February 13, 2012 The Forest City Velodrome is please to announce the Junior Pan Am Championship Trials are taking place this weekend.  The 2012 Pan Am Championships for Juniors are to be held in Guatemala this spring.  Many riders from the Maritimes, Quebec and Ontario will be attempting to qualify for this international competition beginning on Saturday afternoon.

The young athletes will be contesting both sprint and endurance distances, in an effort to set the fastest times in Canada for each discipline.  The Burnaby Velodrome will also be holding events this weekend to make sure all the young track riders in Canada have every opportunity to make the Junior team.

The FCV will be open for training on Friday night February 17th 5:30pm – 8:30pm.  All riders will be able to stretch their legs and get some quality training before the trial events on Saturday February 18th at 4pm.

In addition to the Junior Trials, The FCV Youth racers will be competing in a 3 event Omnium that will begin at 2pm for the youngsters (8 – 15 years old).   The Cliff bar Grand Prix is scheduled for 7pm on Saturday night…. All categories will be taking part in Sprint and Endurance competition.  There will be Madison racing as usual during our racing programs.

For more information:  www.ForestCityVelodrome.ca