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Written by Graeme Anderson
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Tuesday, 16 October 2007 |
Welcome to the Welwyn Wheelers Cycling Club We're an expanding club based in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire. The club offers many opportunities and services to the cycling community, and Welwyn Wheelers CC members participate in all aspects of cycle sport and leisure. You'll find plenty of information here about the club and what we do. If you'd like to get involved, or just find out a little more, don't hesitate to get in touch - we'd be pleased to hear from you. |
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Written by Graeme Anderson
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Wednesday, 16 May 2012 |
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Do you want one-to-one coaching to achieve your goals on the track this year? Barry Gilzean has just attended his Level 3 Track coaching course, and now requires a track endurance rider and a track sprinter to coach to complete his qualification. Riders will need to be at least junior age category (sorry no youth riders), and have a major track goal for the year. Please contact Barry on 07954435392 or
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Written by Graeme Anderson
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Wednesday, 09 May 2012 |
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See here for the results of round 1 of the Southern Region National Track Omnium Series as organised by Welwyn Wheelers CC. Over 100 youth riders from a wide number of clubs took part in a well organised Southern Area Youth Omnium event on Saturday at Gosling Sports Park run by Welwyn Wheelers. There were five events for each age group from Under 16’s down to under 8’s and there were Welwyn riders in every category. Top performers were the Welwyn girls in the Under 16 group who dominated all of the events and took the top four places overall with some positive attacking riding – the winner was Abbie Dentus followed by Lucy Harper, Bethany Hayward and Kim English with Chloe Evans in seventh spot. |
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Written by Graeme Anderson
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Tuesday, 08 May 2012 |
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Hence forth any Youth A Rider wishing to ride the last event at Track League - 'The Senior 10mile' must speak to Chief Commissaire or Assistant Commissaire at the start of evening (before any racing starts) to request this.
Please note B&C Youth Riders
The BC Rulebook clearly states NO B or C Riders are able to compete in any event which is open to Elite and Category 1 Riders
6.2.7.5 Category A, B and C Youth riders may, on application to the Board or at the discretion of the Chief Commissaire, apply for dispensation to compete in track events open to Junior category riders.
Youth B and C riders are not permitted to compete in track events open to Elite or First category senior riders.
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Written by Peter Waghorn
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Friday, 04 May 2012 |
Over the last couple of years John Lewis Welwyn have contributed donations to the club for ongoing support of equipment/running of the club.
They have now changed the way they give to the local community by asking shoppers which charity they would prefer money to go to. This is similar to the Waitrose Community Matters.
John Lewis are putting Welwyn Wheelers forward as one of three sporting charities for a three month 'Community Matters' campaign in store. It will work in the same way as the Waitrose version of this, essentially shoppers are given a plastic coin each time they buy something and the shopper then puts the coin in the bin of their charitable choice. After three months, John Lewis will share £3,000 between the three sports charities based in their share of plastic coins.
So we would ask all members and friends to participate by dropping in to the John Lewis ‘Place to Eat’ section and put green plastic tokens in the box. |
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Written by Graeme Anderson
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Wednesday, 02 May 2012 |
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Extra vigilance is required at Hog Hill (Redbridge Cycle Centre) even in the car park. Following a session on April 28 a van was found to be broken into. Fortunately there was nothing in the back to steal but the thieves broke the lock and damaged the back door. Unfortunately the CCTV was aiming at the cars parked at the top of the car park and missed the attempted theft. In addition to problems at Hog Hill it has been discovered that professional bike thieves are using Strava, Garmin and similar to find the home address of users. Strava and Garmin have websites where you can record and publish tracked rides and once they discover the users address, they then break into sheds and garages to steal the bikes.
The advice is to not list your bike on any site and then to create an exclusion zone of 1 mile around your house, where Strava etc will not record the start and finish your ride. If you use MapMyRide to plan routes it would be best not to make them public for the same reason. |
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Written by Peter Waghorn
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Tuesday, 10 April 2012 |
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Nineteen year old Laura Trott put up a fantastic performance riding for the GB team in the World Track Championships in Australia. She was part of the three person team that beat the Australian squad in the final of the 3000m Team Pursuit championship setting a new world record to win the Gold medal.
Laura then went on to ride for GB in the six event Omnium championship run over two days – at the end of day 1 she was the joint leader with Annette Edmonson of Australia on 11 points and 10 points ahead of their nearest rivals. Laura had put up a masterley performance when winning the Elimination race to strengthen her overall position and become joint leader. On day 2 Laura finished third in the Pursuit and 9th in the scratch race giving her a 2 point lead going into the final event – the 500m Time trial. Laura put up the fastest time in this event to clinch her second Gold medal of the World Championship. A fantastic performance to round off a good week for the GB team
Laura started her cycling career with Welwyn Wheelers on the track at Gosling Sports Park before moving to Manchester with the Sky GB team and is now a clear medal hope in this summers Olympic Games.
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