Drumlanrig Root Rats Coaching Thursday 4th June

To: Drumlanrig Go-Ride Riders and Parents

Continuing with our summer term timetable of events, club sessions are on this Thursday for both the Sprogs (U12) and the Yoofs (U16) groups. The Sprogs starts at 1715 and finishes at 1830 and the Yoofs group will start at 19:00, finishing at 20:30. Please make every effort to arrive 15 minutes before these times to allow for offloading, registration etc. Richard Lord will be here again from Scottish Cycling and the Yoofs group will be going out on a ride. Our aim this week is to tackle the second half of the red route.

Next Tuesday is the second Tuesday of the month and this means that it is Trailbuilding Tuesday. Trailbuilding starts off from Rik's Bike Shed and runs from 1830 to 2000. Everyone in the club is asked to come along and take part in these sessions in order to help pay pack the generosity of the Drumlanrig Estate for letting us meet on their land and use their trails free of charge. All you need to do is come along suitably dressed with a spade and/or a rake. Come along - it's fun.

Don't forget about our Dirt Crit U16's race on the 20th June. I've just spoken with Michelle and entries have started to come in. All Sprogs and Yoofs are encouraged to come along and have a go in the race. More info can be found on http://rootrats.blogspot.com/2009/05/drumlanrig-dirt-crit.html. As well as the racing on the 20th June, the Root Rats club will become the seventh club in Scotland to be presented with its British Cycling Go-Ride Accreditation. This represents the culmination of almost two years of work by the club, kicked off by Rik when he went on a British Cycling Level 2 Coaching course, and ensures that the activities we run are of the highest standard.

Finally, if you have a look on the club blog www.rootrats.blogspot.com , you will be able to see a collage of the pictures that we took at the coaching sessions last week. There are also a few photos of club riders from the Dumfries and Castle Douglas town centre crit races that took place on the 23rd and 24th May.