06/08/2008

Matt Warlow and Dave Rich rode in the a3crg club 10 on the P881 tonight. Matt clocked a 22:52 and Dave 23:02.Full results here..

05/08/2008

Startsheet for the i-team PTTL event this Sunday is now posted..

03/08/2008

Geoff Loveman rode in the WTTA 100 mile TT on the U46, finishing in 5th place with a time of 3:59:00 - check the full results here..

02/08/2008

Check out this month's mtb rides just in from Dave. There will be a special ‘MTB Anniversary Ride and Supper’ on Tuesday 12th - combining mountain biking and chips in the quest for true enlightenment. Dave says "We’d like to get as many as possible out for that one - it would be great if most of the people who’ve ridden with us could be there." Don't forget that Tuesday rides continue all year round, so now's the time to start saving for some decent lights!

31/07/2008

Results of this evening's club 10 mile TT are now up..

30/07/2008

Matt, Stu and Phil rode for the wheelers in the a3crg club 10TT on the P881 - Phil placed 4th with a time of 20:44 (Great ride Phil!), Matt rode a 23:01, and Stuart 25:39 - well done lads! Full results are here..

29/07/2008

This Thursday's club TT will be on the Hipley - Hambledon - Soberton course (P813), with signing on at the Travellers Rest pub. First rider off at 7pm -see you there!

27/07/2008

Alan Davy and Angus Fileman rode the Bognor Regis CC 50 mile TT  - Alan rode a 2.21.40 and Angus finished with a a personal best of 2.20.36 - nice one Angus! Full results are here..

24/07/2008

5 Wheelers rode with various other teams in the PNECC 2-up on the P829 - FWCC's Phil Burton and DH Cycles' Ray Robinson were the winning team with an excellent 22:03! Full results on the PNECC site..

23/07/2008

Phil Burton, Andy Page and Peter Day rode in the cat 3/4 DHCyclesport circuit race at the Mountbatten centre, Phil placed 4th and Andy 5th. It was a good night for the club with Robin Didymus placing 5th in the E123 event. Full results and the final league points are available here.. This was the final event in this year's league due to the track now being closed for refurbishment. Well done to everyone who represented the club at these events this year.

20/07/2008

The i-team PTTL promotion to be held on Sunday 10th August, with the first rider off at 7:30am. Headquarters are in Wickham Square, Wickham. Using the P822 course around Wickham, Soberton and Southwick it will be another test for those able to grind up the hills and push down the Meon Valley. If you want to ride then please contact Roger de Vere via email or telephone by the 1st August. Any late entries will not carry any points for the PTTL overall, but you will still get a ride. Entry fee is £2.50 to be paid on the day.

17/07/2008

Following his remarkable debut at 25 miles last weekend over the hilly P821 course, which he completed in a time of 1h.04m.25s, firefighter Mark Beaudro won the Jean Gray Handicap Cup at this evening's club 10 with a time of 24:23 - nice one Mark! Results are here..

16/07/2008

Andy Page placed 7th and Dave Dalton 24th in this week's Portsmouth-DHcyclesport cat 3/4 race at the Mountbatten centre. Robin Didymus racked up another handful of points, finishing 11th in the E/1/2/3 race - results here..

13/07/2007

Neil Dayus and Phil Burton rode in the Sotonia summer road race - Neil's bad luck continued as he punctured early (Your luck's got to change soon Neil!) Phil had better luck - he somehow managed to get through a pile up at the end for 13th place and a few points! Results here..

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Results of the FWCC PTTL 25 mile TT are posted here.. Congrats to Simon Tout of HRC for the win. Steve Walkling (VBCC) also put in a reasonable effort! League tables now updated...

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Dave Rich rode in the Agiskoviner open 50 on the Bentley course. He had a stormer and took 4 mins 19 secs off his PB with a 2:05:44. Nice one Dave!

08/07/2008

Startsheet for this Sunday's PTTL event is now posted here..

06/07/2008

Dave Dalton placed 8th in the cat 4 race at the Omega Thruxton race today - nice one Dave - results here..

