by Web Admin | May 13, 2016 | Important Announcements, Racing - General, Chatter Box Corner, Volunteering
It’s almost that time of year again when the Slipstreamers Community comes together to host the Hillingdon round of the British Cycling National Youth Circuit Series. For 2016, this will be on the 17th July (yes, it’s a Sunday), and we hope to see as MANY...
by Web Admin | Apr 15, 2016 | Important Announcements, Racing - General, Chatter Box Corner
The Balfour Beatty London Youth Games is Europe’s largest youth sports festival, introduced in 1977 to celebrate the Queens Jubilee and has since grown to be the largest youth sports event in Europe! Over 45,000 competitors aged 7 to 17 from 33 London boroughs...
by Web Admin | Apr 15, 2016 | Racing - General, Chatter Box Corner
If you are a regular track rider and keen to be part of the selection process for the British Cycling Central Region Youth Track team, do read the following information sent to us by the 2016 team management … 2016 BC Central Region Youth Track Team In 2016...
by Web Admin | Apr 1, 2016 | Important Announcements, Training & Education, Chatter Box Corner
You may not be aware, but the Slipstreamers awards programme of Bronze, Silver and Gold is the envy of many other Go-Ride clubs across the country. The coaching syllabus allows us to constantly monitor and evaluate rider progress against a set of repeatable outcomes...
by Web Admin | Apr 1, 2016 | Important Announcements, Training & Education, Chatter Box Corner, Fun Corner
It’s holiday time again, and for those of you looking for some fun activities on your bikes to keep you active and get you out the house, look no further. As usual, there is lots on, and British Cycling are putting on a few activities to keep you busy and...
by Dave George | Mar 15, 2016 | Chatter Box Corner, Fun Corner
Between Friday 20th and Sunday 22nd May 2016, the StreetVelodrome Series rolls into Uxbridge at Fassnidge Park. For more details and to register for a ballot entry to the Kids Series visit this page here. Here is a snippet taken from the StreetVelodrome website:...
by Web Admin | Mar 14, 2016 | Slipstreamers in Action, Saturday Sessions, Chatter Box Corner
And the end-of-session race winners for this week are: Boys Girls MTB Extra race On Mountain Bikes n/a Holly Hirst n/a U6 Zayd Khan n/a Teddy Kent U8 Jo Ross Beatrice Scott Jay Lloyd U10 Finlay Hawker Millie Coleman Archie Fowkes Kim Bowler U12...
by Web Admin | Mar 13, 2016 | Important Announcements, Special Reports, Club Championships, Celebrations & Awards, Chatter Box Corner, Volunteering
The annual 2015 awards were handed out and celebrated a little bit earlier than usual on the 12 December – we had a great turnout and everything went like clockwork before it was time for the Xmas party festivities! We’ve posted a few special feature blog...
by Web Admin | Mar 10, 2016 | Slipstreamers in Action, Saturday Sessions, Chatter Box Corner
And the end-of-session race winners for this week are: Boys Girls On Mountain Bikes (younger mtb) Liam Rudolph (older mtb) Archie Fowkes (younger mtb) Beatrice Scott (older mtb) Angel Woods U6 n/a n/a U8 Zayd Ahmed n/a U10 James Lund Millie Coleman U12...
by Web Admin | Feb 19, 2016 | Important Announcements, Chatter Box Corner
It’s almost time for the track coaching session at Lee Valley, and for those of you who have booked and received confirmation (either verbally or via email) of your place by Asti, please take note of the following: Signing On This will start around 9.15am at the...
by Web Admin | Feb 12, 2016 | Young Volunteering, Important Announcements, Training & Education, Chatter Box Corner, Volunteering
If you are 14+ (or thereabouts), have you considered joining the British Cycling Young Volunteer award scheme, further details of which can be found on the BC website here? The programme helps you learn the fundamentals of volunteering through loads of practical and...
by Web Admin | Feb 12, 2016 | Important Announcements, Training & Education, Chatter Box Corner
Many of you will recall Brunel University’s College of Health and Life Sciences, Division of Sport, Health and Exercise Sciences reached out to Slipstreamers to help out with their study on bicycle fit for children. Members who got involved found the experience...
by Web Admin | Jan 29, 2016 | Important Announcements, Chatter Box Corner, Fun Corner
The date is confirmed as 1-3 July 2016, the entire Afan Lodge is booked for us for the weekend, and we are ready to start the booking process for our second annual Mudslingers adventure in the stunning Afan Valley in South Wales. We are planning another action packed...
by Web Admin | Jan 29, 2016 | Important Announcements, Racing - General, Chatter Box Corner
Hillingdon Slipstreamers are putting together a novice racing team of 6 boys and 6 girls to compete at the British Cycling Go-Ride Circuit races at Redbridge Cycling Centre in Essex on the 2nd April 2016. This is a fantastic opportunity for Slipstreamers under 12 who...
by Web Admin | Jan 23, 2016 | Important Announcements, Chatter Box Corner, Fun Corner
Fantastic news! Thanks to the efforts of our fabulous track coaches, a session has been booked and we now have a confirmed date of 20th February 2016 for a Slipstreamers visit to Lee Valley Velodrome. If you have only ever joined us at Calshot, then this is a...
by Web Admin | Jan 22, 2016 | Rider Reports, Slipstreamers in Action, Chatter Box Corner, General Cycling Fun
We have featured a number of stories on our blog written by our Members, sharing their cycling experiences and journeys in their own words. We do this because we firmly because it’s important to celebrate success – be it winning a race, overcoming certain...
by Web Admin | Jan 22, 2016 | Rider Reports, Slipstreamers in Action, Track, Chatter Box Corner, Fun Corner, General Cycling Fun
At Slipstreamers we encourage our Members to experience a variety of cycling disciplines, from taking part in our annual Club Championship to joining in the various opportunities that come their way via the Club or indeed other avenues that offer the chance to do...
by Web Admin | Jan 10, 2016 | Rider Reports, Event Features, Special Reports, Club Championships, Slipstreamers in Action, Racing - General, Celebrations & Awards, Chatter Box Corner
2015 Club Champs have come and gone, and gosh what a series of exciting events they were! We had sunshine and clear skies to kick off the Skills and TT events; and not even the insane winds, torrential downpours, mounds of mud and bitter cold deterred our...
by Dave George | Jan 7, 2016 | Training & Education, Chatter Box Corner
We held the first of our 2016 workshops on Monday January 4th – and what a way to start the year! For this workshop, we had the pleasure of welcoming Julie Hawker along as guest speaker. Julie is a registered Nutritional Therapist and gave everyone the facts on...
by Web Admin | Dec 24, 2015 | Important Announcements, Chatter Box Corner, Fun Corner
To All Our Slipstreamers’ Members, Friends, Partners & Visitors, Ho ho ho to you all! It’s certainly beginning to look a lot like Xmas! Whilst we have it fairly mild in our part of the world, the snow is falling in Santaland, Santa’s Grotto is...
