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THE COACHING BURSARY SCHEME Funding to support club volunteers into a Level 1 or Level 2 coaching course. Open to all Go-Ride Club Volunteers ÂŁ120 towards the cost of a Level 1 ÂŁ150 towards the cost of a Level 2 Limited bursaries available; apply early to avoid disappointment. Go-Ride Clubs can gain a maximum of one Level 2 bursary and two Level 1 bursaries. For more information please contact the Go-Ride team on go-ride@britishcycling.org.uk or 0161 274 2070
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“... SUCCESS AT THIS ELITE LEVEL HAS HAD A PROVEN EFFECT ON THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE HEADING OUT ON THEIR BIKES AND GETTING ACTIVE” Back in the Spring edition of the magazine I highlighted just how big this year was going to be for cycling – and we’ve already seen some hugely impressive results. From the nine medals won at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships through to Lizzie Armitstead’s early-season winning streak and talented young riders emerging in the worlds of BMX, track, road, speedway, cyclo-cross and mountain biking, the Great Britain Cycling Team are on form. In the past success at this elite level has had a proven effect on the number of people heading out on their bikes and getting active. With the Olympics and Paralympics just around the corner, we’re sure to see a repeat of this pattern.
Another brilliant project for our young members is the launch of a new membership pack for 2016, which is packed with challenging quizzes, glimpses into the life of the Great Britain Cycling Team and a Rio planner to record all of the action from the Games. With two thirds of the squad starting out at Go-Ride Clubs, this is a huge reinforcement of the great work that you are all doing to give young riders the best possible start in the sport. Thanks for your continued support and keep up the good work! John Mills Coaching, education and development director British Cycling
To celebrate the achievements of the team and share the summer party spirit amongst clubs we’ve launched the Go-Ride Summer of Cycling, where a range of coached activities will be running throughout August. I really hope that your club has been able to get involved and that you have some exciting events in the calendar. We’re certainly looking forward to seeing your photos and videos come through. If you have any views, comments or ideas for the Go-Ride magazine, we want to hear from you! Send your ideas to: go-ride@britishcycling.org.uk and you might see them in a future issue.
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Members win prizes In recognition of your hard work encouraging riders to take up British Cycling membership, we rewarded clubs who had seen the greatest increase in under-18 membership in their region from 2015-2016 with an Evans Cycles gift card. Congratulations and thank you to the following clubs. With more members we can do more to support cyclists.
Young volunteer flies the flag Congratulations to Andrew Pink who was selected to coach and mentor the UK cycling team at the Invictus Games, which took place in Orlando earlier this year. The Invictus Games is an international multi-sport event, in which wounded, injured or sick armed services personnel and veterans take part in competition.
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Having come through the Cycling Award for Young Volunteers programme, Andrew has gone on to attend a National Talent Camp as both coach and mentor. He also won the Sports Coach UK Young Coach of the Year Award: a true inspiration to all of our young volunteers.
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Kettering CC
North East
Derwentside CC
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Sleaford Wheelers
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I-Team Cyclists
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Bigfoot Go-Ride
South West
Mid Devon CC
West Midlands
Malvern Cycle Sport
Yorkshire
Huddersfield Star Wheelers
Clubmark made easy We’ve recently launched brand new versions of the Clubmark and Clubmark renewal booklets that have been designed to make it easier to submit evidence and avoid duplication. If you would like new booklets, please contact your regional development manager.
Go-Ride track clusters During 2015/16, a massive 3,635 opportunities were provided to members of 94 Go-Ride Clubmark Clubs through the track cluster programme. As a benefit of achieving Clubmark, clubs are eligible to access regular track coaching opportunities at the indoor velodromes at Derby, London and Manchester. Further sessions have been delivered for riders from the South West at Newport velodrome. Looking ahead to 2016/17, plans are being made to further increase the number of opportunities available for riders to access the track.
