Author: Steve

Hilly 21 Time Trial – Sunday 22nd March 2026

Sunday saw the latest edition of the traditional season opener, the CWCC “Hilly 21”. The weather was about as good as we could have hoped for — possibly the best conditions we’ve had for this event — and after what felt like an eternity, the roadworks and traffic lights on the course had finally gone, which was a relief all round.

Thanks to everyone who came out to ride, and to our marshals, timekeepers and helpers who gave up their Sunday to make it happen. We couldn’t do this without you.

Scratch Results

George Peden took the men’s win in a new course record of 43:32, knocking 10 seconds off his own previous record. CWCC’s own Charlie Tanfield was second and Ben Pease third.

In the women’s race, Bethany Brooksbank won the Scratch, with Louise Hamilton second and Sarah Foulds third.

Category Results

Category	Prize	Open	Women
Scratch 1st	£40	George Peden	Bethany Brooksbank
Scratch 2nd	£30	Charlie Tanfield	Louise Hamilton
Scratch 3rd	£15	Ben Pease	Sarah Foulds
Road 1st	£15	Daniel Smith	Tracy Henderson
Road 2nd	£10	Adam Pinder	Deborah Jefferies
Road 3rd	£5	Chris Peareth	—
Junior	£10	—	—
V40	£10	Chris Smart	Sarah Foulds
V50	£10	Keith Murray	Louise Hamilton
V60	£10	Ian Cooke	—
V70	£10	David Nichol	—

It was great to see such a good turnout for the event, with riders, supporters and their families, some travelling from quite some distance to be here.

Photo Galleries

Photos from the day are available at the following links — thanks to the photographers for being out on course:

• https://tinyurl.com/Cleveland21-2026
• https://www.teessidesports.co.uk/cleveland-wheelers-cc-hilly-21-tt

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Thanks again to all involved — see you at the next one.

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Entry is now invited for the CWCC Evening Series 2026. There will be 10 TTs and 1 Hillclimb. The cost of entry for the total series, all 11 events, is £15 for adults and £7.50 for juniors. You must be entered into the series to be eligible for the competition, both overall and age-related.

2nd claim members may enter the series too, and they will be eligible for the overall competition, but not the age-related categories.

A full FAQ is here; it’s advised that you read it.

Anyone not entered into the series may just turn up and ride; the cost will be £3 for club members and £5 for non-members.

The dates of the events are shown in the image – sign-on will be at 6pm with the first rider off being at 6.30.

To enter the series, click this link.

After some careful consideration, we have taken the decision to cancel this evenings youth and adult training sessions. We wanted to get the word out as early as possible, please help us spread the word.

With the rain staying across the evening and high winds, we just don’t think that it will be nice conditions for training to take place this evening.

Thank you for your understanding and feedback on the matter, everyone’s safety and welfare comes above everything.

Stay safe out there and we hope to see you all on Thursday for the All-Star session and next week for regular training.

Due to ongoing repairs at the track there will be no training on Monday 27th October. We’re confident that Monday night training will resume next week (3rd November) with the Halloween themed session originally planned for this week.

Thank you.

Cleveland Whs CC (incorporating Teesside District Hill Climb Championship & VTTA North Group Hill Climb Championship) 

Event kindly sponsored by Contemporary Stokesley Hair Salon 

Tel: 01642 714554 

Email: kate@contemporary.uk.com 

Web: https://www.contemporarysalons.com/contact/stokesley/ 

Date: 28-Sept-2025 10:00 
Course: THC33 
Organising Secretary: Steven Tilly 
Timekeepers: Shereen Binks, Gavin Chatto 

Marshals: Susan Tilly, Tom Levell, Keith Nelson, Lisa Jobling, Eric Harkins, Graham Currie 

Many thanks to all the competitors who turned out for this event. Numbers are down in general for TTs across the region, and so it was here too, with the lowest turnout to date. There were event clashes that contributed to this (particularly the local CX event), and we hope we can avoid this next year. I would encourage everyone to try to tempt friends and fellow club members into TT & hillclimbs wherever possible. 

Many thanks too to all the marshals, timekeepers, and event HQ helpers, without whom the event could not have taken place. 

Finally, a thank you to all the spectators who lined the hill and provided a great atmosphere and a lot of “encouragement” to the competitors. 

The event was won by Elliott Holt, still a junior, who also broke his own course record for juniors. Tom Harcourt pipped Richard Lilleker by just two seconds to claim second spot. 

The female event was won for the second year running by Gemma Mitchell, triumphing over Louise Hamilton and Deborah Jefferies. Full results have been uploaded to the CTT site, and the prize breakdown is given below. Winners will be contacted by email to provide bank/PayPal details for payment of prize money. 

Many thanks to you all. 

Awards 
Male – Female  

Scratch 
1 Elliott Holt £30 – 1 Gemma Mitchell £30 
2 Tom Harcourt £20 – 2 Louise Hamilton £20 
3 Richard Lilleker £15 – 3 Deborah Jeffries £15  

V40 
1 Allistair Moffat £15 – 1 Gemma Mitchell (one prize per rider) Deferred to Sarah Foulds £15 

V50 
1 Graeme Carter £15  

V60 
1 Steven Madeley £15 

Junior 
1 Elliot Holt (1 prize per rider) 

Rob Hughes Memorial Shield (Fastest Teesside Vet Male, Scratch Female) 
1 Marcel Schubert 1 Louise Hamilton 
  

Youth/Junior Course Record 
Elliot Holt (3:21) £10 

Tandem 
Stephen Adamson & Simon Robinson £15 (combined) 

Photos below courtesy of Tom Levell (CWCC), feel free to use.