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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Club Runs – revised schedule

As many of you may have noticed the Club Runs section of the Web Site has been updated.  The Saturday run now has 2 departs, one at 09:00 for the faster riders (15-20 mph) and the 2nd at 09:20 at a more leisurely pace (12-16.5...

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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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Gillingham Trotters Road Race

This Sunday sees the annual Gillingham Trotters Road Race, starting from Wyke Primary School.  If there is anyone who could do the usual cycling round the course just ahead of the lead runners then please get in touch with...

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Mountain Bike Series R2

The second round of this winter’s mountain bike series took place this morning, at the usual venue of Alfred’s Tower woods.  It was a brilliant race, the leading riders swapping places throughout.  2010 champion Kim...

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Mass Attack Duathlon

Concept Sports held their annual duathlon at Thruxton race circuit at the weekend, an event for solo competitors or relay pairs.  The race is made up of a 5kms run, 30kms on the bike and then followed by a second 5k run.  James...

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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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Velodrome Photos

16 riders turned out for the GDW trip to Bournemouth Velodrome, it was a bit chilly and windy but a good two hours of fun on the new track.  The session featured some general track riding and some coaching for the novices and...

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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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Downton 2 Day Stage Race

The League International held their annual 2 day/3 stage race last weekend, based around the New Forest and Downton.  Organiser and time trial legend Glenn Longland always puts on a great event and this year was no...

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Bournemouth Velodrome

There are still places available at the two hour slot we have booked in for at new outdoor velodrome at Slades Farm in Bournemouth.The session will run from 2 until 4 on Saturday, October 22nd and will cost £6 per rider...

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Cycle Touring news

John Phillips recently completed his latest solo cycle camping trip, this time crossing Spain from Bilbao in the north to Gibralter in the South.  Apart from a wet first day, the weather was wall-to-wall sun with temperatures in...

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Frome Cobble Wobble

A few photos from the recent Cobble Wobble, which, as can be seen, was a brilliant event again.  Nearly 200 competitors took to St Catherine’s Hill cheered on by hundreds of spectators.  The event culminated with King of...

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New Forest Sportive

A number of GDW riders took part in the Wiggle 100 mile New Forest sportive at the weekend.  Jane Pritchard fresh from her Lands End to John O’Groats ride wasn’t content with doing the 100 mile event on Saturday in a...

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GDW Mountain Bike Night Race

The first ever GDW night race was a great success, a big thankyou to Vince for organising everything and to all the marshals and timekeepers who turned out.It was a perfect night for it, warm and the recent dry weather made the...

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Bournemouth Velodrome

The eagle-eyed amongst you will have noticed that we have a two hour slot booked in for the new outdoor velodrome at Slades Farm in Bournemouth.The session will run from 2 until 4 on Saturday, October 22nd and will cost £6 per...

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WTTA Hardriders tt

Chris Mullet and James Chant both took part in the latest WTTA Hardrider time trial, a 25 miler on the Frome bypass which was run by Bath CC.  The course is run over three laps which has two horrible drags on it, both of which...

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National Mountain Bike XC Series, Final Round

Newnham Park in Plymouth hosted the final round of this years’s championship.  The riders had good weather for this event, held on a tight, twisty, technical course.Paul Hopkins (riding for Merida) wrapped up the National...

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Wednesday Night Rides

There will be a weekly night ride starting this coming Wednesday (28th), open to members and non-members, rolling out at 7pm.The meeting point will be the Library car park in Gillingham, where the time trial signing-in takes...

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Thankyou!

A big thank you to everyone who have helped out with marshalling this season, it’s been especially helpful since Mary and Dennis have been unable to make it along.A big, massive, HUGE thanks to those who seem to be there...

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Final Hillclimb

Kim Little finished off the hillclimb series in style, confirming his championship win with a new course record.  Kim knocked four seconds from his own record with a time of 4.18 to beat Josh Day by 20 seconds.  Alex Hookins and...

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Club Christmas Dinner – Fri 2nd Dec

The Gillingham Wheelers Christmas Dinner and Presentation Evening will take place at the Coppleridge Inn, Motcombe on Friday 2nd December.So make a date in your diary – more details (menu etc) will appear on the web site...

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Ilton Road Race – Sun 25th Sept

The final Ilton Road Race takes place this Sunday 25th Sept on the closed circuit at Merryfield Airfield.  There are races for all categories and entries are taken on the day at no additional cost.Youths U16/U14/U12/U10/U8 start...

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TLI Downton 2 Day/3 Stage Classic

TLI’s fantastic 2 day/3 stage race takes place on October 8th and 9th this year.  As usual, it will be a prologue hillclimb and handicapped 50k road race out across the New Forest on the Saturday afternoon with a 25 mile...

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Brecon Beast

Nigel Brown recently took part in this year’s Brecon Beast off road marathon event.  This involved riding 87 kms of the Brecon Beacons National Park over some tough trails, some of which are the highest tracks in Southern...

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