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 FINAL 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.
On a bright and breezy Thursday afternoon, around 70 young riders had the chance of lifetime to race on the Tour Series Circuit at Aylsham. The Norfolk Cycling Academy put a series of championship races and with the Tour Series commentator whipping the crowd into excitement the youngesters were given an afternoon to remember before they watched the professional women and men take to same circuit.
Well done to all the individual and team winners and I hope all the riders enjoyed racing infront of a sizable crowd on a professional circuit – you lucky devils!!!
The national championships are in Lancaster on 30th June and priority is given to all those who finished in the top 10 regionally and the regional winning teams. They do not have many entries and technically the entry list closed with Saturday’s post by I spoken to the oragniser who has agreed to accept emailed entry forms from NCA riders up to midnight Sunday 16th June! Click here for more details: http://www.bsca.org.uk/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/BSCA-entry-form-NAT-Circuit-1213.pdf
More pics including pictures of all the podium presentations to follow after the weekend.
Come and see us at Swaffham Community Centre this Saturday 10-4pm. It is just around the corner from the market square and we have a lovely rural 4 and 9 mile route around lanes you have never ridden before!
We also have the smoothie bike, the awesome Total-Trax, roller racing on the Rollerdrome and for the young ones we have the Strider bikes out. Simon will also be running family coaching sessions all day on the beautiful parkland.
Best of all, it is all FREEEEEEEE!!
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It was a storming finish to the Spring Racing League sponsored by Aquaterra and the Parson Woodforde Resturant.
Most of the championships had significant changes at the top of their leader boards after today’s racing – showing that the racing is producing some exciting and close finishes. We revised the circuit today and the racing was much faster and flowing and the introduction of the highly technical “Parkins” hairpin certainly tested the fitness of the racers. Thanks as ever go to our volunteer helpers especially Lesley Etheridge who is happy smiling face you all meet at signing on – Lesley you are the star of the show!!!!
Congratulations to our 8 champions and 24 podium finishers who each received their Aquaterra Trophies and gift vouchers for the Parson Woodforde Resturant in recognition of their success.
Go-Ride Champion: Hannah Turner, Great Yarmouth CC
Youth D Champion: Edward Cole, Iceni Velo
Youth C Champion: Josun Cole, Iceni Velo
Youth B Champion: Patrick Manning, Great Yarmouth CC
Youth A Champion: Chris Jackson, Strada Sport
Junior Champion: Ben Alymer, Norfolk Cycling Academy
Adults Champion: Mark Smart, VC Norwich
Female Champion: Jen Smart, VC Norwich
You can see the full championship tables here>>>>> NCA spring Racing League Championship Table
Click here for today’s photo gallery >>> www.flickr.com/photos/85603206@N02/sets/72157631416631434
Thank you for supporting the league. It was our first attempt at race organisation and we hope we were able to offer a useful stepping stone for youth and new adult riders starting out in our sport.We will be doing it all again starting on 30th June for the 8 round/4 event Summer league.
We would love your feedback to help make our next series even better, slicker and better for you – the riders and families. Please email Neil with your ideas, feedback and suggestions>>>>>> neil.turner@pedalrevolution.co.uk
This weekend sees another coaching session at Norwich airport for all ages and abilities starting a 9am for the racers group. Come and improve your group riding, race tactics and speed if you aim to race/sportive or transform your bike handling, control and confidence if you are just starting out. If you are new to riding and plan to ride the tour series BSCA event, come along for the 10.30 session. Click here for the full timetable and more:
http://blog.pedalrevolution.co.uk/events/nca-coaching-day-2013-05-26
The Sufferfest is back into full swing with lots of new riders – many of which are experiencing cycling for the first time. Cliuck here for next Friday’s extravaganza and how to book:
http://blog.pedalrevolution.co.uk/events/the-sufferfest-summer-training-session-2013-05-31
On Friday 5th July, Ken Jolliffe and his team are staging the Gas Hill Gasp. It is an awesome and unique event for youth and adult riders. Riders battle the hill in small groups with the winners going through to the next round of the knockout competition. It’s a short sharp race up the hill and tremendously exciting. You will need a BC licence to enter but come and give it a go! The NCA will be there helping out and supporting Ken who doe so much for local cycling and racing.
http://www.lotuscycleracing.org/gas-hill-gasp/
Saturday June 8th is the date for the Breckland cycling festival at Swaffham. The NCA will be there and ActivatingCIC will be providing family coaching, the Rollerdrome, Strider Bike racing for the 2-5 year olds and the you can come and ride the Total-Trax arena to sharpen you bike handling skills. There are 4 and 9 mile routes for families and new riders and full refreshments (cake!) at the Swaffham Community Centre from 10am. Come and see us.
See you soon,
Neil,Kev, Simon, Russell.
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:
