We are proud to announce two new riders for next season Lauryn Theryn and Joanne Blakeley who will join current riders Eve Dixon, Frankie White, Melissa Bury and Nicola Soden.
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| Lauryn and Nicola Minichiello |
Lauryn has a wildly varying but successful sporting career to date. Athletics was her main sport up until the age of 20 when she became thrower who
competed in the Javelin and Discus at World Youth Games and Commonwealth Games. She then turned to Bobsleigh in 2006 where she competed for Great Britain on the Europa Cup Circuit, World
Cup Circuit and at the World Championships, ranking 6th in the World.
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Lauryn collecting her silver medal in
the team sprint |
Lauryn took up cycling in 2011 after attending a talent transfer programme run
by UK Sport called Girls 4 Gold. She joined the Cardiff Jif Cycling Club winning Welsh National medals in road and track. She has also played Rugby and was selected for
the England 7's Development Squad.
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Jo goes for an attack at the Women's
National Road Race - the Surf & Turf
2 day (stage 1), thanks edrollasonphotography! |
Jo is relatively new to cycling after coming from a running background.
She was shortlisted for the Girls 4 Gold programme and rode with local club Seamons CC this year in her first 'proper' road season. She won the TLI National Road Race Championship and has finished top twenty in National Women's Road Race Series Races. She is also
a very strong time trialist with several wins and podium places and 5th
at the National Hill Climb Championships this year.
We are really proud of what the team has achieved this year with top tens and podiums
in the National Women’s Road Race Series, National Women’s Team Series and
races in Belgium and Holland. There have also been top National Championship
performances, with Nicola placing 10th in the National Scratch Race
Championship, Melissa winning Rollapoluza National Championship and coming
second in the Grass Track 800m National Championship and most recently hill
climbs with Eve winning the National Junior Women’s title for the second year
running.
With the new team members, we are confident we can achieve even more next year!
The team would like to thank all the sponsors for their continued
support.
Our 2013 line up
Eve Dixon
Frankie White
Joanne Blakeley
Lauryn Therin
Melissa Bury
Nicola Soden
Following the release of the details of the exciting new line up for next year, the girls were contacted by the lovely Heather Bamforth (cycling shorts) for their thoughts on the new team members, targets for next season and the development of Women's cycling in the North West. Some of the development races have been included on our new 2013 race calendar, which will be updated as more information becomes available.
