Come and meet (left to right) Kev, Neil and Russell
Pedal Revolution have teamed up with cycling experts ActivatingCIC, Norfolk County Council and Sport England to create the Norfolk Cycling Academy (NCA) to provide much needed venues, events and resources for Norfolk’s leisure and sports cyclists.
We have a brilliant new traffic-free cycle coaching, training and racing venue and we have a fleet of road bikes to help you get started. We hold Sunday sessions every fortnight (See the events calendar for dates).
Friday night is bike night with ActivatingCIC’s legendary Sufferfest group turbo training night at the amazing new 21st century facilities of City Academy. If you want a great winter training workout, loose a bit of weight or just feel amazing after an hour’s hard work then come and see us!
We ask every rider, after their first few events, to join the academy as it allows us to provide insurance and keep the club and fleet of road bikes running. Your membership offers you a generous discount at Pedal Revolution on bikes, clothing and accessories – just bring your membership card into the shop. If you belong to a club already your membership with us is just a 2nd claim membership and we want you to keep racing and riding for your local club.
2013 NCA Racing League Guide and FAQ - how to start racing, how to join, what to wear, FREE British Cycling membership
NCA spring Racing League Championship Table - the latest results and championship standings in our Spring Racing League
2013 NCA Coaching pathway – which session should I choose? - use our coaching pathway to see what coaching we offer and to whom.
2013 Sunday coaching sessions for leisure, family and racing - Build your confidence, control & balance and awareness
2013 Circuit Racing League Poster - A full programme of race coaching and racing from March until October.
NCA membership & parental consent 2013 - all u18′s need a parental consent form but you do not have to join straight away.
We are delighted to offer all youth riders in Norfolk and Suffolk the opportunity to race on the Pro circuit at Aylsham on the afternoon of Thursday 13th June – just before the pro riders take centre stage.
The B.S.C.A. regulations have individual and team championships for u7, u9, u11, u13, u15 and o16 categories. The top 3 in each category and the team winners will qualify for the National Championships later in the summer.
Your school should have received an invite by now - if not, pass on the following to them ASAP!
Click here for a school invite and details>>>>>>>>>> Regional Cycling Championships Invite
Click here for an updatable school entry for >>>>>>> BSCA Regional Cycling Championships Entry Form
Click here for a parental consent form>>>>>>>>>>> NCA membership parental consent 2013
Updated with today’s results the league tables are getting very close with just the 2 rounds on 2nd June remaining in the Spring League Championships. The destination of the trophies is wide open in 7 out of the 8 championships.
Click here for results table>>>>>>>> NCA spring Racing League Championship Table
Well done to all our riders (and families) who made the journey. We hope you found a warm welcome and good fast racing on our technical circuit.
A special thank you – as ever – to all the helpers who made today possible. Superstars!
Regards,
Neil, Kev, Russell & Simon.
We are back into racing this weekend with rounds 5&6 of our Spring Racing League. Racing for youths starts at 9.30, adults at 11.15 and the female-only racing starts at 12.25pm. We would love to see a few more adults having a go at circuit racing. We also have our family and novice rider coaching at 10 and 11 am on the coaching circuit and central area.
Please note, this was originally planned to be the British Schools Cycling Association’s regional championships but this has now moved to Thursday 13th June and will be held on the Tour Series circuit at Aylsham. Thanks to everyone who has contacted me with their school details for this event, we are sending invites out to schools this Friday. If you would like to compete in the regional championships and have not contacted me yet please drop me a line (info@activatingcic.co.uk) and Iwill invite your school to enter you/a team.
Sunday 12th May timetable.
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Race Number |
Guide Times |
Category | |
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Start |
Finish |
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1 |
9.30 |
9.40 |
Go-ride race 1 |
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2 |
9.50 |
10.00 |
Youth C&D race 1 |
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3 |
10.10 |
10.20 |
Go-ride race 2 |
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4 |
10.30 |
10.40 |
Youth C&D race 2 |
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5 |
10.50 |
11.05 |
Youth A&B race 1 |
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6 |
11.15 |
11.30 |
Adults & u18s race 1 |
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Break |
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7 |
12.00 |
12.15 |
Youth A&B race 2 |
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8 |
12.25 |
12.40 |
Female-only race 1 |
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9 |
12.50 |
13.05 |
Adults & u18s race 2 |
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10 |
13.15 |
13.30 |
Female-only race 2 |
THE SUFFERFEST IS BACK!
The Sufferfest will be back from next Friday 17th May. We will have a single session at 7pm and you are all welcome. They will be aimed for summer riding and our workouts will be designed to give you extra endurance (and weight loss!) and some extra zip for the hills, sprints or the odd bit of racing! More next week. You can book as usual via info@activating.co.uk
Enjoy the sunshine,
Neil, Kev, Simon and Russell.
Club sponsors, Pedal Revolution, are putting on an NCA Womans night on Wednesday 8th May from 5-8pm in the Norwich Shop. You will have the opportunity to:
Coaching & National Rankings
This Sunday we have our regular coaching session at the airport. Sessions for all ages and abilities are catered for from families and children through to those wanting to sharpen their technique in preparation for racing at Elvedon. Come and join in and get more from your cycling. Full timetable here: http://blog.pedalrevolution.co.uk/events/airport-circuit-coaching-day-2013-04-21
I am delighted to announce that NCA regulars have taken the latest British Cycling National Rankings by storm! The rankings are based on racing results across the country and the national rankings are complied for each respective youth age category. The boys are doing well in their respective categories:
Edward Cole 17th, Seth Houlgate 19th, Patrick Manning 23rd, Chris Jackso, Samuel Asker and Josun Cole joint 25th and Oliver Griggs and Tom Howell 27th
and the girls are amazing: Victoria Asker 5th, Sophie Wright 7th, Isla Rush 11th, Ella Gilbert 24th, Alice Colding 29th and Corinne Geraghty 39th.
