Extras
Young People

Coaching

Off-road coaching continues at Hilly Fields as follows:

Under 12’s 9am to 10.15am Over 12’s 10.15am – 12 noon

  • Saturday 7th November
  • Saturday 14th November (no coaching as there is a race at Redgrave)
  • Saturday 21st November
  • Saturday 28th November
  • Saturday 5th December (might be some go-ride races at Foxhall, Ipswich)
  • Saturday 16th January (provisional)
  • Saturday 23rd January (provisional)

UP AND COMING CYCLO CROSS EVENTS

  • Sunday 8 Nov 2009 Colchester Rovers Mistley Cross
  • Saturday 14 Nov 2009 Redgrave Cross
  • Sunday 22 Nov 2009 Davy Down Cross
  • Sunday 29 Nov 2009 Hempton Cross
  • Sunday 6 Dec 2009 Regional Championships - Foxhall Ipswich **pre-entry required - see web site
  • Sunday 20 Dec 2009 Broome Heath Scramble
  • Sunday 3 Jan 2010 Interbike Cross Sunday
  • 24 Jan 2010 Colchester Rovers Mistley Cross Saturday
  • 6 Feb 2010 End of Season Madison - TBA

Don't forget Boxing Day - the runners v riders fun event at Friday Woods

Further information from the Cross Web Site http://www.easterncross.org.uk/league.htm or just ask.

Ipswich BC coach Adam Keer is organising the Cyclo-Cross Regional Championship races at Foxhall on 6th December and on the Saturday 5th December 1pm to 3pm there is an opportunity to go along a try out the circuit.

Adam has sent me the following re their ''Come And Try It event''

If you've never ridden cross and don't fancy the race but want to try the course and off road riding this is the perfect opportunity. £2 per person or Free entry to the come and try event for anyone who helps set up the course.

Sat 5th Course preparation 9am-1pm Sat 5th Community come and try it session 1-3pm – ‘Your chance to have a go Sun 6th Races 11am-3pm

Support is always gratefully received from volunteers with the more the merrier so please do bring friends and family.

If anyone is interested in taking part or helping out please contact Adam Keer via 07880 601396 adam.keer@ipswich.gov.uk

Watt Bike Racing

On 22nd October Matthew Robinson and Louie Dillon, two of the Club’s promising young riders travelled to Baldock for the first of the Youth challenge events on the Watt Bikes. These are exercise bikes that are linked to a computer screen. The events they took part in were a 750 metre sprint, a team race with each rider doing 250metres,and finally a longer distance 1000 or 750 metres depending upon the age of competitors. Matt and Louie both did really well – see next newsletter for full report.

Following on from the success of the first Wattbike Racing evening at Baldock two more events have been planned:

Monday 30th November Maldon & Dist CC at Maldon 7-9pm
Thursday 3rd December West Suffolk Wheelers at Bury St. Edmunds 7-9pm Entry fee £2 payable on the day

I am in the process of organising our own Watt Bike event at Colchester for late Nov / December – watch this space.

The events will be run as an Omnium featuring a 500metre time trial, Team Sprint and Scratch Race and if time a devil as well. Only Youth riders in age categories A, B and C will be allowed to enter due to the size of the Wattbikes.

Entries must be in advance and there is a maximum of 20 on each evening. Please contact Mark Wyer markwyer@britishcycling.org.uk for an entry form but make sure you copy me in if attending so that I know who is going along.

