Banks Thargo Cellar Door

The Banks Thargo Cellar door will be open to the public on Saturday the 20th and Sunday 21st of October for the Cabernet Cellarbration weekend. We will have the newly released 2010 Cabernet sauvignon and the brand new Ninteen Nineteen Chardonnay on tasting along with all of our other current vaintages. We will also have the 2004 Banks Thargo Cabernet sauvignon on tasting with a limited amount of this vintage available for sale on the weekend. Other News for banks Thargo, our 2009 Racecourse Red, our best value wine, has become our most awarded wine currently available, with two more silver medals and two more bronze medals taking its medal tally to eight!

Top Ten riders in 2012 Banks Thargo South West Series

Hi to all of the competitors in the 2012 Banks Thargo South West Series. We finally have a top 10! or a top 12?? There were a total of 195 riders in this years event, there were 16 events in total. 66 riders competed in five of the events, 40 riders participated in 7 of the events, 15 riders competed in 10 of the events and only 2 riders participated in all 16 events. Well done to Spek from Mount Gambier for winning the series outright and keeping the pink jersey, Well done to Shannon Malseed from Portland Shannon was the first Female rider in the series and third placed outright. Stuart Robinson from Hamilton came a cose second this year. Click on comments below to view the top 50 riders. 1st Spek Mount Gambier 195 points, 2nd Stuart Robinson Hamilton 180 points, 3rd Shannon Malseed Portland 175 points, first female rider 4th Cameron Hart Warrnambool 162 points, 5th Darcey Wooley Port Fairy 160 points, 6th Chris Kennett Hamilton 153 points, 6th Dale Cumming Portland 153 points, 7th Matt Opperman Mount Gambier 147 points, 8th Dan Herrewyn Mount gambier 144 points, 8th Paul Bast Hamilton 144 points, 9th David Odwyer Hamilton 142 points, 10th Brian Mcnamara Warrnambool 139 points, The big question to all competitors in the South West Series is how do we get the whole 195 riders to turn uo at the one event!!!!!!! Well done to all who participated and a special thanks goes to the top 10 riders, the most consistent starters at each event.

South West Series points including Gorae West

Finally i have the 2012 South West series including Gorae West and Condah championships updated. It looks like a shoot-out between Spek and chris kennett. of course these two riders need to start and finish each of the last three events, hopefully they could get some results as well! spek mtg 159 chris kennett ham 153 dale cumming ptl 143 stuart robinson ham 139 shannon malseed ptl 136 daniel herrewyn mtg 134 darcey wooley ptf 130 david odwyer ham 115 cameron hart wrn 112 paul bast ham 107 ash herrewyn mtg 105 kate winnen ptf 103 matt opperman mtg 103 glen scouller cpd 101 brian mcnamara wrn 100 dylan lindsey ptl 100 wayne collins wrn 97 daniel Lehman ptl 91 tim vanderschans cpd 89 simon walsh ptf 86 clive coomber wrn 83 mark winnen ptf 77 danny bourke wrn 73 arno vanderschan cpd 72 barry warren wrn 70 andrew brough ptl 70 david herrewyn mtg 69 matt lane wrn 68 simon povey ham 65 willian keough cpd 64 robert cassie wrn 62 jeremy ryan wrn 60 cam shaw clc 59 nick kennedy clc 59 robert mann mtg 58 darrin jones wrn 58 mark wight mtg 58 callum middleton clc 56 chriss carr 55 tim dwyer mtg 55 robert boydle cpd 52 paul nolte ptl 52 steven mutch mtg 52 niel duncan ptf 51 james okeefe wrn 50 paul bosch ham 50 stuart mckinlay mtg 50 craig taylor ptf 50 kieron glennon wrn 50 john cranwell mtg 50

At Last a 2012 Banks Thargo SWS Points update!!

Hi to all Bansk Thargo South West Series Competitors and interested parties. This points update does not include the Gorae West (WET!) results, they will be included shortly. This years event has been a secret points event , a bit like the brownlow medal;.) The current top ten is a bit of a surprise to me, and it sets up the final events to be a bit of a show down. with 2 on equal first watch this space. To view the leader board, check out the comments below.

Race 3 "Doug Pettingill" Hamilton to Port fairy

In warm blustery conditions the 31st Doug Pettingill road race was held. There were 56 senior riders and 25 junior riders. The day started with 30km northerlies which were perfect tail wind conditions. As the day progressed and the riders got close to the finish the wind changed to North Easterlies which made for side winds. This made the race more difficult and strung out some of the bunches. The front markers were able to hold off the middle and back markers. 1st Cam Hart, 2nd Niel Duncan, 3rd Aaron Bingham, 4th Stuart Robinson, 5th Simon Povey, 6th Kate Winnen, 7th Shannon Malseed, 8th Spek, 9th Michael Bently, 10th Daniel Lehman. Fastest Time went to kieron Schnieder. Kieron was riding on block so that second scratch rode exceptionally well on the day. The points table is starting to take shape now for the 2012 Banks Thargo South West Series, three scratchmen hold the top three positions followed by several regular feature riders that are regular competitors in this series of road races. The Next event in the South West series is the Soldiers Memorial hosted by the Mount Gambier Club and the Mount gambier R.S.L. The full points table is viewable by clicking on comments below.

Race 2 Banks Thargo South West Series

The "Greg Gleeson" memorial was held Sunday March 4th.

This race has a very uncommon result where second scratch was able to ride well enough to hold off scratch. Zac Shaw from Scratch still earnt fastest time.

Cam Shaw from Colac was the first rider to cross the line followed by Chris Kennet hamilton 2nd, Daniel Herrewyn Mount gambier 3rd, Aaron Blomeley Ballarat 4th, Cam Gilles Warrnambool 5th, Peter Rauert Warrnambool 6th, David Serra Warrnambool 7th, Danny Burke warrnambool 8th, Chris Kane Camperdown 9th and Robert Mann Mount Gambier 10th.

Aaron Blomeley from Ballarat was the consistent rider on the weekend securing first place on the Banks Thargo Leader board.

To view the current points table for the 2012 South West Series Click on comments below.

Welcome to the 2012 Banks Thargo South West Series

Hi To all and welcome to the 2012 South West Series.

The Series Started with two great events hosted by the Warrnambool Club.
Race one "The Glenn Cook Memorial" a 68 km handicap event Starting at Wangoom on saturday March 3rd

Placings as follows.

First and fastest Zac Shaw from Colac, 2nd Simon Walsh Port Fairy, 3rd Darrin Jones Warrnambool, 4th Callum Middleton Colac 5th Aaron Blomely Ballarat, 6th Tim Vanderschans Camperdown 7th Hamish middleton Colac, 8th Brain Macnamara Warrnambool. 9th Timshell Knoll-Miller Port Fairy 10th Robert Mann Mount Gambier.

Those top ten are also the leaders of the series after race one of the South West Series.