hill climbchampionship Sat 17th Sept RESULTS

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hill climbchampionship Sat 17th Sept RESULTS

Post by martin mc » 11 Sep 2017 18:20

This Sunday is the date for the annual Club Hill Climb Championship. This is held on KH12 course
http://midlanddc.org.uk/courses?area=KH&course=KH12,
that's Winwood Heath Road in Romsley. As it says in course description start of bottom & ride uphill. The race starts at 10am. Sign on will be at bottom of hill. If you want to compete please arrive at least 15mins before start to sign on, pay your £3 & blast up the hill as fast as you can.Riders of all abilities are welcome, it's a race against the clock. Spectators as always most welcome.
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Re: hill climbchampionship Sat 17th Sept

Post by snailmale » 14 Sep 2017 17:39

Why is the Hill Climb held in the middle of the summer now? It always used to be October and we would go straight to the pub afterwards and stop there until February, ready for riding the Weston and Back to knock the rough edges off.
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Re: hill climbchampionship Sat 17th Sept

Post by Les Ladbury » 14 Sep 2017 18:32

Alan

You have forgotten the two most important club championships namely the Conker Championship and the Penny Putting Championship. I can understand a certain amount of confusion regarding the Penny Putting, do the regulations state whether it had to be old pennies or these new fangled new pence. For me I feel that it should be upgraded to Euro Putting but there you are I expect there could be a bit of disagreement on this. Maybe it should be on the agenda for the forthcoming AGM.

As for the hill climb champs in September this is obviously ridiculous because conkers are not in good enough condition before October as we who understand these things know.

Discuss.
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Re: hill climbchampionship Sat 17th Sept

Post by martin mc » 16 Sep 2017 17:52

Following works on woodland on Winwood Heath Road over last week the course will be a bit muddy. The verges have been churned up by vehicles, there are patches of mud & as usual lots of pine needles. I drove it on Friday evening & saw no reason to cancel event but would advise riders to arrive in plenty of time to do a practise ride to judge it for themselves & sort out any particular patches to avoid. If anyone is riding down the hill before start or to spectate please be extremely careful.

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Re: hill climbchampionship Sat 17th Sept

Post by martin mc » 17 Sep 2017 14:56

Results

David McCann 3:43
Cameron Coley-Smith 3:47 (Stourbridge CC)
Roger Cutler 3:52
John Hitchcock 4:00
Alistair Hey 4:05
Tim Jarvis 4:17
Nigel Dhillon 4:19 (BB Cycling Club)
Jessica Rhodes-Jones 4:28
Tim Gwynne 4:43 (BB Cycling Club)
Mark Roberts 4:55
Toby Hale 5:27
Gemma Johnson 5:55
Keith Adcock 6:04
Sarah Dowden 6:32 (Cannon Hill CC)

Well done David, this years Beacon Club Hill Limb Champion. Well done to Jess, this years Womens Hill Climb Champion. Also congratulations to Toby Hale, at 15 years old, who is this years Junior Hill Climb Champion. Well done to all competitors, everyone looked as if they enjoyed it immensly.

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Re: hill climbchampionship Sat 17th Sept RESULTS

Post by slogfester » 17 Sep 2017 16:08

The least worst of my photos are on the club's dropbox:

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/p7l2oxxcg8je ... W8K_a?dl=0
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Re: hill climbchampionship Sat 17th Sept RESULTS

Post by JessRJ » 18 Sep 2017 07:46

Thanks Martin, Andy W, Rich K and Barry for organising, marshalling, photographing & sweeping! :)

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Re: hill climbchampionship Sat 17th Sept RESULTS

Post by Lapin » 18 Sep 2017 08:35

Exellently run as always - and your sweeping of the course was very much appreciated Barry!

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Re: hill climbchampionship Sat 17th Sept RESULTS

Post by slogfester » 20 Sep 2017 11:35

Just for the record, IMO I don't think sweeping the course should happen every year.... assuming someone is mad enough to try it again! Mud, leaves, horse S%&t are all par for the course. But this year was exceptional. The road was clean until just 2 weeks before the race, when 1-in-20 year coppicing of the adjoining woodland took place making a right mess.
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Re: hill climb championship Sat 17th Sept Handicap

Post by Simon Dighton » 27 Sep 2017 19:20

Congrats to David for winning the champs. IN the handicap it was Alistair Hey who took the honours. Gemma increased her overall points tally with a fine 6th place with Keith unusually supporting the rest of the table

Alistair Hey 4.05 2 2.05 40
John Hitchcock 4 1.25 2.35 39
David McCann 3.43 1.3 3.00 38
Tim Jarvis 4.17 1.3 3.00 37
Gemma Johnson 5.55 3 3.00 36
Jessica Rhode Jones 4.28 1.25 3.03 35
Roger Cutler 3.52 0.39 3.13 34
Mark Roberts 4.55 1.3 3.25 33
Toby Hale 5.27 1.3 3.57 32
Keith Adcock 6.04 1.29 4.35 31

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