Alfred’s Tower XC Race Five

Kim Little was the class of the field yet again at the latest GDW mountain bike race, lapping most of the field more than once, with only second placed Nigel Brown and Kris Caines finishing on the lead lap.  Vince Hounsome came...

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CTT Handbooks

The club has now got its batch of Cycling Time Trials handbooks in now, if you want one you can purchase one from Sarah (roberts.sarahj@googlemail.com) at the reduced rate of £8.50.The books contain the full listings of Open tt...

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Annual 50 Miles Reliability Ride

Meet at Orchard Park this Sunday (26th) for a 9am start, 50 miles ride linking together three of the GDW time trial courses.  Ride in a group or ride solo at your own pace, it’s up to you.  There will be a women’s...

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2014 Tour de France – Yorkshire

With such a healthy number of members at the moment I’m sure we could get a minibus or 2 up to Yorkshire to watch Stage 1 and Stage 2 of this years Tour.DatesFri 4 – Mon 7 July 2014AccommodationI think Hotels, B...

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GDW Road Racing

We are looking at developing a 3rd and 4th Cat race team for Gillingham and District Wheelers that can compete as a team in the British Cycling road races (closed circuit and on road) in 2014.  This will provide an opportunity...

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Ilton Road Race winter series – Round 3

The 3rd event in the TVCRA Winter series takes place at Merryfield Airfiled, Ilton on Sunday 12 Jan starting at 11:00.  There are events for 3/4 Cat and E/1/2.Enter on line up to 08:00 on the morning of the race for just...

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Alfred’s Tower Round Four

One week until the first GDW event of 2014, mountain bike race at Alfred’s Tower on Sunday 12th January, race start at 10 am – expect a lot of water and mud!  Meet at the tower car park

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British Cycling silver membership & benefits

Why don’t you join BC this year? Be insured for the road and get a race licence too.Race Silver Membership BenefitsFor just £38 a year (that’s just over £3 a month) you will receive:Free Provisional Race Licence plus...

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Ladies’ Ride

Jenny Lucas will be leading out another GDW ladies’ ride.  The plan is for a ride of around three hours with a stop for coffee, leaving Wheels cycle shop at 10 am on Sunday December 29th

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Have you had your Specialized bike stolen?

Gillingham Police rang me on Saturday 07/12/13 trying to trace the owner of a Specilaized bike they have found in Gillingham.The bike had aparently been dumped with the lock attached to the rear wheel.The Police Lady thinks it...

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A message from Mary and Dennis…

Just to wish all of Gillingham Wheelers a merry Christmas and a happy new year at your annual dinner this Saturday from Den and I.  We are in OZ instead of NZ but what is a country or two?We are here because of Clive’s...

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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 30th Nov. If you are coming can you please let Mike Smith know (mikey.e.smith@googlemail.com) along with your menu choices and £13 (£18...

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Mountain Bike Series, R2

The second of the GDW winter mountain bike races was a very muddy affair, the recent wet weather transforming some parts of the course.  The sticky gloopy bits didn’t seem to slow down Kim Little at all, he raced away from...

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TVCRA Winter Road Race Series

Road racing llton winter league – the TVCRA have had confirmation that races are being run on the following dates at 11:00:November 10December 8January 12February 9March 2There will just be 2 races E/1/2 and 3/4 category,...

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Alfred’s Tower, Race One Results

The first of this winter’s GDW mountain bike races took place on Sunday.  Disappointingly, only eight riders took part in the hour long race but there was some tight racing amongst them and all enjoyed...

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GDW Mountain Bike Winter Series

It’s time to get muddy again, the mountain bike winter series begins on Sunday October 13th.  There will be six races in total, see the calendar page for more details.  The events will take place at the Alfred’s...

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Sun longer club run – Wareham

Barney Cox and Charles Rees are taking part in the 2 day Tour of Purbeck road race this weekend.Day one (Sat) is 55 miles and is 5.5 laps of this circuit (East Lulworth) and starts at 2 pm.Day two (Sun) is 50 miles and 9.5 laps...

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Road racing winter league – Ilton

The TVCRA are looking at running a winter series on the following dates:November 10December 8January 12February 9March 2to make it a success and run smoothly they are looking at having two helpers per club per event, as GDW are...

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Final Mere Hillclimb

Glyndwr Griffiths of Bristol South CC turned up and showed the regulars how it should be done at last night’s hillclimb.  Griffiths, a first cat road racer and a hills specialist, finished in 4.36 which is a really good...

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Mere Hillclimb

10 riders turned out to brave the wind and rain at tonight’s penultimate hillclimb, with an equal split of senior and junior riders.  Kim Little won yet again, though this time he was on board his Whyte mountain bike...

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Southern XC Final Round

Avon Tyrrell House near Bransgore in the New Forest was the venue for the final round of the Southern XC series of the season.  The organisers had come up with a great course of around 6 kms in length which went down favourbaly...

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Minehead CC Open

The WTTA Hardriders time trial series continued on September 1st after a two months break.  Minehead CC were the organisers of a two lap, 26 miles course in the Exmoor National Park.  There were two big, long climbs for the...

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No Hillclimb This Monday

This coming Monday’s hillclimb at Mere has been cancelled due to the clash of dates with the race night and bbq at Henstridge Airfield

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Another National Title for Paul Hopkins

Congratulations to Paul Hopkins who secured a fourth National Vets title at the final round of the British XC Championships on Sunday.Paul, who has been racing for Merida again this year, has had to work even harder than usual...

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