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Jayne 4th in Omnium at Herne Hill after winning 2 events
Womens Omnium
2 wins, 2 seconds and a third place by Janet Birkmyre was enough to comfortably win the Herne Hill round of the BC National Womens Omnium.
1 Janet Birkmyre XRT-Elmy Cycles 9 points
2 Marianne Britten VC St Raphael 15 points
3 Lydia Boylan Look Mum No Hands! 17 points
4 Jayne Paine Willesdon CC 17 points
5 Sarah Crowley Cardiff Ajax CC 23 points
6 Cheryl Owens AW Cycles 25 Points
7 Hanneke van der Werf Cardiff Ajax CC 35 points
8 Isabel Cashman London Phoenix 42 points
9 Sarah Lewis London Phoenix 43 points
Qualifying races.
500mm Time Trial
1 28 Janet Birkmyre XRT-Elmy Cycles 1.39.01
2 29 Lydia Boylan Look Mum No Hands! 1.41.11
3 38 Marianne Britten VC St Raphael 1.41.39
4 35 Jayne Paine Willesdon CC 1.41.40
5 30 Cheryl Owens AW Cycles 2.39.65
6 37 Hanneke van der Werf Cardiff Ajax 2.46.58
7 32 Isabel Cashman London Phoenix 2.47.00
8 31 Sarah Crowley Cardiff Ajax CC 2.47.06
9 36 Sarah Lewis London Phoenix 2.47.81
Women’s 8k Scratch
1 35 Jayne Paine Willesdon CC
2 29 Lydia Boylan Look Mum No Hands!
3 28 Janet Birkmyre XRT-Elmy Cycles
4 38 Marianne Britten VC St Raphael
5 30 Cheryl Owens AW Cycles
Sprint Heats
Heat 1
1 28 Janet Birkmyre XRT-Elmy Cycles
2 30 Cheryl Owens AW Cycles
3 36 Sarah Lewis London Phoenix
Heat 2
1 31 Sarah Crowley Cardiff Ajax CC
2 35 Jayne Paine Willesdon CC
3 32 Isabel Cashman London Phoenix
Heat 3
1 38 Marianne Britten VC St Raphael
2 29 Lydia Boylan Look Mum No Hands!
3 37 Hanneke van der Werf Cardiff Ajax
Women’s 2km Pursuit
1 35 Jayne Paine Willesdon CC 2.31.70
2 28 Janet Birkmyre XRT-Elmy Cycles 2.34.63
3 38 Marianne Britten VC St Raphael 2.41.64
4 29 Lydia Boylan Look Mum No Hands! 2.42.56
5 30 Cheryl Owens AW Cycles 2.46.58
6 37 Hanneke van der Werf Cardiff Ajax 2.48.00
7 31 Sarah Crowley Cardiff Ajax CC 2.50.61
8 32 Isabel Cashman London Phoenix 3.02.27
9 36 Sarah Lewis London Phoenix 3.05.09
Beastly bikes
You don’t need a titanium frame with the latest kit, luggage or lighting systems to ride long distances. Take for example this particular machine, dating from circa 1982. Retro features include peg-fitting pump, safety brake levers and down tube shifters. Note the LED lighting system. The rider successfully completed the 623km in a very respectable time, and is now hoping to secure entry to PBP.
Another Beastly finisher
Peter Turnbull, WCC Audax Ace, receives his coveted WCC Super Randonneur Certificate and 18 carat gold medal at the Beast from the East 600km finish.
Congratulations to Peter and Martin and anyone else fortunate enough not to have been photographed with my phone.
Club Captain.
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Beast from the East WCC 600km
Several more Willesden riders completed their PBP qualifying rides yesterday (Sunday 29) by finishing the WCC 600km ‘Beast from the East’ from Waltham Abbey to Taunton and back, in under 40 hours. Well what else would they be doing on a bank holiday weekend?
A strong Willesden field was led back by Martin Lucas, (seen here receiving his WCC Super Randonneur Series award) second rider to finish in 35hrs. Willesden’s Mike the Bike made sure all the riders got home by finishing last on the road. “I felt strong” said Mike as he inspected the mysterious chainring tattoos high up on his shorts at the finish. WELL DONE to all the riders, the impressive Willesden support crew, and of course the ride organiser – WCC’s very own Beast, Mark Brooking.
Club Captain 30 May 2011
Jim Revill
The winner of this year’s Jim Revill Handicap Cup on Sunday was Tony Savage who recorded 1.13.00(54.45) Peter Dixon finished in 57.41.Russell O’Malley, who went a bit further than he need to at the Wendover turn,1.03.29(56.37),Jumbo James 1.11.07(1.01.07)and Brian Moon 1.17.10(19.07). The non-starters were Balneet and Harmeet Dhiraj and John Williams. The rain stopped by 6a.m. but it was a very blustery morning.
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Jayne keeps on winning
Jayne won agiain on Monday at Reading dominating the Ladies Derny paced event.
