Ian Loft Train and Ride

23/12/2022

Wow

20/05/2021

08/12/2019

Big month at Launceston Lets Ride went to Trevallyn primary, Newstead Christian School, Invermay primary and Launceston Christian School worked with 400 children here are so pictures of programs and lay outs thanks to Jenny Bailey for the really good pictures

11/11/2019

Great start to Trevallyn Primary Lets Ride ,7 classes today 4 more on Friday. If you or your school want to have Lets Ride come and run a Bike education program Sporting Schools funding round for term 1 2020 opens today and closes Nov 22nd .If you need more info contact me or Sporting Schools

28/06/2019

This is a video that Launceston Christian School put together this 2nd term 2019

This is "LCS Live Bike Program" by Launceston Christian School on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

03/04/2019

This footage is from the last session this term at St Leonard's (Term 1 2019). It features a streetscape for the students to practice both their bike and road safety skills.
🚴🚴‍♀️ Well done students! 🚴‍♂️🚴‍♀️

St Leonard Lets ride 2019 .

30/12/2018

Just some Info about me

The Launceston Carnival may be over for another year, however for Ian Loft it marks another notch in what has been 20 years of involvement in Tasmanian cycling.

29/11/2018

S I M P L Y I N C R E D I B L E !

Below is a letter sent in from a parent of one of my students. A must read story of perseverance, triumph and new found confidence...

'Dear Let's Ride and Sporting Schools,

I want to thank you very much for the opportunity for my son Jezeriah Lubke (8) to participate in the 'Let's Ride' program funded by Sporting Schools. I particularly wanted to thank Launceston Christian School (LCS) that they gave him many chances to gain vital skills he needed at a time he and I needed the most.

Jezeriah has always had co-ordination and social challenges and it wasn’t until after my husband tragically died (when Jez he was 6) that I had him assessed and he was diagnosed with ADHD and ASD.

At the time I was also pregnant with our 3rd child. This has made designating quality time and effort to teaching him life skills such as bike riding and road safety a challenge. I was so very grateful that LCS offered 'Let's Ride' not just once but kept offering it each term to him as although he was persistent he still had not managed to ride by himself.

When he started his anxiety was so great that he would not even put on a hairnet in order to use the provided helmet. With skill and understanding Mr Ian Loft and the aides created an environment of trust and confidence. It may have taken 6 terms of persistence and patience but it happened. From scooting, to pedalling practice and safety rules he finally came running home ecstatic with confidence shouting "Mum, I did it, I rode by myself today!"

He had beaten his teacher to it and she came knocking on the door with as much excitement! How comforting and confidence building this is for a mother - especially when one feels overwhelmed with their workload and emotional needs.

I have since heard that his new found confidence encouraged other struggling kids and they took encouragement from his success and now are also able to ride.

Jez's confidence from achieving such a difficult task for him has had a 'domino' effect into other areas of his life such as swimming safety. In the exact week after he was able to ride unaided he achieved a long awaited goal of jumping into the deep end of the pool to his teacher and continuing with backstroke unaided. A skill that could save his life. The swimming teacher and I were astounded at the rapid/almost instant progress. (She has since left and said he was a highlight in her career).

I have heard that the Sporting schools program is funded based on how many students are put through the program. This is great that many, many kids have a chance to benefit, but I feel if Jez had not been given many opportunities in small groups he would not have learnt to ride a bike an important life skill, this is highly valued and the benefits for him are far reaching.

It has benefited Jez with his physical and core strength, co-ordination, safety skills, decision making and self-confidence and overflowing into more academic areas.

I am happy to speak with anyone further if they would like to use this as a 'good news' story for the program.

Kindest regards,

Melissa Lubke'

21/06/2018

E X C I T I N G N E W S !

Track Sprockets now also on Tuesdays!!!

By popular demand Junior Track Sessions will be available on Tuesdays at the Silverdome starting 17th July through to 25th September. Pre-registration required - contact details on flyer.

12/05/2018

05/05/2018