Two of our Youth Section Members take on the European Junior Cycling Tour Assen

Sisters Jess and Daisy Duffield took on a 5 day stage race the European Junior Cycling Tour Assen (The Jeugdtour) in Holland this week. The race itself consisted of a prologue, Criterium, Points race, Time Trial & another Criterium. This race is about as serious as kids cycle racing gets.

Stage 1: Prologue
The conditions were wet around the tarmac/cobblestone loop around the village. It was cool to have a proper start ramp.
Jess was 8th overall (3rd girl), whilst Daisy finished 9th overall (5th girl)

Stage 2: Criterium Emmen
Circuit race with alternate sprints for the green jersey on the finish line and the white jersey on the climb.
Both girls worked hard, Jess worked a bit too hard during the race and had nothing left for the final sprint, but was a great experience.
Daisy 5th overall, 3rd girl
Jess 15th overall (bunch sprint), 5th girl

Stage 3: Points race in Assen
Sprint laps for points towards the green jersey today.
Jess had 4 sprints over 12 laps, and scored points in every sprint, finishing 6th overall and 1st girl
Daisy had three sprints over six laps, and scored points in every sprint, finishing 8th overall and 4th girl.
No time changes today so no changes in GC.

This was Daisy’s first Points race and first experience of close bunch sprints.
Lucky with the weather again, several heavy rain showers during the day but not during the girls’ races.
Between the two races we did a sighting lap of Stage 5 for Friday, bumpy cobbles and tarmac sections under the trees.

Stage 4: Time Trial
Jess’s category had 6km on the flat followed by a short hill climb of 16% gradient. Jess had a storming ride and finished in 5th place overall (8 seconds behind the winner), first girl to finish, 29 seconds in front of the next placed girl.
Jess has jumped up from 3rd girl in GC to first girl.
Daisy’s category had 2.1km on the flat. She did a good job into the headwind and finished 4th girl.
It was so nice to have a dry day, and the sun came out!

All to play for tomorrow in the final stage- a Crit race with cobbles.

Stage 5: Criterium Asserbos
Jess was stoked to race in the pink jersey today, and felt strong and won the stage overall.
Daisy did a great job and finished 2nd girl today, her highest finish.

Final standings:
Jess: 5th overall GC, 1st girl, 8th in the Green points classification (2nd girl), 7th in the White special classification (1st girl).
Daisy: 7th overall GC, 4th girl, 4th in the Green points classification (2nd girl), 8th in the White special classification (4th girl).

Jess and Daisy have had a great time here and enjoyed the racing.
Great to have another dry day

Congratulations Jess and Daisy, you have truly done the club, and more importantly yourselves proud. Congratulations.

Welsh Cycling MTB XC Series Round 4 at Tan Y Graig

Huge congratulations to everyone that took the time and effort to travel to Dare Valley and competed and/or supported.

Our Club results are:

Under 10 Girls:

Daisy Duffield – 1st

Under 10 Boys:

Macsen Harris – 7th

Under 12 Girls:

Jess Duffield – 1st

Youth Girls:

Helen Stevenson – 3rd

Vet Women:

Rowena Duffield – 1st

Fun Men:

Ross Duffield – 2nd

Congratulations Helen & the Duffield family, incredible results.

Cwmcarn Paragon & Cardiff Ajax Time Trial Series Update

CWMCARN PARAGON / CARDIFF AJAX TT NOTICE – It is with huge regret to bring you this news, but the A467 which is a big part of our 10 mile TT course is currently having roadworks. There is now a contraflow system in place to enable these major roadworks to begin and regrettably, it is currently impossible to hold TTs.

It is expected for these roadworks to last at least 10 weeks, and possibly the rest of the TT season.

We will continue to assess the situation and, if/when it changes, we will update you.

Thank you for your support during the hugely successful TTs we were able to stage.

Welsh Cycling MTB XC series Round 3 at Forest of Dean

We had the absolute pleasure of alongside Pedalabikeaway, hosting round 3 of the Welsh Cycling MTB XC series at the Forest of Dean. This event was also the South Regional Championships.

We would very much like to thank our incredible volunteers, for making this event fantastic, in which we have received so much positive feedback, THANK YOU.

Our results for the day:

Under 8 Boys

Abel Morgan – 5th

Under 10 Girls

Daisy Duffield – 2nd

Under 10 Boys

Macsen Harris – 13th

Under 12 Girls

Jess Duffield – 1st

Juvenile Girls

Lowri Goodwin – 6th

Juvenile Boys

Daniel Lake – DNF

Youth Girls

Helen Stevenson – 4th

Vet Women

Rowena Duffield – 2nd

Fun Men

Ross Phillips – 13th

Vet Men

Mike Griffiths – 14th

Grand Vet Men

Ross Porter – 9th

Well done and congratulations everyone

Welsh Cycling MTB XC Series Round 2 at Dare Valley

Huge congratulations to everyone that took the time and effort to travel to Dare Valley and competed and/or supported.

