by Dave George | Feb 27, 2015 | Important Announcements
It’s already the last day of February and the race season looms. We plan to split the performance hour tomorrow into two sections. The first will be a 20 minute skills session to sharpen your focus, looking at some fast slalom activities, sprint finishes and for...
by Dave George | Feb 20, 2015 | Event Features, Rider Reports, Special Reports, Slipstreamers in Action, Volunteer Features, Track
Head Coach, Dave George, gives us his perspective on coaching track at Calshot: There’s not much I don’t like about cycling – maybe cheating, seeing someone get hurt, or hurting myself – but pretty much everything about it pleases me. No more...
by Dave George | Feb 20, 2015 | Important Announcements, Volunteering
A Slipstreamers Call for Volunteers You may have seen recently that we are working on the organisation of Monday Night Youth Racing this summer. As with anything that we arrange , it is run entirely by volunteers. To make this work, Slipstreamers is always on the...
by Dave George | Feb 20, 2015 | Important Announcements
Now that your February Time Trial practice is out of the way, we can switch the focus back onto advanced technique and performance training. Remember to sign-on early, as close to 8am as you can get. You will need to be warmed up and ready to go at 8:30. Remember...
by Dave George | Feb 13, 2015 | Important Announcements, Training & Education, Chatter Box Corner
At the end of last year, the Slipstreamers Committee discussed how we could improve the Youth Racing Calendar for 2015. In 2014, we had a few challenges. Primarily, the youth races were always a “sideshow” to the BC West Thames Summer Series. As such, as...
by Dave George | Feb 2, 2015 | Important Announcements
Last Saturday it happened. A very cold day and damp air meant we had a snow flurry just before we started the A/B’s early session. It wasn’t heavy enough to call snow, but was wet and icy enough to create a slush on the circuit, that is no way friendly to...
by Dave George | Jan 26, 2015 | Important Announcements
Entry to this year’s European Youth Tour in Assen opens on Monday February 2nd. This year we are looking to build on the success that the Slipstreamers’ riders made last year. This year’s event is from Monday 27th July until Saturday 1st August....
by Dave George | Jan 23, 2015 | Special Reports, Slipstreamers in Action, Celebrations & Awards, Time Trials
Last Saturday night, my dad took me along to the Champion’s Night for Time Trial awards. Sam Henning and myself were up for receiving awards that we had won in 2014. Sam had won the George Herbert Stancer (GHS) school’s championship, coming joint first...
by Dave George | Jan 20, 2015 | Important Announcements
If you are planning to attend the early performance session on Saturday, please take careful note of the following: All road riders over 12 years of age with their own bike will be expected to sign-on between 8:00 and 8:30 Warm-up before 8:30 using rollers, turbo or...
by Dave George | Dec 18, 2014 | Slipstreamers in Action, Time Trials
On a December morning, not usually associated with Time Trials, 22 riders turned out to try and brave the near-freezing conditions. Those riders that did had to combat the conditions by warming up sufficiently to be able to ignore the effects of the cold. For some of...
