Category Archives: Miscellaneous

We have subscribed the club to the Wiggle affiliate scheme, as a result of this you will now find a banner pointing to the Wiggle website. This just means that if you go to the Wiggle website via the link … Continue reading →

Congratulations to Chris James for organising a great event. Willesden Riders were out in full force in the 3/4 race however didn’t quite have it in the end to contest the sprint. Road & Track – 3/4 Place Rider Club … Continue reading →

Both myself and Richard Jerome have taken time out of our busy work (and race) schedule to give the website it’s final push. We hope you are as pleased with the results as we are. There will be more to … Continue reading →

Ray Kelly is now taking orders for Thermal Jackets and Gilets in the new Willesden colours. Costs are £30 for the Gilet and £60 for the Thermal Jacket. These will only be supplied to order. Sorry. No order = No … Continue reading →

Saturday’s Children’s Cycling Taster turned out to be a success despite bad weather conditions. We set out our stall next to the impressive Willesden Sports Centre in the throbbing heart ofNW10. It was good to see the WCC organise a … Continue reading →

Richard Cooper and myself both took part in the Bath Road evening TT on a very windy Wednesday night, times were about 30 seconds slower than normal for this course but I somehow managed to do a 22:50 on my … Continue reading →

Children’s Cycling Taster Saturday 6th September 20081pm to 4pm King Edward VII Recreation GroundDonnington Road, Willesden, London NW10 (Behind the Willesden Sport Centre)To celebrate Team GB’s success in the Olympic cycling disciplines and to look forward to London 2012, British … Continue reading →

Richard Jerome has had a good year made even better by gaining his 2nd Cat racing license. Well done Richard!

Just the time trialists in action this week. Gill Reynolds rode in the Bicester Millennium 10 mile on Tuesday evening and finished in 27.00 whilst Pete Cookson recorded 25.02 finishing just before it became too dark to see the riders. … Continue reading →

To the esteemed Willesden Peleton, The Anfractuous (200km) and Nyctophobic (100km) Audaxes will run from the Chalfont St Peter Community Centre on the 13 September this year. This is a welcome change from the usual slot in October as it … Continue reading →

Our Road racers were back in action at Hillingdon on Tuesday night with John Williams finishing 4th and Rich Cooper in 14th place in the 4th Cats event. On Saturday Ed Packard rode in the North Hampshire Road Club 25 … Continue reading →

Peter Turnball did it! He got round the 1600km course in 127 hrs 55 mins, finishing at 4:30am on Friday morning. I went down to St Pancras station yesterday lunchtime to greet Peter, Mark Brooking and Ray Kelly as they … Continue reading →

Peter Turnbull has just passed through the penultimate control, he has completed 1485 kms in 117 hrs 34 minutes. He has just 114kms to do before the finish in Milan. Ray Kelly packed earlier in the week, having got fed … Continue reading →

The 1600km Mille Miglia has now been running since 8:30pm on Sunday Evening. Peter Turbull is going well and is the lead Willesden rider. He passed through the fourth major control (Gaiole in Chanti -980kms) in 66hrs 31min. He is … Continue reading →

I think our members have been watching the Olympics so I have only a few rides to report this week. Ed Packard rode in the National Championship 12hour in Eastern England and clocked up 235 miles on Saturday. The full … Continue reading →

Peter Turnbull, Mark Brooking and Ray Kelly are in Italy at the moment tackling the 1600km Mille Miglia Audax. This runs from Milan down to almost Rome before returning home. Progress is as follows Stage 1.Nerviano(Milan) – Massa Finalese, 269 … Continue reading →

Chas Messenger passed away on 26 July 2008. Many of us in the Willesden CC will have heard of the name, but perhaps have not fully recognised the achievements of the man. His contribution to cycle sport was vast and … Continue reading →

The time trialist continue to provide the news. Gill Reynolds took another fastest lady award in the Charlotteville 10 at Bentley on Saturday with a 25.29. Ron Purdy rode in the Hemel Hempstead C.C. 10 at Leighton Buzzard after a … Continue reading →

This year WCC Club picnic will be held on Sunday 3 Aug. 2008, from 12 noon onwards. As usual the location will be in Langley Park , Billets Lane, Slough. See you there, Wendy MearsWCC Social Secretary

The big one is coming… Forget the Olympics, the WCC Club Champs are to be held between 10am and 1pm on Sunday 21st September at Calshot velodrome Entries/Enquiries to Keith Wilmott (WillesdenCyclingClub@yahoo.co.uk), please enter “Trach Champs” in the Subject.