Eastern Cyclocross League 2015/16

[StevenDrew]

Great job. Well done, Pat!

[Chris Clague]

Connie was stormin' today. Hugo says it's something to do with courses and horses and she'll kick his butt again at WHW in Jan.

[Steve Hanks]

Will there be A kids / u7 race on Sunday 6th? Dylan is keen...

[Chris Clague]

There's U10s - bring him along. We won't send the kids up the wall of shame. However if you sign up, you'll be riding it

[Steve Hanks]

Ok, I'll ask him. Bit of a toss up between this and the Christmas finale at Rugby. He's being scouted by Saracens.

[Chris Clague]

What's gonna swing it? Candy bar hand ups?

[Steve Hanks]

Ok he's in. In his words "I need to do more races to get faster daddy".

So put me down for marshalling also, l shall most likely be riding up in the morning.

[Chris Clague]

Cool.

[PatHayes]

We will be back in Ipswich on Sunday despite alternatives in London area , though suspect will get home quicker anyway

[PatHayes]

That was quite hard . Fairly muddy course with lots of grass and a couple of draggy climbs some rutted muddy sections and a rather nasty wooded section .

Managed to justify my gridding position but is quite pressured being out there alone for most of race . Bruce had a good ride and was catching me on last lap and making me work to the end though I was by that stage being even more cautious than normal . Feeling the effects now

[StevenDrew]

That was quite hard . Fairly muddy course with lots of grass and a couple of draggy climbs some rutted muddy sections and a rather nasty wooded section .

Managed to justify my gridding position but is quite pressured being out there alone for most of race . Bruce had a good ride and was catching me on last lap and making me work to the end though I was by that stage being even more cautious than normal . Feeling the effects now

But where did you finish, Pat? It's not quite clear

[PatHayes]

Was a soft one as the top guys not there but always nice to win

[StevenDrew]

Was a soft one as the top guys not there but always nice to win

Fcuk off, man. You bleddy WON. Top effort. Nice one!

[BruceMackie]

Lots of muddy fun at Chantry park with a mini Trophy course and conditions to match. Pat and Andy got a good start and made the early running with Pat making his eventual escape on the biggest of the climbs. What followed was a lot of squabbling over second place with 4 different riders looking like it was going to be theirs. Eventually Andy started to flag and dropped back whilst Paul Watson took up the chasing, leaving Colin Newstead and I to try and get back up to him. We slowly reeled him in and, as we got to him, I attacked putting in a gap 2 laps from the end. Mud was starting to cause my bike problems and I could feel the rear mech starting to catch so had to pit to change bikes. Chucked my bike at a surprised looking Connie and went off in search of where I'd dumped my spare. By the time I got back out again I had to chase back and repeat the same attack again. I made it past Colin and Paul with 1/2 a lap to go but nowhere near catching the lone escapee. A great ride from Pat in classic cross conditions.

[Damian Robertson]

Getting lost in the pits - ah, so where did I leave that bike?! Very amusing!

Well done Pat! A win's a win! (Who won the V40s? - Mooney I hope, or was it yet another Aldous title?)