THE CLIMB

Side End Lane, Windgather Rocks

Length:
3.141km
Elevation:
199m
Gradient:
6.34% Average
12.0% Maximum
CTT Course Code:
JC51
CTT Course Description:
Start
In Side End Lane approximately 100 metres from junction of B4570 opposite drive gate for Shephards Bank Cottage. Continue up lane to :-
Finish 1.9 miles
At entrance to car park at top of Pym Chair approximately 100 yds before junction.
CTT Notes:

Course Records

Buxton CC also ran an event here on 2013-08-27, but started 1 minute up, opposite the tree, so those results are not eligible.
M SEN:
00:08:09.800
Adam Kenway (2018-08-28)
F SEN:
None
M VET:
00:09:14.900
John Sanderson (2018-08-28)
F VET:
00:11:18.600
Liz Batt (2018-08-28)
M ESP:
None
F ESP:
None
M JUN:
00:09:24.700
Robert Rowson (2018-08-28)
F JUN:
None
M JUV:
None
F JUV:
None

THE EVENT

Round:
11 of 16
Race Type:
Date:
Fri 10 July 2026 - 19:01:00
Lift-off from:
19:01 with 60s gaps
Meeting point:
In the car park at the top of the climb
From 17:30
Map here
Photo here
Entry Type
Online Only
PayPal / Card (via PayPal)
Cost:
£6
Non-refundable after closing time, unless the event is cancelled
Entry Opens / Closes:
Thu 02 July 2026 - 19:00:00
Thu 09 July 2026 - 19:00:00
Capacity:
130 Riders*
Sunset 21:29
First come, first served
*Entry may remain open after 130, so you can be a reserve if anyone pulls out. Refundable if unsuccessful.

Macclesfield Wheelers
Cycling Club

Organiser: Bhima Bowden
Hillclimb Hotline: 07 9999 5 2000



Promoted for and on behalf of Cycling Time Trials under their rules, regulations and conditions.

Since Jan 2022, front/rear lights & helmets are required. Full regulations here

ENTER SOON
ENTER NOW
ENTRY CLOSED
Confirmed Entries: 0/130


PROCEDURE

Step 1
As soon as entries close, we will strive to produce the start sheet, showing your start time. It will be available on this page (below) and sent to you via text message/email.
Step 2 - Arrival
Arrive at the meeting point (details above) and collect your race number. There's a huge car park here for around 40 cars.
No need to sign or bring anything.
New risks can emerge last minute - follow any additional safety information.
Step 3 - Warming Up
Please do not warm up on the course during the event.
Please take the descent slowly and give climbers the priority at narrow points.
Approach the start close to your time, but please only line up with a couple of minutes to go, due to lack of space.
Please wait on the main road if you're early and roll up to the start area once there is enough space.
Step 4 - Racing
Go up the hill as fast as possible and watch out for potholes at the crossroad section. We have swept up gravel, especially at the cottage on the blind bend, but it may have returned somewhat.
Step 4 - Finish
At the finish, please do not stop in the middle of the road or attempt to do a u-turn at the finish line. Please stop and turn around carefully.
Step 5
Return your number, by leaving it where you originally received it.
Step 6
Send any videos and photos to us. We'd love to see what you captured.

TRAVELLING

IMPORTANT

Parking is not guaranteed for our events and they were originally devised with a short 5-30 minute ride out from Macclesfield in mind.
We are delighted that non-local riders from further out wish to travel long journeys to join us, but:
• If you are able to ride out without driving, please do so.
• Some events have zero or extremely limited space for vehicles. Please bear this in mind and see the map below for help.
• If you must drive, please consider car sharing with another driver to reduce congestion.

Parking Spaces
We are continually looking for suitable parking spaces close to our events and have added most of these to a map [Here]
Click on each location to see more information.
We cannot guarantee that these will be available on the day, so please leave early if you're planning to park somewhere remote.

Park & Ride Recommendation
Are you driving out? If you can, please use our (80) FREE parking spaces in central Macclesfield and ride out from there.
These are at Waterside, SK11 7HG and have been secured specifically, with the help of various local businesses/offices.
[Map Here]

Local residents are doing their best to keep the courses clear for us, so please do the same and avoid parking near the course if possible. Several courses contain junctions with private roads/driveways and should not be used or blocked under any circumstances.

