Twenty-seven cyclists in seven teams competed in this year's Stewartry Wheelers 7/24 Challenge, starting from Glentrool in Wigtownshire on Saturday as 11am and finishing in Glentress, Peebleshire. The event takes the teams across 400 kilometers and all seven 7stanes centres. All seven teams successfully met the challenge, completing the course inside 24 hours. The teams taking part were:

• Stewartry Wheelers
• Robertson Gemini
• Upstart Solutions
• Galloway Mountain Rescue Team 1
• Galloway Mountain Rescue Team 2
• Insomniacs
• Males on Wheels

Despite two injuries - Liam Warner (Stewartry Wheelers) fell on the Kirroughtree black route and was forced to retire, and David Tyson (Galloway Mountain Rescue Team 1) was knocked off his bike by a dog on the Kirroughtree to Dalbeattie stage and suffered a broken arm - the event was an outstanding success.

Event organiser Simon Brooke said "this is not a race. The teams are each setting out to meet a challenge: to complete the course inside the deadline. I'm delighted that everybody succeeded - everybody won - that a new course record of 17 hours 44 minutes was set, and that four teams beat last year's record time of 21 hours 5 minutes. It's a real achievement for everyone who took part."

Stewartry Wheelers are grateful for the support of Upstart Solutions, Castle Douglas Cycle Centre, and Scaffie Ltd, without which the event would not have been possible. We're also extremely grateful to the volunteers who manned the control checkpoints.