National Mountain Bike XC Series

Kim Little writes -The weekend of March 23rd/24th was the first round of the National Points MTB Series at Sherwood Pines in Nottinghamshire.  The weather forecast for the weekend was not looking good with reports of deep snow...

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Stour Provost TT

The 2013 GDW time trial season got underway on Wednesday night, with plenty of regulars joined by some new faces as well.  The times were some way off of most riders’ personal bests, a very strong East wind making the...

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Mere Hillclimb

Kim Little raced up Mere Hollow to yet another GDW hillclimb win last night, beating James Chant by 25 seconds.  Everyone found the going even harder than normal, with cold temperatures and a strong headwind along the route...

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Tri Bar Offer – Wheels Cycles

Wheels Cycles in Station Road, Gillingham have a special offer for the start of the club TT Season. – Purchase a pair of Profile Design Legacy Aerobars (Normally £60) for £40**GDW members only. Subject to availability....

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Good Friday Castle Coombe Meeting

There was a good turn out of wheelers at the 2013 castle coombe easter meeting with riders representing in both 4th and 3rd category races. James Foster, Nigel Brown (riding for Westbury Wheelers), and James Hawkins (in his...

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Ilton Road Race training

Taunton Vale Cycle Racing AssociationIlton training starts next week (Thurs 4th April) at the Merryfield Airfield at 19:00, signing on for 18:45.  The sessions continue on Thursdays throughout the season (apart from 2nd &...

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On-Line GDW Club Membership

We are pleased to announce that you can now join as a GDW  member on the internet.  This facility is provided by British Cycling and will cost 70p (about the same as a 1st class stamp and an envelope) and is accessed through the...

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2013/14 membership fees and new committee

The 2013/14 GDW club membership fees are due from the 1st April,  the form is available for download on the membership page.   Pete Humphreys is the new membership secretary so all forms to be sent to him (address on the mem...

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More Cold Cycling

The recent poor weather and low temperatures have caused the cancellation of many events over the last two weeks, but today the latest round of the WTTA Hardriders time trial series took place at Maiden Bradley. The 24 miles...

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Barney On The Up

Barney Cox has been racking up the BC licence points lately and has now moved up to a 3rd category licence.  Barney’s been racing at the Ludgershall/Army CU winter series on a regular basis and has scored second and third...

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Wheelers’ Big Weekend

The club held the annual Open tt and the final round of the winter mountain bike series at the weekend.  At Bruton on Saturday, the Open was blessed with a lucky break in the weather, treating the riders to a couple of hours of...

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Don’t forget…

…as well as the club’s Open time trial this Saturday, we also have the final round of the GDW winter series of mountain bike races at Alfred’s Tower.  Meet at the tower car park on Sunday (10th) and sign in for...

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GDW Open TT

The start sheet for the Open is now available, see the attached document.  Thanks to everyone who has volunteered to help out on the day

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GDW Open Time Trial

Entry is now closed for our Open on March 9th, the startsheet will be published on Friday.  If anyone is able to help out with marshalling or in the hall please let me know – jamescbf@btinternet.com 

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DVCA Auction

The next Dorset Vintage and Classic Auctions event has lots of interesting bicycles entered, from a 19th century Velocipede and Ordinary bikes through to several from between the wars.The bikes – plus the usual array of...

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GDW Mountain Bike Series, R6

The penultimate round of the GDW mountain bike race was won by Kim Little, who has been getting some great results both off-road and on-road lately.  Kim took full advantage of his early season form to beat Nigel Brown after...

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Tour of Wessex Training Weekend 23/24 Feb

Free training weekend with Pendragon Sports: 23-24/02/2013A special weekend of cycling using the roads of stages 1 and 2 of the Tour of Wessex. The weekend is designed to give a flavour of the routes and to get some miles into...

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Kim Wins Again

Hot on the heels of winning the fourth cat race at Ludgershall last week, Kim Little bagged another win at the weekend.  This was in the second round of the spring Gorrick mountain bike series, with Kim racing in the Masters...

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Marshalling Course

British Cycling are looking to train up more marshals for road races.  The local accreditation courses will be run through Poole Wheeler David Wade, for anyone who might be interested in helping to support local roiad racing...

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Army CU Ludgershall crits

Kim Little won the second of the two fourth category races at Ludgershall on Saturday.  The race was held in freezing temperatures and snow, and by the end of 30 minute plus three laps event most riders were unable to change...

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GDW Mountain Bike Series, Round 5

Nigel Brown was the clear winner of Sunday’s race at Alfred’s Tower, which was rescheduled from a couple of weeks ago due to the recent snow.  The race took place on a very muddy short course which meant everyone got...

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Road Race Training – Ilton

The TVCRA are are organising (1st Chard Wheelers) pre-season race training sessions starting at 10.30 am this coming Saturday 2 Feb, 16 Feb and 2nd March at RNAS Merryfield, Merryfield Airfield, Gravel Lane, Ilton, Somerset,...

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2013 Club Kit

GDW 2013 kit order is being finalised. Please contact the shop asap to be included in the order if you wish anything specific. The usual stock of Summer items will be ordered.So far we have orders for the following...

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