Cycle aces have a great experience in Paisley

Cycle heroes geared up for this year’s Commonwealth Games with a VIP visit to a renowned Paisley charity.

Members of the Scottish Commonwealth Cycling Team prepared for glory in the Gold Coast with a special get-together at Kibble charity’s The Experience.

The elite athletes held a team meeting and dinner to discuss strategy, tactics and medal expectations before they head for games in Australia.

The Experience is a gokarting and leisure arena owned by the social enterprise Kibble Group.

The venue also hosts the Refuel Cafe where the Scotland team chef and Kibble’s executive chef joined forces to prepare dinner.

The Scotland Team Chef, Stewart Jarvie, is travelling to Australia for the duration of the competition and will be responsible for ensuring that the athletes have the best possible diet that will give them the edge.

And hopes are high for Team Scotland with highprofile names such as John Archibald, Callum Skinner, Mark Stewart, Katie Archibald, Louise Haston and Eileen Roe tipped for medals.

After dinner, the cyclists posed for pictures with refurbished bikes that are resold as part of another Kibble Group social enterprise, KibbleWorks.

Chief executive of Kibble Group, Jim Gillespie, said: “It was great to welcome the Scottish Commonwealth Cycling Team to The Experience.

“The team members were kind enough to support our own efforts to get as many people as possible cycling and were very interested to hear about KibbleWorks making cycling affordable.

“I want to wish them the best of luck in Australia and want them to know the Kibble Group will be supporting their efforts to bring back gold.”

Team Scotland athletes won a record- breaking 53 medals at Glasgow 2014, the best Games in the country’s history. And the athletes are hoping to equal or even surpass that achievement as they to compete on the other side of the world.

Que e n s l a n d’s Go l d Coast will host the 21st Commonwealth Games from April 4 to 15.