Author: Anthony Rogers

Hill climbing is here part 2

The second report on hill climbing by Francis Schofield. Francis and James do Hill Climbs, Week 2/4: Weekend 2 of the Hill climb season was to be the hardest yet for James and I, as we both signed up to race two events on Saturday and two events on Sunday, including the prestigious Catford and…
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Help needed at our final race event of the 2018 season

Our second and last cyclo-cross race takes place on Sunday 28th October in Preston Park. Please sign-up directly to a role using the Volunteer Link here, or contact anthony@ppycc.org.uk to offer your services. This is a brand new venue which should be easier to set up than our previous venues but, due to its popularity, will…
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Hill climbing season is here – find out more from member Francis Schofield

Francis and James’ Hill Climbs, Week 1/4: The British Hill Climb season occurs annually throughout October. Hill climb races are essentially time trials up hills where riders race to reach the top in the fastest time possible. To be a good hill climber, you should be light whilst having strong leg muscles and good core…
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Podium opportunity for members

Our Club Championships take place within a open road race format at Cyclopark. With 55 entries already the racing is bound to be exciting, however there are further opportunities for PPYCC members to gain recognition and stand on the ‘podium’ at our Prize Night and AGM in November. Entries from our own club are disappointingly…
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New link for volunteers for the cross race

If you are looking to volunteer we have a new link to our volunteer page, old links will no longer work. Please select the Option 2 in the home page links of the Story Map file. Or copy and paste from here: https://arcg.is/0PmPOO

Anxious about lack of club volunteers for racing events

Hi Parents and Members, Please sign up today to help at our cross races [or our club champs on 29th September]. These races help us to keep club membership fees down and to keep the club financially viable. The race dates are all Sundays, on 30thSeptember 28thOctober and the 25thNovember. PPYCC races: https://1drv.ms/x/s!AtPSK4Hyt9uBgxlWJt8vxzVhv46r SCRL race:…
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Outer ring Saturday 22nd September

We will have the fourth and final of our sessions focusing on the skills and physical demands of circuit racing; next week sees our Club Circuit Racing Championships. We will be practicing competition through coach led racing scenarios. The rain will hopefully stay away until we have finished.

Find out about our cross race by viewing the Story Map [still short of volunteers]

We are still very short of volunteers for our first cross race of the winter season, taking place on Sunday 30th September. You can find out about the event and enter or sign up as a volunteer  by viewing the Story Map (Click on the ‘Learn More’ icon for the text). Of just use this…
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Help [desperately?] needed at our Cyclo-cross events

Our running costs are not met by membership payments and fees and so we run additional fund raising events such as our cycle-cross races. Please use the link to sign up to help at our cross races. The spreadsheet has two sheets in it, one for each race. Enter your name as described in the…
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Outer Ring Saturday 8th September

We will be continuing with our Circuit Racing theme with a view to practicing for the Club Circuit racing championships at Cyclopark on Saturday 29th September.