CONVENE ESG TRACK LEAGUE
Our local track racing series is back for 2024 at Herne Hill Velodrome: Convene ESG Track League takes place every Wednesday from April to September, featuring top track racing talent, going head-to-head across multiple race disciplines, with riders competing to gain points in pursuit of becoming overall winner of the League. Join us on Wednesday evenings to race or spectate and become part of this legendary local league.
Throughout the series we’ll vary the programmes, with experienced racers, as well as newer riders of all ages getting their first taste of the racing experience. Track League is proud to have played a part in the development of current National, European and World Champions, with a long history at Herne Hill and now a firm tradition, we can’t wait to see the 2024 Track League story unfold.
Jan’s Cafe is open throughout with hot and cold drinks, including local craft beer and Volcano coffee, snacks and hot food.
Racing is free to watch at Herne Hill Velodrome and for spectators there’s no need to book in advance. Join us this summer at the track to enjoy some top notch live racing!
Our Sponsors - Convene ESG
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Look out for the eye-catching 2024 Convene ESG leaders jersey each week for the leader of the youth female, youth male, senior female and senior male competitions.
YOUTH RACING - EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW
At Herne Hill we are passionate about getting kids into racing and this is the perfect place to start. For many young riders, track league is their first experience of competitive racing. It’s the perfect progression for those who have regularly been coming to our Intermediate Training sessions and are looking to make their first step into racing. Riders who started here at Track League have gone on to be National, European and even World Champions. We welcome all, from those who are racing for the very first time, to those who have been racing for years.
YOUTH RACING CATEGORIES
Our youth racing is split into 2 ability based categories:
Youth U16
Faster, more experienced youth racers, typically under 16, under 14 and some under 12
Youth U12
Newer, less experienced youth racers, typically under 12 and under 10
Girls U12 and U16
On the first Wednesday of every month we have separate girls’ races in both age categories.
WHAT YOU NEED TO RACE
Session experience
We ask that all riders either have previous experience of track racing, or have been attending our Youth Intermediate Training sessions. Not sure if you’re ready to race? Just ask the coaches,
British Cycling Membership
For U16s race licences are free for British Cycling Members. Youth Day Licences are available for non-members and can be purchased on the day for at sign-on £1.50.
Youth Track Gearing
Your track bike gearing must match up with the youth gear restrictions rollout test. Not sure what gear to pick? Check our handy guide here. Random tests will be carried out by staff and commissaires.
EVENT TIMINGS & ENTRY
Timings
All youth racing is from 6pm to 7pm, with Youth U12 racing first.
Sign-on is from 5.30pm and we recommend getting there by 5.45pm at the latest, especially if it’s your first time.
Entry + Costs
Each night’s racing costs £5 and entries open 2 weeks before each round, at 8am on Wednesday morning via Rider HQ and close at 4pm on the day of racing.
It is not be possible to enter at sign-on.
SENIOR RACING - EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW
Track League is a real staple of the British track racing scene. This League has a long history at Herne Hill and is now a firm tradition with some of our current racers taking part for more than 30 years! For many riders, Track League is their first experience of competitive racing. It’s the perfect progression for those who have regularly been coming to our training sessions and are looking to make their first step into racing. Thanks to having multiple ability categories we are able to cater for the most established racers and our League is proud to have played a part in the development of current National, European and World Champions.
WHAT YOU NEED TO RACE
British Cycling Membership + Race Licences
All racers will need to have either a full, provisional or day licence issued by British Cycling in order to race.
British Cycling Race Membership includes a provisional race licence: you will need to pay an additional £5 to race at this event.
If you are not a member of BC you will need to purchase a day licence (the cost will be £10).
Race Accreditation
All riders racing in senior categories must have an HHV Race Accreditation. We do not accept accreditations from other velodromes.
Session experience
We ask that all riders either have previous experience of track racing or have been attending our Intermediate Training or Race Training sessions. Not sure if you’re ready to race? Just ask the coaches.
Your own bike
All racers need to have their own bike or a season-hire bike.
Friends of Herne Hill Velodrome
All senior racers must be a Special Friend of Herne Hill Velodrome which costs £35 per year: your membership includes one free race entry for Track League 2025. If you are an U18-rider racing in senior category racing please contact us to access entry to senior categories
SENIOR RACING CATEGORIES
Our senior racing at track league is split into three ability-based Open categories.
A category – Fast racing for our top riders who have been training hard and want a tough work out.
B category – Medium speed racing for local-level racers.
C category – More entry level racing for new, younger, older or less fit racers.
Women - Four events through the season will have a separate category for women racers.
We ask that racers select the category which is most appropriate for them, however we reserve the right to change a rider’s category if we deem it appropriate to do so. If the entries for your chosen category are full on any given night, please do not enter another category.
We allow riders to move up (or down) to another category during the season.
To know if it’s appropriate to move up to the category above, we recommend using the following criteria: In order to move up a category, riders will need to have won and frequently scored top 3 positions in a variety of races, over a number of weeks, using a range of tactics (eg. Scoring from bunch sprint / Scoring from a breakaway / Scoring from a solo attack) before they are ready to move up. Particularly from the Cs to the Bs
The senior B and C category is not open to Elite or 1st cat riders. The senior C category is not open to youth riders.
TIMINGS, ENTRY & COSTS
All senior racing is from 7pm - 9/9:30pm
Sign-on is from 6.15pm and we recommend getting there by 6.45pm at the latest, especially if it’s your first time.
Entries open 2 weeks before each round at 8am on Wednesday morning and close at 4pm on the day of racing. It is not possible to enter at sign-on.
Each nights racing costs £12.50 for seniors and £5 for eligible youths and juniors.
If you are entering the senior races as a youth or junior please contact us before entries open so we can arrange access to your discounted entry.
VOLUNTEERING AT TRACK LEAGUE
Track League is uniquely run by its racers and we need each rider to give up 1 out of 26 nights racing to help with sign-on, judging etc.
All racers who are eligible for a prize must complete their night of volunteering in order to claim their prize at the end of the League.
We need some volunteers from 5.15pm for youth racing, with some additional spots from 6.15pm.
Please use SignUp to register your volunteering spot. It only takes a moment to register and it makes managing volunteers much easier for us. Click the button below to book in a date to join our volunteer team!
RACING
PROGRAMME
There will be opportunities for all specialists, with special event races to tie in with training sessions at the Velodrome throughout the season.
As always we will endeavour to bring you all an exciting and varied race programme.
TRACK LEAGUE SCORING & RESULTS
Scoring for the Convene ESG Track League
Youth Girls / Boys U16
1st 60pts, 2nd 50pts….6th 10pt
Youth Girls / Boys U12
1st 6pts, 2nd 5pts…6th 1pt
Senior A
1st 100pts, 2nd 80pts, 3rd 70pts…8th 10pts
Senior B / Women
1st 10pts, 2nd 8pts, 3rd 7pts…8th 1pt
Senior C
1st 1pts, 2nd 0.8pts, 3rd 0.7pts…8th 0.1pt