Springfield Hill Climb 2015 Results

Riders lining up waiting for their turn up the hill.

The new season for the Young Hackney Primary Schools Cycling League started on a glorious October afternoon within the beautiful autumnal setting of Springfield Park. The sun shone down on the 92 riders from nine different schools who had come to battle their way up the Springfield Hill Climb.

The dreaded start line.

Off to a flying start

A rider concentrating on her gears.

One at a time the riders tackled the hill with the year four riders going first. With such a steep hill gear selection is vital - at the bottom it is not too steep but as it curves its way up it becomes steeper and steeper before levelling off again at the summit. So selecting a good gear to start in is vital as this enables the riders to get up a bit of speed before hitting the steeper section - somewhere in the middle of their gears say 3 or 4.

Year 4 girls results

Year 4 boys results

Many riders had to jump off and run the last section.

Even with the great gears available now on bicycles some riders still found the steepest sections too much and that it was quicker for them to jump off and run with the bike to the finish. In fact some riders ran a long way up the hill gaining pretty fast times!

Year 5 boys results

Year 5 girls results

Closing in on the finish - hands on the hoods.

Out of the saddle riding - hands on the drops.

A variety of riding styles were on display as riders tried out different ways to get to the top the quickest. There was some good technique on display - see the photos here. ask your coaches how these may have made a difference.

In the saddle riding

Shifting the bike side to side to increase power in the pedal strokes.

year 6 girls results

Year 6 boys results

Aerodynamic position

Eye on the finishing line

Looking ahead past the finish line

The medal winners



The League standings after round 1 - 

1	Millfields	65
2	Jubilee	57
3	Parkwood	44
4	Kingsmead	38
5	Southwold	33
6	Thomas Fairchild	32
6	Gayhurst	32
8	Grazebrook	12
9	Tyssen	9
10	Shacklewell	8

Well done to all the riders and helpers for making it another great event - see you at the next one.

Jubilant Jubilee take the title

Jubilee with the shield

The 9th of July 2015 will go down as the day that Gayhurst finally relinquished their grip on the Young Hackney Primary Schools Cycling League shield to an impressive Jubilee team who showed consistency throughout the season winning five of the nine events on their way to the title.

Riders briefing prior to racing

Forty riders from four schools battled it out in hot sun on Hackney Downs. They put on an impressive display for the regional Go-Ride coach from British Cycling - Alison Lilley who had come down to lend a hand.

Year 4 boys scratch race start

The first races were the scratch races with boys going before the girls in each of the year groups. Murray Gray set the tone for Jubilee taking the year 4 boys win from Robin Steer of Millfields with Rueben Mooney coming third for Jubilee.

Molly wins the year 4 girls scratch race

The year 4 girls scratch was won by some distance by Molly Gregory for Gayhurst followed by Maia Fayanka , Jubilee and Naima Ryan-White, Southwold.

Year 5 boys scratch race

The year 5 boys had the biggest field with Conrad Couzins taking the win for Millfields followed by his brother Rueben and Robbie de Monchaux-Irons coming third for Gayhurst.

Year 5 girls  with a very close finish 

The year 5 girls was avery close race with Anoushka Minale, Millfields edging out Ester Ramsay, jubliee  and Kezia Coterell, Gayhurst.

Year 6 boys line up

The year six boys was won by Tom Bardill, Gayhurst from Arran MacPherson also Gayhurst and Noah Trueman - Jubilee. Whilst a very small field of year six girls saw Eliza , gayhurst beat Yande, Jubilee in a match sprint.

Year 6 girls Yande and Eliza

The next set of race were the Win Out or Angel as they have been christened as they work the opposite way to the Devil elimination race - with the first over the line coming out each lap leaving the lower order to do the most laps.

Year 4 boys win out race

The winners of the Angel races were - Y4 boys - Robin Steer, Y4 girls - Molly Gregory, Y5 boys - Conrad Couzins, Y5 girls - Ester Ramsay, Y6 boys - Tom Bardill, Y6 girls - Eliza Eaton.

Year 5 boys practise their race face

Everyone was having fun including our photographer Andy Bardill who was capturing the "race face" of the riders prior to the start of the Devil races.

A selection of race faces -

The reason why parents shouldn't hold their own children for race starts....

The Devils were close affairs with Murray winning the Y4 boys , Molly the Y4 girls a clean sweep - Conrad aldo wn the Y5 boys another clean sweep of races, Anoushka took the Y5 girls whilst Tom and Eliza completed their clean sweep of races for Y6 boys and girls.

