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NEWS, Click for the Willesden Cycling club BlogSeptember 2007Willesden Road Races 16th September, Results and Reports
Johnny Walker RR (E/1/2/3's) Roy Chamberlain beat Alistair Kaye in a two man sprint for the line to win the E/1/2/3's event. 1st. Roy Chamberlain -Team Corley. 76 miles 3.05. 2nd. Alistair Kaye York Cycleworks st. 3rd. Richard Cartland Team Corley 18 sec. 4th. Rob Hurd BC private member 22 sec 5th. Nic Jones Team Corley 6th. Matt green In Gear  Dulcie Walker RR (3/4s) Race Commisaire Stuart Cook writes; A fair but windy day greeted an enthusiastic group of riders at the well used Cheddington village hall. Consistent promotion by Willesden CC rider, Richard Jerome, ensured that 51 riders started this late season event. As the race rolled out of Cheddington, riders were hovering behind the rear of the lead car and once the race had passed through Mentmore, three riders had moved clear. This break hovered at around 30 seconds for the remainder of the race. A bridge from a High Wycombe rider had the effect of cementing the break and the group certainly appeared to ride more consistently as a result. A number of small moves from the bunch came to nothing and once the break of four were through Wingrave, their success seemed assured. The finish line, moved to the approach to Cheddington rather than the traditional approach to Wingrave saw Clive Nichols despatch first Luke Merrilees, followed by John Heaton and finally Sebastien Alder to claim victory.  1 Clive Nichols 2 Sebastien Alder 3 John Heaton 4 Luke Merrilees 5 Matt Steven 6 Paul Gibb 7 Simon Snowden 8 Matt Carden 9 Tarczynski Kaksyrilian 10 Adam Roberts Stuart Cook Willesden riders Richard Jerome & Jayne Paine both also rode the event, Jayne gives us her perspective of the race. I had my special formula in my bottle 1/3 Red Bull, 1/3 Coca-Cola, 1/3 water (honest), left overnight to de-effervesce. I had learnt the hard way about fizzy drinks! Brian Wright had prepped me with clues to winning – all involving peddling a bit sharpish, I was keen! Well, the HQ in Cheddington was brimming with the crème de la crème of the lycra-wearing, cycling fraternity (paternity, in some cases), some of whom snubbed the usual facilities and changed in the hall. “Life doesn’t get better than this,” I thought. I had been under the impression that I was the only female contender (in my head I was going to be 1st, 2nd and 3rd). Consider my dismay when I spotted something hard and sinewy with breasts signing on! I was going to have to use something more than ability to see off this one, I could tell! Well the E’s, 1sts and 2nds all shot off, like they do, then us 4ths and 3rds went off at a bit of a clip. I soon found myself at the back of the bunch (but I was thinking of you , Miles! ) The view was quite nice, but I knew that Brian would not be pleased and something had to be done! I found that by going right over in to the path of oncoming traffic, I was able to pick off several riders at a time. The patrol car hooted its encouragement—must have had a Willesden driver in it! After just one lap (about 10 miles) disaster struck; my front wheel punctured, and all hopes of glory evaporated! Barely had I time to burst into tears when Jumbo, spotting an opportunity, slipped a fluorescent gillet over my head and a red flag into my hand. As riders came whizzing down the road and in to a very sharp left-hand turn , it was my job to startle the on-coming cars into swerving out, in order to pick off anybody who had stupidly swung too wide. Oh, how I laughed! Anyway, round and round they went. Two hours later, it was back up to HQ for tea and buns and clapping and cheering. Various blokes from various clubs won assorted prizes; Ray and Jumbo said some nice things; and I tried to pass my number to the rather dashing chap who won the cup.  |
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