October 16, 2007 – What an outstanding way to kick off the winter season. The Forest City Velodrome introduced six new women to track cycling over the weekend. These young women had no track cycling experience and all came away from the 2-day camp looking forward to the next time they can all train together. It’s interesting what 8 hours of skills and speed can do for beginners on the track.

The camp started with basic introduction to the FCV and the work continued throughout the weekend. Confidence and riding ability was the goal of the Velodrome introduction. Team building and the ability to work together in during drills on and off the track. We also developed a base line of fitness for each athlete.

With the success of the first camp, we have decided to run another camp for interested Women, between the ages of 16 and 26. We are looking for Women who are athletes (running, hockey, volleyball… etc) cycling experience is OK, but not a prerequisite. New riders are encouraged to come to our expanding Velo-Kids program over the next few weeks for the inital basic instruction. Check out our website at www.ForestCityVelodrome.ca

With the help of the Trillium Foundation and Active 2010 programs, the cost to the participants is “FREE”. This includes Professional instruction,track time and Bike rental. The next camp will take place on the weekend of November 3rd and 4th. for more information contact, Program coordinator, Dina at info@ForestCityVelodrome.ca