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Urgent – Willesden CC Audax 600km – Support required
URGENT HELP NEEDED on the Beast from the East 600K Audax event.
2 x volunteers are needed from the afternoon of Saturday 29 May 2011 through to the next day, Sunday 30 May to help setup an outdoor kitchen to help feed tired and hungry riders on Mark Brooking’s Beast from the East event.
The location is Middle Wallop, Hants. A sleeping bag will be required.
If you think you could help Tracy and Di then let me know and I will give you their mobile number and they will explain in more detail what is needed.
I was booked to help Tracy and Di, but due to unforeseen circumstances last weekend I was unable to assist in the reccy ride and would very much like to participate in the ride this coming weekend.
Wendy Mears (WENDYWEARL@aol.com)
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Club Runs – update
Club Runs
MAY
22 – Waddesdon – Plant Centre 
29 – Tring – Time for Tea
JUNE
05 – Wokingham – Farm Cafe
12 – Wendover Woods
19 – Marsworth + SPECIAL OFF ROAD 50k from Denham
26 – Fairoaks Airport
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19 June – 50km off road from Denham
On Sunday 19 June there will be a Special off road ride from Denham, led by Brian Moon. The route will follow the Chiltern off road 50k route, and is approx 50:50 road and no road. If its dry you might get away with using a road bike but who am I to offer advice.
All Welcome! 09:30 at Denham.
I have made a change to the club runs list as a result, swapping the dates for Marsworth – now 19 June & Fairoaks – now 26 June.
Club Kapitan
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PBP Support
Yes, it’s that time every four years when the Willesden makes a foray to France called Paris-Brest-Paris. This year it runs August 21st-25th.
Are you a potential PBP rider, a potential helper wanting a trip to France, or a former helper who wants to pass on their wisdom and knowledge?
If you’re any of the above, we’ll be having a meeting at 7pm on Thursday May 26th at Hillingdon Circuit (same night as the coaching session) to see what the riders would like and what resources are on offer. We can repair to the bar at the soccer place next door afterwards.
What level of support can be offered depends upon the number of helpers. The changes in start time and loss of the campsite at St Quentin may affect how we do things, but the meeting will look at:
- Bag drops,
- Storing stuff during the ride,
- Sleeping en-route,
- Feeding en-route,
- Accomodation at start/finish.
Interested but can’t make it? Email me at ianoli2010-audax@yahoo.co.uk
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Age is just a number.
Ron Purdy decided that at 80 he really ought to try a triathalon. He took part with 250 entrants in the HatchEnd/Harrow Jet Stream triathalon on Sunday. He swam the 400m in 11.16, rode the 17Kms in 44.18 and finished the run in 22.38. His time of 1.23.52 gained him the age category award for 80-84 year olds. His nearest contestant was only 64. He can’t wait for next year to improve his times!!!
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Boris meets Brian
Photos by Ron Purdy
Boris Johnson rode into Field End School this morning to see the circuit that has been laid out for the children to ride. He met with Brian Wright, who has been one of our members who help to design the course and who coaches the children in cycling skills each week. Boris rode round the circuit several times accompanied by the school children and Ray Kelly and Mike Ellison all wearing their Willesden kit.
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Jayne at Reading behind the Dernys
I did the Paris-Bordeaux track competition at Reading on Sunday.
It was a bright and sunny but very windy day.
My sole competition in the women’s events was Lydia Boylan, racing for
Look Mum No Hands (the Mothers). As she had had me over at Herne Hill
a couple of weeks back I was very keen to redress the balance (beat
her to a pulp).
There were a couple of senior scratch races I did quite well in, but
the main event – the qualifier for the Derny Race, both Lydia and I
nearly missed. We were racing against the under-16s, and it just
didn’t compute to join the line-up of children. Anyway, fortunately
for us we were allowed to finish our cake and sneak in after a couple
of laps and we were amongst the 8 qualifiers.
I thought I had the Derny race in the bag. I don’t think Lydia had
done it before and the nippers were on tiny little gears. George
Gilbert paced me pretty smartly to the front. Our dastardly plan was
to stay there til the end of the race, some 22 laps later. The first
half of the race went to plan, however the second half did not. I
sensed all was not right when five, FIVE, five of the little critters
sped past me, legs whirring like fans in a power surge. Occasionally,
I would manage to tear my anxious eyes from George’s bumper, and look
for signs of the nippers blowing up. No such luck – they were
streaking away from me with every laboured breath.
I must say, when we were lined up at the podium, that some of these
‘under-16s’ were not that little. Three of the boys must have been
clocking on for 6′ and the Team Terminator one had whopping muscles,
well he would, wouldn’t he? Are they specially bred? AND I had ridden
at speed in to a tree on Wednesday.
Sean Bannister gave us all lots of dosh, my lungs turned inside out
and waved to the crowds and A-leaguer, Matt Gittings (AW Cycles)
embarrassed everybody, lapping the field and doing circus tricks.
Jayne
track training Sunday 8th May
See attached flyer for track training on Sunday 8th May 10 to 12 noon.
