A series of Qualifying events for the 2003 Paris-Brest-Paris organized by the West Yorkshire District Association of the Cyclists’ Touring Club in association with Audax UK, the long distance cyclists’ Association. Qualify for PBP in 2003 by riding events based in West Yorkshire

THE SR SERIES

200km       Sun 23 March

300 km          Sat 12 April

400 km          Sat 10 May

600 km            Sat 7 June

OTHER EVENTS

Sunday 27 April      Leap Into The Aire      60 km                      Spring Into The Dales 110 km

LINKS

CTC                        Audax UK              Audax Club Parisien Randonneurs USA

Halifax CTC Huddersfield CTC  West Yorkshire DA

Discounted Travel to PBP

THE EVENTS

The Other Fleet Moss Randonnee         202 km.       (Entry fee: £3.50)

Start: 8:00 am, Sunday 23 March 2003: The Oddfellows Rooms, Coleridge Street, Halifax                                                                                                        

Organiser: Chris Crossland, 14 Stanley Street West, Sowerby Bridge, West Yorkshire HX6 1EF  Tel: 01422 832853               email:chris.crossland@mcmail.com

Butty's Brid Trip      310 km.                                           (Entry fee: £6.00)

Start: 6:00 am, Saturday 12 April 2003: Scouts HQ, Meltham, SW Huddersfield       Organiser: Andrew Butterworth, 31 Scholes Moor Road, Scholes, Holmfirth, West Yorkshire HD9 1SJ     

Tel: 01484 687506              email: Butty@scholes31.freeserve.co.uk

The Old 240              405 km.                                                    (Entry fee: £6.00)

Start: 10:00 am, Saturday 10 May 2003: Mytholmroyd Sports and Community Centre, Caldene Avenue, Mytholmroyd, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire

Organiser: Frank Branch, 19 Gosport Close, Outlane, Huddersfield HD3 3FP       

Tel: 01422 311161              email: frank_branch@lineone.net

The 3 Coasts 600               607 km.                            (Entry fee: £8.50)

Start: 6:00 am, Saturday 7 June 2003: Mytholmroyd Sports and Community Centre, Caldene Avenue, Mytholmroyd                                                                

Organiser: Chris Crossland, 14 Stanley Street West, Sowerby Bridge, West Yorkshire HX6 1EF     Tel: 01422 832853     email: chris.crossland@mcmail.com

West Yorkshire DA Events Secretary Peter Ralph writes:

The 200 goes North from Halifax and climbs Fleet Moss and Widdale. The 300 is a moderately easy ride to Bridlington and back, with a sting in the tail!

The 400 includes the climbs of Barbondale, Hartside, Yad Moss, Kidstones, and Cock Hill Moor (among others) and is not for the faint-hearted.

The 600 visits the East and West coasts before returning to Mytholmroyd via the Rochdale coast!

We feel that this series of rides would probably not suit Southerners, in view of its arduous nature, although if any enter, they can be assured of a warm, friendly Northern welcome. The bottom line is: If you qualify for Paris-Brest-Paris by riding the West Yorkshire Super Randonneur series, then PBP itself should be well within your capabilities.