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Alex Akins and Cameron Stewart: Monterey County teens competing in Tour of Ireland
Short link to this post: http://bit.ly/AlexAndCam
“I never took the other sports I played seriously to this extent. Riding bikes is so much more fun.” —Alex Akins, a Monte Vista Christian School student from Monterey, quoted in “Cycling: Peninsula pair headed to Tour of Ireland” by John Devine in the Monterey Herald, 7/3/18. Learn more about the event that Cameron Stewart and Alex, both from Monterey, will be competing in: http://www.juniortourofireland.com
Devine’s story refers to Monterey Bay Lightfighters Composite, one of three Monterey County high school teams that are National Interscholastic Cycling Association (NICA) teams. As mentioned elsewhere on the Bicycling Monterey website, Lightfighters is open to high school students from Monterey County whose own school doesn’t have a team.
For contact information for Monterey County’s three high school bike teams, refer to section 7 of Bicycling Monterey’s 33-section DIRECTORY: Monterey County Bicycling Resources / Bike Community Leaders.
Alex and Cameron have fundraising pages on Go Fund Me
Alex Akins: http://www.gofundme.com/funds-for-the-tour-of-ireland
Cameron Stewart: http://www.gofundme.com/tour-of-ireland-usa-cycling-race
To contribute also to the Bicycling Monterey work via crowdfunding: http://www.gofundme.com/bikemonterey
Related stories on Bicycling Monterey (not a complete list)
Monterey County Teens Bike: California State High School Mountain Bike Championships and elsewhere
Awesome bike coaches of Monterey County–Monterey Composite, Palma, Salinas High
Monterey Bay Lightfighters Composite Mountain Bike Team – for High Schoolers Countywide
Scenes and Tales from the 2017 Sea Otter Classic (scroll to NICA / high school teams)
Lightfighters, Palma, SHS Cowboys: Conference Competitions
Salinas High School Cowboy Racing Mountain Bike Team
Got bike? Some Salinas High students do not–and want to ride with the cycling team
Sports Illustrated: K.C. Fontes of Salinas High School Cowboy Racing Mountain Bike Team
Campfires and Flat Tires: The Warwick Sisters on Keeping Up with Dad
Salinas High Mountain Bike Team Takes First Place at Granite Bay
Salinas High MTB Team needs you! Grooming for event
Little Bellas at Sea Otter Classic
Bike to School: In Monterey County and elsewhere
Safe Routes to School — Monterey County 2018 update
Street Harassment and Other Bullying: Ways to help stop it – resources in Spanish and English
Salinas Youth Leading the Way in Monterey County Bike Community Firsts
Salinas Youth and Others for Bikes: Bikes Make Life Better
Youth Center – 7th year of first high school bike tech class in Monterey County
Lightfighter photo below, from an earlier team year, provided courtesy of the Lightfighters.
This post was published on 4 July 2018. One or more changes last made to this post on 5 July 2018.
