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Racing Results and Championship Tables

5himano — Sun, 12 May 2013 15:53:39 +0000

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.

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Racing and Coaching on Sunday plus the Sufferfest is coming back for summer!

5himano — Thu, 09 May 2013 12:42:15 +0000

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.

Race Number	Guide Times		Category
Race Number	Start	Finish	Category
1	9.30	9.40	Go-ride race 1
2	9.50	10.00	Youth C&D race 1
3	10.10	10.20	Go-ride race 2
4	10.30	10.40	Youth C&D race 2
5	10.50	11.05	Youth A&B race 1
6	11.15	11.30	Adults & u18s race 1
Break
7	12.00	12.15	Youth A&B race 2
8	12.25	12.40	Female-only race 1
9	12.50	13.05	Adults & u18s race 2
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.

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NCA Women’s Night

5himano — Wed, 01 May 2013 06:02:22 +0000

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:

- see the latest range of women’s clothing from the leading specialist brands including ASSOS, ENDURA and Extondo, discuss their design and fit and understand why cycle clothing looks the way it does!

- talk to the bike fit experts about your riding position, why women’s bikes are different to men’s and learn some top tips for keeping comfortable and efficient.

- meet the workshop team and learn how to look after your bike and specifically change an inner tube to ensure you are independent and self-sufficient when out riding.

It is a free night out and we would love to see you. Please let Neil know if you would like to come at neil.turner@pedalrevolution.co.uk

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NCA Tour Series racing!

5himano — Wed, 01 May 2013 06:00:20 +0000

The biggest UK professional racing series in the UK is the Tour Series. These are evening races on tight twisty circuits just like our Airport circuit. They are all city and town centre based and all the races are televised on ITV4. This year, Alysham – through our friends at Broadland Council – have been awarded a race on Thursday 13th June. The NCA will be out in force with a wide range of cycling attractions all afternoon and evening.

>>>>>>>The BIG NEWS is that we have persuaded the organisers to allow us to hold NCA races in the afternoon on the Pro-Circuit and we have the use of the podium and commentator!! Kev, Russell and I would love to hold some youth, female-only and adults racing. The youth races (all categories) will now be the British Schools Cycling Association regional championships (originally scheduled for 12th May). Riders will ride under their school name and hottly contest the converted titles for boys and girls in each age category. IF YOU WISH TO TAKE PART, PLEASE EMAIL info@activatingcic.co.uk WITH YOUR SCHOOL CONTACT DETAILS AND WE WILL INVITE YOUR SCHOOL TO ENTER A TEAM (OR JUST YOU!). The races will be 2pm-4pm on the Thursday, hence the need for us to invite your school. <<<<<

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Weekend Piccies and Sufferfest Cancelled this week.

5himano — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 07:27:09 +0000

Sadly we will have to cancel this weeks Sufferfest. Kev is taking a well earned “rest” and is away riding the 250km on the Amstel Gold Sportive in the Netherlands and other volunteers are tied up with half-term etc. I am sure you will join me in wishing him well and will be urging him on in this amazing challenge – Go Kev!

I have uploaded some pics from Sunday on our Flickr gallery and you can have a look out for yourself on the link here:

www.flickr.com/photos/85603206@N02/sets/72157631416631434/show/

Neil.

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Sun, Speed and Sensational Racing at the NCA

5himano — Sun, 07 Apr 2013 17:34:09 +0000

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

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NCA Racing and Coaching

5himano — Sat, 06 Apr 2013 08:01:41 +0000

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 1^st 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 1^st January 2013

Adults: All ages welcome over 16 on 1^st 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:

Race Number	Guide Times		Category
Race Number	Start	Finish	Category
1	9.30	9.40	Go-ride race 1
2	9.50	10.00	Youth C&D race 1
3	10.10	10.20	Go-ride race 2
4	10.30	10.40	Youth C&D race 2
5	10.50	11.05	Youth A&B race 1
6	11.15	11.30	Adults & u18s race 1
Break
7	12.00	12.15	Youth A&B race 2
8	12.25	12.40	Female-only race 1
9	12.50	13.05	Adults & u18s race 2
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.

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BC Talent Team Coach and new woman’s and children’s clothing range

5himano — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 07:30:52 +0000

It is the weekend and no sign of sleet, frost or snow – yet! You can tell we have NO coaching or racing this weekend.

Thursday night at 6.30 sharp we have part 2 of British Cycling’s Talent Team Coach and ex-top Pro Rob Sharman’s talks at Eaton Primary starting at 6.30. This time, Rob will give us an insight into training volumes and intensities and although he focusses on young riders he assures me there is something for everyone in this part of the workshop. Rob’s services are only available to BC Go-Ride status clubs who invest in rider development – like us – so do not miss this opportunity. Its FREE to NCA members, you would be mad to miss 2 hours with Rob…

click here for more: blog.pedalrevolution.co.uk/events/british-cycling-talent-team-workshop-developing-young-riders

Our club sponsors, Pedal Revolution, have just received a new range of woman’s clothing from Altura to match the growing stock of Endura, Extondo and Assos wear. Whether you are looking for some comfy shorts, 3/4s, undershorts or new shoes they have a wider range of woman specific clothing waiting for you to come and try and size up. Bring the family as a brand new range of children’s jerseys, shorts and jackets has just arrived in more colours than you can shake a stick at!!

Well done to all out riders last week at our inaugural race meeting. A wide range of pics can be found here: www.flickr.com/photos/85603206@N02/sets/72157631416631434/show/

The league table for each championship can be downloaded on our homepage.

Good luck to Matt Smith who will be the first ever NCA member to ride an open Time Trial for the club on Sunday in the GYCC. Lets keep our fingers crossed on the weather for Matt and all you other NCAers who are on the start list.

Lastly, look who came to ride on the NCA bikes Friday – our local MP Chloe Smith. Hopefully we can persuade her to come and join us for a Sufferfest some time soon…

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oh no! Stolen…

5himano — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 14:43:12 +0000

NCA regular Jason has had his beautiful Wilier Escape road bike stolen from his partners property in Trowse during the early hours of last Monday morning.

Jason has asked NCA members and firends to keep an eye out in case the thief is daft enough to try and sell it locally! It’s distinctive being black, red and white, having a XXL frame and Continental GP4000 tyres with shimano 105 spd pedals. Any help would be hugely appreciated. email us here at info@activatingcic.co.uk if you hear of anything…

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Pictures from NCA Round 1&2

5himano — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 14:34:43 +0000

can you spot yourself on some of our pictures from Sunday ? ?

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