The Florrie Newbery Classic
2026 - Fast, tactical and live on Monument Cycling TV
Southend Wheelers hosted a landmark day of racing on the East Hanningfield circuit on Sunday, with the Andrews Trophy and Florrie Newbery Classic attracting top riders from across the country. For the first time in the club’s history, both events were also broadcast live by Monument Cycling.
The afternoon’s Florrie Newbery Classic National B Road Race — the opening round of the 2026 British Women’s Team Cup — delivered a fast, controlled race before culminating in a hard‑fought bunch sprint. Georgia Lancaster (Loughborough Lightning) surged through in the final metres to claim the win.
2025 Race Report
The sun came out at the weekend bringing additional colour to the already colourful jerseys of the riders competing in the both the Andrews Trophy and Florrie Newbery Classic road races around East Hanningfield.
Here is your 2025 race report
Here is your 2025 race booklet
2024, The First of many...
The inaugural Florrie Newbery Classic was a success and we were able to crown Molly Patch (The Phoenix Collective) as our Champion!
The race started fast, shedding a few riders off the back of the field in the first six miles. Lap four, two riders Molly Patch (The Phoenix Collective) and Dannielle Watkinson (Jadan) had broken clear with five second lead, and working well together this gap gradually grew over the the chasing bunch with every lap, to the point that for large parts of the course they were out of sight. This is how the race remained, both riders taking turn to put in the effort, until the last lap, when Molly’s strength proved too much for Dannielle and the two split. The final climb up Pan Lane, assisted by a tail wind gave Molly the time to celebrate her win in style. Dannielle, finishing shortly after was also able to celebrate her second place in similar style, whilst the remaining podium place came down to a dramatic sprint with Louise Wren (Primo RT) beating Harri Martin (Wolfox x Pedal Mafia RT) by a bike length, taking third place in the process.
Here is the 2024 race booklet
Who is Florrie Newbery?
Florrie Newbery was the first female to join Southend Wheelers on 3rd February 1937. Florrie went on to lead many club runs, generate interest for local female riders to join and compete in Time Trials. When starting a new Female Road Race, we wanted to honour the start of Female participation in the club. Florrie was also the first female committee member. In the archive it seems that Florrie was a vocal advocate for women's participation, which took some adjusting to by the previously all male committee!