To start the MTB XC season off a small number of Mid Devon Cycling Club riders raced Newnham winter wakeup on a 5.1 mile with 500 feet of climbing which made a challenging course for all riders. This was a new event to the South West MTB calendar organiser Steve Hodgson thought that he would…
28 Mid Devon riders completed the 2022 South West cyclocross season has come to a close seeing Mid Devon Cycling Club taking many reginal podiums over the 7 rounds across the South West, with some outstanding performances under 12’ James Allen and Lauren Fox both won every round in the league, Edward Selwood 2nd over…
MTB XC Round 2 was also South West Champs at Grammarcombe MDCC had a good day with many medals. On a warm sunny day on a well set out courses for the different age groups. Under 10 Male Oliver Gray was 2nd seeing off some good strong field working very hard over the 20 min race Under…
A really tough start to the National XC series on a technical course which was super muddy, straight from the off the whole 1st lap was strewn with crashes and near misses so I struggled to find a rhythm, once the race settled I had 3 good laps and was sitting quite comfortable swapping positions…
Round 3 of the Wessex Cyclo-Cross league at Foxhill motor x track for Eva and Lauren Fox a technical course, with some decent hills thrown in! Lauren 1st under 12 girl and Eva 1st under 14 girl! Good day of racing. Other traveled to raced in the Western XC Round 2 at Frome today Maddy…
The year kicked off to a good start with mdcc spring circuit races with two races in one day where I took both wins at my first races after lockdown where I had been training hard. The next race was the Colin Lewis grand prix with hard competition from the well know race , in…
This day’s racing has moved from its traditional late February date to mid-August – well at least the rain will be warmer. The course is well used and provides a mix of fast long straights then some narrow twisting sections where ‘out of sight soon becomes out of mind’ and gives any breakaway a good…
Youth rider Grace Ward has been stringing together some impressive results on the national and local stage recently. Grace updated us on her recent exploits: ” I went to the National XC Series Rd 2 in Monmouth on the 3rd July, it was a tricky course in difficult conditions, the wet weather made the riding…
Dunster Castle 8/9/19 24 Mid Devon riders went to Dunster Castle for the 1st round of the South West Cyclocross League. Ben Ward started the day well for the club wining the under 8 Boys, Matt Holmes followed this up winning the under 10’s boys, Callum Start 3rd in the under 16’s. V40m Andy Parker…
Robin Delve: 2017 Cyclo-Cross Season Summary My cross race season started at the beginning of September and has now just finished 19 weeks and 23 races later!! Training started back in February. Basic weekly training consists of commuting by MTB to work 2/3 times per week. A hilly round trip of 22 miles. 2 gym…