Willesden Cycling Club

Ok peeps just a gentle reminder that after Friday night training is the monthly meeting so if you can’t make it please send Wendy or me an email report please.
Hope to see everyone on Friday!

In addition to doling out a ton of cash to the top riders in the Willesden road races, the ever-resourceful Jayne Paine has secured an extra special prize for the fastest racers.

The top five in each of the Dulcie Walker Memorial (for 3/4, women and juniors) and in the John Walker Trophy (E/1/2) will receive two free movement therapy classes with yoga, pilates and dance teacher Marcela Wakeham.

Movement what?!
Movement therapy is a discipline devised by Marcela specifically for athletes who train and compete hard, and it’s designed to prepare the body for peak performance on the bike.

It draws, so Marcela tells us, on a variety of physical disciplines and therapies such as yoga, pilates and dance to:

• Strengthen and condition muscles
• Increase flexibility and mobility
• Balance your musculoskeletal system
• Aid recovery from hard exercise
• Prevent injury

In essence, Marcela’s approach to physical preparation is based on undoing the muscular imbalances caused by patterns of repeated movements. Cycling is a classic case of this, where we repeat the same motion over and over.

In so doing, we strengthen some muscles and tire them out through overuse; others lie weak and dormant – and this leaves us prone to injuries such as ligament damage.

Marcela promises to “help athletes eradicate patterns of movement that are out of balance, and to isolate common movement errors that cause injury and rob athletes of speed, power and endurance”.

Can’t say fairer than that!

So, if you want to get yourself TWO free movement therapy classes with Marcela, you’ll just have to finish in the top five…

If you’re not top five material, but would like to be, you can still email Marcela to enquire about classes.

Mike’s funeral will be at 12.30 on Monday 1^st September at East Flower Terrace, Breakspear Crematorium.

Mike will be sadly missed by all of us in the Willesden Cycling Club.

http://www.breakspearcrematorium.com/

Hi All,

I received a phone call last night from Mike’s family, and sadly, Mike Eddleston passed away a week or so ago. He had a heart attack, whilst cycling out in Dorset way.

I think the funeral is due to take place on Tuesday 2nd September at the Breakspear Crematorium at 12.30. I shall double check on the date. I took the phone call whilst on my way home from work, and also on the train, and I was in total shock to hear the sad news, hence I will have to double check the date. I have passed on my condolences on behalf of WCC.

Kind Regards, Surendra Patel

Willesden Cycling Club – Road Races
Sunday 7th September 2014

Race 1 – Dulcie Walker Memorial Road Race
(Regional B, Band 4: 3/4/W/J)
Start 9:30am
90km (3.8 laps) Points from 1st (15) to 10th (1)

Race 2 -John Walker Trophy Road Race
(National B, Band 2: E/1/2)
Start 01:00pm
120km (4.8 laps) Points from 1st (60) to 20th (1)

The anticlockwise circuit starts on the A329, north of Little Milton, heading south through the village and then turning east onto the B4880 at Stadhampton. It then runs south-east, past the southern boundary of Chalgrove Airfield, turning north-east to Stoke Talmage, crossing Haseley Brook and then passing under the M40 before turning north-west onto the A40 (Tetsworth High Street). The circuit continues west along the A40 (crossing the finish line, which is approximately 200m to the east of the junction of the A40 with the A329) and then turns south-west, back over the M40, along the A329 to complete the lap in Little Milton. There are no significant climbs to negotiate.

Please sign on 30 minutes before the start of the race. Failure to do so will mean that the race organisers may give your number to a reserve rider.

Dulcie Walker Memorial Road Race
Previous winners

2013 Tim Edwards, LBRCC
2012 Richard Stanton, Arbis LLP Roy Pink Cycles
2010 Roger Prior, Zappi’s Cycling Club
2009 Thomas Moore, Cambridge University CC
2008 Ben De Wet
2007 Roy Chaimberlain, Alpha Road Club
2006 Race cancelled
2005 John Wager
2004 Marc Freullet, Team Quest
2003 Thomas Wright, Oxford City RC
2002 Simon Henley, Evans RT
2001 Ashlet Freeman
2000 Adam Henley, Team Milton Keynes
1999 Martin Freeman, Wills Wheels CC

The winner of the 3/4/W/J race will have their name engraved on the Dulcie Walker Poniard (a ceremonial tapered thrusting knife).

John Walker Trophy Road Race – Previous winners

2013 Lewis Atkins, Pedal Heaven RT
2012 Matt Cronshaw, Node 4 Giordana RT
2010 David Mclean, Velosport Pasta Montegrappa
2009 Marcin Bialoblocki, Wilier Live to Ride
2008 Dan Staite, Python Racing Team
2007 Clive Nicholls
2006 Race cancelled
2005 Robert Hud, Bioagrico Fabelec Selexion
2004 Colin Roshier, Team Quest
2003 Danny Axford, Arctic Tacx RT
2002 Mark Lovatt, Compensation Group RT
2001 Justin Hoy, Evans Cycles RT
2000 Danny Axford, Arctic Tacx RT
1999 Gordon McCauley, Kingsnorth International Wheelers
1998 George Rose, Cardiff JIF
Remembering John and Dulcie Walker

John Walker was an avid jazzer. His bike was badged up as a Stan Getz. One of his talents was airbrushing incredibly intricate and dark satanic designs on motorbikes. He was a great wit and fine company to be with. For many years he was the Master of Ceremonies at the Willesden Cycling Club annual dinner.

Dulcie Walker (John’s mother) was also quite a character. It is thought that she held the first ever woman’s motor cycle licence in the country.

Please ensure that you park in the field adjacent to the Village Hall/Race HQ (you will be directed there) – the main car park reeds to be kept free for the race vehicles.

Tea, coffee, homemade cabs and sandwiches will be available for all to buy at Race HQ courtesy of Nici Savage. All profits will go to –

The Fountain Cancer Centre
Royal Surrey County Hospital
NHS Trust Foundation
Egerton Road
Surrey
GU2 7XX

Reg Charity no 1089086 – www.fountaincentre.org

Please take away all of your rubbish. Empty gel packs should be put back in your pocket after use. Please go straight to the HQ after the finish of the race; do not hang around for friends at the finish line.

The Willesden race organisers will retire to the Lamb Inn, Little Milton at the end of the event. If anyone wishes to congratulate the head honcho on a fabulously run race, then actions speak louder than words; so it’s a large one for Jayne Paine please.

Other watering holes on route include:

The Crown. Stadhampton
The Lamb Inn, Chalgrove
The Red Lion, Chagrove
The Swan, Tetsworth
The Old Red Lion, Tetsworth
Three Pigeons, Milton Common

Rumours that race entry fee covers a complimentary bacon butty and a mug of builder’s tea at Raymond Blanc’s “Belmond Le Maison aux Quat’ Saisons” are nothing other than rumours. But if you do pop in for a bite, we understand that they are perfectly fine about you walking on the parquet with cleats and that helmets and sweaty, wet lycra are simply not a problem either……
Full downloadable and printable PDF file available here – JDW_roadrace_prog2014_v3

Jayne Paine
WCC Rood Race Secretary
paine.jayne@gmail.com