Mountain Biking on Mabley Green

11/2/22

Last Friday before half term saw the Young Hackney Primary Schools League arrive in the south east of the borough at Mabley Green - close to Young Hackney's new venue on the Eastway. The last time CCHackney put on an event here the Olympic torch was passing by. In the intervening years a fair amount of landscaping has meant the venue is no longer suitable for grass track but is excellent as beginners mountain bike or cyclocross course.  How would the years 4 and 5 riders from the YHPSCL tackle the mounds?

After taking in the length and technical nature of the course on a training lap the riders were left with no illusion as to how difficult the races might be. Luckily the weather was on our side meaning slipping out wouldn't be a problem. It would all come down to who had paid attention to the coaching points on ascending and descending.

Year 4 girls race start.

The year fours would be doing two laps of the course and the girls started the racing. It was close going into the first climb but after that Eri from Millfields started to lead out Refi from Rushmore and the Jubilee duo of Carmen and Dotty.

That was the way it was to the finish with Eri pulling further ahead by the end.

Our year 4 girls winner.

Year 4 girls results.

Year 4 girls podium.

Next up were the year four boys again racing for two laps. 

Year 4 boys race start.

Year 4 boys in action.

This time a duo from Millfields - Leo and Maxwell battled at the front with Ronel from Kingsmead, Leon of Southwold and Orin from William Patten.

At the finish Leo took the victory with Ronel in second and Maxwell third.

Year 4 boys results.

Year 4 boys podium.

Year 5 girls start.

Next up were the year 5 girls  taking on three laps of the course. A trio from Millfields - Hattie Grace and Aine led out with a duo from Jubilee - Sonia and Annie hot on their heels.

The leaders on the hill..

Hattie eventually won out from her team mate Grace with Sonja finishing third.

Year 5 girls results.

Year 5 girls podium.

The final race of the day saw the year 5 boys take on three laps. With the top three riders taking off from the start and swapping places as they went Sam from Millfields, Leo from Rushmore and Frank from Jubilee put on a fine race.

In the end Sam would take the win making it a clean sweep for Millfields, with Frank taking second in front of Leo. Great racing all round and many tired legs no doubt on the way home although most of the riders seemed to find enough energy to run round the circuit following the other races...

Close racing from the top three on the second mound.

Year 5 boys results.

Year 5 boys podium.

League standings after round 5.

 

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