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Phil and Neil rode in the cat 3/4 Dave Ryan memorial road race this morning, everyone else was far too sensible to trek all the way up to Oxford to ride around in a downpour. From Neil's point of view at least he wasn't out in it long, crashing while going down a hill on the first lap! Neil says "I went cartwheeling so far through a hedge that the paramedic/support cars behind didn't see me and drove straight past! I think I've broken a finger but otherwise I'm just cut to ribbons. Gave the nice ladies at race HQ quite a shock! (Note: the bike is fine so no real damage done!) Phil on the other hand was going great guns, the lack of cooperation in the bunch when it came to break-chasing was frustrating as most guys seemed to want to sit in and wait for the finale: A leg snapping climb that turned off the main loop for the last 400m. It was very steep and a real power finish, Phil rode well saving a bit for the final lunge and finished up around 15th (5 riders clear by 20sec or so, then a procession of 4-5 leading the main body of the bunch home). Great prep' for next weekends Sotonia race was the conclusion in the car home (provided my finger is better!)" Better luck next week Neil! Results are here but Phil seems to be missed off at the moment...

03/07/2008

Results of tonight's 25 mile club TT for the Hodges handicap cup here..

02/07/2008

Just in from Dave - mtb rides for July - check 'em out!

01/07/2008

Dave Dalton rode a pb 22.52 on the H10/8 in the Farnham RC club 10 - quite an improvement over his previous best of 25.28! Nice one Dave!

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Extension to entry date for PTTL 25 mile on 13th June. Entries will now close on Thursday this week (3 July) please send them to

pttlcoordinator@fareham-wheelers.org.uk

or

roger.devere@btopenworld.com

or by telephone:- 01489892768.
Event HQ is in Wickham square and sign-on is from 06:45 . Because of parking restrictions and safety concerns the results board will also be in Wickham square.

29/06/2008

There are a few new items up for grabs in the For Sale section...check it out...

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Geoff Loveman rode in the Wessex RC 50 mile open TT managing 4th place with a time of 1:58:44. PTTL regular Alan Emmott of Hanstpol was also there and placed 2nd on Vets standard, improving on his pb by just over two minutes - good stuff! Full results here..

28/06/2008

Robin Didymus and Gareth Peters rode in the Team AXIOM Mid-Summer Hill Climb at Ditcham Park School. 2pm start, today. A great new event for the calendar – fantastic venue, excellent organisation and a lovely 2.2 miles of suffering!! (The North hill up to the school is used…..a mix of flat bits, steep bits, very steep hairpin bit and a nice 90 degree turn within 100m of the finish line thrown in at the end!....) Robin placed second (go Robin!) with a time of 8:04, and Gareth managed 9:29. The Winner was the promoting team’s Luke Myers with a 7:30. (He was also fastest to the gatekeeper’s Lodge Prime) There were lots of junior riders taking part and many were presented with prizes from the bottom of the finishing list upwards. Big thanks to Tony, Luke, Sarah and the Axiom for a superb afternoon’s competition! and to Will and his team at Ditcham. This is hopefully going to become an annual event and it would be great to see more FWCC riders supporting next year.

26/06/2008

Alan Davy and Gareth Peters rode the PNECC 15m club TT  –  it was v.v. windy! A sufferfest or what! Alan Rode with his Disc on – heroic effort. Check the results here..

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The next two Thursday evening club TT events are for club trophies:

3rd July: 25 mile Hodges Handicap Cup; 17th July: 10 mile Jean Gray Handicap Cup. As club handicapper it would be helpful to Don if those intending to ride could enter in advance. This is to minimise the possibility of overlooking riders who turn up ad lib. The old crystal ball is less reliable than the form book ! ! For those uninitiated with the handicap procedures, it is based on the competitor's form. Having established the fastest man (known as the Scratchman) a time allowance is given to all other riders set against the 'scratchman' depending on their ability. In theory, the most improved rider wins. Let Don know if you intend to ride...

25/06/2008

Dave Dalton and Phil Burton represented FWCC in the 3/4 CAT race at the DHCycles Mountbatten circuits. The strong windy conditions affected the 35 strong race significantly. Much of the race was spent lined out in single file which quickly broke up into a number of small groups, as clinging to the wheel in front became a survival exercise. Phil said it was "One of the hardest I have done and the average speed was over 1 mph slower than the usual. It was good to see a number of Wheelers in the crowd supporting, much appreciated." Dave finished in the group and Phil was rewarded with 3rd for giving it a go early on. - Racking up the points now Phil!  Full Results at BC site when posted.

