VC Venta Go-Ride 2025 Programme
VC Venta's Go-Ride coaching has moved to a new venue at IBM Hursley for 2025. This is an excellent location for cycling activities offering lots of space and a safe environment for our young riders. We're incredibly grateful to IBM for supporting us with this move, and very excited to be at this new venue.
Timing: Sessions run Sundays 3-4pm (earlier than previous years). This earlier time allows us access to toilet facilities at the onsite Hursley Sports and Social Club
Groups: Due to coach availability, we can only run three groups for the summer series. We're hoping to build back up to four groups for the autumn series later in the year.
To ensure we remain welcome guests at IBM Hursley and are able to continue using the site for Go-Ride coaching, you will be required to accept both IBM Hursley Access Terms and our Go-Ride Declaration when making a booking.
Finally...We Need Your Help!
We rely on volunteers to run Go-Ride. In its simplest form, this can just be parents and guardians lending a hand to help sessions run smoothly. However, we also need qualified coaches to run the sessions, and due to a few people who have generously given their time over a number of years recently having stepped away, we are short on numbers.
We need more coaches to be able to continue running Go-Ride. Ideal candidates will be keen cyclists, but you don't need to have raced or have ridden regularly with a club; a passion and energy for passing on the love of cycling is far more important.
The club covers all course costs, and the newly launched British Cycling coaching framework makes it easier to get started with most training being online.
If you're keen to get involved, or would just like to find out more, please get in touch! Easiest way is to email me at go-ride@vcventa.co.uk and we can arrange a time to chat.
Andy
VC Venta Go-Ride Lead
Welcome to Go-Ride!
Go-Ride is British Cycling’s development programme for young people and provides a fun and safe way to introduce young riders, aged 6 to 16 years, to the world of cycle sport. To learn more, click here. (Link will open in a new tab or window.)
The summer series of Go-Ride will commence on Sunday 15 June 2025 and run for six consecutive weekends - see dates below.
Each session runs 3pm to 4pm at IBM Hursley. (Access ONLY via the south entrance - see pin on map - and park in the south car park. Coaching takes place in the east car park.)
- Session #1 – Sunday 15 June 2025
- Session #2 – Sunday 22 June 2025
- Session #3 – Sunday 29 June 2025
- Session #4 – Sunday 6 July 2025
- Session #5 – Sunday 13 July 2025
- Session #6 – Sunday 20 July 2025
All bookings for Go-Ride are subject to agreement to the Go-Ride Declaration and IBM Hursley Access Terms. By booking a Go-Ride place you are accepting these terms.