Colin Robinson
Head coach and founder of Thanet RC GoRide section back in 2009. Colin has been cycling for 30 years predominantly on the road and taken part in time trials at club and regional level. Colin is a level 2 British cycling coach and recently passed his Level 2 road and time trial qualification. Colin is father of 3 boys who all take an active role in the Go Ride section. Colin has also won Thanet coach of the year award in 2010 and British Cycling South-East event organiser of the year 2011 and 2013.
David Robert
A British Cycling Level 2 coach since 2012, David runs the Thanet Road Cubs. The Cubs are the 3-6 year-olds who are learning to ride bikes for the first time. David has been cycling all his life, predominantly on the road as a means of transport and more recently taking part in club time trials. David has a young son who is learning to ride and runs a bicycle-powered sound system and cinema called Wheely Groovy.
Richard Bazin
Richard is also a British Cycling qualified Level 2 coach. Having told everyone that he would end his own cycling career when the younger Thanet Go Ride riders started to dip below 30 minutes for a ’10’ he is currently in negotiations about his future…… His bikes aren’t for sale yet though.
Jo Smith
Jo Smith has over ten years of racing and coaching experience. She is a British Cycling Activity Coach and a Level 2 track-specific coach.
She has just returned from four years racing in Europe where she raced road, track and cyclocross for a French women’s team, taking part in some international races. Now back in the UK, Jo is teaching full time and still racing whenever she can! She will be coaching at the Go-Ride club as well as running some women’s race training sessions.
Steve Langman
Steve raced road and track cycling in his youth (some time ago now), although always a cyclist he returned to regular cycling in 2003 and has completed a number of challenge rides including all 3 days of Tour of Wessex, La Marmotte, Dreilander Giro (Stelvio Pass) and rides in Flanders and on Mont Ventoux.
As a result of encouraging his own children to participate in the sport Steve joined our club and completed his Level 2 course in 2012 to help with our Go Ride session and race events. Steve is passionate about the sport in all forms, he even makes up the numbers in occasional races.
Helen Hill
Helen is also a Level 2 coach. She has cycled all her life but only joined Thanet RC in January 2013 following the death of her husband because her two young sons were keen to get involved in competitive cycling.
Helen said “I had always been a mountain biker but a few years ago friends encouraged me to get a road bike. Since then I have completed a number of cycling challenges including riding from London to Paris for Leukaemia and Lymphoma Research. I am keen to share my love of this sport with others and especially like encouraging the girls to get involved.”