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