Max McKenzie Memorial

2011 Max McKenzie Memorial
On July 23rd 2011 the Max McKenzie Memorial was hosted by the Mount Gambier Cycling and Triathlon club.
On a cold and overcast day with light winds 45 riders faced the starter. Two limit riders Rod Lawson and Shannon Malseed getting a 28.5 minute start on scratch.
The handicapper divided the field into eight bunches, Scratch, 3 minutes, 5.5 minutes, 7.5 minutes, 9 minutes, 13 minutes, 15.5 minutes and 28.5 minutes.
Shannon Malseed from Portland had a strong ride leaving Rod Lawson and trying to solo to the finish line for a win. At 10km from the finish this looked to be a possibility however the 7.5 minute bunch had been riding strongly, strongly enough to pick up the next three bunches, then pick up Shannon Malseed about 4km from the finish.
With riders like Mark Wight, Mel & Stu McKinley, Clint Lancaster, Steven Mutch & Dale Cummins forcing the pace scratch was not able to bridge the gap.
Daryl Patzel from Mt Gambier went quite early in a hotly contested sprint but was able to hold on for what seemed an eternity to win the Race closely followed by Andrew Lindsay from Portland the Bruce McLaughlin from Mount Gambier came in for a well earn’t 3rd place.
Not long after the Scratch bunch crossed the line, Darcy Woolley able to just hold out Luke Aggett by a ¼ of a wheel for fastest time. Darcy’s ride time for the 58 km race 1.26.50
Results,
1 D Patzel MTG, 2 A Lindsay PTL, 3 B McLaughlin MTG, 4 Mark Hermon HAM, 5 D Bryant MTG, 6 Dale Cummins PTL , 7 Chris Kennett HAM, 8 Steven Mutch MTG, 9 Clint Lancaster PTL, 10 Mel McKinley MTG (First female)
Time, D Woolley PTF.
Darcy Woolley still holds the SWS leaders Jersey, mat lane is in second place and the Evergreen Stuart Robinson is as usual closing the gap and sitting now in third position with a few more events to go.

darcey woolley ptf 140
matt lane wrn 127
stuart robinson ham 120
glenn schouller cpd 117
dale cumming ptl 114
james okeefe wrn 111
mark hermon ham 111
laurie peake mtg 110
luke aggett ptf 95
mark schouller cpd 90
kate winnen ptf 89
dylan lindsey ptl 82
tim koopman mtg 81
david herrewyn mtg 75
ashliegh herrewyn mtg 72
darryl patzel mtg 72
niel duncan ptf 71
Geoff Verhoef ptf 71
stacey hocking wrn 69
blake hocking wrn 66
jarred gilbertson mtg 65
arno vanderchan cpd 64
mark winnen ptf 63
wayne hately cpd 63
simon walsh ptf 62
laurie paltridge ptf 62
jeff mclean ptf 60
michael krybolder cpd 60
timshel knoll miller ptf 59
lachlin nolte ptl 56
jade frankel wrn 55
andrew lindsay ptl 54
melissa mckinlay mtg 53
stephen mutch mtg 53
danny bourke wrn 52
john cranwell mtg 51
mark hyland wrn 50
phil otoole ptf 50
peter radcliffe ptl 50
frank mcarthy wrn 50
david tozer ptf 50
paul bast ham 50
daniel herrewyn mtg 50
stuart mckinlay mtg 50
peter murphy wrn 49

Next South West Series Event

Mount Gambier will be the host of the Next Banks Thargo South West Series event.

There has been over 170 different riders compete in the series so far this year.
After the last event we finally have 10 riders at the top all with different points.

Darcey Wooley has a strong hold on the top place, Stuart Robinson has jumped to on the board after his second place at Beeac.

There is still time for a challenge to the leader, and there are still enough points available in the series for quite a few to catch Darcey. Kate Winnen still holds the top female riders spot with a commanding lead.


The Mount Gambier Cycling and triathlon Club presents the

Max McKenzie Memorial Race

Saturday July 23rd
60 KM Road Race
New Course: Yahl – Donovans – Yahl

Sign In and Presentations at the MGCATC Clubrooms at Blue Lake Sports Park.

Senior Race starts at 1.00 pm
J13 and J15 Racing starting at 12.00pm

Sponsored by Mount Gambier Saw Works and Gambier Diesel & Turbo Centre
Total Prize Money $1000 ACF Open License required

Entries close wednasday July 20th 2011 Scott Noonan 0419 185558
or via the race entry facility on the Mount Gambier Cycling and Triathlon Club website; www.mgcatc.com

open acf licence required

For those travelling from interstate who dont know the start line at Yahl meet at Mount gambier Clubrooms at least 1 hour before event for directions.

Local riders will assemble and ride from Mount Gambier Clubrooms to the startline well before the event. as sign on and presentations are at the clubrooms this is probably ideal for all competitors!!!

See you at the McKenzie, $1000 prize money be there or be square

Beeac Progress association handicap

Warrnambool rider James Okeefe broke through for one of the biggest wins of his career taking out the Colac Cycling Club's Beeac Progress Association handicap which was part of the Banks Thargo South West Cycling Series.

Colac Riders were well up amongst the finishers with Shannon bell third, newcomer Warwick Bott Fith and Larry Noccera 8th and Heather Hamling 9th.

The Scratch bunch was hampered by a couple of scratchings and some internal squabbling that cruelled their chances.
O'keefe won a bunch sprint at the end of the 65 kilometre race just beating home the evergreen Stuart Robinson from Hamilton with Colac's bell close up third.

Results
1 J okeefe wrn
2 Stuart Robinson ham
3 s bell cpd
4 Laurie Paltridge ptf
5 J Douglass geelong
6 W Bott clc
7 S Hocking CPD
8 L Noccera CLC
9 H Hamling clc
10 C Kane cpd

Banks Thargo South West Series Points table

1 darcey woolley ptf 130
2 matt lane wrn 127
3 glenn schouller cpd 117
4 stuart robinson ham 110
5 james okeefe wrn 101
6 laurie peake mtg 100
7 dale cumming ptl 99
8 mark hermon ham 94
9 mark schouller cpd 90
10 kate winnen ptf 89
luke aggett ptf 85
dylan lindsey ptl 82
ashliegh herrewyn mtg 72
niel duncan ptf 71
tim koopman mtg 71
Geoff Verhoef ptf 71
stacey hocking wrn 69
blake hocking wrn 66
david herrewyn mtg 65
jarred gilbertson mtg 65
arno vanderchan cpd 64
mark winnen ptf 63
wayne hately cpd 63
simon walsh ptf 62
laurie paltridge ptf 62
jeff mclean ptf 60
michael krybolder cpd 60
timshel knoll miller ptf 59
lachlin nolte ptl 56
jade frankel wrn 55
danny bourke wrn 52
darryl patzel mtg 52
mark hyland wrn 50
phil otoole ptf 50
peter radcliffe ptl 50
frank mcarthy wrn 50
david tozer ptf 50
peter murphy wrn 49
shane west cpd 48
andrew brough ptl 44
larry noccera clc 43
melissa mckinlay mtg 42
chris carr wrn 41
david serra wrn 41
john cranwell mtg 41
aiden long ptf 40
adam battentyne ham 40
richard schilling mtg 40
paul bast ham 40
daniel herrewyn mtg 40
stuart mckinlay mtg 40
simon povey ham 40
stephen mutch mtg 40