Eagle Road Club

Mince Pie evening

This is the next event on our social calender and its on Wednesday the 1st December, to be held at the Cricket club,  Nutter Lane, Wansted, E11 2JA . Guests will be welcome, so if you are thinking of joining the club and would like to meet us in our casual clothes then come along.

This is always a very enjoyable evening being a pre Christmas opportunity to socialise with your clubmates over a cup of tea and a mince pie of course.

End of season evening meal

We are going to have an end of season evening meal in London on Thursday, 4th November. If you would like to come along get in touch by email and I will forward on to Chris Baldwin who is organising things. My email is secretary@eaglerc.org

The place we have chosen is the Little Bay Restaurant and it's less than 10 minutes walk (2 minutes by Barclay Bike) from the Farringdon Underground Station (http://www.littlebay.co.uk/london.html).  We are planning to eat at 7:00 pm. They do a really good three course meal for groups of 12 or more at £9.75 per head (less than the price of a BC race at Hog Hill), check out the menu to get an idea. Google it and you'll get an idea of how much people like the place.

Eagle open day - Sunday 12th September

The Open Day this year will be on the 12th September to coincide with our final open event of the 2010 season our 50 mile time trial.

The open day is where friends and family of the Eagle Road Club join up for an afternoon bar-b-que, spot of cricket, frisbee throwing, socialising and reminiscing of days past.  

The fun normally starts about lunchtime, after the racing has finished, so please do come along and encourage others to make the effort also.

Hope to see you there.

Eagle evening at Hog Hill - Tuesday 3rd August

The last Hog Hill evening was pretty successful, so I was thinking of having the next one on Tuesday 3rd August. It's the first tuesday after the end of the Tuesday 10 series. I think the format will be broadly similar to the previous evenings - start off with some group riding practice, team time trial, scratch races, handicap races. Alternative suggestions for events / exercises are very welcome - perhaps something more sprint oriented?

Last time we started off with Club Champion Chris Baldwin taking the under 10's through their paces with several fun events through the cones.  

The adults took to the track at around 6-30 for a warm up and some through and off practice.  

What's on in April

There are quite a few events coming up for Eagles and because we all need more than one handbook these days I thought I should mention them all here.

• On Sat 3rd April there are criteriums for vets down at Hog Hill and you will be able to enter on the line
• The following Sun (4th April) there is a vets road race out at Blackmore.  You should have entered this one if you wanted to ride, but it may be worth phoning the organiser to see if you can get in
• Mon the 5th April is our own Hot Cross Bun randonnee - which is a nice longish ride with a bit of lunch thrown in at Shudy Camps.  Best to let Cippo or Glenn know if you want to do this as they need to know how much food to cook
• 11th April is the Eagle Spring 25 on the E1.  Peter Smith will need your entries 48 hours beforehand if you want to be eligible for prizes
• Saturday 17th April the Eagle is hosting several circuit races down at Hog Hill catering for all categories. Entry on the line for this one.
• And we end the month (or rather starting 1st MAy) with the ECCA festival.   All the festival events you need to enter well in advance and it is probably best to enter them now and not to delay.

There will no doubt be quite a few informal events happening as well so best keep up-to-date with arrangements on our members area. Likewise if you have any questions then make a post to the forum.

Clubroom this Wednesday

We are holding another clubroom evening tonight at Valley Hill, from 8:00 pm onwards. This is a chance to catch up and socialise with your fellow Eagles and plan some races and rides. We had intended to so some powertap turbo testing but unfortunately technical issues will prevent this tonight.  But we do intend to set the powertap up at the following clubroom.

The hall is located at

Valley Hill Christian Fellowship Society,

Buckhust Hill, IG10 3AE

We have the room from 7:00 pm onwards, hope to see you there. 

