Headquarters
Aughton Village Hall. Aughton Road, Aughton Nr Lancaster. la2 8lt
Directions to HQ
Aughton Village Hall, directions from M6 heading north. Take J34 Lancaster / Kirkby Lonsdale turn off, through traffic lights to roundabout and take Halton Road, in Halton
at mini roundabout take second exit, proceed for about three miles, HQ sign will point
to Village Hall.
Tony Sweeney
In 2018 the Lune Cycle Racing Club was looking to organise a suitable race to
commemorate the life of our President Tony Sweeney who had past away in January. For over 25 years Tony was the club secretary, treasurer and event organiser, in effect
he was the Lune Racing Cycling Club. Tony was one of the army of volunteers in British sport that give their time for free and without whom sport in this country would not exist. Tony worked tirelessly for cycling as a race official and helping to bring the Salt Ayre cycle track to Lancaster and which continues to be a great credit to the city. The club decided that a perpetual trophy would be awarded to the first North West rider to finish in a designated race, in 2018 that race was the regional championship and James Gullen of the JTL-Condor team was a worthy winner. The first edition of the Lancaster Grand Prix was the 2nd winner of this trophy by NW legend Ian Bibby. The third winner in 2022 was James Wordsworth, Leeds Uni CC.
The course
Distance 8 laps – 50miles
Race starts outside Race HQ and proceed East on Aughton Road past Farm to sharp left turn (Cation). Proceed over brow and fast decent to T junction. Turn Left (Marshalled) onto Fall Kirk and proceed to T junction (marshalled) Turn left onto B6254. Proceed past Redwell Pub and take Left turn (Marshalled) onto Kirkby Lonsdale Road. Proceed over climb and continue towards Halton until Left turn (Marshalled) onto Aughton Road. Continue to start finish hill to complete 1 lap (6.3 miles) continue for 7 more laps to finish on the start/finish hill (50 miles)
