It is with great sadness that I have to report the passing of a stalwart club member, Eric Fletcher who died peacefully in his sleep on Sunday night. Eric was the mainstay of the club audax series and together with the wonderful support of his wife Gill delivered the incredibly successful series year after […]
Saturday Leisure Rides are go!
Great news, the Saturday leisure rides have returned to the calendar – please see the website for full details and how to pre-register for the rides. Whilst it may be a little while longer until the cake part of the ride can be enjoyed fully, it’s great to be heading in the right direction. The […]
Leisure rides are back.
Our leisure ride programme is organised by Sheni Jiwa, Dylan Spencer, Steve James, Rob Wild and Jamie Brosch. We’re re-starting our Sunday rides from Easter Sunday, 4th April with a steady ride over to Lake 12 Cafe in the Cotswold Water Park. The following week on 11th April takes in a new route meandering around […]
Get ready for some Easter Weekend Eggs-cercise..!
Burn off that chocolate breakfast, based on the latest guidance from British Cycling, it looks like we will be able to start club sanctioned activities from 29th March. British Cycling are expecting to receive definitive guidance from Sport England and Department for Digital Culture, Media & Sport, week commencing 22nd March, so we will finalise […]
Club Virtual AGM 2020 ***Agenda Now Attached.***
The Chippenham and District Wheelers AGM will be held virtually on Wednesday 25th November at 20:00. The Zoom meeting will open at 19.30 – to allow for any issues and the meeting will start promptly at 20:00 In a complete change from the normal, we will be holding the meeting via Zoom, so you will […]
The Way Forward.
Club Activities: British Cycling have today announced the next steps in returning to a more “Normal” way of Club life, in the announcement that they will now sanction some club rides and coached events, whilst adhering to current social distancing measures. We have decided as a Club to remain without a programme of events at […]
British Cycling Accredited Marshal Course – updated
British Cycling are holding an Accredited Marshal course in Biddestone on the 1st February (previously 11th January). The course starts at 09:00 at Biddestone Village Hall. If anyone is interested in attending please email secretary@chippenhamwheeler.org and I will pass on further details for the course. Details about the Accredited Marshal Scheme can be found here. […]
Club AGM Tuesday 26th November 2019
The Chippenham and District Wheelers AGM will be held in the Chippenham Bowls Club at the Sports Club on Tuesday 26th November at 20:00. Please arrive in plenty of time. Please note that this is your chance to voice your opinion and vote on matters that concern you, so it is in your […]
Sports Club Summer Skittles League.
We have a team entered into the Sports Club Summer Skittles league, so I am looking for people who would like to play. Nothing serious, just a bit of fun between the club sections. We need four people for the team, however we don’t need to enter the same four each week. First match is […]
Roy Burden
Roy Burden. 1932-2019. A Royal Air Force Service man, Roy Burden was posted to RAF Lyneham in the late 1960’s. Once settled in the camp married quarters with his wife Molly; Roy a keen racing cyclist chose the Chippenham Wheelers as the Club to join. Later moving to live in Chippenham. Roy’s earlier cycling life […]
