Hi folks
A lovely time was had at the kayaking evening last month which was fully booked. Thanks to everyone who came along! Thank you to Sue Palmer for her help in organising it for us.
Enjoy the below pics and video courtesy of Thomas Zittel.
🙂
CZ x
Cervelo // 25 miles // 59:36 // 25.167mph
“Another early start, another early visit to the service station at the Coddenham roundabout for a large black coffee…
I was quietly optimistic today: I’d had a couple of weeks to recover from a heavy training weekend, and had been feeling pretty good on my bike in the preceding week. Moreover, conditions were almost perfect for this course, which is essentially two laps of the A143 between the Redenhall and Chicken roundabouts, following the long abandoned railway line – the wind was rarely annoying in either direction; the sky was mainly overcast; and the air quite fresh and not as humid as recent weeks.”
Many of you may know this ride, previously organised by Mick Hill and John Tipping. It really does show the best of 3 counties Berkshire, Bucks and Oxfordshire. Starting at Jenner’s cafe there are a few ups at Marlow and Turville before the great descent down to Watlington. The ride goes through some pretty villages before half way stop at the riverside in Benson. The second half of the ride takes you across open farmland at Ipsden and visits the Maharajah’s Well at Stoke Row. Going through Henley sees you on the home strait back to Maidenhead via Knowl Hill, Fifield and the Fat Duck in Bray.
10.00am, Wednesday 13th August 2014, Jenner’s Cafe Maidenhead SL6 8NP, entry fee £3.00
Go to http://www.aukweb.net/events/detail/14-679 for entry details. Entries on the line accepted.
Anne
At 6:00am next Monday 4th August, Jane Moore will start her attempt on the End to End tricycle record and potentially the 1,000mile record. Her Directeur Sportif is the one and only Mark Brooking, so she couldn’t be in more capable, caring and knowledgeable hands. While Jane has been out training for this marathon Mark has been carefully planning the attempt and bringing all the officials and helpers together for this event.
The Tricycle Association will be providing regular updates on Jane’s Attempt on their site (see here), so please check regularly to see how her attempt is going .
For a full schedule of her journey please download this PDF file – Jane Moore – E2E_Schedule
Good luck Jane!
There will be a Monthly Club Meeting on Friday 1 August 2014 at 8.00 p.m. at the Hillingdon Track Club House. All Willesden Members welcome to come along.
Tom Zittel had his first win on the track at Reading last Monday. Kye Lewis also rode and is making great progress in his age category. Ray George made a welcome return to track racing after a gap of many years.
RIDING THE OLD FRONT LINE AUGUST 2014
Dear Willesden clubmates,
Between 2 and 10 August I will be cycling from the north coast of Belgium down to the Franco-Swiss border as part of a small team aiming to trace the route of the Western Front. We are doing this to mark the centenary of the First World War breaking out in Europe, and to raise money for two charities that provide for ex-servicemen and women (the Lord Kitchener Memorial Holiday Centre in Lowestoft and Gardening Leave, which provides horticultural therapy). As part of the link between past and present, my sister Emily, a nurse in the Royal Navy (and winner of a ‘Milly’ award in 2013 for her work in Afghanistan and other dangerous places), is part of our support crew.
This adventure will require cycling somewhere in the region of 500 miles: several days of long, flat stages will be quite literally topped off at the end with an ascent into the Vosges mountains (followed by a weary descent). Even this terrain witnessed fierce fighting during the war.
As some of you may know, I’m a historian by profession, so I’m looking forward to combining cycling with a chance to travel through some of the landscapes I have read so much about. More poignantly, it will be impossible to avoid the lingering scars on the countryside and the immaculate cemeteries which record the deaths of vast numbers of young men. Given that our ride will coincide with the anniversary of the outbreak of war, it will also be an unrepeatable chance to experience the commemorations and to try and understand what the ‘war to end all war’ means to people a hundred years after it began.
The ride has a website here: http://oldfrontline.angliatours.co.uk/
You can also follow our progress via twitter: @OldFrontLine
I’d be really grateful for any donations via MyDonate
When I return, I’ll be sure to provide a write up of our adventures!
Many thanks, and I hope you’re all having enjoyable cycling summers,
Ed Packard
Here are a few pictures of Rocco’s Ride
I came 6th in my age group at the World Duathlon Champs in Pontevedra in Spain and the British team were crowned World Champions followed by Spain, France, then USA and over 60 other countries.
The run phases were through the streets of Pontevedra but the bike course consisted of a 6 miles climb up a mountain followed by a white knuckle ride down the other side. I found it scary but enjoyed the whole experience and the camaraderie amongst the British team was great.
Ray Tucker
The World Champion British Team!