Eagle Road Club at Hog Hill this Sunday

Following the success of the Hog Hill training evenings last year, we thought we would have a training morning at the circuit on Sunday 28 February from 9am until around midday. The main focus will be practicing through and off riding in groups of similar ability. We can also do some sprint training as part of the morning(hopefully Pinarelloman will be able to pass on some tips). We will finish off the morning with one or two short handicap races to put the training into action.

You can invite friends along too who may be interested in joining the club.

Some ideas for the morning:

• group warm up twin pace line. We will then send groups of 4 off the front to ride as a break for say 3 laps (lower circuit).
• riding as a break (groups of 4 to 6). Ride hard for say 5 laps as a group (so take long turns if you're stronger). The last lap willl be a sprint for the line (so can get cagey). The laps will be on the lower circuit, but the fast group will sprint for the line by going up the hill.
• group riding on the full circuit - attempt to keep thing togther in groups on the full circuit.
• cornering practice (top circuit)
• full circuit 4 lap TT - simulate the effort required for a solo break
• a series of 5 - 10 lap scratch races for different level groups (lower circuit + full circuit for fast group.

Not too sure whether the weather will be kind to us - but the nice thing about Hog Hill is that you can shelter in the cafe if it is too wet, and you can always take a hot shower afterwards.

Upcoming Events

I thought I should spell out some of the evvnts the Eagle Road Club has lined up over the coming weeks.

Clubroom

On Weds 17th Feb we have a clubroom night organised.  It starts at 8:00 pm and we have found a hall in Valley Hill, Loughton. It is important for new members to have a clubroom, so they can meet us, find out what we are like and maybe organise some rides and races.  So please make an effort to come along. If you have ordered a handbook this will be a good place to pick it up. Here is a map of the address.

Training Weekend

On the weekend of the 20th Feb we are trying to organise a training weekend at the clubhouse.  Think of it as a cheap holiday, that will do you some good.  Mr Foy is organising things so expect to be encouraged to take part. We will depart on the Sat at 9:00 am for an approx 60 mile group ride. It will be a good steady pace.

Bring some food and a change of clothes, you can shower at the clubhouse, and stay overnight if you wish by getting in touch with Tony or Dave Clarke.

On the Sunday we will do a similar 60 mile ride, again a 9:00 am start.  This will top up your endurance base ready for the new season.  Lets hope for some good weather.

Hog Hill Ride

The following weekend on the Sunday 28th we are going to descend on Hog Hill again for a clubrun with a little difference. Phil Hersey will be master of ceremonies and I expect we will have a very good turnout.

If you are thinking of joining the Eagle RC, or just thinking about becoming involved in competitive cycling then this would be an excellent event to come and try. Hog hill is quite a challenging circuit, but with no traffic and the circuit being relatively short at 2km, the event will be great for newcomers to experience the thrill of group rides.

You can email me using secretary@eaglerc.org to find out more.

Annual Dinner and Dance

The Eagle Road Club held its annual awards dinner on Saturday 30th January. Club members celebrated their achievements in road races and time trials during 2009 including Chris Baldwin winning the Club Championship for the second year, and winning the National 100 mile time trial championship in the 50+ age group.  Here is Chris receiving his award from our President Alan McArdle and his good lady Elaine.

 
Other notable highlights were Phil Hersey winning the Blackpool Nocturne Race in front of a packed Golden Mile crowd, which went some way to ensure Phil won the Eagle Road Club’s first Road Race Championship.  Our road race championships are awarded to the rider gaining the most BC points over the year.

 Liz Chittenden with several strong performances throughout the year won the Ladies Road Race Championship, another new trophy for our members to compete in.

  In the junior ranks Matt Farrow and Nell Baldwin (both under 8) had fantastic seasons winning races and scoring podium positions at the National Championships against older children.

 After the evening’s formalities the dancing began with some rather nifty footwork.  Here’s looking forward to the 2010 season.

Clubroom

Next Eagle Clubroom will be this Weds, the 20tj Jan at the

Valley Hill Christian Fellowship Society,

Buckhust Hill, IG10 3AE

We have the room from 8:00 pm onwards, hope to see you there.