The Little Sweetpea Gardens/BBR Opticians Hill Climb Series got off to a flying start on Willomoor Bank despite course record holder Jonny Morris missing out on equalling his own course by 2.56 seconds but taking a familiar winning spot as the season for the shortest but toughest discipline got underway with Wrekinsport CC’s promotion. A […]

Newport Shropshire CC Ironbridge By-pass Hill Climb The curse of 2020 struck again with a frantic late course change due to road works on the intended Station Road, Ironbridge climb seeing riders having to adjust to the very different characteristics of the Ironbridge by-pass for the Newport Shropshire Hill Climb, being used for the finale […]

Two more medals were resolved in the 7th and penultimate round of The Little Sweetpea Gardens/BBR Opticians Hill Climb Series as the third course record in a row fell to Kirk Vickers. Vickers beat his own record set in 2018 by four seconds on the 0.9 mile Pentre’r Beirdd climb based on the A490 – […]

The second course record in as many events fell to Kirk Vickers in Round 6 of The Little Sweetpea Gardens/BBR Opticians Hill Climb Series with the short, sharp climb of Swayney Cliff in Coalport made memorable to riders thanks to fine organisation by Propel CC. Vickers sliced five seconds off Dave Scott’s inaugural record from […]

Shropshire Cycling Clubs Association Homer Bank Hill Climb It went straight from the longest climb to the shortest in 24 hours in The Little Sweetpea Gardens/BBR Opticians Hill Climb Series with course records guaranteed in Round 5, the inaugural Shropshire Cycling Clubs Association Homer Bank climb. This hidden gem near Much Wenlock was not known […]

Ludlow CC Wigmore Road Hill Climb The longest hill climb in The Little Sweetpea Gardens/BBR Opticians Hill Climb Series rang the changes as Ludlow CC presented Round 4, their 1.95 mile Wigmore Road climb, which saw Abergavenny RC Junior Will Truelove take a narrow victory by just half a second. Truelove stopped the watch on […]

It was a close call between two visiting riders getting their first experience of Oswestry Paragon CC’s 1.65 mile Mount Road Hill Climb in Round 3 of The Little Sweetpea Gardens/BBR Opticians Hill Climb Series as Juniors came to the fore. Mount Road is not for the faint-hearted, with a down hill stretch after an […]

Rain didn’t dampen the enthusiasm of competitors in Round 2 of The Little Sweetpea Gardens/BBR Opticians Hill Climb Series as the second event in as many evenings saw a pattern start to emerge amongst the winning names – with Jonny Morris making it two wins in two nights and lowering the course record by just […]

An event record turnout got the newly renamed Little Sweetpea Gardens/BBR Opticians Hill Climb Series off to a flying start on a glorious evening; although one thing stayed the same in Wrekinsport CC’s Willomoor Bank climb – the winner. Fishface Cycles Jonny Morris just missed out on his own course record of 3:24.48 by just […]