Sleaford Wheelers Go-Ride Club

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Go-Ride is British Cycling's development programme for young people. The programme provides a fun and safe way to introduce young riders to the world of cycle sport and provides a platform to improve bike handling skills. Go-Ride provides the first step onto the Performance Pathway - over 60% of riders on the Great Britain Cycling Team started out at Go-Ride Clubs.

Sleaford Go-Ride club meets at 6:30pm every Tuesday evening at Sleaford Rugby Club. British Cycling coaches are running the club for the first several weeks and then our club coaches will take over.

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Go-Ride Update.6th Nov 2016

Please note that there will not be a Go Ride session this coming Tuesday 8th November.
Due to long term illness we are having to cut the number of sessions we run this winter, we apologise for this and hopefully as more coaches come on board this will happen less often.
We are hoping to run regular sessions through to Tuesday 13th December after which we will break for Christmas. If any sessions need to be cancelled we will try to contact all parents by text as soon as possible beforehand and cancellations will be posted on the SWCC Facebook page. Thank you for your support, the Go-Ride Team.

Heckington Show Teams

Go Ride Events

10:25 Girls Sprint (C/D) U12/U10
Hope there's 2 heats.
As
Abi Saggs  (Red Bike)
Jess Woolas (Med/Sml)
Orla Durrin (Med/Sml)
Amanda Ide (Med/Sml)
Rachael Aldridge (Med/Sml)
 4 Med/Slm but only 3 bikes
10:30 Girls Sprint (A/B) U16/U14
No Sleaford Wheelers
10:35 Boys Sprint (C/D) U12/U10
Again hope there's 2 heats
As
Hayden Baxter (Red Bike)
Oscar Farrow (Med)
Finlay Saggs (Med/Sml)
Levi La Ronde (Sml)
Thomas Cragg (Sml)
If Oscar & Finley are in Separate heats they can both ride Med. If in same heat Oscar should ride Med as he is taller.
10:40 Boys Sprint (A/B) U16/U14
Same applies Again hope there's 2 heats
as Seth, Tom, Sam & Luke all riding. Problem will be if they all qualify for Final?????
Maybe we could borrow George's bike??
12:15 Team Sprint
White Team
Tom Howes
Luke Issett
Hayden Baxter
Oscar Farrow
Orla Durrin
Jessica Woollas

Maroon Team
Sam Howes
Seth Parrott
Abi Saggs
Finlay Saggs
Rachael Aldridge
Amanda Ide

Last year we pledged to get more young people involved in cycling through the British Cycling Go-Ride programme! Well it turns out the The Mighty Sleaford Wheelers had the highest increase in U18 British Cycling membership in the East Midlands region for 2015! Well done everyone, keep it up!

Spalding Go Ride Race Meeting Sunday 3rd May 2015. Sunday saw our Go Ride kids enter their 1st group competition at the Invitation Italian Pursuit races at Spalding. Sleaford were competing against older, more experienced and better equipped riders from Spalding, Bourne, Boston & Grantham and Lincoln. Despite the other teams being far more experienced, older and better equipped, Noah Starbuck (Aged 8), Ember & Harvey Coulam (aged 9), Hayden Baxter (aged 9) and Abi Saggs (aged 10) rode exceptionally well. They may not have won any races but they certainly won a lot of admiration from the other clubs who were impressed that such a young team who've only been riding for 7 weeks could perform so well. Their group riding was clean, they cornered well and rode in close formation and they never stopped smiling! Myself, Kath and Steve were very proud of their performance. I know they are all looking forward to competing again soon. Dennis Owen Sleaford Wheelers Go Ride   Tues 10th & 24th March. Go Ride racing events over at Newark click here for further information Tues 24th February. First week back after ½ term and 18 riders turned up for tonight’s session. We  concentrated on building their group riding skills, riding in 2’s in close formation. At first it resembled an Indian attack out of an old Western film but they gradually got the hang of it. Then we got the front pair to sprint off the front of the group and ride around the track to eventually get back onto the rear of the group when the next pair would sprint off the front. Whilst sprinting the pair had to stay in a tight formation . By the end of the session there was a visible improvement in their skills. As the kids were learning quickly we then got them to ride in pairs with their hands resting on their partners shoulders. There was limited success with this exercise at 1st with some of the smaller riders finding it a little difficult. Then as if by magic it all started to come together led by the girls who showed some excellent balance and coordination. We finished of the evening with some fun limbo riding which is just like you’d see on a dance floor but on a bike. After each turn the bars were lowered. The boys showed some excellent skills in getting their bodies really low and below the height of their bikes either by stretching out with their bottoms behind their saddle or by balancing on one pedal whilst stooping and pushing their bike away from them to keep balanced. Not sure what Steve has planned for next week but I think the kids need to work on smooth and correct gear changes. See you all next week.

10th Feb: After last weeks cancellation due to poor weather it was good to see 19 boys & Girls turn up for another training session. Concentrated this week on riding Italian pursuit with some of the quicker riders pacing their team around the course. A hard session with some close finishes and some great sprinting from some of our younger riders. Finished the evening by popular request (more like demand) with a couple of rounds of the "Circle of Doom". More fun next week. Crit Races July 12th 2015: Dennis is just finalising details with Sleaford Carnival but we are hoping to include a Ladies Crit Race this year. Also hoping to run some Go Ride events as part of the Carnival activities. Watch this space....

27th Jan: A great turn out, 17 youngsters and some brilliant riding, racing starts, the "circle of doom" plus Laura Trott's speciality; elimination racing. Some very competetive riding with lots of competition, some excellent tactical racing from Abi Saggs and Tom Daynes saw them both win their groups.

13th Jan: Our first event was a school competition which invloved around 50 youngsters from three local schools, racing around a small Cyclo-Cross circuit. It was muddy, hard work and loads of fun. Last Tuesday was the first club night. 13 riders were out on a very cold evening, learning Slalom skills and bike control, with a couple of races and finishing with the "Circle of Doom".