For those of you with youngsters newer to cycle sport it can be a bit of a minefield looking for opportunities to race.
Follow this link to view the British Cycling list of Youth A to E road and track racing opportunities through May 2015.
If you have questions about categories, licences, etc please ask at club night.
… and don’t forget to send us your Race results!!
This just in via John Gott:
Dear Section Secretary/Official
The National Clarion Track Championships details are below. As it is only 2 months away please could you circulate the details to your members as soon as possible so that those who wish to enter can make a note of the date and time. Unfortunately, due to the way Manchester Velodrome allocate club sessions it is not possible to get more than 2 months notice for an event like this.
Entry will be via the British Cycling web site where details will appear soon. As last year there will be no EOL.
Date: Saturday 9th June 2012
Time: 1pm until 5pm
Venue: National Cycling Centre, Manchester
There will be the usual events including the sprint championship, pursuit, 5 mile championship, points race, team pursuit, devil.
I have also booked a training session for Thursday 7th June from 8pm till 10pm for anyone who wishes to have a bit of practice beforehand – please could anyone interested in this session contact me directly.
Kind Regards
Nick Hall
Bury Clarion
Our youngsters James Shaw, Saskia Hook and Ana Gill had a terrific weekend of racing this weekend as part of the East Midlands team at British Cycling’s Youth Inter-regional Track Championships in Newport, South Wales.
Fierce competition saw the boys competing in the keirin, individual 2000 metre pursuit, team pursuit 3000 metres, 3 lap team sprint, 20km madison, sprint, 15km points, 10k scratch and 500m time trial.
The girls competition was a keirin, 2000m pursuit, 2000m team pursuit, team sprint, 20km madison, sprint, points, 10km scratch and a 500 metre time trial.
These pictures come courtesy of the East Midlands team:
The competitions results were as follows:
INTER-REGION TABLE
1 Wales 74
2 Yorkshire 78
3 North West 92
4 South East 152
5 West Midlands 161
6 Eastern 166
7 Central 189
8 Scotland 193
9 East Midlands 210
10 South 249
11 North East 312
12 South West 331
Full results and times can be found here.