A recently-formed cycling club, at Blowing Point is offering much competition to other well-established groups of cyclists there, and in Anguilla in general, and is showing much promise.

Some of the members of the Double Trouble Cycling Club

Leader of the Double Trouble Cycling Club, Timothy Richardson, said that so far there were eight junior cyclists who, since their formation, had been working very hard to have their own uniform. Now, thanks mainly to Dream Makers Inc., a company owned by Brent Davis, and Deluxe Ferry Services, owned by his brother, Joseph Davis, the proud young cycle riders are now in their full blue uniforms with all the fancy trimmings involved. Other sponsors are Perry Lake and Jason Lloyd.

“My aim and desire for this club is to get the youngsters off the road from getting in problems,” said an excited Timothy Richardson. “It doesn’t matter where the kids are from. As long as they are willing, Double Trouble is willing to help them.” The club is open to both girls and boys.

The club, formed last year, has already competed outside Anguilla. “We went Nevis and won all of the prizes in the four or five age groups,” Richardson boasted. He was speaking to The Anguillian last Sunday, April 19, when the Double Trouble racers practiced in a stint from Corito to the finishing point at the Jeremiah Gumbs Highway, and from where they raced against the seniors in three other clubs: The Link, the Stingers and a group from St. Maarten.

Timothy Richardson is not a newcomer to the sport. He is a very experienced, responsible and well-organised cyclist with a love for young people. “I am 43 years so I am on the way out, so my aim is to build a strong junior team to make sure that the other clubs have juniors as well, and to work with them,” he stated. “I am from Blowing Point, here in Anguilla, but spent most of my life in St. Maarten. I used to race there and did pretty well, but I decided to come back home and I told myself that having do so, I would like to start a junior club.”

The majority of the bikes were purchased from Tri-sports in St. Maarten by parents of the young riders and by sponsors.

With more cyclists of all ages now on the roads of Anguilla, the cooperation of all motorists is being solicited to ensure that the sport remains a safe and enjoyable experience for riders and spectators alike.

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