Youth club training rides 2013

All Youth and Junior riders, ages 13 – 17 yrs.   Monday Club training nights are starting, this will be on public roads for the next few weeks, hoping to get to Henstridge before the end of June.  These are not coaching...

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Stour TT, 17th March

28 riders turned out for the third GDW tt of the season, with riders’ times much improved after the first two weeks had been hampered by a strong Easterly wind.  This time everyone got pushed along the middle section of...

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Stour Provost TT, 10th March

It was a horrible evening but 24 riders turned out anyway, with some more new faces and several junior riders which was good to see.  Although it was very wet, the wind direction was much more favourable compared to last week so...

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Yeovil CC Road Races

Yeovil CC held their annual road races on Sunday, the Ham Hill and Pittards Trophy events.  The Pittards race for 3rd and 4th category riders included entries from Pete Humphreys, Mike Smith, James Chant, Jay Hookins and Charles...

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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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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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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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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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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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Wheels January Sale

Wheels are having a January Sale on selected Bikes and Accessories including 30% off Gillingham Wheelers Club Kit. This is on existing stock only.http://tinyurl.com/b5f9vrh

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SPAM Winter Challenge

Several GDW riders took part in the annual SPAM Winter Challenge on Salisbury Plain at the weekend.  There were three distances to choose from, 50, 35 and 25 kms on a mix of muddy fields, tracks and MOD roads which were...

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MTB Series – Round 4

We had the biggest entry this year with 21 entries.On a fast course with just a short section of mud, Kim Little led from the start.  Tucked right on his back wheel for nearly the whole race was Nigel Brown.Kim made a few...

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2013 TLI Membership

News from Glenn Longland with regards to TLI membership in 2013, the annual fees are being reduced to just £10 for next season.  Well worth joining as it not only supports the organisation which is a long-standing and ardent...

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GDW Xmas Dinner and presentation evening

Yes, its nearly that time again – only 1 day to go until the event of the year.All the trophies are back from the engravers and ready to be presented.All the food has been ordered and is currently marinading ready to be...

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Weekly Wednesday Winter Ride

The Wednesday night winter training rides will start again tomorrow evening (14th), meeting as per previous years at the Gillingham Library at 1900.  This usually takes the form of pretty gentle spins up until the New Year...

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GDW Xmas Dinner and Presentation evening

Quick reminder for those members who have yet to book their place at the club dinner on Sat 24th Nov. If you are coming can you please let Mike Smith know (mikey.e.smith@googlemail.com) along with your menu choices and £15...

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MTB Round Two/BSCC Hillclimb

The second of the GDW mountain bike races took place last weekend, with a pair of visiting riders from Rock and Road leaving the rest well behind.  Ollie Taylor set a super fast pace which only his clubmate Julian Grundy could...

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