Willesden Cycling Club

Midweek
Wednesday: CC Breckland ’10′ B10/3. Gill Reynolds was 2nd lady in 24:16

Tony Flynn rode the Bath Road Club Black Park ’9.2′. He recorded a 24:02. It was a nice evening. It was won by M. Ketterer of Team Quest with a 22:41.

Saturday
Crabwood CC P613 ’10′: Gill did a 24:29 and Pete Cookson did a 23:06 despite riding around the turn roundabout twice. Good to get the miles in, Peter.

Several of us rode the Charlotteville CC ’25′ at Bentley (H25/8). I was fastest with a 1:01:32, just shading Russell O’Malley who did 1:01:56 before setting out for a run.Chris James recorded 1:07:40 and Brian Moon did a 1:10:46. Alex Dowsett (U23 Trek-Livestrong) won the event by nearly 5 minutes with a course record 47:50. It was a warm and breezy day.

Sunday
No rides that I know of. Let me know if I’m wrong.

Coming up…
The weekend of the 24/25 July looks pretty thin. There’s a Verulam CC ’25′ on the F1/25 on the Sunday. If that fills up there a Westerley club ’10′ on the Great Missenden course (HCC180).

LW

Midweek

Wednesday: CC Breckland ’10’ B10/3.  Gill Reynolds was 2^nd lady in 24:16

Tony Flynn rode the Bath Road Club Black Park ‘9.2’. He recorded a 24:02.  It was a nice evening. It was won by M. Ketterer of Team Quest with a 22:41.

Saturday

Crabwood CC P613 ’10’: Gill did a 24:29 and Pete Cookson did a 23:06 despite riding around the turn roundabout twice. Good to get the miles in, Peter.

Several of us rode the Charlotteville CC ’25’ at Bentley (H25/8). I was fastest with a 1:01:32, just shading Russell O’Malley who did 1:01:56 before setting out for a run. Chris James recorded 1:07:40 and Brian Moon did a 1:10:46. Alex Dowsett (U23 Trek-Livestrong) won the event by nearly 5 minutes with a course record 47:50. It was a warm and breezy day.

Sunday

No rides that I know of. Let me know if I’m wrong.

Coming up…

The weekend of the 24/25 July looks pretty thin. There’s a Verulam CC ’25’ on the F1/25 on the Sunday. If that fills up there a Westerley club ’10’ on the Great Missenden course (HCC180).

There was no handicap award for Sunday’s ’50’, but I’ve updated the ‘Fastest‘ table to reflect the current standings. Three of the four finishers move up the table with only poor Peter failing to progress (he was already in first place). With only three events left it’s going to take an extraordinary amount of TT Secretary corruption to beat him now.

The next WLC event is not until September 5th – a 2-up or solo ’25’. I will be looking entries in late August. If anyone would like tips on how to ride a 2-up, do get in touch.
LW

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.