Eagle Road Club

Willsher 50 (32nd Assoc) Result

A sunny, warm day with a rising southerly greeted the riders today on the occasion of the Willsher 50, conbmined with the 32nd Association 50. The return leg, all 25 miles of it, must have been particularly memorable so congratulations to all those that took part.
There are several good times at the top of the leaderboard with Dave Clarke once again fooling the handicapper. A special mention also to John Skinner taking part in his first 50 and looking remarkably fresh come the afternoon bar-be-que.
As ever, we are indebted to the Eagle support team supplemented on this occasion by volunteers from the Victoria, Shaftsbury, Lea Valley and Chelmer - thanks to all.

The team prize was taken by the Eagle with Mssrs Hersey, Baldwin and Foy recording an aggregate time of 6:11:48

ELV Hog Hill Summer Series Final

4th August 2011 - It must be the 85’ skinsuit! Damien Foy has taken his second win in so many weeks. What a great way to sign off from Thursday night league. I knew that it was only a matter of time before Damien was able to master the circuit as he had done at Eastway. Damien is capable of doing 20 minutes 10’s, so it should have been no surprise to the opposition that he might have a go from a long long way out. A couple of guys were chasing him down, but they died before he turned on the heat and smashed the hill for the last time..... Just look at the effort on his face!

Inverse/Cyclaim Circuits 3

30th July - James Sale managed 3rd place on his first visit to Hillingdon. Here is a short summary of the action....... “Coach Foy had told me that the exercise of going to Hillingdon was for points alone, so just to sit in and wait.... I did exactly that. Pretty boring race really, and even though the average speed was 27mph, it was pretty easy.  I moved up to the front in the last 5 laps and was in a good position position in the last 400 metres. Unfortunately, it got very tight, and I had to back right off, then to make matters worse, I ended up on the wrong side of the road for a little bit of drafting for the sprint.  I pulled right over and started my sprint, I went past a fair few and held on for 3^rd place”

 

 

 

 

Evening 10 series round 10 26/7/11

The final event of the series produced an excellent turnout and some very good performances, noteably from John Skinner and Glenn Grant. Steve Crabb and Graham Viljoen, two novices, dead heated. The atmosphere was really good and I think everyone enjoyed it. 

	Eve 10 Round 10 26/7/11
	Name	Time	Points	Running total	Final placing
	Phil Hersey	23:49	13	13	13
	Damien Foy	24:07	12	79	1
	Dave Youell	24:40	11	75	2
	Carlito Rendora	26:13	10	29	5
	Mike Turvey	26:47	9	44	4
	Richard Lofthouse	27:07	8	26	7
	John Beaufoy	27:15	7	60	3
	Tony Meader	27:15	7	7	16
	John Skinner	27:56	5	24	9
	Andy Eckton	28:39	4	23	10
	Howard Grace	28:46	3	15	12
	Glenn Grant	28:51	2	23	10
	Cliff Pace	31:07	1	1	19
	Steve Smith	26:03	PTT
	Steve Crabb	27:13	PTT
	Graham Viljoen	27:13	PTT
	Bryan Crump			29	5
	Chris Baldwin			25	8
	Helen Lansdown			10	14
	James Sale			9	15
	Sean Bolton			5	17
	Paul Evans			3	18

Rollapaluza Urban Hill Climb

Livio, the lone Eagle stepped up to the plate to compete in this year's edition of the Rollapaluza Urban Hill Climb. Here are a few word's from the man himself:

"I have managed to shave 6 second out of my personal best, I'm now at 1 minute 51 seconds!

I know you all have done tons of hill climb but I want to share my feeling with the CLUB:

On the hard part of the course you enter in something a bit surreal, I was looking down and could not see anyone, your sight change and become funny , more vivid and towards the end a bit blurry, all you can hear is yourself breathing heavily and people shouting on the background. I have given 100% ! GREAT EXPERIENCE!
I could have started a bit slower but... not easy to do so in less than 2 minutes. I do not know my position yet.

Big thanks to Simon and his son for the support ;)

great Atmosphere as usual,

after the event : PUB"

Evening 10 series round 9 result 19/7/11

A fairly calm evening with some good rides with a couple of PB's and we missed the rain untill the finish. Carlito was unlucky and punctured, apparently the fourth time this month.

