Starting at Ickenham guide hut, the route takes in either 60km or 100km of the Chilterns, over some fairly challenging terrain. Food and drink available at the guide hut and first 50 riders get a free energy bar or gel.
Come along and join us.
Location
Ickenham Guide Hut,
Community Close,
Ickenham.
UB10 8RE – map
The cost of entry
£7.00 on the day
Start time
Sunday at 9:30am – but get there early!
If you wish to contact Gladys her address is purdyandpurdy@aol.com
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Jimmy Love congratulates Brian Wright on receiving the National Coach of the Year award for 2010. Jimmy explained that this was a real accolade as it was awarded to the person judged to be the best UK coach across all sports in 2010. Well done Brian.
Harmeet Dhiraj wins the Jackson Cup for novice 25 miles Time Trial riders
Jim’s run of success at the Trophy presentations just goes on and on. Following his prestigious 2010 Mug of the Year award (for services to architecture using a Luton Van), this year he effortlessly scooped the Gurgle Fish award – the ultimate (as in last!) prize in the raffle. A clearly ecstatic Jim accepts the award while rest of us breathed a sigh of relief!
After a very full day of training at the Newport velodrome, Kirsten arrives in a nick of time to collect her Schoolgirls Track Champion trophy and Schoolgirls Road Race Championship.
It’s business as normal for National Masters Champion, European Masters Champion and World Masters finalist, Jayne Paine. She retrieves her Ladies Track and Ladies Road Race trophies for yet another year’s storage on her mantelpiece.
Nick “Ton-up” Tidmarsh is recognised for his achievement with a trophy that is named after him. The “Nick Tidmarsh” Trophy will in future be awarded to the 10 mile Time Trail champion.
Peter Dixon scooped a hat full of trophies at the awards. His achievements for 2010 are –
Club Time Trial champion (25.48mph)
Veterans Time trial champion (+4.83mph)
Veterans Road Race champion
Dunning cup (25 mile TT)
Alf Peyton Cup (50 miles)
Palmer trophy (100 miles)
Jim Revill trophy (h’cap 25 miles)
Peter Turnbull is the Club Mens Audax Champion.
Martin Lucas won the President’s Trophy for the longest ride in Italy. He was the first UK rider to finish the grueling Mille Miglia 1,000 mile Audax ride in Italy the summer.
The Willesden CC also scooped the Audax UK championship – a mighty achievement.
Stuart Birnie, sporting one of the dozens of hand knitted hats made by Gladys Joy Purdy and Wendy Mears cuts a dashing figure as he pick ups the Sportive Award and Hill Climb Championship.
Wendy Mears did some gnarly rides to complete the Audax UK Randonneur Round the Year Award (a 200km ride in every month of the year). Here Wendy receives the Audax Merit Award and the Ladies Audax Championship. A very popular win judging by the cheer that went up.
Tom London wins the the Club Road Road Championship and the Club Track Championship.
Connor Woodford is the Willesden CC’s Schoolboys Track Champion.
If you think Connor looks a little mature to be a schoolboy – the trophy was received on behalf of Connor by his rightly proud Granddad, Tony Woodford.
Gladys Joy and Ron Purdy collect the Marshalling trophy for a lot of very early alarm calls in 2010.
John Tipping and Liz Crease are awarded their Lifetime membership of the Willesden CC
A number of Willesden champions could not be at the Dinner and Dance this year, here are the trophies that they need to collect –
Ladies Time Trial Chapion – Gill Reynolds
Erica Spring Cup (Ladies 10 mile time trial) – Gill Reynolds
Schoolboys Road Race Champion – Dan Maslin
Consolation 25 Mile – Richard Jerome
Sash of Honour – Richard Jerome
This is an award to a club member deemed to have provided an outstanding contribution to the club in 2010. It was awarded to Richard for stepping in at the last minute to save the Willesden Road race.
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26 Jan 2011
Hi everyone,
Thank you all for coming to the Willesden Dinner on Saturday night and making it a great evening, we enjoyed it and hope that you all did too.
Thank you for supporting the Club and its events.
Jim and Wendy Mears
Social Secretaries
Last weekend’s Limited Edition Willie did not work as intended – see Paul’s ride report, so another chance on the 29th for anyone wanting a 200k PBP qualifier.