The 500m times will go towards the winter long Eastern Region 500m Challenge. The current leaders are:

Cat Gender Name Club Time
A Female Victoria Williamson BC PM 33.51
A Male Joshua Maynard Welwyn Wheelers 29.89
B Female Fiona Pegg CC Ashwell 38.05
B Male Ed Goater CC Ashwell 34.02
C Female Karen Pegg CC Ashwell 43.97
C Male Adam Gough Mildenhall CC 41.27

Winter road racing series at Hog Hill

Most Saturdays from 5th December to the end of February there will be winter road racing events at Hog Hill. These are for Juniors, Seniors, Vets and Women but there is also a four event Youth Series organised by the Lea Valley Youth CC with dates 5th December, 2009, 16th January, 6th February and 13th March 2010. Again let me know if you are interested in taking part as it would be great to get a few riders from our Club going along as a Team.

http://www.britishcycling.org.uk/web/site/BC/Bridge/calendar

Track Racing

Track racing will start again next April and this might sound like a long way off but it will soon come round. There is a great Youth Omnium series which starts in April and normally runs through to June with the best going through to finals in August at Manchester Track. Four events – points based on your best three rides from the following four events:-

U16 Boys, U16 Girls, U14 Boys, U14 Girls and U12's Omnium Leagues

  • 01-May Susies Youth Track Meeting Mountbatten Stadium, Portsmouth
  • 15-May Welwyn Youth Track Meeting Welwyn Garden City, Herts
  • 05-Jun Palmer Park Velo Youth Track Meeting Reading
  • 12-Jun Preston Park Youth Omnium Brighton, Sussex

If you are interested in competing then please let me know, as we may be able to get a team to go along, share transport, help out with equipment and explain what is involved.

Grass Track Racing

Grass Track might seem like a long way off with the Colchester Rovers Monday night Grass Track starting the first Monday in May 2010. Below are details of the open grass track events in our region and you will note that for the first time we are holding a grass track event of our own on Sunday 4th July 2010 at Shrub End.

National Short Distance Grass Series

  • 31-May Richmond Grass Track Meeting Richmond, North Yorkshire
  • 05-Jun Letchworth Grass Track Meeting (880m) Letchworth, Herts.
  • 27-Jun Brentwood Grass Track Meeting Brentwood, Essex
  • 10-Jul Biggleswade Grass Meeting (800m) Biggleswade,Beds
  • 03-Jul Plomesgate Grass Track Meeting Bredfield
  • 01-Aug Team Welwyn Open Grass Track Welwyn Garden City, Herts
  • 29-30 Aug Mildenhall Rally Mildenhall

National Endurance Grass Series

  • 30-May Border City Wheelers Grass Track Meeting Bitts Park, Carlisle
  • 05-Jun Letchworth Grass Track Meeting Letchworth, Herts.
  • 27-Jun Brentwood Grass Track Meeting Brentwood, Essex
  • 03-Jul Plomesgate Grass Track Meeting Bredfield
  • 04-Jul Colchester Rovers Grass Track Meeting Boadicea Way, Colchester
  • 10-Jul Biggleswade Grass Meeting Biggleswade,Beds
  • 01-Aug Team Welwyn Open Grass Track Welwyn Garden City, Herts
  • 29-Aug 30-Aug Mildenhall Rally Mildenhall.

More details are available on the British Cycling Web Site.

Cycling Time Trials

If you are 12 and under you are not allowed to time trial on open public roads but once you are 12 you may with your parent’s consent take part in time trials. Many will start off by doing one of the Club’s Wednesday evening 10’s and with my daughter I cycled behind her on her first couple of events to make sure she was riding safely and knew where the course was.

A fantastic event to enter is the GHS 10 – this is a Youth national time trial where the best riders compete from each region and go through to a national final. This year the local event was at Maldon in June but we will have to wait a while for the 2010 information to be released. Further info on the RTTC web site:- http://www.rttc.org.uk

Club Runs

The Club organises a number of Club runs on Sundays – details on the Club Web Site and for those older youths that are confident and can ride at a steady pace for 30 to 40 miles including a stop then you might well enjoy joining one of these rides. The Club would need a parent to attend or have a parental consent form and be confident about your ability.

That’s all for now.

David

David Triggs
Colchester Rovers Club Coach
07806 267619
Email: david@dtriggs.wanadoo.co.uk