Risley came first again in Round 8. Seven Sisters with their best performance of the season, pipped North Harringay into second place. Thankfully the council had mown the grass on Ducketts Common just in time and we had another dry day for exciting racing on the Diabolo – our most complex course, with plenty of twists and tight turns.

Looking at the total of the best 5 results for each team, Risley currently lead, North Harringay are second and Holy Trinity third. 

North Harringay and RIsley each won three of the finals, while Seven Sisters won two and St Mary’s won one. 

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

Round 9 will be in Downhills Park on Fri 14th June.

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

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Rislely came first again in Round 7, just ahead of North Harringay, who remain in top spot in the league, thanks again to their consistent attendance and great riders. Five schools competed.

Only 22 points currently separates the second, third and fourth positions.

St Mary’s, Holy Trinity, Risley and North Harringay each won two of the finals. 

See the full results and points-per-school for Round 7

Round 8 will be on Ducketts Common on Fri 17th May.

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Rislely came first in Round 6, just ahead of Stroud Green. North Harringay came third, but kept their top spot in the league, thanks to their consistent attendance and some strong riders.

Six schools competed – with St Aidan’s making their first appearance of the season.

North Harringay won three of the finals, St Aidan’s two and the other schools won one each.

Despite a few spots of rain during the races, the torrential rain that eventually fell, amazingly held off until five minutes after the last race. 

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

Round 7 will be on Ducketts Common on Fri 19th April.

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North Harringay swept into top spot in the league at the end of Round 5 – a fast and furious indoor roller racing event day at St Mary’s – kindly hosting us again in their main hall.

Five schools competed – with raucous support from everyone present.

North Harringay recorded the two fastest times of the day: 29.61 seconds in the Year 5 Boys and 30.39 in the Year 6 Boys.

In the girls events, Stroud Green had the fastest time in Year 6 with 31.86 seconds and St Mary’s won Year 5 with 32.82.

In Year 4, Holy Trinity had the fastest time in the girls races and Belmont in the boys.

It was neck and neck for second place with only a point or two separating three of the teams, but Holy Trinity just pipped Stroud Green and Belmont.

It was great to see several Year 4 riders taking part again.

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

Round 6 will be an exciting grass racing event on Ducketts Common on Fri 15th March.

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.

Risley built on their lead over North Harringay to top the league again at the end of Round 4, after another great day’s racing on grass in frosty sunny weather on Ducketts Common – Round 3 having been frustratingly washed out.

After a series of very cold days, the ground was frozen hard first thing, but conditions were good once the sun rose higher and the leaves and sticks were swept from the track. 

Six schools battled it out on a C-shaped course with a couple of technical turns for the second day’s racing of the season. The fantastic vocal support and encouragement of all the team members, staff and families really boosted the riders.

As the season progresses, the course will feature more technically challenging turns – leading up to the introduction of the ‘vortex’ to really challenge the riders.

Each school won at least one of the finals, with Stroud Green and Seven Sisters both winning two.

It was great to see several Year 4 riders taking part again – hopefully ensuring a steady flow of keen riders next season.

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

Round 5 will be an exciting roller-racing event indoors at St Mary’s on Friday 23rd February.

With thanks to Leigh Day 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.

Risley just pipped North Harringay to the top of the league at the end of Round 2 after a great day’s racing on grass in perfect sunny autumn weather on Ducketts Common – Round 1 having been frustratingly washed out.

Despite having threatened to rain the day before the race, the storm skirted south of London, so the ground was in good condition – once we had cleared the leaves and sticks from the track, with the kind assistance of members of Haringey’s parks team. 

Five schools battled it out on an oval course with just a few gentle switchback turns for the first day’s racing of the season. As ever, the vocal support and encouragement of all the team members, staff and families really spurred on the riders.

As the season progresses, the course will feature more technical turns – leading up to the introduction of the ‘vortex’ to really challenge the riders.

North Harringay won both the boys A-finals and collected three finals wins, while Risley and Seven Sisters won two finals each, with Seven Sisters coming third overall.

It was great to see several Year 4 riders taking part which will hopefully ensure a steady flow of keen riders next season – Risley in particular benefitted from the bonus points for fielding some younger members.

As three schools were unable to make it on the day, there was some extra time after the Finals to have a series of exciting relay races where each school was able to field all their riders in a friendly head-to-head with one other school.

See the full results and points-per-school

Round 3 will be on Friday 8th December.

With thanks to Leigh Day 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.

Stroud Green are the HSCL champions for the second year in a row. They dominated Round 6 in Downhills Park, re-asserting themselves at the top after North Harringay had looked to threaten their position after Round 5.

