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2025-26 League: Round 8 – road racing at the Velopark – Campsbourne win, ahead of St Mary’s and Stroud Green

Thank you to everyone who came to the VeloPark on 22 May for Round 8 of the League. We hope the pictures capture the day’s racing. Round 8 represents the last scoring round for the 2025 – 2026 season which has seen fantastic energetic racing indoors and out. Unfortunately, there was record rainfall earlier this year which caused two event cancellations.

Many League events are individual races on grass circuits. We generally have two roller-racing events per season in which riders are also working individually. At the VeloPark we tried something new with riders required to work together and encourage other team members over the line. It was exciting to watch something different and see riders get to grips with the format. However, if we do this again, we will plan a coaching session on team racing as one of our preceding events. We always have a British Cycling coach at our events which are fully planned and risk assessed.

For the VeloPark races schools were awarded 10 points for every race they won. For every Y4 rider, schools received a bonus 5 points in addition. This gives the following points for Round 8

Campsbourne 30 + bonus 15 = 45
Holy Trinity = 5
North Harringay = unable to attend
Risley 20 + bonus 10 = 30
St Aidan’s = did not attend
St Mary’s 30 + bonus 10 = 40
South Grove = 5
Stroud Green 30 + bonus 10 = 40

Congratulations to new joiner Campsbourne Primary for winning the first race they have attended. Good work!

The final Leaderboard for 2025 – 2026 season is:

CONGRATULATIONS and CHAPEAU to Stroud Green. Stroud Green Primary retake the trophy after a gap of three years.

There will be certificates for all riders at our last event on Friday 26 June (Downhills Park). Riders will have another chance to race against each other before the break. (Please see back of our certificates for other cycling in and around Haringey).

Did anyone see our cycle transport? A PedalMe cargo cycle and trailer moved our cycles from Haringey to the Olympic Park. Tim was our PedalMe rider getting through the traffic on his Urban Arrow e-cycle with music and loud horn! PedalMe Urban Arrows are purpose-built e-cargo cycles and take people as well as goods.

Please join us for a competitive (non scoring) event on Friday 26 June in Downhills Park. There will be games and cycle racing for all.

Highlights and full results below. More photos and videos from this race here.

See the full results and points-per-school for Round 8 2025–26.

2025_2026_Races_Scoring-Round-8 Download

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

With thanks to Share The Joy Fund and Haringey Council for their support for this year’s League.

2025-26 League: Round 7 – racing on grass at Ducketts Common – Risley win, ahead of St Mary’s

We had wonderful weather for our first racing on grass of the season.

Risley came first, and a strong performance by St Mary’s in second and Stroud Green in third. But Stroud Green still have enough points to stay top of the leaderboard above Risley and then St Mary’s.

Each race was two laps around the kidney bean shaped course, with a tricky tight turn in the middle. Four teams took part and our British Cycling coach Nadjie was able to give everyone tips on gears before their practice laps.

Each team won at least one of the finals – St Mary’s and Stroud Green both won two.

In the boys races, from St Mary’s, Godsend finished ahead of his twin Godwin.

Massive thanks to all the teachers, riders and volunteers for taking the time to attend.

Looking forward to seeing you all at our upcoming visit to the Velopark on 22 May.

Highlights and full results below. More photos and videos from this race here.

See the full results and points-per-school for Round 7 2025–26.

Round-7-2025_2026_Races_Scoring Download

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

With thanks to Share The Joy Fund and Haringey Council for their support for this year’s League.

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.