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...a3crg ran a 2up 10 mile club TT this evening, with the option of continuing on to 25 miles and getting a split at the 10 mile point. Alan Davy rode the full 25 solo, while James Terry and Geoff Loveman rode the fastest time in the 10 mile 2up - 21:31 - sweet! Check back later for a link to the full results..

24/06/2008

Dave Rich rode a new PB of 22:15 on P613 in the Andover Wheelers Club 10m TT!!!  This is a 40 sec improvement.  He was so keen to ride this course that he simply couldn’t wait for an ‘Open’ event. Nice one Dave…..looks like the FWCC 10m Record Holders Team  have a reserve rider………..who said 4-up TT? NB Anyone riding this course for the 1st time – there’s always one more hill than you think at the end!!

21/06/2008

Dave Rich rode in the Farnborough & Camberley CC open 10 on the H10/8. Dave was happy with his time of 23:17, in less than perfect conditions!

19/06/2008

Alan Davy rode a 26:44 in the Bognor Regis CC 10 on the P901 - full results here..

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Dave Sinclair of Team Europe won tonight's club TT on the P829, finishing (on his road bike) in 22:49 - we reckon if he'd been on a TT machine that would've been the course record gone - nice one Dave. Oh, and James didn't go too badly either...! Results here..

18/06/2008

Phil Burton placed 8th in the cat 3/4 race at the Portsmouth-DHCyclesport.com Circuits tonight at the Mountbatten centre. Nice one Phil! Results here..

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Don't forget the FWCC PTTL event on Sunday the 13th July - if you intend to ride, you need to let Roger know by June 30th. If you can help out with marshalling etc. please see Roger.

17/06/2008

Team Axiom are promoting a mid-summer hill climb - check the details on the events page..

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Alan Davy is selling two Viner carbon road bikes - check the for sale pages for these and other bargains..

15/06/2008

News from Susan Knight's Susie's Circuits at Thruxton: Dave and Gavin rode well and finished safely in the bunch in a fast sprint in the 4th cat race. Both remarked on the good experience they are gaining from the frequent races. Phil rode a steady, disciplined race (or in his words - "sat in") in the 3rd cat race and gave it a go on the last drag up to the chicane riding home into 3rd place for his second excellent result of the weekend. Results here..

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Matt Warlow, Graham White and Barrington Day rode in the Army CU 25 mile open TT on the P881 - results here..

14/06/2008

Club Record Broken!!!

At Bournemouth Jubilee Wheelers 10 mile open TT on the P613, Phil Burton, Geoff Loveman and James Terry all rode personal best times today to break the FWCC record with a team time of 1:02:58. James rode a blistering 21:34, smashing his previous best time by 70 seconds, Geoff knocked 48 seconds off his p.b. with a thundering 20:55 and Phil sheared 62 seconds off his time from ten days ago with an explosive 20:29!!!

The record for a team ten mile TT was previously set in 1994 by Rowan Horner, Russ Lloyd and Ashley Morris, with a combined team time of 1:03:25. After today's ride the team spoke seriously about their achievement: "Yessss! Come on!! Yeeehaaarrrr!!! We love it!!!! Go Team!!!!!" Results here, also, you can check FWCC club records over the years here but right now I'm going to get the beers in. 

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For Bike Week, Eye Books have some special offers on cycling books - check it here..

12/06/2008

Gavin Brown rode a pb of 26.35 at tonight's PNECC club 10 on the P829 - nice one Gavin! results here..

11/06/2008

Phil Burton, Dave Dalton, Gavin Brown and Andy Page rode in this week's Mountbatten circuit races - Phil racking up a few more points finishing 6th in the cat 3/4 race. Results here..

08/06/2008

Matt Warlow, Dave Rich and Angus Fileman rode in the Hantspol 25 mile open TT on the P882/25. Full results here...

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Lloyd Coward Memorial RR - After Saturday's races Dave and Phil were joined by Neil and Andy for today's 45 mile race on the very fast Monkey World course. Numerous attempted breaks got closed out until a lap and a half to go when 5 got away and looked strong. The FWCC team worked well with Andy trying a solo bridge, unfortunately this did not work out. So then it was 5 or so miles of wringing the handle bars and lining out the peleton to close the break down. It was all together for the last drag up to the finish. The FWCC team attacked a number of times with Neil going 2.5 Km out and looking strong at first only to fade, then Phil attacked a little too early with just over 1 Km left but it forced the sprint to start and Andy took a great 4th place. A very pleasing result for the team as with half a lap left 6th looked the best possible result but the good teamwork paid off. Dave was chuffed to stay with the bunch and finish his first road race proper - no mean feat as it was burning hot and with a high average pace of nearly 27 mph. Results here..