START SHEET

No. Time Cat Name/Team PB
1
19:01 F VET Kathleen ODonnell
  Macclesfield Wheelers
00:15:50.347
2
19:02 F JUV Seraphina Green
  Clancy Briggs Cycling Academy
3
19:03 M SEN Afzal Khan
  Leek CC - Den Engel Belgian Bar
4
19:04 F VET Deirdre McCarthy
  Manchester Triathlon Club
5
19:05 M VET Mike Merchant (TANDEM)
  
5
19:05 F JUV Sophie Merchant (TANDEM)
  
6
19:06 M VET Warren Jackson
  Congleton CC
00:15:25.000
7
19:07 M VET Alex Taylor
  Holmes Chapel Velo
00:13:20.206
8
19:08 M VET Rob Gittins
  
00:14:35.000
9
19:09 M VET Billy Gittins
  
10
19:10 M VET David Meanwell
  
11
19:11 M JUV Harrison Phillips
  
12
19:12 M VET Jonathan Phillips
  
13
19:13 M JUV Henry Morley
  ESV Manchester
14
19:14 F VET Catherine Voyce
  MAD Tri
15
19:15 F SEN Sarah Andree
  Station South Cycling Club
16
19:16 F SEN Eva Harding
  
00:18:17.000
17
19:17 F SEN Bethany McAtee
  High Peak Triathlon
18
19:18 F SEN Janine Sharma
  Chorlton Velo
19
19:19 F VET Tammy Lewis Jones
  Cryo RDT / Eryri
20
19:20 F VET Egg Cameron
  Macclesfield Wheelers
00:11:03.760
21
19:21 F VET Alison Dockney
  Macclesfield Wheelers
00:09:24.980
22
19:22 F VET Rebecca Richardson
  Team Lifting Gear Products
23
19:23 M SEN Christopher Hall
  ZeroLemon
00:11:03.647
24
19:24 M VET David Watkins
  Macclesfield Wheelers
00:12:31.000
25
19:25 M VET Simon Oldfield
  Cheshire Maverick Cycle Club
26
19:26 M SEN Alberto Poltz Faggiani
  Station South Cycling Club
27
19:27 M SEN Oliver Handley
  Station South Cycling Club
28
19:28 M JUN Seb Hines
  Cheshire Maverick Cycle Club
00:09:06.148
29
19:29 M SEN Ben Peirson-Smith
  Station South Cycling Club
00:09:09.783
30
19:30 M VET Nasar Rafiq
  
31
19:31 M VET Chris Wood
  SYN
32
19:32 M VET Peter O'Hare
  Station South Cycling Club
00:09:21.775
33
19:33 M VET Phillip Coates
  Leek CC - Den Engel Belgian Bar
00:10:06.737
34
19:34 M VET Paul Whittaker
  Stockport Clarion CC
00:08:34.654
35
19:35 M VET Tony Cope
  MagCAD Designs
00:08:26.821
36
19:36 M SEN Bhima Bowden
  Macclesfield Wheelers
00:08:02.798
37
19:37 M SEN David Forss
  Rapha Cycling Club
38
19:38 M SEN James Summers
  High Peak Triathlon
39
19:39 M SEN Rick Bailey
  Team Lifting Gear Products/Cycles In Motion
40
19:40 M SEN Nick Brownbill
  
00:08:07.621
41
19:41 M JUN Edward Stubbs
  Cheshire Cycling Club
00:08:52.788
42
19:42 M ESP Eddie Forster
  Chorlton Velo
00:08:35.000
43
19:43 M SEN Daniel Herterick
  Chorlton Velo
00:07:49.000
44
19:44 M SEN David Price
  Chorlton Velo
00:07:50.000
45
19:45 M SEN Jack Morris
  Cheshire Cycling Club
00:07:50.594

RESULTS

FILTERS
OVERALL LEADERBOARD
TEAM COMPETITION
FILTERS




OK
Pos. Time Cat Name/Team Points (%) vs PB vs 1st km/h VAM
00:07:53.671 M SEN Jack Morris
  Cheshire Cycling Club
100.000 +3.077 23.87 1512.44
00:08:20.673 M ESP Eddie Forster
  Chorlton Velo
94.607 -14.327 +27.002 22.58 1430.87
00:08:22.299 M SEN Nick Brownbill
  
