I came into the Club in 2021 courtesy of my children falling in love with cycling and finding the friendship and support of the other riders at Wheal Velocity. It was only a short matter of time after joining that other members of the committee had to move away and so I felt it important to step up and contribute to the running of the club so that it would continue to be available for my children and others in the future.

I don’t have a background in cycling, rather my skill set lies in effective and robust administration and organisation, therefore I would describe my role as being ‘The person who has to make it all work!’ This undoubtedly depends on the rest of the team to make sure that I have the information needed to do a good job on behalf of the club, so if I ever pester you to do something you know why! Lately, I have been doing more on the bike and in 2023 with the support of our fabulous coaches, I completed my first ever race – a super muddy and technical cyclocross!

My Race Organisation role is to coordinate all of the club’s own racing activities across the 3 disciplines, Road, Mountain Bike Cross Country (MTB XC) and Cyclocross (CX). This starts at Christmas with the negotiations for setting dates the following year for all of our races. I then work with the rest of the club and committee to deal with the administrative aspects of setting the races up and most importantly securing the volunteers needed to run the races each year. On race days, I manage the electronic scoring system and results. Following the races, I deal with the processing of the results and updating the various stakeholders (leagues, publications, and partners). It’s definitely a busy role and one for which I am always looking out for volunteers to help out with!

My other voluntary roles in the wider community are as a member of Cornwall Cyclocross, a group set up to support and improve access to cyclocross racing in Cornwall and as a Trustee of a local Charity, Rest With Joseph and Friends.