Paracyclist unveils new track at school

World record-breaking para-cyclist Jon-Allan Butterworth has opened Chadsgrove School and Specialist Sports College’s new cycling track as part of this year’s Olympic and Paralympic celebrations, as well as promoting an active and healthy lifestyle for children at the school in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire. The initiative is part of Jon-Allan’s partnership with AKW.

Following the opening, Jon-Allan Butterworth answered questions from children at the school and awarded certificates to children who had excelled in the recently-launched Cycle Challenge 2012, an in-house cycling proficiency course. The project is the school’s own take on the cycling proficiency test, with the new track providing the opportunity to put the programme into action.

Jon-Allan Butterworth also met 11-year-old Jayson Yates, who produced the winning entry in a recent ‘design a mascot’ competition run by AKW in support of the paracycling champion. The design is being transformed into a toy for Jayson to keep. AKW will be supporting the school with further projects in the future.