by Heather Bamforth | Jun 30, 2019 | Blog, Events, Helpful Information, News, Racing
With the 2019 season in full swing, but with a number of races in jeopardy due to numbers, we thought it would be useful to bring back our guide to events. The current list of women’s racing on the British Cycling website can be accessed here. Riders sprint for...
by Heather Bamforth | Feb 17, 2019 | Blog, Events, Helpful Information, News, Racing
2018 saw some major changes to the women’s cycling scene, with the roll out of the first ever Junior Women’s National Road Series, the implementation of a women’s strategy group at British Cycling for road cycling, and 2019 is set to continue on the...
by Heather Bamforth | Mar 8, 2018 | Blog, Events, News, Racing
Happy #IWD2018 everyone! This season in the North West, we have decided to see whether handicap racing will break down the barriers for women and encourage them to think about racing. What is handicap racing? Using handicaps in road racing used to be extremely popular...
by Heather Bamforth | Feb 24, 2018 | Events, Helpful Information, News, Racing
Every year, there are always concerns about the lack of events for women in the higher categories outside of the National Road Series. This year, the Road Series doesn’t start until May, so we thought that it would be useful to pull together the races open to...
by Heather Bamforth | Jun 26, 2017 | Events, News, Racing
Thanks to everyone who came to our event yesterday at Pimbo. Here are the results: National B Position Race Number Name Team/Club Cat 1 1 Ryan Ashcroft 365 4 Bikes Academy 1st 2 7 Matthew Nowell BIKE Channel Canyon Elite 3 12 Frank Pilkington Bill Nickson Cycles RT...
by Heather Bamforth | Apr 2, 2017 | Blog, Events, Helpful Information, Leadership, News, Racing
Here at Racing Chance HQ, we have decided to proclaim June 2017 as the #partyontheroad month, which means that in the North West, we have a month of women’s racing which is aimed at 3rd and 4th category riders. The aim is to try and change the perception of...