500 trained at Go-Ride Conferences The 2016 Go-Ride Conference series welcomed 500 attendees across events in Durham, Manchester, Reading, Bexleyheath, Taunton and Coventry, providing volunteers from Go-Ride Clubs with a place to meet with the wider Go-Ride network from their region while gaining updates and training opportunities from the central team. Attendees broke out into separate workshops relevant to their club role. For club welfare officers and coaches, club volunteers and new young volunteers, there were exercises and discussions to challenge practices and promote development. Keep an eye on the Go-Ride Facebook page and website over the coming months for details on next year’s conferences.
Get in touch if you have any news you’d like to share with us: go-ride@britishcycling.org.uk
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JOIN THE SUMMER OF CYCLING Packing for a summer holiday usually means throwing in the sunglasses, flip flops, camera and a good book, but we’ve got a very different kit bag in mind for the next few weeks. For any clubs running events during August we are providing a fun mix of t-shirts, flags, wristbands and special certificates to mark the 2016 Go-Ride Summer of Cycling.
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ummer is made for cycling, due to the longer days, higher temperatures and time off school! But with the team competing in Rio we want to make this one a year to remember – and we need your support. For the next few weeks it’s all about capturing the summer festival spirit, where we’re encouraging clubs to put on an open day, join a local event, run a coaching session or Go-Ride Race.
This is your chance to show the local community how fun it is to get involved with a Go-Ride Club – and potentially get some new members and volunteers.
Put on an event in August and get free kit! We know that coaches and volunteers at Go-Ride Clubs across the country are always coming up with new activities, tricky techniques and fun themes to challenge their young riders. There have been Halloween sessions, bike Jenga and ‘last across the line’ races to name just a few, with lots of other ideas shared on social media. Now the challenge is to embrace the summer, encouraging tropical techniques and scorching skills. We will support you every step of the way by putting Go-Ride on the map. This means helping you to promote club activities on the British Cycling website, the BBC Get Inspired website and with your local press.
Get started There is still time to get involved, where step one is to plan ahead by working with your club to come up with some dates and ideas. Whether you focus on one event or organise several, this will all add to a big season of cycling. As soon as you have something in the calendar, send the details to us using the short online form at: britishcycling.org.uk/ summerofcycling And on top of that, we will be acting as your very own press room! This means passing news of your event on to local press so that they can promote the session and possibly even come along. If you have any questions please contact the Go-Ride team, otherwise we will get in touch to let you know once your event is up on the British Cycling events calendar.
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GO-RIDE AT THE GAMES It’s that time again, when workplaces and households across the country will soon be gripped by Olympic fever as the Rio Games begin. Though the Great Britain Cycling Team won’t have a home advantage this summer, they are a strong squad with a mix of experience and fresh enthusiasm. A total of 27 riders have boarded the plane to Rio, with an incredible 18 of these starting their cycling careers at Go-Ride Clubs. This means that two thirds of the British athletes who will compete are Go-Ride Graduates.
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WHO WILL YOU BE CHEERING FOR? CYCLING STARS AND THEIR GO-RIDE CLUBS
BMX Kyle Evans Preston Pirates
CROSS COUNTRY MOUNTAIN BIKE
TRACK ENDURANCE Steven Burke Sportcity Velo
Grant Ferguson Peebles CC
Ed Clancy Holme Valley Wheelers
Steve Cummings Birkenhead North End
TRACK SPRINT
Owain Doull Maindy Flyers
Jason Kenny Sportcity Velo
Katie Archibald Edinburgh RC
Ian Stannard Milton Keynes CC
Ryan Owens Welwyn Wheelers
Elinor Barker Maindy Flyers
Geraint Thomas Maindy Flyers
Becky James Abergavenny Road Club
Ciara Horne Zappi’s
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Adam Yates Eastlands Velo Lizzie Armitstead Otley CC
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Joanna Rowsell Shand Sutton CC Laura Trott Welwyn Wheelers
GO-RIDE GETS A BOOST IN LONDON From Scotland to Southampton, Wales to Whitby (and everywhere in between), the Go-Ride programme is booming. So much of this great work is done by committed clubs and volunteers, but we also work with some brilliant partners who help to introduce Go-Ride to particular locations and communities.
