YOUNG Dartmoor Velo riders impressed as their club hosted round eight of the South West Cyclo-Cross League at Newnham Park on Sunday. Horrendous weather, particularly for the earlier races, made it tough for riders on the course around the bottom part of the Plympton country estate. It had also been bad weather when Plymouth Corinthian … Continue reading
DARTMOOR Velo juniors impressed at the South West Cyclo-Cross Championships which were held at the Torbay Velopark on Sunday. The championships were incorporated into round six of the South West Cyclo-Cross League. There were six different races, starting with under-eights and going through to elite senior men. Aoife Scawn won the under-16 girls’ race, finishing … Continue reading
DARTMOOR Velo, Tavistock Wheelers and Plymouth Corinthian riders made their mark at round four of the South West Cyclo Cross League at Newnham Park on Sunday. The event, which took place in the top part of the Plympton estate, was hosted by Plymouth Corinthian, who had Travis Bramley and Philip Bray among the leading riders … Continue reading
DARTMOOR Velo’s Samuel Medland is celebrating after achieving his first major national medal. The 13-year-old from Tavistock took second place in the juvenile boys’ category in the short track event at the UK National MTB XC Championships at Woody’s Bike Park in Cornwall. His podium placing came in his first season of racing at … Continue reading
TAVISTOCK’S multi-talented athlete Orla White has been selected to represent Team GB at the 2025 European Youth Olympic Festival in Skopje later this month. The 17-year-old will be Team GB’s only representative in the female mountain bike event at the competition in the North Macedonian capital. Team GB announced a team of 54 athletes on … Continue reading
MORE than 1,500 cyclists from all around the country hit the roads around Devon on Sunday as part of the annual Dartmoor Classic Sportive. The event, organised and run by the Mid-Devon Cycling Club, is one of the most prestigious open-road mass-participation cycling events in the UK. Cyclists compete over a choice of three routes … Continue reading
MARIA Weymouth (Mid Devon CC) and Blake Pond (Nopinz) claimed top honours at the South West District 10-Mile Time Trial Championships on Easter Sunday, hosted by Plymouth Corinthian CC. Racing on the fast S4/10 course near South Brent, riders were met with cold but calm early morning conditions as the sun rose over the Devon … Continue reading
OKEHAMPTON’S CC’s Lloyd Copp sprinted to victory from a select group at Plymouth Corinthian CC’s Spring Road Race. Cian Bryant (Reflex Nopinz) and Mid Devon junior rider Henry Cadwallader took second and third in an attritional race, which saw the trio surge clear from their breakaway companions in the final kilometre. A select field of … Continue reading
A talented young BMX rider is hoping to raise money to help him compete at this year’s World Championships in Copenhagen. Jack Belton booked his place at the global event after finishing in the top seven for the second year running in his age group at the National Series. He could not afford to go … Continue reading
THE third round of the Soggy Bottom XC Series took place in perfect conditions at Newnham Park on Sunday. Riders from all over the South West took part in the mountain bike event, with Luke Eggar leading the way and taking the men’s ‘elite’ class victory. Corey Bale was first in the ‘expert’ category, with … Continue reading