Great. Another year of the British MTB chaps that fails to visit large parts of the UK. At least they have managed to get past Manchester this year. Could they not manage 2 rounds in England, one in Wales and one in Scotland. This would expose more young riders to big races. I know Scotland has had the Worlds over the last few years but having a round of the British MTB champs is important for developing the sport and new riders IMHO.

Blimey! I was expecting a plethora of rounds featuring some rides in N Wales and maybe the peaks...

I know, there are not that many are there! Do the Merida mtb marathons instead. Better events, more fun and better geographical distrobution, oh and probably better trails too.

most people live in the south of england, should we have a round on skye, just in the interest of balance?

can children under 16 enter or do you have to be over a certain age and is there any type of ranking you will need

mrmo your comment is a bit flippant. Just pointing out the conflict between having the british cycling champs that excludes a large part of Britain and doesnt visit one of the countries! The borders 7 staines is within 3-4 hours drive of around 7-8 million peaple so is not more of a trek than Plymouth.

Why not just call it the English series and drop the Welsh round! They have their own series that is pretty good anyway. Just get narked by the exclusion of the North by those in the south, but at least we have better biking and i suppose if you lot dont want to trave then the trails will be quieter so everyone wins!

popetechnology, not trying to be flippant. Travel costs money, racing isn't cheap, all you hear about on the news is cutbacks. As i said most people live in the south of England, and whilst South Wales isn't an insane trek, If you consider the drive from midlands to the borders it is a long way. If you are going from the south coast!

Also as i understand it part of the problem with this years series was having enough money to pay the bills, not enough people were willing to travel to the venues. Hence the final round got cancelled.

I could ask whether we need a national series at all and whether it might be more sensible to have regional race series and a national championship that moves around the whole country. Alternatively the BCF needs to provide real money that covers all the costs, so even if no one goes to a round the prize fund, the site costs etc are covered.

But MTB isn;t track racing so i guess the BCF won't be helping.