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e’ve been incredibly lucky this year to join up with three wonderful partners working in London, with the Mayor of London’s Office, Lee Valley Regional Park Authority and Access Sport all committed to increasing the number of opportunities available to young people. The timing of this new initiative is no coincidence, with legacy funding from the UCI Track Cycling World Championships that took place in March helping to fund two new Go-Ride Coaches delivering within the host city. These two coaches join an existing Go-Ride Coach working with Access Sport to encourage young riders into BMX within the capital. “For us, this partnership is a great opportunity to make cycling accessible to the young people growing up close to these great facilities.” Paul Coates, Sports Development Manager at Lee Valley Regional Park Authority
Each of the three Go-Ride Coaches working in London is employed by British Cycling and match funded by their partner organisation. Overseeing the wider project is Lead Go-Ride Coach, Jason Cattermole, who is based at Herne Hill Velodrome within the borough of Southwark and has six years of experience as a Go-Ride Coach. It is hoped that the three partnerships will help communities to give cycling a try, with each of the coaches having a trailer full of HOY bikes, Lazer helmets and coaching equipment. This equipment is particularly useful in schools, where Go-Ride Coaches can run a series of six coaching sessions culminating in a Go-Ride Race. Please join us in welcoming Dave Ryan and Russell Hampton to the Go-Ride network, while Nathaniel Martin (pictured above with Shanaze Reade) is now in his third year as a Go-Ride Coach working in London with Access Sport.
“With access to some amazing facilities and hugely experienced coaches, we can offer young riders an experience to try cycling as they’ve never seen it before and nurture talented youngsters along their own rider journeys.” Jason Cattermole, Lead Go-Ride Coach, British Cycling
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RIDING ON THE PRO STAGE
It’s been a busy few months for Go-Ride, with coaches, volunteers and riders visiting lots of big events and showing off their riding skills in front of enthusiastic crowds. Here are just some of the photos and feedback we’ve had in.
APRIL: TOUR DE YORKSHIRE When Doncaster was announced as a stage finish town for the Tour de Yorkshire there was great excitement in the town. Doncaster Wheelers Go-Ride Club had even more to smile about as they were invited to participate in a Go-Ride session on the finish straight. On the day riders raced off one by one down a tricky obstacle course designed by coaches to test their skills to the max! With loud cheers from the crowd and the traditional drumming of the barrier advertising boards, riders raced around the course and sprinted through the official finish line! Afterwards they were all invited onto the podium to be greeted by Christian
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Prudhomme himself. Waving to the crowds and photographers they all felt like stage winners for the afternoon. Their excitement was caught on a TV clip which went viral (well, in Doncaster at least). Martin Maltby, President of Doncaster Wheelers Cycling Club, said: “This year has been fantastic for cycling fans in Doncaster, with the massively successful Tour de Yorkshire. It was great to see the young riders of Doncaster Wheelers Go-Ride Club demonstrating their skills on the finish straight in front of thousands of spectators. This was a fitting way to celebrate the 90th anniversary of the club.”
JUNE: PEARL IZUMI TOUR SERIES, CROYDON Teams of eight riders from seven Croydon primary schools competed on the morning of the Croydon Tour Series. Riders took part in a brief training session before racing against their classmates on a narrow and twisty course up and down the 300 m finish straight in Croydon town centre. It soon became apparent that a few of the riders coping best with the sprint straights and tight corners went to nearby Peckham and Merton BMX club. Unfortunately the finals were washed out by absolutely torrential rain, but riders went away with goody bags and invites to attend their nearest Go-Ride session. The races were put on to help promote the new Go-Ride Club in the area, Addiscombe Go-Ride, addiscombe.org/home/goride
JUNE: AVIVA WOMEN’S TOUR The penultimate stage of the Aviva Women’s Tour finished on Broad Street in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent. On the day Go-Ride Club, Lyme RC, had access to the whole of the finishing straight for an hour before the finish, which was a great stage for some Go-Ride Racing. Club members raced an individual TT and were grouped by ability into teams of
four to compete against each other in front of the crowds. The session was finished off with some slow races up to the finish line. Medals and certificates were presented on the official podium by Lyme RC Young Volunteer, Sallie. Norman Bassett, one of the coaches at the Go-Ride Club, said: “The kids all had a great time with the races and all the photo
opportunities that came with being part of the bigger event. You can’t get better than finish line photos and being on a big podium! “All the kids and parents stayed to watch the end of the women’s race along with a lot of other Lyme RC members.”
