Well done to all Outer Ring riders who took part in today’s distance challenge. This was our first distance challenge of the season and the warm weather saw loads of personal bests. The coaches were really impressed with all of your efforts so well done everyone, especially those who were stepping up to a new…
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The next two weekends we will be running Distance Challenge sessions. These are at your normal session times and are on road bikes. Outer Ring on Saturday 29th March Inner Ring on Saturday 5th April For those who haven’t taken part in a Distance Challenge before it’s a time trial on the track where we…
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This Sunday sees the first youth circuit racing event hosted by Sussex Cycle Racing League. Due to the limited time slot on this occasion, this event is a combined Youth B/C race. Youth B is U14s (born 2011/12) and Youth C is U12s (born 2013/14). This event will be perfect for novice racers and is…
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PPYCC are once again hosting a round of the National Youth Omnium on Sunday 18th May. It would be fantastic to have as many track-accredited PPYCC riders as possible racing on the day. For those of you not familiar with the Omnium, think of it as the decathlon of track cycling. There are five different events…
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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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