The Gillingham Wheelers road racing contingent have been getting the miles and solid results in ahead of the early season trophy races, despite poor weather and early season cancellations at Upavon. Mike Smith put in a stunning...

Simon Rouse and James Chant travelled down to CC Weymouth’s first club event of the season to tackle a typical out-and-back course, ie, really fast in one direction and hard work on the return leg.  The rain didn’t...

Just a few final words on Saturday’s Open time trial. Firstly, I have received a remarkable number of complimentary messages about the running of the event with regards to both the organisation at the hall and out on the...

The first of the 2010 Road Races at Thruxton race circuit organised by Omega gets underway this Sun 21 March.   The events/times are as follows:   0930 U16/U14 15 km 10 miles 4 laps 0930 U12/U10 10 km 6 miles 3 laps 0930 U8 3 km...

Saturday’s results, more details to follow soon…  Promoted on behalf of Cycling Time Trials under their Rules and Regulations   Gillingham and district wheelers open time trial   SPONSORED BY WHEELS CYCLES OF DORSET...

Gillingham & District Wheelers have been scatered across the West Country this weekend in a couple of time trials.    John Phillips and Simon Rouse headed west to the A38 near Highbridge for the Somerset RC Open TT. ...

Don’t forget the club AGM is Friday 5th March at 7.30 pm at the North Dorset Rugby Club, Gillingham, followed by a meal at approx 9pm.   AGENDA for the AGM 1.      Apologies for Absence. 2.      Treasurers Report 3.     ...

Entry is now closed for the Open time trial on March 13th.  We have had an excellent entry of 60 riders, including 10 from the GDW.  Hopefully there will be another home win in the teams’ prize!Startsheet is as...

Simon Barfoot is taking part in the 2010 Dorset Fire Bike Ride on 12/13 June this year and is inviting any other Gillingham Wheelers to join him. More details are at http://www.dorsetfirebikeride.co.uk/ or contact Simon for more...

         The Frome and District Wheelers held their traditional curtain-raising 10 mile time trial today with the weather surprisingly mild and calm given the winter we’ve had thus far.  Many riders recorded some very...

Upavon on the 20th Jan 2010 is cancelled. The organisers had this to say…Looking at the forecast we have decided to cancel it for this week- bloody weather but better to cancel earlier than on the day! Fingers crossed for...

The Gillingham Wheelers / Wheels Cycles Annual General Meeting will be held on Friday 5th March at the North Dorset Rugby Club, Gillingham at 7.30pm. Food will be provided at the end of the meeting, so please can you confirm if...

Andover Wheelers’ hilly 10 mile time trial saw three Gillingham riders in action on Saturday.  The gruelling course started and finished in the village of Vernham Dean and took in some long hillclimbs and some steep...

Fed up with freezing your bits off! Why not join us for 2hrs + off roadat Alfreds Tower Woods. Meet at 9am sharp. Hope to see you there.Phone Mike Donovan for more details 01749850604

Yesterday saw 15+ hardy souls gather in the wintery morning at Orchard Park ready to set out and explore the extremities of all 3 GDW time-trial course in one go. Obviously those who had come from a little further afield than...

For those hardy souls wanting to come along and enjoy the tea & cakes at Orchard Park, after of course a little jaunt through the surrounding countryside, you can now look at the route sheet (in PDF format).  This is an...

Carole Miller is running spinning classes every Thursday evening at 8pm at Wincanton Leisure centre.Ideal for those wanting to get some pre-season training in.  Just turn up or contact Carole by email on godwinmark12@aol.com for...

Meet at Hunters Lodge 9am. Approx. 4 hour ride about 50+ miles All Wecome.  Mike Donovan 01749 850604 call before 6-30pm Sat to confirm

Nigel Brown is organising another couple of Mountain Bike rides (SPAM club ride, if anyone wants to join give him a call or just turn up)   Route 1 leaves his place (Harpers farm Lyes Green, Corsley, Warminster, BA12 7PA) at...

There will be a GDW-organised 50 mile reliability ride on 31st January.  The ride will start and finish at Orchard Park Garden Centre in Gillingham (SP8 5JG) and follow this route...

The Winter Challenge ride on Salisbury Plain on the 3rd Jan saw a number of Gilingham Wheelers participate in the 50km event with 380 riders; Nigel Brown was 1st wheeler home in a time of 2:16.39, followed by Vince Hounsome in...

There will an off road ride at 9.15am Alfreds Tower, Stourhead WoodsContact Mike Donovan 01749 850604 / 07811465482 for more details or just turn up prompt. Approx. 2.5 hours……dress warm!

The National Cyclocross Championships and the opening round of the Upavon Winter Series have been cancelled due to the freezing weather, both of which were scheduled for this weekend.  Saturday’s Hillingdon races are...

Friend of the Wheelers, Giles Belbin, has recently posted his interview with cycling author and journalist Matt Rendell on the Daily Peloton website.  It’s well worth a look, Matt has some thought-provoking and at times...

There was a glitch with the forum that I noticed a few days ago, in that nobody was allowed to post anything.  Was probably finger trouble on my part, anyway I beleive it is now working.  If there are still problems let me know....