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TCL Course News: event

Posted On 1st Nov 2022
Posted By Road & Mountain Biking
Author Anna Fiala (Trips Officer)
Location Ballinastoe Trails

Last weekend 6 of our members have completed the two-day long Trail Cycle Leader (TCL) course. The TCL  is part of the Mountain Bike Leader Awards (MBLA), which was developed to provide a framework and qualification for leaders to deliver mountain biking as a safe and enjoyable activity. The MBLA scheme provides training and assessment in mountain biking, leading and instruction skills. A TCL certification allows you to legally lead groups of 8 people on built trails up to 600m of elevation and 30 minutes walk from a rescue point.

We have got a refresher on a lot of our leading skills and learned a few new ones too. We have practiced how to check bikes, set them up for individual riders, asses the riders fitness and ability, to teach basic skills to beginners and to read maps and navigate from a route card. By providing funding for this course we are hoping to improve the leader skill level within our club and in the mountain biking world! If you have missed out on this great opportunity to educate yourself and become a certified leader don't worry, we will be running another funded TCL course in the future. 

The exams take place in 3 months. Wish us luck!



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