Into the New Year at High Speed

Ever wondered how to do a wheelie? - try roller racing first...

18/1/19

The YHPSCL roller raced right into the new year over at the Forest Youth Centre. This event was for the years 5 and 6 riders and was split into two sessions with the morning one being more relaxed as most of the schools seemed to prefer the afternoon. all in we had 85 competitors from eight schools taking part over a 500m timed race.

Morning session getting underway

The equivalent of two laps of the velodrome may seem like a short race but at full gas the effort is intense as the riders would all testify.

The afternoon session briefing

The year 5 girls race was very close with only 8 seconds separating the top ten. In third place was May from parkwood in 36seconds ahead of her  the Jubilee duo of Poppy and Charlie took first and second at 33 then 34 seconds - very fast times indeed.

Some the girls waiting to start their race

Year 5 girls results

Roller racing is the only cycle race where riders are encouraged to keep their head
down and go for it - although some find flailing their head from side to side works best.

 In the year 5 boys less than ten seconds seperated the top fifteen riders. Theo from Kingsmead took top spot on 32 seconds, followed by Kuba from Jubilee on 34 seconds. Logan from Millfields and Albert from Gayhurst both tied for third on 36 seconds.

Afternoon boys race

Year 5 boys results

more morning action

The year six girls had the biggest amount of racers with the top 20 riders being separated by only 10 seconds. The three Kingsmead girls all finish on 35 seconds with Lolo coming top for her team in third place. Second and first were only a couple of tenths of a second apart as Ella from Parkwood edged out Ishanna from Jubilee. Full results below.

Concentration before racing

Year 6 girls results

In the year 6 boys event the top fifteen riders were only ten seconds apart with the fastest time of the day being posted by the winner Jimme of Millfields at 30 seconds. he was closely followed by his team mate Joseph on 31 seconds then Daniel form Kingsmead on 33secs.

Year 6 boys results

All this meant that Kingsmead won this round followed by Millfields then Jubilee with the league table looking like this - 

League standings after round 4

Riders watching the projected race clock.