by Heather Bamforth | Dec 18, 2016 | Blog, News
2017 will see the inaugural Racing Chance Junior Academy. The squad comprises two second year juniors and two first year juniors, all of whom will be racing together and training together as much as possible. This year’s riders are Rebecca Gregson, Corinne Side,...
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 4, 2016 | Blog
British Cycling are running a campaign at the moment with the NSPCC about the role that parents play when kids participate in sport. That got me thinking about the need for support as adults too. One of the interesting things about turning up at a women’s bike...
by Heather Bamforth | Oct 3, 2016 | Blog, Events, Leadership, Training
A big part of Racing Chance is bike riding – it’s difficult to race without it. But winter training can often be difficult – cold mornings, frost, having to get dressed up in loads of layers – all of these play their part in putting you off. So...
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...