The plan was for Ray Kelly and Scott Williams of YACF to route check the Willy Warmer on Saturday as they couldn’t make the scheduled date for various reasons. That suited me fine as it meant I could cut away to ride the linking part of the Little Willy between Sulhampstead and Beechill. So far so good. What I had not planned on was that they would ruthlessly drop me on the road to Henley where there is an info control and then hide behind some bushes whilst I rode by. Anyway, not finding them in Henley and discovering that I had no phone signal on O2, I had no option but to push on to Pangbourne whereon I received a text saying they’d back tracked to Chalfont looking for me. Some story. So there you have it. First they dropped me and then they packed. I reckon they just didn’t fancy another 70km into a howling headwind. You just cannot get good staff nowadays.
Anyways, such is my generous and forgiving nature I have allowed them to make another attempt on Sat 29th January and cordially extend the invitation to all those Willesden Riders who have opted to attend the Willesden Dinner instead of soaking up ten hours of January sunshine, but would still if pressed like to log qualifying rides for PBP and the Willesden 2011 Super Randonneur award.
Applications to the usual place, etc. See link
A female Willesden trackie at this weekend’s Red Bull Minidrome. I wonder who on earth it could be?
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16 Jan 11
Taken from a topic on the yacf audax forum…
“Drinks meeting in Wimbledon to discuss the road to PBP or any other audax rides. All those interested in chatting about PBP or audax cycling welcome to attend.
Wednesday Jan 19th at Wibbas Down Inn, 6-12 Gladstone Road Wimbledon SW19 1QT .8pm onwards.”
Right you lot, listen up!!
My devilish, lung-busting, leg-sapping, heart-thumping, heat-searing Tuesday night Turbo Torture sessions are back. This is the real thing – accept no substitutes.
You all had enough sitting around on the sofa for the last month complaining about the weather and unable to cock yer leg over your bike. I aim to return your form to race edge sharpness, styarting this Tuesday 11th January at the Wembley Club rooms. Doors open at 7:30pm for warm-ups and my enjoyment begins at 8:00pm….. I can’t wait!
Be there or be square… or more likely blobby shaped.
Your Trainer,
Mr Death-Ray Kelly
You have a choice of dates for the Willie Warmer, the first of our Paris-Brest-Paris qualifiers. With impeccable timing the official ride is on Saturday, 22nd January , giving you barely time to cycle from the end of the ride to the annual dinner, but any Willesdenite can join Paul Stewart and others on a special Limited Edition Willie on the 15th, riding the same route and getting in that early PBP qualifier.
To find out more and enter go to http://www.aukweb.net/cal/calsolo.php?Ride=11-943. AUK members can pay online by card.
Anyone completing the full series of Willesden PBP qualifiers will get a medal and free entry to a pre-PBP Audax.
You can easily take in the Little Willie and the Dinner on the same day, if you have entered the shorter ride. Cut-off for finishing the 100k is at 16.20.
Starter
Vegetable Soup
Main
Pork Loin Medallions slow roasted with Bramley Apples and West Country Cider served with Cauliflower Florets, Baby Carrots , Mangetout, and Dauphinoise Potatoes
Vegetarian Option: Borlotti Bean Moussaka
Dessert
Apple Crumble
Jam Sponge
Fruit Salad
It is imperative that we know your dietary requirements, i.e.. vegetarian, so that we can place your order.
Let us know if you have a preference of sitting with someone, we will try to accommodate your request
Tickets are selling fast, over 75 at the last count. There is still room for more, so contact to arrange your seats,
Jim and Wendy Mears
wendywearl@aol.com
jmearsWCC@aol.com
The annual Hammersmith Cyclists Film Show is at the Riverside Studios in West London on Sunday, January 30, 2011. I have been in previous years and have enjoyed a wide array of cycling films.
This year’s selection is topped by a 40-minute film, entitled “Brian Robinson – a Gentlemen Cyclist”. It includes previously unseen footage of Robinson who won two stages of the Tour and finished 14th in the 1956 edition.
Other films include a portrait of Shay Elliott (no relation to our Keith), a film of the 1953 Tour of Britain and archive film of racing at Herne Hill track.
The programme starts at 1.45pm and I would imagine it is vital to book in advance!
