THE 1999 Hill Climb Championship of the North Lancashire Road Club was held on Close Brow, near Rishton, as it has been for more than 40 years.

Winner of the championship with a time of 2mins 04.5secs for the one-in-six ascent, was Fraser Snape of Read who beat Darwen's Neil Cooper's time of 2mins 14.7secs into second place. Best young rider in the event was 14-year-old Daniel Ratcliffe of Helmshore who covered the course in a very creditable 2mins 41.8secs, and Sharon Smith of Wiswell rode an excellent race in the ladies section with 3mins 08.1secs. Although the race was principally for North Lancashire Road Club members, the fastest climb of the hill on the evening was by Blackburn and District CTC rider Paul Smith of Langho, who beat all of the road club riders by clocking 1min 54.6secs as part of his training for the forthcoming hill climb season.

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