Cycling training gears up.(News)

From: Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales) | Date: April 29, 2004 | Copyright information

2parents have called for cycling proficiency to be added to the national curriculum, because only one in 10 children in Wales has received any formal training, according to a new survey.

A new scheme has been launched that could benefit 3,500 children, after it was discovered that children in Wales are faring worse than those in the rest of the UK.

GlaxoSmithKline Nutritional Health Care has teamed up with British Cycling, the sport's governing body, to encour...

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