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Bay Area Women's Cycling - Awards Ceremony

I was very honored to be asked by Bay Area Women's Cycling to speak at their annual awards event. I will be speaking about what it takes to start a grass roots program and the steps to becoming a professional team. I will be addressing the growth of women's cycling and how we can help continued growth. Also the process for athletes moving from domestic to international racing. The steps and challenges to becoming a UCI Track team in a very male dominated sport.

Please join us for the Awards Ceremony for the 2009 Women's Racing Series presented by NCNCA. We will award prizes to the top 10 women in our individual competitions and the top 3 teams in our team competitions (Category 3, Category 4, and Masters 35+). Our annual talk by an Outstanding Woman in Cycling will be by Nicola Cranmer, founder and director of PROMAN Women's Professional Cycling Team and PROMAN UCI Track Team.



Don't know if you're getting an award? Please see full results on our website, here: http://bawcycling.com/results.html

We would love for you to join us for part or all of the evening. We will have snacks and beer! The schedule for the evening is as follows: mingle & snack, 4-4:30pm; lecture, 4:30-5:30pm; awards ceremony, 5:30-6:30pm; shop, mix and mingle: 6:30-7:00pm.

Snacks are provided by Laurie Fenech, champagne for the winning teams is provided by Bill Nicely, and non-boozy beverages are provided by Metromint -- please thank them next time you see them!

See you there,
Elis Bradshaw
Women's Series Program Manager

HART PARK CYCLOCROSS - WIN

Women 1/2/3
1st Coryn Rivera

Tour of California women's event endangered

Lack of funding could eliminate sister event

By: Laura Weislo cyclingnews.com

For the past two seasons, the Amgen Tour of California has included a criterium for women in its schedule, but that bonus race could be on the chopping block for 2010 if a sponsor is not found by the end of this year.

Andrew Messick, president of race organizer AEG Sports, explained to Cyclingnews that tough economic times have made it difficult secure the funds necessary to hold the women's race.

"We had the criteriums in 2008 and 2009 which we felt were very successful, and we always had the intention to support and expand the event in order to showcase women's cycling," Messick said, adding that there were plans to expand the one-race event to a three-race series in 2010.

"But the challenge we face at this point is the expense versus revenue equation. We still need to identify a sponsor. It's something our sales team is actively pursuing, but the men's race has to be our top priority."

As the Amgen Tour of California men's race grows in stature, moving from February to a more desirable May position on the calendar, the state of high-profile women's racing in the USA has gone the opposite direction in recent years.

Despite having the reigning Olympic and World time trial champion Kristin Armstrong in its midst, and one of the most successful international women's racing programs in the world, the USA has only one UCI registered team (Team TIBCO) and just one UCI-classified event for women, the Liberty Classic in Philadelphia.

Team Proman manager Nicola Cranmer was an early backer of the Amgen Tour women's criterium and underscored the importance of having an event for women that takes place in front of a world-wide audience.

"With such a rich women's cycling community in California, with several pro women's teams based in Northern California: ProMan, Webcor, TIBCO, Value Act Capital, and a vibrant local scene, it would be a shame to leave the women out of the ATOC this year," Cranmer said.

"There will be opportunities for the women to race even if it's at the start or finish of a stage with a crit. It's important to women's sponsorship to be able to take advantage of the big rolling media machine of the Tour of California."

Messick agreed that the overhead for the women's race is quite low, and said that he already has the support of the host cities in Sacramento, Santa Rosa and Santa Cruz to hold a three-day series of criteriums. But, he said, his organisation must devote its energies to the title bout, the men's stage race.

"Putting on a one-hour women's criterium is a relatively low-cost venture - the largest single cost is the prize money, but our main focus right now has to be getting the core race right."

The clock is running down for a sponsor to be located, as Messick indicated that he would pull the plug on the idea at the end of the year if he doesn't find the funds.

"We need to have this resolved by the end of the year - I don't want to put on a race at the 11th hour. It would not be fair to the teams or the athletes, who have to plan their race schedule in advance, to wait any longer than that."

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Shelley Olds visits Whalley Range 11-18 High School, England

Thank you Emma and Nigel for hosting the team in Manchester. Emma is a teacher at Whalley Range School. Shelley Olds visited.........

Fresh from her bronze medal winning performance in the Womens Scratch Final at the Manchester Leg of the Team World Cup, US National Cyclist Shelley Olds paid a visit to WRHS to speak to some of our Sports Leaders.

