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The club will hold its AGM in conjunction with a social evening at the Toby Carvery, Brentwood on Friday 17 February. All members are welcome but please let Gary know if you wish to attend so that he can book the right number of places.
The Becontree will be entering at least 6 riders in the Hainault Hilly Time Trial to be held on 4 March. There is still time for you to boost these numbers. If you can't ride yourself, come out on the day and support them.
Two of our members, Danny and Jim are planning a trip to
the Alps in May and invite Becontree members to join them. For more information,
contact Danny on
The Hill Climb championship was held as part of the East London Velo event at Mott Street on Sunday 23 October.
Cub Champion - Gary Tyrrell - 2:54
Runner up - Ian Damant
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Overall event winner - Scarlett Parker - 2:12
We are sorry to have to report that Helen Jennings, wife of our president Derek, passed away on Sunday 25 September.
The club sends its condolences to Derek and all of the family.
If you would like to mark this sad event with a donation in her memory to her chosen charity, Cancer Research UK, you can do so by following this link. http://donateinmemory.cancerresearchuk.org/0001973.
The VTTA Open 30 held on the E2'30 course on Saturday 1 October was nominated as the club championship event for 2011.
Ian Damant became Becontree champion with 1:08:35 on a day when Michael Hutchinson took Competition Record with 55:39, a nearly 2 minute beating of the old record !! See Results for details.
The Eagle RC Open 50 held on the E1/50 course on Sunday 11th September was nominated as the club championship event for 2011.
Tony Capon became Becontree champion with 2:37:33 on a day when in spite of it being a counting event for the ECCA BAR only two riders finished in under two hours. Read Tony's account of an eventful day.
After two very closely fought contests, honours were even with Gary taking the best of 4 times competition and Ian the Steve Jackson points competition. Well done to both of them. See Results for details.
Gary produces his fastest time of the year to go ahead of Ian in the best of 4 rides competition. Only 2 events left so watch results to see who eventually triumphs.
The evening 10 to be held at Navestock on Friday 29 July will be contested on
standard bicycles.
The Becontree rider who
posts the fastest time will be awarded the Les Stevens/Tony Dewerson memorial
trophy for the year.
The ECCA 10 held on the E34/10 course on Sunday 24 July was nominated as the club championship event for 2011. Gary sends this report of the event.
1st Ian Damant - 23:55Nikki "Fabian" Juniper struck a blow for the ladies by winning the Tour de Navestock by 8 seconds from the nearest male rider and being one of only two under 12 minutes. A special mention should also go to Louis Modell, who won the Juvenile competition by more than 2 minutes.
In past years we have promoted a 1 lap time trial of the Navestock E14A/10 course to celebrate the Tour de France prologue on the following day. This year ASO have decided that this will be too tough for Alberto, Fabien, Frank, Andy, Brad and the others and the tour will start with a mere 191km Road Race on Saturday. So lets show them how the real men (and ladies) of East London/Essex know how to race.
All are welcome to join us but there will be a limit on the number of starters so get there early to ensure your place. In the event of over-subscription priority will be given to Becontree and ELV members.
Small prizes will be given to the fastest rider overall and in the Veteran, Senior, Junior, Juvenile and Ladies categories, subject to at least 3 riders in the category.
Refreshments will be available as usual, hopefully with a French theme.
The Shaftsbury middlemarkers 25 held on the E2/25 course on Sunday 18 June was nominated as the club championship event for 2011. Gary sends this report of the event.
1st Ian Damant - 1.02.10Battling against a very strong and blustery headwind on the way out, nasty crosswinds on the return leg, plus heavy showers sweeping in during the afternoon, Saturdays Shaftesbury CC middlemarkers 25 Time Trial up on the E2 was not one for the faint hearted, putting bike handling skills and concentration to the test. Out of the 120 riders down to the start only 77 made it to the finish. The remainder either declined to start or did not finish. Gary was the early starter out of the Becontree and posted the fasted time overall in the event for quite a while after a wet start. Ian was off over an hour after, knocking over three minutes from his previous best followed by Tony, both of them having to contend with a heavy shower on the return leg. In the end the it was down to just 6 seconds, making Ian Damant the well deserved 2011 25 Mile TT Champion.
On a very windy day, Gary recorded a fine 1:00:53 in the ECCA 25 held on the E2/25 course on 5 June. The race was won by Peter Balls, West Suffolk Wheelers with a time of 53.23.
Tony Capon won the Handicap first prize in the Lea Valley 10 mile Time trial held on the E2 course on 14 May. His time was 26:47, with a handicap of 16:51.
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His time was
1.09.24 coming 8th from 28 riders on the sporting
course E83/25.
Rain fell just before the start making the decent of the Viper Hill very slippery, however the sun did come out drying most of the roads for the second and last lap. The course covers three laps around the Fryerning, Highwood and Blackmore areas. Winner was Bruce Robinson (Shaftesbury CC) 1.03.56 |
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Ian Damant is the 2011 Heffer Memorial champion, exactly 80 years after his great uncle Cecil won the same trophy in 1931.
