George Gill Casterton 40

The Annual George Gill Casterton 40 was held on Saturday the 14th of June.
The 64 km course led the field of 52 riders from Casterton out to Digby and back to Casterton.
Peter Radcliff from Portland crossed the line first, but the line honours were closely contested by Steven Mutch from Mt Gambier & Darren Sheldon from Hamilton, the trio sprinted fiercly for the line. The three place getters broke away from the rest of their bunch at the top of Sanford hill. With around 13 riders chasing all the way home.
The top ten all came from the 18 minute and 12 1/2 minute bunches, it was pleasing to see 4 of these being from Hamilton. Darren Sheldon Showed guts and determination, to come 3rd, Dean Mclaren leadingthe chasing bunch back home came 5th, Stuart Robinson continueing his good form came 7th & Mark Hermon came in 9th.
Nick Cockrel, young rider fromHamilton Cycling Club won all three preme sprints during the race.
Fastest time honours were won once again by Brendon schultz of Hamilton, in a time just outside the course record he set the previous year.

Results, Peter Radcliff ptl 1st Steven Mutch MG 2nd, Darren Sheldon HAM 3rd, Thomas Tower CLC 4th, Dean Mclaren Hamilton 5th, David Jones MG 6th, Stuart Robinson HAM 7th, Steven Jones MG 8th, Mark Hermon HAM 9th, Steven Kelly Hrs 10th.
Fastest Time B Schultz HAM 1 hour 46mins.

This Report Courtesy of the Hamilton Cycling club, who would have guessed!

Well done to all ofthe top 3 riders a decisive move and well earnt palcings!

A couple of things I would like to add to the above report, Nick Cockrel who rode with me from the 25 minute mark rode exceptionally well, unfortunatelly he clipped a wheel and came off on the Sanford hill. I feel if it were not for this accident he would have also featured in the placings.
The move of the race Had to be when Steven mutch from Mt Gambier went on the Sanford Hill, of the bunch of 18 riders only 2 others could match the pace on the hill, young Nick Cockrel was a "Victim" of the "slowdown" at the back of this bunch!

I think the "Guts & Determination" comment posted above comes in at this point of the race.

Great to see a move like this not so great to be at the back of the bunch when it happens!

Juniors Race

Five Juniors riders contested the 15km junior race, which was contested out the Dunrobin Road, starting at the Small bore rifle range in Casterton.

Mount Gambier under 17 rider Sam Dwyer won convincingly riding from scratch, With Alex Bosch J15 Ham coming 2nd, from 2nd Scratch.

Results, 1st & Fastest Samm Dwyer MG 25mins 26 seconds, 2nd Alex Bosch, 3rd Dylan Lyndsay.

If you didnt get "Enough" at the Casterton 40, see you at the Casterton 50, you get to do the juniors course then the seniors as well, now thats value for your money!

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