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The Giro d’Italia is almost bookended by riders who have competed at the Preston Park omnium in years gone past. Can you work out who they are?

Why not support cyclists and pedestrians by contributing to the Government’s ‘Review of The Highway Code to improve road safety for cyclists, pedestrians and horse riders.’ It closes on 27th October so there are only a few days left. Chris Boardman, Manchester’s Cycling Commissioner, says that he agrees with all the proposals in the document…
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PPYCC is going off-road after the track season finishes this year! We lost 15 weeks of Saturday sessions due to lockdown and are keen to make up some of that lost time. Unfortunately we can’t extend the season safely at the velodrome, it doesn’t have an all-weather surface and the moss that builds up in…
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We received some fantastic news this week from Dylan Hicks. You may remember back in February Dylan got the exciting news that he’d been accepted into the GB Cycling Team Foundation programme. Then of course came lockdown which threw up a whole world of uncertainty and difficulties for all of our riders who had plans…
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Do you know anyone who might like to be our next club treasurer? We are still looking for a volunteer who’d like to take on the role of club treasurer at PPYCC. It’s only about a 1hr per week commitment and involves maintaining a simple accounts spreadsheet, handling requests for cheques, contact point for the bank,…
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It was great to see so many PPYCC members turn out for our annual club circuit championships yesterday.  There was some exciting and attacking racing, along with some mechanicals and a touch of wheels just to make sure parents nerves were kept on edge !  We congratulate all our 2020 club champions but also every…
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The weather forecast for Saturday is looking great so Club Championships is definitely on and we’re looking forward to some great racing. Please re-read below as the schedule has changed from last week. On arrival riders will queue and sign in as normal. Once track side riders will be kept in separate age groups for the…
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The AGM will be held on Saturday 7th November at 3pm. Of course this year with all the continued restrictions on social events we are having to do it 100% virtually. We will do the usual official committee reports and elections for the first 30 mins or so, followed by club awards and games as…
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This mornings outer ring session is on as normal 10:30 to 12:00. It is cold and wet so please dress for the conditions. sorry we had to cancel inner ring, see you at the club champs next weekend.

With heavy rain forecast overnight and possibly throughout the time slot for the Youth E,D,C races we’ve decided to postpone the club championships by 1 week to Saturday 10th October. The weather is set to improve next week so fingers crossed. Inner Ring is also cancelled tomorrow morning. Outer Ring session may go ahead. We’ll…
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