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SPORT Cycling to success Three Guildford Grammar School students, James Derrick (11SG), John Carter (10Wb) and Sally Carter (8Wb) have been making their mark in competitive cycling circles. This year the trio have competed at the Junior Track Cycling State Championships, the Junior Track Cycling Nationals and the Centrals Junior Tour in Adelaide. Having competed in cycling for the last three to five years, the Guildford Grammar School students have been achieving successful results at competitions throughout the year. his sights very high, hoping to gain a medal at the next Junior Road Cycling National Championships and to be accepted into the Australian Track Cycling Team as a first year U19 in 2019. James seeks inspiration from fellow competitive cyclist, Cameron Meyer: a nine- time Track World Champion and World Tour Road Cyclist. In the short term, James is focusing on graduating Year 12, but ultimately hopes to devote more time to cycling to compete at a World Tour Level and achieve his dream of representing Australia at the World Championships and the Olympics for cycling. James For James, cycling has been a continual development process and over the past four years he has grown to be a very successful competitor. The push to be successful in racing came after two years of competing. Two years ago he really started to take the sport seri