THE weekend of August 5-6 saw the British Cycling National Mountain Bike series being brought to the showground in Builth Wells.

Hosted by John Lloyd Racing and supported by Bulls Cycling Club, Builth Wells, the top riders competed on a purpose built course.

The course was fast with punchy climbs, tricky descents and technical features such as the rock garden and the gap jump.

The weekend started on Saturday with the sport and open categories.

Children’s races were held Saturday evening starting with under 6s and finishing with the under 12s.

The children raced using part of the main course giving the youngsters a taste of what it is like to race on the national scene.

Sunday morning the course was open by 7.45am giving riders a chance to complete any last minute practice before the day kicked off with the youth and juvenile racing.

This was followed by the female race and culminated in the elite race at 3.15.

Spectators were blessed with seeing the UK’s best, competing for final series positions in the national series.

There were some great results for our local future cycling stars;

Evan Lewis, Bulls Cycling, Under 6 – 2nd place

Robert Lewis, Bulls Cycling, Under 8s – 3rd place

Aelwen Davies, Bulls Cycling, Under 10s – 1st place

Cian Davies, Bulls Cycling, Under 10s – 1st Place

Finn Davies, Cycle-Tec (Bulls 2nd club), Under 10s – 2nd Place

Alfie Davies, Cycle-Tec (Bulls 2nd club), Under 12s – 1st place

Freya Evans, Bulls Cycling, Fun ladies cat – 2nd place

Other top racers representing the Bulls were brothers Gaianand Carwyn Hardiman, both becoming regular racers.

In the main event, 4 local riders competed.

Iwan Evans and Sam Ryland both of Bulls Cycling in the youth category and Spencer Davies, Abergavenny CC (Bulls 2nd club) in the juvenile and Paul Lewis, Bulls Cycling in the open cat.

All 4 had great results and have fought there way up the standings throughout the season, after competing in the 5 rounds across the UK.

The venue also played host to the Welsh Mountain bike Championships in June this year and is becoming a favourite venue for cycle racing.

Upcoming events include round 1 of the cyclocross series on September 10, a great event for those new too racing and round 4 of Welsh cycling dirt crits series on September 16 aimed at children age up to 16 years, with coached sessions and races.

Further details on forthcoming events are available on the Bulls Cycling facebook page.

The Bulls Cycling Club is open to all, providing coaching, racing opportunities and social events for all ages and abilities.