The Bournemouth and District Women’s Cycle Association are holding their annual two-up time trial Open on August 15th.  This enjoyable event is only open to one man and one woman pairings and runs on the P303 course out of...

Mark Geddes, Will Edwards, Charles Rees, Andy Parsons and Paul Hopkins headed down to Moreton for the penultimate round of the summer handicap series. A sunny evening greeted the riders for what turned out to be an intense...

Have driven some of the course, too dark, too much standing water so no time trial tonight, sorry.At the moment there will be no tt on either 12th or 19th August as noone has volunteered to put out signs!

Charles Rees and John Holman competed in the final round of the Tor 2000 Circuits at Ilton. Charles, on his new bike, was not content with letting the home team dominate and set about chasing every attack in the 3rd cat group. ...

Apologies to all if I’m misusing the website but I want to get this request out to as many people as possible, from Daryol Laws:On Sunday 26th July I’m setting off on another long distance ride, this time it’s...

The upcoming tt on the 5th of August (to be held on the Wyke) course will be run under non-aero rules.  This basically means riders must compete on standard road bikes, mountain bikes or fixed-gear bikes without any aero...

Ten (fool)hardy riders dodged the heavy showers to take on the tough ascent of Mere Hollow in the fourth round of the hillclimb championship.  Regular guest rider Simon Rouse from the Severn RC took a narrow win ahead of Nigel...

Charles Rees is organising an evening club ride from Mere Industrial Estate at 1900 every Monday EXCEPT on the dates that clash with the club hillclimb championship.  The rides will start on Monday 13th July.  The idea is to...

Some tough, windy conditions greeted the riders who competed in Yeovil CC’s 25 mile time trial on Sunday morning and the five Wheelers who took part were all slower than they would normally have been.  Vince Hounsome was...

A ninth win of the season for Paul Hopkins at the latest round of the GDW time trial series means that he has now reached the maximum score of 450 points in the championship.  On a hot and humid evening, Paul’s very fast...

Seven Wheelers travelled over to Ilton to compete in round 5 of Tour 2000 Circuits. Sam Eades once again found form finishing 2nd in the ever competitive under 14’s cat. but is still searching for the ever elusive win....

Three Wheelers were in action on the quick Tuesday night Somer Valley club course over at Frome. Perfect weather saw Charles Rees record a 22.36 (7th and PB) James Chant clocked 26.10 (cardinal sin; forgetting shoes…!) and...

                  The fine weather on Wednesday brought out a bumper field of 30 riders for Wednesday’s tt and they were rewarded with some excellent times for their efforts.  A remarkable 28 out of the 30 riders recorded...

         It was a bit like the old days at yesterday’s Bruton time trial, with just 13 riders tackling the hilly 19 mile course.  The latest round of the GDW time trial series was started in very dark and rainy conditions,...

There were quite a few Wheelers in action over the last week or so.  Stuart Kerton finished in second place at the Frome Wheelers club 10 time trial on Thursday with a time of 24.00.  James Chant was sixth with 25.22 and Sarah...

We have a group of 6 including 3 Wheelers, Henry Harris, Mitch Pope and myself, going to the French Alps on Wednesday 1 July to ride La Marmotte cyclosportive on 4 July and returning on Sunday 5 July.   Unfortunately 1 of our...

Simon Barfoot headed home the field tonight at the Stour Provost 10 mile tt.  His winning time of 23.35 was fast enough to give him his fourth win of the season and keeps him top of the championship table.  Vince Hounsome was...

Four Wheelers took part in round 3 of the Tor 2000 series of races last Thursday in dry but breezy conditions. In a field of over 40 rides in the 4th Cat event, Alan Hunt in his debut road race had a solid race and stayed just...

…we’re off to Todber for this Wednesday’s tt.  The roads around Milton-on-Stour are covered in gravel and grit and are going to lead to riders getting showered in debris from passing traffic and possibly cause...

Another highest-ever entry of 27 riders were treated to excellent weather conditions on Wednesday night at the latest round of the GDW time trial series.  The majority of the field recorded either personal best or season best...

The biggest entry for a Wheelers’ hillclimb so far saw 20 riders have a go at racing up the tortuous Mere Hollow.  Everyone completed the course, although some people were in better shape than others by the finish!  Paul...

Those of you who are avid readers of the weekly Blackmoor Vale Magazine Cycling news may well have spotted my ‘I wish it could be said to be deliberate’ error this week.  I extrapolated from a little knowledge and...

Four Wheelers travelled up to Castle Combe for the fourth round of the Summer Series in warm still conditions. Sam Eades, competing with the age group above finished a promising 4th in the Youth racing. Mike Smith, Nigel Eades...

The second outing on this new course saw Paul Hopkins take the win again, knocking 54 seconds of the previous course record with a time of 22:43!  A fair few riders went quicker than the first go on the course which may have...

This week’s GDW tt is at the Stour Provost course.  Please use the Todber lay-by, not the startline lay-by, for parking and signing-in.  Parking space is limited so if you can ride over that would be helpful.  Please try...