Presentation Night

Here’s a brief rundown on the results from the MMBCC summer of racing for 2025/26. Plus the Rider Grant recipients were announced.

Summer Road Race Series

Dave Bock won the Summer Road Race Series ahead of Steve Duke and Craig Wilson.

The top ten (total of best 12 results)

1st Dave Bock - 106; 2nd Steve Duke - 102; 3rd Craig Wilson - 97; Eq 4th Ryder Chadd and Simon Hall - 91; 6th Dave Jagger - 90; Eq 7th Darren Bakker and Bruce Halket - 76; 9th Adrian Dowd - 75; and 10th Tim Hall - 63.

SRRS Women’s Trophy

Janine Appleton comfortably won the Road Series Women’s Trophy.

Dirt Crits

Ryder won Dirt Crits ahead of the two Ross brothers, Alistair and Ben. The top ten:

1st Ryder Chadd - 185; 2nd Alistair Ross - 166; 3rd Ben Ross - 159; 4th Luke Vivash - 142; 5th Ben Grundy - 138; 6th Dave Bock - 127; 8th Spencer Carman - 110; Eq 8th Micah Chadd and Steve Curnow - 99; and 10th Cooper Hoebergen - 94.

Alain Guerin Crossover Trophy

Ryder won this one too!

1st Ryder Chadd - 276; 2nd Dave Bock - 233; 3rd Ben Ross - 209; 4th Bruce Halket - 158; and 5th Ben Grundy - 153.

Congratulations to all the winners.

MMBCC Rider Grants

Congratulations to five MMBCC members who were announced as recipients of grants.

High Performance Grants

TALIA APPLETON

ELISE EMPEY

(who are both now in Europe to race)

Rider Development Grants

RYDER CHADD - Gold

BEN ROSS - Gold

COOPER HOEBERGEN - Bronze

Congratulations to all of you and we look forward to hearing about your exploits.

And finally …

An interesting article about councils, governments and cycling infrastructure.