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National School of Racing - Cyclo-Cross

Event date: 28 October 2010 |  Mallory Park

The summer has gone and we are getting into the cyclo-cross season again and this must mean it’s time for another Mallory Park National Schools of Racing!  The session will be Cyclo-Cross specific and take place at Mallory Park in Leicestershire on the 28th of October. Due to increasing safety issues around circuit use, level of session experience of the rider and over subscription (which is a good thing), we are tightening up the criteria as to who is eligible for the sessions.

Also, this is a Talent Program session and the Talent programme in its two tier form is in place to cater for riders only with the birth years listed below. For 2010, we are going to have a maximum of 100 subscriptions and as with other years, these will be taken from email application. As soon as we have 100  suitable applications, entries will close. With your application you must be able to prove:

- You are birth years 1995, 1996, 1997 or 1998.
- Regularly racing at a regional and or national level.
- Evidence of participation in Go-Ride club or holiday scheme or BC or British Triathlon GROUP coaching sessions.

Over the last few years we have had increasing numbers of riders who are complete novice attending sessions. Dropping these riders into sessions as technically testing as this and at the speeds we run the sessions at, has caused safety issues for those riders and the riders around them. It has also been a very negative experience for those young riders who are just buying into our mega sport. Our main objective is to create a real fun learning experience which does not de-motivate or injure our young cyclists.

For this event you will need a Cyclo-Cross bike  – No MTBs please.

If you feel this rules you out of the NSR, we advocate that you should be looking to take part in some local club activity or Go-Ride holiday sessions and then move on to some low level regional racing. Together with our Go-Ride colleagues, we can steer you in the right direction. You can find a list or your regional go-ride team here: Regional-Development-Staff

Applications need to be emailed to Rob Sharman by Sunday 17th October at robsharman@britishcycling.org.uk. From this, you will receive a parental consent form and session details. Please call on 07515 606 655 if you have any questions.

If you are a coach who is actively delivering youth sessions and in reading this feel like you would like to receive the session objectives and plans please contact us and we can pass them on.

The sessions will also be open to coaches wishing to observe/shadow session delivery and time will be given post session to take Q and A on what we did and why. If you would like to attend please let me know by phone or email as soon as possible and I will forward session plans to you along with details of session.

Note:This day is not about selection for the talent team in any way -  it is about a lesson in racing! OK guys, get mailing and let's have a top time!

DOWNLOAD: National school of racing Mallory Park 28.1010 Application form.