Category Archives: News

The club run to Dunham Massey on Jan 6th had eleven riders, five new people and six members. In almost spring like weather we made our way out of town via Giantswood Lane heading for Goostrey. From here we went … Continue reading →

Thanks to Peter Hayhurst and his daughter Teresa, we now have a seasonal header image on the site – “Taken on a Warm New Year, 5th January 2013, at Congleton Swan Lake / Goose Pond on Giantswood Lane at Newsbank”. This … Continue reading →

It has become a tradition for Congleton C.C. to do a walk on New Years Day. This year 25 walkers including one dog, Bertie a black Labrador, completed a circuit of Rudyard Lake. We walked in an anticlockwise direction starting … Continue reading →

Club Run Sunday Dec 30th. The last club run of 2012 was to Delamere. Six riders left Congleton in unseasonably mild weather. They were Sue Blake, Petes Smith and Nelson, Ed Wright and Bob and Georgian Norton. The group only … Continue reading →

The club’s annual dinner and prize presentation took place at Astbury Golf Club on Sunday evening December 16th. Club members, families and friends gathered to enjoy a fine four course dinner and see the club trophies and silverware awarded to … Continue reading →

The club has been awarded £500 from the Cheshire East Communities Fund. This award is towards the cost of training coaches. Once we have trained coaches in place, we satisfy all the criteria necessary to obtain our Clubmark accreditation from … Continue reading →

Chaingang – Tuesday Evening – 23rd October Peter Smith’s Report: Fantastic autumnal weather, with the temperature nudging 15c made for great conditions for our first night time chain gang. In total six club members set off from the Rugby Club … Continue reading →

Nick Decker reports: “The sun was out but not a very warm morning. More than 60 riders turned up to take part in the event. After a bit of bad luck, first having to change a wheel, getting a puncture after … Continue reading →

Just 2 Congleton CC riders, myself and Stephen Jackson along with soon to join guest Tom Cowan rode out to Shakerley Mere to complete 3 laps of the 5 mile circuit in chain gang formation. The weather started to close … Continue reading →

We have included the reliability ride points in the Bob Job Memorial points table. With only two events to go, there seems to be a definite winner in Peter Smith. Second and fourth places are hotly contested. There are 22 … Continue reading →

Club members were out watching the Tour of Britain go past at various points in Cheshire and Staffordshire this weekend. The 8 day race passed to the north of Congleton on Monday coming down the Dumbars from Allgreave to Bosley, … Continue reading →

On Thursday Aug 30th the club promoted its second Come and try it TT for novices at Brereton Heath Local Nature Reserve. This event was part of Team Congletons Olympic Celebrations with Gold Silver and Bronze medals for under 15’s, … Continue reading →

The clubs Open 50 mile TT, took place on Saturday Aug 18th in very hot and sultry conditions. The event was won by Simon Bridge (Manchester Wheelers) in a time of 1 hr, 47 mins and 38 seconds. The other … Continue reading →

On your marks, get set, take part in the Samsung Hope Relay! Why? Well, for every mile you cycle using the smart phone app, Samsung will donate £1 to charities such as Kids Company and International Inspiration. Simply download the … Continue reading →

Sunday July 15th saw the club promote a series of long distance Audax rides. there were three distances on offer, a 117 km ride “Just the Plains of Cheshire”, a 110 km ride “Just the Hills of Cheshire” and a … Continue reading →

Sunday’s club run on July 8th, is a 60 mile circuit in the Lancashire Fells including the Trough of Bowland. It will be ideal preparation for the club Audax Rides on the following Sunday. This will start at 10:00 am … Continue reading →

Sunday 17th June sees the 4th annual Pedalling Picnic to Biddulph Grange Country Park run by the Congleton Cycling Campaign. They leave the Town Hall at 10.30 but need all participants to be ready to go at 10.15.

On Sunday June 10th, the club had a team in Team Congleton’s Olympic Celebration Its a Knockout Competition in Congleton Park. The team of Kate and Dave Mulroy, Andy Malbon, Wayne Powell (team captain) Mary Renshaw, Edgar Reynolds, and Rob and Mandy … Continue reading →

On Thursday Evening June 7th, the club promoted a Come and Try It Time Trial at Brereton Heath. The event was supported by Team Congleton and was part of the towns Olympic Celebrations. The course was a 2.5 mile circuit … Continue reading →

The first issue of the points table is available, see TABLE. For access in future, this can be found from the Competitions menu. Reliability points will be added in due course.