FAB FEB Go Ride Racing - Saturday 13th February

Twenty six riders signed on for our Go Ride Racing event.  As well as our regular riders we welcomed youngsters from local primary schools Sussex Road, Crockham Hill and Stocks Green as well as a few Southborough Wheelers and one young rider from Brighton!

Signed on and ready to race!

Lining up for the Minis Mass Start

Junior Mass Start race

Deron chasing Nico

Hope in hot pursuit of Joel

Marymoor Crawl practise

Junior Girls podium: Charlotte, Gabby & Lily

Super Minis gold medal winners:  Betsy, Cayden & Ethan

Mini Girls Podium: Ellen, Tilly

Mini Boys Podium Theo, Franklin, Charlie, Jacob & Barney

Junior Boys Podium: Jasper & Albert, Harrrison

Senior Girls Podium: Hope & Sammy

Senior Boys Podium Nico, Deron, Joel and Maurice

 Great turnout from Michele's Sussex Road riders (minus Kai and Joshua)

Ground conditions were poor so we had a slight change of format; race control moved from the usual shelter onto the playground, giving us a new slightly firmer start and finish line.  To add interest the course included some tight bends on the playgrounds and a dismount/remount section between the main building and the pre-school.

We started with a one lap time trial and moved onto some mass start races.  The weather was atrocious; extremely cold with persistent drizzle/sleet.  Our hardy riders battled on though, finishing with some Marymoor Crawl heats to complete the points for the omnium.

Great work from all our young riders, who despite the conditions all seemed to end the morning with a smile.  The Young Volunteers did a sterling job, setting up the course, running the events, encouraging the young riders, producing results and clearing up. Well done and thanks to Toni, Luke, Calvin, Jacob, Polly and Ellen.

Saturday 5th February - Go Ride

Despite the miserable, blustery conditions 11 hardy riders turned out for our regular Go-Ride session.  The focus was on cornering and riding out of the saddle, exploring how moving around on the bike helps with balance. 

The Young Volunteers took charge of the sign-on/warm-up activities and we also had a go at seeing how far over we could lean our bikes whilst riding out of the saddle - a couple of demos saw huge improvements throughout the group.  We then split into two groups to work on smooth, carving turns and tighter ones (the “Post Office queue” making a welcome return) and the smaller wheels used the little lump and limbo to practice moving around on the bike, whilst the bigger wheels took on a similar exercise on the bigger lump as well as getting on and off the raised stage area using planks and pallets.  The soggy ground made for a good workout!!  After a welcome biscuit and chocolatey birthday treats from Franklin (yummy, thank you) we put together a circuit using the carving turns, the Post Office queue, a slalom, the limbo and a pallet ramp for lots of riding and practice.  We finished with a few slow races.  Great to see everyone getting out of the saddle and big improvements on balance and speed control.

Saturday 30th January - Off Site Riding at Bedgebury Forest

Thirty riders met up at Bedgebury to explore the paths and trails.