Simon Henderson was the lone TRC competitor in Wignore CC's annual ‘gut wrenching’ extravaganza. After turning in a time of 4:21:01, Simon reported that although he didn’t have a pre race warm-up, he did ride the hill before the event, since driving 30 miles for a 5 minute bike ride seemed a bit of a waste! Simon thanked Bobbie (Fairhall) and Colin (Inett) for cheering him on. Indeed, the support crew must have done a good job, because a glance back through the records reveals that this is the fastest that a TRC rider has scaled Harrietsham Hill for some years; so even if the rest of us had turned up mob-handed with bikes, he’d still have won, thus Simon is our worthy 2009 Hill-Climb Champion; well done Simon!

Peter Tadros (In Gear Quickfit RT) won the event in 3:08:05