What more can be said about the British Cycling Track Team at the Beijing Olympics 2008. They continue to real in the Gold medals and they continue to kick serious ass and while they may not be dominant on the road they have easily confirmed themselves as the greatest cycling nation in the world on the track at least. Christopher Hoy has lead the way, the big Scott today won his third Gold of these Olympics becoming the first British athlete to achieve such a feat in exactly 100 years. If anyone deserves a Knighthood coming out of these games, it is him.

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Talk about cleaning up!! The British team won a record number of medals at this weekends World Championships in Manchester. For more on all that follow this link here.

I just want to say how great it was to see our sport get so much television coverage. Sure Eurosport were doing their usual excellent bit with tons of coverage but to see live cycling on terestrial BBC channels was a suprise but a joy. I don’t know how many people tuned in but it no doubt looked a sucess with the amount of success the team were having on the track. Even Saturday’s prime-time Grandstand show had hours worth of track coverage. MORE »

It’s emerged over on Cycling Ulster that the proposed Velodrome for Northern Ireland is now under threat. Cycling Ulster’s chairman Tommy Lamb posted the news a few days ago on the website which I have just today picked up on . . .

From Cycling Ulster:
It now emerges that the draft budget, far from delivering the promised £53 million, has been slashed. Although North Down Borough Council has been awarded £15 million for the Olympic sized Swimming Pool, the remaining £38 million available to other sports has been reduced to £20 million…

…Cycling Ulster is appealing to it’s riders to help out by sending a letter to the Office of the First and Deputy First Minister and also to Minister Edwin Poots of the Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure, not only protest at the current funding levels but to point out the massive impact that a Velodrome would bring to our country.

Letters should also be sent to:

Melanie McGinnis
Economic Policy Unit
OFMDFM
Rm E5.22
Castle Buildings
Stormont Belfast
BT4 3SR

For your conveniance you can download a sample letter by clicking SAMPLE LETTER

From Me:
What is it with Northern Ireland and building sports stadiums . . .