The Duff Morgan Iceni Road Race was a triumph for this new Norwich club, who not only organised the event but put three of their members in the top four.
The emphasis was all on mud at the second round of the Mud, Sweat and Gears MTB series at Hylands Park, Chelmsford, with riders unrecognisable after half a lap.
Just two seconds separated Laura Gambling and Becky Taylor at the finish of the Velo Club Norwich 25.
Norwich Flyers’ Alan Hill won the climactic Seventeen-Plus final at the Norwich BMX meeting after slipping inside early leader Robbie Goodman (Ipswich BMX) on the first berm and holding off challenges from Christopher Potter (Braintree) and new Flyers member Jordan Lunn.
Loose sand was the challenge at the first round of the Mud Sweat & Gears MTB series – that and dry pine needles, which Team CCN’s Shaun Aldous crashed on.