Moseley Missiles Winter Championship

Moseley Missiles’ Winter Championship runs from when the clocks change in October to when they go back in March.

It’s an endurance league, over 22 weeks, to encourage our riders out into the cold, wet and dark of our UK winter.

Strange thing, riding outside your comfort zone: your comfort zone grows larger, you realise it’s actually not all that bad out there, and that mere weather isn’t going to get in the way of you enjoying the love and camaraderie of cycling!

We are indebted to the Missiles’ co-founder Jon Terry for designing the Winter Championship, and we run it every year in his honour.

The 2025/6 Winter Championship rules are as follows:

1. The 2025/6 Winter Championship runs from 26th October 2025 to 28th March 2026.
2. Anyone who’s ridden on any Missiles ride in 2025 can join the competition.  (Provided your first Missiles ride is before 31st December 2025, all your rides since 26th October will count).
3. Your rides must be saved on the Missiles Strava group: https://www.strava.com/clubs/1117074
4. Social Championship ‘Sociale Invernale’: to prevent the table being over-run with athleticism, this is a league for simply turning up and riding your bike with a fellow Missile.  3 points are awarded for each Sunday ride, 2 points for any other ride with four or more Missiles, 1 point for any ride with two or three Missiles, up to a maximum of 6 points per week.  Double points during Christmas Week (max 12 points).
5. Indoor Championship: all your indoor mileage posted to Strava will be collated, and the winner will be the person who cycles the furthest.
6. Outdoor Championship  ‘Eroi All’arai Aperta’: all your outdoor mileage posted to Strava will be collated, and the winner will be the person who cycles the furthest.
7. New for 2025/6: a women’s championship will also be run, with both an indoor and outdoor league.
8. New for 2025/6: cycling at a velodrome counts towards both the indoor and outdoor (and social!) leagues.
9. The winners will be announced in our Missiles Curry Night on Monday 6th April 2026 (date subject to confirmation).

Note: for 2025/6 there is no combined ‘GC’. At our AGM we simply couldn’t agree how to fairly combine ‘indoor’ with ‘outdoor’ mileage, as it’s like adding apples to oranges, so there’s no ‘GC’ this year.  Sorry (not sorry).  Enjoy!