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Entry information: 

Primary Schools Key Stage 2 

Virtual Cycling Competitions

CONCEPT

Virtual competition where competing team scores are compared on a leader board

CATCHMENT AREA

Any primary school in the Horsham District

VENUE

Pupils undertake events and scored by HDSD staff on their own school site

AGE/GENDER/ELIGIBILITY

Age categories – Year 3+4 event, Year 5+6 event·

TEAM SIZE/ENTRY

Teams will consist of 12 pupils. Teams to be split into 6 boys and 6 girls.

Multiple teams can enter for each age group and gender.

DATES/TIMES

All events and scoring to be undertaken by no later than 30/6/21. Dates/times of sessions to be arranged individually with schools on basis of mutual convenience.

COST

As a guide – assessment of a single year group team (eg 6 x year 6 boys and 6 x year 6 girls) by 2 visiting HDSD coaches will take 60 minutes (not including set-up time).

Coaches each to be charged at £33/hr, so the cost of testing a full team to be £66.

Note that assessing 12 children at a time is the preferred approach but variations can be agreed if necessary to fit in with particular school needs

WEATHER CONSIDERATIONS

The events and assessment need to be done outside so weather needs to be reasonable enough to ensure this however inside adaptation to each event can be provided.

KIT CONSIDERATIONS

Each child should have their own bike which should be in a roadworthy condition. Each child should have their own helmet that should be worn at all times whilst riding.

We will require and provide each participating child to wear a race number (provided by Horsham Sports Services) that corresponds to their listing on a pre-submitted declaration form.

VENUE NEEDS

Preferably to take place on grass for reasons of space, safety (eg adequate distance between events) and comparability between schools

Require a grass area at least 50 metres x 32 metres in dimension (roughly the size of a small junior football pitch).

ETHOS/FAIR PLAY

Fun and participation towards early athlete  development

Note that scores of all competing schools only declared publicly at the end of the competition period so as not to give an unfair advantage to schools participating later in the process

FORMAT

Disciplines:

·       Slalom relay (full team scoring)

·       Slow race (individual scoring)

·       Limbo (individual scoring)

·       Time trial (individual scoring)

·       Trackstand challenge (individual scoring)

·       Freewheel challenge (individual scoring)

·       Playing card challenge (team scoring)

·       Bottle pass (team scoring)

With two coaches operating, events above will be conducted simultaneously, each coach working with a sub-group of 6 boys or girls and then rotating

See event delivery plan below

CONTACT PERSON

Ian Ford – Ianfordy@aol.com  / 07764 146338

BOOKING LINKS/DEADLINE

Register your interest with Ianfordy@aol.com