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LIFE ON THE FARM
When did you gain access to the venue? “Thanks to a fantastic partnership with Active Essex, we were able to use the course almost immediately after the Olympics. Initially we offered led rides so that guests could have an Olympic experience, but as the club became more established and more coaches gained their qualifications, we were able to offer coaching to our members. We also worked with groups from Active Essex, Sport England, British Cycling and other organisations until the track officially opened in April 2015.”
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What impact has the facility had on club development? “Having a world class venue on the doorstep is an obvious pull for the club and has seen us become one of the largest mountain bike clubs in the UK. Now heading into our fifth year we are still attracting members from far and wide. This is partly due to the fantastic facilities at Hadleigh Park but also through the hard work of the club committee. Since our inception we have seen over 700 members join the club. We have established relationships with all major retailers in our area, have two (youth and adult) race teams whom we have secured national sponsors for and regularly have members competing at local and national level. In addition, our events team have run a number of successful Go-Ride Racing events, attracting over 200 3-12 year olds through multiple sessions. Having a world class venue is one draw but having a club that people can join for coaching, discounts, kit, race teams, volunteering opportunities etc. has really helped us expand and put ourselves on the map.
Since Hadleigh Farm hosted the London 2012 Olympic Mountain Bike event, the inspirational venue has encouraged countless young people to try their hand at cycling – and is now home to Hadleigh MTB Club. Chris Hyde, chair of the club, tells us how access to this facility has driven development.
What’s coming up for Hadleigh MTB Club? “Immediate plans involve supporting the events that are being held at the track this season, including the Travers ESES, Mud Sweat and Gears Series and, of course, The UCI Junior World Mountain Bike Championships. In addition to this, we are offering led rides on a weekly basis, coaching at all levels and holding a Go-Ride Racing series for kids. We are also working with Hadleigh Park to bring new features to the venue. These include more progressive features on the skills area to provide better coaching opportunities and hopefully further expansion of the track to provide even more ways for people to get involved in the sport.”
GOING NUTZ FOR LAZER HELMETS The Nutz and P’Nut are a pair of awesome children’s helmets from British Cycling’s official helmet supplier, Lazer. Designed especially for little heads, both offer adult technology in child-sized helmets – and they look pretty cool, too! The techy bits Lazer is the world’s oldest helmet manufacturer – but also one of the most innovative. Some of our favourite features of the Nutz and P’Nut helmet are: the unique patented autofit system: This nifty automatic fit system delivers equal and constant tension around the head, meaning the wearer doesn’t need to make any adjustments. Instead, young cyclists can simply pull the helmet on and the front and rear sections will adjust themselves to provide a great fit. Easy! its 16 vents: Breathability to ensure the helmet interior stays cool and comfortable. a crazy nut shell: Snap eight different covers onto the helmet to personalise your ride. The wearer can be a Great Britain Cycling Team rider one day and a fireman the next! advanced Multi-directional Impact Protection System technology: Be a MIPSter and ride in confidence with this system that protects against the effects of a crash. sizes to suit all: Very young children can start off with the P’Nut, then progress to the Nutz helmet as they grow.
Tried and tested by our heroes Lazer helmets are used by Go-Ride Coaches and riders across the country, but they are also the helmet of choice for the Great Britain Cycling Team, too. In fact, the Nutz British Cycling design is exactly the same as those worn by pros Sir Bradley Wiggins, Joanna Rowsell Shand and Mark Cavendish to name just a few.
