A few admin points for this week.
For a while now we have been asking for volunteer leaders after we have gathered in our speed groups. Due to the size of the club, we have sometimes struggled to get things organised and leave the Pump Rooms quickly.
The same people have generally been organising people into groups, but now we want recognise their efforts and make this a bit more formal.
For each speed group we now have “lieutenants”
14/15s – Michael Anderson
16s - David Delves
17s – Jonathan Nicolls
18s – Martin Cain
19s – Chris Booth
20s – Mike Skidmore
Please help them out by deciding quickly which group you’d like to ride in, and if you’re comfortable with it by volunteering to lead or assisting the leader.
We’d like to collect statistics on the number of riders each week, and who leads each group. In the comments section of the Weekend Rides post, please could we start leaving these statistics.
A comment Mark Chick left on a previous post, and feedback from current ride leaders needs reinforcing – “I'm not sure the gratitude to ride leaders gets expressed as often as it might, so a big thank you to them. For the rest of us when we're not leading on a particular ride, let's remember that the ride leaders are volunteer clubmates and should expect to enjoy their ride as well. And also, in order for someone to lead, we all have to play our part, starting with accepting being led.”
The last part is particularly important to help develop new ride leaders, please listen and act on their instructions and build their confidence.
Thanks for reading, and please leave any comments below.