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| Practise lap |
Valentines day 2020 and hackney downs was the setting for the mountain bike round of this years Young Hackney Primary Schools Cycling League. On what seems like the only day so far this year without the wind and rain conditions were perfect - what's not to love?
The riders split into groups and spent an hour training together in order to gain better technical skills needed in MTB racing. The areas they focused on were the
ready position - this helps focus the mind as wells prepare the rider for any upcoming obstacle. Race starts - always important to get off to a good clean start.
Cone of movement - this is the amount of movement the rider can use on their bike ie leaning sideways /forwards backwards in order to get better traction past an obstacle - this carries onto the next skill set -
Ascending and
Descending - and most importantly which gears to use when go up or down a slope. The riders finished off practising
Cornering. All of these techniques are of course transferable to everyday riding and something the riders can practise at any time.
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| Start of the year 4 girls race |
Practise over it was time to race - first off were the year four girls. Catrin led Esther and Rosa to clean sweep of the podium for Millfields followed closely by Isobel from Jubilee and Melissa from Kingsmead making up the top five. Bonus points were awarded to Catrin, Chara and Sidem for good use of the techniques they practised before hand.
Y4 girls
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| Year 4 boys |
Next to race were the year four boys - Dijle from Jubilee came first followed by Victor from Millfields then Aaron from Jubilee finished third. Alonso from Mandeville was awarded a bonus point.
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| Year5 girls start |
The year five girls raced followed - Maya form Jubilee was first followed by Pia from Millfields then Magda from Jubilee rounded out the top three. Magda also gained bonus point as did Gaia from Kingsmead for good technique use.
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| Year 5 boys start |
The final race was the year five boys - Arthur from Millfields led his team to a clean sweep of the podium with Max edging out Finnbar for a close fought second place. Milo and Rudy from Jubilee and Reagan from Mandeville all gained bonus points.
| Name | | School | M/F | Year | y4 girls | y4 boys | y5girls | y5boys | | bonus | points |
| Catrin | | Millfields | F | 4 | 1 | | | | | 1 | 11 |
| Esther | | Millfields | F | 4 | 2 | | | | | | 9 |
| Rosa | | Millfields | F | 4 | 3 | | | | | | 8 |
| Isobel | | Jubilee | F | 4 | 4 | | | | | | 7 |
| Melissa | Lassonde | Kingsmead | F | 4 | 5 | | | | | | 6 |
| Sidem | | Jubilee | F | 4 | 7 | | | | | 1 | 6 |
| Chara | Franklin | Kingsmead | F | 4 | 8 | | | | | 1 | 5 |
| Ariana | Elek | Kingsmead | F | 4 | 9 | | | | | | 3 |
| Rochelle | | Mandeville | F | 4 | 10 | | | | | | 2 |
| Michelle | | Mandeville | F | 4 | 11 | | | | | | 1 |
| Neveah | | Mandeville | F | 4 | 12 | | | | | | 1
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| Name | | School | M/F | Year | y4 girls | y4 boys | y5girls | y5boys | | bonus | points |
| Dijle | | Jubilee | M | 4 | | 1 | | | | | 10 |
| Victor | | Millfields | M | 4 | | 2 | | | | | 9 |
| Aaron | | Jubilee | M | 4 | | 3 | | | | | 8 |
| Dashiell | | Millfields | M | 4 | | 4 | | | | | 7 |
| Alessandro | | Jubilee | M | 4 | | 5 | | | | | 6 |
| Max | H | Millfields | M | 4 | | 6 | | | | | 5 |
| William | Crinnion | Kingsmead | M | 4 | | 7 | | | | | 4 |
| Scott | Mailer-Thorpe | Kingsmead | M | 4 | | 8 | | | | | 3 |
| Alonso | | Mandeville | M | 4 | | 9 | | | | 1 | 3 |
| Isiah | | Mandeville | M | 4 | | 10 | | | | | 2 |
| Yahya | Ali | Kingsmead | M | 4 | | 11 | | | | | 1 |
| Zain | | Mandeville | M | 4 | | 12 | | | | | 1 |
| Name | | School | M/F | Year | y4 girls | y4 boys | y5girls | y5boys | | bonus | points |
| Maya | | Jubilee | F | 5 | | | 1 | | | | 10 |
| Pia | | Millfields | F | 5 | | | 2 | | | | 9 |
| Magda | | Jubilee | F | 5 | | | 3 | | | 1 | 9 |
| Pearl | | Millfields | F | 5 | | | 4 | | | | 7 |
| Honour | | Millfields | F | 5 | | | 5 | | | | 6 |
| Colette | | Jubilee | F | 5 | | | 6 | | | | 5 |
| Gaia | | Kingsmead | F | 5 | | | 7 | | | 1 | 5 |
| Blesslow | | Mandeville | F | 5 | | | 8 | | | | 3 |
| Gultena | | Mandeville | F | 5 | | | 9 | | | | 2 |
| Dzyah | | Mandeville | F | 5 | | | 10 | | | | 2 |
| Iris | | Kingsmead | F | 5 | | | 11 | | | | 1 |
| Kayyo | | kingsmead | F | 5 | | | | | | | 1 |
| Name | | School | M/F | Year | y4 girls | y4 boys | y5girls | y5boys | | bonus | points |
| Arthur | | Millfields | M | 5 | | | | 1 | | | 10 |
| Max | c | Millfields | M | 5 | | | | 2 | | | 9 |
| Finnbar | | Millfields | M | 5 | | | | 3 | | | 8 |
| Milo | | Jubilee | M | 5 | | | | 4 | | 1 | 8 |
| William | | Jubilee | M | 5 | | | | 5 | | | 6 |
| Rudy | | Jubilee | M | 5 | | | | 6 | | 1 | 6 |
| Reagan | | Mandeville | M | 5 | | | | 7 | | 1 | 5 |
| Lenel | | Kingsmead | M | 5 | | | | 8 | | | 3 |
| Kamil | | Mandeville | M | 5 | | | | 9 | | | 2 |
| Toby | | Mandeville | M | 5 | | | | 10 | | | 2 |
| Omar | | Kingsmead | M | 5 | | | | 11 | | | 1 |
| Kaine | | Kingsmead | M | 5 | | | | 12 | | | 1 |
| | YHPSCL 2019-20 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Current League standing | | School | HILL CLIMB 11-10 | cross Hackney Downs 8-11 | roller race 13-12 | roller race 10-1 | MTB 14-2 | LVV circuit 1 13-3 | LVV circuit 2 15-5 | Grass Track 12-6 | Grass track 10-7 | Total |
| 1 | | Millfields | 93 | 73 | 104 | 93 | 98 | | | | | 461 |
| 2 | | Jubilee | 92 | 82 | 51 | 63 | 81 | | | | | 369 |
| 3 | | Kingsmead | 61 | 24 | 52 | 35 | 34 | | | | | 206 |
| 4 | | Mandeville | 39 | | 19 | 40 | 26 | | | | | 124 |
| 5 | | Shacklewell | 32 | 29 | 16 | 6 | | | | | | 83 |
| 6 | | Grazebrook | 18 | 32 | | 11 | | | | | | 61 |
Y4 girls
