Team Zepnat

Zepnat Do it Again

2010-02-10T20:04:00.007Z

Team Zepnat Win the National Team Championships for the second year in a row

John Shaw,Matt Denby, Jon Watson.

This topped off a great day for the Zepnat team placing 3 riders in the Top ten in the Masters B

Also Matt came a way with the Bronze Medal.

3rd Matt Denby

7th Jon Watson

8th John Shaw

15th Julian Gould

16th Duncan Walmsley

18th Steven Poole

in the 45/50

Steve Barnes was 13th

Zepnat Come out on top.

2010-01-19T08:09:00.006Z

Zepnat's elite Masters Team came a way from the season long Cyclo Cross National Trophy series

as National Trophy Master Team Champions

Pictured above is a Focussed Steve Poole

This is a brilliant boost for the Team with the National Championships just round the corner.

Zepnat 123 Yorkshire Points

2010-01-05T10:51:00.004Z

Zepnat dominate again in Yorkshire

Taking 1st 2nd and 3rd in the Overall in the season long Yorkshire points series

1st Matt Denby

2nd Jonathan Watson

3rd Steve Barnes.

Steve Poole gets a Medal

2010-01-05T10:40:00.002Z

Zepnat's Steve Poole takes the Win

2009-12-02T21:13:00.002Z

Zepnat's Steve Poole Won the Lincolnshire League Round 10 Cyclo Cross held in Scunthorpe this weekend.
in a hotly contested battle with VC Lincolns Graham Clark.

The Zep Factor strikes again.

2009-11-22T20:24:00.011Z

Team Zepnat showed its dominance in Round 6 of the Yorkshire points series held at Myrtle Park

Taking 1st 2nd and 3rd in the vets race
Jough Watson took the early lead with Dan Cook until team mate Matt Denby made contact. Matt pulled clear leaving Jough to dispatch Dan. Steve Barnes then caught and dropped Dan in the closing stages making it a clean sweep for Team Zepnat.

Over in Lincolnshire Steve Poole Team Zepnat finished 2nd in the Lincs League at Nettleham and in the senior event Leigh Andrews was 9th followed by James Shaw in 11th.

On Saturday Jough Watson Team Zepnat had his first win of the cross season winning the Vet race at the North Wests Lady of the Manor Cyclo Cross near St Helens and taking 4th overall in the process.

A Good Weekends Racing for Team Zepnat.

2009-11-09T20:05:00.006Z

Two Wins, Three second places and a Third and a Fourth makes for a good weekend of Cross Racing for Team Zepnat.

Saturday 7th November
SRAM Notts & Derby Cyclo-cross League

1st sen Ben Eddy
8th sen Tom Haines www.zepnatcom
9th sen 2nd Vet Jonathan Watson www.zepnat.com
11th sen James Furness www.zepnat.com
21th sen Andrew Sheldon www.zepnat.com
36th sen 10th Vet Richard Brewer www.zepnat.com

Geoff Bewley memorial Cyclo Cross /North West
1st sen Richard Kent
3rd sen 1st Vet John Shaw www.zepnat.com

Sunday 8th November

Jonathan Noble Memorial Cross/Yorkshire Points round 5
1st Matt Denby www.zepnat.com
2nd Jonathan Watson www.zepnat.com

Boston Wheelers Cross/Linc League round 7
2nd Steve Poole www.zepnat.com
Fred Williams Scramble/Cult Racing West Midlands League Round 7
4th Phil Dixon www.zepnat.com
16th Rob Wimble www.zepnat.com

Yorkshire Points series Round 4

2009-10-19T18:21:00.003+01:00

Zepnat dominated in Yorkshire.

"The Vet's race was another Zepnat dominated affair with Matt Denby zepnat.com continuing his 100% record in the series with a fourth straight win. The series title already looks his. Behind him, Steve Barnes zepnat.com showed he's coming into form nicely, holding off zepnat.com's Jonathan Watson for second place."

Cyclo-Cross National Trophy Round 2

2009-10-15T20:53:00.007+01:00

Zepnat Strength in depth

Team Zepnat had a good day out placing 3 riders in the top seven.

The three riders rode well together as a team to secure a good team result at a slippy Derby Moorways Leisure centre.

