Eagle Road Club

Evening 10 series round 2. 31/5/11

The second event of the series saw a lot of smiling faces at the finish as everyone who had ridden the previous week improved on their time. Still smiling but not quite as much was Liz who took a small detour. Thanks to Howard and Tony for marshalling and Peter B for timing.

 

Eve 10 Round 2 31/5/11
Name	Time	Points	Running total
Chris Baldwin	24:48	9	9
D Youell	25:02	8	18
J Beaufoy	26:17	7	14
Glenn Grant	28:27	6	10
Mike Turvey	29:01	5	6
J Skinner	29:04	4	6
Paul Evans	29:30	3	3
H Lansdown	30:57	2	4
Liz Chittenden	DNF
Sean Bolton			5
Andy Eckton			6
Carlito Rendora			8
James Sale			9
Damien Foy			11

Evening 10 series round one 24/5/11

The first of the evening 10's was well attended with some encouraging times being recorded. Damien started off as he hopes to continue with a 24, closely followed by Dave and James. Unfortunately Mike decided that 10 miles was not enough and went on a detour, is this another Chris Baldwin in the making? Prospective new member Joe made his debut.

 

Eve 10 Round 1 24/5/11
Name	Time	Points
Damien Foy	24:34	11
Dave Youell	25:16	10
James Sale	25:44	9
Carlito Rendora	26:51	8
John Beaufoy	27:11	7
Andy Eckton	28:44	6
Sean Bolton	29:17	5
Glenn Grant	29:22	4
John Skinner	29:38	3
Helen Lansdown	31:29	2
Mike Turvey	40:00	1
Joe Monk	31:45	PTT

Road Race Training at Hog Hill

The Eagle road Club will hold another road race training day at Hog Hill on Sunday the 29th May starting at 10.00 am with a mid-day finish.

 
These events have proved very popular as it is a chance to learn some new techniques on a traffic free circuit.  The bends at hog Hill are quite challenging as well, unlike anything you will come across on the open road, so it is a good opportunity to put some speed in your legs.  We usually use the lower circuit to keep the groups together so do not be put off by the circuit name if hills are not your thing.

If you are unattached and would like to try your hand at road racing then please consider coming along?  We are a friendly bunch with riders of all abilities.

Hope to see many of you there.

 

Club 25 result 15/5/11

A chilly and blustery morning but some good times turned out anyway. Dave Y and Carlito R recorded their best 25's for many years and I think there were a couple of small improvements. Antonio did his best 25 this year prior to his five week tour of Italy. Thanks to all the helpers who made the event run very smoothly.

        

	Name	Time	Pos	Hcp	Hcp Time	Hcp Pos
	Chris Baldwin	0:57:46	1	02:30	0:55:16	6
	John Beaufoy	1:02:59	2	06:44	0:56:15	8
	Dave Youell	1:03:14	3	10:28	0:52:46	1
	Dave Clarke	1:04:12	4	06:12	0:58:00	12
	Carlito Rendora	1:04:22	5	10:11	0:54:11	3
	Simon Hewins	1:05:23	6	07:51	0:57:32	11
	Liz Chittenden	1:05:52	7	11:24	0:54:28	4
	Howard Grace	1:10:23	8	16:19	0:54:04	2
	Tony Paolino	1:12:16	9	17:33	0:54:43	5
	John Skinner	1:12:36	10	16:17	0:56:19	9
	Helen Lansdown	1:15:28	11	19:30	0:55:58	7
	Matt Searson	1:15:34	12	15:32	1:00:02	13
	Paul Long	1:15:41	13	19:22	0:56:19	10
	Charlotte and Neil Hornett	Tandem 00:55:13	PTT
	David Bradnam	1:02:12	PTT
	Andrew Beaman	1:04:35	PTT
	G Martin	1:06:20	PTT
	Tom Berry	DNS
	Artour Samsonov	DNS
	Graham Masters	DNS

The Eagle win the ECCA Festival

Now that the dust has settled on The Eagle's tremendous win, John Beaufoy shares with us some of the facts and figures of our effort.

ECCA Festival Facts.
We had 31 riders from our club taking part. The total amount of rides/races we did with this 31 people was a staggering 69 for all events. Some riders did up to 5 events. We had to my knowledge no punctures in any events. The total mileage in all events we all pedalled was 2241 miles!

The riders who took part in no particular order were: Peter and Christine Smith, Tom Berry, Carlito Rendora, Dave Youell, Glenn Grant, Dave Clarke, Chris Baldwin, Nell Baldwin, Liz Chittenden, Howard Grace, Antonio Paolino, Cliff Pace, Damien Foy, James Sale, Tony Meader, Phil Hersey, Livio Nannetti, Stoyko Bussarov, Bryan Crump, Simon Hewins, Paul Evans, Graham Masters, Paul Long, Mick O’ Malley, Andy Thomas, Sean Bolton, Mark Ambrose, John Skinner, Helen Lansdown and myself John Beaufoy.
Everyone contributed to our win !

The final standings were:
   Eagle Road Club – 507 points
   Chelmer CC – 463 points
   Essex Roads – 173 points

Some notable podium performances

Phil Hersey won the E92/14 event and the E91/10
Tom Berry got second handicap on the E2/10
Sean Bolton got 4th Handicap and a medal on the E2 10
1st team on the E92/14 was Eagle....Phil Hersey,Bryan Crump and Stoyko Bussarov
1st lady on the E92/5 was Liz Chittenden
Damien and James got second place in the 2 up on the E33/10d
There were lots of great rides. Liz pedalled Chris around most of the E91/10 on the Tandem on her own as their timing chain snapped! Helen managed to go 3.5 miles an hour faster than she has ever been before on a 2 up with me. I think it was fair to say our female riders gave everything!
John Skinner did the ride of his life on the 200km. The 200km team were awesome as James, Stoyko and Bryan were supposed to do the cancelled  E123 Road Race and stepped in to help with this monster! Sean and Mark are now the old hands at this game !
Damien got 11th in the road race and Dave Clarke finished his 2nd ever road race at 19th place…really good ride. Tony Meader took 18th place too finishing his first road race in 20 years.
 

Hot X Bun Ride

12 riders set off into a headwind for the annual Hot X Bun Randonee; Tony Meader, Chris & Liz, John & Helen, Howard, Paul, Andy Eckton, his friend Graham, Glenn & Paul Long. Eric Bass started earlier on his own route (well he is over 80 so needs a bit more time than us young uns). Help was provided by Peter & Rita, who dropped Nell off at Shudy Camps en route to dishing out the Hot X buns & tea at Kentford.

Glenn & Paul Long peeled off at Hadstock (Glenn to help do lunch, Paul in case of an emergency phone call). I believe the rest were towed along by Chris' enthusiastic riding. Last I saw of him was over Hadstock airfield with riders strung out behind him like clothes on a washing line.

Pete & Christine Smith joined for lunch after timekeepers duties at the Bishops Stortford Hilly. They brought some photos collected from Dave Lewis (a club member with a good eye behind the lens) , showing Eagle riders from the 50s & 60s. 

Nikki provided lunch at Shudy Camps and the group then (slowly) head back to the clubhouse, luckily with a tailwind to get them up the last few climbs. The sunny weather (we have had snow once or twice) helped make this another good club event.