New East Yorkshire road racing team gears up for first season
A new amateur cycling team has been launched with support from Wold Top Brewery and other local businesses.
The Wold Top Actif Road Racing Team comprises seven talented local cyclists who will compete in British Cycling events both in Yorkshire and nationwide.
The team has been established by Beverley men, Richard Baldwin and David Hought, who have cycled together for years and who organise the popular Wolds 123 Sportive.
Richard Baldwin explained the rationale for the team: "David and I aim to use our experience, contacts and products to bring a professional style attitude to grass roots cycling. We are looking to make this team the best in the area bar none and can't wait for the season to begin."
The racing team's line-up includes: Lewis Jackson, 36 from Bridlington; Rob Hill, 39 from Withernsea; Greg Saunderson, 25 from Burstwick; Josh Ravin, 18 from Hull; Jamie Cousins, 25 from Withernsea; Alex Dalton, 19 from North Ferriby and 18 year old GB triathlete, Ben Baugh from Barrow on Humber.
David Hought added: "Our aim as a team is to be one of the best in the Yorkshire regions and challenge the monopoly that other established teams have held recently. We are very grateful to Wold Top Brewery, Vehicle Livery Solutions, Oriel, Actif Handbuilt Wheels and Pactimo Europe for their help in bringing this project to fruition."
The team are currently training in Mallorca in preparation for the first race of the season at Croft Circuit in North Yorkshire on 27thFebruary.
Brewery representative, Kate Balchin is delighted to support the initiative: "Wold Top Brewery has a long association of supporting cycling in the region, including Ryedale Special Families' Yorkshire Wolds Cycle Challenge, William's Farm Kitchen Charity Sportives and the Wolds 123 Sportive and we're looking forward to charting the progress of the Wold Top Actif team."
Wold Top's cycling ale, Hello Velo, was brewed to celebrate the Grand Départ of the Tour de France in 2014 and has proved popular with cyclists and non-cyclists ever since.
Farm based Wold Top Brewery brews traditional real ale from home and Wolds grown malting barley, the finest hops and chalk-filtered water from the farm's own borehole.
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For more information or to arrange an interview with Kate Balchin from Wold Top Brewery or Richard Baldwin or David Hought from Wold Top Actif Road Racing Team, please contact Tracey Baty at three60 marketing on
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Notes to editors
For more information about Wold Top Brewery, please visitwww.woldtopbrewery.co.uk
For more information about the Wold Top Actif Road Racing Team, please visithttp://on.fb.me/1SxzBXp
For more information about British Cycling, please visithttps://www.britishcycling.org.uk/road
When not managing the Wold Top Actif Road Racing Team, Richard Baldwin manufactures titanium frameswww.baldwintitanium.co.ukand David runs a graphic design businesshttp://www.dchdesign.co.uk/and supplies cycling kit from Pactimo.
Actif Handbuilt Wheels is owned by Richard and David. They are hand built to order to customer specifications. Clients can choose hub colours / spoke colours / decal colours / type of rim and rim depths. This is not readily available from mass manufactured wheels and was something we wanted to offer. Originally made to compliment Baldwin Titanium frames, it was then opened up as a brand in its own right to adorn any frame. For more information, please visithttp://www.baldwintitanium.co.uk/product/actif-hand-built-carbon-wheels/
For more information about the Wolds 123, please visithttp://wolds123.wix.com/sportive
The Wold Top Brewery range includes Wold Top Beer, Wold Gold blonde beer, Headland Red, Anglers Reward, Scarborough Fair IPA, Wold Top Against the Grain and Scarborough Fair gluten free beer. More information on the range of beers can be found herehttp://www.woldtopbrewery.co.uk/beers/
Please call the brewery on 01723 892222 for an up-to-date list of retailers.