Several of our members took part in the regional GHS time trial recently, the qualifying round of Cycling Time Trials youth national time trial championships. We are pleased to report that when the results below are broken down by age category that Preston Park YCC took the prizes for riders aged 14, 13 and 12 through…
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Brighton Bicycle Film Festival Thursday 14th to Saturday 16th July at the Duke of York’s
After a great second place in Friday night’s TT, [see our previous report] Joseph Martin went into Saturday’s triathlon event at Eton Dorney with lots of confidence on the bike. With 80 athletes competing, other than the national champs, this is the biggest event in the youth triathlon calendar, with kids from all over the…
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We are pleased to report a good PPYCC turnout last night for a time trial format event over 4 full laps (10km) of the Cyclopark circuit. The results sheet is below – it’s in race order rather than time so to help you you will find that Joseph Martin was 2nd, Tom Pughe-Morgan 3rd and Luca…
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If you would like to ride the national juvenile 10 mile champs you will need to qualify by riding one of the heats. James Stone of Brighton Excelsior CC is organising the London south heat on 16th July 2016. It’s at Steyning in West Sussex. Start time is 8am. The event is pre entry only.…
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With a good weather forecast we return to using track bikes this weekend and will be focusing on the Points Race as a theme for the session. Bring a calculator to keep on top of the scores!
We have been sent notice of a petition to encourage the introduction of legislation to help increase road safety for cyclists. Please have a look at the proposals for a legislated safer passing distance for cyclists on the road and sign the petition if you support the idea that this be discussed in parliament. Also…
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We are pleased to report that, hot on the heels of track success for several of our members this week, Joseph Martin beat off tough competition from the whole South East, London and Eastern Triathlon regions to win the first big triathlon qualifier of the year. In a race with a field of 31 athletes, Joseph…
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You can see your Time Trial challenge in the linked document. You can read your times for 200m, 1 lap and 3 laps. You can see where you came overall and you can see where you came allowing for your age and gender. This year the handicapping seemed to favour the younger riders, or maybe…
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You must use a road bike This week’s session will be focused on time trialling. All riders will be timed over 200-metres, 1 lap and 3 laps [one mile] of Preston Park. We are using this format to help us rehearse for our Active After Work Preston Park Team Cycle Challenge event which the club…
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