| "Big Brother" without the camera's! - 26/12/2002 |
Eddie has said that his trip to Japan was sometimes like "Big Brother" minus the constant attention from the camera's. Eddie said that he really enjoyed his trip and would love to go back there again,...
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| Eddie returns from Japan - 24/12/2002 |
Eddie returned to Britain last night after his 12 day visit to Japan with Pacific Venture. Eddie was one of 19 youths to go on the trip, which consisted of many study visits all over the country. The...
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| 2002: The best year of my life - 11/12/2002 |
Eddie has said that 2002 has been the best year of his life so far. Despite having his worst championship finishing position, Eddie said that it was his most enjoyable season of racing.
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| Maidment back on top - 06/12/2002 |
Neil Maidment celebrated his birthday in style by beating Eddie in the latest squash tournament and reclaiming his place at the head of the Frontmedia squash league.
Neil beat Eddie 3-1 to finally...
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| Night Rider - 26/11/2002 |
The last round of the championship was contested at Buckmore Park on Sunday and proved to be the most difficult weekend of the year. Both the rookie championship and the main championship were up for...
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| Eddie's Winning Streak Ended. - 15/11/2002 |
Eddie's winning streak in the Frontmedia Squash league was ended last night by arch rival Simon Tompsett. Simon beat Eddie 3 games to 1 in the evening match to put an end to Eddie's recent dominance.
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| 2003 Calendar Out! - 12/11/2002 |
The provisional 2003 calendar has been published and Eddie has commited himself to another full season in the Club100 sprint championship.
Eddie has signed up for the entire season as opposed to a...
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| Bayford Blues - 21/10/2002 |
It was back down to earth with a bump for Eddie at Bayford Meadows. After securing his first A final finish three weeks ago at Lydd, Eddie only managed a poor seventeenth in the B final after some...
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| Eddie Victorious! - 16/10/2002 |
Eddie beat Neil Maidment in the Frontmedia sponsored squash league for the second consecutive match today. Eddie's crushing 4-1 victory over the reigning champion puts Eddie at the top of the...
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| Preparation for Japan - 14/10/2002 |
Eddie was up in Sheffield over the weekend for his orientation trip prior to going to Japan in December. Here he met up with the other 19 people who will also be attending the trip. The weekend...
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| Sunday stroll in the woods - 07/10/2002 |
Well it was more like a crazy, unorganised warzone according to Eddie. We are of course talking about the annual paintballing expedition up at Ramsden Heath. Eddie came away with the usual bruises and...
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| Testing Roundup - 05/10/2002 |
Eddie completed an incident-free test session at Bayford Meadows today in preparation for the race there in two weeks time. This is the second time Eddie has tested at this circuit, having driven in...
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| Testing, Testing, Testing... - 03/10/2002 |
Eddie will be in action at Bayford Meadows in Sittingbourne this Saturday in preparation for the race there on the 20th October.
Eddie is looking to repeat his A final start at Lydd last Sunday,...
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| Eddie: "It's a fair cop!" - 01/10/2002 |
Eddie has said that his exclusion from the result of the A final is justified and he has no problems accepting it. Eddie was excluded from his position in the A final after taking to the escape road...
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| Eddie Excluded! - 30/09/2002 |
Eddie has been excluded from the A final after cutting through an escape road on the last lap of the race. Eddie was battling for the final point when he overshot the hairpin and drove through the...
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| Top Rookie! - 29/09/2002 |
Having made the A final, Eddie won the "rookie of the day" award for his efforts. Having made the A final, Eddie will now lose his rookie status and any chance of winning the rookie championship.
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| Eddie gets an A - but will it stand? - 29/09/2002 |
"It's better than I ever did at school" was Eddie's comment after competing in his first A final at Lydd. Eddie had a very good day, finishing all three heats well up in the points to take pole...
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| Lydd Preview - 23/09/2002 |
With under a week to go until the Lydd Race, Eddie is looking forward to a good day, despite his mentor not attending. This will only be the third time this year that Eddie would have raced at a track...
