Cyclo-Cross and awards
The last of the eighth rounds forming the South Downs Hill Climb Championship took place on the morning of Sunday 6th November. The event was hosted by Sussex Nomads CC and held on the steep slopes of Ditchling Beacon which…
The last of the eighth rounds forming the South Downs Hill Climb Championship took place on the morning of Sunday 6th November. The event was hosted by Sussex Nomads CC and held on the steep slopes of Ditchling Beacon which…
The Second Round of the East Kent Cyclo Cross League took place on Sunday 23rd October. The DFDS Grand Prix of Dover was held in the grounds of Duke of York's Royal Military School made wet and muddy by rain…
A trio of Lewes Wanderers took part in the Sussex Cyclists' Association Hill Climb on Saturday 1st October. This test was held on the fearsome slopes of Steyning Bostal and thirty-three riders took to the start line in the village. …
The final time-trial of Lewes Wanderers' 2022 season took place on Sunday 25th September. The Circuit of Chailey is a 17.58-mile test over a lumpy course that encompasses both North and South Chailey. From the start near the village hall…
A quartet of Lewes Wanderers lined up for the first of the East Sussex Cycling Association double-header of time-trials on the weekend of 11th and 12 September. The traditional 10-mile curtain raiser was promoted by 1904RT and held early on…
The Challenge Tyres London & South East Cyclo Cross League kicked off on Sunday 4th September with a race at a new venue. The event, promoted by VC Jubilee, and incorporating the first of three proposed rounds of the Sussex…
On the evening of Wednesday 10th August the Sussex Cycle Racing League held Week 17 and what should have been the penultimate round of their Track League at Preston Park outdoor velodrome in Brighton. In the opening 6-lap "Scratch" Race…
After thirteen weeks of ploughing ten-miles up and down main roads the racing action switched to a much shorter test on the first evening of August - that of the Lewes Wanderers Hill Climb up the brutal slopes of Firle…
The thirteenth and final round of Lewes Wanderers' series of 10-mile time-trials for 2022 took place on the evening of Monday 25th July. The event incorporated the "2-up" 10 where entrants compete as a pair and are able to work…
On Saturday 16th July Goodwood Historic Motor Racing Track hosted a series of time cycling time-trials one of which was the "Heritage 10" to be ridden on bikes dating from pre-1992. Lewes Wanderer Peter Baker was one of a quartet…