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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Untitled Post

Jane Pritchard put in a strong ride in extremely windy conditions to finish as fastest lady rider at the DB Max 10 mile time trial.  The event was held at the Castle Combe race circuit, and Jane’s time of 27.19 was good...

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Lizzie Hutson at Ironman UK 2010

Lizzie Hutson was in imperious form as she stormed to victory in her age group at Ironman UK in Bolton on Sunday 1st August.  It was her first attempt at the distance, in which she managed to qualify for the Ford Ironman World...

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Gill-Wyke 10 Mile TT

James Oliver, of the Wessex Wizards triathlon club, posted the fastest time at last night’s tt.  James was the only rider to get under twenty four minutes with a time of 23.49.  All the riders had to contend with a...

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Upcoming events

Our ever-present marshal Vic Hansford will be on holiday this week so if anyone would like to marshal or bring someone along with them tomorrow night who could then that would be very much appreciated.The TLI weekly evening...

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More Race Wins for the Wheelers

Both James Gray and Charles Rees scored road race wins in the last week.  James became the third Wheeler to win at Ilton this season, breaking away shortly after a mid-race sprint prime to take a clear solo win.  James will now...

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GDW TTs

The last two weeks of GDW tts have seen Julian Chown take two wins and now has a maximum score of 450 points in the championship.  Julian won last week’s 19 miler at Bruton by 16 seconds from Kim Little (47.30 and 47.46). ...

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Wyke 10 and Other Results

Tonight’s Wyke time trial saw a fifth win for Paul Hopkins this season, his time of 23.12 was enough to beat Julian Chown (23.39) into second place.  Charles Rees was riding in non-aero mode and came third, about a minute...

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Recent results

Simon Rouse took on the challenge of the Welsh CA 12 Hour time trial last weekend.  This was Simon’s first attempt at a 12, and he did well on what was a really windy day, finishing in 29th place with a final distance of...

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Monte Carlo or Bust – Finished (phew!)

Just to say I completed the ride yesterday (Sun 04/07) and thanks to all who sponsored me on what may well be the longest ride I ever do!  Total distance was 1,822 miles, camping all the way and completed in 31 days with one day...

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Open Donations

As I’m sure most people know, last week’s GDW Open was held on a different course to the one originally scheduled due to a fatal crash during a time trial three weeks ago.  Many of the original entrants decided to...

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Stour Provost Results

Paul Hopkins put in a brilliant ride at this evening’s time trial, knocking over 30 seconds from his own course record to set a new benchmark of 21.50.  For the second week in a row, Julian Chown lowered his course best...

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GDW Summer Open Results

Results from yesterday’s very hot Open time trial at Ashton Keynes are now available, click on the attachment to have a look.  Despite the change of course from the dual carriageway to a ‘slow’ one on the...

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Father’s Day Ride

Sunday 20th June:  Unfortunately for all those Father’s who were hoping to use their ‘day’ to escape via a blast around the local hills and dales, there won’t be an organised GDW ride this week as I...

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Wyke 10

It was bright and sunny but really hard work for the riders in the strong winds at last night’s tt.  Although most people were slower than usual, Charles Rees set a very fast time of 23.19 to win and Julian Chown finished...

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Change of Plan…

Sorry for any confusion this is causing, but the road closure in Wyke for the resurfacing work has already ended so this week’s tt will be on the Gillingham course as originally planned.  Meet at the Library car park for a...

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SUNDAY’s Back

For all of you who can’t make the social Saturday rides or who just want, maybe, a quicker blast around the beautiful scenery of our local area then the GDW Sunday ride is back.Meet up at 9AM in the carpark beside Wheels...

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Somerset Cycle Rides

On the last day of National Bike Week, 27th June, I will be running loads of rides from Taunton. The idea is to involve as many folk as possible, so there will be family rides from 15 miles upwards, and two great rides for...

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Bruton TT

 There were some fast times at last night’s Bruton tt, in spite of the rain making the faster parts of the course a bit tricky.  The final miles were made quicker than usual thanks to a tailwind and that contributed to a...

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Mere Hill Climb – 7 June 2010

Only 10 riders out on the wet Mere Hollow climb this week.  Kim Little sped up the hill to take a dominant win and knock one second from his course record with a time of 4 minutes 34.  James Chant and Simon Rouse are chipping...

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