Great news, club rides can recommence as from the 29th March. Now that we are starting club rides on Saturdays our first meet up will be Saturday 3rd April riding off from Chester Le Street Riverside Park and Sunday 4th April from Chester Le Street Market Place Links to sign up to a group will be posted on our members forum on Facebook. If youre interested in joining Cestria Cycling Club just us an email at info@cestriacycling.co.uk and we will get back in touch. All covid guidance will need to be in place and everyone should ensure be aware of the rules ®gulations when riding in groups. This again will be posted on our Facebook members forum Although British Cycling will allow up to 15 riders per group we at Cestria think it safer all round we stick to groups of 6 for the foreseeable

CESTRIA CLUB RIDES & ACTIVITIES After yesterdays announcement by the Government it has been decided by the committee to suspend all club rides and organized activities due to the Covid-19 situation. As it stands, the advice we have all been given is to keep person-to-person contact to a minimum and we are all aware that this is manifesting itself through the cancellation of mass/group participation events. While the decision to suspend all organised Club events for the foreseeable future is not what we want, we feel we have to do what is best in order to not only to help reduce the spreading of this virus but also to reduce the likelihood that an accident may place increased burden on emergency services. Cestria will not for the foreseeable future be organizing any club events until further notice. We thank you for your support and patience, hopefully we back riding as a club as soon as reasonably possible. Thank you for your understanding. Ride safely

Once again Cestria CC hosted its annual hill climb which was kindly sponsored by John Morfield Ltd for yet another year. The weather was forecast for very wet that morning but thankfully the forecasters got it wrong and by the time the first rider set off the the rain stopped and blue skies prevailed. Although the weather had changed for the better, the early morning rain made the conditions on Peth bank very slippy and with its 20% gradient racers were limited on how much power they could apply and caution needed on the steepest section of the climb. However the competitors still managed some pretty decent times, no course record broken but some impressive times