Swiss and Swallow the organic clothing company are proud to continue their sponsorship of the British Downhill Series 2010 following a successful year in 2009. 

Swiss and Swallow are delighted to announce that they will be the sponsor of the Elite Men category. "Swiss & Swallow Elite Men". Where better to promote our message than with the worlds best DH riders on the worlds fastest national series. 

Swiss and Swallow will be present at all rounds of the series displaying their great organic and recycled clothing and will be supplying planet friendly prizes in association with their "Eco Partners" Powertraveller and SUSO. There will be over £3,000 worth of planet friendly prizes up for grabs for the whole series.

Swiss and Swallow Racing will again be supporting young up and coming riders in 2010. 
The Swiss and Swallow Racing Team is supported by SUSO, Powertraveller  and Hotlines-UK.

As previously announced our official riders this year will be:- 
Rose Hindley. This Female rookie had a string of great results in 2009 at regional level and is set rock the boat at the BDS in 2010, Good luck Rose.

Partnering her will be the pocket rocket that is... 
Phil Atwill. In 2009 Phil blazed down pretty much every hill he was set up on. Phil finished 1st in the Juvenile category last year. Swiss and Swallow and Phil's co-sponsors Hotlines-UK will be doing all they can to help Phil reach the same Heights in 2010. 

Swiss and Swallow can also announce that they will be supporting Sion Whitcross the Team Scene elite rider in 2010. 

And Finally, 
we will be turning our attention to cross country and enduro mountain bike racing. We ill de supporting Claude Goodfield in the national championships and on various other local races. Also Claude will be taking on some other great adventures. Bear Grills and Charlie Borman watch out! 

Swiss and Swallow Plan to launch their fresh new 2010 range at round one in Rheola so drop by the team pits to check it out. 

Swiss and Swallow will also be providing a tyre recycling service. So rather than binning your worn out rubber, drop it with them. And be assured that your old tyres will be given a new lease of life....

Swiss and Swallow are the makers of ethically and ecologically sound clothing and accessories. They may be small but they have a big ambition... to show you that organic and recycled materials are not only better for the planet but offer unrivaled levels of comfort and quality. 

Swiss and Swallow the organic clothing company are proud to continue their sponsorship of the British Downhill Series in 2010 following a successful year in 2009. 

Swiss and Swallow Racing will again be supporting young up and coming mountain bike riders in 2010.

The Swiss and Swallow Racing Team supported by SUSO, PowerTraveller and Hotlines-UK can now announce that their official riders this year will be:-

Rose Hindley. This Female rookie had a string of great results in 2009 at regional level and is set rock the boat at the BDS in 2010, Good luck Rose.

Partnering her will be the pocket rocket that is...

Phil Atwill. In 2009 Phil blazed down pretty much every hill he was set up on. Phil finished 1st in the Juvenile category last year. Swiss and Swallow and Phil's co-sponsors Hotlines-UK will be doing all they can to help Phil reach the same Heights in 2010. 

Swiss and Swallow can also announce that they will be supporting Sion Whitcross the Team Scene elite rider in 2010. 

And Finally, we will be turning our attention to cross country and enduro mountain bike racing. We will be supporting Claude Goodfield in the national championships and on various other local races. We also have some crazy adventures planned for Claude... Charlie Borman and Bear Grills watch out! 

We will be updating our team area soon with lots for info about our riders very soon. 

Swiss and Swallow are the makers of ethically and ecologically sound clothing and accessories. They may be small but they have a big ambition... to show you that organic and recycled materials are not only better for the planet but offer unrivaled levels of comfort and quality. Find out all about Swiss and Swallow at www.swissandswallow.com

We are featured in the Dirt Christmas gift selector this month. 

Go check it out then come back and get your great organic cotton Tee's here!

September 13th 2009 saw the second race of the year at Aston Hill. This time round though the prize was the title of Southern Champion! 

The track started at the top of Aston Hills famous DH3 but descended down a completely new cut track.  A quick sprint up to a jump on hard pack, round a flat corner, up and over a bus stop then a drop into the fresh woods.  The next part of the track was drift central on all the loamy top soil which got more cut up over the weekend exposing more and more roots making corners trickier and separating the riders some more.  The track wound down the hill, across an off camber section and into some steep switch backs before a fly off into the finish.   The track was fast from the start and was all about holding the speed through the drifty corners and steep switch backs at towards the finish.  The bottom switchbacks needed quite a bit of work on the Saturday as they got dustier but after a bit of maintenance Saturday night you could hit them harder for race day speeding up the track.

Using a brand new track for a race is often very risky.  Will it hold up? Will it ride ok?  But this track held up well, produced some interesting lines and became more and more fun and challenging as the weekend progressed, a great race track. We have Swiss and Swallow's John Holbrook to thank for that! Well done John!!

