Sunday morning saw the SAW 25 run off in appalling conditions on the A30. It was touch and go as to whether the event would go ahead, as the road is susceptible to poor visibility when wet, and strong crosswinds due to the open and exposed nature of the course. A starting line up of…
Easter Sunday saw the Exeter Wheelers CC “Four Firs” Hilly TT take place over Woodbury Common Savage weather conditions saw a reduced field take part. Mid Devon CC took 3rd,4th and 5th place on the day along with the team prize. 3rd was Lee Sanderson with a 35.43 , 4th James Tribble with a 36.49 and 5th Mike Gratton…
Starting on Thursday 7th April the Torbay Velopark Summer Evening Series is a regular event taking place on a fortnightly basis between April and August designed to encourage regular participation for all category’s of racing. The events are based at the Torbay Velopark a dedicated off road cycling facility providing fun traffic free racing. The races are…
Louie Priddle rode in the Youth A Castle Combe Easter Classic on Easter Saturday. Here is his race report Today I went up to Castle Combe for my first race of the race season. There was a field of 68 riders in the end and I ended up coming in 26th (not bad for a…
No Pinz rider Dean Robson came out top in with the traditional Good Friday 23 mile event This year’s race again had a stellar cast with last year’s winner Tom Baylis (One Pro Cycling), our own National Junior 25 mile record holder Matt Langworthy (Mid Devon CC) and Robson himself amongst the favourites. Team Corley’s…
Plenty of action for the Mid Devon CC Race team at the weekend The TT crew were in action first riding the the 10 mile Time Trial on the S26 at Honiton. S26/10 TT There were two events and the Mid Devon had riders in both the solo and 2up categories. Youth A rider Harrison…
Andrew Perkins early season run of good form continues with a third place in the Somerset RC Crit’s, held over 40 minutes on the half-mile Westpoint circuit. The event saw a maximum field of 60 take to the line in bitterly cold conditions with good representation from MDCC including David Noakes, Harry Loader, Steve Jones,…
Sunday 28th February saw the Mid Devon CC kick of the SW Road Race calendar with the Primavera Road Races at Hatherleigh Mid Devon’s promoting impresario Ken Robertson pulled off an impressive feat of running 3 races at the same time. An army of volunteers and helpers were summoned and bar a few minor hiccups…
A great result for new MDCC member and racer Jenny Corser in her debut race. Here are her thoughts on her progression from beginner to her first race win and the race report – well done Jenny! How to cycle your first race, a beginners perspective. 1. July 2015, purchase first ever road bike. 2. Do internet…
Perky kicked of MDCC’s Race Teams 2016 campaign in good style taking a win in the season opening City Cycle Courier RT’s 10 mile time trial, held on the A38 at Ivybridge. In wet and windy conditions he started last, clocking 22 minutes dead to take the win from Minehead’s Graham Collins by 13 seconds,…