Eagle Road Club

ECCA 100

For those of you looking for the 100 results, the sad news is the event was cancelled due to mist / fog.  A real pity for our four riders who mut now look to the CTT handbook to find another ride.

Mountain bikers

Beastway starts up at Hog Hill from next wednesday 1st July for 4 weeks:

http://www.britishcycling.org.uk/web/si ... sultspp=20

This just came up on the members area, and I thought I should share it with the whole club.

Evening 10 Results - Round 5

Position	Rider	Time	Points
1	Chris Baldwin	23:49	10
2	Damien Foy	24:15	9
3	Phil Hersey	24:36	8
4	James Sale	25:52	7
5	Dave Youell	26:43	6
6	Graham Masters	27:05	5
7	Liz Chittenden	28:45	4
8	John Skinner	29:46	3
9	Tony Meader	30:16	2
10	Sean Bolton	31:58	1

Evening 10 - Round 4

Position	Rider	Time	Points
1	Chris Baldwin	23:59	10
2	Damien Foy	24:14	9
3	Phil Hersey	24:15	8
4	James Sale	26:34	7
5	Dave Youell	26:45	6
6	Liz Chittenden	28:11	5
7	John Skinner	29:57	4
8	Howard Grace	26:45	3
9	Sean Bolton	32:28	2
10	Dave Wright	33.42	1

Club Handbook

There is an abridged version of our club handbook now available on our website.  You  will find the link on the main menu to the left of this page.

Interclub 25 Result

Sunday saw our annual encounter with the South Eastern Road Club, an event that started in 1926.  If you are interested you can see our shared history by clicking here.  

Looking at the start sheet for Sunday' event, we outnumbered the SERC by nearly 5:1, a good start for the Eagle.  

The changing room was buzzing before the start, the banter and the morale of the club running very high, another good sign.

I was the rabbit, off number one on this overcast but warming day.  My first 25 for many, many years. On my warm up I sensed a touch of north in the wind - "that will suit me perfectly" I thought.  I didn't care who was behind me, "P.M.A." my mantra for the day.

I reached Stumps still first on the road, greeted with words of encouragement from Glenn and Pierre, at least I think they were words of encouragement.  Could I make it to the turn first?  My legs were not great. All sorts of burning pains slowing me down.  Then out of nowhere a SERC rider caught me, not for one, two or even three minutes, but five! That brought me back to reality.

Coming back along the graveyard I could see how I was doing. There was another SERC rider catching me, a worrying sign.  Soon two SERC riders will be leading the race!  I managed to hold him off until Audley End.  My attitude had deteriorated by then, "only Kia Ora and Quendon" to climb now. As I crested Kia Ora a green flash came by me! Catching me for fourteen minutes it was Damien Foy on his way to a very short 58.  Then half way up Quendon James Sale in full Eagle kit.  That should take care of those two SERC boys I thought.  A final spurt to the line and it was all over - I thought I had just broke evens which turned out to be the case.

Position	Rider	Time
1	C Baldwin	56:28
2	D Foy	58:01
3	E Hyde	1:01:35
4	P De Ritter	1:03:33
5	J Sale	1:03:46
6	S Hewins	1:04:25
7	G Masters	1:04:55
8	J Beaufoy	1:08:39
9	M Twitchett	1:08:57
10	O Walker	1:09:21
11	A Walker	1:10:15
12	J Skinner	1:10:18
13	J Lambert	1:10:44
14	C Derrick	1:11:38
15	A Meader	1:13:04
16	M Gibbons	1:13:44
17	S Hodges	1:15:48
18	A Paolino	1:15:57
19	I Eastwood	1:19:51
20	D Wright	1:19:59
21	C Stenning	1:22:21
22	E Hadlow	1:29:40

The team competition is the aggregate time of the four best riders. The eagle had 56:28, 58:01, 1:03:38, and 1:03:46 for a team time of 4:01:53. The SERC had 1:01:35, 1:08:57, 1:09:21, and 1:10:15 for a team time of 4:30:08, resulting in a handsome win for the Eagle.

Hog Hill night - Monday 3 August 2009 (6.30 - 9.00)

We are planning on running an Eagle night at Hog Hill for a series of short events aimed at all levels in the club. We would like to maximise participation, so it needs to be a competitive event for the racing members, but not too intimidating for the non-racing members (young and old) to participate in.

We were thinking something along the lines of a track omnium – with a mix of training, short road races and time trials. Possibly split the club into two teams (like Blues and Golds).

• Warm-up - Group riding and 4-up practice – ride around slowly in a group and then send groups of 4 off the front to try and gain a lap. Experienced riders would need to provide training/guidance for this exercise.
• 1 lap time trial (road bikes only) – this can then be used to divide the groups and sort out handicapping etc. See how fast you can do a kilo?
• Team time trial (3 lap) put the group riding skills to the test – maybe run the event as a pursuit to save time?
• match sprints (1 lap) - seeded based on 1 lap time trial times - slowest 2 riders matched against each other, up to the fastest two riders
• 5 lap scratch race for slower riders, 5 lap scratch race for faster riders
• 10 lap Handicap points race – encourage slower riders to work to get points in the early sprints for their team.

Cost – maybe £4 for adults, but will need to investigate if there are any other costs.

We think we would need to have 20 riders to make the racing fun and competitive, so we may have to ask another club along to boost numbers.

Please let Phil Hersey know whether you like the idea and whether you would like to attend. Any suggestions are very welcome. Also please let other club members who are not on the internet know about this event

Evening 10 Round 3

Position	Rider	Time	Points
1	Chris Baldwin	24:02	7
2	Damien Foy	24:22	6
3	Dave Youell	26:50	5
4	Liz Chittenden	28:08	4
5	Graham Masters	28:33	3
6	John Skinner	30:59	2
7	Sean Bolton	32:28	1
PTT	Theo Hadlow	32:23

Evening 10 round 2

Position	Rider	Time	Points
1	Chris Baldwin	23:53	9
2	Phil Hersey	24:41	8
3	Dave Youell	26:54	7
4	Liz Chittenden	29:09	6
5	John Skinner	30:13	5
6	Howard Grace	31:11	4
7	Sean Bolton	32:18	3
8	Tony Meader	32:23	2
9	Dave Wright	33:48	1
PTT	Theo Hadlow	31:23
PTT	Roger Hargreaves	34:19

Evening 10 Round 1

Shortened course due to roadworks.

Position	Rider	Time	Points
1	Damien Foy	22:51	7
2	Chris Baldwin	22:56	6
3	Dave Youell	24:56	5
4	Graham Masters	26:27	4
5	John Skinner	28:34	3
6	Howard Grace	28:45	2
	Liz Chittenden	DNF