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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

STOP PRESS – After several years at the Coppleridge Inn, Motcombe the Gillingham & District Wheelers Dinner and Presentation evening will be held at the Indian Restaurant in Mere (Indigo Blue) on Sat 24 November....

Vince has managed to sort out the various permissions needed for us to race at Alfred’s Tower woods so the mountain bike schedule looks like this –  13th Oct sat evening about 19.30  28th Oct sun morning  18th Nov...

Josh Day rounded off the GDW road season with the fastest time at the Mere hillclimb, winning with 4.36.  Kim Little had a bit of an off-night with 4.47 while James Chant and Simon Barfoot tied on 5.05.  NIgel Brown was next up...

Visiting rider Paul Caton of Welwyn Wheelers set the quickest time tonight, winning with a 23.18.  Times were pretty good, a strong tailwind through the middle section helping a lot.  Kim Little was second, just ahead of Simon...

51 rides competed at the first Gillingham v Frome v Westbury interclub on Wednesday evening, a brilliant turnout.  After a lot of number crunching back at The George in Longbridge Deverill, the GDW team of Paul Hopkins, Nigel...

The Bournemouth Jubilee Wheelers held their 50 mile time trial this morning in ideal conditions.  The course is made up of a hilly first 25 miles from Organford to Sturminster Marshall and back followed by three laps of the...

Jay Hookins took a narrow win from Kim Little at tonight’s non-aero tt.  There was a hard headwind for the riders to battle against on the outward leg of the course, but both Jay and Kim got into the 23s regardless....

The final Bruton time trial of the season took place in near perfect conditions with little wind and warm temperatures.   A fine win by Kim Little with a season best time of  47.18,  season best times were also recorded by...

The Gillingham wheelers club run set off for Weymouth in showery conditions, picking up Denzil at the top of  Bulbarrow hill but losing Rob in the process as he had to head home.  The remaining wheelers had a nice run down via...

Due to popular demand this ride will take place on Sunday 5th Aug departing from Wheels Cycles at 09:00.This will be a steady paced group ride (expected to be in the region of 15mph) down to the Oasis Cafe, Preston, Weymouth...

Simon Barfoot was the winner on a very hard night on the Gillingham 10 mile course.  Simon has now secured enough points to win the GDW time trial championship for 2012 so a massive congratulations to him.The wind conditions...

Unfortunately due to unforeseen circumstances, your intrepid ride leader, namely me, can’t be with you on Sunday.  But please feel free to follow the route round and enjoy the ride, there is a supermarket (Somerfields I...

Josh Day was fastest again tonight, 47.01 quick enough to beat Simon Barfoot into second while Kim Little set his quickest time this season for third.The other juniors behind Josh all set some good times, Neil Mackinnon knocked...

Provisional results are hereYet again some riders seem to have forgotten we are not on a closed circuit.  The marshals have reported some competitors for dangerous riding at Mere this evening and riders have also been reported...

There were some tractor-related incidents at the Bruton tt tonight.  Don Tanner was lucky to not be more badly hurt when a tractor driver came straight across the course at Kilmington Common without stopping or looking.  Don was...

The sale of tickets for access to the viewing area on Box Hill go on sale on Tuesday 29 May at 11am.  Tickets are in the range of £10 – £15 with tickets for young people and seniors costing only £5. Spectators at Box Hill...

Josh Day was fastest again tonight, the only rider to get under 24 minutes.  Simon Barfoot was second just three seconds ahead of Charles Rees who put in a fast time in non-aero spec.  Chris Mullett got round in a course pb.  In...

The evening series of road racing is now upon us and over the next few months there are various events that are local to Gillingham and District riders.ThruxtonMonday’s May 7 & 14 – new races organised by Andover...

Membership fees were due on April 1st, if you haven’t renewed your 2012 please do so asap.  Forms and cheques can be given to Mary at the tts/hillclimb or sent to – Mary Asplen, 7 Hunter’s Mead, Motcombe, SP7...

No tt tonight, I’ve just driven round and the whole of Manston t-junction is under water and there is a big flood all across the road at the bottom of Kit Hill – sorry!