Round 7 - grass Track on the Downs

Year 5 boys in action

10/5/19 YHPSCL round seven and its grass track time again. Six schools attended with 52 riders from year 4 and 5 taking part in mini omnium. Each year and gender group  had three different races with the results from each race making up the riders final placing - the lowest total coming first and so on. Any riders tied on points were placed according to where they finish din the final race.

The year 4 girls saw Pia from Millfields win the 3 lap scratch form Magda of Jubilee and Pearl- Millfields. In the 1 lap handicap Matilda from Shacklewell made the most of her placing from the first race and won it form Helena of Gayhurst whilst Magda stormed round to pass most of the field and get third. In the 9 lap elimination race the riders were eliminated last ver the line each lap until five remained - Magda took first spot, Pearl second na Maya from jubilee edged out Pia for third.
This meant Magda won the overall followed by Pia than Pearl.

Year4 girls results

The year 4 boys had some close races. In the 3 lap scratch Milo of Jubilee won from Max of gayhurst then Roscoe of Millfields. In the 1 lap handicap Isa of Olive won from Sul of Gayhurst with Wolfe of Jubilee coming third. In the 9 lap elimination it came down to the last four _ Milo taking 4th, edged out by Roscoe in 3rd, Wolfe in 2nd leaving William from Jubilee to take the win and grab the overall thanks to his two sixth placings in the other races.

Year4 boys results

Year 5 girls race

The girls of year 5 was closely fought throughout. The 3 lap scratch  went the way of charlie for Jubilee withMerle of Gayhurst second and Poppy of Jubilee third. Margo from Gayhurst won the 1 lap handicap from Amarah of Millfields with her team mate Layla coming third. In the elimanation Charlie took the second win of the day to secure the overall whilst Lila of millfields came scone to claim 2nd overall and Poppy cam third also securing third overall.

Year 5 girls results

 The year 5 boys 3 lap scratch was won by Harris from Millfields, followed by Kuba f Jubilee and team mate Brandon for third. In the 1 lap handicap Joshua from Shacklewell tied first with Yusef of Parkwood with Kuba taking second and Jivori third. In the elimination Harris got his second win  but Kuba came third meaning he got the overall by there points difference despite Harris' two wins.Brandon came second. In the overall Zooe from Gayhurst came third thanks to his 6th, 5th and 4th placings.

Year 5 boys results

Year 5 girls devil

The league standings as a result of this round got a bit closer at the top and if the next two rounds go the same it could be either Jubilee or Millfields title win. Meanwhile Gayhurst are clawing their way towards third spot behind Parkwood. Plenty to play for in the last two rounds.

League standings after round 7

Circuit Racing at Lea Valley Velopark - part 2

8/3/19

The year 5 boys line up to start.

The second visit to the Lea Valley Velopark in seven days for the YHPSCL and the rain held off again although it was pretty cold and windy as per usual. Six schools came along and fifty seven riders from years 4 and 5 gave it their best shot.

2nd place Logan with winner Harris during the year 5 boys race.

The year fives went first this time seeing as how they'd been here just last week the year 4's could watch them and learn. They could certainly learn from the Millfields boys as once agin they worked well together to distance the rest and take a 123.

Year 5 boys results.

The year 5 girls start their race.

Next up were the year 5 girls and once again Charlie from Jubilee distanced the rest of the riders by some way to take the win followed by team mate Poppy then Lena from Millfields.

Year 5 girls action.

Year 5 girls action.

Year 5 girls action.

Year 5 girls action.

Year 5 girls action.

Year 5 girls action.

Year 5 girls action.

Year 5 girls action.

Year 5 girls results

Charlie winning the year 5 girls race.

year 4 boys ready to go

So now it was time for the year 4 boys to show their speed over three laps of the circuit. It started off a pretty close race with ten riders in contention after lap 1 - after lap 2 we had a leading five and Max from Gayhurst began to stretch them out and took the win followed by Roscoe from Millfields and William from Jubilee.

Year 4 boys action.

Year 4 boys action.

Year 4 boys action.

Year 4 boys action.

Year 4 boys results

Max winning the year 4 boys race

 Finally we had the year 4 girls and Pia from Millfields went off like a bullet with a pairing from Jubilee trying to chase her down. In the end Pia held out followed over the line by Maya and Magda for second and third.

Pia winning the year 4 girls race

Year 4 girls results

Year 4 boys podium

Year 5 girls podium

Year 4 boys podium

Year 4 girls podium

The league standings after six rounds show Millfields in first with  a commanding lead over Jubilee. then we have Parkwood, Kingsmead Mandeville and Gayhurst all pretty close together - with three rounds left any one of them can claim the third spot.

League standings after round 6

Circuit Racing at Lea Valley Velopark

1/3/19

Year 5 girls line up for their race

Rescheduled from before half term the first circuit race of this season took place on a much less windy day than it was meant to have thankfully. Seventy five riders from seven schools attended.

First to race were the year 5 girls - all the races were for four laps of the circuit minus the ox-bow loop. Charlie from Jubilee sped off on lap 1 and never looked in trouble for the victory. Much closer was the race for second with Lilah from Millfields prevailing over Poppy from Jubilee.

Year 5 girls results

 The year five boys raced next with the trio from Millfields using proper teamwork to get one another around - eventually though Harris had push on as Brandon from Jubilee looked set to spoil their party. Harris took the win comfortably with Brandon following then Elliot from Millfields in third.

Year 5 boys ready to race

Year 5 boys results

The year six girls race was closely fought barring the first place with Ishanna of Jubilee speeding off early to stay in front and take the win. Her team mate Lena won the sprint for second with Sophie from Kingsmead coming third.

Year 6 girls gridded

Year 6 girls results

 Last up were the year 6 boys which looked close in the first two laps then Jimme from Millfields started to pull away from his two teammates and the Gayhurst duo. Jimme took the win followed by teammate Joseph in 2nd then Arlo from Gayhurst in 3rd.

Year 6 boys away to start

Year 6 boys results

Charlie winning the year 5 girls race

 Jubilee won the round followed by Millfields then Gayhurst with the league standings getting tighter in the middle they look like this -

League standings after round 5.

We are back at the Lea Valley Velopark for the year 4/5 circuit race this Friday coming - see you there.

High Winds cancel race

8/2/19 Todays race at the lea valley Velopark circuit has been cancelled due to high winds - we'll reschedule this event as soon as we can.

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.