The Westerley are putting on their Annual BBQ and Bike Polo match on Wednesday 7 August starting at 8.30 p.m. at the Westerley Club House – http://www.westerley-cycling.org.uk/home/location
Dig out that old heap of a bike and get ready for the first chukka! …..and bring the family and any friends.
Please let Roly of the Westerley know that you are going to enjoy their hospitality to allow him to arrange catering or alternatively contact Ian Why.
Cheers Wendy
JOB DONE!
08:07 First Willesdener has reached the finish – well done Marcus!
11:30 Mel and Martin have both just finished – congratulations to you both!
20:50 Pete and Richard finish – chapeau!
Friday, the small hours. Both Jon and Toshihiko finished in time. Toshihiko with just over half an hour to spare, Jon’s later start time meant he was around two hours within the limit. Both guys must have been exhausted at the end as progress was excrutiatingly slow, but a fantastic achievement to get there.
At 09:15, Friday, the LEL tracker is showing:
Mel Kirkland, rider B31, started Sunday 06:00, FINISHED at 11:28
Martin Lucas, rider B34, started Sunday 06:00, FINISHED at 11:07
Pete Turnbull, rider G4, started Sunday 07:15, FINISHED at 20:51
Marcus Jackson-Baker, rider S46 started Sunday 09:30, FINISHED at 08:07
Richard Jennings rider G5, started Sunday 07:15, FINISHED at 20:50
Toshihiko Kitagawa rider C50, started Sunday 06:15, FINISHED at 02:49
Jonathan Gray rider P33, started Sunday 09:00, FINISHED at 03:45
Yoshiji Sekido dropped out after just over 48 hours past Brampton.
Mal and Stuart (with Mr Brooking in the background)
Stuart has now had the time to review his ride and he has produced a cracking report on his championship win. See his blog
One Lap time trial results.
| Richard Jerome | 2.12 |
| Tony Lusardi | 2.16 |
| Rich Cooper | 2.17 |
| Roger Woodford | 2.17 |
| Angus Henderson Kirk | 2.17 |
| Connor Woodford | 2.18 |
| Tony Savage | 2.19 |
| Darryl Lusardi | 2.21 |
| Mark Passey | 2.26 |
| Tony Woodford | 2.28 |
| Halil Mehmed | 2.28 |
| Peter Dixon | 2.30 |
| Simon Passey | 2.31 |
| John Wheatley | 2.31 |
| Sam Grant | 2.32 |
| Grant Peter | 2.32 |
| Rod Woodford | 2.33 |
| Hannah Keating | 2.37 |
| Samuel Thompson | 2.38 |
| Ray Kelly | 2.39 |
| Alex Pearce | 2.39 |
| Sandra Levet | 2.40 |
| Kye Lewis | 2.41 |
| Lauren Savage | 2.42 |
| Garry Thompson | 2.44 |
| L Dyer | 2.47 |
| Dave Brown | 2.54 |
| Mike Ellison | 3.02 |
| Hugh Smith | 3.06 |
| Jim Mears | 3.07 |
| Doune Henderson Kirk | 3.13 |
| Kuivinder Hambleton Grey | 3.19 |
| Viv Baker | 3.20 |
| Sue Palmer | 3.30 |
| Terry Deere | 3.37 |
| John Davies | 3.37 |
| Lucie Woodford | 3.37 |
| Aubrey Henderson Kirk | 5.26 |
| Vicky Woodford | 6.43 |
| Maddie Woodford | 6.55 |
| Harriet Mears | 8.21 |
| Joe Mears | 11.22 |
| Richard Creese | 12.32 |
| Ten Lap handicap circuit Race
1st Roger Woodford 2nd Richard Jerome 3rd Connor Woodford 4th Peter Dixon 5th Halil Mehmed
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Another really good Funday was had by all on Satrday,Thanks again to Tony
Woodford and all his helpers.
Here are a few pictures of the day.
A short video featuring some shots of Stuart Birnie and his support crew during last week’s Mersey Roads 24 TT.
Just a reminder to all Willesden members and friends the Fun Day and picnic is this Saturday 27th July at Hillingdon circuit. Fun races for all the family, time trial, team races and handicap circuit race. Arrive by 1.30 for a 2pm start.
Mark Brooking has just sent in this picture of Stuart “Hippy” Birnie on his way to becoming National Champion.
Keep an eye open on Stuart’s Blog (http://www.thehippy.net/nucleus/), as I’m sure there will shortly be a full posting on his record breaking ride.
Arabella Maude, The Longbarrow and Jane Swain
Last weekend saw the result of two years planning since its inception. Two ladies, one of whom had only recently joined a real club finally made it to the start line with only 12 excessive miles of practice done together.