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| Eddie defeats Champion! - 17/09/2002 |
Eddie became the first person to defeat Neil Maidment in the Frontmedia sponsored Squash League. Eddie beat the ultimate champion 3-2 after an enthralling match that saw the two fight it out until the...
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| Eddie Raring to go! - 16/09/2002 |
After a long break between races, Eddie says he is impatient to get the next race under way at Lydd in two weeks time.
By then there would have been a six week gap since the last race at Ellough...
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| Snowboarding next target - 02/09/2002 |
Eddie has said that his next task is to go snowboarding to continue his quest of extreme sports. Over the last couple of years, Eddie has embarked on an impressive array of sports including scuba...
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| A Successful Jump - 19/08/2002 |
Eddie successfully (if that is the right word to use) completed his charity skydive at the weekend to raise money for Polio Eradication run by the Rotary Club of Thorpe Bay.
Eddie did a...
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| Jumping with Joy! - 17/08/2002 |
Eddie has said that he is really looking forward to his skydive tomorrow. Eddie, along with two work colleagues, is doing a 10,000ft freefall jump to raise money for Polio Arradication.
When asked...
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| Ellough Park Roundup - 17/08/2002 |
Suffolk welcomed the drivers with some extremely hot weather today and this made for some good racing. It was yet another new circuit for Eddie to learn, but after some fairly solid performances in...
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| Eddie speaks out - 30/07/2002 |
Eddie has spoken out for the first time over the incident in the B final that resulted in him receiving a three-place deduction.
Eddie was criticised by several drivers for dangerous driving after...
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| Clay Pigeon Race Report - 29/07/2002 |
Eddie scored his first win of the season at Clay Pigeon on Sunday when he crossed the line in the C final to qualify for a place in the B final for the third consecutive race.
His task wasn't made...
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| B Final target for Clay - 19/07/2002 |
Eddie has set himself the target of qualifying for the B Final at next weekends race at Clay Pigeon. Having started in the B Final in the last two races, Eddie is hoping to keep up the consistant...
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| Back to the Roots - 15/07/2002 |
Eddie returned to his roots of karting when he went to Indikart indoor karting in Colchester for a friends "stag do" on Saturday. Eddie went away with his first trophy of the season by winning the...
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| Another solid drive - 04/07/2002 |
Eddie qualified for a B final for the second consecutive race meeting on Sunday at Whilton Mill and drove another consistant and mature race to consolidate his fourth place in the rookie championship....
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| Sing when you're not Winning - 22/06/2002 |
Despite little success on the race track this year, Eddie has had a more successful time singing and is entering a karaoke competition, which is to be held for two days between the 5th and the 6th of...
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| Iron Man Race Report - 17/06/2002 |
Eddie raced in the Ironman 1 hour Prokart endurance event at Buckmore Park on Sunday and enjoyed the experience, despite suffering burning injuries to his hands from the heavy vibrations.
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| Skydive for Charity - 07/06/2002 |
Eddie is doing a sponsored parachute jump for charity sometime in the summer, it has been revealed. Eddie says that it is something that he has been meaning to do for ages but has never got round to...
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| Eddie questions penalty - 06/06/2002 |
Eddie has admitted that he thought his 3 place deduction for contact was a little bit unfair.
"I admit that the second heat was very scappy. People all around me were banging wheels and hitting...
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| Eddie cruises to sixth in B final. - 05/06/2002 |
Eddie was very pleased to come away from Warden Law with sixth position in the B final. After quite a slow start to the day, which included Eddie being penalised by the race stewards, Eddie drove a...
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| Eddie Flies at Lydd Testing - 27/05/2002 |
Eddie had his first test session for over two months on Saturday and put in a great performance, lapping consistantly quickly and putting some stunning moves on other drivers testing.
This, as...
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| Eddie signs PR deal - 20/05/2002 |
Eddie has signed a new PR deal with MVK:PR, a business venture set up by his long time friend Mark van Keulen.
The deal came just days after Mark returned from a year in Australia. Having signed...
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| A Top Birthday - 18/05/2002 |
It was Eddie's birthday last week and he received probably the best present he could possibly imagine from his brother, a day out racing.
