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2011 - Member's Subs

IMPORTANT

Gladys Joy Purdy would like to remind all members that your 2011 subs are due by the end of January 2011 to avoid the £2.00 late payment levy.

If you wish to contact Gladys her address is prudyandpurdy@aol.com







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Dinner and Dance - Club Trophy Winners

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.

Miles Back
26 Jan 2011

Dinner and Dance - Thank you for your support

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

Yet Another Chance To Warm Your Willy

Not just cheap innuendo...

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.

Paul Stewart's ride report

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

Red Bull Minidrome

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

For PBP aspirants and contemplaters

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."

Tuesday Turbo Torture - Starts 11-01-11

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

Willlie Warmer: 15th or 22nd January

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.

Dinner and Dance - Menu Update

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

Cycling Film Show 30 Jan 2011

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

L'Etape Du Tour

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

Willesden CC 2011 Dinner and Dance

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

Willesden Xmas Party - Cancelled

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

DARTS WEDS 22 DECEMBER

Come and join us for a great Christmas get-together and annual darts match (Westerley vs Willesden).

8:30 pm, Weds 22^nd December at the Westerley clubroom (see website for map)

See you there! Cheers, Roly

Award to Gill Reynolds

Gill Reynolds rode out to Maidenhead to collect the award she won in a West London Cycling Association event last summer from the Mayor of Newbury, Dr. Ian Grose.The Mayor is also a cyclist and a member of the Newbury Road Club.

Gladys Joy Purdy
13 Dec 2010

WCC vs WCC Darts Match

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 Road

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

Paris-Brest-Paris

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 21-25^th 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.

Ready for the off in 2007

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.

Qualifying

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

The Willesden Posse dosing up on coffee before tackling night three.

Willesden CC’s qualifying rides are:

200K The Willy Warmer. Starting from Chalfont St Peter 07:30 22nd January 2011. Across the Chilterns & Newbury Downs. A revised route this year for an even nicer and easier 'ride round ride' to bank those winter miles to: Chalfont-Pangbourne-Lambourne-Kingsclere-Winnersh and Chalfont. Organiser Paul Stewart.

If you want to ride the 200K and attend the Annual Dinner, which is on the same day, please contact Paul about riding it on the 15^th January. (The 100K Little Willie, run the same day, finishes in plenty of time).

300K The 3Down. Starting from Chalfont St Peter 06:00 2nd April 2011 Across the Chilterns, down the Test Valley, across the New Forest and then turning back. Controls at: Chalfont St Peter-Pangbourne-Kimbridge-Fordingbridge-Linwood-Sparsholt-Winnersh -Chalfont St Peter. Hilly stretches alternate with long flatter intervals, making this ride suitable for trying a big distance the first time. Organiser Ian Oliver

400K The Severn Across. Starting from Chalfont St Peter 06:00 30th April 2011. Severn Across takes in the Cotswolds, the Forest of Dean and the spectacular ride across the Severn Bridge before a stretch of night riding. Not flat, but only a few serious hills. Organiser Chris Beynon

600K The Beast from the East. Starting from Waltham Abbey, Essex, 06:00 28th May. To Taunton and back over Salisbury plain. Tracy & Di’s award winning catering at Streatley Hill and Middle Wallop, sleep facilities and high-quality refreshment in Yeovil will help power you to the finish of this great tester for PBP. The food at the start and end and these three stops is included in the fee. Organiser Mark Brooking.

There will be awards to riders who finish all four events.

Liam FitzPatrick’s 2007 planning was so precise that he finished with just 2 minutes to spare

Ian Oliver

Audax -RRTYA campaign

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.

A seasonal reminder

December looked grim with snow & freezing conditions prospects were not good. We had both entered the Great Kingshill 200. The organiser worked out an alternative route using treated roads which we chose to use. As there was no ice on Sunday morning we gave it a go. Progress was good until we hit the Surrey hills where there was plenty of snow. Luckily it wasn't on the road and the interminable climb up to Hindhead was painfully slow. We made it to Alton with minutes to spare and chose to use the remaining daylight to get off the high ground and make a dash for Twyford. The last 23 miles took Two and a half hours. The killer climb through Skirmett & Fingest to Boulters End was murder as the frost began to grip the verges.

Mark's "Scary Bakewells

We finished the last "Scary Bakewells" and froze on the long decent into Wycombe. Soon to warm up on the climb back up to Great Kingshill where a warm welcome awaited.

Wendy receives her Chocolate medal

Wendy was presented with a special (chocolate) medal on a Willesden Green Ribbon. Jim very kindly Chauffeured us home for a well earned glass of bubbly. Both of my water bottles had frozen at the finish. Job done - a new challenge for 2011 calls…………………

Mark Brooking

... and the BC Coaching award goes to .....

.....Brian Wright.

