Mountain biking at Mabley Green

 10/2/23

A fairly mild day for February saw the riders of the Young Hackney Primary Schools Cycling League tackle the bumps on Mabley Green for the mountain bike round of this years league. The event was for years 4 and 5 over a short course but one that challenged their understanding of MTB techniques and skills.

The year 4 boys race on the tricky second descent.

Year 4 boys in action.

The course included a couple of short sharp ascents followed by steep descents that look benign on the photographs but are quite different when you are riding them, especially the second descent which was followed immediately by a sharp turn. Correct body positioning and braking were key to getting this sector right.

Year4 boys winner.

Year 4 boys runner up.

Bay from Millfields won out over a duo from Gayhurst - Wulf then Elias - to make up the podium.

Year 4 boys podium.

Year 4 boys results.

Year 4 girls race start.

Year four girls in action.

 Next to race were the year four girls and a dup from Jubilee were joined at the front by Marina from Gayhurst. 

Year four girls in action.

Eventually she caught and passed them with Clem finishing second followed by Agatha.

Year four girls in action.

Year four girls in action.

Year four girls in action.

Year four girls winner - Marina.

Year four girls second place - Clem.

Year four girls third place - Agatha.

Year 4 girls podium.

Year four girls results.

Year 5 boys line up. ..

... and they're off!

Year5 boys in action - the leader.

The year five boys race was next with the biggest field of the day. Two pairings from Gayhurst and Millfields quickly built up a lead over the bunch.

Half way into the last lap Oscar from Gayhurst made the decisive move on the first bump and stayed away to take the win. Max from Millfields filled him for second with Joshua from Gayhurst coming third just in front of Loutro from Millfields.

Year 5 boys podium.

Year 5 boys results.

Year 5 girls start.

Last race of the day were the year five girls. Again we had a close battle at the front involving pair of Millfields riders and a rider from Rushmore. In the end the Millfields pair worked well together to draw clear with Eri coming first followed by Klara then Pepa.

Year 5 girls in action over the bumps.

Year 5 girls in action over the bumps.

Year 5 girls in action.

Year 5 girls in action.

Year 5 girls first and second place.

Year 5 girls third place.

Year 5 girls podium.

Year 5 girls results.

League totals after round 5.

Where's wally?

Round four -happy new year

 10/1/23

New year and it was time for the year six riders to join the year fives on the rollers at the Eastway. 

We'll get that projector working right sometime.

Year six boys results

Year six girls results

year 5 boys results

Year 5 girls results 

League  Totals after round 4

Rolling into the holidays

 14/12/22 

The Young Hackney Primary Schools Cycling League rolled into the holiday season last friday on the indoor roller racing rig at a new venue for the league. Young Hackney Eastway is a new purpose built sports venue for Young Hackney available for all Hackney youngsters to use, sited on the Eastway on the way over to the Olympic park. One hundred and nine riders from ten different schools made their way over throughout the day to take on the short sharp effort on the rollers and to enjoy themselves out in the muga playing football, basketball and table tennis.

The riders were all racing for 250m and gave it their all. For the year four girls we had some great times in the morning with Rosie from Millfileds finishing in third at 18.28 seconds, whilst Zeynap from Shacklewell finished in second on 16.05 seconds. However in the afternoon Janai from Orchard blazed home in first place in an amazing 14.81 seconds - would this be the fastest time of the day overall? We'll have to see...

Years 4 girls results.

The year 4 boys again set fast times in the morning and afternoon with Ray from Shacklewell coming first in 15.53, Bay from Millfields second in 16.27 and Wulf from Gayhurst in third on 17.7 seconds. Only four seconds separated the top ten.

Years 4 boys results.

The year five girls produced even closer results with three seconds separating the first 13 riders.

Orla from Millfields finished in third place on 16.53 seconds only three tenths behind team mate Klara on 16.28secs. Another two tenths in front of her was Mia from Soputhwold taking the win on 16.03 seconds.

Years 5 girls results.

The year five boys were perhaps the closest of the lot with ten seconds separating all the riders. Leon from Southwold came in just ahead of his two team mates in third place on 16.29 seconds. Tino from William Patten finished in second place on 15.77 seconds. Five tenths separated him from Omar of Millfields who took first place on 15.28 seconds.

Years 5 boys results.

All this meant that our fastest time of the day - faster even than any of the adults attending set - was Janai's 

brilliant 14.81 seconds - bragging rights go to all the year four girls.

We'll be back in January at Eastyway for the next round with years 5 and 6 - see you then.

League totals after round 3.