Get ready for the South Downs Social Big Fat Food Quiz.

As part of the Winchester Food Festival, we’re excited to bring you a foodie showdown: The Big Fat Food Quiz.

Think you know your juicing from your jerking? Your pawpaw from your periwinkle?

Round up your squad, flex those taste buds, and dive into an evening of tasty trivia to win foodie prizes. This isn’t just a quiz, it’s a full-on flavor fiesta.

And the best part? It's all for a great cause. We're donating proceeds to the Winchester Food Bank. Feel free to bring some tins along to contribute to our food drive for Winchester Food Bank.

ADMISSION FREE

Come and see the South’s best Baristas battle it out for the coveted Throwdown Crown. And drink more free coffee than is sensible while you’re here

Speaker: Chris Ford

Overview: Chris is an Accredited Strength and Conditioning Coach with over 10 years’ experience. Having worked with a variety of developing athletes, he will discuss the physical changes happening to the body due to puberty, how these effect movement and how we can support youth cyclists to avoid poor movement, grow well and cycle well.

Tickets £5 including a free beer, wine or soft drink on arrival

Speaker: Dr Chris Whittle

Overview: Chris has over 15 years’ experience studying the mechanics behind sport and exercise movements and has completed his PhD looking at how cyclists move while on the bike. In this talk, Chris will introduce the idea of movement variability and look to challenge whether the idea of a consistent pedalling technique is actually helpful.

Speaker: Richard Cheetham MBE

Overview: Richard has been heavily involved with Coach Education and Development within the UCI for over a decade and is Course Tutor on the International Sport Directors programme. In this talk Rich will give an insight into the programme itself (usually only available to existing Sport Directors working for UCI WorldTeams, UCI ProTeams or UCI Women’s WorldTeams) and some of the challenges he has encountered while delivering it.

Tickets £5 including a free beer, wine or soft drink on arrival

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The first of our new monthly listening parties, upstairs in The Studio. Anything goes, so expect the unexpected!

It’s ‘Openings Weekend’!

The cycling season kicks off here…

Come and join us for the first Spring Classics of the year with Omloop and K-B-K live on the big screens, plus Belgian beers, food special and more.

We’ll be showing all the major classics live, so come down and get involved with the best racing on the planet.

Join us for a fun evening of beer, track cycling, Japanese themed food and prizes as we host our first Keirin race night.

Want to know more about the surprising history of off-road riding in the UK, the Alps and beyond?

Max Leonard, author and publisher at Isola Press, will bring a selection of photos from the stunning Rough Stuff Fellowship Archive book and Fred Wright’s Rough Stuff Cycling in the Alps guide, and will talk about the exploits and legacy of these pioneers.

An evening of practical advice and inspiring stories to help you achieve your goals in 2023

Interested in Triathlon and want to find out more?

Come along to the South Downs Social on 14th April from 7pm where Tri Team Wessex, Winchester’s Triathlon Club will be hosting an evening where you can have your questions answered.

My how time flies when you are having fun... ⁠

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The South Downs Social celebrates its first birthday on Saturday 26th November, and we want you to come and join the fun.⁠

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Pizza • Craft Beers • DJs • Special Offers⁠

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Spin the Wheel of Fortune to win great prizes...⁠

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Come one, come all...

Meet the Handmade Studio Makers!

Come and view our open studios every Thursday evening and Saturday from November 17th until Christmas and find that unique Christmas gift.

Join Phil Gough from Winchester’s MV / Fit for a special talk aimed at Cyclo-cross and MTB riders. Phil will be giving you practical advice, drills and sessions to help you prepare for your best-ever CX season.

So many of us spend time on the bike getting into shape for the unique demands of cyclo-cross, while ignoring the gains that we can all make off the bike. Strength and conditioning expert Phil will show you just how a small amount of time each week can lead to major improvements on the race circuit.

While targeted at the demands of CX and off-road riding, this session will be full of useful information for all kids of riders, and for those just wishing to improve their every day fitness.

Tickets £5 including a free beer, wine or soft drink on arrival.

Ultra-racing, endurance, adventure racing: call it what you will, long-distance racing is the hottest thing in cycling

It’s the end of the Spring Classics - and the oldest race of them all, La Doyenne herself, Liège - Bastogne - Liège.

Liège - Bastogne - Liège rewards a lengthy viewing as the riders criss-cross the gorgeous Ardennes hills and forests.

Join us at the Social for full coverage on the big screen - and a selection of beers from the region!

Huy! Huy! Huy!

It’s the hardest finish in cycling. Join us for live coverage of La Fleche Wallonne as the riders take on the steep, steep slopes of the Muur de Huy.

It’s the big one!

The maddest, baddest, greatest race of them all: Paris - Roubaix, the Hell of the North herself.Join us at the Social for all the thrills and spills. We’re showing the race in full. So grab a chair, a coffee or event a Belgian brew and settle in, because this is going to be EPIC.

The Spring Classics hit the hills with the first of the Ardennes classics.

Join us at the Social for all the action on the big screen as the Puncheurs come out to play.

Join the founder of the Le Col cycling apparel brand as he takes you through his journey from pro cyclist to CEO .

Tickets £5 including a free beer, wine or soft drink on arrival.

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Join us at the Social for a fun quiz featuring questions loosely themed around bikes and cycling

Expect fun rounds and off-kilter questions - you don’t have to be a cycling expert to take part!

Tickets are £5 per person including a free beer, wine or soft drink on arrival.

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Join us at The South Downs Social bike cafe for a brilliant weekend of live bike racing, with the mens and women’s editions of Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and Kuurne Brussels Kuurne

Join us at The South Downs Social bike cafe for a brilliant weekend of live bike racing, with the mens and women’s editions of Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and Kuurne Brussels Kuurne

What you need to know to get stronger on the bike!

With so much attention now on the off season and off-bike training it can be confusing to know where to start or what’s effective.

Phil Gough- Owner of MV/FIT Personal Training Gym takes us through the best practices (and the stuff we don’t need to worry about) for best results on the bike and for life.

Phil is an expert in strength training, with over 12yrs of coaching client experience (that's over 14,000 sessions!)

He’s helped many new starters who are beginning their journey’s, all the way up to ultra endurance athletes and pro cyclists.

Expect useful tools and take aways to ensure your strength training off the bike is going to give you the results you want and most importantly time effective to your schedule.

Free entry: Click here to reserve your place

Kitty Pemberton-Platt's witty, illustrated food diaries lit up instagram with their honest visualisations of what female cyclists eat, on and off the bike. 

Eat Bike Cook brings these diaries together with over 40 easy and delicious recipes. Kitty, author and illustrator of EBC, will talk about how the book started and the food lessons and advice she's learnt on the bike and through writing this book.

From professional racers to long distance riders, and all the adventures inbetween, there will be insights and recipes to take away no matter what type of rider you are.

Tickets for this event are £5, and include a complimentary beer, wine or soft drink on arrival.

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