The Edmonton Juventus Cycling Club has grown from humble beginnings.
In 1982 a group of young Italian soccer players moved from the Inter Soccer Club of Edmonton to form their own club. They affiliated with the Italian Cultural Society and the Italian Youth club with a desire to form an organization that specialized in soccer and cycling. They started under the banner of the Edmonton Juventus Sports Club. The first season had 4 youth soccer teams and 10 cyclists.
Lino Bovo, Jim Horner, Peter Christiansen and David Embury coached and mentored young cyclists from 1982 to 1992; the sports club provided the funding and the Italian Cultural Society provided space to meet and train. The Italian Centre still boasts a room named the ‘Juventus’ room. They can be credited for the eventual creation of what we know as ‘The Edmonton Juventus Cycling Club’.
In 1993 the cycling club moved from the Italian Centre and made the Argyll Velodrome their home, the Soccer club joined them in 1999. The Argyll Velodrome is home for both clubs today.
Who We are Today...
- Juventus cycling offers all age groups and genders great riding and racing opportunties.
- In 2008, we have more than 200 members. Members include 10-year-old to 80-year-old cycling enthusiasts.
- From beginner to national team level cyclists, our membership enjoy track cycling, mountain biking, and cycle-cross and road racing with the club.
- Juventus enjoys success at international, national and provincial and local events. Highlights include athletes who have attained the Olympics, Commonwealth Games, World Championships, National Championships and Provincial Championships.
Name – Colours – Logo
- Juventus - roughly translates from Latin to ‘Youth or Juvenile'. Our name comes from the soccer history of our club. Named after the premier division Italian soccer team ‘Juventus' from Turin, Italy.
- Club colours - our blue and gold cycling kit hail from the Juventus soccer team. Although a separate entity from Edmonton Juventus Soccer Club, we keep the name and colours.
- Logo - designed by artist Janet Stein (club member since 1990), the logo represents our name and colours above of our velodrome.
Clubhouse and Argyll Velodrome
- We are the only cycling club in North America that has its own track and clubhouse.
- The Argyll Velodrome Association (AVA) is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Edmonton Juventus Cycling Club.
- AVA is a property management company that operates the Argyll Velodrome facility and clubhouse.
- The Argyll Velodrome has a 333 1/3 meter cycling track with a 33 degree banked concrete surface.
- Originally constructed for the 1978 Commonwealth Games, the track was resurfaced in 1995.
- Today, Juventus member enjoy unlimited use of the track and clubhouse facilities.
- Our clubhouse is a full training centre with showers, roller areas, a weight room and a mechanics shop.
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