3rd Annual TS Women's Group Riding & Skills Clinic

[BearPope Recruit]

Looking forward to another great clinic starting up on April 10th!

The clinic is a series of skills and training sessions to get you on your bike with other women to learn and practice drills, group riding (drafting/ pacelines), introduce you to racing in a beginner friendly format, and highlight the diversity of cycling as well as what the local Victoria community has to offer. Ultimately we want you to feel more confident and comfortable on your bike!

Schedule
Skills Sessions
Thursdays, April 10 - May 22; 6 - 7:30pm; skills sessions (Locations include Beacon Hill Park, Western Speedway)
Target event to demonstrate learning: Victoria Cycilng League (VCL) race - Sunday, May 18, 8am; Windsor Park Crit (Oak Bay)

Information Nights
Tuesday, April 15, 6:15pm; Bike Mechanics session with Mitch (at Trek bike store)
Tuesday, April 22, 6:15pm: Bike Fit with Barb Bialokoz

New for 2014!
Monday night group ride in conjunction with the Oak Bay Wheelers Women's Ride (6pm start): http://victoriawheelers.ca/event/wheele ... omens-ride

"Feed the Seed" Alleycat Social/ Wrap Up (food bank drive by bike to support the Mustard Seed!) on Thursday, May 22nd sponsored by Stuckylife (http://www.stuckylife.com/) and Broad Street Cycles (http://www.broadstcycles.ca/)
*Clinic Alumni from 2012 & 2013 are welcome to come out & collect nonperishables & celebrate!

Groups for Beginner, Intermediate & Advanced with Coaches Glenowyn Carlson, Barb Bialokoz, Tarryn Cote, Kate Weber, Brenna Pauly, Paula Shaw, Deb Hopkins, Jennie Aitken, Bonnie Browett & Kristin Scott. Leaders will all be certified coaches this year with their National Coaching Certification Program (NCCP) # by this weekend!

Cost is $125. Online registration through CCN should open this week.

Cycling BC is offering new members 50% off membership so a citizen licence is highly encouraged as it will facilitate participating in group rides and local cycling events. If a participant is uninsured by Cycling BC, there is a maximum allowance of three group rides with a cycling club.


Returning Sponsors for 2014!
Accent Inns (Mandy Farmer): great swag & a voucher for one night stay at Accent Inns any location
Properties in Victoria Professionals Real Estate Team (Sarah West & Bill Ethier): Veneto gift certificate
Clif Bars: more Luna minis in the mail!
Rumble (Paul Underhill): a bottle for every rider!


If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to post below or contact me! Please help spread the word & get more women out on their bikes this year!

Happy Pedaling, Jen
jen_erlendson@hotmail.com

[wonger]

Nice work Jen!

[BearPope Recruit]

Thanks Geoff, many people have put in their time & effort to get this project rolling again! I am thankful to be working with a very talented, diverse and dedicated team of coaches this spring! Some improvements have been made by incorporating new ideas from leaders and participant feedback in hopes of offering a better experience. There's definitely been quite a bit of growth in a short time frame and hoping to continue to build capacity with both women riders and coaching opportunities. This is a local grassroots community initiative that I hope all the club members can be proud of!

[Krostini]

Poster's done - please share! Let us know if you want a pdf!
Cheers
Kris

[tgirl33]

I am so looking forward to this!

Thanks for organizing

T

[Paul C.]

Hi Jen...Tripleshot will be proud of you and the other coaches...or should I say we are proud.

Please bring about 12 posters on Friday if possible and Mark Ford and I will distribute to any bike shops you havn't been to, and to Lululemon. We will also give some to Liz at MEC if she needs them.

Good Work, cheers, Paul

[BearPope Recruit]

Registration is online now at: https://ccnbikes.com/Womens-Group-Road- ... ng-Clinic/
Already lots of interest with 5 riders registered!

Updates:
New Information Night
Monday, May 12; 6 - 7:15pm "Assess & Strengthen" with Bonnie Browett at Braefoot school field
A dryland training session where the exercises reveal some potential muscle weakness and imbalance. It will be a workout with breaks to address some common weaknesses.

Sponsorship
-Brent Hooper of Velofix will be providing mechanical support the first night as well as donating a free tune up & some swag!
-Fernwood Coffee/Parsonage Cafe (Cook/North Park) has kindly donated several $10 gift certificates for anything they sell from beans to coffee to treats. Stop in to refuel post ride!

[Paula]

hey paul,

that is a great offer. I dropped some off already at Russ Haynes, North Park BS and Fairfield BS. and broad street is covered, not sure where else is covered, but your assistance (and Mark's…thanks for volunteering him is greatly appreciated.

Paula

[Krostini]

The poster got updated to include two more sponsors (yay sponsors!), if you want to email a copy please feel free to download the file from here or email me for the pdf which is a bit bigger of a file.
Cheers

Kris