Juniors
Stratford Cycling Club have a thriving junior section with weekly coaching sessions for riders aged five to sixteen from British Cycling qualified coaches. Our coaching sessions are designed to suit a broad range of abilities and experience providing an inclusive environment where we aim to have a lot of fun while training hard. Many of our juniors compete in circuit racing and cyclo cross and we provide additional organised social rides, trips to the velodrome and other events.
Coaching Sessions
We run our Monday night coaching sessions at the Home Guard Club in Tiddington. We are fortunate to have a fantastic venue and facilities with a floodlit 400m oval track, an off-road course and use of the well equipped club house. During the autumn and winter months we concentrate on off-road skills and then after the February half term break we move to the track, preparing for the summer racing season.
Monday 18:00 - 19:00
Group 1 and Group 2
Monday 19:15 - 20:15
Group 3 and Group 4. Group 4 riders have the option to stay for an additional 30 minutes till 20:45.
Cost £3.50 per session
Cost per rider per session is £3.50 for the first child or £2.50 for siblings payable either weekly or termly in advance. Fees are paid for a half term block and we collect using an online payment system to make sure all payments are secure.
Coaching Groups
The club provides four different coaching levels to suit all ages and abilities. The groups are not categorised by age but on riding ability.
- Group 1: For young/novice riders to learn the basic skills and techniques of bike riding.
- Group 2: For more experienced young riders to improve their basic and intermediate skills and techniques
- Group 3: The next step for riders to develop their skills using the whole 400m track.
- Group 4: For older and more experienced riders to practise their skills and race-craft.
What to expect at your first visit
On your first visit to a session, our qualified coaches will assess your riding skills to ensure you are placed in the most suitable coaching group. Riders are continually assesed to ensure they are always in a group that reflects their ability.
Membership
Junior membership in the club entitles a young person to attend club sessions and to ride in competition for Stratford Cycling Club. Juniors may only ride in Senior club activities when a club coach advises that the activity will be suitable for the young person, this is to protect the young person from a situation where they are found out of their depth. When a young person is ready to start riding with the senior section then this will be managed for each individual to make the transition as safe, fun and beneficial as possible.
For membership pricing and details on how to join the club see our membership page.
Our Coaches
All our coaches are fully British Cycling accredited with most of them keen cyclists themselves. They usually have children in the club or formerly in the club so they have good understanding of problems parents may face. They are:
- Members of Stratford Cycling Club
- Qualified Level 1 or Level 2 British Cycling coaches
- First Aiders
- Insured by British Cycling
All juniors and their parents will need to ensure that the correct parental consent forms are completed to ensure they can participate in their chosen activity.
Parents must complete an online registration form for each child riding with the club: Online registration for Junior and Youth riders.
Forms and participation procedures can be downloaded from here.
Stratford Cycling Club expects a high standard of behaviour from adults and juniors. You can find our Club Rules and look at our Rider Etiquette pages for more information.
