The 2009 Gillingham and District Wheelers meal and presentation was held at the Coppleridge Inn Motcombeon Fri 4th Dec.   Approx 50 members and their families attended the evening, awards and some pics below:    Senior    ...

For those of you who want to choose an event to race to glory or set a new p.b. at, or for those who simply like to plan ahead, the Events Calendar page is starting to fill up.  In addition to the ones listed so far, there are...

For 1 week only from Sat 28th Nov to Sat 5th Dec Wheels of Gillingham are having a Christmas Clearance Sale.   20% off all new Bikes and 25% off all Accessories

Emma Bradley and Rob attended the World Masters MTB Enduro Champs and have produced a comprehensive report here

We are looking to borrow a Portable PA System (Speakers/Amplifier/Microphone) for use at the GDW Club Dinner and Presentation evening at the Coppleridge Inn, Motcombe on Friday 4th Dec.  If anyone has a PA System or knows...

Hope all the winter training has got off to a good start.How would people feel about a winter training camp on a weekend or two? I’m living in Cardiff at the moment and have space to accomodate plenty of people.Travel...

Three Gillingham wheelers were in action at the Thruxton 4th Cat race and Mike Smith with his handlebar mounted camera captured the pulsating action from James Chant, Will Edwards and Mike himself.   Details on the video page...

Gillingham Wheelers Mike Smith and Alan Hunt have just returned from a Mallorca cycling trip where they cycled over 450 miles and climbed over 28,000 ft round the Island.    For those interested I’ve uploaded a small...

The TVCRA prize presentation and social will take place on Tuesday 13th Oct, 19:30 at the Wyndham Arms at Ilton.  The cost is £6.50. If anyone fancies it please contact John Holman by Sat 10th Oct (also let him know if you have...

Please could all last year’s winners return their trophies to Wheels Cycles before the 31st October 2009…

For anyone interested in cycle touring, and some scenic pictures from France, I’ve uploaded some pictures to the Pictures page from Maria and my 690 mile ride from Bergerac in western France to Marsaille in the south, via...

The Saturday club rides continue to be popular with a number of different routes options each week.  This week the riders started at the usual place (Wheels Cycles shortly after 9am) and went through Bourton, Wincanton, Buckhorn...

Calling all Gillingham wheelers – fast approaching is Glenn Longland’s Downton 2 Day Classic, a real highlight and good way to round of the season.The Saturday morning is a 2,4km Hill climb prologue, half as steep as...

Last Wednesday (16th) saw the final GDW event of the season, a hillclimb at Mere Hollow.  With the hillclimb series title already won by Simon Barfoot, the runner-up spots, ladies’ championship and junior’s...

The final tt of the GDW season was held on the Todber course and was for 2-up teams. Luckily, an even number of riders turned up so 14 pairs took to the roads, helped along on the first leg by a North wind.  Regular pacesetter...

Charles Rees travelled up to Aylesbury on Sunday to take on the country’s top Under 23 riders in the Espoir category of the British Time Trial Championships.  The event was held over two laps of a 10.4 mile circuit which...

Dorset Police have given us the approval to run an extra week so the 2-up tt can go ahead this Wednesday.  We will be starting early – 1800 sign-in for 1815 start with the pairs off at one minute intervals so that we will...

Bernie Shrosbree (friend of Paul Hopkins) has put together a performance cycle training weekend based at Sandbanks,Poole and includes Q & A sessions with Olympic medalist Rebecca Romero.  Places are limited to 25 max, for...

Charles Rees was in the money again on Saturday at TLI’s National TT championship, held on a hilly 20 kms course near Stockbridge.  Charles’ time of 30.15 included a stop waiting for traffic to clear but was still...

Unfortunately due to a lack of communication from the Le Neubourg cycle club, UVN, about what dates would have been good for the proposed cycle to & from Le Neubourg, we will have to call off the...

It was two wins in a week for Charles Rees as he followed up last week’s victory at the Yeovil CC’s club tt with another last night.  In difficult windy conditions, his time of 23.57 saw him take the win by 12...

Due to the poor weather and light the tt tonight will be starting earlier at 1830.  Please try to sign-in by 1815 and if you have a rear light it might be best to fit it as it’s probably going to be quite dark.

Charles Rees has been maintaining his form over the last week with another improvement in his 10 mile tt time.  At the Antelope RT Open in Poole he got his time down to 21.12 and is now determined to break into the 20s.  Andy...

Calling all Gillingham wheelers – fast approaching is Glenn Longlands Downton 2 Day Classic, a real highlight and good way to round of the season.The saturday morning is a 2,4km Hill climb prologue, half as steap as our...

The rest of the Wheelers tts will be held on the Todber course due to the roadworks in Bourton.  Should these finish ahead of schedule then we could revert back to either the Wyke or Bruton courses but for now these two courses...