Monthly Archives: May 2016

Tour of Wessex Sportive Report

Thanks to Andrew Collyer for this great report on the Tour of Wessex Sportive. The Tour of Wessex: three days in Somerset and Dorset, covering up to 330 miles and 20-something thousand feet of climbing depending on the choice of … Continue reading

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PB for Dom at the bigfoot 25

Hot on the heels of his 10 mile PB at the velo’s open time trial Dom Campbell was showing his form by achieving a PB over 25 miles at the Bigfoot CC 25 on the Chilham course. Dom came home … Continue reading

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Saturday racing: Thanet Grass Track events

Four Medway Velo riders travelled to St Nicholas at Wade to take part in the superbly organised Thanet RC grass track events. Throughout the day the velo riders achieved a plethora of podiums and the individual performances are too many … Continue reading

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Rich and Matty perform strongly at North Weald

Rich and Matty Stokoe once again raced at North Weald in the TLI summer series. Matty had another strong ride on a very windy evening finishing well with another good average speed of 17.9 mph . Another night of following wheels after … Continue reading

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Medway Velo Open 10 report

The Isle of Grain was the place to be as Medway Velo promoted its annual open ten. Blustery conditions and the odd spot of rain greeted the early arrivals at the village hall, but the race stayed dry, although the … Continue reading

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Midweek racing update

Matt Saywell put in another excellent performance by taking second place out of field of 30 in the Gravesend CC evening ten held on the Grain course. The time of 22:47 was Matt’s fastest in the evening tens this season. … Continue reading

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Sportive Report: Etape du Dales and Castles Ride

A number of the velo’s members were in sportive action at the weekend. Neil Ord completed the 110 miles of the Etape du Dales, billed as one of Britain’s toughest sportives, which aims to replicate a mountain stage of a … Continue reading

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Weekend racing update – Campbell and Smiths perform well

Dom Campbell was the velo’s sole representative in the Southborough and District Wheelers open ten held on the Woodchurch course on Saturday afternoon. Dom took an impressive seventh place overall, covering the distance in 22:17, a time only 6 seconds … Continue reading

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Midweek Racing update – part 2

Rich and Matty Stokoe were once again in action, this time in the go-race series at the Ford Test Track at Dunton. Matty did well, recording his best average speed of 19.6mph whilst Rich finished mid bunch. Rich had featured … Continue reading

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Midweek racing update

Another busy midweek set of races saw velo riders in action in road races and time trials. Carla Button continued her development racing in the Full Gas Midweek series at the Lee Valley Velopark. Riding against seasoned road racers Carla … Continue reading

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