Category Archives: Miscellaneous

The club track championships are on Saturday the 1st August all details below. If you want to ride I need you to let me know by email anthony.woodford1@ntlworld.com or by phone 07951191620. All are welcome and track bikes can be … Continue reading →

Jayne Paine – gin fiend, occasional pharmacist, fan of Dumb and Dumber and British Masters points race champion. Get in! Here’s how she did it, in her own words. Well, words transcribed by A. Bloke How does it feel to … Continue reading →

Jim Mears – Looking the part! Well the wrong WCC won! The Westerly CC won on aggregate in an hilarious double Chukka of bike polo at the Westerly’s club room and grounds. All the photos courtesy of the Westerly’s paparazzi … Continue reading →

The W.L.C.A are holding a sprint champinship at Reading Track on the 27th July. Prizes: 1st £25, 2nd £15 3rd £10, please download an entry form here if you would like to take part.

Jayne’s achievements over the weekend have prompted my brief return to the Blog. The sainted Bunty of Ladbroke Grove is now a National Champion!The gal has collected a complete set of medals from the National Masters held at Newport. Her … Continue reading →

Meurig James went to France riding in the Vaujany 175km finishing 25th in 6hrs 20 mins last Sunday then on Wednesday he rode the Prix de rouse over 40km which included riding up Alp d’Heuz and was placed 26th. Saturday … Continue reading →

She’s been training hard since last year for this and the good news is that Jayne has won Gold, Silver and Bronze at the National Womens Masters event at Newport. A more detailed report will follow but well done Jayne.

Hi there,Phil here,Thought I’d let you know that after a bit of a rest following the Dragon ride sportive a few weeksago I showed the jersey for the Willesden at the Dartmoor Classic Sportive last Sunday(28th June).I mananged the the170km … Continue reading →

All Please note track training at Welwyn this Saturday 4th July a chance to test your legs before the Willesden track championships on the 1st August. Please arrive at 1.30 so we can start at 2.00 all details attached. RegardsTony … Continue reading →

Hello everyone Roger Woolsey of Westerley RC is organising the WLC 50 TT on Sunday 12th July, many marshalls are needed for this event, as is a difficult course for newcomers. If every WLC Club could supply 1 Marshall for … Continue reading →

A smaller turn out than normal mainly due to the hot weather. Lance finished 23rd in the 4th cat race and Pete Dixon finished 15th.In the e/1/2/3 race Richard Jerome finished in 11th place in a bunch sprint.

Six of our members went down to Aldermasrston on Saturday afternoon to ride the Newbury Road Club 10. Pete Cookson recorded the fastest time of the sextet with a 24.08 followed by Lance Woodman 24.21, Chris James 25.10, Gill Reynolds … Continue reading →

The club has been very active last week. On Tuesday at Hillingdon Cycle circuit Peter Dixon, Tony Woodford and Lance Woodman rode in the 4th cat. race and finished in 15th, 16th and 32nd places. Tony Woodford rode the following … Continue reading →

No team mates last Wednesday and a very hard race with the race split into 4 groups, most of us older riders in the back groups and I managed to get third in the over 60 race just edged out … Continue reading →

A few club members asked about the Green and white Bell helmet I had a Hillingdon last week. It is a Bell Volt and you can get one from totalcycling.com they cost £109.00 as they are the one the pros … Continue reading →

So I’m gliding down Bwlch when a scooter rounds the bend ahead, whining and tooting aggressively to scatter a brace of sheep by the opposite verge. This was potentially disastrous, as you can imagine: I’m travelling at more than 35mph, … Continue reading →

In the Finsbury Park 50 at Tempsford Chris James finished in 2.10.55 another personal best and Lance Woodman’s 2.06.03 was his fastest for many years.Gill Reynolds was down in Hampshire riding in the Hantspol C.C. 25 and took the 2nd … Continue reading →

Meuring continued his superb comeback by finishing 4th in the Welsh National championships in a time of 1:52:54. He also won the Abergavenny 25 on Thursday night with a time of 54:20. Well done Meuring.

John Williams, Simon Wicks, Rich Cooper, Hippy, Phil and Mike Ellison all took part in the Dragon ride in Wales on Sunday. Our riders enjoyed 120 miles of welsh mountains including 3200 of climbing! Simon avoided another injury by using … Continue reading →

An early start for the Squadra Verde 50 milers was rewarded with a warm day of light breezes and two good times… Lance Woodman – 2:06:03 (fastest since 1980) Chris James – 2:10:55 (personal best) The winner was Ian Cammish … Continue reading →