Eagle Road Club

Hainault RC V Eagle RC Hill Climb 30/10/11

Good weather and a very good turnout made for an enjoyable morning of competition. Most improved their best times for the hill and Bryan beat the 14 year old hill record held by Matt Hart. Bob King last rode the event 44 years ago and won it in 1966.

No	Name	Club	Time
9	Bryan Crump	Eagle RC	1.30.4
18	Stoyko Bussarov	Eagle RC	1.33.2
7	Simon Hewins	Eagle RC	1.37.8
17	Livio Nannetti	Eagle RC	1.38.2
4	Dave Youell	Eagle RC	1.44.5
14	Carlito Rendora	Eagle RC	1.56.1
8	Mark Steers	Hainault R. C.	2.00.3
12	Patrick Smith	Hainault R. C.	2.05.1
5	Richard Lofthouse	Eagle RC	2.05.3
6	Paul Godfrey	Hainault R. C.	2.14.1
13	Frank Mcgowan	Hainault R. C.	2.18.9
19	Mike Turvey	Eagle RC	2.21.5
10	Steve Godfrey	Hainault R. C.	2.26.6
2	Cliff Pace	Eagle RC	2.33.6
1	Bob  King	Eagle RC	2.36.6
16	Antonio Paolino	Eagle RC	2.42.1
11	Alastair Smith	Hainault R. C.	3.04.6
15	Eric Bass	Eagle RC	3.56.3
3	Scarlett Parker	Private Time trial	1.32.7
	Teams	Eagle RC	4.41.4
		Hainault R. C.	6.19.5

The Autumn Social Calendar

I just thought I should let you all know what is going on over the next few weeks so you can place a spot in your diaries.

Hill Climb

Our hill climb is now an interclub event with the Hainault and the 30th Oct is when we do battle again.  Start is at 11 am, and Eagles will start gathering just after 10 am at the Owl pub at the top of Lippetts Hill.  Last year many of us stayed behind for a bit of lunch in the Owl which was extremely pleasant.  You can combine this with a clubrun if you don't fancy bursting your lungs in the event itself as the competitors need all the encouragement they can get.

End of season meal

After the success of the last 2 years we are again going to book a restaurant for an end of season meal.  It is going to be in London again as last year's venue seemed perfect and the date for your diary is Thurs 3rd Nov.  You will need to get in touch with Chris Baldwin if you want to come along, just so he can keep the restaurant informed of the numbers - but please make the effort, you will have a good time.

Clubhouse working day

The clubhouse and grounds need a little bit of TLC and Sunday 6th Nov has been chosen as the best day. Last year we combined this with a quick clubrun and we are going to so the same again this year

Blue Egg clubrun

The Blue Egg is a popular cafe for lots of Essex cyclists including Cav and Alex Dowsett. On Sunday the 20th Nov we are going to do a run from the clubhouse to the Blue Egg for cake and cafe, then back to the clubhouse.  Check out the forum if you are interested in this - it will be about a 60 mile steady ride.

Stoyki wins the ECCA Hill Climb

The ECCA Hill Climb is run over two climbs up the hill at Little Baddow. This year was a lovely sunny day, feeling quite calm with a deceptive breeze blowing down the hill which slowed all the riders compared to last year.  We had two riders in the event; Stoyko Bussarov and Dave Youell.

Stoyki stormed up on both rides, around 1 mins 41 on both, although one of the few to go fractionally faster on the second run. The effort required is extreme. After his first ride Stoyki was complaining of blood in his mouth and Dave said his throat was on fire. Stoyki went fractionally faster on the second climb and held it together perfectly.

Dave took 4th place with times of 1:47 and 1:49 Dave's second run was 2 seconds slower, the lactic acid in the legs taking it's effect in the last 50 m to the line. 

Well done CHAMP !

Autumn 25 on 2/10/11. Result.

A fantastic morning, warm and bright, little wind, a great bunch of Eagles and a lot of good rides. Phil Jolly was a suprise entry but suprised himself with his time. New member Steve Bryant showed promise for the future and Dave Youell suprised the handicapper. Damien and James got some good practice for next week.Well done everyone, a great event.

Quotes:

Nice to meet Polly this morning and also great to see our other junior Eagle Florence. Great fun this morning I really enjoyed myself, thanks everybody days like these are so so special. (Damien)

Great to be riding in the sunshine yesterday, thanks to all who did the work to setup and keep the associated admin in order, stars, all of you. One day I would like to go full time trial but that's something I am not ready for just yet. I really like this hilly course as it gives you lots of opportunity to jump out of the saddle and breaks up the journey a bit also having two of your mates only a minute behind you was more than enough motivation to keep the momentum up. Phil, you are a road warrior and as for the champ, you will be back next year, I can feel it. (Bryan)

	Name	Time	Pos	Hcp	Hcp Time	Hcp Pos
	Phil Hersey	1:01:25	1	05:01	0:56:24	4
	Bryan Crump	1:02:20	2	05:38	0:56:42	6
	Chris Baldwin	1:02:35	3	06:04	0:56:31	5
	Dave Youell	1:03:25	4	09:43	0:53:42	1
	Simon Hewins	1:06:32	5	09:34	0:56:58	7
	Steve Bryan	1:11:34	6	11:01	1:00:33	9
	Liz Chittenden	1:11:47	7	17:32	0:54:15	2
	Howard Grace	1:13:15	8	17:07	0:56:08	3
	Tony Paolino	1:17:26	9	17:50	0:59:36	8
	Phil Jolly	1:32:51	10	11:01	1:21:50	10
	Damien Foy	1:02:32		Two Up
	James Sale
	Paul Long	DNS
	Steve Hodges	DNS