Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Max McKenzie Memorial Mount gambier

A filed of 45 riders turned out for the Max McKenzie, The Second race of the South west series.
Weather was outstanding with a light North Westerly Breeze and temperatures in the mid 20's.
The handicapper Scott Noonan divided the field into 8 bunches, limit at 30 mins, then 18 mins, 15.5, 12.5, 10, 7, 4mins then scratch.
At the start of the race on paper I thaught the 15.5 bunch looked the goods, with 6 Mount riders & 2 hamilton riders, all with plenty of experience and ability, chasing second limit also with a few riders more than able to help out with the common cause. At about the 1/2 way make and about 2km onto the "overland road", thes two bunches combined, then i thaught yep I am right, things are looking like it will be an outmarkers day.
This also was about 2 minutes before my own tank ran dry; Stuart Robinson Hamilton was working like a trojan, which in turn created a few casualties amongst the out markers me being one of them.
Less than a minute after dropping off, what i think is a very fast moving front bunch, i looked behind only to see some very conspicuous looking red outfits closing in, quite a bit faster, with red having a bold presence in the chasing bunch i then realised, the handicapper had done his job quite well, I started with a chance, and blow me scratch had as well, and there they were, as usual, the red titans outfits as bold as ever, quickly bridging the gap.

Scratch had ridden quite well stopping any of the other back markers combining without them being involved, Shultz, Gstrien, Tozer,Bellville, & Eichler reeled in the field gaining strength along the way.

The out markers were picked up not too far out so any outmarker with any wheel holding ability had a chance in a placing, But realy only an outside chance!
Results Brendan Schultz wearing number 1st &Fastest Xavier Gstrien a very close 2nd& rounding out the top 3 Gary Pollock hamilton. 4th Heath Riley, 5th Chris Eichler 6th, 7th from 2nd limit & well deserved went to Stuart robinson 8th John Anderson, 9th Glen Schouler 10th Matt Gstrien

First Female Irene Whennen
Handicapping fanststic, riders from 2nd limit to scratch in top ten placings.
A couple of special mentions go to 1. Stuart Robinson from Hamilton persistance paid, Xavier Gstrien, for mixing it on scratch, and a very close second, need a lot more younger riders coming through!
To the three female starters well done to all, wouldnt do any harm having 10 or 12 more at each race!

See you all at the next race...............................
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  1. Banks Thargo South West SeriesMarch 31, 2009 at 7:15 PM

    South West Series Agregate
    NAMES CLUB points

    1 Heath Riley Ham 56
    2 Garry Polack Ham 54
    3 Andy Graham P.F. 48
    4 Matthew Gstrein Cp 46
    5 Brendan Schultz Ham 35
    6 Xavier Gstrein Cp 34
    Paul Bosch Ham 34
    Stuart Robinson Ham 34
    7 Glen Schouler Warr 32
    Neil O'Donnell P.F. 32
    8 Chris Eichler PL 31
    9 Kane Fraser Ham 30
    10 Tony Prytz Clc 28
    11 Barry Warren Warr 27
    12 Jon anderson pl 23
    13 Clive Coomber Warr 21
    14 Matthew Opperman Mt.G 20
    15 Richie Belleville P.F. 15
    Scott Noonan Mt.G 15
    David Tozer P.F. 15
    Eric Gstrein Cp 15
    Stephen Mutch Mt.G 15
    1 Irene Whennen PL 15
    Mark Hermon Ham 15
    Lawrie Peake Mt.G 15
    16 Stephen Pickles 10
    Keiren Bannon Mt.G 10
    Tim Donehue Mt.G 10
    John kidman Mt. G 10
    Matthew Bartlett Mt.G 10
    David Herrewyn Mt.G 10
    Richard Schilling Mt.G 10
    2 Melissa McKinlay Mt.G 10
    Stuart McKinlay Mt.G 10
    Stephen Jolley Mt. G 10
    Tim Angus Mt.G 10
    Mike Bakker Mt. G 10
    Darren Earl Mt. G 10
    Chris O'Donnell Mt. G 10
    Ray Bilney Mt. G 10
    Glen Ahearn Mt. G 10
    Tony Bolton Mt. G 10
    Stuart Pratt Mt. G 10
    AJ Batten Mt.G 10
    Tom Dermody Mt. G 10
    Nicole Everett Cp 10
    17 Brian McNamara Warr 5
    Darren Pearce Warr 5
    Wayne Holman Warr 5
    Alistair Tune Cp 5
    Robert Mann Mt.G 5
    Craig taylor P.F. 5
    Jason Winnen P.F. 5
    Simon Crispe Warr 5
    Neil Duncan P.F. 5
    Dylan Hately P.F. 5
    Dallas Jones Warr 5
    Damien McDowell P.F. 5
    Roland Evans PL 5
    Eddy Ziedaitis Cp 5
    Peter Radcliffe P.F. 5
    Nick Lee P.F. 5
    Wayne Hately Cp 5
    Mark Hyland Warr 5
    Daryl Lawlor Cp 5
    Paul Kent Cp 5
    Cameron Hart Warr 5
    Mark Molan Cp 5
    Arno Vandershans Cp 5
    Robert Boydel Cp 5
    Lawrie Boltodge 5
    Peter Hol P.F. 5
    Tim Alpin P.F. 5
    Wayne Collins Warr 5
    Danny Bourke Warr 5
    Anthony Brown Cp 5
    Paul Nolte PL 5
    Chris West Mt.G 5
    Robert Helmore Cp 5
    Maddy Prior Cp 5
    Robert Bright 5
    Paul Brooker Mt.G 5
    Clive Carlyle Mt.G 5

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