Zepnat riders finishing well in the Vets race were

5th Jonathan Watson
6th Jonny Shaw
7th Matthew Dendy
11th Steve Barnes
14th Ju Gould
16th Steve Poole

And in the Senoirs race

Best Place was
Tom Haines in 36th place
James Furness was 38th
James Shaw in 52nd

Overall in the Vets National Trophy we have.

3rd Matthew Denby
5th Jonny Shaw
7th Jonathan Watson

October 3rd, 4th results

2009-10-06T20:13:00.007+01:00

Saturday

Notts & Derby Holmebrook Valley park Chesterfield

Big turn out today at a wind sweept Chesterfield for Team Zepnat. with 13 Zepnat riders making the start.

The best placed riders were

Jim Brayn finsihed 12th sen
T Haines was 14th sen
Matt Denby was 15th sen 3rd vet
Jon Shaw was 17TH 5th vet

Sunday

Sheffield Greaves Park

Matthew Denby took the win at Sunday Sun baked event held at Greaves Park in Sheffield

Zepnats Jonathan Watson took the early lead, leading for the first half of the race but was eventually caught by Dave Stevenson and Matt Denby. Matt Then pulled away the to win convincingly from Dave Stephens. Zepnats Chris the legend Legger had a good battle with his team mate to take the third spot on the podium. Jonathan ended up 4th and Zepnats Steve Barnes finished a close 9th

In the Senior support race race James Furness and Andrew Sheldon Team Zepnat finished 12th and 19th.

John Shaw traveled over to Manchester to ride the North West League round one results to follow.

Zepnat Signs Rising Star

2009-09-29T10:17:00.004+01:00

Phil Dixon signs for Zepnat.

in a press release to Day Julian Gould team Manager said

"I have signed up Phil Dixon 2008 National Cyclo Cross Champ, to ride for Zepnat. In his first cross for 2 seasons he won the 3rd round of the WMCXL. I am very excited about this and looking forward to supporting him this season"

"Phil will be riding the Zepnat colours in the upcoming national trophy series and National Championships."

Zepnat Tackle the toughest Cyclo Cross in the World

2009-09-29T08:39:00.003+01:00

Duncan and Simon line up today Sunday 27th September to take on the toughest cyclo cross race in the world.
Duncan Walmsley Finidhed 11th in a time of 3hr 37min and Simon Watts finished 91st in a time of 4hr 12min.

Well done lads

Yorkshire Points round 2

2009-09-13T22:31:00.002+01:00

Matt takes the win in the 2nd round of the season long Yorkshire Points series

1st Matt Denby www.zepnat.com
2nd Jonathan Watson www.zepnat.com
3rd Mike Young pedalsport
4th Steve Barran vc Lincoln
5th Steve Barnes www.zepnat.com
6th D ave Steven Triangle
7th Chris Ledger www.zepnat.com

Zepants New Colours

2009-09-06T22:12:00.004+01:00

Team Zepnat took delivery of the new Team kit this week

in conjunction with Bio-Racer

Here's the kit Modeled By Team Rider and budding model Steve Poole.

Zepnats first win this season

2009-09-06T21:54:00.007+01:00

Matt Denby kicks off with a win.

Matt won the first round of the Yorkshire cyclo cross.

with Chris Ledger Taking 3rd spot. Jough Watson 4th and Steve Barnes 5th

British Cycling Yorkshire Summer Cross Series

2009-07-20T19:16:00.002+01:00

Zepnat riders featured strongly at Sundays round of the British Cycling Yorkshire Summer Cross Series held at Ampleforth near York.

On an now uncharacteristically highly technical course Matt Denby (Zepnat.com) held off Ian Taylor (Paul Milnes Cycles to win by just over 10 seconds.

Denby and Taylor broke clear of the field early on the first lap and worked well together to open up a lead over 3 minutes on the chasers. Denby and Taylor looked evenly matched over the duration of the race but with less than half a lap to race Denby opened up a race winning gap to pip Taylor to the line.

Behind the remaining places were being fiercely fought out between Denby's team mates Steve Barnes, Joff Watson, series leader Ollie Webster and Simon Maudsley (both Crosstrax), Webster and Barnes eventually retiring due to mechanical problems. Maudsley just managing to overcome Watson to take the final podium place.

