Sunday 3rd of May saw the 2015 edition of the Tom Hawkins Spring Classic. Despite many GDW entries for the event, only Charles Rees was selected to start. The 80 rider field featured mainly second cat riders, which coupled with...

The hillclimb and time trial championships will be updated after Wednesday’s tt with the riders who are not GDW members removed from the lists.  If you haven’t renewed your membership or joined the club yet and want...

Following the successful club trip to Mallorca from April 5 to 12th,I have put together a video of the footage taken from my Contour +2 and hand held video camera,apologies for those that didn’t feature as much...

Jenny Lucas will be leading a ladies ride on Sun 10th May, this will be departing from Wheels Cycle Shop, Station Road, Gillingham at 9.00am.She tells me she has booked nice weather, so if you fancy coming along contact Jenny...

The first of the Henstridge Circuit races on 11 May has now been approved by the Region and is available to enter on the British Cycling Web site. This is part of a 3 race series, the other 2 events are on the 1st and 29th June...

After last week’s ideal time trialling conditions, the wind put paid to any hopes of more personal best times at yesterday’s tt.  It was the same trio of riders leading the way this week, albeit in a different order....

There were lots of GDW members competing over the weekend in various disciplines of the sport.The national mountain bike series took place on a tough and technical course near Plympton in Devon.  On Saturday, Liam Teesdale kept...

It was a beautiful evening for yesterday’s time trial and there were numerous p.bs from the 40 riders who took part, including a new course record for Jay Hookins.Jay set a super quick time of 21.43 and took a narrow win...

Another good turnout of 19 riders for the second Mere hillclimb, on a warm, sunny evening with a light tailwind to help everyone, good conditions leading to a few pb times. James Hywel-Davies scorched up the hill in a new record...

17 riders turned out for the first hillclimb of the 2015 season.  It was pretty chilly and there was a very strong crosswind up over the top of the climb.  Kim Little made it look easy with a time of 3.43, not quite a pb for him...

Several of the club’s members were in action on Sunday at the final round of the Offcamber mountain bike series at Inside Park near Blandford.  There was another bumper turn out of riders and the recent dry weather gave...

Academy Start date will be moved from Monday 06 April to the Monday 13th April 2015 Hello to all club members and academy youths and juniors, sorry for the change of dates for the Academy at Henstridge Airfield coaching nights....

Ilton training this year starts on Thurs 2rd April and runs for 16 weeks until 10th Sept at the Merryfield Airfield at 19:00, signing on for 18:45. Anyone who wishes to attend should complete the application form on the TVCRA...

The club held its annual round of the WTTA Hardriders time trial competition on Saturday.  We got very lucky with the weather yet again, but frustratingly the course had to be shortened by three or so miles due to roadworks.Rob...

Two of the region’s championships got underway today (1st March), one on Tarmac and one on the rough stuff, with both featuring a few of the club’s riders.The Southern XC mountain bike series got off the mark at...

It was the final round of the club’s mountain bike series this morning, a series which Kim Little has headed throughout and he maintained his 100% win rate today.  Nigel Brown pushed Kim in the early stages but soon had to...

The first of the region’s Open time trials took place on Sunday, with 13 GDW riders entered in the Frome and Distrcit Wheelers’ 10 mile event held on the Frome bypass.There was a lot of traffic out on the course but...

The club held its first British Cycling circuit race at Odd Down on Saturday, with three races taking place through the afternoon on the 1.5 kms track in Bath.First up was the women’s race which had a strong entry of 22...

Sunday saw the launch of the ambitious new Gillingham and District Wheelers – Wheels of Dorset Race Team. Affectionately known as #Project1 by the management, they have set a clear goal of developing local cycling talent from...

Kim Little made it four out of four to take an unassailable lead in the series at yesterday’s GDW mountain bike race.On a longer than usual course, with a killer climb up the chute, it was another tough race at the...

Winter Riding – not that we’ve had too bad a winter yet (and last year’s incessant rain hasn’t haven’t arrived either) the last 2 Sat morning club rides at 9.00 and 9.30 have had a number of riders...

The club’s mountain bike races continue this coming Sunday (21st), usual venue of Alfred’s Tower.  Meet at the main car park in plenty of time for a 930 race start.  If you are able to help out with marshalling then...

88 riders turned out for the latest Offcamber-organised mountain bike race at Inside Park near Blandford on Sunday.  There were a couple more tweaks to the ever-improving course, which was slippery in places, although not as bad...

Round two of the GDW mountain bike series was back up at Alfred’s Tower woods after the club’s first round tt at Search Farm near Mere.  The 23 starters had a fairly short course to tackle, but it was a tough one...

The Gillingham & District Wheelers club dinner and presentation was held at the Amore Restaurant, Shaftesbury.  Results from the Time Trial based awards as follows:1st Overall (Club Champion Shield) – Charles Rees 1st Senior...