Well done youngsters, congratulations!!! I do not think our region has seen this level of performance for some time…
Pedal Norfolk and Rollerdrome
Pedal Norfolk is a brave and bold 3-day cycling festival at Holham Hall over the Saturday, Sunday and Monday of the May-Day Bank Holiday weekend. The sportives look an awesome challenge and the shorted rides are free! The NCA team will be delivering coaching, fun and games all day on the Saturday and Sunday and running family and club oriented events in the evenings. One of those evening events will be an inter club Roller Racing competition sponsored by LeathsPrior Solicitors. Teams of 4 riders will race head to head in a relay race to find Norfolk’s fastest club. We are visiting each local club and offering a great night of entertainment and socialising. The NCA is included and we will be bringing the Rollerdrome with us on Sunday to the coaching session so you can all have a play and try-out for the NCA team. Come and have a go on Sunday whatever your age, gender or level of experience, it is only a 20-30 second burst of speed. Can you conquer the Rollerdrome???
Click here for the Pedal Norfolk website, we would love to see you at the event: http://www.pedalnorfolk.co.uk
Sufferfest
Sadly, the school can not accommodate us for the next two weeks 
We usually finish the Sufferfest for the summer and persuade you all to get outside and enjoy your riding.
But this year, many of you have asked us to continue the Sufferfest all summer – you all crazy! Seriously though, many riders have used the Sufferfest to get started in our sport, trainied for a specific challenge or ride and developed their endurance and speed for racing. We would love to here your views on how we should plan the summer months:
1. Continue the Sufferfest on a Friday as is until August;
2. Move to another weekday night possibly at a different venue;
3. Replace the Sufferfest with an outdoor technical coaching session and 30-45 minute ride
4. Have the usual break until September.
Please let me know your views so Kev and I can provide the sessions that are important to you.
Ladies Night
Our club Sponsors, Pedal Revolution, have invested in a large range of women-specific clothing and bikes and have offered the NCA a Ladies night with experts presenting the range and explaining the fit, style and reasoning behind the designs. There trained mechanics will also be available to offer you the opportunity to learn the basics of bike mechanics to enable you to be independant and self-sufficient out on the road – change a tube etc – and look after your bike day-to-day. The evenings will be free and by invite only to ensure you get the full attention of the experts and technicians Let me know if you are interested please and I’ll gladly add you to the invite list!
That’s it, enjoy your cycling and hopefully see you Sunday for coaching and Roller Racing…
Neil, Kev, Simon, Leon and Russell.
What an awesome day of grassroots cycle racing. A big thank you to all the competitors for supporting us and a huge thank you to all the volunteers who helped us put on another 16 races today. The smile on our riders faces makes all the hard work worth while.
We had some brilliant close racing and the championship tables had some shakers and movers. Well done to Lois Houlgate, Elle Turner, Sophie Wright and Ella Gilbert for winning the girl’s race within the young championships. With this amount of competition we will definitely put on a separate championship for girls in the Summer League.
For the youth riders, the top 3 boys and girls in each youth category scored national ranking points in each race. That’s a big haul of points for the local racers and we are really excited to see their national rankings grow when our results are processed early this week by British Cycling.
Click here for the updated championship tables: NCA spring Racing League Championship Table
The Sun is out, the wind has dropped and we are ready to welcome you to another morning of coaching and racing.
Our popular family coaching for young riders, families and novices will be led by Kev at 11am for around an hour or so. That means young riders under 12 can have a crack at racing first in the beginners Go-Ride racing – which last time out saw 7 year olds Victoria and Hannah take on the boys!
The racing programme is divided by British Cycling’s age groups and based on your age on 1st January this year:
GO-RIDE: Novice riders under 12 and Youth E (Under 8 born in 2005 or 2006)
Youth D Under 10. Born in 2003 or 2004 and u10 on 01.01.2013
Youth C Under 12. Born in 2001 or 2002 and u12 on 01.01.2013
Youth B Under 14. Born in 1999 or 2000 and u14 on 01.01.2013
Youth A Under 16. Born in 1997 or 1998 and u16 on 01.01.2013
Junior Under 18. Born in 1996 or 1995 and u18 on 01.01.2013
Female-only: All ages welcome for females over 16 on 1st January 2013
Adults: All ages welcome over 16 on 1st January 2013.
Our races are aimed at new and developing riders and will improve your road and leisure cycling technique and skills. Tommorrows timetable is:
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Race Number |
Guide Times |
Category | |
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Start |
Finish |
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1 |
9.30 |
9.40 |
Go-ride race 1 |
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2 |
9.50 |
10.00 |
Youth C&D race 1 |
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3 |
10.10 |
10.20 |
Go-ride race 2 |
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4 |
10.30 |
10.40 |
Youth C&D race 2 |
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5 |
10.50 |
11.05 |
Youth A&B race 1 |
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6 |
11.15 |
11.30 |
Adults & u18s race 1 |
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Break |
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7 |
12.00 |
12.15 |
Youth A&B race 2 |
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8 |
12.25 |
12.40 |
Female-only race 1 |
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9 |
12.50 |
13.05 |
Adults & u18s race 2 |
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10 |
13.15 |
13.30 |
Female-only race 2 |
Try to arrive in plenty of time. All youth racers will need to have their bikes checked and gears measured by Russell and Kev. See the racing guide on the website for details.