See the write-up (Wright-up?) on the RoadCC website - here

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03 Dec 2010

AGM Agenda - Sunday 05 Dec 2010

WILLESDEN CYCLING CLUB

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Sunday 5th December 2010
2.30 p.m. to 6.00 p.m.
Guide Hut
Ickenham
UB10 8RE


CHAIRMAN - Brian Wright

GENERAL SECRETARY - Mike Ellison

AGENDA

1.Chairman’s Opening Address and Report

2.Apologies for absence

3.Minutes of the 2009 Annual General Meeting

4.Matters Arising

5.Enrolment of New Members

6.Election of Life Members

7.Correspondence

8.Officer’s Reports

9.Alterations and/or Additions to the Rules and the Handbook

10.Election of Officers

11.Announcements

AGM - 05 December 2010

All club members are urged to attend the club's AGM this Sunday afternoon.

The Willesden CC's AGM we will be making important decisions concerning the organisation of your club, including updates to club's rules and the democratic appointment of all the club officers.

If you care about your club and how it is run, then you will want to be there.

Willesden Cycling Club - Annual General Meeting
2:30pm - Sunday 05th December 2010
Ickenham Guide Hut,
Community Close,
Ickenham,
Middlesex

(NB - same place as the WCC reliability trials start)

New Year's Day parade

In 2011 we can all look forward to a nice long lie-in on 1st January.

We did not get our entry form over to the organisers in time this year, so our place has been lost.

Parade-lovers need not despair as there is talk of taking part in the 2011 Lord Mayor's Show through the city of London.

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23 Nov 2011

TT Secretary's annual report

Peter Dixon at the WLC '50'

At least thirty WCC riders have faced the timekeeper at least once to ride a time trial this year, many of them for the first time.

In the West London Combine we had 51 entries across the 8 events – over 10% of the total. This made us the third most active club. We did, however, have problems supplying our fair share of marshals – a big thank you to Gladys and Ron Purdy and Chris James for stepping forward. Next year please support these events that supply so many local rides for the team.

After last season’s re-writing of the record books by Meurig James (and his subsequent decamping to the USA) it was difficult to see where the fast rides were going to come from this season. Step forward Peter Dixon. Despite having limited opportunity to race, Peter rode personal best after personal best. He won events and placed well in several more. Let’s hope he can continue to thrive next season. He finished the season with PBs of 20:27 for ‘10’, 54:40 for ‘25’, 1:57:04 for ‘50’ and 4:16:48 for ‘100’.

Gill Reynolds mounted another successful, season-long campaign. She won many ladies and vets prizes and competed in national championships and national series events.

Peter Cookson’s season was curtailed by illness, but not before he’d broken the hour for ‘25’ again and placed well in other events.

Stuart Birnie rode sparingly but was always competitive. He rode a ‘100’ in his training shoes – an episode so bizarre that it was featured in Cycling Weekly. He was once again king of the hill climbs with a good performance at the Rollapaluza Urban Hill Climb and a winning ride in the club hill climb championship.

Simon Wicks looked as if he would challenge Stuart through the season after some fast early rides, but decided to end his season early. Jayne Paine’s season focus was elsewhere, but she rode some early season ‘10’s to help hone her form.

Brian Moon rode some early season events but his form wasn’t there. He stopped competing early on to get his health sorted out. Chris James was also dissatisfied with his early season form and finished his season early. I hope you’re both back in training for next year, guys. Ron Purdy persisted throughout the season, but didn’t race that often this year.

Tony Flynn came back to TT’ing with a bang this season, posting some fine results in club events and a few open events.

The road team – Richie Jerome, Rich Cooper and John Williams – rode TTs sparingly this year. I suspect they’re sandbagging in order to wipe up the handicap awards next season.

There were some strong performances from first timers. Chloe Aitken recorded a 26:29 for her first ‘10’. Harmeet Dhiraj produced a 32:40 for ‘10’ and a 1:26:49 for ‘25’. Her sister Balneet returned a 31:05 for a ‘10’ at Hillingdon. Strong man Tom London rode several of the Westerley ‘10’s at Hillingdon with a fastest time of 25:18. Bea Geraghty’s season’s best was 30:43. Kathryn Fairhurst debuted at the spectacular Blenheim Palace closed road TT – how will she follow that?

At the Old Crocks ‘10’ Tim Burrows won the trophy and Jenny Wright took the ladies handicap trophy. Brian Wright, Alan Gallacher and Jim McKay also made rare appearances against the clock.

Russell O’Malley didn’t ride too many TTs, but he was strong when he did ride. He seems to enjoy the ‘50’s. A few other riders have ridden across the radar: Joe Foley and Chris Vesey rode events through the year. Terry Deere rode one of the new Richmond Park TTs and Ludovica Bruno rode an open ‘25’.

So there’s lots to build on for next season. But we need a new Time Trial Secretary as I am leaving the area. The job involves co-ordinating entries and a few marshals for the Combine events. It requires you to keep a record of rides through the season to help decide who wins the trophies. It also gives you the opportunity, if you choose, to run an event. I do think the club should be organising a quality open race with the number of testers we have competing.

