Preview – 2023 National Championships XCC/XCO – Tong

It is finally here! The much-awaited 2023 National Championships will take place this weekend at Parkwood Outdoors, Tong, near Bradford.

The Course

The course will be similar to the one used at the North of England Championships a few weeks back with added harder A-Lines – a true course worthy of the National Championships!

Map

We will be posting a course preview video at around 2:00 pm on Friday on our YouTube Channel so make sure you are subscribed!

Start List

Some big names feature on the start list so expect some great battles!

Timetable

Friday 21st July

16:00 – 17:00 Official course practice; Short Course only (first 20 mins for FEMALE only)
17:30 – Race 1: Juvenile/Youth Female Short Course Race
18:00 – Race 2: Juvenile/Youth Male Short Course Race
18:30 – Race 3: Veteran Female categories Short Course Race
19:00 – Race 4: Veteran Male categories Short Course Race
19:30 – Race 5: Junior/Senior Female Short Course Race
20:00 – Race 6: Junior/Senior Male Short Course Race

All races above will be streamed LIVE!


Saturday 22nd July
09:30 – 11:30 Course available for inspection on foot
11:30 – 13:30 Official course practice with first aid and marshals in place.
12:00 – 14:00 U12 Skills Session
14:30 Race 7: Open Male, Open Female, Sport/Expert Male Categories
16:00 – 18:00 Official course practice with first aid and marshals in place (first 30 mins for FEMALE only)
17:00 Team Managers & Rider Briefing


Sunday 23rd July
07:45 – 08:45 Official course practice with first aid and marshals in place
09:00 Race 8: Masters, Veteran, Grand Veteran & Super Veteran Male Categories
11:00 Race 9: Youth & Juvenile Categories – LIVE STREAMED
12:30 – 13:30 Official course practice with first aid and marshals in place
13:30 Race 10: Senior, U23, Junior, Veteran & Grand Veteran Female Categories – LIVE STREAMED
15:30 Race 11: Senior, U23 & Junior Male Categories – LIVE STREAMED

Live Streams

For the very first time, you will be able to watch most of the racing LIVE on our YouTube! We are live streaming the following races:

Friday 21st July

  • All XCC races – live from 17:20

Sunday 23rd July

  • Youth/Juvenile Male & Female – live from 10:50
  • Senior Female – live from 13:15
  • Senior Male – live from 15:15

Subscribe to our YouTube channel so you don’t miss any of the action!

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