Congratulations to all the Welwyn Wheelers Youth riders on some outstanding performances in this years British Cycling Southern Area Youth Omnium series.

Welwyn riders excelled at the final meeting at Reading which was re-run on 20th June after the original meeting was rained off.

In the under 16 group Ben Bailey was 2nd, Dan Snow 7th, Mark Smith 11th and Alex Anderson 13th.
Ollie Plumley was 11th in the under 14 Boys, Bethany Hayward 6th and Chloe Evans 8th in the Under 14 Girls.
Joseph Fry won the under 12 event giving him a clean sweep of the four qualifiers – Brighton, Portsmouth, Welwyn and Reading.
Archie Wishart finished 3rd in the Reading meeting.

Michael Parry riding with both supreme confidence and determination won the under 10 meeting at Reading with a remarkably consistent performance in the 5 events relegating series leader Karl Jolly and his clubmate Tom Durkin  into the minor places.

The top eight in Youth A and B categories plus top six in Youth C group in each area now go forward having qualified for the National Final in Manchester later in the year

Welwyn Wheelers Qualifiers from the Southern area series in the various categories -  

Under 16 - Ben Bailey 5th, Tom Gallacher 7th and Dan Snow 8th
Under 14 – Cameron Howard 6th
Under 12 – Joseph Fry 1st, Archie Wishart 4th

In the Under 10 series, for which unfortunately there is no National Final, Tom Durkin was 2nd Overall, Michael Parry 5th and Tom Street 7th overall in the four Southern area events

Overall the youth results in this years Omnium series have been very encouraging and a vast improvement over previous years thanks both to the hard work put in by the club coaches and the rides themselves. Roll on 2010   

Sponsored Bike'n Hike 2009

The annual sponsorsed event to raise funds for the upkeep of our local churches and chapels is taking place on
Saturday 12th September. The event is organised by the Bedfordhsire & Herfordshire Historic Churches Trust and
the idea is to ride or walk to as many churches in Beds & Herts as possible between 10:00 and 18:00.

Entry forms and more information can be found at www.felmersham.net/bhhct.htm .

Colin Rees

There are two events taking place as part of British Cyclings new entry level racing events for youth age riders.

The two events are:

Monday 6th July - Grass Track racing at Colchester
Thursday 23rd July - Grass Track racing at Ashwell

Both events would be suitable for BMX/Cycle Speedway riders to demonstrate their speed and skills at as the races are short and bikes will be available to borrow.

See flyers for details:

Grass track racing at Colchester

Grass track racing at Ashwell

Mark Wyer

Eastern Region Go-Ride Coach

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The next mountain bike fun day is taking place on Saturday 4th July. The venue is the same as before, Thetford Forest.

All club members (and their parents!) are welcome. We will be leaving promptly at 11:00 from the Gosling Sports Park after the Saturday track session or you can meet us there at 12:30.

Full details are in the attached flyer.

Thetford MTB Fun Day

The Biggleswade Grass Track Meeting at Fairfield Sports Ground this year will be held on Saturday 11th of July,

Time of start 13:00

Entry fee (2 weeks in advance) £14 (£5 U16) or £20 on the day.

Events include the National Endurance Series and Short Distance Grass League events.

Please send the entries to the address below.

Ian Clarke - organiser

Ian Clarke
15 Matthews Drive
Wickersley
Rotherham
South Yorkshire
S66 1NN
Mobile: 07775 846603
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Sessions for Novice riders ie 'first timers' - those riders who have not ridden or raced on the banked velodrome on track bikes are now limited to selected Saturday mornings as follows:
 
May 2nd, May 30th, June 20th and July 4th
 
Riders must register to ride via the Contact Us link on the website and include the following information - age, gender and height. Minimum age 7 years old .

(This restriction does not apply to riders who have already attended Saturday morning sessions since 4th April)