Mosquito Bikes London/SE Cross League 10

Sunday 29th November - Four CCH members competed in the 10th round of the London Cross League. Keir Apperley, Gary Lingard, Tao Geohegan-Hart and Alex Peters all performed well in their respected races, with Alex winning the youth race in style (again) and Tao doing very well to follow in 4th place in his first ever Cross race. In the senior event Gary riding for London Phoenix scored an impresive 2nd spot leading all 89 riders bar one to the finish line, Keir - riding his brand new Kinesis bike came in 32nd overall, 11th in his category. For a full report see LondonCycleSport and full pictures

A Team Training Plan Meeting

The CCH A riders met up this evening for another planning session for the rest of their cyclo cross races and their track & road race seasons in the coming year. Keir & Gary our 'A' team coaches, have been assisting Clem, Alex, Tao, Rhys and Kyroah in planning their training for the next year, riders now know the amount of weekly training hours for the coming months and have a clear idea of their objectives/targets and how they are to set about achieving them.
Some of the races riders are focusing on include - defending the 2009 London Youth Games title in July, the National schools TT Champs, Tour Of Assen (Holland - 6 Day Race), London schools road race event, the National Cyclo Cross and National Track Championships.
Also on the agenda was a progress report on the Youth Capital Fund grant application for high end race equipment to match the 'A' team's ambitions. Tao & Clem have been advancing this along and with Keir's guidence the document will be in on time by 3rd December.

Alex & Gary - winners in Brighton

Gary Lingard, associate club member and CCH 'A' rider coach, scored a great victory whilst riding for London Phoenix in a London Cyclo Cross League event in Brighton last Sunday, he finished on top leaving 116 others trailing behind - well done Gary! To complete the anhiliation our lad Alex Peters notched up another win in the youth race comming in 2m 25s ahead of the chasers - well done Alex!
Check this to see the full results.

Annual General Meeting - Thursday 3rd December

All supporters and interested parties are invited to the Cycling Club Hackney Annual General Meeting on Thursday 3rd December.

Meeting at 7.30pm at 1 Olympus Square, Nightingale Estate, London, E5 8PL, an opportunity to see the new HQ.

Up for discussion...

Report on the last year
Election of officers
Delegation of duties
Agreeing a constitution
Membership
Female cycling group
Setting up a B team
Finances/funding
Our new HQ
Plans for next year
Any other business

We like to keep it brief and lively - some seating will be provided but if you would like to bring or donate a folding chair then we will all be more likely to have something to sit on.

Bikefix will be supplying refreshments.

Hope to see you there...

Stuart Dennison (Chair)

Saturday morning 'Team Hackney' training sessions

Saturday 7th November '09
The 8-12 year old training group were joined today for the first time by our new 'B' rider or intermediate section in Finsbury Park. Parents and coaches over saw exercises on a bright early winter morning. After a sufficient number of laps were made of the roadway at a reasonable pace, the two groups came together to share refreshments in the park cafe by the boating lake. Then it was time to head back to Clapton via Clissold Park.