It’s with great sadness that we share the news that Roy Hopkins passed away peacefully on Saturday morning. Roy was a stalwart of the club during the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s competing Nationally for the Mid Devon. Perhaps his greatest result was winning stage 8 of the 1962 Tour of Britain from Northampton to Skegness…
Hatherleigh Junior Road Race – Round 1 Four members of the Mid Devon Junior Race Team took to the start line on Sunday ready to compete against the top Junior riders in the country for National honours. The event hosted by the South West region and allows local riders the opportunity to compete on home…
Harold Nelson Memorial Circuit Races – Darley Moor Motor Racing Circuit, Derbyshire – 13 March 2022 British Masters Cycle Racing is for female and male racers who are at least 40 years of age. It offers a year-round programme of road, circuit and track races – around 150 races per year. The membership spans the…
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…
On Saturday 6th March the Mid Devon CC organised the season opening Youth Stage Race – with adult support races, at the Torbay Velopark. Conditions were dry and bright with forty four entrants including a strong raiding party from Wheal Velocity and riders from Avid Sport in Bath and Cwmcarn Paragon Wales. The format with two…
SAM BECKETT from Wales was a deserved winner, but Mid-Devon CC teenager Ewan Warren announced ‘I’m Back’ at the club’s season-opening Primavera Road Race meeting at Hatherleigh. Beckett (Wales Racing Academy), who had finished in the top-ten at the UK Pro Series Lancaster Grand Prix last season, and Mid-Devon prospect Warren broke away with nearly…
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…
These races are the traditional start to the SW road racing season. It is an ideal opportunity to stretch the legs on rolling Devon roads – not too long but long enough to see if the winter training has been working. Both races will follow the A3072 for 6 miles and then onto the 11.5 mile Halwill Junction circuit. E/1/2/3 will…
Thank you for the incredible response over the last few days, we have been over-whelmed by the outpouring from both within and outside of the club. Some have asked about sending a card to the family and the address for that is Ken’s house but there will be no-one in to receive anything but it…
Ken loved Time Trialling so we are dedicating this Christmas event to his memory. Sign on is from 10am Please enter here: https://cyclingtimetrials.org.uk/club-events/view/6190 Fancy Dress optional, coffee and mince pie included in the entry fee. Race HQ: Teign House Inn, Teign Valley Road, Christow, Exeter, EX6 7PL PLEASE NOTE:FRONT & REAR LIGHTS and HELMETS ARE COMPULSORY