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!  

GREAT NEWS!

We’ve teamed up with the British Longboard Union (BLU) and will be supporting them at every event this year.

We’ve produced two special Tee designs for BLU that will be given away to competitors at each round. They will also be available to buy here. Check them out in our boys section now!

www.british-longboard-union.co.uk

The BLU series is spread over 4 rounds at some beautiful location.

BLU Round 1:

Watering Hole-Bathsheba Classic Longboard Competition

25^th 26^th April

Perranporth Beach

BLU Round 2:

Midsummer Classic Longboard Competition

20^th - June

Watergate Bay

BLU Round 3:

Sunset Surf Classic Longboard Competition

5^th - 6^th September

Gwithian Beach

BLU Round 4:

Watering Hole-Bathsheba Classic Longboard Competition

19^th - 20^th September

Perranporth Beach

Some come on down to the beach and support The UK's best longboarders or just work on your tan!! 

We have teamed up with the Downhill National Points series 2009 (DH NPS 2009)

Swiss and Swallow are excited to be sponsoring the Women's category of the NPS in 09. We will be at every race this year support the event, riders and providing great prizes for the girls along the way.

The overall results will see some extra special prizes too! Watch this space to find out what they will be later in the year.

This is where the action will be…

2009 NPS Venues

Rd 1 April 26th - Ae Forest Scotland - (UCI Cat 2)

Rd 2 May 31st – Llangollen Wales - (UCI Cat 2)

Rd 3 June 28th - Fort William Scotland - (UCI Cat 2)

Rd 4 August 16th - Carlton Bank North Yorkshire

Rd 5 September 27th – Caersws Wales

National Champs July 19th – Innerleithen Scotland (Also XC Champs).

So come on girls get your helmets on and get racing!! 

Sunday Saw the first race on the new Aston Hill Swiss+Swallow Black Run. Nearly 200 riders signed up to race on the day. And what a day! with blue sky and brilliant spring sun made for a perfect backdrop for the race. 

We've put together a short clip there will be a better and longer version soon. 

Judging by the feedback both yesterday and today everyone without exception, spectators and riders, had a good time, except for the one poor guy who ended up in A&E (get well soon buddy). On that note though consider this. We had nearly 200 riders turn up, all doing at least two practise runs and two race runs.

About 800 runs and only one A&E worthy crash. Good stats in my book.

It was great to see such a wide range of riders from novices of all ages, juniors, National riders, many travelling along way to race. The RYDE racing team, all the way from France dispelled the myth of local rider knowledge being an unfair advantage by taking 3 podium places after only having visited the new Black run on Saturday!!

Words by Ben at Aston Hill. 

race results by mikrotime are here...http://www.mikrotime.com/mtb/ast2009/ast0901.html

Well done and a big thanks to everyone who helped to make the event a huge success!

A big thanks to Danny over in Munich for slotting us in to the mag this month. 

check out the mag and their web site. The digimag is really sweet! 

http://onboardsnowboarding.com/