News

Events coming up for the family in July

Why not visit Herne Hill velodrome on Sunday 2nd July to watch the Youth A and B Track Omnium National Final. PPYCC have their best ever entry of 4 riders at the final with Finn Anderson in the Youth A final and Freddie Newman, Lukas Nerurkar and Rahul Fortescue-Talwar in the Youth B final. Although…
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Outer ring today

Outer ring are on track bikes continuing to display our starting skills and also Match Sprints so there is bound to be some sumo and contact practice.

Outer ring Saturday 17th June

We will be practicing TTs and Pursuits skills on Track bikes. If you can bring rollers please do.

Outer Ring tomorrow 10th June

Tomorrow’s Outer Ring session will be on ROAD bikes. We will be practicing racing in a bunch, including race scenarios such as cornering in a group. If time allows we may also looking at rider progress, with a timed lap. Look forward to seeing you all there!

Update on Club Sunday Road Rides

After some consultation I have decided not to run any Club Sunday Road Rides for the next three months. The reasons being – We are entering the school exam and holiday season when attendance tends to dip considerably – I am struggling to always find time at present and am away several weekends myself. I know this…
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[News of] Our members from the North [West Tour]

Report from the North West Youth Tour following Stage 2 Lukas Nerurkar, Freddie Newman, Rahul FT (all U14) and Luke Goodwill (U12) are all representing PPYCC at the NWYT 2017. This is a 4 event competition, staged over 3 days in Lancashire and like the Grand Tours, riders are placed according to the General Classification.…
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Member’s racing this weekend

With some members racing at the North West Tour, based around Lancaster and Morecambe, we await news of their results. Meanwhile ….. … at Cyclopark in Gravesend members were at the regular Friday night racing. Josh Ballinger unfortunately had his first crash when several riders went down on the finish sprint.  It was one of…
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View your 1 lap times and the Distance Challenge Standards

We have updated our Activities section of the website so that members can now view their 1 lap times and Distance Challenge Standards from the page TTs – how to, times and standardsThe 1 lap times for Preston Park go back several years and with the inclusion of year of birth you can compare yourself to the…
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Outer ring Saturday 27th May

We will be using track bikes and looking at the points race as well as recording another timed lap.

Aidan and Xavier ride 100 [laps of Preston Park]

I have just seen PPYCC members Aidan and Xavier on lap 76 of their 100 lap cycle challenge at Preston Park cycle track. They are raising funds for Water Aid, which somehow seems even more appropriate in today’s weather. Celine McKeown-Webster is fundraising for WaterAid Show your support by donating on Celine McKeown-Webster’s page now…
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