All three Zepnat riders will now start to ramp up their training to once again challenge at a National level over the Winter months.

Team weekend

2009-05-16T16:08:00.000+01:00

Yorkshire Summer Cross.

2009-05-08T23:15:00.004+01:00

Two Zepnat Riders stepped up to the start of the first Yorkshire Summer cross, this Wednesday Simon Watts and Jonathan Watson.

J Watson Finished 2nd Vet

S Watts Finished 21st in the seniors

the next event is in Sheffield on the 20th May.

More details of the series can be found at

the Yorkshire cyclo cross site click here

Matt Denbys Majorca Training 09

2009-03-22T18:43:00.001Z

Another cold day........

2009-02-08T18:57:00.001Z

Barnetby MTB Duathlon
Another cold day

Another cold day for everyone turning out for the Barnetby MTB Duathlon this morning. A few of the regulars missing but also some enthusiastic new faces who had come for some Sunday morning fun.

A tough morning with such a cold wind and some nasty ice patches that caught a few people out. I even decided a duathlon was not enough and took a swim half way round the first lap of the bike course. I don't know how but I managed to find the deepest and coldest puddle on the course!!!

Ian Burkinshaw once again set off with the intension of posting the fastest time, however had new face Duncan Warmsley team Zepnat chasing him down hard with only a few seconds seperating them after the bike. Ian put in a hard run and came in first with Duncan close behind.

"Even though it was meant to be a training morning, but straight from the off it came a full blown race! 3 mile cross country run, 12 miles MTB off road and then 1.5 mile cross country run. The guy who just beat DW is half his age and the club itself is noted a very good triathlon club in the area, so he was up against some handy guys!"

Thanks Gary

National Cyclo-Cross Trophy (Derby)

2009-01-21T21:35:00.004Z

Zepnat Vets Team rode well in the last National Trophy of the season held at Markeaton Park Derby.

John Shaw rode a cracking race to finish just over a minute down in 4th place

Steve Barnes finished 10th with Steve Poole hot on his heels in 12th his best National Trophy result this year well done Steve. Duncan Walmsley came in in an uncustomary 14th Palce

Overall in the Series Zepnat Fielded two riders in the top ten 5th Matt Denby.

7th Steve Barnes.

11th Duncan Walmsley.

12th John Shaw.

18th Steven Poole.

31st Ju Gould.

Well done to all.

Mat Denbys Leg

2009-01-17T20:06:00.003Z

Matt under went the surgeons knife today. He had to have his leg rebroken and put straight with a plate and some pins.

He his still in the Hospital but should be back out early next week.

Matt broke his leg last year in the National Trophy Cyclo cross at Rutland Water and was involved in a dramatic rescue by the local Air Ambulance .

We all wish him a speedy recovery and hope to see him out training soon for the new season.

National Champs Senior Race

2009-01-11T20:55:00.006Z

The Senior Zepnat Team carried the Zepnat Flag by taking Second Place in the National Senior Cyclo Cross Champs Team Classification.

James Furniss lead the team in by taking 19th Place Followed By Jonathan Watson who recovered from an Early Crash finishing 33rd Rob Wimble was just behind Jon in 36th and Duncan Walmsley came in in 40th place after competing the Veteran's Champs on Saturday.

Well done to all.

National champs medal

2009-01-10T21:21:00.000Z

-- Post From My iPhone

National Veteran's Team Champions

2009-01-10T16:46:00.005Z

http://www.zepnat.com/ today underlined the Teams domination of Uks Veteran's cyclo cross circuit by winning the National Veterans UK Cyclo Cross Team Championship in style.

from left to right Duncan Johnny Big ring, and Steve Barnes.

also in today's winning team team Steve Poole, Ju Gould Chris ledger.

Well done to all

more to follow

Lincolnshire League Round 12 04.01.2009

2009-01-05T21:02:00.007Z

Duncan comes out of the Bushes to Take the Win at Lincolnshire League Round 12 04.01.2009

Just coming on form the week before the National Champs Dunacn Warmsley
won the Veterans Lincolnshire League Round 12 at the aptly named Rookery Farm, Cold Hanworth, Lincoln.