 

	Eve 10 Round 9 19/7/11
	Name	Time	Points	Running total
	Damien Foy	24:04	9	67
	Dave Youell	24:41	8	64
	John Beaufoy	25:50	7	53
	Mike Turvey	27:26	6	35
	Glenn Grant	28:49	5	21
	John Skinner	28:52	4	19
	Howard Grace	29:12	3	12
	Helen Lansdown	30:51	2	10
	Carlito Rendora	DNF		19
	Dave Trethewey	29:21	PTT
	Steve Smith	26:07	PTT
	Bryan Crump			29
	Richard Lofthouse			18
	Andy Eckton			19
	Paul Evans			3
	Sean Bolton			5
	James Sale			9
	Chris Baldwin			25
	Liz Chittenden

Medal Fest at the Shaftesbury CC / ECCA, BC Eastern Region and LVRC Region 9 Crit Champs

The Eagle Road Club is the place to be right now for road racing. We dominated the day, covering pretty much all of the events. In spite of the awful weather, we still managed to walk away with 3 Gold medals, a 1st place, 2 Silver medals & a Bronze medal. A fantastic result... and something to be proud of.

Result of club 25 17/7/11

A windy day which made it hard for everyone, most were several minutes off their best. Not a very good day for your first ever time trial which is what Jane and Andy Thomas did, well done all. Thanks to the marshals and Rita for making the tea.

 

		25 result 17/7/11
	Name	Time	Pos	Hcp	Hcp Time	Hcp Pos
	Chris Baldwin	1:00:20	1	01:39	0:58:41	7
	Dave Youell	1:02:21	2	06:13	0:56:08	3
	Simon Hewins	1:02:40	3	07:26	0:55:14	1
	Carlito Rendora	1:03:23	4	07:49	0:55:34	2
	John Beaufoy	1:03:23	4	06:31	0:56:52	5
	Liz Chittenden	1:06:35	6	08:46	0:57:49	6
	Glenn Grant	1:11:16	7	15:01	0:56:15	4
	Helen Lansdown	1:19:35	8	18:10	1:01:25	8
	Trevor Whittock	1:02:55	PTT
	Damien Foy	1:05:56	PTT
	Tony Meader	1:09:51	PTT
	Dave Trethewey	1:15:26	PTT
	Andy Thomas	1:22:08	PTT
	Jane Thomas	1:27:09	PTT
	Joe Lambert	DNS
	Dave Clarke	DNS

Evening 10 series round 8 result 12/7/11

A small but select field this evening in dry conditions. there were some 'best for course' times done and everyone seemed pleased.  

	Eve 10 Round 8 12/7/11
	Name	Time	Points	Running total
	Damien Foy	24:02	6	58
	Dave Youell	24:50	5	56
	John Beaufoy	25:43	4	46
	Carlito Rendora	26:14	3	19
	John Skinner	29:16	2	15
	Helen Lansdown	30:59	1	8
	Bryan Crump			29
	Richard Lofthouse			18
	Mike Turvey			29
	Andy Eckton			19
	Howard Grace			9
	Glenn Grant			16
	Paul Evans			3
	Sean Bolton			5
	James Sale			9
	Chris Baldwin			25
	Liz Chittenden

    

Willsher 50 and Eagle RC Open day 7th August.

The 7th of August is the day of the Willsher 50 combined with the 32nd Assn. 50 - after the event we are holding an Open Day at the clubhouse.

The Willsher 50

The Wilsher 50 is our club 50.  The trophy was presented by the Club as a memorial to the late Frank Willsher, killed in the Thames floods, 6th January 1928.  We will need a few marshals for the 50 and it will make the organisers job much easier if you could get in touch email tony to let him know you can help.

Course details

START (GR 515279) on the B1383 at Ugley 17 yards south of drain opposite PP42. Proceed north through Quendon, Newport, Roundabout at junction with B1052 and Littlebury to Stump Cross roundabout (10.89m). Take first exit  onto A1301 and straight over next three roundabouts, passing under the A11, continuing to Sawston roundabout (13.19m). Take third exit  onto the A505 eastbound and continue to join A11. Keep left  to take slip road to A1307 at Four Went Ways and at roundabout take second exit  to return to A11 northbound. Continue along A11 to Six Mile Bottom. Take slip road  onto A1304 and continue to Stetchworth roundabout (25.26m) where circle  and retrace along A1304 and A11 to Four Went Ways. Take slip road  to elevated roundabout and take second exit  to rejoin A11. Keeping to the left , take carriageway onto A505 and over A11. Continue to Sawston roundabout (37.44m), where take first exit  onto A1301. Go straight across all three subsequent roundabouts, passing under A11, to Stump Cross roundabout (39.76m). Take second exit  onto B1383 and pass through Littlebury, Newport and Quendon to FINISH (512289) at paint mark at first drain, 20 yards north of lane situated beside Chequers PH.

 
 

The Open Day

Starting at about midday, picnics in the grounds and a barbeque (please bring something to put on it). There are usually a few games to join in with and this year we will have some special guests. Please bring all the family and make it a good day. These are some photo's of Open Days from long ago.