Our cafe ride on Saturday went out to The Old Shed at Charlbury and it was so wonderful to have so many offers from both staff and general public to take this shot of one of our groups.
It was great to see our striking kit being appreciated by everyone.
Another fabulous evening of First Aid training was enjoyed by 12 of our members last night.
Safety of our members during club events is of paramount importance and last night the club organised 12 members to participate in another valuable and potential lifesaving First Aid training session.
NCCC funded the training as part of the clubs commitment to safety and care of our members.
Being a British Cycling accredited club we take the safety and care of all members very seriously. The club also provide training via British Cycling for qualified Ride Leaders too.
On completion of all training the members receive certificates confirming their new skills have been competently demonstrated and achieved the specific training levels.
Some huge thanks for last night:
* To Cotswold Cycles/Revolution Cafe for providing the shop and cafe for the training to take place.
* To Graham from Tactical Tuition for providing the valuable and potential life saving training.
For more information about Tactical Tuition click on the link below.
* To our fab newly trained 12 members for taking time to participate and supporting NCCC.
Finally, if you’re interested in joining our thriving cub and enjoying the fantastic community buzz that we’ve created well there’s some good news.
Our annual membership is only £15 per annum for adults and £5 for juniors. We host of a wide variety of events both cycling and socially.
Joining via British Cycling direct link below.
https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/club/profile/6068/north-cotswold-cc
A gentle reminder to all members that the current CLUB KIT WINDOW for orders closes this Friday 28th March.
See link below:
https://www.bioracer.co.uk/en/mybioracer/?r=cF0TzEerhT
Yes it’s great news everyone!
Dates for your diaries.
Gravel Rides return on 17th April
Paceline returns on 22nd April
Chain Gang returns on 25th April
Full details to be sent later watch out for more good news shortly!
This will mean that we will soon be hosting club rides 7 days in certain weeks! How good does that feel?
NCCC the place to be!
MINUTES FROM COMMITTEE MEETING OF NORTH COTSWOLD CYCLING CLUB: 7PM ON THE 3rd MARCH 2025 REVOLUTION CAFÉ, COTSWOLD CYCLES
A) Introductions & Apologies
Introductions & Apologies
Attendees: Jeremy Griffiths, Simon Jones, Will Biggart, John Adey, Henry Eve, Alice Humphrey, James
Barlow, Rachel Davies, Marcus Hearle, Simon Richards, Simon Taylor, Laura Baskeyfield
Apologies: Andrew Bray, Martin Lewis, Martin Lewis, Paul Flint, James Garstin
B) 1. 2. 3. 4. Chairman – Jeremy Griffiths (JG)
Club numbers are really encouraging, up on this point from last year. It had been great to
see new faces joining the club.
The chairman mentioned that the late timing of club rides being sent out had been raised by a few individual members.
JG agreed to talk to the ride captain to understand if any additional support was required in order to spread the load and if the election of ride leaders on the morning of the ride may help take pressure off during the week (with the exception of Saturday 10:30 ride and Sunday Group 4, where a ride leader is required).
Simon Jones suggested running another ride leader course, but the committee agreed that we look into alternative initiatives in the short term. JG offered to reach out to those who expressed interest in ride leading at the general training that was hosted by Simon Jones.
Order window for club kit is now open for members. Simon Jones will request a sizing
evening for club kit.
Reliability ride will be held on Sunday 23rd March. Sign-on sheets and routes available from previous years. Jeremy Griffiths will do the sign-on in the morning, with all proceeds to the Midland Air Ambulance.
Paul Flint to advertise this to other clubs in the area, via social media – with the view that this is reliability ride and not following the usual format of a club / group ride.
5. It was noted that it was very positive to see club members out racing in club kit and also to see people expressing interest in time trialling. Henry will lead a discussion amongst the group on putting together a racing sub-committee to generate more interest in what is being done today and look how to expand on this in future.
Cotswold cycles will look to potentially support with club kit, if there is appetite and people are regularly out racing.
John to send out a survey to get feedback on chain gang and what can be done to encourage others into this.
6. Gravel rides to restart on – 17th AprilTuesday Pace Line to restart on – 22nd April
Chain Gang to restart on – 25th April
Explanation as to what these rides are, to be published on the clubs website and posted on social media channels. Marcus Hearle to provide the write up for gravel ride, Will Biggart on Chain Gang and The Humphreys on Pace Line.
7. 8. Issue raised with riders not sticking to the advertised group rides speeds. Will reiterate ride speeds at the ride briefing. Groups encouraged to stick to the advertised pace and riders to drop back a group if they cannot sustain the pace.
Club dinner held in February was very successful. Food organised by Kallo and Sean was superb.
C) Ride Captain – Martin Lewis
Apologies sent. Club rides reviewed by the chairman.
D) Membership Secretary – Martin Lewis
Club Membership is at 188 members, up by 20 on this time last year (which was a record year). 40 lapsed members, which is fairly normal. 29% of club members female – up 7% on the time last year.
