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PPYCC Hill Climb 2024 is open to enter

PPYCC host Sussex’s only dedicated youth hill climb on a closed road every Autumn. This year’s event is on Saturday 21st September. Entries are £5 and you can enter now on the British Cycling Events Page, where you will find all the event details such as how to get there and what to expect on…
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IR 24 August 🌧️

Morning all, this morning’s IR session is cancelled. The rain has started and looks only to get worse during the morning. 🌧️ Hopefully next weekend will be brighter !

Sessions this weekend (24th)

Inner Ring: Due to holidays there are not enough coaches to run a coached session. Instead of cancelling, John (coach) will open the track for PPYCC Inner Ring members, and their parents to ride the track together. As this is not a coached session, parents have full responsibility for their children during the session. We…
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Sessions this weekend

Inner Ring Assuming the weather stays dry, Inner Ring will be on track bikes. If you don’t have a track bike and want to join in the track session, just turn up as normal at 8.45am with your regular bike and the coaches will sort out the track group at the start of the session.…
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The Vern McClelland Memorial Omnium

Sussex Cycle Racing League (SCRL) are holding an end of season Omnium in honour of PPYCC founder and SCRL President Vern McClelland, who recently passed away.  Taking place on the morning of Sunday August 18th from 9:30am to 2pm, it promises to be the perfect way to end the track season at Preston Park.  You…
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Carbon junior race bike for sale – SOLD

Radial junior bike for sale, belongs to an ex-PPYCC rider and well looked after – full carbon frame and forks, Shimano Claris, 700C Mavic Cosmic wheels. £250

Remembering Vern McClelland

It is with great sadness that we announce the recent death of Vern (Vernal) McClelland. Vern leaves behind his wife Andrea and four children Becky, Sean, Katherine and Neil. Vern not only co-founded PPYCC with Anthony Rogers but played an important role in Sussex track cycling and indeed took part in officiating as a Commissaire…
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2024 Hill Climb Dates

The dates are out for the Autumn hill climb series as well as some summer warm-ups. Most hill climbs are organised through Cycling Time Trials (CTT) and these are for riders aged 12+ only. Most are on quiet but open roads, those on closed roads are indicated below. CTT events require a front and rear…
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Track bikes at Inner Ring this weekend

Inner Ring Assuming the weather stays dry, Inner Ring will be on track bikes. If you don’t have a track bike and want to join in the track session, just turn up as normal at 8.45am with your regular bike and the coaches will sort out the track group at the start of the session.…
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Distance challenge results

Well done to all riders who took part in this weekend’s distance challenge, the second of the year. We try to run three of these every season and it’s a great way for riders to see their progression both within the season and across multiple years. Well done to all riders, and a big thankyou…
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