Racing was set back half an hour as practice was extended until just before 11 letting people get a bit more practice in after a large que formed at the start of the track.  Most riders seemed to flow down the track well letting everyone get some good full runs in during practice.  With Aston being a short course it means that riders can easily walk to all parts of the track, no lines are secret now!  It makes a great vibe on the hill though as people compare and try out alternative lines. 

Aston Hill has always been a track that favours the hard tail riders and this track was no exception with the HT crew, which included riders entering both categories, putting down very challenging times against the DH bikes. Well Almost all the hard tails that is! The Swallow himself racing for the first time in 5 years and on a HT struggled to keep pace! Practice makes perfect...

When racing got underway Nathan Vials riding for Solid Bikes took the fastest time of the weekend with a 1.06.42 in his first run winning the Elite/Expert category by just over two seconds from our own John Holbrook. 

It didn't stop there though. With a string of great results behind him this season Sam Wakefield took the youth title by just over Half a second with a time of 1.12.01. Sam Wakefield Southern Champion! 

Role on the NPS Finals in Rheola This weekend! 

check out Southern Downhill for all the latest riding news! 

We would like to extend a big thank you to Nell McAndrew or not only discovering Swiss and Swallow but taking time out from her busy schedule and great charity work to tell all her fans all about us! Thank you Nell! 

Photo by Neale Haynes www.nealehaynes.com/

Find out all about the amazing Nell McAndrew at www.nellmcandrew.tv

BUCKNELL, Nr. Craven Arms, Shropshire
Sunday 6th September 2009

Sunday morning, the crack of dawn and we were rudely awoken by screams and shouts, "Barel's in the hot seat"... From the top field we're receiving live commentary. Chris Derry and Co were receiving live updates courtesy of their mate sat at home on the net and a mobile phone. "PEATY'S WON, PEATY'S WON, PEATY'S WON". No better start to the day than that, every Down Hill Mountain Biker, no matter what nationality will know where they were the moment that headline went off.

So there was our alarm clock, with a start to the day like that, everybody was smiles all round and you knew no matter what happened in your race, today was going to be a good one.

Sam had been as on it as Peaty this weekend and the results of his hard work this summer are here for all to see! Another crushing win for Sam in Youth on the day. 

Youth  

1 1132 WAKEFIELD Sam Swiss and Swallow Race Team 53.715 2:04.956 

2 1106 CHAPMAN Jack PS Cycles/Cwmdown 55.208 2:06.105 1.149 

3 1128 SHAW James W Homer Cycles 53.878 2:06.191 1.235 

4 1134 MATTHEWS Billy Peaty Syndicate 55.657 2:07.096 2.140 

5 1120 KYNASTON David 55.381 2:07.441 2.485 

Youth 

Final Classification 

Rank Bib. Name Club/Sponsor #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 #9 #10 Points 

1 1120 KYNASTON David 100 100 (92) 100 96 96 (92) 100 (68) (84) 592 

2 1132 WAKEFIELD Sam (88) 92 100 (44) (88) - 100 96 96 100 584 

3 1128 SHAW James W Homer Cycles 92 96 96 84 100 (72) (58) (28) (80) 92 560 

4 1122 LOVELL Ben - - (58) 92 92 100 84 84 (72) 80 532 

5 1107 CLIXBY Joe Clixbys (68) 88 88 96 80 (48) (60) 80 92 (72) 524 

 

Keep on flying Sam! next stop Aston Hill! 

 

 The Mid Summer Madness Sale is now on!

All our organic cotton T-shirts have been reduced to £10.00 

All our organic cotton Hoodies have been reduced to £30.00 

and don't forget we're still offering FREE Post and Packaging! 

This sale is only on for 2 weeks so don't delay! go check out our fantastic range now! 

 We are proud to congratulate Swiss and Swallow Team rider Sam Wakefield on winning Round 4 of the Pearce cycles Downhill series at Hopton Castle! see the results here. 

This win puts Sam second in the overall youth rankings just 28 behind the series leader with just one round to go at Bucknell, nr Craven Arms, Shropshire on sunday the 6th September. 

Sam can be rightly proud of himself to get this monkey off his back and can concentrate on winning even more in races to come. We at Swiss and Swallow and our partners K9 Industries and SUSO (one of your 5 a day!) will continue to support both sam and John to the fullest this year.

Sam on the top step. 

Check out Sam's race blog for a rider's eye view. 

Go here for free copies of the some photos taken by the Swiss and Swallow Racing Team.  If you want the hi-def photo  email us at info@swissandswallow.com and we will send you the shops you want!

Stay tuned to our blog for news of the event and the riders race reports from the toughest track in the UK!! 

John Holbrook at NPS 2

Sam Wakefield NPS 2

The summer is here! So to celebrate we are offering you a third off everything on our range! And don't forget you still get free postage to anywhere in the UK! 

So Don't dilly dally! get your summer wardrobe freshened up with our great 100% organic clothing!