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Jayne’s own account of Easter Saturday at Portsmouth track.
Saturday I had a spectacular win in the women’s omnium at the track in Portsmouth. This had absolutely nothing to do with the recovery drinks I’d had the night before or the fact I was the only woman. I was made to race against some of the finest young racers this side of the Solent and John McLelland. They were all there to race for the Kingsbury Cup, part of the National Endurance League. Mainly through fear of being mown down I tried ever so hard and was not completely humiliated even though lunch came up a couple of times.
In the morning at the same track I raced a circuit race. There were 10 women in with 35 3rd Cat men which was the maximum allowed on the rather narrow track. Fortunately I had remembered my road bike if not my helmet. I had to wear the emergency spare helmet that had been found in the back of an abandoned vehicle and given to me by compulsive trainer and ex-Gregario, Mike Diggins. Vile pink and enormous it sat on my head like a 60’s blobby lampshade. Conscious of my unsightly headwear, I nipped off the front and managed to chase down a break of 5 men, so my rivals only had to look at the back of it. The break went along at a bit of a clip and I would have done more on the front had I found breathing easy. No. 62 chivvied us along and we lapped the field in an eyeballs-out effort. The final sprint didn’t go quite to plan. I’d appointed the AW boys to be my lead-out train and I’m sure if they had been aware of this honour they would have tried harder. Anyway it was mayhem.
Anyway, it was mayhem. How nobody ended up straddling the metal railings instead of their carbon, deep rimmed lovely, shows the skill involved. I kept my eyes closed like when you go between buses. It works for me.
So I came top out of the women and, at worst, 6th out of the men.
I copped my winnings and went off for a recovery drink and the cheese baguette I was to taste, on and off, for the rest of the afternoon. During the point-to-point point’s race, it was every lap.
It was a great day of racing. The weather was hot and sunny, we all died of heat exhaustion and my protein shake grew in to a new life form.
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Race Report 19th & 20th April – Jayne gets 2nd!
After week two’s failed attempt at teamwork in the Tuesday night 3/4’s the mighty squadra verde became embroiled in a seemingly endless email conversation about which tactics we should use in week three to avoid humiliation. A brilliant plan was hatched. We’d go to Richmond Park instead.
Genius.
As always someone didn’t actually listen to the game plan and actually turned up at the track. In fact two of Willesden’s finest turned up, John Williams and Harmeet Dhiraj. Unfortunately so did three members of the Norwood Paragon. The Paragon’s book of tactics is obviously a bit better than Jerome’s as theirs actually worked. A flurry of attacks and counter attacks saw all three away with another rider and a lack of organisation in the bunch meant we were doomed never to see them again.
Williams played his own part in this by chasing down a few of the attacks, even dragging eventual winner Ralph de Kanter across to a break only for him to immediately counter on the junction. How rude! After missing the final move and a failed attempt to bridge, Williams sat back for the rest of the race and did not contest the sprint. Harmeet rode determinedly but found the pace a little hot. She kept going and got back into the group after being dropped.
Wednesday night was coffin dodgers and ladies night. Jayne continued her run of form by finishing second in the ladies race. Another fine result.In the old fellas race Peter Dixon looked very strong at the pointy end and John Williams looked shocked at the speed of the race at the blunt end. Both finished in the bunch.
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Westerley 3/4 race Hillingdon Circuit 16/4 – Roger 2nd place!
Saturday saw Tom, London, Richard Jerome, Harmeet Dhiraj and Roger Woodford at Hillingdon circuit.
The race was pretty steady to start with but after about 15 mins things started to speed up a bit. Richard Jerome got in a move but there weren’t enough riders involved, this move was countered by another group including Roger Woodford. This group stayed away for around 3 laps but unfortunately for Roger, they were caught.
The race stayed together until the sprint, Roger and Richard were both near the front near the end but Richard was hit in the rear by another rider with half a lap to go. He stayed upright but his chances were over.
Roger was very well placed in the bunch and sprinted to 2nd place, a fantastic result!
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Marshals needed
I have received a request for marshals for the Archer Road Races on Sunday morning and afternoon. If you are able to help please ring Stuart Benstead on 07757266318. It appears they are 8 marshals short for each event. I don’t think they had any trouble when it was sponsored by Pernod! Happy memories and Cheers from Gladys
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Jayne back on track
Jayne returned to the track at Reading on Monday with some good results.
Ladies
Devil
1 Harriet OWEN Motorpoint Marshalls Pasta
2 Sarra BOYD Clan Cycles
3 Jayne PAINE Willseden CC
Sprint
1 Harriet OWEN Motorpoint Marshalls Pasta
2 Jayne PAINE Willesden CC
3 Sarra BOYD Clan Cycles
Unknown Distance
1 Harriet OWEN Motorpoint Marshalls Pasta
2 Jayne PAINE Willesden CC
3 Sarra BOYD Clan Cycles
AW Cycles 20K Endurance
1 Jayne PAINE Willesden CC
2 Sarra BOYD Clan Cycles
