by Heather Bamforth | Jan 30, 2017 | Blog, News, Racing
Prior to Christmas 2016, we were deciding whether or not we should enter a team into the team pursuit at the Track Nationals. The juniors were really keen to have a go, but as we only had three juniors (at the time) who were regular track riders, we enlisted the help...
by Heather Bamforth | Jan 2, 2017 | Blog, Helpful Information, Leadership, Racing, Training
The New Year is always a good time to reflect before the year sets off with a vengeance. Here are our suggestions to help you do that in relation to racing: 1. Take a moment to reflect on why you are racing In 2017, we should be remembering that most people...
by Heather Bamforth | Oct 6, 2016 | Blog, Racing
It’s Women’s Sports Week this week and there’s a lot of talk about encouraging women to get active and have a go at sports. But part of the issue with women’s cycling is that you are left wondering what it actually is… Let’s start...
by Heather Bamforth | Oct 1, 2016 | Blog, Events, Racing, Riders blogs, Uncategorized
Here’s Tamsin’s blog from the An Post Rás na mBan: When Heather asked whether I’d like to go to the Ras na mBan with the Racing Chance Foundation I said yes immediately and spent the next 24 hours jumping around with excitement. It wasn’t until...
by Heather Bamforth | Sep 23, 2016 | Blog, News, Racing, Training
One of our objectives as a charity is to provide opportunities for women in competitive cycling who would not otherwise have those opportunities. This means that the opportunities for riders to race near the highest level of the sport are scarce if you’re not on...
by Heather Bamforth | Jul 30, 2016 | Blog, Events, Helpful Information, News, Racing
Details of all of the women’s only events currently on the British Cycling website can be found here but our pick of events is as follows: 6 & 7 August 2016 The Circuit of Welbury – Northallerton, North Yorkshire – E1234 (band 3 points) –...