A Southwold rider receives his certificate from Alison Lilley 

All the riders received Go-Ride certificates whilst the final scores were being counted up.

year 4 boys podium - Robin 2nd, Murray 1st, Rueben 3rd

Year 4 boys results

year 4 girls podium  Anna  2nd, Molly 1st, Naima 3rd

Year 4 girls results

Year 5 boys podium - Rueben 2nd, Conrad 1st, Joey 3rd

Year 5 boys results

Year 5 girls podium - Ester 2nd, Anoushka 1st, Kezia 3rd

Year 5 girls results

Year 6 boys podium 

year 6 boys results

Year 6 girls podium

year 6 girls results

Alison congratulating the riders

The final league table for 2014-2015 season.

Jubilee Primary School - YHPSCL Winners 2015

Thanks to all the schools, riders , teachers, helpers, parents, coaches, Young Hackney, CCHackney, Hackney parks, LVV and British Cycling for making it happen - I'm looking forward to seeing you all again for the start of the 2015-16 season in October - have a great summer.

Jubilee Win the Hackney Primary Schools Cycling League 2015

Jubilee Primary School have won the league in a close fought finale at hackney Downs yesterday knocking Gayhurst off the top spot. Full report results and photos to come soon.

Grass Track 2 Thursday 11th June, Shoreditch Park - Results

Anyone know a good photographer?

Grass Track 2 saw the YHPSCL switch to the opposite side of Hackney from the previous race to Shoreditch Park and amazingly enough - glorious sunshine. 45 riders from five schools turned up to race including a local team from Thomas Fairchild for the first time.

Action from Shoreditch park Grass track

The Grass Track races are run as an Omnium - this means riders take part in a number of races - in this case three each - and score points for where they finish in each race. The first rider scores 1 point, 2nd place 2 points and so on. After all the races the the rider with the lowest points is the winner of the Omnium and scores 10 league points in the usual manner and so on down to 10th place.

Another action shot from Shoreditch Park

As it was such a lovely day the CCH track bikes were used. Track bikes have a fixed wheel and no brakes so they take a little while to get used to and a certain amount of bravery on behalf of the rider. Considering the majority of riders hadn't ridden a track bike before they all coped very well and had some pretty close racing.

The first set of races were the Scratch Race - where all riders in each category set off together for a straight forward three lap race of the 250m oval. First up were the year 5 girls with Kezia Coterell, taking the win for  Gayhurst closely followed by Anoushka Minale, Millfields and Ester Ramsay- Jubilee. Next came the year 5 boys with Joe Pearman coming 2nd for Gayhurst sandwiched between Millfields' twins Conrad and Rueben Couzins.

The year six girls race was won by Leda Millar, Gayhurst from Ruby Andrews, Millfields and Eliza Eaton from Gayhurst 3rd. The year 6 boys race saw CCH regulasrs Tom Bardill, Mack Mooney take first and 2nd with Chico leungPaton 3rd for Millfields. 

Riders try to find some shade whilst the racing goes on.

The second set of races were Keirin races - in these the riders set off behind a motorbike usually - in our case CCH coach Mike on his bicycle - which takes them gradually up to speed before peeling off then the riders sprint for the line. Its a fast action packed event originally from Japan where it is something like Greyhound racing. The year five girls saw Ester take the win this time from Anoushka then Kezia. The year six girls was won again by Leda, with Eliza taking 2nd and Abdala from Thomas Fairchild getting third. year five boys saw the same three riders finish in the same order and  the year 6 boys saw Tom beat Mack again followed by Stanley Boyd in third.

More from Shoreditch park.

The last group of races were Win Outs - in these the first rider over the line each lap comes out - so the winner does 1 lap 2nd 2laps and so on. The year 5 girls saw the same three finish in the same order. Year six girls Ruby came back to claim 2nd behind Leda from Eliza. Year five boys saw Joe take the win from Conrad then Rueben. The year six boys was once again the CCH trio of Tom, Mack and Stanley. Full results below.

year 5 girls results

year 6 girls results

  Great racing by all and especially by newcomers Thomas Fairchild in their first event.

year 5 boys results

 Gayhurst took the top spot followed by Millfielda then Jubilee.

year 5 boys results

 The league table is now very close with three teams vying for top spot with one event to go and everything to play for. See you all at Hackney Downs on 9th July.

School totals with one event to go.

Grass Track 1 - Thursday 14th May at Maybley Green

The first Grass track omnium of the season looked in danger of being called off due to the rain but some how the worst of it missed Maybley Green down in Hackney Wick so the racing went ahead on the riders normal bikes instead of track bikes.
56 riders from five schools braved the elements and managed to get in two races each before the rain really started coming down hard. I don't think anyone could photos so here are the results -

Girls year 4

Girls year 5

Boys year 4

Boys year 5

Schools points totals