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Home2nd March 2008West London Combine time trial - Knowl HillDespite the sore legs from the previous days racing their was a good showing from the Squadre Verde, 10 riders from the club had started the event and despite a tough headwind on the way out good times were placed by all. Full results are available on the website Here 1st March 2008Finchley Criteriums - Hillingdon CircuitWith the Squadre Verde having taken delivery of the new kit, today was the first day for it to be raced in anger. Richard Jerome had spent some time encouraging the rest of the club to ride the event and he was joined by Time Trial specialist Ed Packard and Women's road race champion, Jayne Paine. New member Richard Cooper also arrived in support however was nursing a cold so was unable to ride. The field was a sea of green........this was a combination of our new kit and also the presence of the great unwashed from Cambridge University Cycling Club. The students had sobered up, put away their pot noodles and managed to field a team of 8 for the event. This has caused my concern to the Squadre who were hoping to get a result. The plan was to put Ed's great solo ability to use, he would ride off with 1 lap to go causing chaos in the bunch. Either he would stay away and win or get caught by the chasers, plan b was that if Ed was caught Richard Jerome would sit behind the tired chasers and try and get somewhere in the sprint. The race went well, Richard Jerome was involved in some activity at the start of the race however his effort was wasted on the very windy circuit, Ed Packard was also seen at the front of the race. The race stayed together however there was a puncture with a lap to go which caused some riders to come down. Luckily none of the Willeden riders were involved The lap bell rang and it had seemed Ed had been caught up the back and plan a seemed to be going a bit wrong. Richard was fortunate to be at the front of the race and held on to finish in 4th. Mark Holt from Cambridge University CC led out a team mate with half a lap to go and he managed to take the win. Ed and Jayne were pleased not to have come of their bikes and were seen rolling in comfortably. Thanks to everyone who came down to support.....it was greatly appreciated! 24th Febuary 2008Willesden Reliability TrialJohn Williams organised a great Willesden Reliability trial, his first event went very smoothly and the rain held out for a great day. John has some photo's of the event on his Flickr account Here 23rd Febuary 2008A3crg North Road hardriders Time TrialEd Packard completed the hilly course in 26:40 and finished 34th out of 63 finishers. Ed was dissapointed with the result but judging by the field he did a good job. Full results available on the a3crg website Here 10th Febuary 2008Ely Hardriders Time TrialEd Packard and Gill Reynolds were keen to start the season early and took part in the Ely Hardriders time trial. Ed finished 15th in a time of 1:06:13 and Gill finished 31st in 1:17:05. Well done to both of them for putting in good efforts for this early time of year. Full results available on the Ely cycling club website Here 19th January 2008Dinner dance and awards presentationThe club celebrated another year of success at Uxbridge gold club. Ed Packard collected 4 trophys for the 25, 50 and 100 miles time trials and the Mens time trial champion trophy. Whilst Richard Jerome collected the Men's Road Race trophy Brian Moon won the Vets Time Trial Championship and Tony Woodford won the Vets Road Race Trophy Winter 2007-08
Imperial winter seriesRichard Jerome and new WCC rider Richard Cooper were both active at the weekly series held at Hillingdon circuit. Richard Cooper was taking part in his first few races at Hillingdon and in his last race of the series was seen at the front of the race and finished comfortably in the bunch. Richard Jerome was pleased to pick up 3 British Cycling points for finishing 8th and 10th in his catergory. |
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