Author: Steve

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

Event kindly sponsored by Contemporary Stokesley Hair Salon 

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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. 

Club clothing is available from the Middlesbrough Sports village cycle circuit.

We hold a stock of Jerseys, gilets and hoodies

Available stock is on the website:  https://cleveland-wheelers-cycling-club.sumupstore.com/

Please purchase through the club shop where possible and then collect from the circuit or by other arrangement with John –  jwhorlock@outlook.com.

If you need to try on sizes first – please check if the required sizes are available within the shop.

Collection from the cycle circuit will be on Monday evenings when coaching sessions are on – If collecting anytime is fine during a session.

If you are wanting to try items on I’ll be coaching so either come for 5.45pm or you may have to wait till I’m free

All other items can be ordered by completing the purchase order form from the club website and emailing Marcus (details are on the forms)

 ** Note: If you are purchasing your first item of club clothing – please contact john first as new members receive a discount of £15 **

 

Only a week to go until the closing date (21st September) for the annual CWCC Hillclimb up Clay Bank. Get your entries in soon to avoid disappointment!

It’s the first of our two Evening Series hillclimbs tomorrow (September 4th). All are welcome to participate, even if you haven’t signed up for the series, and entry is free for all.
Tomorrow’s event is up “the long side” (from Great Broughton), and the next one in two weeks is up “the steep side” (from Ingleby Greenhow).
The weather forecast for tomorrow is pretty poor. If it’s actually dreadful, we’ll cancel – I’ll email and post to the web/Facebook.
See you tomorrow if you fancy it!

Important information about tonight’s event. Due to the bad weather and high winds, tonight’s session will not go ahead as planned and will unfortunately be cancelled. We have tried to hang on as long as we could to see how it would be, but with constant debris on the circuit and the high winds from storm Floris, we are deeming it unsafe. As well as it being a nightmare for the skills and time trial events set for this evening.

Apologies again, but the weather has gotten the better of us. We will run the Youth Vs Grown Ups as a stand alone event, next Monday 11th August 2025, 6pm – 7:30pm. Who will come out on top at the conclusion of this amazing event – enter below to get involved – https://clevelandwheelers.com/youth-v-grown-ups/