We headed to Lordship Rec for the first round of the season. Our first hill climb race for several years, saw Stroud Green as king of the hill, with Risley in second place, ahead of South Grove in third.

Tailored training sessions in strategic use of gears before the races led to some very fast times up the challenging steep and curvy path from the cafe to the top: Lucas from Stroud Green and Xavier from Risley both completed the climb in under 15 seconds – faster than all bar one of the adults who attempted it!

The two fastest girls, Izabella from Risley and Sharon from South Grove – both only in Year 5 – reached the top in under 16 sixteen seconds, with only 1/10th of a second between their times. Fantastic!

Huge thanks to all the teachers and riders and volunteers for taking the time to attend. We hope to see you all again at our upcoming events this season – our next race is on Ducketts Common on Fri 14th November – see you there!

See the full results and points-per-school for Round 1 2025-26 

Highlights and full results below. And for more photos and videos from this season click here.

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With thanks to Leigh Day and Haringey Council for their support for this year’s League.

Find out more about the Haringey Schools Cycling League. If you’d like your school to take part, see How to Join.

Firstly, we’d like to say a really massive thanks to amazing Debbie, who’s stepping back from volunteering after very many years of keeping the League running smoothly – from ferrying countless bikes, rakes, stanchions, tape, bell and finishing flag… to liaising with schools, volunteers, park keepers and British Cycling… to running the HSCL accounts… not to mention making sure every child has a number and checking that no child misses their race and then tracking their progress and points through each heat and final and then carefully calculating all the scores afterwards. Debbie, THANK YOU!!

For Round 9, our final scoring round of the season, six schools headed to Finsbury Park for the first time in a couple of years.

Despite rain the day before, thankfully the wet weather forecast for race day didn’t actually materialise and the ground was still firm enough to go ahead.

We saw some fantastic racing on a variety of surfaces, around a challenging route – laid out by course-maestro Andy – which included a technical section through the woods and over significantly bumpier grass than Ducketts Common.

Visiting British Cycling coach Nadjie, standing in for our regular coach Ze, gave all the riders enthusiastic training advice during their warm-up laps – particularly on how to set off powerfully and use gears to best effect. Tips that were picked up on and repeated loudly by the vocal cheerleaders as they urged on their friends during races.

Stroud Green came first, ahead of Risley, who just pipped St Mary’s for second place. 

South Grove won four of the finals, Risley three, Holy Trinity two and St Aidan’s one. 

Across the season, looking at the total of the best 6 results for each team, Risley came top, with Stroud Green second and North Harringay third.

Our next event is racing in Downhills Park on Fri 4 July at 11am.

Huge thanks to all the riders as well as staff and volunteers for coming out in force – and as always, for all your enthusiastic cheering! 

See the full results and points-per-school for Round 9 2024-25.

See all this season’s photos + videos here. For a quick snapshot of some of the highlights, click on the arrows on the photo below:

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See the full results and points-per-school for Round 9 2024-25

With thanks to Leigh Day and Haringey Council for their support for this year’s League.

Find out more about the Haringey Schools Cycling League. If you’d like your school to take part, see How to Join.

For round 8, six schools headed to Lee Valley Velopark for some really exciting racing on a 650 metre loop of the road circuit. Risley came first, just ahead of  St Mary’s and Stroud Green in joint second place. 

Risley retain their position at the top of the Leaderboard, with North Harringay in second place just ahead of Stroud Green who have now overtaken South Grove. 

The technically challenging road track – which includes a steep climb and a hairpin bend, requiring skilful use of gears – saw North Harringay win three of the finals. Risley and St Mary’s each won two and South Grove one. 

Huge thanks to all the riders as well as staff and volunteers for making the journey across London – and as always, for all your enthusiastic cheering!

Our next race is at the American Garden in Finsbury Park on Fri 6 June at 10:30am.

See the full results and points-per-school for Round 8 2024-25.

See all this season’s photos + videos here. For a quick snapshot of some of the highlights, click on the arrows on the photo below:

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HSCL Full Results Round 8 2024-25

With thanks to Leigh Day and Haringey Council for their support for this year’s League.

Find out more about the Haringey Schools Cycling League. If you’d like your school to take part, see How to Join.

In Round 6 – racing on grass on Ducketts Common – Risley came first, South Grove (formerly Seven Sisters) second, followed just one point behind by Stroud Green. 

Risley keep their position at the top of the Leaderboard, with North Harringay in second place just ahead of South Grove in third. 

Unusually, five teams each won two of the finals: Holy Trinity, North Harringay, South Grove, Stroud Green and Risley.

Fine weather saw some fantastic racing at our first outdoor event of 2025. 

Huge thanks to all the riders as well as staff and volunteers for all your enthusiatic cheering! And big thanks to North Harringay for ferrying lots of bikes.

Our next race is at the American Garden in Finsbury Park on Fri 4 April at 10:30am.

See the full results and points-per-school for Round 6 2024-25.

See all this season’s photos + videos here. For a quick snapshot of some of the highlights, click on the arrows on the photo below:

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With thanks to Leigh Day and Haringey Council for their support for this year’s League.