Then went on to finish 3rd in the senior Race.

SRAM NDCXL round 15 Thornbridge Jan 3rd 2008

2009-01-05T20:41:00.002Z

SRAM NDCXL round 15 Thornbridge.

Zepnat fielded 9 rider in the penultimate round of the SRAM NDCXL which tock place at Thornbridge Great Longstone, near Bakewell on a Cold but dry day.

Jim Bryan Finished 6th overall
John Shaw was 2nd Vet
Jamie Furness finished in 10th place.
Leigh Andrrew Finished in 17th just ahead of Rob Wimble in 20th
Team Manager Ju Gould rolled in 8th vet follow by an ailing Steve Poole in 10th vet
Annie Last Finished in 1st place in the Ladies.
and Chris Ledger Finished 15th Vet.

North of England Championships

2009-01-05T20:24:00.007Z

North of England Championships.

Zepnat had Two Rides taking part in last weekends North of England Championships at Hetton Lyons Country Park.

Jonathan Watson http://www.zepnat.com/ after been an early pace setter slipped back to 9th place after a problem with his chain.

Steve Barnes went one better than Jonathan Watson in the vets Race to take 8th place also having trouble in the later stages of the race with a punture.

Both riders are showed they are on good form for next weeks National Champs in Bradfords Peel Park

Senior

1 Ian Bibby Scienceinsport.com

2 Rob Jebb Wheelbase

3 Stuart Wearmouth

4 Scott Thwaites Crosstrax U 23

5 Keith Murray Hope Factory Racing

6 Tim Baldwin Paul Milnes Cycles

7 Stuart Reid Wheelbase

8 Darren Binks Hambleton RC

9 Jough Watson http://www.zepnat.com/

10 Alan Nixon Adept Precision RT

Vets/Juniors/Women

1 Chris Young JD Cycles (Vet) 47.00

2 Noel Clough Fietsen Tempo (Vet) @ 20s

3 Kenny Johnson Scienceinsport (Vet) @ 45s

4 David Stevens Triangle RT (Vet) @ 2.00

5 Paul Young JD Cycles (J) @ 4.10

6 Robert Watson Bradford Olympic (J) @ 4.40

7 Peter Wilkin Fietsen Tempo (50+) @ 5.50

8 Steve Barnes www.Zepnat.com (Vet) @ 5.51

9 Barry Kipling MTS (50+) @ 6.30

10 Mike Rowson JD Cycles (Vet) @ 1 lap

Yorkshire Points final round Thornes Park Wakefield 21st December 2009

2008-12-22T08:14:00.003Z

Steve Barnes Zepnat.com put in a sterling effort to come Second in the Vets race on Sunday. He was neck and neck with Dave Stevens taking it in turns to share the lead. Steve had an off and Dave tock full advantage of this opening a gap which he kept till the end.

In the senior event which was won by Robert Jebb, Jon Watson Zepnat.com came in in 5th Just a couple of minutes down on an on form Rob Jebb.

Overall
Matt Denby Won the vets Title. with Steve Barnes in 3rd Place And Jon Watson finished 4th in The Senior Title.

Annie Last Scheldecross December 19, 2008 . Antwerpen

2008-12-22T07:52:00.003Z

Annie Last www.zepnat.com Was flying the Zepnat flag in Antwerp at the Scheldcross on Friday Finishing 16th. The race was won be world champion Hanka Kupfernagel.

National Cyclo-Cross Trophy (Rutland Water)Sunday, 14th of December, 2008; Round 5

2008-12-15T15:20:00.007Z

An on form John Shaw (Big ring) www.zepnat.com narrowly missed out on making the podium by 12 seconds at Sundays National Trophy putting in his best National Trophy result this year. Steve Barnes also having a good day in 7th in the slippery condition which saw team Mate Matt Denby crash out with Broken leg. Duncan Walmsley came in in 9th place at 2.01 mins with Steve Poole finishing in 15th place. John later said in an interview "after seeing my team mate on the floor I new then. That I had to give it my all for the team.

In the Senior event is was a different tale. the course had got churned up and very sticky Robert Wimble www.zepnat.com lead home the Senior team in 42nd place with Leigh Andrews rolling in 44th place.

