Author: Anthony Rogers

Catching up with old news 2 Racing at Cyclopark, Gravesend

We are posting a variety of old posts you may have missed due to the recent difficulties with our website. No 2, Joseph Martin Jojo raced at gravesend last night in the first spring in the park. Whilst his result (about 8th out of 25?) doesn’t look great, he had an interesting race. There were…
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Catching up with old news 1 Paris Roubaix

We are posting a variety of old posts you may have missed due to the recent difficulties with our website. No 1. our Paris Roubaix report from Joe Bishop. Relive the excitement by reading it here.   Continental Race Report: Paris – Roubaix Joe Bishop There aren’t many races in which just crossing the finishing…
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How to progress in youth cycling

We recently received a message from Iain Cook the Great Britain Cycling Team Foundation  Coach. The message that went out to riders at the last circuit RSR is that they should be aiming to race once a week (or up to 2 times a week).  This regular racing is important to their learning and development,…
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Eastbourne Cycling Festival including the regional road race champs

A message from Ben Miller of Brighton Excelsior reminds us that: “Summer is in full swing now and there’s plenty of events already scheduled in. Next month its the Eastbourne cycling festival road races. The youth events this year will also be the South East Regional Road Race Championships, so winning this event could see you…
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Continental Race Report: Men’s and Women’s Tour of Flanders by Joe Bishop

Continental Race Report: Tour of Flanders Joe Bishop Professional cyclists live and breathe cycling, and in their careers, they can only dream of limited success. For sprinters, they can hope to win stages of the Tour de France, and maybe even the rainbow jersey. For climbers, they hope to win on the most iconic mountain…
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Brighton Excelsior TTs continue tomorrow

Brighton Excelsior TTs continue tomorrow [Tuesday] see details below. Last week PPYCC’s Joseph Martin was our only representative, and also one out of a total of only 13,  who turned up on a night of dreadful weather. Fingers crossed for better weather tomorrow, it is looking like the sun might shine. If you don’t fancy…
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Stanmer hill climb times…again!

Many apologies to Joseph Martin, whose mistakenly got missed from the results below, he also managed an excellent climb, just short of the Strava top time, of 3:16. Here are the timings for our hill climbs at Stanmer Park over the past 3 weeks. If you spot an error be sure not to tell us!…
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Visit Wales for the Tour of Britain.

We received the unsolicited message below for a B&B on the TOB route. Having cycled this stunning, relative wilderness last year we are happy to recommend it to you, though note that Stage 4 of the TOB is a school day! Perhaps some other time. To whom it may concern,  We are writing to you…
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Congratulations to PPYCC members on their racing success

We are pleased to report on member’s racing success: for Rahul Fortescue-Talwar winning his group in the winter long Lee Valley Velodrome Track League [see photo below]. Also Cameron Wragg, a new member last season who although only in Year 11 has a birthday meaning he has to enter adult races, and who finished 17th…
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Banff Mountain Film Festival

We received the message below promoting the Banff Mountain Film Festival at the Dome to our members. As some of our coaches are annual attendees at the event we don’t mind sharing the event which is good family fun if you enjoy watching real outdoor adventures on film. “Hello This is just a quick email…
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