TRACK TRAINING DAY

Recently some club members attended at track training day at Gosling Park Sport Centre, Welwyn. The sessions were organised by Prime Coaching, who regularly hold youths training at Hillingdon circuit. On this occasion one of the coaches was our very own Chris Smith, who was gaining some valuable track coaching hours in preparation for becoming a fully qualified track coach. Bikes were available for hire for anyone who did not have their own track bike.

The riders were split into 2 groups, one for track novices and the other for more experienced riders. The track novices concentrated on learning the skills of riding with a fixed wheel and no brakes graduating to riding in a group on the track. Finally, they took part in a team pursuit - girls against the boys – with the girls coming out on top!

The “experienced” group began with a timed lap followed by match sprints with the lap results making for close pairings.

These exercises were followed with a Devil take the Hindmost and finishing with a 20 lap scratch race which was contested by both groups.

We hope that we’ll be able to attend more days like this next year as Prime Coaching will be running sessions at Welwyn throughout the year. For further details of a fun day out contact Chris Smith through the website.

Report by Arthur Knowler