It's been a brilliant cross season for our riders. They've raced consistently well throughout the winter and it's been a pleasure seeing them grow and progress as bike riders. As well as the London League our younger riders have combined racing with some family trips to other parts of the country. Hope has also tested out a few National Trophy courses for us. So it was a fitting end to the season that we were able to field one full youth KVK team (Betsy & The Boys), Hope guested with Velo 4t Cyclopark, Gary, Jez & Malcolm made up the KVK Dads (Gareth was struck down by flu :-() and I joined the KVG team.
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| The Team! Ivo, Hope, Betsy, Albert & Oliver |
The course was a really fun and interesting mix of surfaces; tarmac for the start and mid race sprint section, sand for ultimate handling challenge, rubber chips and of course some mud (this is cyclocross). Loose tape also played a major part of the mud section, but I'm proud to say I didn't say any KVKs with it wound round their rear mech.
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| Betsy primed on the start line |
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| Oliver in the sand, blurred by speed! |
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| Ivo celebrating his Overall Series Placing: 3rd Boy U10's |
Overall series standings from the KVK were impressive! Full results can be found HERE
U10 Boys - Ivo 3rd Overall
U12 Boys - Albert 6th & Oliver 11th Overall
U10 Girls - Betsy 4th Overall
Youth B Girls - Hope 6th Overall
The series is very generously sponsored by Kinesis; here's a few nice rider pics from them.
Cyclocross racing is very accessible and it's not uncommon to see whole families racing throughout the day. The KVK Dads stepped up to the mark. They all survived their first race and put in a good performance, enthusiastically cheered on by the kids! I'm pretty sure they will be back, as well as being accessible it's addictive!
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| Joined by the Kent Velo Girls and Kent Velo Boys. Kent Velo Dads Jez, Gary and Malcolm with Ivo, Oliver and Hope (Albert and Betsy had to leave). |
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