Pilot Jane Swain was understandably nervous as the longest ride she had done in the pilot seat was 73 miles. Stoker Arabella Maude had 1152 miles in the stoker’s position mainly on another machine with a different pilot. Foolish? Definitely not! Two petite ladies with a smooth pedalling style to compensate for lack of brute force gelled at once. And of course plenty of the right ATTITUDE made it work. Throw in some motivation from deranged trainer (Mark Brooking) and a few targets to hit enroute, what could possibly go wrong? Well lots could. But it didn’t.
The trip up and back saw temperatures in excess of 30 degrees C. For the event it stayed overcast and below 25 degrees. Support provided by team pink hat (i.e. Mark and Marcus) and advice/ photos from Fergus. It all worked seamlessly. The crew ate and drank everything handed up. Apart from an issue with a wonky saddle that needed a stop for adjustment the first hundred miles were covered in 5:41 At half way they had been named “The Pinkies” and had covered 181 miles.
Overnight sit down feeds were provided at regular intervals and all of a sudden a new day dawned. The girls extracted every last morsel of mileage ending up with 349.6 miles. So a big vee sign to those who said it couldn’t be done. And another competition record for the club. And of course another first.
The 12 hour can wait until next year……..
Mark Brooking
Trike Trainer
Jane and Arabella en-route for their record
Team Pink Hat
The night hours
Night time hallucinations???
Mark Brooking spent the weekend lending support to riders on the 24hour Mersey Roads, so he was right on the spot to report on this great news . Here is his quick report –
“Didn’t we do well!!!
Stewart Birnie wins national 24 with 520+ miles.
Willesden ladies Jane Swain & Arabella Maude set a new ladies tandem trike first and best with 347+. This is a competition record subject to confirmation and is also a veterans record and a club record. They are also eligible for the club’s Reg Yate trophy.”
More details on Stuart Birnie’s ride can be found on Cycling Weekly’s web site (Thanks to Tony Savage for the link) – http://goo.gl/3vFE4m. More news will follow once all the riders and supporters have had a good snooze and feed.
On Monday 15th at Reading in the under 16 age group Connor Woodford was 2nd in the Elimination race 2nd in the 500m sprint and 2nd in the 10 lap scratch. He also finished the senior 20k in the main bunch.
On Friday 19th at Welwyn Roger Woodford won the Senior B 10 lap block handicap after starting in the scratch group. In the under 16 age group Connor Woodford was 3rd in the elimination race and 2nd in the points race.
There will be two ceremonies to mark the installation of memorial benches at Minet Park to remember Brian Wright and Chas Messenger.
Brian Wright’s ceremony will be held during the Slipstreamer training session on Saturday 20th July 2013 at 11:30am. Refreshments will be available.
Chas Messenger was the driving force behind the establishment of the Minet Park circuit. The ceremony for the unveiling of his bench will be held on Tuesday 23rd July 2013 just before the start of the Senior races.
Ian Why, Chairman WCC
Sunday 14th July saw Jane Swain overturn her personal demons to take on the Fliss Beard memorial 100. Transport was kindly provided by Martin and Alison Purser from the Midlands up to Keswick in the lake district.
Conditions were hot and Jane managed 2nd (and last place). With a creditable 5:53:00. Jim Hopper won all the trophies. Its a shame there wasn’t a lantern rouge…..
Next weekend we have a pair of potential winners in the Mersey 24 with Hippy looking to increase his mileage and Jane and Arabella Maude looking for a first on the tandem trike.
I hope its not as hot for riders and helpers!!!!!
Mark Brooking
Just a reminder to all Willesden members the Fun Day and picnic is on the 27th July at Hillingdon circuit. Fun races for all the family, time trial, team races and handicap circuit race. Arrive by 1.30 for a 2pm start.
Sunday saw the successful pairing of rival two rival Audax clubs – Willesden CC and the VC 167 for a new venture in the depths of Norfolk/Suffolk – a tandem trike 50 mile time trial.
On an unsettled day described by some of the bikies as the hardest 50 they had ever ridden our own Jane Swain teamed up once again with Lindsay Clayton of the VC 167 to see what they could do. After the initial fear of venturing where none had gone before they got to work to set a new best on record figure of 2:32:11 on a difficult day.
The temptation to try again on a better day will have to wait until next year as Lindsay is chasing Audax tandem points for the rest of the season.
Well done girls !!!!
Mark Brooking – our all things with three wheels correspondent
Tony Willard has been doing great work in organising a clever charity cycling route for Breast Cancer Care. Tony daughter, Samantha, is currently undergoing treatment for this disease.
There are two rides of 50 miles each to choose from (or combine them into one big one of 100miles). The rides are free to enter but please make a donation to Breast Cancer Care. This can be done via –
www.justgiving.com/tony-willardsams100miler
or
texting 70070 and entering code EPIC76£XX (where XX is your donation in pounds)
The rides start outside Oakley Junior School (postcode: RG23 7JZ) at 8:30am on Saturday Morning (22nd June). See map below.
Full details of the two routes are here – https://willesdencyclingclub.co.uk/tony-willards-breast-cancer-care-ride-22nd-june-2013/
