Welcome to Preston Park Youth Cycling Club’s website:

Between March and October the club typically meets at Preston Park Cycle Track every Saturday between 10 and 12 AM. The club also meets less often during the winter months. Please check our club calendar to confirm details of our next club session. Our club has Club Mark status, the quality assurance standard for community sports clubs, and won Club of the Year at the most recent Brighton and Hove City Sports Awards. Our club caters for members aged at 8 to 18 years, though we have some older and younger members.

Membership is FREE when you join British Cycling and club session rates are £2.50 for British Cycling members and £4 for non members. We provide fun, skills and competitive cycling activities with fully qualified coaches at Preston Park Cycle Track. Occasionally the club travels away from Brighton for racing and or family and other events. For these types of events, there may be additional costs. DIRECTIONS: Preston Park Cycle Track is located to the north of Preston Park in Brighton and can be accessed from Preston Drove or through the park. The post code is BN1 6LA. CONTACT DETAILS: Anthony Rogers 07505 145233 / Anthony@ppycc.org.uk

Are you unsure of getting round corners? Worried about those muddy descents? Well, this could be the session for you. On 23rd November there’s a cyclo-cross skills session at Penshurst Off Road Cycling Centre.

The session is aimed at newbies to cyclo-cross, and women in particular. Mountain bikes are most welcome Meet at 11am in the car park. Penshurst is here: www.thebestof.co.uk/maps/..More info and detailed directions on: www.ukdirt.com/porc/

As there’s a London League Cyclo-cross race on that afternoon (at 2pm), you can even put your skills into practice straight after the session.

I known that we have just received the last kit order, but I have received lots of requests for more! So if you want some more kit you will need to get an order to me asap. The last date for the order will be

Friday 21st November. Click here to download the order form. Fill it in and email it to me at andy@ppycc.org.uk. I will collect the money when kit arrives.

Saturday: We have mountainbiking from Stanmer Park this Saturday. Meet at the front entrance from the A270, first car park on the right. 09.45 for a 10.00 start. We will be riding with the Worthing Otters and the VC Jubilee. Friends and family are welcome.

Sunday: See the weblink for full details of the cyclo-cross race on Sunday at Stanmer Park, we hope you can take part as there will be points available for the Inter-club competition. http://www.brightonexcelsior.co.uk/2008_cyclocross.html 

The clothing has finally arrived. It took so long to sort out that we are considering making another order, please let us know if you are interested in this.

As it has taken so long, if you feel the kit is now too small then please let me know as we can probably sort it out with some swapping.

Also there was a production error which caused the delay. The outcome of this is that there are a number of tiny shirts on offer cheap [£8]. These would fit a small child, up to age 6 or a large teddy bear [but not a really  big one].

The people who ordered clothing are:

Charlie Booth: I will drop it off on my way past. Address please.
Callum :Brock will take it to school.
Finn Brewster: I will drop it off on my way past. Address please.

Jack Oliver:  Brock will take it to school.
William Martin: I will drop it off on my way past. Address please.
Tim Hill: I will drop it off on my way past.
Nicholas Wickens: I will drop it off on my way past. Address please.
Wilkie: I will drop it off on my way past. Address please.
Nick Crowley: I will drop it off on my way past. Address please.

On the weekend of 15th and 16th of November there is a feast of opportunity at Stanmer Park.

On the Saturday, for those of you not already signed up to the British Cycling weekend of activity there, you can take part in a regular club mtb ride meeting at the lower car park at 09.45 for a 10.00 departure.

On the Sunday there is another chance to represent PPYCC in the Interclub competition by riding in the cyclo-cross race, with free entry for many categories, see the linked file for further detail. Stanmer Cross

 Which ever day you can make or even both days this is your chance to meet up with your friends and family this month.

Remember that there is road cycling for over 12s on Saturday. Meet at Preston Park at 09.45 for a 10.00 departure, back for 12.00. This is arranged and led by Lee Povey this is not a PPYCC ride so £2 to Lee, though there will probably be PPYCC coaches present.

This will recommence after the half term holiday on Tuesday 4th November. [Dress warmly]

If you remember the sunshine at the Goodwood races a few weeks ago you may also remember that the event was part of an Inter-club event. These are events aimed at the dozen or so Go Ride clubs in the S.E. There are 10 events from now until next August and after the first event PPYCC have the most points. Congratulations to all our riders who took part, and look out for future events which we will let you know about. You may note that there were no girls in the Under 10 category and so any of our girl members who wish to try some racing can help us boost our points total.

If you had been one of the gamblers that visit the horse racing at Goodwood you would have done well to have put your money on Preston Park YCC riders this weekend. Indeed the owners of Goodwood Motor Racing Circuit, where the racing took place, must have been pleased with the state we left things in as PPYCC riders achieved two clean sweeps. In the youth racing clean sweep number one was when PPYCC won all the categories on offer with first places for Brock Duncumb, Gabriel Parle and Ben O’Brien.

In the Inter-Club competition we had many other riders who it was great to see riding so well, and it was pleasing to see several go away with a clutch of medals as part of the Inter Club series. I managed to miss this particular ceremony but know that Cory Anderson won the under 8s, Ted O’Brien must have come second in the under 10s with Nicholas Wickens third for the second clean sweep and Jack Oliver Blaney was second in the Under 14s. The Inter-Club is part of a series running from September to October so we hope to see you at some races soon. The full Goodwood results are shown below. 

October 12, 2008 - Surrey League/Brighton Excelsior - Goodwood - Youth - 7.2 miles

Pos Name Club/Team Cat
1 Brock Duncumb-Rogers Preston Park Youth CC YA
2 Jake Martin VC de Londres YA
3 Dante Carpenter Cycles Dauphin YB
4 David Swan Hillingdon Slipstreamers YB
5 Toby Walton Velocity Bikes CC YB
6 Samuel Malony Worthing Excelsior YA
7 Tom Goldman VC Jubilee YA
8 Mark Smith VC Jubilee YA
9 Ashley Dennis VC Jubilee YB
10 Jack Oliver-Bleny Preston Park Youth CC YB
dnf Matthew Wise VC Jubilee YA

October 12, 2008 - Surrey League/Brighton Excelsior - Goodwood - Youth - 4.8 miles

Pos Name Club/Team Cat
1 Gabrel Parle Preston Park Youth CC YC
2 Kimberley English Palmer Park Velo YC
3 Max Stedman Reading CC YC
4 Matt Hill VC Jubilee YC
5 Amy Barnes VC Jubilee YC
6 Harris Redgris VC Jubilee YC
7 William Duffin AD Cycles RT YC
8 Megan Lewis VC Jubilee YC
9 Freddie Roux Redhill CC YC
10 Dicken Clear VC de Londres
11 Matthew Duffin AD Cycles RT YD

October 12, 2008 - Surrey League/Brighton Excelsior - Goodwood - Youth - 2.4 miles

Pos Name Club/Team Cat
1 Ben O’Brien Preston Park Youth CC YD
2 Ted O’Brien Preston Park Youth CC YD
3 Nicholas Wickens Preston Park Youth CC YD
4 George Sales Redhill CC YE
5 Cory Anderson Preston Park Youth CC YE
6 Bethany Lewis VC Jubilee YE
7 James Matthew Preston Park Youth CC YE
8 Ryan Wood AD Cycles RT YE
9 Jackson Metcalf VC St Raphael YD