January 26, 2012
- Normal club this Saturday 28th
- Turbo training Monday, as usual.
- Half term sessions at Hog Hill will be run by Steven and Andrew Griffiths Click HERE for full details. Please note that bookings only via Redbridge Cycling Centre.
- Also at half term, British cycling have some road sessions in Peterborough. Contact me(terry@lvycc.co.uk) if you want details.
- First Aid course on Sunday 29th January will be at Hog Hill and will be all day – approx timings are 9.30am till 5pm. This is being arranged by Kate Ambrose.
- For those who have applied to go to Newport on the ‘Introduction to Track’ day we will be putting some videos of riding the Newport velodrome on the track page shortly. Both Francesca M-S and James A-P are riding there a number of times in the next few weeks. I video already up, more to follow.
- Also during half term week the BMX roadshow comes to the 5 Olympic Boroughs. Click HERE for details of times and dates
- Eastern Region have given s preliminary details of the 2012 Eastern Region Youth Circuit Series – ERYCS. See our Road Page for what we have been given.
- Last Saturday, during the afternoon a road bike was stolen from outside the Redbridge Cycling Centre building. This is only the second time since the centre opened but is also the second time in the last 4 months! Be careful with your belongings, and if you need to leave your bike for any length of time, bring a lock and lock it up.
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- With more and more of our riders involved with Track, road and cyclocross races around the country we need more helpers, particularly with sign-on on Saturday mornings.please contact Julie or Bob Griffiths if you are willing to help or you can let me know and I will pass your details on to them. many thanks.
- We are launching a new scheme for club kit. We are all only too well aware how quickly our children can grow out of their clothes. So, from now on we are prepared to give a discount of up to 25% of the cost of new club kit if you bring back second hand kit that we can then make available to others.
- After our very successful first round of the Winter Road Series it has become clear that we cannot continue to accept race entries right up to race tiime. We will now close sign-on for all future races 10 minutes before the relevant scheduled race time.
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January 24, 2012
Mistley was the location of the final round of the Eastern Cyclo-Cross Association league on Sunday 22nd January. As usual we were well represented with James Madgwick riding an excellent race to come 2nd in the Under 16 race. Georg Jensen was just pipped to the post by Mitch Powell from Chelmer this time but has done well all season to take the Under 14 title. This is particularly encouraging as he took the 12 title last year.
Full league positions are shown on our Cyclocross page.
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January 10, 2012
A great day of racing. Cold but bright sunshine so the threat of ice disappeared. Over 100 racers aged between 5 and 15 raced in the various categories. We have now published all of the results (see below) . Many thanks, as ever, to everyone who made this day possible. Everyone is a volunteer from sign-on, through gear checking, bike hire, judges, lap scorers and marshals. Thanks also to all of our young competitors and more especially to the parents who bring you.
RESULTS ARE NOW AVAILABLE FOR ALL RACES . CLICK HERE FOR RESULTS
Points table so far
Riders receive points for the first 10 positions in each race of the series – boys and girls. At the end of the 3rd and last race of the series (17 March) presentations will take place for the series winners and everyone with points will receive a prize equivalent to the number of points scored.
First of the LVYCC Winter Road Race Series started Saturday 14th January. Round 2 takes place on 25th February.Go to ROAD PAGE for details. Enter early and save money!
Hog Hill Race layout - Click to enlarge
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January 10, 2012
Bob Griffiths & Drew Jones are organising a mountain bike weekend away at Cannock Chase where the are two purpose built mountain bike trails as well as forest trails.The date is Saturday 18th February for two nights, or one night if you wish.The club can assist towards the cost of accommodation (dependent on numbers) which is likely to be at a Premier Inn or youth hostel. Details of the trails are below which is aimed at more experienced mountain bikers, younger riders are not excluded but a parent will be expected to take them on the green leisure trail as per recommendations. Please let Bob know by Saturday week if you are interested. Trail details here –
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January 10, 2012
Eight riders from the club rodes at the Nationals in Ipswich on Saturday. A pleasant day saw a fairly dry circuit that allowed super fast racing on a hilly circuit, the nations best riders lined up in each event, and furious racing ensued.
First up was Tony Madgwick who came 26th in the Over 50′s.
Next, on a now cut up circuit, were the U14′s. Riders James Ambrose Parish, Callum Mackie and Georg Jensen flew the flag for LVYCC. All the riders got of to a great start. As the pace increased the field split, James faded due to illness eventually coming in 24th, Callum maintained a steady place to grab a top 20 finish, but the club ride of the day went to Georg who pulled off a top 10 finish in his first year in the U14′s.
Mathew & James Madgwick and Francesca Morgans Slader lined up in the U16 boys and U16 girls race. A hugely strong field in both races made it a daughnting prospect for our riders, but they all showed character and put in good performances. Mathew and James finished 31st and 37th respectively, and Francesca 13th.
Last up was Bruce Mackie in the over 45′s, who having been out through injury for almost a year put in a sterling performance and came 22nd.
A big well done to the riders and parents who made the effort to race this year. With such a high standard this year, LVYCC made a good showing with everyone putting in maximum effort.
The Cross season draws to a close with only a few more races to go. The final Eastern League race with be on the 22nd January, with the Team Championships being held on the 4th February.
We need riders for the Team event. Anyone wishing to compete please contact Terry, Bruce, Tony or Mick.
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