Sunday 4th June saw the annual Grass Track event at Fornham St Martin. The club hosted the National 400m championships, won by Andrew Leveton, but including a great performance from local rider Fabian Horrocks who placed second in what was his first ever grass track. There was a good turnout of Wheelers in the Youth races with Harley Gregory winning all his races …
Team members Ray Reeves, Darren Sharman and Thomas Jay-Betts, had an early start over at Box End Bedfordshire, with the first swimmer off at 08:00. First order of business was to put up the new club gazebo, that not only saved us from sun burn and gave us a great area to keep all of our kit in one place, …
After this week’s Gt. Whelnetham time trial, where Dale Sturman returned to winning ways following his accident last season, 4th placed Wheeler Richard Farrow extended his lead at the top of the points table. Name Time Trial Trophy Points Series League Table Richard Farrow 181 Fraser Elsworth 149 Matt Shingleton 110 Paul Rooke 91 Clement Wallace 76 Boyd Nicholas 75 Pip …
With rain and standing water causing last night’s West Stow TT to be cancelled, now’s a good time to catch up with the current standings in the Evening Time Trial Series. After being tied for the top spot before last week’s time trial at Horringer, Fraser Elsworth not riding allowed Richard Farrow to pull away at the top again. Both riders are still well clear …
Angela Joiner-Handy took on the best of Europe and the worst of the weather at the European Duathlon Championships in Soria Spain last week and came away with a superb result. Here’s her excellent report… “Well, having qualified months ago, I thought ‘I am on this, this year I am going to train hard’. Life never seems to work out …
West Suffolk Wheelers are announcing a Go-Tri Aquathlon (140m swim plus 1.7 km run) at Moreton Hall Health & Fitness Club in Bury St Edmunds on Friday 2nd June. Go-Tri are short races ideal for novices to have a go at multisport races or for the more experienced athlete to gain some race practise in a safe, less pressured and friendly environment. …
After the last TT at Higham, Richard Farrow and Fraser Elsworth are pulling away from the pack in the Club’s Evening TT Series. Richard’s lead must come to an end soon; with Fraser still on amazing form the flying 16 year old will almost certainly take the overall lead in the upcoming 8.5 mile event at Risby (Thursday 4th May). Name Time …
Results for the 2017 Ixworth Cycle Races are available to download here:
On Saturday 29th April five West Suffolk Wheelers took part in the Kings Lynn 10 mile TT held at South Runcton on the b10/37r. Darren Davis was fastest club rider with a 22:32, Adrian Rudd 23:39, David Young 26:01, John Steed 26:53 and Mark Eastwood 27:43. The winner was Mathew Senter from Team Velo Velocity with a 20:34. On May …
Nicole Gregory finally collected the Ladies Rose Bowl Trophy from chairman Neville Pettitt for her victory in February’s exciting final (see the video below). Despite the fact that the Men’s Roller Racing Rose Bowl Trophy has been battled over since 1988, this was the first time there has been a Ladies competition.
