The 2017 Road season started at the Velopark on Sunday 19th February. Mid Devon CC Race Team managed to place a rider on every race podium! Dave Lewis unleashed a killer sprint to take 3rd in the 4’s only. Mark Coombe took 3rd in the 3’rd Cat only to be knocked off a few days fracturing…
Mid Devon CC took 3 out of the top 5 places in this early season tester on the popular S4 course at Buckfastleigh. Matt Langworthy took the win with an an outstanding 19.19 with Ian Cullen taking 2nd 20:41 and Gary Fouracres 3rd 20:54. Mid-Devon took the team prize with Harrison Wood (21:18) as the…
After a winter of reasonably consistent training I decided to start the season with the Kingston Wheelers sporting 14. It’s a tough two lap circuit just outside Woking on some seriously grippy roads. Dean had me doing some threshold stuff for the past few weeks on the turbo so I felt pretty strong going into…
Mid Devon CC rider Izzy Ashford is surely one to watch for the future. After impressing in 2016, she’s started her season earlier and claims the honour of the first podium for the club in 2017. Izzy reports as follows Knowing this season is my first as an U16 I knew I had to get…
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…
Okehampton Cycling Club in association with Rollapaluza present an evening of Roller Racing as seen on ITVs Cycle Show Enter the competition or come and watch the fun Saturday 4th February 7-11pm Charter Hall, Okehampton Rider entries: £2 in advance, £4 on the door. Max 70 riders Spectators: £2 on the door Prizes for fastest…
These races are the traditional start to the SW road racing season. It is an ideal opportunity to stretch the legs on rolling Devon roads – not too long but long enough to see if the winter training has been working. The races this year are restricted to men. Both races will.follow the A3072 for 6 miles and then onto the…
There is a certain amount of excitement regarding the dropping of the women’s road race on the day of the Primavera Races for men. I thought the information below might be useful in giving a historical background to the club and its support over many years to women‘s racing. Women’s Racing and the Mid-Devon Cycling…
Oli Twigger and Ross Pratt attended this on behalf of the Club. Oli reports back Although the event started on the Friday, we (Ross, myself and Lesley) wanted to avoid the early morning as much as possible so headed up North towards Loughborough after college on the Thursday. We met up with the Cornwall rider…
British Cycling will be organising an Accredited Marshal training course on Friday 20th January 6pm – 10pm at the Kenn Centre, Kennford near Exeter. Accredited Marshals have the legal power to stop and hold traffic at road race events, after a successful 2016 racing season where the marshals were used at all the South West events,…