Following the success of last year, we once again brought our acclaimed Cycle Show to Southport Town Centre as part of a day of major cycling activities, including the Tour Crit Series.

 

Our activities included side-splitting entertainment from the Bread & Butter Company, making smoothies through pedal power, circus skills workshops,  cycle parades along Lord St (closed to traffic), cycle try-outs and stunt displays.

 

The festival opened with a Bike Parade down the town's closed high street. 

 

We also had an inter-schools race, with hundreds of children entering, many racing for the first time. The children were enthused about cyling and the winners were all awarded with yellow jerseys and shields.

 

The festival was sponsored by Shelter Solutions, run by John Massie and Colin Barber, whose company manufactures cycle shelters.

   

Colin said: “It is a great thing if you can get children to cycle to school and this event will help them.”

John added: “The young ones were so enthusiastic. It is the event’s second year and if it continues there is no knowing how much interest it will create.”

In the evening Southport, hosted the Halford Tour Crit Series, which was won by Alexandra Blaine from Endura, but wasn't enough to prevent Motorpoint - Marshalls Pasta from retaining their lead of the Tour Series.

 

Photo Gallery 2010

 

 

 

 

Photo Gallery 2009