VC Jubilee Prize Presentations for 2003

SCRL Track/Hove Park VC Jubilee Under 8's Cup - RYAN GOSLING
SCRL Track VC Jubilee Under 10's Cup - LUKE BIRCH
SCRL Track VC Jubilee Under 12's Cup - JOSH MORESCO
SCRL Track/Hove Park VC Jubilee Under 12's Cup Girls - REBECCA GOSLING
SCRL Track/Hove Park VC Jubilee Under 16's Cup, The Bill Porter Memorial Cup and the SCRL Juvenile Champion Shield - MATTHEW HOWARD
BECC Most Dedicated Rider Cup - BEN GERREY
Challenge Heat Cup - TBA
The winner of the most crash-tastic award - PETE MITCHELL
RTTC 10mile Club Awards: MATT HOWARD 25:46, PETE MITCHELL 27:30, BEN DOBBIN 29:13
Longest Membership Recognition Award - JACK HOWLETT, since VC Jubilee started in 1998

VC Jubilee Prize Presentations Report for 2003

What another excellent year. Congratulations to all those how have achieved results, but just as important to all those who turn up regularly, whatever the weather, behave appropriately, learn and improve their skills both on and off the road - a well done and thank you must go to all of you.

VC Jubilee as the youth development section of Brighton Excelsior is only made possible by the kind donation of time volunteers make to the club. Many thanks to you, and to BECC for providing young people with such opportunities.

Go-Ride/Clubmark
The club is continuing to provide excellent opportunities for fitness and social interactions for young people around the local area. It has received recognition from the National Governing Body of cycling, "British Cycling" as a Go-Ride registered club and we are attempting to achieve Clubmark accreditation. Both of these schemes identify implementation of sound, safe and effective club structure and good working practices for its young members and there is a high standard of qualified coaching and support.

Volunteers
Sally Page - club contact - to deal with enquiries in relation to membership and liase with British Cycling.
Shelley Charlton - club welfare officer - and has undergone Good Practice and Child Protection Training, any member or parent/guardian within any concerns or issues relating to behaviour of coaches or other members, can contact her.
Coaches - currently Sally Page, Ian Essex, Dave Gerrey are all undertaking forms of coach qualification courses to assist with the delivery of coaching sessions. Roy Page, still has overall responsibility for coaching activities.

Membership
Has remained consistent over the year, and with these two schemes in place, we envisage increases in new members joining as we become higher in profile locally, through newspapers, school links, open days, and other events, etc

Training
The following Sports Coach UK training courses have also been attended by our volunteers: Coaching Children and Young People, Equity in your Coaching, Club for All, which are requirements for Sport Englands Clubmark accreditation.

Grants
An Awards for All bid has been submitted for cyclo-cross bikes and coaching courses to the value of £4670. The result is due in March 2004.

Affiliations
We are currently completing the WSCC Youth Service affiliation process, as this will enable us to apply for additional funding for club activities.
We are also affiliated to the following bodies/organisations: British Cycling (BC), British Schools Cycling Association (BSCA), and Cycling Time Trials (CTT).

Social
Wednesday evenings continue to be success and create positive relationships amongst members and volunteers. BECC's Annual Picnic proved to be an enjoyable, relaxed ride, followed by a fun BBQ and we look forward to this coming years.

Racing
Our members have attended numerous events this year and our prize presentation indicates the successes of all our riders.

Various results 2003

Tuesday 10 June - 3.5m Bramber - BECC - COME AND TRY IT!
1st Matt Howard VC Jubilee 09:07 new course record
5th Ben Dobbin VC Jubilee 10:38
7th Daniel Gerrey VC Jubilee 11:41

Tuesday 22 July - 10m Steyning - BECC 2 up (Grand Prix de Gentleman style)
1st Matthew Howard (VC Jubilee) & Keith Balcombe 25.46
2nd Pete Mitchell (VC Jubilee) & Roy Page 27.30
3rd Ben Dobbin (VC Jubilee) & Alan Bowry 29.19

British Cycling National Rankings And Standings Rankings http://www.britishcycling.org.uk/rankings/2003/2003_rankings_index.html
Youth B Category Road/Track Male
23rd/116 Matthew Howard 23 points
77th/116 Peter Mitchell 3 points
Youth E Category Road/Track Male
7th/27 Ryan Gosling 15 points

South East Regional Cyclo-Cross Championships, December 7th, Lee Valley
8. Matthew Howard +6:10
14. Peter Mitchell +1 lap

Surrey League Circuit Races, October 12th, Youth Champs 4 laps
4. Matt Howard
11. Peter Mitchell
12. Ben Dobbin