Event results are:

Under 8 Boys:

Abel Morgan – 4th

Idris Aicheler – 9th

Under 10 Girls:

Daisy Duffield – 1st

Zoe Aicheler – 10th

Under 10 Boys:

Macsen Harris – 7th

Under 12 Girls:

Jess Duffield – 1st

Juvenile Girls:

Lowri Goodwin – DNF

Youth Girls:

Helen Stevenson – 3rd

Vet Women:

Rowena Duffield – 1st

Fun Men:

Shaugn “Vinny” Goodwin – 2nd

Paul Stevenson – 8th

Grand Vet Men:

Ross Porter – 5th

CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU ALL

Welsh Cycling MTB XC Series Round 1 at Llandegla

Huge congratulations to everyone that took the time and effort to go all the way to Llandegla.

Event results are:

Under 10 Girls:

Daisy Duffield – 2nd

Under 10 Boys:

Macsen Harris – 11th

Under 12 Girls:

Jess Duffield – 1st

Youth Girls:

Helen Stevenson – 3rd

Vet Women:

Rowena Duffield – 2nd

Fun Men:

Ross Duffield – 1st

Paul Stevenson – 14th

CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU ALL

Welsh Cycling Cyclo-Cross League Round 10, and Series Results

Huge congratulations to everyone that took part in the final Welsh Cycling Cyclo-Cross event at Mountain View on Sunday.

Event results are:

Under 10 Girls:

Daisy Duffield – 1st 🥇👏

Under 10 Boys:

Macsen Harris (2nd claim) – 10th 👏

Under 12 Girls:

Jess Duffield – 1st 🥇👏

Under 14 Girls:

Lowri Goodwin – 4th 👏

Under 16 Girls:

Helen Stevenson – 4th 👏

V40 Women:

Rowena Duffield – 1st 🥇👏

V40 Men:

Mike Griffiths – 5th 👏

Ross Duffield – 12th 👏

Nathan Priest – 20th 👏

Matt O’Brien – 23rd 👏

V50 Men

Ross Porter – 7th 👏

The overall Welsh Cycling Cyclo-Cross League positions are:

Under 8 Boys:

Tom Richards (2nd Claim) – 1st 🥇👏

Under 10 Girls:

Daisy Duffield – 1st 🥇👏

Under 10 Boys:

Macsen Harris (2nd Claim) – 4th 👏

James Griffiths – 25th 👏

Harrison Perry – 43rd 👏

Under 12 Girls:

Jess Duffield – 1st 🥇👏

Under 12 Boys:

Iolo Goodwin – 10th 👏

Sam Griffiths – 17th 👏

Under 14 Girls:

Lowri Goodwin – 4th 👏

Under 16 Girls:

Helen Stevenson – 4th 👏

Senior Women:

Charlotte Evans – 2nd 🥈👏

V40 Women:

Rowena Duffield – 1st 🥇👏

Senior Men:

Nicholas Cox – 77th 👏

V40 Men:

Mike Griffiths – 7th 👏

Ross Duffield – 15th 👏

Nathan Priest – 26th 👏

Matt O’Brien – 32nd 👏

Paul Stevenson – 37th 👏

V50 Men:

Ross Porter – 5th 👏

Vinny Goodwin – 30th 👏

Life Member Julie Hooper in Australian Championship Double Success

Wow, what a few days for one of our life members, Julie Hooper. Julie moved to Australia several years ago, and over the last few days has become the Australian National C5 Womens Paracycling Road Race Champion and Australian National C5 Paracycling Womens Time trial Champion. Those of us that know Julie know what she has been through, and this just proves that no matter what you are faced with, no matter how bad things look, no matter what others tell you….. Believe in yourself, have faith in yourself, stay positive, keep working, have a goal, and ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE. Congratulations Julie, we are all so incredibly proud of you ❤️❤️👏👏 xx

2023 Membership

Membership fees for 2023 are now open.

Current members have been informed on our members WhatsApp group.

If you are not a member and would like to join Cwmcarn Paragon, or indeed have questions about joining, please feel free to email secretary@cwmcarnparagon.com

Thank you very much, and Happy New Year to you all.

Welsh Cycling Cyclo-Cross League Round 9

This event was held at Glebelands Park in Newport on Sunday 11/12/2022, and organised by Cwmcarn Paragon Cycling Club.

Under 8 Boys

Tom Richards – 1st 🥇

Under 10 Girls

Daisy Duffield – 1st 🥇

Under 10 Boys

Macsen Harris (2nd Claim) – 4th

Under 12 Girls

Jess Duffield – 1st 🥇

Under 14 Girls

Lowri Goodwin – 3rd 🥉

Under 16 Girls

Helen Stevenson – 5th

Senior Women

Charlotte Evans – 2nd 🥈

V40 Women

Rowena Duffield – 1st 🥇

V40 Men

Ross Duffield – 14th

Nathan Priest – 20th

V50 Men

Ross Porter – 5th

Congratulations to you all, fantastic results!