Find out more about the Haringey Schools Cycling League. If you’d like your school to take part, see How to Join.

In Round 5 – roller racing at St Mary’s – Risley came first, Stroud Green second, followed closely by North Harringay and South Grove (formerly Seven Sisters) separated by just a point. 

Risley keep their position at the top of the Leaderboard, with North Harringay in second place and South Grove (7 Sisters) in third. 

Risley won three of the groups, while North Harringay, Stroud Green and Holy Trinity each won one.

Luckily we’d decided again to race indoors on rollers – the icy rain would have made racing on grass impossible.

We again saw some amazing speeds, with one rider clocking 74.4 km/h!

Huge thanks to all the riders as well as staff and volunteers for very vocal support – we hope to see you all again at our upcoming races this season. Our next race is on Ducketts Common on Fri 7 March at 10:30am.

And big thanks to St Mary’s for hosting us all again!

See the full results and points-per-school for Round 5 2024-25.

See all this season’s photos + videos here. For a quick snapshot of some of the highlights, click on the arrows on the photo below:

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With thanks to Leigh Day and Haringey Council for their support for this year’s League.

Find out more about the Haringey Schools Cycling League. If you’d like your school to take part, see How to Join.

In Round 4 – roller racing at Holy Trinity – Risley came first, Stroud Green second, followed closely by North Harringay, Holy Trinity and Seven Sisters separated by just a few points. (Sadly we’d had to cancel Round 3).  

Risley regain their position at the top of the Leaderboard, with North Harringay in second place and Seven Sisters in third. 

Luckily we’d decided to race indoors on rollers, as the heavy frost and frozen ground would have made racing on grass impossible.

We saw some amazing speeds, with some riders clocking over 70kph!

Big thanks to all the staff and riders and volunteers for taking the time to attend – and cheer – we hope to see you all again at our upcoming races this season.

And massive thanks to Holy Trinity for hosting us all for the first time – and for giving permission for the loudest vocal support for all the racers we’ve ever heard!

See the full results and points-per-school for Round 4 2024-25

Our next round will be roller racing again – on Fri 7 Feb, venue to be confirmed.

See all this season’s photos + videos here.

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With thanks to Leigh Day and Haringey Council for their support for this year’s League.

Find out more about the Haringey Schools Cycling League. If you’d like your school to take part, see How to Join.

In Round 2, Seven Sisters came first, with North Harringay in second place and St Aidan’s in third. However, North Harringay’s consistency means they currently top the Leaderboard.

Having swept the Ducketts Common course of all the autumn leaves, we saw some fantastic racing.

It was great to see all the teams won at least one final again.

Big thanks to all the staff and riders and volunteers for taking the time to attend – we hope to see you all again at our upcoming races this season!

As ever, special thanks to the North Harringay team for helping ferry bikes.

See the full results and points-per-school for Round 2

Our next two rounds will be roller racing – 10 Jan at Holy Trinity, then venue TBC for 7 Feb.

Slideshow of highlights and full results below. See all this season’s photos + videos here.

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With thanks to Leigh Day and Haringey Council for their support for this year’s League.

Find out more about the Haringey Schools Cycling League. If you’d like your school to take part, see How to Join.

Our first round of the season – on Ducketts Common – saw Risley take the lead, with North Harringay in second place, just beating St Mary’s and Stroud Green who both came equal third.

The “Kidney Bean” – a gentle course for for our opening races – saw some great determination.

It was great to see all the teams won at least one final. Risley bagged four.

Big thanks to all the staff and riders and volunteers for taking the time to attend – we hope to see you all again at our upcoming races this season!

And special thanks to the North Harringay team for helping ferry bikes.

See the full results and points-per-school for Round 1

Our next race is on Ducketts Common on Fri 8th November – see you there!

Highlights and full results below. And for more photos and videos from this season click here.

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With thanks to Leigh Day and Haringey Council for their support for this year’s League.

Find out more about the Haringey Schools Cycling League. If you’d like your school to take part, see How to Join.

Our last round of the season – at Downhills Park – saw Risley come first again with North Harringay in second place, just beating Seven Sisters.

The Vortex – our most complex course, with plenty of twists and tight turns – witnessed some wonderful displays of skill and determination.

Risley won three of the finals, Seven Sisters two and North Harringay one.

For the leaderboard, across the season, looking at the total of the best 5 results for each team, congratulations to Risley for coming top, North Harringay second, Seven Sisters third and Holy Trinity fourth!

Massive thanks to all the staff and riders and volunteers for taking the time to attend the races this season!

And a special mention to North Harringay and St Mary’s who both attended every round – and very big thanks to the North Harringay team for regularly helping ferry bikes.

See the full results and points-per-school for Round 9

Next season will begin in Downhills Park on Fri 4th October – look forward to seeing you there!

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With thanks to Leigh Day and Haringey Council for their support for this year’s League.

Find out more about the Haringey Schools Cycling League. If you’d like your school to take part, see How to Join.