07/06/2008

South Circuit League - Mountbatten Centre - FWCC had 3 riders in the 4th Cat race . Gavin, Dave and Simon all used their experience from the midweek races well to sit in and then work hard at the right times. Dave did some good pulls off the front to close down attacks and Gavin got a great finish - we'll be checking the results when they're up to see if he was in the points ('fraid not - 13th - unlucky Gavin). Simon and Dave finished well in the bunch. Phil rode the 3rd Cat race and had a good active race and attacked solo with just under 2 laps to go. It was not quite enough for the win as a Bournemouth Arrow rider got across but Phil was happy with 2nd place and his first points of the season. Results here..

05/06/2008

Results of this evening's 21 mile TT on the P821 (revised to miss out the last four miles due to roadworks) are here..

04/06/2008

Dave Rich, Roger de Vere, Alan Davy and Phil Burton rode in the ...a3crg Evening 10 on the P881. Phil rode this year's fastest 10 so far by a Fareham Wheeler - 21:31  ouch! Results here..

01/06/2008

Geoff Loveman and James Terry rode in the Bournemouth Arrow CC 25 mile open TT today on the P413/25. Both rode their best times for the 25 - James clocked 58:48 (including a 3 sec late start!) and Geoff 56:46 - results here..

31/05/2008

Good times for the four Fareham Wheelers riding in the Sotonia Middlemarkers 10 mile open TT on the P613/10. Roger de Vere rode a 25:36 and everyone else rode personal bests -Alan Davy with 25:04,  Angus Fileman at 25:24  and Stuart Laughton at 24:42. Nice one! Full results here..

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Dave's mtb rides for June are now posted here..

28/05/2008

Andy Page and Gavin Brown rode in the cat 3/4 Mountbatten circuits race - Andy finishing in the points again - full results here..

26/05/2008

If the usual club run routes are always over too soon, you need to stretch your legs properly on the Century ride - June 1st - Note the early start 08:00. The route map is here - thanks Nige!

25/05/2008

Matt Warlow and Geoff Loveman rode in the CTT National Championship 10 mile TT on the P881R promoted by the incredibly well organised ...a3crg. Geoff managed a p.b. of 21:43 and Matt rode a 23:08. Michael Hutchinson won with a blistering 18:07!! Julia Shaw won the women's event on the P883 in 20:32 and the juniors event, also on the P883, was won by Daniel Arblaster in 19:53. Full results are here..

24/05/2008

Dave Rich rode the Charlotteville cc open 25 on the h25/8 today. Dave described the conditions as "nice
temperature, but hurricane Bentley." Dave posted a 1.02.03, despite the wind.

22/05/2008

Results of this evening's club 10 on the P829 are here.. Go on Fareham!

21/05/2008

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Alan Davy and Dave Rich rode in the a3crg club 10 on this years' National 10 Course, the P881R. Alan rode a 27:22 and Dave 23:16. Full results here...
18/05/2008

Kev Dennett rode in the Hampshire Hilly Hundred sportive, earning the silver standard for a time of 6:25 - good effort Kev! You can check out all the times and riders comments on the event here..

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Geoff Loveman rode a p.b. of 1:09:13(yay!) in the Bournemouth Jubilee Wheelers 30m open TT  Results here..

17/05/2008

Stu Laughton, Matt Warlow and Phil Burton rode in the Hounslow and District 10 on the H10/8 at Bentley -results here..

14/05/2008

Dave Dalton rode in the Mountbatten circuits cat 3/4 race and Robin Didymus placed 9th in the Elite/1/2/3 race - full results here..

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Matt Warlow, Geoff Loveman, Roy Bailey and James Terry rode in the ...a3crg 10m club TT (RTTC Championships 10 course try-out) on the P881R - James managed a p.b. of 22:44 - despite a headwind on the return leg - nice one! Full results here..

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Photographs from the tour of the Milburys, courtesy of Graham Robins:

http://grahamrobins.net

are posted in the Image Archive...

