Mildenhall Cycling Club have released details of their annual cycling event which will take place on the August Bank-Holiday weekend.
“The Mildenhall Cycling Mini-Fest will take place on Sunday 24th August at its traditional venue of West Row Village Hall, near Mildenhall and offers the Fenland Flyer Gravel Time-Trial, Grass-Track racing and the Cycle Jumble,” confirmed Chairman of the organisers, Mildenhall Cycling Club, Mark Burchett.
Winner of last year's Fenland Flyer Gravel Time-Trial
Ian Day (ROTOR Race Team)
- Share your experiences of the Festival using
our Twitter feed or Facebook page, or use the
links below to contact the organisers direct. - Results round up: click here
- Event in pictures: click here
Winner of the inaugral Alex Pendleton Memorial 5km
David Mitchinson (Cinnamon Cafe-SaddleDrunk RT) ahead of Martin Smith (Chesterfield Couriers)
Email the organisers: click here
There will be a full range of events for Seniors, Veterans, Ladies and Juveniles on the grass in the afternoon, with the track staging the start & finish of the Fenland Flyer Gravel Time-Trial in the morning.
In addition to the main Senior Gravel event, the separate Juveniles race for 13–16-year-olds will, this year, be over the same course.
The riders will be racing individually against the clock over a 20km course of almost entirely off-road consisting of farm tracks, droves, by-ways and a small section of minor road. This is a unique type of course that only the Fens can offer.
Taking place from 10am will be the Cycle Jumble from a car boot around the grass-track, letting visitors and competitors to buy and sell from their vehicles, with sellers having to pre-book their pitch.
Camping is no longer offered by the organisers on site, but West Row has three campsites, and the organisers are very much encouraging new as well as regular visitors to previous events to still come and spend the weekend in Suffolk cycling and at the Mini-Fest.
Mildenhall Cycling Club will be providing light refreshments and drinks all day in the village hall and at lunchtime Jacket Potatoes with a variety of fillings.
The Mini-Fest and its predecessor the Cycling Rally, have always attracted many up-and-coming names from the world of cycling including the Mildenhall Club’s very own Golden Member Victoria Pendleton CBE who was a multi-Olympic and World Champion before retiring and more recently Laura Kenny CBE, who is Great Britain’s most successful female Olympian winning five gold medals in a glittering career.
Other well-known cyclists to have ridden at Mildenhall before going onto international fame include Welsh starlet Nicole Cooke MBE, Ben Swift, Jason Kenny OBE and Steve Burke MBE.
Supported by
