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Caitlin, Astrid & Elsa Attend the Central Cyclo-Cross Awards Evening
On Friday the 27th February 2015, a few of our regular cyclo-cross riders enjoyed the pleasure of an evening with fellow Central CXL winners, where...
Slipstreamers in Full Force at Black Park for Southern XC Series Races!
Southern XC Series, Round 1: Black Park - 1st March Black Park was abuzz on Sunday the 1st, with hundreds of keen and enthusiastic XC racers coming...
Slipstreamers Break More Ice at February Icebreaker Round 2
Icebreaker Youth & Junior Series 2015 Round 2, Newport, Saturday 21st February 2015 Slipstreamers were again well represented at the second...
Tom & Ollie’s Revolutionary Night Out!
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...
Saturday Club Session Races: 7th March 2015
And the weekly end-of-session race winners are: Boys Girls On Mountain Bikes William Jones Kim Bowler U6 n/a n/a U8 Finn O'Brien n/a U10...
What’s it Like Doing Club Admin? Callum Tells Us…
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...
Early Session – 7th March 2015
March already? The forecast tomorrow makes for a reasonable temperature that should see that winter chill removed from the air. The newspapers may...
Monday Night Training Workshop 2: Planning and Goal Setting + Turbo Session
As part of the Slipstreamers 2015 Spring/Summer training and racing programme, the second of our training workshops is this coming Monday 9th March....
Training Workshop 1: Fun, Learning & A Track Sprint Workout!
The very first of our series of 4 training workshops, in preparation of the upcoming Spring/ Summer race calendar, was held on Monday evening - and...
Saturday Club Session Races: 28th February 2015
And the weekly end-of-session race winners are: Boys Girls On Mountain Bikes Alex Williams Hope Dyer U6 n/a n/a U8 Finn O'Brien n/a U10...
Frances, Theo & Riders Report on Feb Swinley Forest MTB “Lookout Ride”
A bright Sunday morning, the normally 3rd Sunday of the month social ride took place on the 22nd February 2015 (the next one is on the 15th March so...
Early Session – 28th Feb 2015
It's already the last day of February and the race season looms. We plan to split the performance hour tomorrow into two sections. The first will be...
Monday Night Training Workshop 1: Components of Fitness + Turbo Session
As part of the Slipstreamers 2015 Spring/Summer training and racing programme, the first of the 4 weeks of training workshops will commence on...
Saturday Club Session Races: 21st February 2015
And the weekly end-of-session race winners are: Boys Girls On Mountain Bikes William Jones Lucy Allsop U6 n/a Katie Allsop U8 Finnlay Weeks...
Jamie Shares his First RSR Experience
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...
Seth tells us about Volunteering with Beginner Mountain Bikers
Helping out at the BC "Basic Mountain Bike Skills for Beginners and Improvers" Course in Amersham By Seth Kanaris, British Cycling Young Volunteer...
Maddie & Ollie Tell Us About MTB Skills in Amersham
As part of the British Cycling Central Region Holiday Programme, Mac and Josie hosted a 1-day coaching session for MTB beginners/ improvers at...
Patrick Meets Legends Sir Chris Hoy & Greg Lemond
Not only do we enjoy sharing your race experiences, cycling antics, and random fun stuff - but we also love to hear about those really special...
Zoe Tells Us About Her First Circuit RSR
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...
Yasmin Gives Advanced MTB a Go at Aston Hill!
On the 18th February, British Cycling organised an advanced mountain biking skills session at Aston Hill, led by BC Coaches and including Coach Ian...
The Coaching View of Calshot Training- 15 February 2015
Head Coach, Dave George, gives us his perspective on coaching track at Calshot: There's not much I don't like about cycling - maybe cheating, seeing...
Tom’s Adrenaline Fuelled Calshot Experience
On Sunday 15th February, a number of Slipstreamers made the trek down to Calshot Velodrome for an afternoon of training and fun in the only indoor...
Finlay Tackles Calshot for the First Time
On Sunday 15th February, a number of Slipstreamers made the trek down to Calshot Velodrome for an afternoon of training and fun in the only indoor...
Saturday Session Fun with Genevieve
Saturday 14th February, Session Report by "Mudslinger" Genevieve Pearce "I love going to Slipstreamers because I always learn lots of new things...
Who Wants to Be a Commissaire?
A Slipstreamers Call for Volunteers You may have seen recently that we are working on the organisation of Monday Night Youth Racing this summer. As...
Early Session – 21st Feb 2014
Now that your February Time Trial practice is out of the way, we can switch the focus back onto advanced technique and performance training....
Saturday Club Session Races: 14th February 2015
And the weekly end-of-session race winners are: Boys Girls On Mountain Bikes n/a Lauren Araujo U8 Finn O'Brien n/a U10 Finlay Hawker Millie...
Announcing the Slipstreamers 2015 AGM
This will be held on Saturday 7th March, in the clubhouse classroom, starting at the end of the regular session around 12pm. This is the most...
Gorrick MTB Series Round 2 @ Crowthorne Wood – Seth Reports
8th February 2015: Gorrick Spring Series Round 2, Crowthorne Wood, Berkshire Rider Report by Seth Kanaris, Juvenile Boys Category So today was my...
2015 Spring/Summer Training and Racing
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...
Slipstreamers Dominate 2015 Hillingdon Youth Winter Series
This past weekend saw the final race of the Hillingdon Slipstreamers Youth Winter series. For all of you who braved the elements over the last few...
Alex Owns Gorrick Round 2 at Crowthorne Wood
8th February 2015: Gorrick Spring Series Round 2, Crowthorne Wood, Berkshire Rider Report by Alexander Uphill, U11 Category We didn't get a great...
Saturday Club Session Races: 7th February 2015
And the weekly end-of-session race winners are: Boys Girls On Mountain Bikes Race 1: Rafael Garcia Race 2: Rees Taylor Race 1: Grace Whitaker Race...
February 2015: Assessment Results
Rider Development Programme - 7th February Assessment Well done to those of you who braved the elements on Saturday, and undertook your respective...
February Assessment Saturday Coming Up!
The first assessment of 2015 is almost upon us. All groups will be undergoing assessments this weekend, and as usual it's your chance to show your...
Joe & Pascal Recap Their Calshot Winter Track League
The 2014/15 League held it’s final race of the season on Sunday 1st February at the iconic velodrome down south. Slipstreamers were in full action...
Jed’s Wessex CX League 2014/15 Season Recap
Much to the disappointment of those who love mud, the cyclo-cross season is nearing its end, and indeed we say goodbye to the Wessex CX League for...
Brrrr…. It’s cold!
Last Saturday it happened. A very cold day and damp air meant we had a snow flurry just before we started the A/B's early session. It wasn't heavy...
Saturday Club Session Races: 31st January 2015
And the weekly end-of-session race winners are: Boys Girls On Mountain Bikes Rafael Garcia Bobbie O'Brien U8 Finnlay Weeks Holly Hirst U10 Taylor...
Hillingdon Mayor’s Sports Awards Coach of the Year 2014: And the Winner Is…
Our very own Head Coach Dave George! At an award ceremony in Hillingdon on the 28th January, the Mayor of Hillingdon presented awards to sporting...
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