The team were on fire at the KCA Team Time Trial 15 mile TT on Sunday 28th June. Kevin Tye and Stuart Hourigan took the title overall as fastest team with Steve Wilkinson and Paul Smith riding to 3rd place. The femme were also in play with Tracy Wilkinson-Begg and Eva Tye competing on road bikes as a team taking the win also. Results can be found CTT's site or by clicking the image of Steve and Paul taken by Dave Haywood.

Kevin Tye romped to a continental age group victory in Luxembourg on 30th May at the Gran Fondo Schleck. Meanwhile Andrew Meilak finished a superb 7th in his category. Mark Hill and Stuart Hourigan managed creditable rides also qualifying for the World Championships in their respective categories, enduring the 164km course with its 2100m of vertical ascent! Kat Dinley (in photo) and Eva Tye also raced the 82km Medio Fondo both finishing strongly. Kat in her first ever mass participation race just missed qualifying with a remarkable performance in the 30 degree heat of the day. Eva smashed it despite an injury to finish superbly consolidating our women's micro team success in 2026 so far! The results can be searched via clicking the photo or here: https://www.ultratiming.live/en/evenement/schleck-gran-fondo-2026/epreuve/gf-m7#epreuves Photo Credit: Spotograf

Andrew Meilak added to his recent VTTA 25 Kent Champion title by winning the National VTTA 100 mile TT Championship in super quick time on a roasting hot day. Steve Wilkinson also rode excellently getting in under the 4 hour mark for a great ride, with riders ably supported by team mate Stuart Hourigan. The results are pending as this update is made but click the image to the CTT Results link. Photo Credit: Dave Hayward

The Team has had a solid start to the season at several races. Steve and Tracy made very early debuts in their new team colours, whilst Kevin, Stuart and Mark got going a little later. Andrew making his first race at the VTTA Kent Group Champs 25TT and promptly winning the title! The race was good for the Team with Andrew and Steve taking the Team Award and Mark the default fastest veteran award. Mark and Paul finished 6th and 14th on scratch time. Tracy finished 2nd female. Andrew was 3rd on scratch. Click photo for results or go here: https://www.cyclingtimetrials.org.uk/events/42178-vtta-kent-group-25-championship

After nearly a decade in the zingy cyan blue VeloRefined are set to make a dramatic kit design change for 2026. Blues still remain but the kit will feature a navy short section transitioning into white with a light blue upper. Sleeves will largely be white and the kit features a reworked version of the VeloRefined logo. Our sponsors also feature on the the kit. First images coming soon.

At the January 2026 KCA Committee AGM it was agreed that the test Women's championship hosted by VeloRefined and co-sponsored by Camerideri.com will be part of the formal planned racing schedule for 2026. The race will take place at the end of August once again at the tough Q10/42 Betteshanger closed circuit. With 25% of entries overall being women at the 2025 open event, the plan is to build links with various clubs to ensure the event gains an established spot in the annual calendar and helps raise participation amongst female riders. Enter 2026 via CTT here or click image: https://www.cyclingtimetrials.org.uk/events/42071-kent-ca-closed-circuit-10 Research by the organiser Mark Hill of VeloRefined showed that the safety of a closed circuit was why so many female riders including some juniors participate in the event and not others. More news later in the year. Photo Credit: Dave Hayward

Great result for Tracy Wilkinson-Begg winning the inaugural albeit unofficial KCA women's championship held at Betteshanger County Park on 31st August 2025. Tracy still racing in her old Vanelli Project GO team colours won in 26:13 comfortably over Faye Faires of Thanet Road Club with a 26:42. VeloRefined's Kat Dinley in her first official Open TT won the women's road bike category despite being rather ill with a creditable 27:26 over Sally Smith of Medway Velo at 28:00. Full results here or click image: https://www.cyclingtimetrials.org.uk/events/31915-kent-ca-closed-circuit-10