Reading Time: 3 minutes After last night’s Weaver Valley track night my legs were decidedly heavy and I went in to my first track league of the season with some trepidation particularly so as this was round 7 and so many other riders would have been warmed up through the previous rounds. I was however buoyed by the fact […]
Long Ride to Loggerheads. Or not.
Reading Time: 5 minutes As years have gone by it has become more and more apparent that as I get older, if I leave the bike alone for any period of time my fitness evaporates like it was never there in the first place. So it was on Sunday. I did quite well in the National RR Championships 9 […]
Clocks change this weekend!!
Reading Time: < 1 minute Don’t forget now will you? At 02:00 on the 29th October (early Sunday morning when you are fast asleep), the clocks will go back an hour! This is probably fine if you use a smart phone or computer as they’ll probably set themselves. Best to check though! You really don’t want to turn up an […]
Club Kit
Reading Time: < 1 minute As some of you are aware, after 4 great years running the club kit, due to increased work commitments, I have decided to stand down. Emily Martin has kindly agreed to take up the mantel, I am sure you will all agree, she will do a great job. I will be doing a hand over […]
Club runs
Reading Time: < 1 minute Hi, For those that don’t know, I’ve now taken over the role as runs captain from Al. Al has done a fantastic job over the last 10 years so no pressure on me then!! Big thanks to Al but he’s going nowhere!! He will still be leading the short run when he’s out. I don’t […]
Fifty miler TT
Reading Time: 4 minutes Finally found some time to write a blog about my fifty miler TT at the weekend… So, in an effort to keep my much loved ladies BAR trophy I knew I needed to complete a 50 this year – a distance I always dread because it feels like a forever sat in a TT position. […]
Pimbo (Grimbo). in the rain
Reading Time: 2 minutes I got up about 6am for the Harry Middleton Road race 2/3/4 at Pimbo in skelmersdale just to make sure I was awake and all my gear was in order. I got to the HQ (social club) at 7.45am and I can tell you the club was like a throw back to the 80’s […]
West Cheshire TTCA 12 hr – Club Champs –
Reading Time: 6 minutes Pop on the kettle as this could be a long one! This year the annual local 12 hour and our club championship attracted just one entrant from the WVCC, as is often the case in this challenging event. Alistair Stanway was 2nd counter in the team record breaking trio last Year and this year he […]
National TLI Road Race Championships
Reading Time: 2 minutes Where: Holt/Farndon When: today 20th August 2017 conditions: Cool to warm There were three riders from the Weaver Valley who competed in the National Road Race championships today Kevin underhill in the e/d/f race and John keen and Tony Booth in the c/d race. After […]
WVCC Guardian Cup & Scratch Trophy 2017
Reading Time: 2 minutes Well, a tougher night than we’ve had in a few weeks greeted the riders who were contesting the Final Fling, the overall Scratch, and most importantly, the Guardian Cup. Before this last round, Paul Connor found himself leading by a single point ahead of Tony Booth. tonight, it was an all out battle to improve […]
WVCC AGM 2017 – Tuesday 19th September –
Reading Time: < 1 minute This post is to announce the date of the AGM, and encourage members to come along, listen to what we have done this year, what we plan to do next year, and hear proposals that you, our members may put forward. In addition to this, it is also a good opportunity to ask questions, and […]
WVCC Track Nights 2017
Reading Time: < 1 minute It’s that time of year again when the nights draw in and it starts to get colder, but don’t worry as you can carry on riding the warm, smooth boards of the Manchester Velodrome all through the winter. First club night with our usual coach, Paul West, is 7 Sept. Thereafter the first Thursday every month […]