2011-11-14 - Geoff Bewley Cross
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Congratulations to Rob Pugh and Mike Fugaccia on another spectacular cross event. It was good last year but this was even better. A big thanks you to all the sponsors club members, family and friends on making this a great day, even the weather was spot on. Lets not forget the riders who make all this worthwhile.
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2011-09-26 -
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CONGRATULATIONS to Mark Cavendish World Road Race Champion 2011 and all the G.B. Team who helped him win this great event.
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2011-06-19 - Rule Book
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The latest club rule book is now available from the clubroom on a Wednesday night 7.00pm till 9.00pm
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2011-06-18 - Sunday Rides
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Sunday rides which run throughout the year start at the clubroom 9.00am. The ride covers about 55 miles with a cafe stop, pace about 16/18 mph.
Steve Schofield is club captain and leads the runs. Usually one week in the Lancashire lanes next week over the Runcorn Bridge around the Cheshire lanes.
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2011-01-20 - Matt Brammeire
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I have added Matts early season races to the L.C.R.C. facebook web site
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2011-01-08 - Saturday Morning Rides
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The Saturday morning training rides are a 2 hour ride at a good pace starting at 10.00am outside the Wheatsheaf Hotel on the Rainford By-pass.
Organisers will be Mike Armstrong and Mike Fugaccia. This training is ideal for those with a mind to racing in 2011, this with turbo training, Sunday rides , will keep you fit throughout the winter.
The main thing is to enjoy your cycling, the fitter you are the quicker your recovery rate and the more you enjoy your riding. Remember nothing comes easy.
See both Mike's at the clubrooms for further information.
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2011-01-08 - Wed Night Turbo Sessions
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Every Wednesday night till it gets light!!
Don’t sit at home and just think about getting fit, get down to the clubrooms.
Faster Time Trial’s, improved stamina on club runs, weight loss, whatever your goal this is a good place to start.
-For all ages and levels of fitness
-Starts at 7:15 sharp (club meeting nights 7:00)
-Sessions are an hour in length
-Turbo sessions will be run to a structured productive programme with the odd 'fun' session thrown in
-Warm up and warm downs included
-Training as a group improves your motivation
-All you need is to bring a yourself and a bike
Speak to Mike Fugaccia at the clubrooms for more information.
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2011-01-08 - Club Kit
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Club Kit (Red/White/Blue)
We have setup a page on the website for the club kit (white/red/blue) that we have in stock. As we will be changing to the 'retro kit' in 2012 the prices have been discounted. Take a look at the web page and contact Rob Pleavin at the clubrooms to purchase or for more information.
Retro Club Kit (Black)
Following Mike Fugaccia's superb modelling of the 'new' retro kit a new order will soon be placed. I've been in touch with Bioracer & have the new prices taking into account the 20% VAT, it only puts about £1 on a jersey:
Short Sleeve Jerseys - £46
Long Sleeve Jerseys - £51
Gillet (with windblock) - £53
Bib Shorts - £57
Bib Tights - £60
SS Skinsuit - £97
LS Skinsuit - £101
Team Armwarmers - £20
Team Legwarmers - £25
Sizes as the existing red, white & blue kit.
They also offer female specific jerseys & shorts:
Short Sleeve Jersey - £48
Long Sleeve Jersey - £53
Gillet (with windblock) - £53
Bib Shorts -£57
Bib Tights - £60
SS Skinsuit - £97
LS Skinsuit - £101
To place an order please contact Damian Field.
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2010-07-12 -
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Back to the Front - The Incredible Comeback of Matt Brammeier.
The last thing on the mind of Matt Brammeier as the year rolled over from 2007 to 2008 was pulling on the jersey of National Champion. With both legs in plaster the 22 year old from Merseyside was coming to terms with the implications of the winter training accident that had left him off the bike, back at his parents home in Newton-le-Willows and lucky to be alive.
It was 30 minutes before the ambulance arrived after the rear wheels of the tanker lorry that hit him had snapped both of his legs like twigs and turned Brammeier's world upside down, his hopes of a career on the road in Belgium crushed under 30,000 litres of fuel load.
A former British Champion at both Junior and Espoir level, Matt took the hard decision to move away from the British Cycling Academy structure just as the star of UK cycling was in the ascendency, and relocate alone to the continent, convinced that the tough world of Belgian racing would bring out his very best. Hard riding didn't bother him, neither did the long hours and bad weather that so often come with living and riding as a professional in Flanders. A graduate of the Liverpool Century club his two-wheeled upbringing was typically old school, a diet of hard rides in the company of hard riders.
Applying himself to his rehabilitation with the same toughness with which he rode he confounded the specialists who had pinned his legs back together by first standing, then walking and within a year taking a comeback win for the Profel Prorace squad in Belgium, a feat that caught the attention of Irish racing legend Sean Kelly who offered him a place in the An-Post Sean Kelly team for 2009. It proved to be a smart move and the Irish connection flourished and whilst Matt worked hard at the step up from Profel to the classic programme of road races that the An Post team enjoyed, he also applied to race under an Irish licence, thanks to his links to the country through his grandparents.
For Ireland Brammeier's years of experience in British Cycling's Academy structure were invaluable and riding his first UCI Track Cycling World Cup in Manchester wearing the green of his adopted nation, he stormed to 4th place in the Scratch Race, a clear sign that the months of rehab, training and remedial work was beginning to pay dividends.
Anyone who witnessed Brammeier's ride to win the Irish National Road Championships last weekend could have been left in no doubt that the 1000's of hours spent re-balancing and strengthening his body have been worth it. Attacking from the start of the hilly Sligo course the An Post rider took the fight to favourites title Dan Martin (Garmin-Transitions) and defending champion Nicolas Roche (AG2R - La Mondiale) first shedding Martin and finally dispatching super talented Roche in the last 500 metres.
Whilst fellow Academy graduates and former training partners such as Mark Cavendish and Geraint Thomas have enjoyed the attentions of the specialist press over the last 2 years, the quiet but determined Brammeier has faced down demons many of his contemporaries can only guess at and would have destroyed lesser men. Now, still young at 25, Matt Brammeier can finally see the road he has always wanted to ride stretching out ahead of him. It's the road to winning.
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2010-06-09 - club 50 record
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Another club record goes this time its Tom Murphy riding a 50 mile in the Manchester Vets with a 1.50.12. Congratulations Tom from all at the Century.
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