Sussex Cyclo-Cross League Results 2003-2004 http://www.londonxleague.co.uk/sussex_03_04_ranks.html
Position Rider Club (Event 1/Position Event 2/Position Event 3/Position Overall Points)
1. Matt Howard (1/3rd 2/3rd 3/14th 290)
5. Jack Howlett (1/10th 2/15th 172)
8. Philip Scammell (1/11th 83)

Sussex Cycle Racing League: Final Track League positions
Under 16
1 Matthew Howard VC Jubilee 179
2 Peter Mitchell VC Jubilee 137
7 Ben Dobbin VC Jubilee 47
8 Jack Howlett VC Jubilee 45
10 Philip Scammell VC Jubilee 15
13 Daniel Gerry VC Jubilee 3
14 Sam Birch VC Jubilee 3
Under 8
1 Ryan Gosling VC Jubilee 164
Under 12
5 Josh Moresco VC Jubilee 71
6 Rebecca Gosling VC Jubilee 62
12 Sam Birch VC Jubilee 10
13 Ben Gerrey VC Jubilee 8
14 Sian Scammell VC Jubilee 1
Under 10
5 Luke Birch VC Jubilee 43
6 Connor McIntyre VC Jubilee 42

Sussex Cycle Racing League: Hove Park Series Overall Result
U16/U14
1 Matthew Howard VC Jubilee YB 54
4 Peter Mitchell VC Jubilee YB 24
U8
1 Ryan Gosling VC Jubilee YE 50
U12
4 Rebecca Gosling VC Jubilee YC 23

Cyclo-Cross Events 2003

Under UCI regulations, it is the age category into which a competitor falls on 1st January of the cyclo-cross season, which determines their category for the whole season.
Under 12 = born 1992 or later, Youth = born 1988 to 1991, (if specified - Youth under 14 = born 1990 or 1991)

Sun 19th October 2003 - Deers Leap Cross - Sussex League 1 (run by E Grinstead CC)
Deers Leap Park, Saint Hill Farm, Saint Hill Green, East Grinstead
U10 11am Free
U12 11.15am Free
Youth 11.45am £4

Sun 23rd November - Wild Park Cross - Sussex League 2 (run by BECC)
Wild Park, Moulscoomb, Brighton (off A270, 1 mile west of Falmer)
U10 11am Free
U12 11.15am Free
Youth 11.45am £4

Sun 30th November - Southern Cross - Sussex League 3 (run by VC Etoile)
Lancing Manor Leisure Centre, Old Shoreham Road (A27), North Lancing roundabout
U10 11am Free
U12 11.15am Free
Youth 11.45am £4

Sun 7th December - South Eastern Regional Championships - *advance entries required
Lee Valley Cycling Circuit (Eastway), Quarter Mile Lane, Stratford E15
Sign posted Stratford/New Spitalfields Market off M11 link road
Youth 11am £5
U12 1pm Free
* Entries to Tim Butler, 340 Felixstow Road, Ipswich, IP3 9AA
Closing date 17/11/03, cheques payable to Eastern Cyclo-Cross Association

Sept 2003

What an excellent summer cycling season we have had. Congratulations to all those who have taken part in various rides, events and competitions throughout the region this year, you have managed to help keep VC Jubilee recognised for youth cycling development in the area. We couldn't continue without the contributions from many of our volunteers at the track and other events, we all really appreciate your assistance and experience, thank you so much. If any adults are interested in becoming a qualified coach to assist with the development of the club, please contact Roy.

We will publish a more comprehensive list of this years results soon, but we must congratulate Matt as he has got through to the GHS 10 mile time trial National Final, which will be held in Birmingham. Matts enthusiasm for cycle sport continues to grow, and we all wish him luck for this big event on the 13th September. Not far behind him in the regional 5.12 mile time trial was Peter who is another keen talent, and with his newly built bike will be hard to stop. GOOD LUCK MATT.

We hope everyone had good summer holidays. We broke with tradition and didn't meet on some Saturdays as so many people were away, or because Shoreham became overcrowded with other events (eg bank holiday, air show etc). But we are now back planning for our Autumn/Winter season, which we hope will see our numbers grow due to increased publicity and further events where we are seen to be attending and achieving some results. See the Dates section below for some local events, more will follow when the season really gets into swing. This time of year we'll be seeing cyclo-cross and mountain bike events start to take over from the road and track events, these will keep everyone fit through the winter months. It will be great to see as many members as possible at all local events.

Our Wednesday club nights will start again in September. Special training eg sport psychology, i-Magic virtual reality league, and other fitness, rock climbing and fun sessions will be planned, along with the usual football, table-tennis, snooker, videos being available. PLEASE NOTE: they now run from 7.00pm to 8.30pm at the AOAC for 30p per evening. Please could we ask for occasional contributions of ping-pong balls/bats, as we seem to get through quite a few of these.