WIN A HELMET! To help you shout about it, we’ve got an exclusive helmet signed by the Great Britain Cycling Team to give away. To enter, we’re asking clubs and parents to send an email with Nutz for Cycling as the subject to go-ride@britishcycling.org.uk Competition closes 31 August 2016
Spread the word We’re delighted to showcase Lazer’s Nutz helmet range and would love it if you’d help us spread the word to the rest of your club. If young members are interested in buying one of the helmets, Lazer is offering all Go-Ride Clubs a 20% discount on the British Cycling helmet collection until 31 August 2016. Simply enter the code LAZERGORIDE at checkout. For more information, please visit lazersport.co.uk/ british-cycling
“Discovering cycling is a magical thing, made even more special with great kit such as Lazer’s Nutz helmets. I only wish the astronaut design was available in my size!” Lewis Oliva, Great Britain Cycling Team
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APPLY FOR FUNDING; MAKE CHANGE HAPPEN In the 2015 Club Survey Go-Ride Clubs reported over £600,000 of successful funding bids, which went towards coaching courses, bikes and other costs associated with developing young riders. Make this the year that your club invests more in development by exploring funding pots from Sport England, County Sports Partnerships and organisations that are local to you. Here are a couple of success stories to show that it can happen.
FENLAND CLARION CC AND HEREWARD CC Sport England awarded a £10,000 grant to two Go-Ride Clubs in the Eastern region – Fenland Clarion Cycling Club and Hereward CC – to increase youth participation in cycling. Fenland Clarion CC invested in specialist youth cycles while Hereward CC supported increased work with local schools, helping them to establish ongoing sessions with the club’s coaches. Fenland Clarion CC was also able to offer a track day at Derby Arena, providing its young members with an opportunity to ride a velodrome for the first time. Steve Fox from Hereward CC advises: “If you have a good project that will benefit young riders and attract new people to the sport, write a bid in clear language with facts to back it up and there is a fair chance you will win the funding.”
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ST PETERS BIKE PROJECT St Peters Bike Project was also successful in their bid, thanks to the support of regional development manager, Alex Scoular and Go-Ride Coach, Joe Malik. The Sport England small grant was used to train four Level 1 coaches, purchase eight new bikes and BMX equipment including helmets and shoulder pads. It has also been used to pay facility hire fees for BMX tracks in Manchester, and for a minibus to take riders there. This additional capacity has resulted in the launch of an after school club, as well as girls-only BMX sessions. The impact of the grant will be huge; it will grow the club, improve the quality of delivery and most importantly, break down barriers for those that can’t buy equipment or have transport to attend the BMX tracks in Manchester.
FUNDING TOP TIPS Use the language of the funder Get support writing your bid and have it checked Get quotes or estimates for any costs Refer to participation figures and evaluation Clearly show sustainability Never rush an application Keep a copy of the application form for your own records
If your club has a project that needs additional funding or if you have any other questions, contact your regional development manager or the Go-Ride team.
CLUB OF THE YEAR 2016
NORTH CHESHIRE CLARION I
18 months ago North Cheshire Clarion was struggling for a venue and had lost many of its coaches. Fast-forward to today and the club has developed a great sense of community, providing a fantastic foundation to help young riders progress within the sport.
t’s this transformation that resulted in the club being awarded Go-Ride Club of the year at the Go-Ride Conferences. Liesl Hacker, club contact and coach, tells us how the club turned things around.
Many of these require British Cycling the Year in the Warrington Sports We set out a clear membership, so this, along with the fact Awards. She attended the Youth Sport and attainable that the first year of membership is free Trust’s National Talent Camp and has set of objectives for youth riders, encourages our club gained a place on the National Youth for the Go-Ride members to join British Cycling. Forum for 2016/17. section, with all With teenagers tending to disengage Based in Warrington, we have built a members buying from sport, we have a full social calendar reciprocal relationship with the council’s into this being to enable our riders to make Leisure Services the future of life-long friends. We have Department who “We’ve seen a huge the club. increase in racing many events throughout have helped In order to increase our volunteer participation, encouraging the year including Go-Ride us to secure workforce we took advantage of the riders to give racing a go” Racing, a Tour de Yorkshire coaching venues, British Cycling coaching bursaries. camping weekend and a Family Fun including our indoor training venue at This included the addition of two female Day. Great friendships have developed the Warrington Wolves stadium. In turn coaches, allowing the club to run femaleamongst the riders, parents and we support council initiatives, increase friendly events and leading to an increase coaches, which means they want to awareness of cycling and in the number of get involved and, more importantly, promote the club within female members. “The club has gone from strength to strength, but stay involved. the local community. We encourage we always strive to do even We’ve seen a huge increase in racing We have also started to involvement in the more to provide greater participation, encouraging riders (and develop links with other Cycling Award for opportunities for our riders” maybe more importantly, parents) to Go-Ride Clubs, which Young Volunteers, give racing a go by sharing information not only builds a cycling community, which provides young people with the and creating guides to cover all that but helps to share the cost of activities opportunity to develop transferable skills parents and riders need to know. Coach and coaching resource. whilst acting as a role model to their and peer support at races creates Our relationship with British Cycling peers. Our young volunteer, Gabby, is a thoroughly enjoyable experience, is great and we always take the working towards her platinum award encouraging riders to continue racing. opportunity to get involved with activities. and was awarded Young Volunteer of
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FROM TASTER TO TEAM TIME TRIAL
Handcycling UK and British Cycling have been working together for over a year to help more people with disabilities get active. Through a series of taster days, disability cycling hub sessions and team training, the number of people participating on a regular basis has seen a hugely positive increase.
