Sleaford Wheelers Cycling Club

Sleaford Wheelers Go-Ride Club

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.

SWCC Go-Ride sessions are delivered by British Cycling qualified coaches, who have attended courses on child protection and equality. All coaches hold current first aid certificates. The club also has a club welfare officer, who has attended a child protection course. All Go-Ride Clubs have a commitment to ongoing training for their volunteers, coaches and officials, to have a sound structure, to be fair and equitable and to undertake training to support British Cycling's policies and guidelines for safeguarding and child protection, equality and best practice.

Meet the Go-Ride Team here

Go-Ride Sessions take place at Sleaford Rugby Club on Tuesdays starting at 6.30 pm and finishing at 7.30 pm (sessions finish at 8.00pm in the summer term for the older children).

There is no charge for the first three sessions but from the fourth session a small fee of £2.00 is charged per session.

We recommend British Cycling Membership, which is free for the first year. Visit: www.britishcycling.org.uk/membership to find out more.

SWCC Go-Ride Club has its own Facebook page: "Sleaford Wheelers Go-Ride" find it here: Click
We will use this to let you know if there are any changes to our Go-Ride sessions, for any updates on results and to let you know about upcoming events within the youth section of Sleaford Wheelers.

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Race the cobbles !

Newark on Trent are bringing junior cycle racing back to by way of a Go-Ride Race around Newark town centre - including the cobbled market square. They have official road closures for this event and it forms part of an evening of fun with craft stalls and music - to celebrate Stage 4 of the Tour of Britain finishing in Newark the following day. This forms part of Newark and Sherwood District Council's 'Festival of Cycling'.

As a Go-Ride Race, this gives all juniors up to the age of 16, of all abilities and all experience levels, the opportunity to try a road race, whether a member of a cycling club or not.

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July / August 2017 Newsletter (click)

May / June 2017 Newsletter (click)

March / April 2017 Newsletter (click)

Go-Ride Holiday Coaching August 2017

Timetable for Grass Track Races at Heckington Show

29th July 2017


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".