter Musgrave, 21st Owen Todd, 26th Oliver Evans. U16's 6th Preslav Dimitrov, 8th Tom Lane, 10th Andrew Butler

With the Cyclo-Cross season well underway, we are getting some wonderful results from all of our Junior members. It is so nice to see so many younger club members taking part this year. A big well done to all of you. Please click on the link below to view the table! Please supply any photos you may take this weekend at Shipston, as it would be great to get these onto the site. If you have photos, please email them to gaynordavis@f2s.com

If you are able to make a cake, it would be most welcome. All cakes sold on the day will boost SCC funds. Please bring your cake with you and leave it in the main reception, near signing in. Many thanks. We look forward to seeing you all there.

As you may know we have the West Midlands Cyclo Cross League round 8, organised by Stratford CC taking place on the 20th of November. As the majority of Stratford CC riders are juniors at this event then we are looking for volunteers from the junior parents to help out either on the race day and/or setting up the course on the Saturday 19th (9.30am at Norgren Shipston on Stour)

Welland Valley Cycling Club will be hosting round 7 at Misterton Hall, Lutterworth, A4034, Junction 20, M1. This is a popular cross circuit, consists of an excellent mix of fast woodland, gravel paths, grassland and tarmac.

As Round 9 of the WMCCL to be held on 4/12/11 at Shrewsbury is also a Midlands Championship event, all riders except those in u8/u10/u12's must enter in advance.

Please note, there will be no Monday Eve Cyclo-Cross session on 24th October due to Half Term Holidays. Sessions resume as usual on Monday 31st October. We look forward to see you all then.

Solihull CC looks forward to hosting Rd 6 at Elmdon Park on 16 October. The courses will be very similar to last year but with a couple of slight variations. There will be portaloos in the park this year for the first time, but no burger van. However, there will be a cake stall and nice coffee. Signing-on will be next to the finish area - as it was last year.

As from 1st October 2011, the winter timings are now in operation for Monday evening Cyclo-Cross training sessions as follows:

The 10th round of the West Midland Cyclo Cross League (WMCCL) was also a regional Championship event, drawing competitors from other Midlands leagues and so increasing the pressure on Stratford Cycling Club junior riders.

Nine families and thirty eight riders arrived on a stormy looking Friday evening at Callow Top campsite just north of Ashbourne and right next to the Tissington Trail, for a weekend of camping, cycling and fun.

A very pleasing thirty-two riders turned out to the first Stratford CC hosted Go-Ride interclub today, undaunted by the very stormy night, and relishing the prospect of a gutsy race!

It is time to start planning the new year of cycling. The first thing to do is to make sure you have paid your club membership , the forms should be filled out and sent to Roger. The forms are on this website in the membership section and Roger’s address is on the form, cheques should be made to Stratford Cycling Club.