Newcastle Phoenix Cycle Club

A British Cycling 'Go-Ride' Youth Development Club

Jake took part in the BC North East Youth Championship which was part of Cleveland Wheelers Youth Crit at the Riverside Stadium In Middlesborough. He won a bronze medal and a fiver, coming third behind Thomas Mein and Emma Brady in the Cat C race. He was in the leading bunch during the race but took 3 riders in the final sprint for the line.

Louis was also there representing Phoenix and there were a few comments about how nice it was to see other jerseys there!

Photos show Jake, Emma, and Thomas (3,2,1) for Cat C Race and all six winners including the Cat A/B race: Adam Martin (First), Alex Hopper (Second) and Taylor Cartis (Third).

At 10:00 hrs on Saturday June 26th Newcastle Phoenix Cycling Club are holding their Kielder Cycle Marathon, a 26 mile round the lake ride for everyone associated with Newcastle Phoenix CC. This ride is for members and their friends and families and promises to be a great day. So what are you waiting for? Pack a picnic, load up the bikes and join us for a day you’ll never forget.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS EVENT REPLACES THE USUAL SATURDAY MORNING COACHING SESSIONS

Please meet at the visitor centre.

Schedule is as follows:

10:00 Meet at visitor centre (car parking is £3 for the day)

10:30 Bike ride leaves visitor centre

13:00 Picnic at half way

16:30 Return to visitor centre for presentations.

Please don’t forget your suntan lotion and a rucksack so the kids can carry all the gear

Due to the Kielder Cycle Marathon, there are no coaching sessions at Blakelaw on Saturday 26th June 2010.

Click here for Leazes Crit Pictures

Please don’t forget that the Northern Rock Leazes Ctiterium is on Friday night 11th June at Leazes Park, Newcastle (please see previous post) and the 3rd of 4 Newcastle Phoenix Crit races is on Sunday 13th June at Hetton Lyons Country Park (please see previous post or competitions webpages).  Thanks to Jake Dobson for pointing out that there is also the Northern Rock Cyclone on Saturday. And there are of course the usual Saturday coaching sessions on at Blakelaw Park. Don’t worry, none of this clashes with the England match (unless you take a very long time doing the Cyclone). All that you need to do is set the box to record the rest of the weekend footy

This Saturday we have a guest coach coming along to run the sessions – John Kelly of GS Metro is a top British Cycling coach who helped to develop the current British Cycling coaching courses. This is a great opportunity so we hope to see you all there on Saturday morning.

Please make sure you bring a drink as the session will get you moving

For anyone thinking of coming along for the first time – don’t be shy – we are a friendly lot. Don’t worry about what kind of bike you have or haven’t got – we have a selection for hire at £1 a session. Please note that for riders of bikes with 20″ wheels (usually ages below 9) we recommend that you bring your own bike along to the session as we only have a very limited supply of bikes for this age.

Cornering is the name of the game this week. A clearly useful skill that we all take for granted but getting it spot-on can seriously improve the way you ride, and make you faster too. The thrill of getting your cornering dead-right is fantastic.

It’s going to be a warm day so please make sure you bring a drink – and a waterproof – I’m a cyclist not a weatherman

For anyone thinking of coming along for the first time – don’t be shy – we are a friendly lot. Don’t worry about what kind of bike you have or haven’t got – we have a selection for hire at £1 a session. Please note that for riders of bikes with 20″ wheels (usually ages below 9) we recommend that you bring your own bike along to the session as we only have a very limited supply of bikes for this age.