British Cycling coaches. I am excited to see how the partnership with British Cycling will continue to grow and in turn result in an even greater depth of activities on offer.” British Cycling has six disability cycling hubs around the country, with organised activities at traffic-free facilities in Manchester, York, Nottingham, Cyclopark, Bath and Aylesbury. Regular sessions at each provide coached support for those new to the sport, while also encouraging aking place at the iconic Silverstone existing riders to improve cycling motor racing track in early June, techniques and fitness. Bicester Millennium’s Team Time Handcycling UK also promote taster Trial (TTT) Championships was an days and organise a team impressive show “I am excited to see how the to compete at events of this progress partnership with British Cycling and collaboration. will continue to grow and in turn throughout the year, culminating in the TTT Handcycling UK result in an even greater depth at Silverstone. Interest were able to enter of activities on offer” in this pathway has two teams into the been considerably greater than previous racing in comparison to one last year, years, with more people active and racing with several riders having trained and thanks to improved access to resources, joined up into teams as a result of visiting facilities and coach support. the disability hub. The partnership – along with similar Matt Lindley, Handcycling UK Secretary, arrangements with other organisations has been driving the development of – has in turn led to development activities from the very beginning and opportunities for the hubs. This includes shared his feelings on their impact: greater access to a range of accessible “It’s been brilliant being able to field bikes and more volunteer coaches two teams in the time trial this year – as gaining experience. has working with the variety of volunteer
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Volunteer coach Andrew Pitt shared his thoughts on the sessions: “There is so much laughter and that’s got to be the way; if it’s not fun people are not going to come back. When I’m coaching it’s all about the individual and working with them to identify the level of challenge they are looking for, as the riders all have different skills and motivations.” At the TTT Championships the most experienced team (who also competed last year) beat their previous best time by four minutes. The second team also set a magnificent time by matching the benchmark set in 2015. Feedback from riders was very positive, with one of the competitors, Simon Benson, highlighting that he doesn’t usually race, “but to join up with other people and pool our efforts to ride together is really enjoyable.” Rob Mace, development manager of coaching and competition at British Cycling, shared his enthusiasm around what the partnership could go on to achieve: “We will continue to develop volunteer coaches and coordinate resources with organisations such as Handcycling UK, with these elements being key to unlocking a larger and more varied suite of activities. We want to open up even more opportunities for people with disabilities who are looking to raise their activity levels or improve their cycling.”
SHAPING THE FUTURE We have a new National Youth Forum for 2016/17, with 12 young volunteers from across England selected to be the voice of young people. The group will play a key role in shaping the future of cycle sport as National Youth Forum representatives.