Thanks Graham!

11/05/2008

HRC's Simon Tout broke the course record at today's PTTL 50 mile event promoted by HRC - nice one Simon! Full results are here and updated league table is here..

10/05/2008

Phil Burton, Geoff Loveman, Neil Dayus, Andy Page and James Terry rode in the Team Axiom promoted Roy Ludford Memorial - Tour of The Milburys. After the blitz up Old Winchester Hill in the morning's first stage TT, the road stage was hard, it was hot and it was long. Neil was unfortunate to puncture on a day when he was looking strong - thanks for passing up the drinks Neil! James and Andy packed  after several tough laps - no shame there on a day when only half the original field actually finished. Geoff was dropped on the penultimate climb up Beacon Hill Lane - losing the 16th place he managed on the first stage (story of my life - still you might as well carry on when there's only one lap to go) while Phil proved the strongest Fareham rider on the day - only losing contact with the bunch as the race fell to pieces in the final assault. The final results are here..

Thanks to Team Axiom and all the marshals, drivers etc. for such a great event.

08/05/2008

Graham Penrose of PNECC won this evening's TT - the hilly 14 - ouch it's tough! Results here..

07/05/2008

Three FWCC members rode in the Mountbatten circuits this week. Andy Page and Phil Burton with Simon Weeks having his first go.  The field was full again this week and with all those riders it made for a very interesting sprint for 3rd place down - about 30 riders crossed the line within 5 secs of each other! Phil says it was 'A good training run before the weekend.' (The Tour of the Milburys). Results here..

04/05/2008

Dave Rich rode his first 50 mile TT in the Charlotteville CC open today, finishing in 2:10:03 for a silver club standard - nice one Dave - hope your legs start working again soon! Check the full result here..

03/04/2008

Matt Warlow and Stuart Laughton rode in the Hants RC open 10 on the P881. Results here..

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Geoff Loveman rode in the B&D WCA 25 mile TT - results here

02/05/2008

Just in from Laurie - the startsheet for the HRC 50 mile PTTL event is now posted here..

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Dave has sent in details of Tuesday evening mtb rides for May - check out the rides...

30/04/2008

It was a full house of 45 riders signed on at the Mountbatten centre for tonight's cat 3 & 4 race in the Portsmouth- www.DHcyclesport.com Circuits.

Unfortunately this meant that some riders weren't able to race including our Dave Dalton - bad luck Dave - if anyone is planning to race next week you'd better get there early. Geoff finished in the bunch while Andy Page placed fifth - well done Andy! Full results are here..

29/04/2008

PTTL entries: At present Roger has only 3 entrants for the HRCs 50 mile (11th May).  The absolute final date for entries in 1st May (Thurs). Note: You now pay on the line but you must still enter in advance to qualify for league points.  

26/04/2008

James Terry and Geoff Loveman rode in the CC Weymouth open 10 mile TT on the P451. James came in 15th, riding a p.b. of 23:52 - well done mate! Geoff finished dead on 23:00 for 7th. Full results here..

25/04/2008

Team Axiom need more marshals for the Tour of the Milburys on May 10th. If you can lend a hand contact Andy West:

membership(at)teamaxiom(dot)co(dot)uk

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If you're thinking of getting a new reflective vest for commuting etc. check this page...

24/04/2008

Matt Doe of the i-team won tonight's club 10 - results are here..

20/04/2008

Robin Didymus, Phil Burton, Andy Page, James Terry and Geoff Loveman rode in the PNECC Norman Halewood Memorial road race. The bunch splintered over the final laps as the pace got up, with Robin finishing in the points in ninth place - nice one! Check the full placings here..

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Matt Warlow, Dave Rich and Angus Fileman rode in the ...a3rcg 10 mile open TT on the P881(R). You can check the full results here..

16/04/2008

The next club TT will be on the P829 on Thursday 24th April - for details of all upcoming club TT events and more, check here..

10/04/2008

Results of this evening's club ten are posted here..

02/04/2008

Dust off your knobblies - Dave has some great mtb rides lined up for Tuesday nights this month -   check the rides out here...

01/04/2008

Book before Thursday for the French trip - Tour of the Estuaries - see the social page..

