If you missed our summary of the 2015 Club Championships, click here to read all about it – you will find some fantastic reports from those who took part, as well as all the final results from each event. After the final champs event, the overall results from each round were tallied, and our Club Champions for 2015 determined. A closely guarded secret, the winners were revealed at our annual awards presentations and Xmas party, where 2nd and 3rd runners’ up were presented with medals, and all Club Champions awarded their trophies and the much coveted Club Champs shirt!
Scroll down for the full list of 2015 Hillingdon Slipstreamers Club Championship winners, and to read a few words from our Champions.
U6 Club Championship Winners
U6 Girls Club Champ - Katie Allsop
How does it feel to be the Club Champion Katie?
Brilliant! I am very proud of myself.
What was your absolute favourite Club Champs highlight this year?
Going on the podium and everyone clapping for me.
What would you say to encourage Members to give Club Champs a go next year??
Try, try, try. Never give up. Give it your best. It doesn’t matter what place you come.
U6 Girls - Runners Up
- 2nd Place: Nikola Radomska
- 3rd Place: Isabella Mills
U6 Boys Club Champ - Teddy Kent
How does it feel to be the Club Champion Teddy?
I loved the club champs!
What was your absolute favourite Club Champs highlight this year?
The one I like most is the skills because it is fun and cool and hard.
What would you say to encourage Members to give Club Champs a go next year??
It is fun!
U6 Boys - Runners Up
- 2nd Place: Joseph Ross
- 3rd Place: Zayd Khan
U8 Club Championship Winners
U8 Girls Club Champ - Kim Bowler
How does it feel to be the Club Champion Kim?
It feels great to be club champion.
What was your absolute favourite Club Champs highlight this year?
My favourite highlight of the club championships was the road race because feel I did the best on that.
What would you say to encourage Members to give Club Champs a go next year?
Those of you who would like to have ago next year give it your best and don’t be upset if you don’t win because you’ve done all you can and that’s all anyone wants from you and have lots and lots of fun that’s the most important part.
U8 Girls - Runners Up
- 2nd Place: Erin Loveless
- 3rd Place: Holly Hirst
U8 Boys Club Champ - Finn O'Brien
How does it feel to be the Club Champion Finn?
I feel proud and excited to wear the cool jersey.
What was your absolute favourite Club Champs highlight this year?
I liked the road race because that’s my favourite. The TT was good but my bike was broken so I borrowed one from the Mechanics.
What would you say to encourage Members to give Club Champs a go next year?
It’s really good, each round is different, the Mountain bike is good for skills and tough, the Track is fun and fast, road is exciting, TT is also fun but hard in the wind – good luck to everyone!
U8 Boys - Runners Up
- 2nd Place: Oliver Kent
- 3rd Place: Spencer Rijkse
U10 Club Championship Winners
U10 Girls Club Champ - Caitlin Loveless
How does it feel to be the Club Champion Caitlin?
I feel really proud on winning the club championships this year because there was a lot more competition for me which made it a lot harder.
What was your absolute favourite Club Champs highlight this year?
My highlight of the club championship was track because I had I really good race with Bobbie and my flying lap was the fastest lap I’ve ever done.
What would you say to encourage Members to give Club Champs a go next year?
I would recommend the club champs to younger kids or first timers because it a fun series of races and each race is very different!
U10 Girls - Runners Up
- 2nd Place: Bobbie O’Brien
- 3rd Place: Lucy Allsop
U10 Boys Club Champ - Jed Smithson
How does it feel to be the Club Champion Jed?
I really like racing for Hillingdon so it feels great be Club Champion (and I love the big trophy!)
What was your absolute favourite Club Champs highlight this year?
The road race was my favourite part of Club Champs as the conditions were so wet and windy which made it hard to ride. Winning in those conditions made it feel like a great achievement.
What would you say to encourage Members to give Club Champs a go next year?
You should have a go because it is fun, you get to race against the best in the club and it helps you get experience for other events.
U10 Boys - Runners Up
- 2nd Place: Joe O’Brien
- 3rd Place: Finlay Hawker
U12 Club Championship Winners
U12 Girls Club Champ - Abby Old
How does it feel to be the Club Champion Abby?
Being club champion is awesome, it is so nice to have a big shield in my room and the great new club champion shirt.
What was your absolute favourite Club Champs highlight this year?
My favourite thing this year was Calshot, it was freezing but I won. It was an amazing feeling winning and lapping all but one person.
What would you say to encourage Members to give Club Champs a go next year?
