2018-19 season gets underway with the Springfield Hill Climb

12/10/18

 A very windy scene up the hill at Springfield park

The start of the YHPSCL 10th season coincided with the start of another season - autumn. It was a very windy but sunny day up at Springfield Park for the traditional Hill Climb opener, with 79 riders from eight schools taking part. The stormy conditions meant we weren't likely to see any records being broken although the wind seemed to push some riders over the finish line.
The year 4 riders started the event with many having recourse to jumping off and running up the steepest section. Millfields duo Pearl and Pia took first and second with Maya from Jubilee third. Special mention goes to Moniqua from Mandeville for riding up the hill on a single speed bike.

Year 4 girls results

 In the year 4 boys William from Jubilee became the first rider to under 40 seconds to take first place. Sam and Max from Millfields just missed out by hundredths of a second to take second and third.
Again special mention to Alfie from Mandeville for tackling the hill on a single speed - although some Hill Climb purists would claim it's the only way to do it.
Special mention also goes out to Olive Primary School who brought along a small team - I'm sure their numbers will grow.

Year 4 boys results

 Next up were the year 5 riders and in the girls Charlie from Jubilee took top spot closely followed by Lilah  from Millfields - both posting sub 40 second times. Poppy of Jubilee claimed third spot.

In the boys Kayon from Mandeville stormed up almost breaking 30 seconds to take top spot. One hundredth of a second separated second and third placed riders - Bruno from Jubilee and Harris from Millfields. I think we are in for a year of very close competitions.

Year 5 girls results

 

Year 5 boys results

 The year six riders finished off the afternoon. Julia from Southwold rode a great ride to finish first on 32 seconds pipping Lena and Ishanna from Jubilee by 1 and 2 seconds respectively.

In the boys two riders dropped below the 30 second mark - Jimme of Millfields  finished in 28 seconds just half a second ahead of Hector from Southwold. A couple of seconds behind was Demi from Mandeville to claim third spot - no mean feat as he was riding a heavy mountain bike - see here for the top hill climbers use 
- I bet they couldn't do it a mountain bike.

Year 6 girls results

Year 6 boys results

That leaves the league table looking like this after round 1. See you at Hackney Downs on the 8th of November for the next event - Cyclocross.

2018-19 League table after round 1