30/03/2008

Results of today's PNECC 15 mile PTTL event on the P823 are here.. Fareham Wheelers are currently top of the league points table! Better luck next time to everyone who suffered as a result of punctures, turning lorries, dogs running out in the road etc....

26/03/2008

25/03/2008

James is flogging his Langster in his mission to save up enough for a Powertap - check out the single speed going for a song in the For Sale section..

24/03/2008

Start sheet for next weekend's PTTL event now posted..

21/03/2008

James Terry, Matt Warlow and Geoff Loveman rode in the Bournemouth Arrows CC 10 mile TT on the P412. Crazy winds meant no one was going to ride a p.b. today - no one except James that is - nice one James - you're in the money! Provisional result here..

16/03/2008

Great results for FWCC at the Thruxton South Circuit League,  despite the weather....more..

11/03/2008

FWCC entries for the PTTL TT on 30th March should be with Roger de Vere by Monday 17th March at the latest. Roger will need the £2.50 entrance fee before he can forward the entry. Roger will be at the club on Monday. Only riders who enter via Roger will qualify for league points. Others can enter on the line at the organiser’s (PNE) discretion but will not qualify for league points.

09/03/2008

FWCC had 4 riders at the Thruxton Omega Circuits today. Usual conditions, showers and head-wind up the hill. Peter Day and Andy Page rode in the 4th cat race. We think Pete may have got a place in the top 10 though official results aren't in yet; Andy did lots of attacking off the front. Robin Didymus and Phil Burton rode the 3rd cat race, results have to be checked by video as it ended in a bunch sprint of about 30 to 40 riders. Both our boys had got into moves off the front during the race so it was not a wasted outing. Unfortunately, Phil got brought down in the sprint with 5 or 6 other riders. Phil says: "Not too much to write home about, just glad I used the training bike, some of the carbon ones were in a bit of a sorry state." - Take it easy Phil - hope you're not too bruised.

Update - Robin placed 4th in the cat 3 event - results here..

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Geoff Loveman rode in Team Axiom's open hardriders 30 mile TT on the P821/30. Results here..

01/02/2008

Prelim results for today's PTTL event are posted here..

Can the two riders (Angie & Chris) with no club details let me know which team they are in or if they are unaffiliated so I can work out the points - ta!

26/02/2008

Updated start sheet for Saturday's Team Axiom PTTL Event is now posted...

Note that the course is the P817!

See you there!

23/02/2008

Bob Oliver, Matt Warlow and Geoff Loveman rode in the ...a3crg 'ardriders 10 mile open TT on the P886 - you can check the full results here..

17/02/2008

Robin Didymus placed 6th in the RC Omega Mountbatten cat 3/4 circuit races - nice one! Check the full results here..

16/02/2008

Geoff Loveman placed 7th in the Andover Wheelers Hilly 10.2 mile open TT on the P601 - great weather and one mean course! Check the results here..

15/02/2008

Dave's night time FWCC mtb rides for the remainder of Feb and March are now posted..

15/01/2008

Roger de Vere is taking over from Don as our PTTL coordinator, see this page for more info. on the PTTL and check out the dates on the Events - Racing Calendar. Roger needs Marshalls and a Pusher-off for our FWCC PTTL event which is on 13th July.

09/01/2008

FWCC Racing Calendar is now posted under Events or just click here.. These are copied from the SouthDC club events page but I have put the 10th April TT start time as 18:45 not 19:00 - if anyone wants this altered just let me know!

08/01/2008

ROAD & ENVIRONMENTAL NIGHTMARE:

Did you know that HCC has a plan to destroy the entire Brownwich and Chilling area more...

31/12/2007

Off road riding in the dark? Let's have it! Dave has some great night time mtb routes worked out so put your woolly vest on and check out the full info here..

27/12/2007

Coming up...

There will be no club meeting on Monday Jan 31st with the next Club meeting being held on 7th January next year.

There's a Chairman's 'Donut' run on Sunday 6th January, finishing at John Ellwood's house in Portchester with the reward of a donut, for those who complete it (a lot of effort for a donut!)

A randonee is being organised for  January 27th.

Brian Gray's slide show will be on February 11th where we'll be joined by PNECC and the Mid Century club in the lower hall at Wallington. Keep your eye on the social events page for more details soon...

Also check out Laurie's events page for Spring on the Racing Calendar page

07/12/2007

A great evening was had by all at the Club Awards Night. Well done to all the Trophy and Standards winners - you can find out who got what here.. (If I've made any errors or omissions please let me know!)

