Shrewsbury Get-Together Saturday Oct 25th

There will be a get together in Shrewsbury on Saturday Oct 25th. The plan is to meet at the Shrewsbury Sport Village at 11am - See link for a description of the track and facilities http://www.shrewsbury.gov.uk/public/sport/facilities/shrewsburysportsvillage/. We will have an early lunch and get ready to start at 12.

I have booked the track for 2 hours from 12 noon and the session on the track will be based on team work. It will NOT be like the interval based training sessions we've had at Stoke Mandeville! Following this, there will be 24km bike ride in the countryside to the East of Shrewsbury. Andy Clanahan has organised this and the route can be seen by going to this link: http://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path/206172 The cost of hiring the track will be met by the association.

Afterwards, we can go and have an early evening meal for those who are in no rush to head off home.

PLEASE let me know if you plan to join in.

Matthew Lindley
HCAUK event organiser
ml.handcycling@dsl.pipex.com

August 16 and 17th - IHPV World championships at Bentwaters Parks, near Woodbridge, in Suffolk. Woodbridge is just north of Ipswich.

The IHPV World championships are being held over the weekend of August 16 & 17th at Bentwaters Parks, an ex-airfield, near to the town of Woodbridge, in Suffolk and it is being organised by the BHPC. I've been told it has an extremely good surface for racing. There will be much going on over the weekend and there should be some good racing so lets get as many handcyclists along as possible. Racing will start on Friday evening, August 15th.

Full details about the championship are available on the website http://www.wc2008.org.uk/ and registration instructions can be found there.

Race program:

Sat am - Flying 200m & 1k drags - On main runway, about 1.3 mile long Sat pm - Three Hour Race - Course about 4 miles. Sun am - One Hour Time-Trial - Fast flat course about 2 miles. Sun pm - Criteriums - A short, 1.3-mile course.

200m sprints run from Friday evening to Sunday morning, in the early morning and evening when wind conditions are usually best. For IHPVA 'legal' record speeds, the wind speed in any direction must not exceed 6 (six) kilometers per hour (1.67 meters per second) .

Touring Rides

There will also be a number of tour rides starting on Friday afternoon, August 15th.

Accommodation

I've checked about wheelchair accessible accommodation in the area and found the following around Ipswich; 2 Travel Lodges, 3 Travel Inns and 3 Express by Holiday Inns - most of these places are on the A14 south of Ipswich so there is no one place really close to the race course.

Who's going?

Check on the Yahoo Handcycling group to see who's going.

Training camp for disabled athletes interested in triathlon October 2nd - 16th 2007

The camp is provisionally planned for 2 weeks, although 1 week options may be available, the dates being October 2nd to october 16th 2007. To take place in Malta, hopefully, with a package being prepared and finalised. the costs of the package are expected to be

N.B. These prices may go up or down from this slightly.

These prices include:

• Hotel accomodation (4 star, with disabled facilities)
• All transfers from airport to hotel, hotel to/from venues of training, culturals, etc.
• Hire of all venues (open air olympic distance pool and athletics track) - though some sea swimming is on the books.
• All coaching by myself and Dermot (Dermot recently completed ironman switzerland, his first ironman, in an astounding 9hrs 35 mins......)
• Race entry fees for a couple of races out there that fit into the programme

I have also agreed with SIS nutrition, that all particpants will get 50% off a intro/taster pack of their products...

Flights are not included, however, when I went over in April, we flew with fly thompson, from Birmingham and I have contacted them asking, if we block book, can we have a discount for ourselves and equipment

The event is aimed at introducing individuals to training, showing them waht to do for the winter so they may compete next year. Coaching will be informal,and aimed at technique and base skill level, but the 2 weeks is not planned on being too easy either.

I am trying to recruit helpers to come over, coach based, so who have experience with triathlon, and who can guide them as well

If you have any questions or if you know of anyone who is interested I can be contacted by email - Barmybazman@hotmail.com or by phone - 02476 659182

Barry

Transfer of governance of Cycling for persons with a disability

Aigle, Switzerland – Today, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) President Sir Philip Craven and International Cycling Union (UCI) President Pat McQuaid have signed an agreement for the transfer of governance of Cycling for persons with a disability from IPC to UCI. The signing ceremony took place at the UCI Headquarters in Aigle, Switzerland.

“Over the past few years, IPC Cycling has developed significantly. This transfer of governance will help the sport of Para-Cycling to further develop and the true partnership with the UCI will be of benefit to all cyclists with a disability and the Paralympic Movement,” commented IPC President Sir Philip Craven.

The first step to an enhanced development of Cycling for riders with a disability was made in July 2002, when IPC and UCI signed an agreement of co- operation for successful collaboration in the IPC sport of Cycling. Following several years of close collaboration between IPC and UCI, the UCI Management Committee in 2005 formally indicated their interest in pursuing the governance and management authority role over Cycling for riders with a disability.

In September 2006 at the Sport Forum of IPC Cycling, a majority of the members attending voted for a motion submitted by the IPC Cycling Technical Committee to approve the transfer of governance of IPC Cycling from IPC to UCI. The IPC Governing Board ratified the recommendation at its meeting in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in November 2006.

Said Pat McQuaid, President of the UCI: “The agreement for the transfer of governance of Para- Cycling from IPC to UCI crowns, I am pleased to say, several years of partnership between the UCI and IPC. The UCI is pleased to integrate Para-Cycling in its structures. From now on, the UCI will play the same role for this specialty as it does for all the other Cycling disciplines. It is one of the first International Federations to govern and develop a sport both for able-bodied athletes as well as athletes with a disability. The UCI wishes a warm welcome to all Para-Cyclists and looks forward to organizing the next UCI Para-Cycling World Championships.”

The UCI and the IPC will collaborate with their respective membership to ensure the mainstreaming of Para-Cycling programmes into the national and international competition and athlete development programmes.

Notes to the Editor:

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) is the global governing body of the Paralympic Movement. The IPC organizes the Summer and Winter Paralympic Games, and serves as the International Federation for 11 sports, for which it supervises and co-ordinates the World Championships and other competitions. The IPC is committed to enabling Paralympic athletes to achieve sporting excellence and to developing sport opportunities for all persons with a disability from the beginner to elite level. In addition, the IPC aims to promote the Paralympic values, which include courage, determination, inspiration and equality.

The International Cycling Union (UCI), founded in 1900, is the association of National Cycling Federations. In close co-operation with these bodies, it governs, manages and develops Cycling in all its form, with the greatest respect of the fundamental principles of equality, universality and integration.

For further information, please contact Steffi Klein, IPC Communication Manager, on tel: +49-228-2097-230, e-mail: steffi.klein@paralympic.org or go to www.paralympic.org.

Olivier Quéguiner, UCI Sports Department Manager, tel: +41-24-468-58-11 or go to www.uci.ch.