Eight schools battled it out on a grass track that featured a return of the infamous ‘vortex’: an oval course with a central section of progressively tighter, more technical turns, leading out to a fast, sweeping curve and final sprint to the line. Riders frequently came unstuck at the tightest bend in the early races, but by the finals most had learnt to negotiate the track skilfully and, in the case of the A-finalists especially, with impressive speed.

North Harringay finished second on points for the day, winning two B-finals. But they were only narrowly ahead of St. Mary’s, who tied with Stroud Green in the number of wins. The two schools shared the A-finals between them, with St. Mary’s taking both the boys and girls 24” races, while Stroud Green stamped their customary authority in the 26” category.

St. Aidan’s came third in the number of wins, including a C and B final, finishing 4th in the day’s points. Seven Sisters had their best outing of the season, winning three races in the 24” and 26” categories, including one C-final, to come 5th.

Risley struggled with a team of just eight due to a clash with the school’s sports day, taking the Girls 24″ B-final and finishing sixth in points. Despite also fielding a reduced team, Holy Trinity notched up their most points of this season, in just their fourth race outing with the League.

Belmont, meanwhile, brought another entirely new team to experience bike racing for the first time. If there were a separate prize for the most children taking part over the season — perhaps there should be? — Belmont would win it.

Full results and points-per-school

Congratulations to our 2022-23 podium!

Stroud Green 🥇
North Harringay 🥈
St. Mary’s 🥉

Round 6 brings to a close one of the most successful seasons in the League’s history, with the most schools and most riders at our races.

Thank you to all the schools for their support and commitment throughout the year.

And, as ever, special thanks to the volunteers that turn up to help, race after race after race…

The League depends on volunteers to help us bring the fun of bike racing to primary school children. There are plenty of ways to help — not just on race days — so please get in touch to find out how you can get involved.

With thanks to Leigh Day for their support of the 2022-23 season.

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

Round 5 saw North Harringay re-find their winning form last month, taking the most wins and topping the points table for the day.

Current trophy holders Stroud Green still dominated in the finals, however, winning three out of four A-finals and maintaining their lead in standings.

Other schools doing well were: Seven Sisters, with two wins in the finals, including their first ever A-final; and St. Mary’s, who tied with Stroud Green in the number of wins but, without any year 4 riders, missed out on bonus points.

Full results and points-per-school

With just one more round this season, it continues to look good for Stroud Green to hang onto the trophy for another year.

But with only each school’s top five rounds counting for the trophy competition, it’s not a done deal: just a handful of points separate them from an increasingly-confident North Harringay.

Meanwhile, St. Mary’s and Risley are set to battle it out for the other podium places.

With thanks to Leigh Day 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.

After the winter interlude, League schools were back racing on grass at Ducketts Common.

And, as the 2022-23 race series moves past the half-way mark, Stroud Green re-asserted their dominance, taking the most wins and topping the point scoring for the day.

The reigning champions won an impressive six races, including two A-finals.

Next up in the number of wins were Risley and St. Mary’s, followed by Belmont, St. Aidan’s and Seven Sisters.

Despite only winning one race, North Harringay had a good day, finishing joint 2nd with St. Aidan’s in the points table, helped by a flurry of second and third places in the A-finals.

Holy Trinity, in just their second grass race with the League, and fielding a reduced team of eight riders, managed three second places, their best result yet.

Stroud Green have begun to open up a commanding lead in the points standings — though the gap is likely to narrow as, from Round 5, only schools’ top best scores will be counted.

Full results and points-per-school

With thanks to Leigh Day 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.

The League’s annual winter roller racing event saw new fastest times in almost all race categories.

Teams from eight schools competed on roller-mounted track bikes, racing in groups of four over 500m virtual meters.

Stroud Green’s Year 6s set new League records for the fastest times in both boys and girls — 29.81 and 30.98 seconds respectively.

Next was Risley, hitting 31.05 seconds in the Year 5 Boys, with North Harringay close behind with 32.44 seconds in the Year 4 Boys.

Seven Sisters took 35.05 seconds to come first in the Year 5 Girls, while St. Aidan’s led the Year 4 Girls at 35.08 seconds.

Stroud Green’s fastest boys’ and girls’ times slashed last year’s records set by St. Aidan’s and North Harringay. Both times, however, fell just short of the non-League records set by Stroud Green and North Harringay in the 2021 pilot series.

St. Aidan’s dominance in the Y4 races helped them accrue the most points to finish the day on top with 260 points, with Belmont in second place (245) and North Harringay third (226).

Full results: rider times and points-per-school

Roller racing: record times

With thanks to Leigh Day 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.