by Web Admin | Oct 22, 2015 | Important Announcements, Training & Education, Chatter Box Corner
We’ve previously written about a study that Brunel University are currently running on bicycle fit for children. Click here to read more about this. Brunel are now looking for another 15 participants who are 8 years and under, with an inside leg length less than...
by Web Admin | Oct 9, 2015 | Important Announcements, Club Championships, Racing - General, Chatter Box Corner
Club Champs Round 1 has come and gone, and if you missed the report and first round of results, be sure to visit this page here for more info. As you should all know by now, if you missed the Skills and Time Trials (Part 1) on the 26th September, you have got another...
by Web Admin | Oct 2, 2015 | Important Announcements, Club Championships, Slipstreamers in Action, Racing - General, Time Trials
Round 1 has come and gone, and for a number of you, Saturday the 26th September was your first experience of the Slipstreamers Club Championships and our annual Family Fun Day. We hope you all had a great time ( judging by the photos we think you did!)… And that...
by Web Admin | Sep 24, 2015 | Important Announcements, Racing - General, Chatter Box Corner
Fancy a bit of mountain biking XC in an open and friendly environment? Would you like to join fellow mountain bikers at a course that is designed for maximum fun and isn’t overly technical? Well, our friends over at Palmer Park Velo are hosting their annual MTB...
by Web Admin | Sep 24, 2015 | Important Announcements, Club Championships, Racing - General, Chatter Box Corner
The dates have been published, the calendar is up to date, and by now we are hoping you are all super excited about our upcoming Family Fun day and Round 1 (Skills and Time Trial) of Club Championships on Saturday 26th September. If you have never competed in the Club...
by Web Admin | Sep 19, 2015 | Important Announcements, Club Championships, Racing - General, Chatter Box Corner
You’ve been patient. You’ve been watching this space… Yes Members, it’s time to announce the dates for our annual Club Championships where EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU – roadies, trackies, mountain bikers, funsters – get to challenge...
by Dave George | Sep 16, 2015 | Important Announcements, Racing - General, Celebrations & Awards
This Saturday, 19th September, sees the final round of the five BCWT races. After the event, there shall be a presentation of awards for the following: Under 16 Boys Giles Clark, Zappi’s RT, 10 points Gabriel Blythe, Outdoor Trader’s RT, and Angus Hawkins,...
by Dave George | Sep 15, 2015 | HSS Youth Summer Series, Important Announcements, Racing - General, Celebrations & Awards
Presentations for prizes obtained in the Monday Night Summer Series will be awarded this Saturday, September 19th at 12:15 in the Clubhouse. The presentation will take place BEFORE the British Cycling West Thames races commence at 13:15. On behalf of all riders,...
by Dave George | Aug 21, 2015 | Important Announcements, Chatter Box Corner, Time Trials
This year’s GHS Final, the national School’s Time Trial competition, will be held on Saturday 12th September starting at 9am. This year, the following Slipstreamers have qualified for the final: Josh Copley (riding for Willesden) Ieuan Woods (riding for...
by Web Admin | Jul 31, 2015 | Important Announcements, Track, Chatter Box Corner
We now have confirmed dates for our usual round of velodrome track sessions at Calshot in Southampton, so do read on for further info on these and how to book your places. If you have never ridden in a velodrome before, then this is definitely for you – Calshot...
by Web Admin | Jul 24, 2015 | Important Announcements, Chatter Box Corner, Fun Corner
It’s that time again kids! British Cycling are putting on a series of holiday programmes to keep you busy and entertained throughout the Summer. There is something for everyone – from BMX, cycle-speedway, cyclo-cross, mountain bike, road and track –...
by Web Admin | Jul 24, 2015 | HSS Youth Summer Series, Important Announcements, Racing - General
If you are regular at the Monday night Slipstreamers Youth Summer Race Series, please note that this is cancelled for the upcoming Monday 27th July as many riders and coaches will be at the Assen Youth Tour races on the continent. Racing will resume, as normal,...
by Web Admin | Jul 17, 2015 | Important Announcements, Training & Education, Chatter Box Corner
We have been approached by researchers at Brunel University’s College of Health and Life Sciences, Division of Sport, Health and Exercise Sciences; who are currently running a study on bicycle fit for children. For the past two years, the team have been...
by Dave George | Jul 3, 2015 | Important Announcements, Chatter Box Corner
We have arranged for the production of Club Hoodies via a company called Fabrily. Fabrily produce small runs of printed clothing, made to order. This works by the club setting a minimum order (in this case 20 units) and a time window in which to order. If there are...
by Dave George | Jun 29, 2015 | Important Announcements, Training & Education
For all those that have signed up for the visit to the Sports Science Lab at St Mary’s on July 4th, here are the details. The University is situated here: St Mary’s University, Twickenham Waldegrave Rd Twickenham, Greater London TW1 4SX Please plan to...
by Web Admin | Jun 26, 2015 | Important Announcements, Racing - General, Chatter Box Corner
We’ve talked about it for a while now, and it’s almost here… Hillingdon Slipstreamers and Palmer Park Velo have decided to hold an inter-club circuit race, giving members of both clubs a chance to race and have fun together! This will take...
by Dave George | Jun 8, 2015 | Important Announcements, Training & Education, Chatter Box Corner
The club is currently in the process of arranging a series of visits to St Mary’s University in Twickenham. These sessions are to visit the “Centre for Health, Applied Sport and Exercise Science”. We are looking at arranging demonstration events and...
by Web Admin | Jun 5, 2015 | Important Announcements, Racing - General, Circuit/ Road
We’ve been talking about it for ages, and now it’s almost time… to-do lists are almost fully checked-off, on-the-day action lists are ready to go, volunteers are being co-ordinated, and we even have a dedicated website section for everyone...
by Web Admin | Jun 5, 2015 | Important Announcements, Training & Education, MTB Cross-Country, Chatter Box Corner
The last session was in September 2014 [check out the blog post for this], but we now have the dates booked, and are ready to start taking bookings for the monthly off-site Dews Farm MTB sessions at Dews Farm Quarry in Harefield, UB9 6JN! YAY! A few things to...
by Web Admin | Jun 5, 2015 | Important Announcements, Cyclo-Cross, Training & Education, Chatter Box Corner
Cyclo-Cross (CX) is not just for the Winter months! Throughout the year, there are number of Cyclo-Cross events, most of which are listed in the youth events section of the British Cycling web site. Click here to visit the events page where we have filtered the events...
