Willesden Cycling Club

Midweek catchup:
Tom London did a 25:51 (road bike)  and Tony Flynn did a 26:24 (road bike / tri bars) in the Westerley ’10’ at the Hillingdon circuit on Wednesday.

Saturday:
While the majority of the WCC massive were at the circuit championships, Peter Dixon and Brian Moon headed North to ride the Hertfordshire Wheelers ’10’ on the F20/10. Brian did a 26:36 but this was eclipsed by Peter’s second PB in three days – 20:40. The event was won by Richard O’Rourke in 19:53.

Gill Reynolds was 2nd fastest lady in the Newbury R.C. ’10’ at Aldermarston (H10/1) with a 26:24. The event was won by Adam Topham in 20:26.

Sunday:
The West London Combine / Westerley CC ’50’ was on the new H50/4 course this year. Peter Dixon (above, photo by Ron), tired after last night’s ride, did 1:57:04 to win it – stunning ride – three PBs in four days. Stuart Birnie did a 2:07:33, Russell O’Malley did a 2:09:08 and I did a 2:11:45 (Stuart, Russell and me, L-R below). A big thank you to Gladys, Ron and Jumbo who made the far Wendover roundabout their own and made it feel very safe. I wouldn’t have finished if they hadn’t been there checking all the riders through – I couldn’t bear the guilt of letting them down.

We had a team riding in the Newbury ’25’ (H25/1). Pete Cookson recorded 1:00:50 for 9th place, Gill Reynolds 1:08:04 (1st lady and first lady overall for the weekend) and Joe Foley 1:10:22. WCC were 2^nd team behind the Hounslow. Event winner was Tejvan Pettinger with a 54:24.

Coming up:
Saturday 17th July: There’s a ’10’ run by North Hampshire RC on the H10/8 (Bentley).

Sunday 18th July: I’m riding my dad’s memorial event (a ’25’) in Wales. Locally there is the next round of the Richmond Park TTs (closing date 4th July). This event has its own special rules and entry form available here. 

Thursday
Peter Dixon and I rode the Maidenhead and Dist CC club ’10’ on the Maidenhead Thicket course (H10/2). Peter came second with a new personal best of 21:42 and I recorded a 24:38. The event was won by Peter Weir of the host club in 21:02. It was a warm windless evening.

LW

Our brave lads’ start order for Sunday’s (27/6) event is as follows…

There are currently 42 riders on the start sheet.

HQ for the event is the Memorial Hall, Link Road, GREAT MISSENDEN, HP16 9AE.

Let me know if I’ve missed anyone.


Saturday
Gill Reynolds rode the Women’s National ’50’ Championships in Hampshire and did a season’s best 2:18:43. That’ll set a fair mark for the Veterans Cup. She also won a medal as the fastest in her age group. The event was won by Julia Shaw (Utag Yamaha.com) in a Competition record of 1:46:46.

Photo: Gill Reynolds riding a Harold Hill CC event on the E31

Ron Purdy rode the Farnham RC ’10’ at Bentley in 30:54 – three minutes faster than last year.

Brian Moon rode the Century RC ’10’ recording a 27:44.

I travelled to Monmouthshire to ride the Cwmcarn Paragon RC ’25’ on the Usk course and recorded a season’s best of 1:0:35. It was a bright day, but the headwind to the turn was tricky. The event was won by Ceri Pritchard (Planet X) in 50:24.

Sunday
Four of us rode the Farnham RC ’25’ on the Bentley course (H25/8). A cross wind made the going tough all the way round. Fastest Greenie on the day was Peter Cookson with 1:01:06. I recorded 1:03:01, Ludovica Bruno returned a 1:08:29 in her first TT of the season and Chris James did a 1:09:20. Fastest was Martin Williamson (London Dynamo) with 54:44.

Coming up…
On Saturday 10th July there’s a ’10’ on the fast P613/10 near Andover run by the Antelope RT. Check that it’s on that course before entering though – roadworks are threatened. There’s an East London Velo ’10’ on the E2/10 and a middle markers (slowest 120 riders) ’10’ run by Bedfordshire RC on the F1B/10.

Sunday 11th July looks a bit thin for opens. There’s a Westerley CC club ’25’ on the HCC114 at 8am and a Maidenhead & Dist CC club ’25’ on the HCC001 at 3pm (both EOL). I’m hoping to ride the National ‘100’ Championship that day if you fancy diverting the club run towards Norwich.

Send me stuff and I’ll update this.

Sunday
Peter Cookson and Gill Reynolds rode the Team Axiom ’25’ on the Portsmouth Road (P885/25).  Pete did his best ride of the year, 59:25, and Gill did a 1:5:54. Apparently Pete thought it was a super day and Gill thought it was a terrible day and they were off only 4 minutes apart.  Gill says that it is a good course, although the 2 miles down hill start makes the next 3 miles uphill seem very hard. The event was won by Kevin Tye (Datateam Allstars) in 49:58.

I rode the Finsbury Park CC ’50’ and scored my first PB at a standard distance since 1983. A 2:03:08 beats my 1980 PB on the K16 by about a minute and a half. Chris James was a DNS Apols. The event was won by Brian Walker (Team Swift-Allsports) in 1:47:53. It was a cool day with some drizzle but not much breeze. Blog here.

Coming up
Last call for entries to the WLC ’50’ on Sunday 27th June – please let me know if you want to ride. The team so far is Brian Moon, Stuart Birnie, Peter Dixon and me. Richie Jerome can’t ride that day because he has a manicure appointment he can’t move. Rich Cooper might yet ride if he confirms. Where is John Williams? Who is Ray Kelly?

Saturday 3rd July sees a ’25’ at Bentley (H25/8) organised by the Charlotteville, a ’50’ on the fast E2/50C run by the Shaftesbury and a Prime Coaching session at Welwyn Track run by WCC Capo di Velodromo, Tony Woodford.

Sunday 4th July is the Hounslow and District Wheelers’ ‘100’ on the H100/8 (Froyle, nr. Bentley).

LW

Wednesday: John Williams has Facebook statused: “Westerly [Hillingdon Circuit] ’10’ – me 25:50, Tom London 25:41″.

I think that might be Tom’s first TT and John’s first ’10’. Those are good times for that course where the climbing adds up and the distance (actually 10.3 miles) adds a bit.

Thursday: Peter Dixon won the Maidenhead and District CC Club ’10’ on the H10/2 (Maidenhead Thicket). He PB’ed to win with a 21:55. On FB he said “Conditions not ideal to say the least”.

Saturday
Peter Cookson did a 1:00:41 in the Oxonian CC ’25’ on the H25/17S for 20th place. David Johnson (VC10) won it in 55:28.

I rode the West London CA ’30’ at Bentley (H30/8) and recorded a PB of 1:12:44 for this increasingly rarely run distance –  a 3½ minute improvement on last year’s effort. The event was won by Julian Jenkinson (Utag Yamaha.com) in 1:2:33. It was a hot and not too breezy day.

Sunday
From FaceBook: “Peter Dixon smashes his PB with a 54:40 at the Hitchin Nomads 25 on the F1/25b to take 5th place. Jumbo did a detour and got 1:07:46.” That’s a stunning ride. Well done, Peter. Rob Weare (Leamington C&AC) won in 52:30.