Shropshire Cycling Clubs Association

Almost exactly two hours after crossing the finish line in the final Friction Hydraulics event at Prees, Tomos Hales was at it again in the penultimate Round 10 of the BBR Hill Climb Series at Ironbridge after a dash south to strengthen his position on an exhausting morning – and took the win in the […]

Three further medals were finally sealed in Round 9 of The BBR Opticians Hill Climb Series as Ludlow CC ran their second event of the Series on the tough as old boots Bedlam climb. A dead-end running up towards Clee Hill is not a climb for the faint-hearted, and things were made even harder by […]

A day of largely appalling weather took its toll on entries for Round 8 of the BBR Opticians Hill Climb Series as Propel CC organised with their usual military level of precision for an extremely rare Sunday afternoon event to be greeted by just four riders – although ironically the course stayed dry throughout the […]

Oswestry Paragon’s Mount Road climb suffered from a weekend of bad weather as conditions put some off in Round 7 of the BBR Hill Climb Series. The 1.65 mile climb towards The Old Racecourse is unusual with a flat and occasionally even slightly downhill middle section – but the last half mile makes the knees […]

Hayley Wells took the first medal in the BBR Hill Climb Series at the earliest possible juncture in Round 6, Shropshire Cycling Clubs Association’s Homer Bank climb. Wells increased her tally to the maximum possible 120 points in this best 6 from 11 Series and took BBR Female Gold with a fabulous effort of 2 […]

The longest climb in the BBR Hill Climb Series gives riders a different challenge – one of staying power. The 1.95 climb of Wigmore Road run by Ludlow CC as Round 5 of the Series might not be the steepest at 5.4% average, but requires stamina for a relatively long climbing effort. With a headwind […]