After the excellent grub, Round the World Yachtsman and Powerboat record breaker Alan Priddy gave an interesting and entertaining talk on the Lively Lady Project which you can find out more about here.. 

01/12/2007

Velocity Bikes Cycling Club are running a reliability ride - the event will be on 20th January starting at 10.00 am from Hambledon Village Hall. The course is 50 miles in length. Full details, including an online map can be found here..

21/11/2007

Get yourself enthused about training for next season - check out Phil's road race round-up for 2007 here..

31/10/2007

Dates for your diary: AGM - Dec 3rd, Club awards night Dec 7th. Check the Social Events page for more info...

30/10/2007

Nigel will be running a beginners ride on the first Saturday of every month. 09.00hrs from wickham square approx 20-25 miles - next ride is on Saturday 3rd November 09.00hrs
Outside the Tea Rooms Wickham Square.
This is a gentle ride over gentle terrain to introduce you to the benefits of cycling, riding as a group, and belonging to a club.

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Check out Bobs road bikes - up for grabs in the For Sale section...

14/10/2007

Roy Bailey and Pete Knipe rode in the Bognor Regis CC 28 mile open TT on the P911 - a true hard riders course - check the results here..

21/10/2007

Don't forget the PTTL Prize presentation will be held in Southwick Memorial hall 7.30pm (presentation commences 8pm) tomorrow night -Monday 22nd October 2007. All are welcome to support our team who came 4th overall. This year we had 16 participating riders with Geoff Loveman achieving 4th position in the overall points scoring. Organiser of presentation Tony Hart tel.no. 01329 517591
17/10/2007

Sunday mountain bike rides are here for those who prefer a fat tyre.

14/10/2007

Roy Bailey and Pete Knipe rode in the Bognor Regis CC 28 mile open TT on the P911 - a true hard riders course - check the results here..

02/10/2007

Calling all budding cyclists - there will be a short 'come and try it' club run this Saturday (5th October) starting at 0900am from Wickham Square. Check the Notice Board for more details...

30/09/2007

The digital version of the group photo from the Traveller's Rest is now in the Image Archive -which you can find under About Us in the menu- then follow 80 Years of FWCC and choose The New Millenium - or -slightly easier- you can see it by clicking here..!

23/09/2007

Congrats to Simon Tout of Hants RC, who won today's Hantspol PTTL event on the P829A, clinching top place in the 2007 League. Official results of today's PTTL event are now posted here.. The final league table is here..

17/09/2007

Startsheet for the Hantspol PTTL event on Sunday 23rd Sept is now posted

16/09/2007

Ride the Seven Hills of Goodwood Challenge - 7th October - download details and map..

09/07/2007

Phil Burton, Geoff Loveman, Roy Bailey, Matt Warlow and James Terry rode in the Bognor Regis CC open 25 mile TT on the P901. James and Matt both added a couple of miles to their rides by taking wrong turns while Geoff, Roy and Phil stayed on course for some good times - full results here..

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Entries for the final PTTL event must be in by Wednesday 13th Sept - so get your entry in to Don - tomorrow club night might be a good time to remember this! Due to the continued roadwork on the B2177 (Wickham - Southwick) it will be a shorter version of the intended course. Probably about 5 miles ! ! Starting at Trampers Lane North Boarhunt.; and a gut busting ride up Portsdown Hill and back.  It clashes with the 'South Down Challenge'  but you might be able to do both if you get an early start on the TT!

05/07/2007

Steve Wilkinson has put together a great write-up of his epic Great Divide mtb race which you can download here [2Mb]

02/09/2007

Congrats to Simon Tout of Hants RC, who won today's Velocity/The Exercise Deck 15 mile PTTL event in 34:12. Results are here.. League tables here..

01/09/2007

27/08/2007

Angus Fileman and Geoff Loveman rode in the a3crg 50 mile open TT on the P885. Geoff rode a p.b. of 1:54:31, Angus rode a 2:39:20.  Angus says, "For the record I did puncture @ about 35 miles. Until then I was more or less on target for my vets standard time of 2:21. As it was I changed my tube and cruised to the finish." Bad luck Angus and well done for finishing after that! Full results here..