94.301 +14.678 +28.628 22.51 1426.24
00:08:26.902 M SEN Bhima Bowden
  Macclesfield Wheelers
93.444 +24.104 +33.231 22.31 1413.29
00:08:30.228 M JUN Edward Stubbs
  Cheshire Cycling Club
92.835 -22.560 +36.557 22.16 1404.08
00:08:32.902 M SEN David Price
  Chorlton Velo
92.351 +42.902 +39.231 22.05 1396.76
00:08:37.914 M SEN Daniel Herterick
  Chorlton Velo
91.457 +48.914 +44.243 21.83 1383.24
00:08:41.608 M SEN Ben Peirson-Smith
  Station South Cycling Club
90.810 -28.175 +47.937 21.68 1373.45
00:09:27.520 M SEN James Summers
  High Peak Triathlon
83.463 +93.849 19.92 1262.33
00:09:31.861 M SEN Rick Bailey
  Team Lifting Gear Products/Cycles In Motion
82.830 +98.190 19.77 1252.75
00:09:33.100 M SEN Oliver Handley
  Station South Cycling Club
82.651 +99.429 19.73 1250.04
00:09:34.380 M VET Tony Cope
  MagCAD Designs
82.466 +67.559 +100.709 19.69 1247.26
00:09:37.543 M VET Paul Whittaker
  Stockport Clarion CC
82.015 +62.889 +103.872 19.58 1240.43
00:09:51.079 F VET Rebecca Richardson
  Team Lifting Gear Products
100.000 19.11 1210.56
00:09:57.705 M VET Phillip Coates
  Leek CC - Den Engel Belgian Bar
79.248 -9.032 +124.034 18.92 1198.58
00:10:03.792 M VET Peter O'Hare
  Station South Cycling Club
78.449 +42.017 +130.121 18.73 1186.50
00:10:06.502 M VET Simon Oldfield
  Cheshire Maverick Cycle Club
78.099 +132.831 18.64 1181.20
00:10:31.548 M SEN David Forss
  Rapha Cycling Club
75.002 +157.877 17.90 1134.36
00:10:37.549 M JUN Seb Hines
  Cheshire Maverick Cycle Club
74.296 +91.401 +163.878 17.74 1123.68
00:10:52.604 M VET David Watkins
  Macclesfield Wheelers
72.582 -98.396 +178.933 17.33 1097.76
00:11:02.171 M VET Chris Wood
  SYN
71.533 +188.500 17.08 1081.90
00:11:07.669 F VET Egg Cameron
  Macclesfield Wheelers
88.635 +3.909 +75.879 16.94 1072.99
00:11:22.830 M VET David Meanwell
  
69.369 +209.159 16.56 1049.16
00:11:31.370 F JUV Seraphina Green
  Clancy Briggs Cycling Academy
85.597 +99.580 16.36 1036.20
00:11:39.782 F VET Alison Dockney
  Macclesfield Wheelers
84.568 +134.802 +107.992 16.16 1023.75
00:12:09.111 M SEN Afzal Khan
  Leek CC - Den Engel Belgian Bar
64.966 +255.440 15.51 982.57
00:12:13.683 M VET Nasar Rafiq
  
64.561 +260.012 15.41 976.44
00:12:43.711 M VET Alex Taylor
  Holmes Chapel Velo
62.022 -36.495 +290.040 14.81 938.05
00:12:46.406 M VET Warren Jackson
  Congleton CC
61.804 -158.594 +292.735 14.75 934.75
00:13:06.164 M VET Billy Gittins
  
60.251 +312.493 14.38 911.26
00:13:08.398 F SEN Sarah Andree
  Station South Cycling Club
75.062 +196.608 14.34 908.68
00:13:18.732 M JUV Henry Morley
  ESV Manchester
59.303 +325.061 14.16 896.92
00:13:36.517 F SEN Bethany McAtee
  High Peak Triathlon
72.477 +224.727 13.85 877.39
00:14:03.612 M VET Rob Gittins
  
56.148 -31.388 +369.941 13.40 849.21
00:14:24.374 F SEN Janine Sharma
  Chorlton Velo
68.465 +272.584 13.08 828.81
00:14:39.235 F VET Catherine Voyce
  MAD Tri
67.307 +287.445 12.86 814.80
00:14:45.344 M VET Mike Merchant
  
53.501 +411.673 12.77 809.18
00:14:45.344 F JUV Sophie Merchant
  
53.501 -153.302 +351.908 11.98 759.14
00:15:43.698 F SEN Eva Harding
  
62.710 -153.302 +351.908 11.98 759.14
00:17:16.762 F VET Kathleen ODonnell
  Macclesfield Wheelers
57.081 +86.415 +444.972 10.91 691.00
DNS F VET Deirdre McCarthy
  Manchester Triathlon Club
DNS M JUV Harrison Phillips
  
DNS M VET Jonathan Phillips
  
DNS (Apol) M SEN Christopher Hall
  ZeroLemon
DNS (Apol) M SEN Alberto Poltz Faggiani
  Station South Cycling Club
DNS (Apol) F VET Tammy Lewis Jones
  Cryo RDT / Eryri

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