After 10
years running “Local Riders, Local Races” I have decided to step back.
Pretentious reasons like pursuing other projects are half-right but mostly i
just want to ride the bike again. Riding the bike gave us the empathy to do it, racing the bike perhaps gave us the credibility to get away with it. “Local Riders, Local Races” grew from our
Bournemouth Echo Cyclesport column, as the paper abandoned cycling Local Riders
flourished. The cumbersome name was also the brief, allowing plenty of scope
while keeping us in check, no Tour de France reports here, unless, of course
someone from the South was riding! We covered road racing, time trials,
cyclocross, track racing, mountain bike, paracycling & BMX, reliability
trials, training rides, club runs and social riding and always strived to avoid the cliché-rich,
weather report style of others, we did not always succeed but we tried. (we also sponsored races, funding prize lists and adding additional prizes) I would
like to say a big thank you to Bill Temple at Primera-Sports, who backed us
almost from the start and Chris McNamara
& Jon Sharples at Trainsharp who understood and appreciated what “Local
Riders” was about. Thank you also to all the race organisers, clubs and
individuals who sent me start sheets, results, reports, news and gossip and
also corrected my mistakes. The site will remain and be accessible as an
archive/resource and maybe even the odd news item.
Best wishes
and see you up the road!
Eamonn
Thanks for everything you've done for the sport Eamonn, and for all the brilliant photos!
ReplyDeleteThe site is going to be very much missed. It's a first port of call for me. But, we'll all be seeing you out on your bike more. Thanks for the past ten years. Bob
ReplyDeleteDid a great job
ReplyDeleteGood effort Eamonn, I read the site regularly and did so when I lived over in Oz to keep up with what was going on locally dahn Sarf! What about an 'apprentice' to keep it going while you ride the bike more? Surely there is someone as keen and passionate as you around....? YOu just need to ask people.
ReplyDeleteAll good things come to an end, sadly. Thank you Eamonn and all the best.
ReplyDeleteSad to see this go, my go to for many race results.
ReplyDeleteBest of Luck Julia
Thanks for the blog Eamonn, always looked forward to the Moreton updates! All the best, Matt
ReplyDeleteThank you Matt
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