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ive young volunteers will be returning for a second year to work alongside seven new representatives. They are tasked with influencing British Cycling initiatives and developing opportunities for their peers, promoting chances to ride, race and volunteer. The National Youth Forum is now in its fourth year and has made huge gains in raising awareness of the sport. Already the group has helped to provide more opportunities for women to get
involved and supported the work of the coaching team to develop new initiatives, while also finding time to volunteer at major events such as the UCI Track Cycling World Championships. John Mills, British Cycling’s director of coaching, education and development, said: “We are frequently overwhelmed by the strength of the young volunteers at cycling clubs across the country. It was extremely difficult to select just 12 young people to represent the National Youth Forum, which is testament to the hard work and dedication of so many volunteers.” For more information about the National Youth Forum and the Cycling Award for Young Volunteers, please visit britishcycling.org.uk/NYF
PLATINUM BLOG
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ritish Cycling’s Young Leaders programme helps existing Gold Volunteers to further their skills and take their volunteering to the next level by leading on activities to achieve their Platinum Award. In this edition, we feature a blog from Megan from Spalding CC.
The 2016 UCI World Track Championships 6,000 spectators 700 individuals 115 decibels 45 countries One velodrome From the cheery morning welcome by Cavendish and Wiggins to the solemn goodbye of the velodrome, the weekend was packed with exciting and unique opportunities that I may never experience again. Being results runner allowed me access all areas: the BBC media centre where I bumped into Clare Balding, the TV producers den, team pigeon holes and all around the concourse. Meeting all the other volunteers gave me an insight into how much work goes into one of these events and how valuable all the volunteers are in making them run so smoothly! There is so much more that goes on behind the scenes than what you see on the television, with months of preparation required to organise such a prestigious event. I also found out about all of the different roles that are required, for example Judge arbiter was a role that I never even knew existed, but is such an important one as the fate of the riders lies in their hands.
YOUR NATIONAL YOUTH FORUM REPS FOR 2016/17 Rebecca M Welwyn Wheelers
Dan Thanet RC
Megan G Thanet RC
Tilly Holmfirth CC
Gabby North Cheshire Clarion
David Thanet RC
Katy Hetton Hawks
Josie Knowsley BMX
Rebecca H Poole Wheelers
Fran Stratford CC
Megan K Spalding CC
Ronan Wigmore CC
Many of the volunteers I spoke to explained that it was their first time volunteering – which just goes to show the great things you can achieve by just getting involved. Being given this opportunity is a huge privilege and I feel so grateful to British Cycling for selecting me after contributing 72 hours to my sport. To view all the latest blog posts from Young Leaders, please visit bcyoungvolunteers.wordpress.com
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TOP TIPS
ASSESSMENT FOR DEVELOPMENT
Thumbs up! Encourage riders to show their understanding of the activity using their thumbs. Thumbs up means riders fully understand the activity, thumbs down signals a lack of understanding and thumbs across or wiggly fingers show that riders have a partial understanding of the activity but require further clarification.
Assessing rider knowledge is an essential part of the coaching process. It allows coaches to support riders in developing their understanding of techniques, while encouraging improvement. It also provides coaches with the opportunity to offer feedback to riders. Assessment of learning can occur in a number of ways; here are five simple methods that you can make use of within your sessions.
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Traffic lights Similar to giving a thumbs up or down, this method involves putting out three coloured cones somewhere within the coaching area (away from where the main activity is taking place). A red cone would be for riders that don’t understand the activity, an amber cone for riders that have some understanding of the activity and a green cone for riders that understand. Ask riders to stand behind the cone colour that matches their understanding at any point in the session to highlight the level of support they require. Think, pair and share When reviewing an activity to check learning, ask riders to individually come up with as many ideas or suggestions that they can think of relating to the topic
(think). Then, ask riders to find a partner and pool their ideas together (pair). Finally, pairs should feedback their ideas to the rest of the group (share). This method of assessment encourages riders to continue to think and talk about their ideas and allows for the sharing of their ideas to learn from one another. Beat the coach Explain to the riders that you are going to demonstrate a cycling technique but that you will make some errors. Pair riders together and ask them to observe what you are doing and identify and discuss what it is that you have done wrong. Ask the pairs to feedback on this to the rest of the group. No hands up At the start of the session, explain to riders that when you ask a question, you will not be asking for riders to put their hands up to answer and that instead you will choose who you want to answer. As a coach, this allows you to choose any rider at any time. This will make it more difficult for riders to ‘switch off’ and will hopefully keep their attention for the full duration of the session.
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