Richard Farrow has secured his 3rd successive Club Time Trial Series trophy and his 4th in 5 years. Richard was the fastest Wheeler last Thursday at Horringer and now has an unassailable 101 point lead with only three races to go. Name Time Trial Trophy Points Series League Table Richard Farrow 359 Paul Rooke 258 Matt Shingleton 210 Fraser …
Matt Shingleton raced IronMan Bolton last weekend (16th July) and has written this excellent account that gets you right into the heart of what it feels like to compete in an IronMan (that’s a 2.4 mile swim, a 112 mile bike leg and a 26.2 mile marathon run). To make it even harder on himself, Matt chose to run in …
In TT action last weekend, Dale Sturman and Paul Vickers competed in the East District CA 100 TT championship on Sunday 16th. Paul, riding in his first ever 100, recorded a time of 4:02:10 while Dale finished in 3:59:44. Although still not confirmed, both times look to be good enough for top 10 finishes (Keep an eye on this page: cyclingtimetrials.org.uk/race-results/15567#anchor for …
With only five races to go Richard Farrow still leads the way in this years’ time trial series ahead of an in-form Paul Rooke, with the winner now likely to be between the two riders. Name Time Trial Trophy Points Series League Table Richard Farrow 310 Paul Rooke 233 Matt Shingleton 210 Fraser Elsworth 200 Clement Wallace 170 Pip …
It is hard to argue against Italy being the spiritual home of cycling. While the English invented the modern bicycle and the French have Le Tour, no-one has a passion for cycling quite like the Italians. And no other Wheeler has a bigger passion for Italy and Italian cycling than Justin Wallace. To celebrate his 70th birthday Justin hatched a …
Seven Wheelers entered Sunday’s 70.3 Triathlon at Holkham Hall in Norfolk and as Ray Reeves reports, it was an enjoyable and well organised event: “The race started early with Wheelers going off from 06.45 into the lake that was officially “nice”. The 1900 meter swim route took us around two small islands and up an exit ramp into T1. Transition …
Thirteen Wheelers tackled the Coast to Coast in a Day Sportive on June 24th. Here’s Peter Golding’s report on one really tough day on the bike with something of a sting in the tail… “Do you want to do the C2C mate?” said Matt Denny. “Sounds interesting” said I. Little did I know when I expressed an interest, just what …
Richard Farrow is still leading the way from Fraser at the top of the table, but with another win and personal best Paul Rooke jumps from 4th to 3rd place and continues to close the gap on the top two. Name Time Trial Trophy Points Series League Table Richard Farrow 217 Fraser Elsworth 162 Paul Rooke 151 Matt Shingleton …
Paul Rooke rode to an excellent third place in the Renny Stirling Memorial 20-mile TT on Saturday 5 June. Hosted by Orwell Velo, and raced over the BS33 course – a twenty mile circular route on mainly B roads around Debenham. There was enough blustery wind to make the course feel that little bit harder for the forty entries in this open …
With Richard Farrow and Fraser Elsworth only finishing one place apart at the recent Time Trail at West Stow the top two remain the same in the race for the TT Points Series Trophy, but with Paul Rooke and Matt Shingleton both recording pb’s and finishing 1st and 2nd respectively the points gap between the top four is beginning to …
