KJCC upstages Chris Hoy!

 After the  Chris Hoy documentary 'How to Win Gold' was on BBC 1 last night, the hottest topic of conversation today has not been his amazing career but the identity of the KJCC rider who appeared (briefly!) alongside him. Any suggestions? Thanks to Emma Hughes for the photo.

Kempton Park track session Sunday 13th July

We had a very good session last Sunday at Kempton Park, Sunbury on Thames, where 15 plucky riders coached by Mel and Matt, with amazing expert knowledge from Hans, shared the venue with the Prestige Velo Club development group to use the excellent 1500m Tarmac circuit there. Those who went to the Kingston and Richmond London Youth Games trials at the venue will know how different the circuit is compared to the grass track riding that we are used to. The session focused on group riding techniques, and all riders showed great skills in close riding, communication and teamwork, including some impressive team time trialling and chain gang riding around the circuit at the end of the session. We all learnt the value of riding in formation, following the wheel of the rider in front, and swapping the lead smoothly to conserve energy and increase the group speed. The track conditions were good, despite some rather heavy rainstorms in the first hour.
Thanks to Mel, and Hans for their expert coaching, and to Mike H for helping with the groups. Thanks particularly to the riders for their excellent commitment and enthusiasm. It was a fantastic turnout from KJCC.
We will be running another session Sunday 27th July, meeting as usual at the Jockey Hostel for sign on with Prestige at 0930, for a 1000 to 1200 session. As usual, these sessions are suitable for those with road bikes and there is a £5 per rider session fee payable to Prestige.
Directions to Kempton Park can be found here:
http://www.kempton.co.uk/Directions
See you there!
Coach Matt

London Youth Games

Preparations complete, training done and we head into the weekend with our strongest ever squad. Saturday's main event is not in Yorkshire but at Crystal Palace where Kingston's cycling squad take on all the other 31 London boroughs at the London Youth Games. The squad comprises of 14 riders, some from KJCC and others from Prestige, London Dynamo, VCL and schools around the borough. They have all shown real commitment to the squad and even though the gazebos may be required for shelter from the rain rather than the sun we are prepared (and with bright orange t-shirts very visible!). As team manager I would like to also thank those coaches and parents who have helped so much already. Bertie Panicucci, Eva Callinan, Jack Hartrey, Kiron James-Medina, Joe Adlam-Cook, Lucy Adams, Jay Hughes, Tobias Dahlhaus, Laurence Ellis, Nicola Williams, Emily Adlam-Cook, Callum Marriott, Sam Balharrie and Matthew Singfield - have fun and good luck. See you very early on Saturday!