We are very pleased to announce ahead of the new season that we have 5 newly qualified adult coaches, 4 youth riders who have gained the same qualification in order to assist at Inner Ring, and 1 coach ‘transfer’ from the team at Herne Hill. First off, a big congratulations to Al Baker, John Dewey,…
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Thanks to all of the riders and parent/guardian volunteers for making last year at PPYCC a memorable year, we hope your child is looking forward to the coming season in 2025. The first Saturday session will be on 1st March 2025, your child will remain in the same group unless you have been contacted separately…
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British Cycling has recently communicated that gear restrictions for youth riders (Under 8 to Under 16) will change, effective from 1 March 2025. The new and previous restrictions are shown in the table. The gearing restrictions are measured in terms of a maximum rollout distance, the distance travelled in a straight line for one full…
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It’s time to get muddy. Preston Park will be hosting the 9th (and final) round of the London and South East Cyclocross League on Sunday 2nd February. Cyclocross is racing on drop handlebar bikes with knobbly mud tyres on a tight circuit with a variety of surfaces – dirt, tarmac, gravel, grass. It is amazing…
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The following dates have been forwarded by British Cycling for distribution to our youth members. Talent Development Centres (Track) at Lee Valley, for Youth A, B and Junior riders Talent Development Centres support riders with their first step on the talent pathway. Sessions will focus on higher level skills development, race fitness, race tactics and…
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Saturday’s AGM & Awards was a huge success. It was great to see the club come together to celebrate our riders’ achievements over the past season with such a well attended event. A big thank you to all our presenters for making it such a fun day, our volunteers for helping it to run smoothly,…
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Don’t forget the AGM and Awards are on Saturday 16th November at 3pm, at Knoyle Hall just round the corner from the track. The club coaches have all now voted on our rider awards and performances of the year, so the shields and trophies are with the engravers to have new names put on them,…
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Well done to all riders who took part in today’s distance challenge. This was our third distance challenge of the season and as always it’s a great way for riders to see their progression both within the season and across multiple seasons. Across both sessions there were loads of personal bests, which is particularly impressive…
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This weekend will be a Distance Challenge for both Inner Ring and Outer Ring sessions, on road bikes. For those who haven’t taken part in a Distance Challenge before it’s a time trial on the track where we set the riders off individually at 30 second intervals and they complete a set number of laps,…
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The AGM and Awards will be held on Saturday 16th November at 3pm, at Knoyle Hall just round the corner from the track. This is always a fun event featuring games, raffle, loads of club awards, guest award presenters and a club kit shop (with a final chance to get a 50% discount on all…
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