The Florrie Newbery Classic
Southend Wheelers are proud to present the Florrie Newbery Classic
We are back and for the second year in a row, The Florrie Newbery Classic will be kicking off the British Women's Team Cup! A thrilling series of road races designed to test your endurance, skill, and teamwork. See https://www.britishteamcup.co.uk for more details of all the races in the series and how to register a team. Don't miss out—register now and ride with us!
Not part of the Cup? No problem. Whilst the teams get priority entry in accordance with the British Women’s Team Cup rules, there is the potential to have spaces for non-team entries. Get your entries in and spaces will be allocated on a first come first served basis.
So, saddle up, because the road to glory awaits!
Event details
Location:
South Hanningfield Village Hall, CM3 8HL
Date:
Sunday 19th April 2026
Time:
Race starts at 2pm
Categories:
National B (Female) Open to senior female Elite, 1st, 2nd and 3rd category riders and junior female 1st, 2nd and 3rd category riders with a full racing licence.
Prizes
£400 prize pot
Top 10 finishers win cash!
1st: £100
2nd: £75
3rd: £50
4th: £40
5th: £35
6th: £30
7th: £25
8th: £20
9th: £15
10th: £10
Additional prizes being confirmed! Look out for Primes!
The Course
The Florrie Newbery Classic Road Race will be 6 laps of the West Hanningfield Road Race Circuit with the finish on the last lap on the Middlemead straight.
Lead in: 1.5 miles / 2.4 km
Each lap: 8.3 miles / 13.4km
Total race distance: 51.3 miles / 82.8 km
Full course video on YouTube in progress...
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!