Details: www.riversidestudios.co.uk
Box Office: 020 8237 1111
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06 Jan 2011
WCC Member David Howard has entered the Etape this year and is looking for riders to join in some training. David is riding Act 1 (MODANE VALFRÉJUS – ALPE D’HUEZ) Please get in touch with David if you too have entered l’Etape Act 1 or if you are interested in some training rides: david.howard@insightnow.co.uk
For more details on L’Etape, see http://www.letapedutour.com/EDT1/EDT1_index.html
Please note, Acte 1 is now fully booked, (or attribuated, as it says on the site) but there may be places available for Acte 2.
Clube Capitaine
You may have won a trophy!!
Some of the WCC trophies are only announced and awarded at the annual Dinner and Dance. So if you don’t attend you may not get your cup. The good news is that are a few tickets left for this years event which takes place on Saturday 22nd January 2011 at the Stanmore Colf Club in Stanmore.
Tickets are £25 per head for the meal, award ceremonies and a bop afterwards.
Contact Wendy Mears on WENDYWEARL@aol.com to reserve your place.
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5 Jan 2011
Update 19 Dec 2010
Sorry!!!
I’ve just been told that Willesden Christmas Party for Tuesday 21 Dec 2010 is now CANCELLED.
…. mainly due to bad weather and Santa not paying 2010 WCC subs to Gladys????
This Tuesday (21 December) is the Willeden CC’s annual Christmas Party, starting around 7:00pm in the WCC’s club room in London Road, Wembley.
Santa will be making his annual visit to the club bringing us presents and to wish us all a happy Christmas. He will be hoping to see us all there.
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18 Dec 2010
The Westerley CC have invited the Willesden CC to their annual Christmas gathering and darts match on Wednesday 22 December at 8:30pm.
The Westerley’s club room is at the very end of Cayton Gardens in Greenford. See map by clicking here
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13 Dec 2010
Four gentlemen of the Lancaster CC talk about the old days. Nothing like this goes on in our club…….
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10 Dec 2010
PBP is one of the oldest events in cycling and probably the most prestigious in the world that the average cyclist can enter, with cheering spectators right along the course. Whether you’re a newbie or a grizzled ancien or ancienne, now is the time to start thinking about the next event, which is on August 21-25th 2011. About 20 WCCers have taken part in the last few PBP’s, can we better that in 2011?
It’s simple – all you have to do is ride a little over 1200km in no more than 90 hours, all stops included. Most of us who do it are neither especially young nor especially fit and complete the ride with a bit to spare. There is an official PBP website in English which gives details.
Willesden CC organises a qualifying series and provides support (Support team members needed!) to its riders during the event.
Help is also needed for the qualifiers, especially the Beast from the East, which needs a team to help with the sleep stop in Yeovil. If you do help an event, you can ride it on a nearby date as a PBP qualifier.
You have to qualify by doing four rides, one each of 200, 300, 400 and 600km between January and June at an average 15kph. As numbers have reached the limit that the organisers can handle, there will be national entrant quotas set for the first time in 2011. Riders who have done a pre-qualifying ride in 2010 of 200km or more will get priority, but it is likely that the UK quota will be large enough for anyone to enter who wants to. The quotas will be announced in early 2011. You will also need to take out membership of Audax UK
Yesterday Mark Brooking and Wendy mears completed their Randonnee Round the Year Award (riding a 200km ride each month of the year). Mark’s summary of their last few rides follows.
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06 Dec 2010
September saw Wendy score first with the Beech Hill 200, later in the same month she accompanied Mark and Jim Mears on the Hauxton 200. It only rained non-stop for half the day and the route was very well thought out with some superb café controls.
October saw the Wendy-Mark duo return to Great Dunmow for a repeat of the ‘Dick Turpins Day out’ permanent ride. It was a lot easier to ride without the snow & sub zero temperatures of the previous edition in January.
November, Wendy went up to Cheshire for the ‘Eureaka’ a superb event with two brilliant café controls. Being at the tail end of the field Wendy had ample warning of the black ice on the course. Three rider broke bones on that day. Our hero completed the ride unscathed. On the same day Mark rode the Manningtree perm starting from Saffron Walden. Start time was carefully planned to get to Wally’s for breakfast. Deniece Davidson met Mark there and acted as a local guide for the end section. A worthwhile event that was all over by 18:00.
Mark Brooking
