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Outer Ring road and track sessions

We know some riders are keen to get on track bikes. We will have a few more weeks of road bikes before the club championships then we will be running track sessions every Saturday from 10th Oct to end of season, weather permitting. So the final Outer Ring sessions of the season will be as…
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Firle Beacon everesting attempt

Sussex Nomads and SCRL rider Eoghan McHugh is doing an everesting attempt on Firle Beacon on the Sunday 20th September in aid of Surfers Against Sewage. PPYCC members who have been with us for a few years will know of everesting through the amazing achievements of our own Tom Pughe-Morgan and Lukas Nerurkar on Ditchling Beacon in…
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PPYCC 2020 Circuit Championships – Saturday 3rd October

We are pleased to announce that PPYCC circuit championships 2020 will be held on Saturday 3rd October replacing our normal Saturday morning coached session at Preston Park. Each age group will have bunch two races. U8/U10 races will be 10mins each and U12, U14 and U16 will be 15 mins each. In order to keep…
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Please support PPYCC on Easyfundraising

We’ve registered Preston Park Youth Cycle Club with Easyfundraising, which means over 4,000 shops and sites will now donate to us for FREE every time you use easyfundraising to shop with them. These donations will help SO MUCH, so please sign up to support us – it’s completely FREE and doesn’t take long. Please find…
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Increasing female membership

Now that we are able to start inviting new riders from our waiting list to Saturday sessions, we are starting a recruitment drive for new girl members and we would like to invite you all to take part! A working group is being formed to come up with ideas for recruiting and retaining girl members,…
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Westminster University children’s cycling during lockdown survey

We have received a request from Katy Rodda who is a local cycling mum, cycling activist and academic researcher. Katy hopes that you may be interested in completing this survey which investigates children’s cycling experience during the lockdown and we encourage you to complete it. “Please note that this survey is only for parents or carers…
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No pre-registration needed for this Saturday

British Cycling guidance now allows sessions of up to 30 riders and for coaches to take groups up to their normal limit (15 riders for Level 1 coaches, 20 for Level 2 coaches). So we will stop doing pre-registration while numbers are low due to holiday season as we won’t be in any danger of…
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Lost property

Did anyone find a Fatface padded jacket / body warmer at last weekends session (Saturday 1st)? It would have been left after Inner Ring and may have returned home with a rider by mistake. Please let us know via chair@ppycc.org.uk, thanks.

Info for both sessions this Saturday

Scorchio! It’s looking like a scorcher tomorrow, please ensure you bring a drink and put sun lotion on before starting 🙂 Check your bikes over Remember there is no toolkit / trackpump sharing for the time being, so please ensure bikes are checked beforehand and tyres are pumped up. Card reader is now working The…
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Youth track racing opportunities at Herne Hill

Many PPYCC riders will be frustrated at the limited opportunities for track racing over the remainder of this season. But there are some opportunities starting to emerge, so older riders may like to note that Herne Hill youth league starts up next week and will run Friday nights to the end of September, full details…
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