Father and Daughter Duo. Grace and Jamie Ward continued their strong start to their season at Crank it RD 1 – Sherwood Pines on 7th March. Grace came 6th, she reports “Had a really good race in a stacked field of talented girls, raced from the front and managed to stay their for most of…
Father and Daughter Duo. Grace and Jamie Ward started their season last weekend at the Gorrick MTB XC Spring Series RD 1 at Frimley Green. Grace got her season off to a flier taking the win, she reports “A good start to the season on a really technical course, super twisty and rooty but lots…
Mid Devon Cycling Club fielded a full team at the 2021 regional championship, the club had riders racing from under 8 to vet 60. With twenty age group championships on offer the club came away with 9 wins and an additional 4 podiums ! The course produced some close fast with two significant climbs every…
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Under 23 rider Troy Wheeler has joined the Mid Devon CC with a view to competing in Mountain Bike Cross Country Endurance Racing both locally and abroad. Troy noticed that the club is strengthening its off road offer and felt that joining would help his development. If you’re interested in joining the Mid Devon’s off…
HSBC National XC Series RD 4 – 4/09/2021 I had a really good race on a fast and technical course with plenty of climbing, it was a really long race clocking 1’14” minutes of effort, really pleased to have all 5 laps within 30 seconds of each other and didn’t fade at the end like…
This weekend Moorways Leisure Centre in Derby hosted the first round of this year’s HSBC UK | Cyclo-cross National Trophy – and after such an interrupted season in 2020/21, everyone was excited to get started! Six Mid Devon Riders made the trip: Veteran 60+ Robin Delve, Veteran 40-49 Martin Smith, Veteran Women 50‐59 Catherine Kilburn, Youth Under…
Although second year juvenile racers this has been the first focused season of racing. With such a condensed season the girls decided to focus on regional and a selection of national MTB races. For Molly it has been a steady season with many National XC top 10s and some podiums in SW and southern races….
The team of 3 MDCC U14 girls plus one borrowed U16 JIF racing team member took on this years 12 hours Open female team relay, all the riders were new to this format and were excited and nervous about what was ahead. The team gazebo was erected and pit crews ready the girls had a…
I entered this years 12 hour solo champs quietly confident of taking the jersey, I’ve always done well at Newnham as the course suits me and with a shortened lap tactics would be crucial.Having done a few 12/24 hour events I knew that over planning a long race such as this is not always the…