Paul Hopkins won again this evening, completing the course in an excellent 46.49 to give him his fourth straight victory.  Andy Hopkins was second, improving by a massive three minutes over his time from two weeks ago on this...

The CTT have confirmed that the list of banned deep-rim/aero front wheels applies to both Open and Club events.  As with full-disc front wheels, they are banned on safety grounds and accidents involving riders using this...

This week’s GDW tt is on the 19 mile course, HQ at Bruton Industrial Estate, 1900 start.  If you are available to marshal all volunteers are very welcome.  If you are planning to ride, see if you could bring a willing...

After a number of Committee meetings and Simon Barfoot & Daryol Laws attending the Gillingham Twinning Dinner recently and meeting with Committee members of both Le Neubourg and UVN (their cycle club, see UVN ) we intend for...

Have added old Time Trial results back to 1998 (supplied courtesy of Brian Miller) on the Old Results page, any errors/inaccuracies or typos please let me know. Thanks Mike  mikey.e.smith@googlemail.com

26 riders turned out for the latest round of the GDW TT series, with Paul Hopkins winning again.  This time he was run close by Vince Hounsome who came second, just seven seconds behind Paul.  Third went to championship leader...

Don Tanner was a busy rider at the weekend, competing in both the Corinium 10 on Saturday and the Andover Wheelers 25 on Sunday morning.  Don was 46th on Saturday on the fast U47 course with a time of 23.13 and then followed...

There have been some marshal and timekeeper reports that some tt competitors are not obeying CTT or Highway Code rules.  Please remember -Do not cross the central reservation white lines in the roadDon not cross the perceived...

Alan Smith had a very early morning last weekend to get to the Clevedon RC 25 mile tt for a 07.18 start.  The event was held on the U21 course near Bridgwater and his time of 1.10.58 gave him 29th place.Round 8 of the WTTA...

The latest round of the club championship was held on the Bruton 19 mile course.  Following the highest number of entries at a GDW hillclimb on Monday, 26 riders competed this evening, which is the highest number of entries at a...

Thursday 30th April saw 4 Gillingham Wheelers descend on a gloomy Merryfield airfield, Ilton for the first race in the 7 race evening series organised by the Team Tor  2000 club.  First off was Sam Eades in the U14 event, who in...

Jerry Rayner from Somer Valley CC rocketed up the Mere hillclimb this evening to set the first sub-5 minute time for this course, crossing the line in 4 minutes and 41 seconds.  With Jerry being a guest rider, maximum points...

A few results from last weekend – At the latest WTTA Hardrider tt, held on the U59 passing by Silbury Hill and run by the Swindon RC, James Chant finished 27th with a time two minutes faster than his previous course PB to...

The Wheelers decamped to Stour Provost this evening for the first use of the new course which takes in Todber, Guys Marsh and Stour Row.  Most riders produced times on a par with the usual Wyke 10 mile route as both are...

John Phillips headed over to East Brent on Saturday 25/04/09 for Somerset RC’s Open 10 on the normally quick U21 that is an out and back on the A38.  I say normally because vicous cross winds inevitably slowed the field of...

The next round of the GDW time trial series takes place on Wednesday 29th at the new Stour Provost course, starting at 1845.  The meeting point will be the layby just South of the Stour Provost crossroads on the B3092.  This is...

Simon Barfoot won his third time trial of the season this evening.  Consistency seems to be the key for Simon, the difference between his fastest and slowest times this season being just 10 seconds.  Andy Hopkins was second and...

A small group of Gillingham wheelers were out for a Sunday ride, running along the side of a relatively safe Somerset stream when suddenly a great white shark lunged out of the water and started to devour veteran cyclist Mike...

A field of 55 riders took on the challenge of the hardest WTTA Hardrider tt of them all today, thankfully in excellent weather conditions.  The course is run over 28 miles of Cotswold countryside and starts off with a steep and...

On a sunny and breezy afternoon Simon Barfoot and Charles Rees descended on Yeovil for a gentile spin around the rolling Podimore A303 10TT. At the turn around point Barf was a mere 5 seconds up on Rees, who had made the first 6...

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Simon Barfoot’s 100% winning start to the GDW season has come to an end!  2008 TT Champion Paul Hopkins won this evening’s third round with a time of 23.25, over a minute faster that second-placed Vince Hounsome...

As the Sportive, Audax and charity rides season gets underway it would be good for the weekly Blackmoor Vale news item to include news of Wheelers in action in these types of events as well as the stock items of TT  and Road...

There were surprisingly few Wheelers in competitive action over the Bank Holiday weekend.  Don Tanner and Simon Barfoot both recorded good tt times in events held on what are not generally considered fast courses.  Don recorded...

Second round, second win for Simon Barfoot in the GDW TT series held onthe ‘Wyke 10’ on 08/04/09.  What with his recent  Hill Climb win writing these reports is turning into a ‘cut and paste’ exercise! ...