The club champions is a great way to try different racing you have never done, and race with people you have never raced before.
U12 Girls - Runners Up
- 2nd Place: Lia Leonard
- 3rd Place: Ella Coleman
U12 Boys Club Champ - Cameron Still
How does it feel to be the Club Champion Cameron?
Good. It is nice to win something after competing in so many disciplines.
What was your absolute favourite Club Champs highlight this year?
The time trial as I have been getting quite good times in the last few months, and it was interesting to see how I did compared to people my age.
What would you say to encourage Members to give Club Champs a go next year?
It is a great experience of competing in races and do the disciplines you enjoy. However it is also a good opportunity to perhaps try ones that you haven’t really tried.
U12 Boys - Runners Up
- 2nd Place: Tom Stringer
- 3rd Place: Oliver Dawson
U14 Club Championship Winners
U14 Girls Club Champ - Zoe Brookes
How does it feel to be the Club Champion Zoe?
I am very happy to be club champion, it was very very close between me and Jemma and came down to Calshot; so I am really pleased to have won.
What was your absolute favourite Club Champs highlight this year?
I loved the mountain bike race, it was so muddy and the course was really fun, plus I had a good race which helps!!
What would you say to encourage Members to give Club Champs a go next year?
Club champs is great to have a go at and its fun but there is some great competition.
U14 Girls - Runners Up
- 2nd Place: Jemma Bowler
- 3rd Place: Orla Devlin
U14 Boys Club Champ - Seth Kanaris
How does it feel to be the Club Champion Seth?
Great, because I have never won before; but even more so because being a mountain biker I feel like I have beaten the odds!
What was your absolute favourite Club Champs highlight this year?
I enjoyed the MTB race because I am proud of the fact that I managed to come back from last place due to a mechanical, and ride through the copious amounts of mud to take the win. And also just because mountain biking is a superior sport 🙂
What would you say to encourage Members to give Club Champs a go next year?
Just do it, whether it’s for the challenge or even simply to try something different. Or for fun! You don’t have to be the best and you don’t have to win. So go for it – and you might find yourself on top of the podium!
U14 Boys - Runners Up
- 2nd Place: Peter Hewson
- 3rd Place: Morgan Evans
U16 Club Championship Winners
U16 Girls Club Champ - Savannah Hewson
How does it feel to be the Club Champion Savannah?
Pretty good, although that if I want to be it again next year I will have to keep up with training with all the U14s moving up in to my age category!
What was your absolute favourite Club Champs highlight this year?
As crazy as it sounds, probably the road race, even though the weather was atrocious. It was the most exciting as it was the first event that I was also riding with the boys making it fast and more interesting and then coming third overall, behind Josh and Sam!
What would you say to encourage Members to give Club Champs a go next year?
You never know who will win on the day because you don’t know who will turn up; and if everyone thinks that they won’t win so don’t turn up, no one will win. You may be the only one to attend, a competitor may have had an unfortunate accident and cannot ride, or it might be a race with less than a second separating first and second place. You should always turn up and ride and not lose faith, as well as have fun!
U16 Girls - Runners Up
- 2nd Place: Lorna Bowler
- 3rd Place: Elsa Kristiansson
U16 Boys Club Champ - Josh Copley
How does it feel to be the Club Champion Josh?
It feels amazing! At the start of the year one of my goals was to be the first U16 to have my name on the trophy twice! So after my big races of the year, I prolonged going into the off season mode to do a few more intervals and maintain peak form, so I’m really pleased it has all paid off.
What was your absolute favourite Club Champs highlight this year?
My highlight was in the road race, the rain was pouring down and it was incredibly windy. I had a front and rear deep rim in much to the worry of others. However, I felt confident. Three quarters of a lap in I attacked. Finishing the first lap with a smile from ear to ear smile as I soaked up the rain and the pain! I ended up lapping all but one rider (I almost caught him too!).
What would you say to encourage Members to give Club Champs a go next year?
Get stuck in, the races are really friendly. If you are worried about being so close to others at speed but need to deal with your competitiveness then try the time trial first. Simply ride as fast as you can to see who is best between you and your mates! This is my very favourite discipline.
U16 Boys - Runners Up
- 2nd Place: Niall Dawkins
- 3rd Place: Altay Shaw
Thank you Club Championship Winners for your reports, and a very big well done to ALL of you. We look forward to seeing even more of our members taking part in 2016 – you never know if you have what it takes to be champion if you don’t try!
Do visit the Slipstreamers in Action section of our News Hub for more fantastic reports from our wonderful young writers and cycling adventurers!