Author: Mark Aberdour

Bike audit session on Sat 5th Nov

Saturday 29th October is the final coached session of the season at Preston Park. However we are (sort of) extending the season by 1 week so that on Sat 5th November we can have a big end-of-season bike stock-take in the containers, 10.30 to 12.00. Anyone who wants to will be welcome to come and…
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Distance challenge results

Well done to all riders who took part in Saturday’s distance challenge. This was our third distance challenge of the season and as always it’s a great way for riders to see their progression both within the season and across multiple seasons. Conditions were a bit mixed but it at least stayed dry and there…
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Distance challenge tomorrow

Just 2 weeks of the season left so tomorrow we will do our final distance challenge of the year at both Inner Ring and Outer Ring sessions. For those who haven’t taken part in a Distance Challenge before it’s a time trial on the track where we set the riders off individually at 30 second…
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PPYCC is looking for volunteers!

PPYCC AGM and Awards is coming up on Saturday 12th November, 3pm at Knoyle Church Hall. We will have the usual mix of fun, club updates, awards presentations, raffle and jumble sale. More on that in the weeks ahead! How you could help the PPYCC committee The first part of the AGM is the committee…
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PPYCC Autumn season

Well we’re into the final month of season, it’s gone very quickly again! There are just four sessions left until the final one on Sat 29th October. It’s starting to get cooler now so please dress for the season, weather is looking ok tomorrow but a long sleeve top or jacket would be advisable, it’s…
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Lost keys

Some keys were found in the grass yesterday near the track entrance, please let me know if they are yours, via chair@ppycc.org.uk

New club records

Well done to everyone who turned up today, there were loads of really great rides and results over 200m, 250m and 500m. These are all distances that British Cycling use as benchmarks for their talent development programme and can also be used in regional track races so it’s great to start practicing and recording these…
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Road bikes tomorrow

We are going to set some club records tomorrow over a range of short distances such as 200m, 500m, 1km and 1 lap. Anyone wanting to claim a club record for their age group will need to be using the restricted gear for their age group, so we will do gear checks which will also…
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Dates for your diaries

Please add these Autumn club events into your diaries… PPYCC Track Records Day, Sat 24th Sept. We have always kept informal records of riders times from our distance challenge sessions but we don’t really have formal club record holders over set shorter distances. This was previously going to run in partnership with Brighton Mitre but…
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Autumn kit sale

Need any PPYCC kit for Autumn/Winter? You can grab yourself a bargain as prices have been reduced as follows: Blend skinsuits (these long-sleeved skinsuits are thicker material than normal and great for cyclo-cross racing) – £40 (reduced from £80) Bib tights – £35 (reduced from £65) Winter jackets – £30 (reduced from £50) Sale runs…
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