Working With Wales 🏴
As Wales Head Coach and Team Manager for the Juniors I started each year with a squad of around 10/12 16-18 year old girls and boys who had been identified with potential talent. They were selected to receive support from Welsh Cycling and Sport Wales. They were all individually coached by myself, provided with training, feedback and the opportunity to attend races, each junior stayed with me for 2 years before moving on to the Senior ranks. I also planned, organised and delivered residential training camps focusing on what would be needed for the coming season. Each junior rider, male and female had an individual training programme to follow to maximise their own potential. The camps also aimed to bring that potential together as a team, which is vital if they are to carry on as senior riders and potentially be spotted by a trade team to make a move to being a professional rider.
For over 4 years I managed these young riders, my time there produced national championship medals, multiple UCI International podium results on the road and track and multiple podium results in the National Series road events.
During my time as Wales National Coach, I also worked with the Wales U23 and Senior Supported Riders. I arranged racing trips on the road and track, both national and international, coached and facilitated training sessions and motor pacing for Olympic Champions Danni Rowe and Elinor Barker, Lewis Olivia, Jon Mould all of who medalled and was vital in the build up to the 2018 Commonwealth Games.
Wales commonwealth games training camp in Gran Canaria, following as support on big big mountain road training session...
Supporting Welsh riders at the revolution series and lining up between Cavendish and Kennaugh from team sky
Wales commonwealth games training camp in Gran Canaria, following as support on yet another big big mountain road training session...
Fiorenzuola Track Trip, Italy 🇮🇹
As Wales coach In 2017 I took two Wales senior commonwealth games riders to the prestigious "Della Rosa" UCI track meeting in Fiorenzoula Italy, The purpose of the trips was for the Wales riders to compete at the top level with riders from across the world at this spectacular event which saw the likes of now Olympic champion Elia Viviani showing his class.
Wales Junior Coach And Team Manager 🏴
As part of my role as Wales coach i was head coach and team manager for the Wales junior program. This typically was around 12 boys and girls in total where they were identified as potential talent and seslected for support from Welsh cycling, Sports Wales with coaching, training, race programs and feedback to help progression.
I individually coached, organised, planned, facilated and coordinated the junior program for over 4 years leading to national championship medals, muliple UCI international podium results on the track and road races, muliple podium National series podium road results.
Team manager and coach for Wales junior team in National series round in Wales and with a podium finish for the team
Team manager and coach for Wales junior team pursuit team at the senior British track national championship
Team manager and coach for the Wales team in the tour of Wales national series with a stage win for the team
Wales Junior Racing Trip, Austria 🇦🇹
In 2016 I took the Wales junior boys team on a 2 week racing and training trip finishing with an UCI international stage race in Austria 🇦🇹. We started off with driving down to Belgium for an UCI international 4 day 5 stage stage race then adding a single day UCI road race then driving through Belgium, Germany and finally into Austria for our final stage race...
GIro Della Lunigiana, Italy 🇮🇹
In 2017 I took the Wales junior team to Italy to ride the Giro Della Lunigiana UCI international stage race... This was a massive event with the top teams in Europe riding and meaning very a fast, furious and challenging event for the Wales team where we competed well gaining several top 20 stage results and coming away having learnt a massive amount to take forward
Wales Youth Programme 🏴
For two years before becoming Wales coach I was volunteer coach for the Wales youth project 2018 programme running structured velodrome sessions every week at Newport velodrome... part of my official Wales coaching roles was to continue supporting the then Wales youth programme
Wales Project 2018 Track Sessions 🏴
These were Wales project 2018 SQT (Structured Quality Training) track sessions I took as a volunteer for over two years prior to my Wales coach appointment where Wales program riders and invited potential youth riders came to a weekly session to learn skills, practice race senarios and a very hard mid week training session
Revolution "Future Stars" Series
Supporting and helping Welsh Program riders at the Revolution future stars track series
Wales coach and team support for the Wales youth project 2018 youth team on a 10 day racing, training camp in Belgium
Wales youth training and racing camp in Belgium 🇧🇪
Wales coach and team support for the Wales project 2018 youth team on a 10 day racing and training camp in Belgium with a dominant team performance resulting in winning all the races entered and some valuable international racing experience gained
Testimonial
Testimonials and comments from Wales juniors....
TESTIMONIAL - “As part of the wales junior and academy team Stu was always there with support, training sessions, feedback, advice and help on and off the bike and definitely opened up opportunities for me to race at the highest level” Dan Coombe, Wales junior/U23 acedemy 2017/19
TESTIMONIAL - “Being on the wales youth and junior program Stu was our team manager and coach and was a massive help with the training, support, advice, training sessions and the national and international racing trips I did for wales” Gwenno Hughes, Wales junior program 2016/17/18
TESTIMONIAL - “Stu’s coaching completely changed my cycling for the better! He provided my training with a structure and flexibility that allowed me to make the most of the time I had around work and studying. I went from barely getting round the local Crit to winning road races and performing well at the highest level British racing has to offer!” Joe Rees, Wales junior programe/Wales U23 acedemy 2017/19