With a new race day format for the SWCX league it gives a better opportunity for riders to develop and hone their skills throughout the season, now with two separate adult races, we see riders age 6 to 76 racing. The venue has been used for many years with a well-developed course design to start…
Mid Devon Cycling Club National Trophy Cyclocross at Torbay Velopark on 11th & 12th November. This is the second time for many years that the South West are hosting this event which will be held at Torbay Velopark where cyclocross features funded in 2022 by Mid Devon CC and British Cycling will be utilised. This…
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…
6 Mid Devon youth riders made the long trip to east Hampshire, A dry fast well designed course again for this season from the Solent Pirates. To start the day Lauren Fox won the under 12’s race boys and girls and Maddy Woodger was 11th both shown good improvements from last year and they enjoyed…
Edward Fraile-Whysall age 14 and Bayley Woodger age 13 from the Mid Devon CC Youth Academy raced in the 10 Mile National Youth Championship TT (South West DC) at St Eval in Cornwall. Hosted By Wheal Velocity Cycle ClubThe course is two and a half laps of the circuit around St Eval Airfield and it…
The great and the good of the South West Cyclo Cross scene were out in force at the Kenn Centre on the evening of Sunday the 29th of January for the annual awards ceremony. The Mid Devon were out in force with many trophies to pick up, and of course there was a buffet! Just…
On Sunday 11th December the club hosted the penultimate round of the 2016-17 South West Cyclo-Cross League at Torbay Velopark. Early morning mist cleared to reveal a course covered in frost which quickly melted in the sunshine. Last years ankle deep sodden grass and mud had made way for relatively firm ground. Competitors were treated…
On Sunday Robin Delve put in a virtuoso performance to win the inaugural Torbay Velopark Cross, the final round of the 2015-16 South West Cyclo Cross league. A week of rain lead to a water logged course that gradually broke up through the day of racing for all age groups. With the main senior event…
Sunday 20th September saw the first round of the South West Cyclo Cross League run in the traditional format. After the crit style races of the Flan Rou event the riders were ready for the course at the Castle Sport Centre, Taunton, a venue mmaking a welcome return after a couple of years abscence. After…
Today saw the second round of the Soggy Bottom mountain bike cross-country series. I arrived to a bright and sunny Newnham park to be greeted by two young army cadets marshaling the road crossing at the bottom of cottage return, a couple of riders passed not looking too muddy, Today was going to be fast!…