See Results for event details.
See Results for events nominated as club championships for 2011
The series starts this Friday. First rider off at 6:30 PM.
The club will continue to promote the Friday evening 10 series at Navestock in collaboration with East London Velo.
We expect the 2-lap E14A course to be open for use again. All Becontree and East London Velo members, as well as our regular friends and supporters from other clubs are very welcome to join us for evenings of sporting and social excellence. Three novelty events will be included in the programme.
The Heffer Memorial Time Trial will be held on the E34 course on Wednesday 4 May.
See the Events page for full details.
The Hainault Hilly is the local early season Classic Time Trial. It is known as a great sporting event to start the new season as well as an excellent friendly social occasion. All Becontree members are encouraged to enter. Let's see if we can upset East London Velo in the team competition !!
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Peter Lifford has already given us an insight into this branch of the sport. He has now sent a couple of photos from the Ipswich meeting held on 6 June this year.
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The AGM was held in the Thatcher's Arms, Warley on Thursday 21 October.
The committee was re-elected unchanged for 2011.
The club will promote the Friday evening 10 series in association with East London Velo for 2011. The Heffer Memorial TT will also be promoted.
Derek Damant was awarded the Clubman of the Year trophy in recognition of help in promoting the evening 10 series and the many other ways that he supported the club during the year.
Gary Tyrrell wins the series with the fastest aggregate time over 4 events, and the Steve Jackson Points competition. Ian Damant was runner-up in both competitions.
Gary Tyrrell is the 2010 Champion with a time of 24:06
Runner-up is Ian Damant with a time of 25:13
Third Paul King, 27:36
Greame Hutton was unfortunate to puncture in his first open event in club
colours
Gary Tyrrell is the 2010 Champion with a time of 1:04:27
Runner-up is Ian Damant with a time of 1:07:03
Peter Lifford, our representative from north of the M25 sent news of his recent Grass Track win.
This weekend saw the start of my racing season with the first two grass track events of the year. The first event was at Carlisle, about as far north as you would want to go before getting to Scotland, resulting in my first (and hopefully not last win of the season) in the 1500m handicap. The track at Carlisle wasn't the flattest with an interesting little hill in the final bend before the finish line.
The next day I was riding at Richmond (Yorkshire not Surrey) on a much faster, smooth, banked grass track where due to my lack of speed and some very dubious handicapping I had no placings.
If you have not heard of grass track, take one track bike, like they use at Manchester, put some slightly knobbly tyres on it, find a largish area of grass, mark out a track of around 300m and then race.
If you want to go and watch and even have a go, the
Easterley are holding an event at The Brentwood Centre on 27 June.
Gary Tyrrell takes the first trophy of 2010 with a convincing win in the Heffer Memorial 14 mile TT.
Club champions for 2010 will be decided by the best times by a club member in the following nominated events
* The club is required to provide a marshal for this event. This can be on a shift basis. Please contact Gary if you can help.
The evening 10 to be held at Navestock on Friday 28 May will be contested on machines with a single fixed gear.
The evening 10 to be held at Navestock on Friday 18 June will be contested on
standard bicycles.
The Becontree rider who
posts the fastest time will be awarded the Les Stevens/Tony Dewerson memorial
trophy for the year.
On Sunday 24 January 2010, Karthic was presented with the medal for his second place handicap in the Sporting Courses South East (SPOCO SE) time trial competition for 2009.
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The club will continue to promote the Friday evening 10 series at Navestock in collaboration with East London Velo, and the Heffer Memorial Time Trial.
See the Events page for full details.
The Hill Climb championship was held as part of the East London Velo event at Mott Street on Sunday 25 October.
Cub Champion - Gary Tyrrell - 2:27
Runner up - Ian Damant
- 2:39
Overall event winner - Jack Steven - 1:51
The 2009 AGM was held in the committee room at the Redbridge Cycling Circuit (Hog Hill) on Tuesday 29 September. The following matters were agreed.
The following members were elected to serve as officers of the club.
| General Secretary | Gary Tyrrell |
| Treasurer | Ian Damant |
| Time Trial Secretary | Tony Capon |
The post of Clothing Secretary is no longer required as members can order direct from Impsport using the club code.
See the Officers page for a full list of committee members and their contact details.
We will continue the evening 10 series in collaboration with East London Velo but with the following modifications.
We will continue to promote the Heffer Memorial TT and the Hill Climb.
Trophies were awarded as follows
| Clubman of the year | Gary Tyrrell | Promoted the club at all levels |
| Most courageous ride | Paul King and Terry Carr | For their comeback tandem performances |
| 50 Mile TT | Karthic Kukathasan | |
| 25 Mile TT | Gary Tyrrell | |
| Heffer Memorial | Gary Tyrrell | |
| 10 Mile TT | Gary Tyrrell | |
| Evening 10 series | Gary Tyrrell | 23.9 mph |
| Evening 10 points | Gary Tyrrell | 62 points |