GDW Mountain Bike Series Round One

Thanks to the efforts of Vince Hounsome and Julian Day, Stourhead Woods saw the resurrection of GDW mountain bike racing on Sunday.  As can be seen in Mike Smith’s video footage, the course threw a mix of challenges at the...

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Club Xmas Dinner – Coppleridge Inn Motcombe

Quick reminder for those members who have yet to book their place at the club dinner on Friday 10th Dec.   If you are coming can you please let Carole have your menu choices and £13 by next Friday (3rd Dec) at the latest.  ...

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Velodrome Trip

Fourteen wheelers descended on Newport’s Velodrome for a 2 hour session coached by Matt Rowe. Here is a pic of the group at the end of the session.  There is also some video on the video page here.  

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Velodrome Trip 28 Nov – spare places

We have a couple of spare places on the Velodrome Trip due to last minute withdrawals. If anyone is interested please let me know asap on 07813 840647 or email mikey.e.smith@gmail.com.  The minibus is leaving Wheels at 06:30 am...

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2010 National Hillclimb Championship

Coventry Cycle Club were the organisers of this year’s National Hillclimb Championship, using the harsh Cotswold slope of Dover’s Hill, near Broadway.  148 riders took on the challenge, with the Gillingham Wheelers...

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Club Kit – New Order

New club kit order is being placed in the next week or so. Jerseys, Shorts and Skinsuits are being orederd in a variety of sizes in addition to specific orders. There have been requests for Caps and Mitts from some club members...

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More hillclimbs

Bristol South CC were the organisers of the final round of this season’s WTTA Hardrider series, which took place on the slopes of Burrington Coombe in the Mendips.  46 riders were greeted by a bright morning but very low...

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Hillclimbing

The hillclimbing season is well and truly in full swing now, and there have been several recent events in the region, most of them featuring Simon Rouse.  Last weekend, Simon took part in the VC Walcot and Severn RC Opens, both...

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National XC Final Round/Other results

Newnham Park near Plymouth was the setting for the final round of this year’s British Mountain Bike Series, and there were a few Wheelers in attendance racing for their respective MTB teams.  This venue is regarded as one...

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Final Hillclimb

The 14 riders who tackled the final GDW event of the year were treated to a tailwind all the way up Mere Hollow.  Nearly everyone managed a pb and fastest of all was the 2010 series champion Kim Little, getting home in 4.27,...

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Frome Cobble Wobble

The 2nd Frome Cobble Wobble took place yesterday, and what a brilliant event it was, well organised and with fantastic support from the large crowds who lined the narrow street.  164 riders of all ages and on all types of bikes...

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Newport Velodrome Trip

Gillingham Wheelers have arranged a trip to the Newport Velodrome on Sunday 28th November, which is the time of year when its cold wet and windy outside.  Its therefore an ideal time to be indoors in the nice warm Velodrome at...

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TVCRA Ilton Road Race – Sat 18 Sept

The final Ilton road race of the season takes place at the Merryfield Airfiled circuit, nr Ilton.Youths U16/U14/U12/U10/U8 start at 10:00Women and 4th Cat start at 11:00Reg B (3/4th Cat) and Nat B (Elite/1st/2nd/3rd Cat) start...

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Tour of Britain Club Ride

The Tour of Britain club ride will be meeting at Wheels Cycles on Wednesday, with a planned roll out at 10am.  The plan is to ride over to Glastonbury for the stage finish via Charlton Musgrove, Bruton, Wyke, Ditcheat, Wraxall...

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Swindon Hardriders/WXCRL Autumn Road Race

The trio of Wheelers who competed at the latest round of the WTTA Hardrdider series all came home very happy with their efforts.  Simon Rouse, James Chant and Chris Mullett all recorded course best times and all three took their...

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BTTC/Poole 25

Charles Rees put in another fast ride at the British Time Trial Championships last weekend.  A strong entry in all of the categories brought out large crowds to watch the riders, especially on the steep climb on the streets of...

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2 Up Time Trial – Stour Provost course

The video man was again out this evening and was located at the top of Kitt Hill, and captured the riders ascending gracefully towards the summit.   This can be found on the Video page hereNo background music again, just a...

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GDW Event Times

There seem to be sporadic problems with the times listed on the calendar pages, just to confirm the last few GDW events are starting at -hillclimb 15th Sept   1830hillclimb 22nd Sept   1800The club ride over to Glastonbury for...

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Frome Cobble Wobble – entry full!

Entry for the Frome Cobble Wobble has filled up incredibly quickly, of the 220 available slots there only a few junior and fixed wheel spaces left.  If these aren’t taken then some of the other categories may get some of...

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Wyke 10

It was a good night for the guest riders at tonight’s tt,  Charles Rees was fastest, finishing in 23.05, despite being one of several riders who got held up by traffic during the evening.  This was Charles’ fastest...

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Bank Holiday Results

The League International’s regional time trial championships were held on Saturday on a challenging course around King’s Somborne in Hampshire.  The 20 kilometre route takes in a real mix of terrain with some long...

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Non-aero Wyke 10

14 (fool)hardy riders turned out for the latest GDW time trial, held in really heavy rain which only seemed to get worse and worse as the evening went on.   Special thanks to Mary and Dennis, John, Roger, Carole and Vic for...

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Weekend results

Charles Rees posted the fastest time at the Frome Wheelers club 10 on Thursday for the second week in a row.  Today, Charles, James Gray, Rob and Ashley Martin competed in a 25 mile team time trial near Exmouth, getting home...

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Stour Provost TT – Round 20

Kim Little took a narrow win from Ashley Martin at the latest GDW time trial.  Kim took his third win of the year by just five seconds from the Ashley, the Chippenham junior rider getting faster all the time, using his new tt...

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