 Peebles High School Mountain Bike Club
Peebles High School is in the heart of the Tweed Valley and next door to world famous Glentress. The club is for everyone in the school from beginners to experts. The club is actively involved in promoting mountain biking in the Tweed Valley and has taken part in the Tour Of Britain, IXS downhill cup and more recently the Tweed Valley MTB conference. The club is lucky to have the support of Emma and Tracy from The Hub in the Forest. The club aims to teach key cycling skills, boost confidence, enhance individuals fitness promote cycling in the Tweed Valley and to have fun! |     |
**EV2 UPDATE AND NEW MEMBERS**
All new and existing members of the club must fill in a EV2 before attending any club activitys in or out of school time. The file can be downloaded here or collected from Miss Wallace (PE Department) and returned to the PE department ASAP.
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Les Arcs Mountain Bike Trip 2011
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Earlier this month the mountain club traveled to the French Alps on a week long mountain bike holiday.
The group travelled from Edinburgh on Saturday morning and arrived in Les Arcs in the afternoon. The five star accommodation provided a great environment to relax and chill while enjoying great food. The balcony overlooked the valley and the chalet was equipped with seven bedrooms with en-suits, hot tub, steam room, sauna, free wi-fi, soft drinks bar and much more. The first day of riding was a great introduction to the vast network of trails and technical riding. With hundreds of kilometers of trails the day was packed full of mountain biking. The diverse verity of trails provided a challenge for even the most skillful riders. After a fantastic day the group returned to the accommodation for dinner, cake and a well earned rest. On the second day the club split into two smaller groups. The younger group went on several rides with uplifts while the older group took on the famous H.E.I.D.I. trail. First introduced in 2006, the acclaimed High Exposure Isère Descent Itinerary is a 60km long, all off-road, 80% singletrack route descending from the Col de l'Iseran at 2764m (Europe's highest road pass, situated above Val d'Isère) right down to the Isère Valley base at 800m. Along the way we pass through a world of trail variety containing scenery to take your breath away and ancient Savoyard villages such as the protected site of Le Monal. On Tuesday the groups swapped over and the younger group took on H.E.I.D.I. while the older group did several uplifts. All was going well until one of the group riding H.E.I.D.I. fell down a 50m rockfall breaking his leg in two place. After an hour at the bottom of the rockfall the local mountain rescue winched him off the hill and carried him to safety. The next day, one member down, the group traveled to a water sports center where they enjoyed a day of white water rafting and canyoning. The rest of the week was a great success with some epic riding and fantastic activities. The whole group would like to thank the trail addiction staff who made this holiday amazing. Special thanks to Ben, Rich, Pat and Leslie for great guiding and Jim and for the amazing food. The members of the club would also like to thank Miss Wallace, Mr Armor and Mr Isherwood for making this trip possible. More Pictures and videos coming soon! For more info: www.trailaddiction.com www.peebleshighschool.co.uk/phs_newsletter |
Inter House XC and DH Race Results
Peebles high school is lucky enough to be one of the only schools in the world to have a annual inter house mountain bike race during school time.
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Thrills and Spills
Thrills And Spills is a short film set in cademuir forest in Tweed Valley. The Film was awarded joint first prise in the Celluloid Tweed film comp during Tweed Love 2010. The film shows an overview of mountain biking in the area.
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 | The club is lucky to have the support of Emma and Tracy from The Hub in the Forest. The Hub is a cafe and bike hire shop situated at the trailhead of the best mountain bike trails (and some fab walking ones too) in the UK, offering great food, great bikes, and skills tuition for all – run by former mountain bike athletes Emma Guy and Tracy Brunger. For more info click here.
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