as the club grows it is important to make sure that the skills of the members grow with it.  just being faster on the bike is not really enough as you need to be able to control that fitness in a close quarters environment.  to help riders develop their skill set, we need ride leaders to give their time and knowledge to those that are learning.

all it takes is a little encouragement during a ride for people to understand just what they have to do.  often people don’t actually realise that they are doing anything wrong.  it is up to the more experienced riders to ensure that the riders develop correctly and therefore do not become a hazard as they progress through the groups.

we have often called for people to step up and take on the leadership role.  now we are giving you the opportunity to sign up for it instead.  there is now a page on the website (under the “club training” tab) that has a table for people to sign up to.  you pick the date and group you want to help out in and add your name to the sheet.  it saves automatically so then just hit the back button to return to our website.  it may take about 5 min to refresh, but don’t worry as the next person that clicks on it will see your entry.  please don’t delete anyone’s name without contacting them first to see if you can have that date.

for now we are concentrating on main 2, 3 and the transitional group.  main 1 usually contains enough “old hands” to be able to ensure that it remains on track.

as mentioned before, there are more than enough people in the club so that you should only need to volunteer once or twice per year.  you should be able to identify a break in your training to spend some time in developing other club members.  grab a mate and nominate a date and group that you can help out on.

the page can be found here or under the “club training” tab in the menu bar above.  we are looking for leaders to help out this weekend.