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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GDW Mountain Bike Series, Round 5

Nigel Brown was the clear winner of Sunday’s race at Alfred’s Tower, which was rescheduled from a couple of weeks ago due to the recent snow.  The race took place on a very muddy short course which meant everyone got...

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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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2013 Club Kit

GDW 2013 kit order is being finalised. Please contact the shop asap to be included in the order if you wish anything specific. The usual stock of Summer items will be ordered.So far we have orders for the following...

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GDW 50 Mile Reliability Ride

It’s that time again, 50 miles on the bike in the freezing weather.  The annual ride linking up some of the Gillingham Wheelers’ time trial courses will start and finish at the Riversmeet Leisure Centre, Hardings...

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News

Offcamber held the fourth round of their winter series of mountain bike races on Sunday which featured a bumper entry of 58 riders.  It was a chilly but dry morning at Inside Park, though a lot of the course had got considerably...

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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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Early Season Races

There are a couple of early opportunities for the speedier riders among you to get some race miles in – the Perf’s Pedal race is on February 10th this year, it’s open to E/1/2/3 cat riders, entry closes on Jan...

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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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2012 GDW Awards

The club annual dinner and awards evening was held at Indigo Blue restaurant attended by 48 people.  For those who could not make it here is the list  of the prizewinners:TT Series 1st Overall and Club Champion  – Simon...

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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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GDW MTB Series Round 3

The third round of the GDW mountain bike series took place on a sunny Sunday morning in Stourhead Estate, with Paul Hopkins completing six very consistent and fast laps to take the win.  Paul was giving his new lightweight...

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Frome Cobble Wobble

The annual hillclimb blast up Catherine’s Hill in Frome takes place on December 16th this year.  It’s always an atmospheric event, and should be even more so with its new pre-Christmas slot.  Most of the places are...

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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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Mountain Bike Series, Round One

Kim Little was the dominant rider at the opening round of the GDW winter mountain bike series.  Kim led throughout to beat Andy Parsons by just over a minute by the end of the ‘one hour plus a lap’ race.  Anyd had a...

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Strava Revolution

Many of you already have GPS enabled Garmin devices, or have downloaded the Strava App for your Android phone and may be already out there collecting King of the Mountain awards (KOMs).For those that haven’t; either get...

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GDW Mountain Bike Races

The first of this winter’s mountain bike races will be taking place this Saturday night, at the usual venue of Alfred’s Tower woods.  The race will start at 1930 so please make sure you get there early to get signed...

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TLI 2 Day Stage Race

TLI’s two day stage race took place this weekend, with a very strong line up of riders this year.  As always, stage one was a hillclimb prologue up Wick Lane in Downton.  Kim Little led the way for the GDW entrants, racing...

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Return of Trophies

Can the winners of last years perpetual club trophies please return them to Wheels Cycles, Gillingham by Saturday 3rd Nov so they can be engraved ready for the awards presentation.

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