Shelley gave a presentation to a group of around 30 students highlighting how she got involved in cycling, her gruelling training schedule and some of her career highlights to date.

The floor was then opened to a multitude of questions fired at Shelley ranging from diet and nutrition right through to her worst accidents and injuries!

As always, it was a pleasure to welcome a world class athlete to our school and we are sure that she has inspired our sports leaders to achieve excellence in their school sports careers.

Watch interview here

Whalley Range 11-18 High School

A Specialist College for Business, Enterprise and Sport

The Curriculum

We offer students an exciting and challenging curriculum that helps students make excellent progress in their learning and also develop the wider skills necessary for success in the workplace and community. The curriculum is regularly reviewed. New courses are introduced and evaluated to give all students the opportunity to succeed.

Key Stage 3

In the first three years at Whalley Range, all students study English, Maths, Science, History, Geography, a modern language (French, German or Spanish), PE, RE, Citizenship, Design & Technology, ICT, Art, Music and Drama. They will also experience a wide range of different learning with a focus on Enterprise, Citizenship, Careers and Healthy Lifestyles.

From September 2008, year 7 will be learning in a more cross curricular way, with a team of teachers for a full day. The work will be theme based and will allow students to develop their communication skills, their ability to plan and organize their work, their understanding of how to learn effectively and how to work cooperatively with others.
Students in the top sets for languages are entered for the Foundation Level GCSE in year 9. All year 9 students will start a BTEC in PE and Sport and an ICT Qualification.

There are a range of strategies and curriculum support to help students who need to improve their literacy and numeracy skills and those who have English as their second language.

Key Stage 4

We offer a very wide range of curriculum options at Key Stage 4 and students are guided into one of three different pathways to success and achievement. All students will follow a combination of academic and vocational courses. Each student follows courses in English Language and Literature, Maths, Science, PE, RE, Citizenship and ICT. Each course has a clear pathway through to further learning and achievement post 16.

Students are able to enhance their qualifications by joining the Duke of Edinburgh Scheme. ASDAN courses are offered, as are Unit Awards for AQA and Edexcel.

Key Stage 5

We offer a wide range of academic and vocational courses at Level 1, 2 and 3. We aim to ensure students can progress onto appropriate courses in our sixth form, depending on their level of achievement at Key Stage 4. Please see the sixth form section of our website for more information about our sixth form.

Religious Education

Religious Education is taught according to the Manchester Agreed Curriculum for Religious Education (SACRE). All students receive a weekly lesson. Religious Education is also available as an examination subject at both GCSE and A Level. Religious Education is taught by a strong team of specialists and students learn about the importance of respecting, understanding and tolerating the cultures and traditions of our community.

Sex and Relationship Education

The governors have agreed a Sex and Relationship Education Policy for our school. A copy can be found in the Parents Zone of our web site or is available upon request to the school. This forms part of each student’s curriculum.

Parents have the right to ask that their child does not take part in Religious Education, collective acts of worship and the Sex and Relationships Education Programme. Please let us know in writing if this is your wish.

School Specialisms

We are proud to be designated as a High Achieving School and have been awarded two specialisms: Business Enterprise and Sport. Only those schools that are high achieving and have a good Ofsted Inspection can be awarded two specialisms. The specialisms permeate everything that we do and enhance the learning of our students. We work closely with a network of schools around the country committed to ethical approaches to business along with our major partners, The Co-operative Group.

Business and Enterprise Specialism

Achieving economic independence is one of the five outcomes for children that all schools strive to achieve. Whalley Range has a national reputation in this aspect of our work and Ofsted described it as outstanding. We believe students need to be enterprising in their approach to life; to be proactive as people, citizens, employers and employees. They need to be able to work well as part of a team, to be able to manage their money for life and to be the kind of people who can take a lead and make things happen.

As part of their learning, our students will meet a wide range of people doing different jobs and be able to talk to them about their work and the skills they use. The girls will have frequent opportunities to work as part of a team as well as by themselves. They will be able to achieve qualifications in work experience and financial literacy.

Sports Specialism

Staying healthy Is another of the five outcomes for children. Out sports specialism enhances our work in this area. We have an excellent team of PE specialists and sports coaches who encourage all students to try different sports and find activities they enjoy and can continue after school. Students are involved in leading lessons and we have a team of Sports Leaders who organize a wide range of events in school and local primary schools. Leadership is an important aspect of this work and all year 8 students take a sports leaders qualification, which develops confidence and skills for life.