The Reading Grand Prix was held on Saturday 19th July organised by Paul Gittings of Tri Cycle Sports. A number of Willesden riders took part. Although not getting in the top three all our riders rode very well in this high level meeting. Tom and Connor completing a very fast 20k finishing in the main pack and Marianne rode the women’s 15k derny race.
All photos kindly provided by Jun Aishima
Hi folks!
Glad to say that we have found a date for our pub outings that seems to work nicely. The third Thursday of the month is now Pub Run night.
This means the next Pub Run is on Thursday 21 August. You can also check the handy calendar page for all the dates going forward.
See you all there!
🙂
CZ x
Event: Pub Run
Date: Thurs 21 August 2014
Time: 8:00pm onwards
Venue: Coach and Horses Pub, 1 High Road, Ickenham, Middlesex UB10 8LJ
Enquiries: social@willesdencyclingclub.org.uk
The lastest round-up of WCC achievements is a regular feature of the sports pages of the Brent & Kilburn Times – thanks to Gladys Joy for writing these reports each week. So if you have a result or an event to publicise then Gladys Joy will be pleased to hear from you.
Last Thursday’s edition carried the following report from Gladys –
Full PDF version here –
Brent & Kilburn Times – 2014 07 17
Yesterday our riders started from Ruislip riding 100Kms to commemorate Rocco Richardson who used to run the Audax events from there. Instead of entry fees his partner, Liz Creese accepted donations towards the Marie Curies nurses fund and £90 was raised.
On Wednesday afternoon Gill Reynolds took the 2nd fastest Lady on Standard in the London Vets 10mile at Tring recording 24.36 and Pete Cookson finished in 22.2 his fastest time this year.
Gill travelled down to Farnham on Sunday to ride the Hounslow and Dist. Whls 25 miler and in spite of the heat returned a time of 1.07.29 for the distance.
On the Maidenhead Thicket course on Thursday evening in the Middlesex R.C. 10 Darryl Lusardi rrecorded 24.31 and his Dad Tony 25.36. (I think they were taking a break from circuit racing as this week there was so many buckled wheels and broken spokes at Hillingdon on Tuesday evening they are still sorting out the results!)
Tom Zittel rode at Reading track on Monday finishing 2nd in both the the Derny final and the 20Kms races.
All for now,
Regards,
Gladys
A superb day in Amersham for the Chiltern Cyling Festival, with Willesden riders taking part in the 100km ride, and Adam Huddle winning first prize for most authentic vintage rider.
Great also to see Willesden’s Tour De France rider, Ken Mitchell, who was over from Australia for the Tour stages in the UK.
Now that the Tour de France has left Britain, and most of the British riders have fallen off, we can turn our attention to the Tour of Britain.
The race goes through Great Missenden and Chesham on Friday 12 September, before two stages in London at the weekend. Details of the route can now be found at http://www.visitbuckinghamshire.org/2014-Tour-of-Britain
There will no doubt be a club excursion to both the Bucks and London stages.
The weekly report of the club’s achievements in the Brent & Kilburn Times. Thanks to Galdys Purdy (WCC Press Officer) for keeping up the good work.
The Willesden will be holding Go-Ride races at Hillingdon cycle racing circuit on Friday 25th July, commencing 5.30 pm. These are specifically aimed at novice young riders under 16 years old. The races are being held to celebrate the Tour de France’s phenomenally successful three days in England. The evening will consist of a variety of short races both on the tarmac cycle circuit as well as on the grass at Hillingdon.
To mark the occasion British cycling will be providing medals as well as T Shirts for the entrants. Entry cost is £2 per rider. Riders must bring their own bikes and helmets.
We will need marshals and helpers. Anyone who can help, please report to Ray Kelly at 5.30pm. Senior riders would be needed to ride round the circuit behind the racers as rolling marshalls.
Ray Kelly
The WCC Under 18s were a corner stone of Team Brent at last Saturday’s London Youth Games held in wet conditions at Crystal Palace. These games are Europe’s largest youth sports festival with over 30 different sports taking place. The games help promote sport as well identifying and developing young sporting talent in London.
Brent is very strong at football, but it is good to see that their cycling team is continually improving. This year the cyclists finished in overall 11th place, which was a marked improvement on last year’s 17th place.
Here are some excellent pictures of the day (when it wasn’t raining!) taken by Cathal Macilwaine.
Ray Kelly
WCC Under18 Directeur Sportif
Gladys Purdy does a great job of submitting a weekly report to the Brent & Kilburn Times. As well as valuable publicity for the club, the reports are a good round up of results for all club members. So please send your results and photos to Gladys and she’ll make sure you’ll appear in the next edition.
PDF version – B and K Times – 2014 07 03
