Author Archives: Rich Cooper

Just for fun!

…..and we’re not talking about the wheels here. There was a noticable lack of green at Hillingdon circuit on Saturday afternoon after both Rich’s had too much to drink the night before. Normal service will resume shortly.

Willesden Cycling Club Annual Dinner and Prize Presentation, Saturday 24 January 2009 from 6.30 for 7.00 pm at the Uxbridge Golf Club, Harefield Place, Uxbridge, Middlesex, UB10 8AQ. £25.00 per ticket. Please contact Jim and Wendy Mears for tickets ASAP: … Continue reading →

After last weeks reasonable weather, this week was more interesting with freezing temperatures, wind and lots and lots of rain! The Rich C and Rich J were both mad enough to turn up, along with the other 30 or so … Continue reading →

Traditional gathering: Xmas snacks and traditional beer! Annual darts match with our friends from the Willesden Westerley clubroom Weds 17th Dec 8:30 pm Xmas lunch ride to the Red Lion, Whiteleaf (nr Princes Risborough) Sunday, 21st December Meet at Harefield … Continue reading →

The Willesden are taking part as usual and as many members as possible are needed to go to London on the 1st January to join in the fun. All need to be in the new kit but if they don’t … Continue reading →

Lance, Rich and Rich all took part in the winter series at Hillingdon circuit on Saturday. Lance felt strong in the 4th cat race however a crash left Lance too far back to contest for top ten. Rich Cooper was … Continue reading →

The club hill climb and free wheeling competion will be held on Gore Hill tomorrow morning. People wishing to take part should meet at Denham nurseries and after the event there is also the AGM at the barn is Ruislip.

The new jackets and gillets have arrived, along with some other kit. However Ray Kelly is off to Brazil for a month but he has kindly passed the kit onto Gladys if anyone wants any. The jackets are £65 and … Continue reading →

The winter racing series starts this Saturday at Hillingdon circuit with a number of Willesden riders registered to take part. If you would like to take part or watch then full details and registration are available on the Imperial racing … Continue reading →

Harp Hilly 100 – Sunday 25th January This first reliability trial is the well-known Harp Hilly Hundred starting and finishing also at the Hemel Hempstead CC clubroom, (location map). This starts off following a similar route as the Hemel event … Continue reading →

The Willesden Annual Hill climb and freewheel event is being held on the 7th December in Amersham on the same day as the AGM. Please keep the date free…..more info will follow.

The Willesden AGM is on the lst Sunday in December. Officers reports to be sent to Mike Ellison or direct to Lindsey to be included on the Agenda. Thanks Gladys.

The Westerley would love to see their Willesden friends join them at their club dinnerIt is a great end-of-season social gathering to be held at the Uxbridge Golf Club (same place we hold our club dinner) on Saturday, 29th November. … Continue reading →

Some races have been added to the British Cycling 2009 road racing calandar. Highlights include the Archer GP, which seems to be back on this year after a dispute with police in 2008. The racing team are due to have … Continue reading →

The last time trial event of the season took place on Sunday. The Brighton Mitre C.C. 25 mile event had to be re-routed due to road works and was run over 2 laps of a hilly circuit. It was a … Continue reading →

On Sunday, in the Hillingdon C.C. 25 mile time trial at Marlow , Pete Cookson was the fastest of our members recording 59.55, followed by Gill Reynolds 1.5.35 (3rd fastest lady), Joe Foley 1.9.25 and Mike Jerome, who improved on … Continue reading →

This weekend a splinter group of Willesden riders went on a club run…..8am from Denham. Why so early? The plan was to get back in time for their respective wives and parters to make sure they didn’t get in trouble. … Continue reading →

This weekend saw the Willesden combine with the Westerley RC for the annual 2-up time trial and hill climb. The fastest time for the 10 miles was recorded by Dave Newman and Malcolm Woolsey (Westerley) in 23.40. Willesden’s pairings of … Continue reading →

The Willesden and the Westerley are combining to organise the annual 2-up and hill climb this weekend. The action starts at Great Missenden at 9am. If you wish to enter please contact Suzz here