Friday 21 January 2022

Roller Racing through winter - rounds 3 & 4



Action from round 3 in December

    2021-22 has not been the worst of winters (so far) - it has been chilly and wet but despite the Ohmy.. variant the YHPSCL keeps on cycling on. Staggering the races throughout the day at Forest Road Youth Hub meant we could use  the roller racing rigs and keep everyone safe by keeping the numbers in the building down at  any one time. This didn't mean low numbers of riders though - we had 10 schools and and 103 riders in December for the years 4 and 5 races, and last week we had 9 schools and 98 riders. It was a shame for those schools that had to miss the events due to Covid but those who did make it made up for the others absences by shouting the roof off as usual. (Note to self - ear defenders should be part of the set up next year.)

The year four girls posted impressive times in their 250m race with Klara from Millfields getting the win at 15 seconds - a faster time than the fastest year 4 boy Leo also from Millfields.

Year 4 girls results 10/12/21

Year 4 boys results 10/12/21

The year 5 winners were again both Millfields riders - Hattie and Carl both scored exactly the same times at 14.274 seconds.

Year 5 girls results 10/12/21

Year 5 boys results 10/12/21


Hoxton Gardens Millfields and Southwold riders in action on January 14th

For the years  5 and 6 races in January we doubled the distance to 500m - or two laps of the velodrome. Still a sprint but it's harder to maintain a full on effort over that distance - ask any track rider.

Year 5 girls results 14/1/22

Kingsmead riders in action

Our two winners in the year 5 from December won out again this time Carl pipped Hattie by two seconds at 31secs.

Year 5 boys results 14/1/22

Kingsmead riders in action

Year 6 girls results 14/1/22

In the year six races Catrin and Shane posted great times in the girls race with Catrin fastest rider of the day overall at 31.6 seconds.


In the boys Yahyah took the victory for Kingsmead at 33.4 seconds.

Year 6 boys results 14/1/22


Kingsmead riders being encouraged by their team mates

February will see us back outdoors on mountain bikes at Maybley Green meanwhile the league standings are as follows -

League standings after round 4