Cyclocross update – West Stow Cross 2024

Stephen BrookCyclo Cross, News

The sunset on Sunday was spectacular and so was the event at West Stow Country Park which our Club hosted so magnificently. Now that the dust, quite literally has settled, it’s time to put pen to paper and write some thoughts on the day.What a day it was, the weather helped of course, but it wouldn’t have been so successful …

Charity quiz night – 9 December

Stephen BrookNews

Don’t forget Folks our annual Charity Quiz Night. A chance to meet up with other Club Members and Family and make a few pennies for a worthy cause. Club HQ, Monday 9 December at 7.30pm. £3 per person, snacks and light refreshments provided and all profits to the East Anglian Air Ambulance.

West Stow cyclocross – call for volunteers

Stephen BrookCyclo Cross, News

West Suffolk Wheelers your help would be much appreciated.West Suffolk Wheelers are hosting round 9 of the Eastern Cyclocross League on Sunday 15th December 2024 at West Stow Country Park, West Stow.We are asking for volunteers to assist on the day of the race, a few to set up the day beforehand and a few to help the final tidy …

Cyclocross update – 3rd November 2024

Stephen BrookCyclo Cross, News

Sadly there was no local (Eastern Cross) race this last weekend, but the Central Cyclocross League had an event on Saturday at the Milton Keynes Bowl, this time hosted by Equipe Velo, a North Buckinghamshire Club. The last event held in the ‘Bowl’ hosted by Velo Bants, made use of a very steep bank which most ran up and a …

Cyclocross Report – Week ending 20th October

Stephen BrookCyclo Cross, News

Firstly the track at West Stow is in great condition and has had plenty of folk training on it during the week, the more times it’s ridden as the weather gets damper and the ground softer, the smoother the racing line will become. So if you’re an off-road rider off any type, Cross, Gravel, MTB, why not get over there …

Cyclocross Report – Week ending 13 October

Stephen BrookCyclo Cross, News

What a week it’s been for us all, there has been so much going on with the Wheelers Cyclocross family, repairing bikes so that it’s still possible to race, training hard so that racing is potentially easier and of course remodelling the track at West Stow to enhance it for our race in December. There wasn’t a race in the …

Annual General Meeting 2024

Stephen BrookMeetings, News

The Annual General Meeting of West Suffolk Wheelers will be held on Monday 11th November 2024 at 7.30pm, at the Club House on Mount Road, Bury St Edmunds. At this meeting we elect or re-elect our committee members who run the club on our behalf. We also allocate various other roles and responsibilities to a host of much appreciated volunteers …

CX update – the first double header of 2024

Stephen BrookCyclo Cross, News

No we’re not talking football; but two of the Clubs ‘Crossers’ raced on Saturday and Sunday last weekend.Megan Free and Peter Golding both travelled to Milton Keynes on Saturday to race in the Central League fixture hosted by Velo Bants ‘Cross in the City’ at the iconic Milton Keynes Bowl. The course was a series of switchbacks on the flatter …

CX update – dry and fast racing at Colchester

Stephen BrookCyclo Cross, News

The third round of the Eastern Cyclocross League was held on Saturday 21st September at the Colchester Sports Park, hosted by Colchester Rovers CC. The course is modelled around the very good tarmac circuit, which is synonymous with Criterium Races and also the venue for the Coaching courses which the Wheelers team of coaches have attended. There are very few …