Welcome to the home of Spalding Cycling Club

Welcome to the home of Spalding Cycling Club. We are an active cycling club with over 100 members of all ages from 5 years upwards. Club members take part in all types of cycling events, Time Trial, Road, Track, Mountain Bike, Cyclo-Cross, BMX and Triathlon. We have a very strong youth and junior section, with bi-weekly Go-ride coaching and racing. This is family friendly club and we always welcome new members.

Spalding CC Promote many races locally each year. We have a series of Time Trial events meeting at the Fishermans Arms Pode Hole every Tuesday evening at 7pm. Bi-weekly youth coaching and racing at the Spalding Rugby Club field. Bi-weekly youth and senior road race coaching and racing at RAF Barkstone Heath. Weekly club rides meeting on Sunday mornings 0830 at Gibbons Cycles. Thursday evening chain gang rides again meeting at Pode Hole at 1845. During the winter months we have an active Cyclo Cross team and hold weekly Cyclo Cross training on Tuesday evenings along with Turbo training nights on Thursdays.

Spalding CC is proud of its youth development programme. We have 7 Go-ride coaches, One ABCC Coach and One Level 3 Road and Time Trial Coach. We work very closely with the British Cycling East Midlands Talent Development coaches making sure our riders have every opportunity to develop to the highest level.

Ollie Fensom

The Club promotes two circuit road races at RAF Barkstone heath.  We promote two open Time Trial events and  for those fixed wheeled riders the club holds Grass Track Coaching and Promotes an annual grass track event at the begining of September. There are also club trips to train at Manchester Velodrome.

Along with all the racing many members are activily taking part in Sportive events. The club promotes it’s own sportive “The Nelson Ride” in early March.

For more details about the club please use the contacts page above.

Harry Bellars

Nelson and Time Trials

The third edition of Spalding Cycling Club’s Nelson Sportive on 28 April had a record field of over 100 riders, including 26 from the club, to tackle a choice of 2 rolling and scenic rides of 58 and 80 miles in and around Norfolk.  Starting and finishing at Sutton Bridge’s Curlew Centre the routes took in some quiet villages, Sandringham Park and on up to Brancaster on the long route.  The feed station at Snettisham proved popular probably because it was the Rose and Crown Pub!  In contrast to last year when riders faced heavy rain and snow this year the weather was kind – cool and dry but a rising head and cross wind challenged the riders in the final miles. Thanks go to organiser Simon Wright and the support team on the day who provided refreshments, marshalling, roadside maintenance and also to Sue and Florian from Active Edge Solutions for the post event massage service.

 

The fine warm evening on Tuesday encouraged 30 club members and 3 guest riders to take the start in the fourth race of the 10 mile league time trial, with no fewer than 9 riders posting PB’s on the night.  Fastest on the night was Neil Palmer, continuing his winning series of rides in 22:45 just a few seconds faster than the previous week, Chris Ward took second overall in 23.15 an almost identical time to Race 3.  Completing the top 3 Chris Pratt finished in 24 minutes exactly. 

 

Aimee Stocker was first lady with 26:15.  In the Under 18’s competition Sam Bentley managed to take top spot from Harry Bellars by 7 seconds finishing in times of 24:21 and 24:28 respectively and PB’s for each.  Jake Norton was fastest in the Under 16’s with 28:07 – believed to be a PB.  Other PB’s on the night were:  Andy Bowser 28:50, Paul Kendall 30:33, Ross McGivern 31:36, Michael Farrell 32:21, William Gurney 37:24 and Nicole Flatters 38:50.