| 12 August 2008 Club 25 Mile Championship for the "Dr J Prosser-Evans Memorial Shield" |
| Position | Name | Time |
| 1 | Gary Tyrrell | 1:06:13 |
| 2 | Tony Capon | 1:06:38 |
| 3 | Ian Damant | 1:10:09 |
| 4 | Adrian Trenholme | 1:10:58 |
Sunday morning dawned, 4 hopeful
Becontree riders made their way to the start of the Elite and Essex Roads
interclub event on the E9/25 (the E91/25 course run in reverse from Writtle).
For those who had time for a warm-up, it
was a case of riding over wet roads that were starting to dry out. As the
minuets ticked by the weather improved and so all riders had the benefit of dry
roads through out.
The 12.5 mile ride out to the turn was
said to be pretty much uneventful (disregarding the high-end effort being
applied by all riders), though when Gary and Tony saw each other (one
approaching and the, and the other having negotiated, the turn both thought Tony
was up on Gary; just the sort of spur Gary needed to dole out increased
punishment to those pedals. The return journey was gong to catch out the unwary.
Both Gary and Tony changed down to the small chain-ring to spin up the steep
section a mile or two after the turn, forced by the wind which came from
no-where into one’s face as a forceful punch. Neither Ian or Adrian were
prepared to disclose their strategy for that stage of the race.
The down hill section to wards the
finish was fast despite the head wind. Swooping towards the finish around bend
after bend was exhilarating and the section where the wind suddenly had full
force to pushed are participants in to the middle of the road was
heart-in-mouth-time!
At the finish it was clear And Page and
Graham had won by simple reason they had overtaken all BWCC riders (57:08).
So congratulation to