2025-26 League: Round 4 – roller racing at North Harringay – Risley win, just ahead of Stroud Green

Another brilliant day’s racing on rollers at North Harringay, with amazing vocal support!

Risley just pipped Stroud Green by three points to come first. St Mary’s came third and St Aidan’s fourth. But Stroud Green still have enough points to stay top of the leaderboard above Risley and then St Mary’s.

The racing distance was 400 metres rather than last round’s 500m, to give everyone enough time to have a second ride if they wished.

In the girls races, Ashanti from Risley Year 6 was quickest, and just beat her schoolmate Izabella in Year 5 by 0.37 seconds.

In the boys, Oliver from Holy Trinity Year 6 was 0.35 seconds ahead of last round’s fastest rider, Lucas from Stroud Green Year 6.

In this round a number of riders managed a top speed of over 70kmh – incredible!

Two Year 4 riders – Vincent from Stroud Green and Alex from St Mary’s – rode fast enough times to finish in the top 5 of the boys Y4 and Y5 combined race. We’ll be looking for some even faster times from them in years to come.

For our visit to North Harringay, we were delighted to have British Cycling coach Dawn Hunter advising on technique, including pacing, head position and exact saddle height – as well as providing ardent support!

And it was lovely to see Nadjie Butler, our Level 2 British Cycling Coach, who came and helped with the morning session. Nadjie is also a qualified Level 2 Ride Leader, BMX coach and a Bikeability instructor – she will be with us for the rest of the season.

Huge thanks to all the teachers, 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 13 February at Finsbury Park, American Gardens, so see you there!

A quick reminder for all riders: this race is on a grass circuit, so put those brakes and gears skills from the start of the season to good use – we’re looking forward to seeing some really smooth, efficient riding.