The rolling A49 is in greater demand this year due to the A442 road works, with the rolling Prees – Battlefield course providing a test for many in Round 4 of the Friction Hydraulics Series, Mid Shropshire Wheelers’ 25. Won overall in an incredible time of 47 minutes 57 seconds by John Archibald riding for […]
R2 SB Sports Injuries Series: SCCA Sprin...
A game of two halves is usually a football expression, but it applied in spades to Round 2 of the SB Sports Injuries Series, Shropshire CCA’s second Spring 10 on the Waters Upton – Hodnet course. A roaring tailwind bowled riders along until the turn, then it was a case of hanging on and digging […]
R3 Friction Hydraulics Series: Paramount...
A brand new event on a brand new course gave yet another early season lumpy challenge to competitors in Round 3 of the Friction Hydraulics Series – with an added ingredient for good measure of 45mph winds from the tail end of Storm Kathleen. Based two laps on the Eaton Constantine Road Race circuit with […]
R1 SB Sports Injuries Series: SCCA Sprin...
The opening event of the 2024 SB Sports Injuries Series saw riders battling a strong cross headwind, making the Dave Fanning Memorial a real grind. The first event of the season for many, riders had to push hard to get to the turn at Hodnet on this simple 10 mile ‘out and back’ course, but […]
R2 Friction Hydraulics Series: Velotik R...
Round 2 of the Friction Hydraulics Series saw the wind rise from the west as riders had to battle to make progress in the Velotik 15 – as Dean Callister took the win in his first appearance of the season. The Aerologic rider stopped the watch on the popular Hodnet – Stanton – Tiddly circuit, […]
Mowermec 2-Up Series R1: North Shropshir...
The 2-Up format got off to an early start as North Shropshire Wheelers promoted Round 1 of the Mower Mec 2-Up Series at Prees over their usual club 10 mile course. Torrential overnight rain thankfully abated by race time although a wet surface and occasional puddles remained. A steady southerly breeze made things a little […]
Friction Hydraulics Series R1: Wrekinspo...
The opening event of the County cycling time trialling season saw a new course in first use; a new Road Bike competition; and a first-time winner in the Friction Hydraulics Series, with Wrekinsport CC promoting their Chris Edwards Hilly 17 between Atcham and Horsehay. Riders had one word that summed the experience up back at […]
Shropshire Reliability programme 2024
One start time still to confirm which will be updated here when received. Event Date Club HQ Time(s) 1 14/01/2024 Ludlow Brewery RT Ludlow Brewery 9:00am 2 21/01/2024 Bridgnorth CC Bridgnorth Football Club 9:30am 3 28/01/2024 Ludlow CC Ludlow Leisure Centre 9:15-9:45am 4 04/02/2024 Mule CC Mule Cycles, Salop Road, Oswestry, SY112NR 9:30am 5 11/02/2024 […]
Friction Hydraulics Series 2024 – new Ro
Agreed at SCCA AGM, the introduction of a single set of points to introduce a County Road Bike Championship to the Friction Hydraulics Series. This is in addition to points riders already qualify for in Overall, Women’s, Veterans and Juniors classes for riders meeting CTT’s Regulation 29 criteria shown below and entering Open events by […]
SCCA Awards Presentation 2023
It felt like coming full circle as Shropshire Cycling Clubs Association celebrated 50 years of racing history, with the winner of the very first SCCA-promoted event in 1973 handing out the medals in 2023 as Guest of Honour. Mid Shropshire Wheelers’ John Aston had won that first race, a 25 mile time trial; and came […]