The appalling weather on Sunday morning was not enough to deter the 19 riders who contested the CCS Open Hill Climb at Watson’s Hill, Semer.
A good crowd of spectators, who grew increasingly wet throughout the event, cheered the riders on. Fastest rider was Pnut Arnold of API Metrow/Silverhook Chemicals, with a time of 47.9secs, closely followed by local rider Paul Moss of Stowmarket and District CC, 49.6 secs, and Daniel Zagni of Ipswich BC with 50secs dead.
Paul Murphy, of Tyneside Vagabonds, for the second year running incorporated riding this annual event into his competitive cycling tour of East Anglia. He had a time of 56.8 secs in spite of a slipping gear soon after the start.
Young riders from Cycle Club Sudbury put on a particularly good show, with Joe Marsh having a time of 1min 7.7secs for his first hill climb event, followed by George Hoppit, 1min 20.9secs. His sister Lucie Hoppit, also riding a hill climb event for the first time, finished in 1min 51.6secs.
Fastest Club rider was James Rush, with a creditable 54.5 secs.
This event was organised for the last time by Geoff Morse of CCS. He has been a mainstay of the Club for 25 years, organising countless events, but has now decided to ‘semi-retire’, restricting his involvement to timekeeping.
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CYCLE CLUB SUDBURY OPEN HILL CLIMB, SUNDAY 1ST NOVEMBER 2009 |
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| RIDER No | NAME | CLUB |
TIME |
POSITION |
| 1 | Rob Sidgwick | Cycle Club Sudbury |
1/19.8 |
17 |
| 2 | Miss Lucie Hoppit (Jun) | Cycle Club Sudbury |
1/51.6 |
19 |
| 3 | Miss Harriet Hudspith (Jun) | Godric CC |
DNS |
– |
| 4 | Brian Mann | Cycle Club Sudbury |
1/07.6 |
15 |
| 5 | Tim Snook | Ipswich BC |
56.3 |
10 |
| 6 | Adam Keer | Ipswich BC |
55.7 |
8 |
| 7 | Mike Hudspith | Godric CC |
DNS |
– |
| 8 | John Parkes | Wolsey RC |
DNS |
– |
| 9 | George Hoppit (Jun) | Cycle Club Sudbury |
1/20.9 |
18 |
| 10 | Philip Hetzel | Ipswich BC |
52.8 |
4 |
| 11 | James Rush | Cycle Club Sudbury |
54.5 |
6 |
| 12 | Paul Murphy | Tyneside Vagabonds |
56.8 |
11 |
| 13 | Joe Marsh (Jun) | Cycle Club Sudbury |
1/07.7 |
16 |
| 14 | Alan Lawrence | VC Revolution |
1/05.2 |
14 |
| 15 | Daniel Zagni | Ipswich BC |
50.0 |
3 |
| 16 | Timothy Haseldine | Stowmarket and District CC |
55.8 |
9 |
| 17 | Andrew Knowles | North Norfolk Wheelers |
59.5 |
12 (joint) |
| 18 | Peter Ingram | Ipswich BC |
54.9 |
7 |
| 19 | Rob Jackson | Cambridge CC |
DNS |
– |
| 20 | Pnut Arnold | API Metrow/Silverhook Chemicals |
47.9 |
1 |
| 21 | Adrian McTique | Plomesgate CC |
53.5 |
5 |
| 22 | Paul Moss | Stowmarket and District CC |
49.6 |
2 |
| 23 | Rob Hobbs | VC Norwich |
59.5 |
12 (joint) |
| 24 | Will Dorsett | North Norfolk Wheelers |
DNS |
– |
1. PNUT ARNOLD, API METROW/SILVERHOOK CHEMICALS
2. PAUL MOSS, STOWMARKET AND DISTRICT CC
3. DANIEL ZAGNI, IPSWICH BC
TEAM WINNER: IPSWICH BICYCLE CLUB
CCS FASTEST RIDERS
1. JAMES RUSH
2. BRIAN MANN
3. JOE MARSH