His older brother, Ben, who recently got engaged to his...
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| Eddie rues costly mistake - 07/05/2002 |
Eddie was absolutely furious with himself for throwing away third position in heat 1.
"I would rather have started further back on the grid in the first heat while I learnt the circuit, but during...
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| A Bad Day at Clay! - 06/05/2002 |
Eddie was terribly disappointed after what he considered to be a very poor showing at Clay Pigeon.
Eddie, who again had never been to the circuit before, started third in heat 1 but spun at the...
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| Eddie to race in Pro Kart Enduro - 18/04/2002 |
Eddie is to race in a round of the Buckmore Park Ironman championship in mid June, it was revealed yesterday.
Eddie, who is currently racing in the Club 100 sprint championship, will race in the...
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| This is where it gets tough - 08/04/2002 |
These were Eddie's words when asked about what his thoughts were for the upcoming race at Birmingham. For then next few races, Eddie will be going to circuits he has never been to before and will only...
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| A Final Target - 30/03/2002 |
Eddie has set himself the task of getting into an A final before the end of the season. This is something that has eluded Eddie so far in his two races back, although he was in a position to start the...
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| "Eddie's manoeuvre was the best" - 26/03/2002 |
Eddie Hall's manager has credited his drivers overtaking manoeuvre at the start of the third heat as one of the best moves he has seen.
"It was an absolutely fantastic move. To go from tenth on the...
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| Eddie: "Cretins cost me good result!" - 23/03/2002 |
Eddie's first race in the lightweight category ended in disappointment as he was the victim of other drivers mistakes. Eddie was one of four drivers hit by an out of control rookie on the first lap of...
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| Eddie Looks to Japan - 22/03/2002 |
Eddie has announced that he will be going to Japan in December as part of the Pacific Venture Group.
The scheme, which has been running since 1996, have run several excursions in the past but this...
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| Eddie Turns down Elite Opportunity! - 21/03/2002 |
Eddie has turned down an offer to race in the Club 100 Elite championship. The championship, which is usually contested by champions and drivers with at least one year's experience in the sprint or...
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| Eddie expects tough challenge - 07/03/2002 |
Eddie has admitted that he expects a much tougher season now that he is racing in the light weights category.
Speaking exclusively on eddiehall.co.uk, Eddie said
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| Eddie confirms category change - 25/02/2002 |
Eddie Hall has officially switched to the light weight category with immediate effect.
Eddie weighed in 1.5 kg under the minimum weight limit for his first event yesterday (Sunday 24) and was given...
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| It was worth the weight! - 24/02/2002 |
“Put on some weight or change Category”. Were the orders given to Eddie in the pre-race weighing in.
Eddie weighed in 1.5kg under the minimum weight limit and had to incur a weight...
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| Controversy, Success and Disappointment - 24/02/2002 |
Eddie competed in his first professional race in over 2 years today at Buckmore Park and succeeded in drawing attention to himself in more ways than one.
At the start of the day there were...
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| Eddie Dropped! - 18/02/2002 |
Eddie may not race in round 2 of this year's championship at Rye House according to latest reports.
Eddie was scheduled to miss round 3 at Lydd due to clashing commitments but it looks as though he...
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| Don't expect miracles! - 17/02/2002 |
Eddie has urged fans not to expect too much from him in 2002.
Despite three blistrering test sessions so far, Eddie has expressed his reservations about the championship.
"Testing is one thing...
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| Eddie on form again - 11/02/2002 |
Eddie was once again on form as he contested the first test session at Buckmore Park on Saturday.
After yet another wet start, the track dried out by the time of his third run of the day and Eddie...
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| If the glove fits... - 29/01/2002 |
With only two weeks to go before the start of the new season, the last thing Eddie needed was to be without any race wear.
But this is exactly what happened when he ordered a pair of new racing...
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| Eddie "Raring to go" - 06/01/2002 |
Eddie Hall has confirmed that he will start testing on the 9th February at Buckmore park in preparation for the season opener at the same venue on 24th February.
When asked about the new season,...
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