Author Archives: Rich Cooper

Ron Purdy completes the pageant of new kit with a salute to our old style jersey or two!

75 Gill Reynolds (L) Willesden CC DNS 76 Alys Mathew (L) Willesden CC 29.42 77 Ludovica Bruno (L) Willesden CC 28.00 78 Christopher James Willesden CC 28.17 79 Ron Purdy Willesden CC 36.00 80 Edward Packard Willesden CC 24.07 81 … Continue reading →

Finchley Criterium – March 1st 2008 , Hillingdon Circuit Blimey girls, it was windy… and frankly so was I – my previous four races (and a trophy!) were no preparation for a day like this. So there was me, Ed … Continue reading →

My grateful thanks to all members of the Willesden Club run on the way to Wendover Woods who found me feeling sorry for myself after falling off outside Denham Golf Club Station on the way down the hill. I was … Continue reading →

The blog has been skiing in the French Alps for a week, but is now back and thirsty for photos of WCC riders in our new kit. Please pix send to willesdencyclingclub@yahoo.co.uk

The Saturday, 1st March 2008, will be the debut out of the new Willesden kit! It will be raced in anger by Richard Jerome and tht WCC racing team during the Finchley RT Criteriums at Hillingdon. It would be great … Continue reading →

Most riders think of Audax as an event for individual, independent riders, but it actually has its roots in an organised ride for groups cyclists. The vestiges of this remain in the UK take the form of Easter and Summer … Continue reading →

The Willesden CC members picked up a number of awards at the prestigious British Cycling Awards earlier this month. The awards dinner was held at the Reebok Stadium near Bolton. Guests included UCI President Pat McQuaid and during the night … Continue reading →

John Williams organised superb weather for his debut as WCC Reliability Ride organiser. Around 100 riders were signed on and despatched from Ickenham into the deepest Chilterns…. err I mean the Highest Chilterns. John has some truly wonderful photos of … Continue reading →

Amendment The start is actually from the Girl Guides Hut, rather than the Scout Hut. Just follow the other riders!

Roads more akin to paths from the Somme, a howling wind scraping at your flesh, the mercury freezing in the thermometer… all these things have come to represent the gruelling Ely Hardriders start-of-season event, the 2008 edition of which was … Continue reading →

The coolest round of the Chiltern Classics takes place in just under 10 days time. This is an event to be ridden in style. All Willesden riders are to ride in Squadra Verde colours (choose your own edition). For that … Continue reading →

At Tuesday’s club meeting Rocco was able to present the remainder of the trophies to riders who could not attend January’s Dinner and Dance. Pictured is Steph May collecting her awards for 2007. Dennis Falvey was awarded “The President”, a … Continue reading →

I was very saddened to hear the news this morning that Sheldon Brown has passed away. As a hopeless bike mechanic Sheldon’s web pages were a salvation for me. A memorial site with guestbook has been set up at sheldonbrown.blogspot.com … Continue reading →

The Willesden CC hold a Monthly General Meeting (MGM) on the first Tuesday of each month. It is held at the Wembley Club rooms from 9pm afterwards. It is a good chance to find out what is happening in the … Continue reading →

The Willy Warmer (215km) and Little Willy (125km) on the 26th January are the first events of the year from the Willesden calendar of events. This was the second year for the Willy Warmer ,and the first time out for … Continue reading →

Hillingdon winter series 26/1 After winning the Willesden Road race trophy at the club dinner I thought it best to do the decent thing and actually race. I’ve had a few weeks away from racing to get some miles in … Continue reading →

This first reliability trial is the well-known Harp Hilly Hundred starting and finishing also at the Hemel Hempstead CC clubroom. This starts off following a similar route as the Hemel event through to Chesham then it takes on its own … Continue reading →

The Uxbridge Golf Club survived another onslaught from the Willesden CC on 19th January for our annual Dinner and Dance. As usual there was a last minute flurry in ticket sales and around 60 of the WCC finest settled down … Continue reading →

Members of the Middle Earth Wheelers??Paul Stewart has supplied me with a list of all WCC Audax events being run this year. Ivo Meisen in Holland is also organising a couple of events. In total we have over 3,200 kms … Continue reading →