25/08/2007

Matt Warlow and Dave Rich rode the North Hants RC Open 25 on the H25/8. Congrats to Dave who rode a p.b. of 59:17. No full results yet...

23/08/2007

Rich from Velocity has posted the startsheet for the Velocity PTTL event here..

19/08/2007

Matt Warlow and Geoff Loveman rode in the Antelope RT 10 on the P415, results are here..

18/08/2007

Phil Burton, Matt Warlow, Roger de Vere and Dave Rich braved the wind and rain in the Kingston Wheelers Open 10 on the H10/8. Phil did a 22:26, Dave a 23:06 and Matt 23:16 earning the FWCC boys 3rd spot in the team placings. Some good photos taken by Sean Gannon on the day.  Phil's face is a picture!
Roger had a mechanical failure about 200m after starting and had to retire - bad luck Rog - no photo!

16/08/2007

Congrats to Neil Dayus who won the Lush hill-climb trophy this evening with a great time of 2.51.1 and to Dave Dalton who won the Grubb Vets hill climb trophy with a time of 3:20.5. Make sure you see the guys receiving their awards at the club presentation evening on December 7th! Dave Sinclair of i-team rode an incredible 2.32.0 to take first place and the course record by two tenths of a second - hurts my legs just to think about it - well done Dave! Full results are here..

Someone left a small black "saddlebag" in Gareth Peters' car - to retrieve please contact Gareth

15/08/2007

80 years of FWCC - Your club needs you (in FWCC kit if possible) for a club group photo to mark our 80th anniversary - full details on the social events page.

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Phil, Larry and Geoff rode in the last of the Velocity Mountbatten circuit events of 2007. Having almost enough points for cat 2, Larry and Phil weren't aiming to get any more points as they don't want to miss out on the great local cat 3 races next year, so they worked hard to chase down all the breaks doing a great job of controlling the race. Geoff went in a break towards the end of the race but it didn't work out. In the sprint Geoff went for it too early and was going backwards by the end, rolling in with Phil. Larry placed 7th despite his best efforts not to score any points! As it was the final event, Rich Pearman of Velocity presented prizes for the final league standings, courtesy of Velocity bikes. Phil placed 4th in the league and Larry placed 7th - great results for FWCC!

13/08/2007

If you're a Fareham Wheeler.....

If you can cycle half a mile up a hill...

If you've got two quid...

Maybe you could win...

The Lush hill-climb Cup - this Thursday evening (16th) - meet at the bottom of Portsdown Hill on Portchester Lane - first rider off at 7pm so get there half an hour or so before that.

This years tip: Loading your panniers full of bricks makes you go uphill three times faster.

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Check out details of the upcoming South Downs Challenge Sportive and Kent Caper on the Social Events page..

12/08/2007

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A fatal motorbike accident occurred during this morning's PTTL event - police need witnesses..

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Dave Sinclair of i-team won today's PTTL event promoted by i-team. Provisional results and league tables are now up!

 

11/08/2007

Matt Warlow rode a 1:12:50 in the a3crg open 30 mile TT on the P884 - great ride Matt - full results here..

09/08/2007

Phil Burton, Roger De Vere, Bob Oliver, Peter Knipe and Barry Day rode in the Bognor Regis CC club 10 mile TT on the P901 - good rides and some p.b.s with Phil placing third with 22.16 - results here..

08/08/2007

Phil continued a string of good results placing 6th at the Velocity circuits at the Mountbatten Centre last night, having placed 1st and 2nd in the previous two weeks; Larry also made the top ten yet again helping to keep FWCC in 3rd place in the South region rankings - just ahead of Velocity - great rides guys - results here..

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It was also a good night for the Wheelers on the P881 tonight - The final night of the a3crg summer series saw Matt Warlow partner Gordon Pain (Sussex Nomads CC) in a 2-up to a fine 22:46. Dave Rich shaved 4 seconds off his individual pb with a 22:55 and Roger de Vere partnered Stuart Laughton to a 24:58 - check the full results here..

07/08/2007

Message from Guy Watson of i-team:

06/08/2007

Start Sheet for PTTL event 5 now posted courtesy of Guy Watson from i-team. The course is clear of road works as of today. Full details for the i-team PTTL event can be found on their website at

www.i-team.cc – below is a direct link to the page where all updates and the results will be posted:

http://tinyurl.com/3d6ygv

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