by Dave George | Mar 26, 2015 | Slipstreamers in Action, Training & Education, Chatter Box Corner, Fun Corner, General Cycling Fun
The fourth and final training workshop in this Spring series was delivered on Monday evening. We were very pleased to welcome Mark Doel, from British Cycling, who kindly came along to pass on his advice for Race Preparation. Thank you Mark! Good race preparation can...
by Web Admin | Mar 25, 2015 | Special Reports, Volunteer Features, Celebrations & Awards, Chatter Box Corner, Volunteering
At the Central Region British Cycling Conference on Sunday March 14th 2015, Club Chairman Alison Grant was presented with a BC Special Recognition Volunteer of the Year Award. Read on to find out how Mother’s Day played out for Alison… “Although the...
by Web Admin | Mar 25, 2015 | Special Reports, Volunteer Features, Celebrations & Awards, Chatter Box Corner, Fun Corner, Volunteering
… this time for the Central Region, as presented at the British Cycling Conference on Sunday March 14th 2015. Dave tells us about his day… “March is always the real start of the year for me. The weather gets better, the days longer, events of both...
by Web Admin | Mar 25, 2015 | Young Volunteering, Rider Reports, Special Reports, Slipstreamers in Action, Volunteer Features, Celebrations & Awards, Chatter Box Corner, Volunteering
Hannah Keating’s efforts a BC Young Volunteer were recognised at the Central Region British Cycling Conference on Sunday March 14th 2015, where she was presented with her Gold Award for Young Volunteering. Hannah tells us a bit more about why she volunteers, and...
by Dave George | Mar 18, 2015 | Important Announcements, Chatter Box Corner
As part of the Slipstreamers 2015 Spring/Summer training and racing programme, the fourth and final of our training workshops is this coming Monday 23rd March. The cost per session will be £4. This is very interactive session and practical session looking at tips to...
by Web Admin | Mar 13, 2015 | Slipstreamers in Action, Chatter Box Corner, Club Social Rides, General Cycling Fun
Mention the name Brian Wright to most cyclists – Slipstreamers past and present in particular – and images of a man larger than life with a passion for helping children cycle are conjured up in the mind. He was, truly, the heart and soul of Slipstreamers...
by Web Admin | Mar 13, 2015 | Rider Reports, Slipstreamers in Action, Training & Education, MTB Cross-Country, Chatter Box Corner
We’ve all heard of them, and we know it’s not a simple feat to get onto one – discipline specific RSRs expect you to earn your place, so you would have had to have worked really hard to meet very specific performance criteria, and demonstrate you...
by Web Admin | Mar 10, 2015 | Slipstreamers in Action, Chatter Box Corner, Fun Corner, General Cycling Fun
Last Saturday, 28th of February, a number of Slipstreamers made their way to the London Velodrome at Lee Valley to join in the excitement of the Revolution series. Tom and Ollie were amongst these, and sent in the follow fantastic reports about their exciting evening...
by Web Admin | Mar 8, 2015 | Young Volunteering, Training & Education, Chatter Box Corner, Volunteering
As part of a series, we’ll be featuring a number of blogs by our Young Volunteers who have spent a regular Saturday session “shadowing” a Club Official, and getting taste of what it’s like being a volunteer at the club on a Saturday morning....
by Dave George | Mar 6, 2015 | Important Announcements, Chatter Box Corner
As part of the Slipstreamers 2015 Spring/Summer training and racing programme, the second of our training workshops is this coming Monday 9th March. The cost per session will be £4. This is very interactive session with open discussion on why adding different types of...
by Web Admin | Feb 27, 2015 | Important Announcements, Chatter Box Corner
As part of the Slipstreamers 2015 Spring/Summer training and racing programme, the first of the 4 weeks of training workshops will commence on Monday 2nd March 2015. The cost per session will be £4. The first workshop will look at Components of Fitness. This will...
by Web Admin | Feb 20, 2015 | Rider Reports, Slipstreamers in Action, Training & Education, Chatter Box Corner, Circuit/ Road
Getting onto a discipline specific RSR is not a simple feat – you have to work really hard to meet the performance criteria, and demonstrate you “have what it takes” before you are even considered for invitation. We are very pleased that Jamie Wimbourne was put...
by Web Admin | Feb 20, 2015 | Rider Reports, Slipstreamers in Action, Training & Education, Chatter Box Corner, Circuit/ Road
It’s not easy getting onto a discipline specific RSR – you have to work really hard to meet the performance criteria, and demonstrate you “have what it takes” before you are even considered for invitation. We are very pleased that the most...
by Dave George | Feb 13, 2015 | Important Announcements, Training & Education, Chatter Box Corner
At the end of last year, the Slipstreamers Committee discussed how we could improve the Youth Racing Calendar for 2015. In 2014, we had a few challenges. Primarily, the youth races were always a “sideshow” to the BC West Thames Summer Series. As such, as...
by Web Admin | Jan 23, 2015 | Club Championships, Special Reports, Celebrations & Awards, Chatter Box Corner
The 2014 awards were handed out and celebrated during our annual Awards Ceremony during the Christmas party on the 20th December 2014. To find out more about the annual club awards, visit this page here; but for now, enjoy finding out who won what award for 2014! If...
by Web Admin | Dec 18, 2014 | Special Reports, Slipstreamers in Action, Cyclo-Cross, Track, Celebrations & Awards, Chatter Box Corner, MTB Cross-Country, Circuit/ Road
Well what a year of racing it has been seeing Slipstreamers travel up and down the country winning races, and even conquering Europe! Currently as a club we are ranked 25th in the country for National Club Road & Track racing, with a whopping 1270 points –...
by Web Admin | Dec 18, 2014 | Important Announcements, Chatter Box Corner
You will have all received your packs by now – if not, please email membership@slipstreamers.co.uk so this can be re-sent to you. Please kindly...
by Web Admin | Dec 18, 2014 | Important Announcements, Chatter Box Corner
New Session Structure – Sign-On Times & Early Session The new session timetable, available here to view if you have not seen it already will become operational on Saturday 3rd January 2015 (please let us know if this is the case as it was communicated to you...
by Web Admin | Dec 18, 2014 | Important Announcements, Chatter Box Corner, Fun Corner
It’s almost party time and that very special time of year for the club where we celebrate the achievements and successes of not only our Members but also the volunteers who run the club. We have around 88 awards to hand out, so do be ready to clap along and...
by Web Admin | Dec 11, 2014 | Young Volunteering, Important Announcements, Chatter Box Corner, Volunteering
We are very pleased to introduce you to your newest Rider Representative, Carl Jolly, who has taken over from Charles Page, and will be joining Ben, Hannah, Elizabeth, Anastasia and Seth as your voice on the Committee. Welcome aboard Carl! Remember Members, the...
