Sandie Radford RR

Josh Day rode a brilliant race at the TLI Sandie Radford road race on Saturday, getting fifth place after being in a breakaway for much of the race.  The event is for all categories of riders and is held on a 35 mile course in...

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Easter Weekend Results

Mike Smith, Josh Day & Barney Cox took part in the Castle Combe Easter Classic races on Friday.  As always, this event attracts huge fields for the programme of races, with a total of nearly 500 riders entered this year....

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Stour Provost time trial

The opening tt of the season was won by Nigel Brown, who took a close win from Simon Barfoot, Vince Hounsome and James Chant.The weather conditions meant that the opening and closing legs of the course were pretty fast but the...

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Castle Combe Easter Classic & Road Race News

The Castle Combe Easter classic is on this weekend on Good Friday and has a full race programme for all riders, see BC Site here for more info.   There will be a number of Gillingham Wheelers attending  this event, and this a...

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Club Kit Order

Attention all Wheelers – yes its that time of year again… GDW Kit order being organized, if you have any requests please email the shop ASAP with your order… wheels.cycles@virgin.netSo far we have an order from...

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Membership and Time Trial Fees

MembershipJust a reminder that 2012 GDW membership fees are due from the 1st April, please complete a membership form here and send to Mary Asplen – address on the form.Club TT FeesAnyone wishing to pay up front for all 23...

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Weekend Update

The National Mountain Bike XC Championships kicked off at the weekend, opening at the Sherwood Pines course in Nottinghamshire.  Paul Hopkins was racing in the Vets’ category, defending his title which he has won in both...

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General News

Pete Humphreys and Mike Smith took part in last week’s 2/3/4 Cat Tom Hawkins road race.  This was held at Uffculme in Devon near the M5, which the route crossed over twice in each of the 6 laps.  The race was 54 miles in...

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Hardriders Round One

The first round of the 2012 WTTA Hardriders championship took place yesterday, in terrible weather conditions.  The 24 mile time trial event was run by the Chippenham Wheelers, and their marshals and timekeepers deserve a...

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GDW Open

A record 67 riders have entered the upcoming Open, you can see the startsheet here We have helpers for most of the junctions, however we do need someone for the Hunter’s Lodge turn please.  Also, if you would like to bake...

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GDW Hardriders Open

The Wheelers annual Open is coming up fast, we’ve got 56 entries so far with a couple of days to go until the entry closes.  There have been lots of offers of help on the day, so thanks a lot to those people, we do still...

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Frome Wheelers Open

Frome and District Wheelers held their Open 10 mile TT today on the new Frome bypass course.  Six GDW riders competed, with a surprise fastest Wheeler time from Jane Pritchard.  Unfortunately, Jane was one of a three competitors...

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50 Mile Reliability Ride

Just a reminder about the 50 mile ride this coming Sunday (Jan 22nd), meeting at Orchard Park with a ride start time of 9 am, please see previous post for more details and maps

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Newport Velodrome Trip – Sun 4th March

There are 5 spaces available on the Yeovil CC trip to Newport Velodrome on Sun 4th March 15:00-18:00 due to some cancellations.The cost is £35 per person which includes the coach and the hire of bike.  You just need to make your...

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50 Mile Winter Reliability Ride

The ride will start at 9am, hope to see you there. Route below – food stop marked on map (just past 26 mile marker).   Audax style route (in PDF  format) supplied by Daryol for download below or click here – NB Route...

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Winter Reading

For anyone who is still finishing off mountains of festive food, here are a couple of articles you can read whilst you eat -The first is a feature from a recent edition of Shred, a South West-based mountain bike magazine, in...

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SPAM Winter Challenge

The Salisbury Plain Area Mountain bike club held their annual Winter Challenge at the weekend.  This event usually takes place in January but MOD restrictions meant that the event was brought forward a little this year.  The...

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GDW Mountain Bike, Race 4

It was a case of deja vu at today’s mountain bike race, with Nigel Brown passing Kim Little right at the very end of the race, just as he did at the last round.  Alex Day took third place ahead of Tom Downes and Vince...

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Mountain Bike Round 3 Results

It was another lovely, warm autumnal morning for the latest of the Wheelers’ off-road races, with a record 27 starters turning out.  Organiser Vince Hounsome had added some new challenges to the course, with a descent...

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Simon Rouse says thank you

Simon has asked me to thank all those people who came to see him throughout the day, giving him encouragement and support for his 12 Hour turbo session especially James, Ebby and the boys who helped him pack up at the end.  ...

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Day Trip to Cwmcarn

Join us for a day of off-road riding at the Twrch Trail, Cwmcarn.  The idea is to go in a mini bus and trailer, meeting at Riversmeet Leisure Centre on Sunday November 20th, at 0800.  This will cost £15.  If you would like to...

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Happy Shopper

Head along to Tesco in Yeovil next Saturday 12th Nov and you’ll find Simon Rouse pedalling on a turbo trainer – for 12 hours!  Not just for fun (!?) either, Simon is raising money for the Alzheimers Society, this is...

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Burrington Combe Hillclimb

Three Wheelers turned out for the final round of the WTTA Hardriders series.  This was the traditional season-closer hillclimb event at picturesque Burrington Combe in the Mendips.  The temperature was considerably higher than...

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Lost In Translation

As featured in the must-read cycling website The Inner Ring (Inrng), the brothers Schleck on Japanese TV in the common language of ‘English’ – have a look here

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