newcastlecycling

Yes it is, but is the right decision for two reasons.

Firstly, KOCC (and HDCC) should engage with the complainants and try to resolve differences.  The complainants had cause for complaint, and they need to be heard and steps taken to avoid a repeat of the undesirable conduct.

Secondly, some in HDCC (including, rather unfortunately, on the Committee of that Club) have suggested the manner in which KOCC ran one crit might cause HDCC to lose "its" course.  Well, fcuk me.  It is a public road, the complainants were upset with the manner in which the HDCC crits were run and the letter the clubs received from NCC was plainly directed to ALL crits run at Steel River - and that means the event run by KOCC and the events run by HDCC,  So I think it was sensible for KOCC to step back to avoid the rather purile arguments put forward by some at HDCC who do know better.

However, the REAL problem with Steel River is not what the clubs are doing - it is what some of us do.  Some of us (well, not me) park cars in private car spaces (trespass), trample private gardens (criminal damage) and urinate on private property (offensive conduct).  We really have no one to blame but ourselves and it is not, ultimately, the fault of either club.