Bay Harbour: May 16, 2018

PAGE 10 Wednesday May 16 2018
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Cycling challenge for 84-year-old
•From page 8
“Then I had a call from Maurice
Carter, the father of David
Carter. I’d been very close to that
family and they asked me if I’d
be interested in coming back. So
I did and I managed the Avon
and the following year (the family)
built the George Hotel, in
about 1968.”
When the Avon was sold,
he and David Carter bought
the historic Coachman Inn on
Gloucester St.
There was always the cycling
though, and running too.
He started that because it took
up less time than cycling.
In 1983, Mr Hunter won the
teams section in the first ever
Coast-to-Coast and went on to
complete the teams event a further
10 times, gaining another
first and two seconds.
“It was a lot harder in those
days,” he says. “In 1983 the run
over the Mingha-Deception (Goat
Pass) route didn’t have the boardwalks
so you had to go over the
gullies on your backside.”
The last time he raced was
about four years ago aged 79.
Race founder Robin Judkins
confirmed he was the oldest person
ever to complete the 243km
event.
He said he wasn’t at all
alarmed by Eric’s age.
“The oldest guy before him
SPEED: Eric Hunter racing in Liverpool in 1956, at 22.
was 77 and his partner was 75 so
having really old people in the
event, when they’re doing it in a
team (wasn’t a problem.) He did
the things which he’s very good
at, the mountain run and the
bike ride . . . he’ll go on doing
these things until he’s 100. He’s
extremely fit and very determined,”
said Mr Judkins.
Eric himself is more circumspect
as far as hanging up the lycra
goes: “I don’t know. I still go
canoeing because I live in Sandy
Bay and my driveway goes down
to the beach. And apart from going
on the bike five times a week
I also play golf on a Thursday. So
I don’t know – when the good
Lord decides enough’s enough.”
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