E) Treasurer – Marcus Hearle
MH suggested that we relax the mud guard rules early, given the spell of good weather. JG agreed to take this up with the ride captain.
F) Youth Secretary – James Garstin
Yet to confirm a location, but still liaising with Sibford school with a view to hosting Go-Ride in future.
In parallel JG has procured some bikes suitable for the rides.
G) Secretary – Laura Baskeyfield
1. 2. Ladies C250K has been extremely successful, with 22 riders (incl. the ride leaders completing the final ride of the series). Thanks to all the volunteer club members that supported with this initiative in a mix of weather conditions!
Monthly ladies ride due to restart on Saturday 5th April. Will aim for 3 groups again,dependant on availably of ride leaders.3. 4. Given the new members coming through the Couch to 50K series, a bike maintenance evening would be useful to skill up new riders. JG to organise through Cotswold Cycles and provide some dates for this.
Certified First Aid training for club members will take place on Monday 31st March. This was organised on a first come, first served basis with all places taken and a reserve list in place.
JG will arrange for Cotswold Cycles to be open for this training.
H) Race Secretary (Henry Eve)
Would like to look into a club organised hill climb. Less marshals required and much easier to run.
Will build a proposal for next the meeting.
I) General Committee
Will Biggart – Still a concern with riders carrying spares on club rides. Martin to include this in the weekly ride email, especially with the reliability ride coming up, where riders may not be able to rely on a group for spares.
Next Meeting = Monday 12th May 7pm @ Revolution Café, Cotswold Cycles
Richie Milner Reliability Ride
Event details:
Date: 23 March 2025
Venue: Cotswold Cycles/The Revolution Cafe, Moreton-in-Marsh GL56 0JU
Timings: Registration – from 8.25am
Rides: 9.00am
This is our annual Reliability Ride in memory of our great friend and ride captain Richie Milner.
It is an Open Event and EVERYONE is welcome to join whether you’re a club or individual cyclist. Literally the more the merrier so please feel free to share this event and invite your friends along for a wonderful ride with us.
Most importantly all proceeds will go to the Midlands Air Ambulance so the more people that take part the better .
There are two great routes to choose from, a 31 miles or 51 miles (see below)
This ride does replace our normal club rides on this day.
Groups are expected to cover a range of abilities, all groups will set off at 9.00am.
Please arrive a little earlier to enable you to register and make your donation in time.
Routes will not be marshalled so please remember it’s your responsibility (as a group) to navigate using the route filed below.
So, if fancy a nice Sunday morning ride out with NCCC and of course contributing to the amazing Midlands Air Ambulance then this is the event to do it.
Not forgetting the very social post-ride refreshments that are a huge part of our club back at the Revolution Cafe.
Routes:
51 mile route:
http://connect.garmin.com/course/8641299
https://www.strava.com/routes/24181514
http://www.mapmyride.com/routes/view/609197056
31 mile route:
http://connect.garmin.com/course/8641323
https://www.strava.com/routes/24181542
http://www.mapmyride.com/routes/view/609198172
Great News! Just a reminder that the CLUB KIT WINDOW for orders is now live for all members until the 28th March
See link below
https://www.bioracer.co.uk/en/mybioracer/?r=cF0TzEerhT
Race report
The road racing season kicked off for NCCC at the weekend, with 4 members heading to Dalton Barracks for Round 2 of the Abingdon Race Team Winter Series. Conditions were perfect, with a dry track, sun, and an uncharacteristic lack of wind.
John Adey, Will Biggart, and James Barlow lined up in the Men’s 3rd Cat race, all easing into their season with a solid bunch finish.
The stand out of the day however was in the Women’s race, where Alice Humphrey made her racing debut in a strong field of 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Category racers. Not only did she get round comfortably, but sprinted to 8th place, securing a debut Top 10, and getting her first points towards promotion! A fantastic and well deserved result!
Racing resumes on March 15th at Dalton Barracks, come down and give it a try!
Some positive news for the club regarding the outstanding work that’s been done in our women’s section.
We’ve been talking about this for some time and we’re delighted to announce that both NCCC and in particular Laura Baskeyfield has received some wonderful recognition from British Cycling UK.
We are really fortunate to have so many fabulous women ride leaders which is another reason for the success of the Couch to 50k series and ongoing NCCC Women Only Ride that was introduced last year as a direct result of the ever growing women’s section.
Laura has been the real backbone of Couch to 50k and we are thrilled to see that British Cycling UK have acknowledged and published some highlights of her volunteer work for NCCC and Breeze.
Women’s cycling is an area that British Cycling are focusing on across the UK and it’s wonderful to see that they have praised all of the hard work and effort that has been done by ALL of our wonderful women within our fabulous club.
Here’s the link to Laura’s feature on British Cycling below.
Great News
CLUB KIT WINDOW for orders now live for all members until the 28th March 2025.
See link below
https://www.bioracer.co.uk/en/mybioracer/?r=cF0TzEerhT
