Woodley park to host biking final
Sporting competitors from across the south east will be getting on their bikes and pushing their fitness to the limit at a Woodley park on Sunday January 20.
Ashenbury Park, which is maintained by Wokingham Borough Council, will be the venue for this year’s final round of the Wessex Cyclo Cross League, which will see between 60 and 80 cross country cyclists race around the park to secure victory.
The park, which is off Tippings Lane, will provide a new course and challenge for the cyclists, many of whom are members of British Cycling and have pedalled their way around a host of courses in the south east, to get to the final round of the league.
A free junior race will be held from 10am for under 12s at the park, while under 16s will push off at 10.30am and the final round for adults will start at 11.30am. All races will finish by 12.30pm.
Wokingham has a variety of parks and open spaces that the public can request to use for major events including sports races, family fun days, fetes, and corporate team building events.
The council’s parks and open spaces team hopes this biking competition will encourage more people to use the borough’s parks for a variety of sporting, corporate and social events.
Cllr Simon Weeks, executive member for Wokingham environment, said: “We are very fortunate in the Wokingham Borough to have a great variety of parks and open spaces for everyone to enjoy.
“The parks and open spaces team welcomes ideas on how to encourage the use of our outdoor parks, especially sporting and social events, like the Wessex Cyclo League final round, which is being held at Ashenbury Park later this month, that will benefit the community.
“I’m pleased that Ashenbury Park is providing a new and challenging course for the cyclists and wish them good luck in the league. If anyone does have any other events they’d like our parks to host I’d urge organisers to get in contact with the Parks and Open Spaces Team.”
Stephen Jones, one of the organisers of the Wessex Cyclo Cross League Final Round, said: “A new course always adds an element of excitement to the event and I’m pleased that we are able to use a park in the Wokingham Borough to provide that challenge.
“The course will be cycled by people from across the area and has been designed by the Reading All Terrain Mountain Bike Association so it promises to be a very exciting final round for both competitors and spectators.”
Ashenbury Park, which is maintained by Wokingham Borough Council, will be the venue for this year’s final round of the Wessex Cyclo Cross League, which will see between 60 and 80 cross country cyclists race around the park to secure victory.
The park, which is off Tippings Lane, will provide a new course and challenge for the cyclists, many of whom are members of British Cycling and have pedalled their way around a host of courses in the south east, to get to the final round of the league.
A free junior race will be held from 10am for under 12s at the park, while under 16s will push off at 10.30am and the final round for adults will start at 11.30am. All races will finish by 12.30pm.
Wokingham has a variety of parks and open spaces that the public can request to use for major events including sports races, family fun days, fetes, and corporate team building events.
The council’s parks and open spaces team hopes this biking competition will encourage more people to use the borough’s parks for a variety of sporting, corporate and social events.
Cllr Simon Weeks, executive member for Wokingham environment, said: “We are very fortunate in the Wokingham Borough to have a great variety of parks and open spaces for everyone to enjoy.
“The parks and open spaces team welcomes ideas on how to encourage the use of our outdoor parks, especially sporting and social events, like the Wessex Cyclo League final round, which is being held at Ashenbury Park later this month, that will benefit the community.
“I’m pleased that Ashenbury Park is providing a new and challenging course for the cyclists and wish them good luck in the league. If anyone does have any other events they’d like our parks to host I’d urge organisers to get in contact with the Parks and Open Spaces Team.”
Stephen Jones, one of the organisers of the Wessex Cyclo Cross League Final Round, said: “A new course always adds an element of excitement to the event and I’m pleased that we are able to use a park in the Wokingham Borough to provide that challenge.
“The course will be cycled by people from across the area and has been designed by the Reading All Terrain Mountain Bike Association so it promises to be a very exciting final round for both competitors and spectators.”
Wokingham Borough Council
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