Together with Lex Leisure and Mid Devon Cycling club we have been awarded £33,703 after a successful application to British Cycling’s Place to Ride capital grants programme. Combined with a further £28,028 commitment from Mid Devon Cycling Club, Torbay Velopark is set to benefit from over £61,000 of improvements. The welcome funding will be used…
It’s not often that you get to compete in a National Championships on local terrain so Mid Devon members made the most of the opportunity when the Mountain bike Cross Country (XC) champs were held at Newnham Park – Stripey Jerseys, gold medals, hot weather and a deceptively tricky course awaited. Saturdays racing saw the…
Sunday 1st November saw rides taken on the Mud and Roots MTB XC event at Ashcombe. To kick start the day of racing Under 8 girl Charlotte Ward came in 3rd in a very competitive race with some local BMX riders trying out MTB racing. The Under 10’s saw Matthew Holmes take the over win…
Three Mid Devon Youth riders took part in the new Devon Grit event for gravel bikes, MTBs & cyclocross bikes. The event takes in the best gravel trails of East Devon. There were three distances to choose from; 76km,58km and 36km. This was one of the first cycling events under the new COVID-19 rules and was very…
Two Mid Devon Youth went to Newport velodrome on Saturday to try the ever popular Icebreaker Series. Now in its 10th year, the series comprises of 2 rounds of endurance based Omniums for youth riders. Each round includes scratch, elimination and points races for each category. Bayley (age 10) was in under 12 category and Grace…
National trophy series…5 rounds..3500 miles..5 overnights. Podium at each round including 2 wins…and overall series winner!! European cyclocross championships Venice….silver 2nd place!! 8 day trip!! Worlds in Mol..10th place. South west champion Taunton. Will attend both British Masters championships in the midlands and BC national championships at Shrewsbury. First national title for me at any level!!
We have just been to the last race in the National Trophy Series. This journey of 6 races started in September and led us to Derby, Irvine (Scotland), Milnthorpe, York, Crawley and the nearest race being Pembrey in Carmarthenshire Wales! Each race meant an overnight stay as it was impossible to get there on the…
MDCC youth headed to Falmouth Bike Park for the seventh round of the South West Cyclo-cross league on Sunday 17 Nov 2019. The domination of the under 8 and 10 boys continues with Ben Ward under 8 and Matthew Holmes under 10 both making it seven wins out of seven, on the hardest course of…
Sunday, 19 May 2019 The 3rd round of South West MTB XC Series 2019 Haldon forest incorporating the SW Regional Championships hosted by MDCC. This event saw some age group fields double in size on a great challenging course with fantastic weather conditions. The under 8’s race kick started the day with Maddy Woodger coming…
Sunday 1st September saw the opening event of the South West Cyclocross season with round 1 of the series taking place in the grounds of Powderham Castle. Jackie Shute, Robin Delve and a legion of helpers organised the event on behalf of Mid Devon Cycling Club. Robin put all the experience that he’s gained racing…