Matt Does it in Style.

2008-12-15T15:12:00.002Z

Matt Denby Crashed out of this Sundays Notional Trophy race held at Rutland Water, and had to by air lifted to near by Leicester Hospital. After an early crash Matt was making his way up through the field and was just about to make contact with the leading group. When he lost traction on a corner, He unclipping to regain his balance, but upon contact with the ground he broke his leg. The surgeon explain to the waiting press that Matt maybe be out of action for a least six week.

we all wish Matt a speedy recovery.

SRAM Notts & Derby League Round 13

2008-12-15T14:57:00.002Z

Zepnats James Furniss finished 3rd in the hotly contested round 13 of the SRAM Notts & Derby League which tock place Saturday at damp Alvaston Park near Derby. with Robert Wimble finishing in 6th place with Ju Gould making it 3 inside the top ten finishing in tenth place also riding was Chris Bradley in 14th place.

well done lads

Midlands Cyclo-Cross Championships

2008-12-10T07:45:00.017Z

This weekends Midland Cyclo Cross Championships.

One Gold Medal

Two Bronze Medals

Midland Senior Champs Gold Medals

Midland Veterans Champs Gold Medals

Team Zepnat had one of its most successful days ever cleaning up at this weekend Midlands champs taking both the Senior Team Title and the Veterans Team Title and placing Annie Last on the top step of the podium in the Ladies Championship

Jim Brayn lead home the Senior team making the podium in third spot followed by a solid performance from the rest of the team Leigh Adams finished in Fifth place with James Furness hot on his heels in seventh and Rob Wimble came in 14th place

Jim Bryan centre sporting his New

Zepnat Zip-UP Tights Red

Available from www.zepnat.com

Johnny Big ring Shaw lead home the Veterans team also taking third place followed in by Duncan Walmsley With the effervescent Steve Poolle in seventh and completing the winning Team was Team manager Julian Gould.

Duncan Johnny and Steve Sporting waterproof jeans

Wheelbase Cross/North West League Round 12

2008-12-08T23:39:00.007Z

Jon Watson. www.zepnat.com using the Wheelbase Cross as a warm up before the next days North of England champs (which were canceled later that day) finished in a credible 7th place. The race was run in a snowy Edgeside Park, Waterfoot, Rossendale was won by Stuart Reid from the promoting club Wheelbase follow closely by Team Rapha Condor's Graham Briggs.

With 65 starters only 45 brave riders finished the event such were the arctic conditions.

"Flying Veteran" Horwich CC Fuji Cyles Cross 2 / NWCCA round League 11

2008-12-01T21:44:00.008Z

What is probably a record number of riders showed up for Sunday’s race promoted by Horwich CC in the popular Leverhulme Park on the east of Bolton.
No-one could stop Scott Thwaites (Crosstrax) from taking first place after he rode away midway through the first of eight laps. Things could have been different had Lewis Craven (Wheelbase) arrived in time for the start. Last year’s 5th placed rider in the national trophy series was held up in traffic on the way to his nearest cyclocross(!) and had to start a minute after the field had set off, then pick his way through the 100 strong pack.
Flying veteran Matt Denby (www.zepnat.com ) finished second and top Junior was Martin Woffendin (Sport City Velo) in an impressive tenth position. Thanks to http://www.nwcca.org.uk/ for the write up

Sram Notts & Derby Round 11 Stockley Country Park

2008-12-01T21:24:00.003Z

John Shaw (http://www.zepnat.com/ ) won the Veterans race in Saturdays SRAM Notts & Derby League Round 11 with Duncan Walmsley http://www.zepnat.com/ ) Finishing second

Annie Last (http://www.zepnat.com/ )also won the womens race ahead of Noelle James.

In the Senior event Robert Wimble and James Furniss ( http://www.zepnat.com/ ) finished 8th and 9th with Julian coming in 23rd

another good outing for the Zepnat Team.

Team Zepnat welcome

2008-12-01T20:04:00.000Z

Welcome to the first ever posting on the Team Zepnat Blog, The aim of the blog is to keep you updated with news/results and pictures from Team Zepnat along with any other relevant information