Katie Curtis Selected for GB
Ex Maindy Flyer, Katie Curtis, joins another Ex Flyer, Geraint Thomas, in the Great
Britain team to compete in the Track World Championships in Palma, Majorca, later
this month. Both are members of the endurance squads
and Katie becomes the youngest rider ever selected to
represent GB on the track.
Katie started with the Maindy Flyers when she was 8 and
her first success was in the under 9 category of the Welsh
Schools Hard Track Championships. That year she went
on to claim the British Schools title at Scunthorpe.
These early success were soon followed by other
wins and it was clear she had the potential to be
a future star.
At 11 she was in the pursuit bronze ride off for the
under 16 National Championships, this time just
missing out on the medals.
At 15 Katie moved on to Cardiff Ajax, riding and
training with their senior riders. She was becoming
the dominant force in under 16 girls cycling, in both
track and circuit racing, going on to win all the
endurance British titles, the scratch race, the points
race and the road race, becoming the first Welsh girl since her club mate Nicole
Cooke to achieve this feat.
This success was rewarded with a place on the
Olympic Development Programme. While with them
she continued her success wining British Junior titles
in the points and scratch races and also winning
medals in the Junior ladies road race and in the
senior ladies track championships.
With her ODP team-mates, Lizzy Armistead and Jo
Rowsell, Katie was selected at the end of 2006 to
join the first Under 23 Women’s Academy.
We all wish her every success in what we hope will be the first of many GB
appearances.