It would be great if there was a definitive list of trophies, together with a set of criteria for winning them. This way we could monitor progress through the season and encourage people to compete for season long competitions.

If I’ve missed you out of the report or libelled you, please let me know and I’ll amend it.

Lance Woodman, TT Secretary (lance (at) lancewoodman (dot) co (dot) uk)

Palaces, Paths, Parks & a Puncture

A small group assembled at Kew Bridge this morning for a Brian Moon Special - Thames Paths, Royal Palaces and Parks. Sights along the way included the spot where Marc Bolan hit a tree on Barnes Common, ending a promising career, and the 4s Heads of the River rowing event. My new cross bike got a bit filthed on the paths and will need cleaning.

A passing runner stopped to take our picture on Kew Bridge, in dry weather. After battling through hordes of joggers, walkers and some lunatic chaps on MTBs racing along the river path shouting at rowing boats to row faster, the first stop was the London Wetlands Centre ("Once Bittern, Twice Shy" Mr B. Moon).

More muddy paths to Fulham Palace, summer retreat for Bishops of London (not two football clubs) now serving coffee and a wide range of nice cakes at prices the clergy would have applauded for the impoverishing qualities. Mr Raymond Kelly then stopped for a spot of medieval fowntaine abuse (for the camera).

Then a fast run down a less muddy but more filthy path to Hampton Court. By now I had an attractive brown stripe at the rear, like a negative of a badger. Time to stop for pumpkin soup in the high class cafe with the leather chairs. Luckily the gents had a dryer turning it into a virtual laundromat, at least for the 'waterproof'. Then back through Richmond Park and Bushy Park with the deer ignoring us.

A great day out - something very different and really enjoyable.

Club Capitaine

Wrighty is in line for a top cycling award from BC. Well done Brian
The following is repeated from the BC's web site at - see http://bit.ly/aQUnUj

Cycling Coach in Line for Top Award

Posted: 10th November 2010

Brian Wright passes on instructions to pupils at Field End Junior School

Cycling Coach Brian Wright has been shortlisted for the 2010 Participation Coach of the Year Award.

Brian has worked tirelessly, and continues to do so at nearly 70-years-old, to launch cycling clubs for all sections of society, whether male or female, young or old.

After establishing Hillingdon Slipstreamers as one of the leading junior cycling clubs in London throughout the past 12 years, more recently he has been heavily involved in nurturing the skills of young people at Field End Junior School as well as women and girls through Minet Ladies Cycling Club.

Many of the women at Minet – which thrives on a diverse multi-cultural mix – are new to the sport, but Brian has worked hard on getting them into cycling, while developing their skills and interest further though engaging training sessions on a weekly basis. He also instigates more specific training programmes for one-off events which can be competitive events, but are more commonly charity rides or sportive challenges.

Brian, who is a qualified Club Coach Level 2 Road and Time Trial Coach and a Level 2 Track Coach, has been instrumental in starting an after-school cycling club from scratch at Field End and his efforts have helped bring the completion of a 340 metre circuit at the school in October. The track has already been used for inter-school competitions, while Field End itself now has an established Go-Ride after school club.

The completion of the track is by no means the end of Brian’s ambitions with Field End, though, with plans to establish the school as a centre of excellence in place through extending current facilities such as mechanical workshops and changing rooms. The plan is also to open the track to community clubs with the erection of a security fence ensuring school safety is not compromised.

British Cycling’s Coaching, Education and Development Director John Mills, was present at the opening ceremony in October to not only present the school with a Go-Ride Racing jersey signed by several of Great Britain’s top stars, but also congratulate and recognise the efforts of Brian in the development of such a commendable project.

“Everything that Field End Junior School has achieved has to be congratulated,” Mills said.

“The efforts of all involved have been nothing short of remarkable, and they exemplify British Cycling’s ideals for sustainable development in the sport through strengthening school and community links.

“Through Brian’s high-quality coaching and infectious enthusiasm, the pupils are getting an invaluable introduction to our sport that will hopefully stay with them for a long time.”

Brian's 70th Birthday Treat

Go on Wrighty - get stuck in mate!

Club Run List Nov/Dec 2010

NOVEMBER
14
Boulters Lock
Alternative: meet Kew Bridge 09:30 for Special Ride – lights required

21
Marsworth Black Barn

28
Dinton Pasture


DECEMBER

05
Ivinghoe Tea Room

12
Chinnor
followed by lunch stop at Lions of Bledlow

19
Burnham Beeches

26
Sarratt
Das Boot pub

New !!! Thursday Night Turbo at Hillingdon

Just a mention then that I'm doing 4 weeks of Turbo at the circuit starting next Thursday at 6.30pm, then on the following three Thursdays.

£3 a go, bring turbo, bike, towel, drink, mat to go under turbo.

Cheers, Ray Kelly