Friday, April 15, 2011

The Soldiers Memorial

The Mount Gambier Cycling and Triathlon Club & Mount Gambier Community RSL
Present the

SOLDIERS MEMORIAL Anzac Day Monday April 25th at 1.00 pm SA time

Race starts from the Wandillo hall

Juniors Racing Starts at 12.15 pm SA time

Entries via www.mgcatc.com and follow the race entry links

or via info@banksthargo.com.au

Or Jon Kidman 0408828124

The Camperdown Classic

In Rainy but reduced wind conditions, the 4th annual Camperdown classic was run.
a total of 56 riders entered the event but 6 scratchings were recieved on raceday and a final field of 50 fronted the starter.
The handicappers had placed the field into 6 bunchesplus a lone limit rider. After the first 22 kms of the 63 km race the scratch bunch had made up just45 seconds on their 4 minute chase to second scratch. This second scratch bunch was flying and had made up 3mins on 3rd scratch and had them within thier grasp. On the completion of lap 2, there was an intermediate sprint and Michael Krybolder from the 17 minute bunch claimed that trophy.
Not long after that the3 bunches behind him, the 2nd, 3rd and 4th scratch bunches had combined and were motoring along for the overall win. On their wat Matt Lane took out the King of the Mountain "Preem" on Cobdens Cemetry Hill.
The race now was in 2 main bunches, with the large bunch swallowing up th outmarkers & the 8 man scratch bunch now down to 7riders because of their upped pace as they made their charge.. With the 3 laps of the 17kms circuit behind themthe last 2 climbs over Coxes & Menzies hills was all that was between them & the finishline. But it was these 2 hills that split the large leading bunchup, as some riders applied the pressure and caused many others to tail off.On the decent into Camperdown 3 riders were clear of approximately 7 others with the rest scattered into smaler bunches and singles. At the line it was youmg Lauchlin Nolte from Portland that took the win from the very experienced older rider Mark Winnen from Port Fairy With local Camperdown club president Shane West close behind in 3rd place.
The young rider 17 year old Darcey Wooley out classed district strongman Brendon Schultz (now Basedin Bendigo)by taking fastest time by just half a wheel on the line.
Final placings.
1st Lachlin Nolte PTL
2nd Mark Winnen PTF
3rd Shane west CPD
4th Matt Lane WRN
5th Niel Duncan PTF
6th David serra WRN
7th Arno Vanderschans CPD
8th Alistair Tune CPD
9th Callum Middleton CLC
10th Wayne Hately CPD

Fastest time Darcey Wooley Port Fairy

For The Full Banks Thargo South West Points table click on Comments

Sunday, March 20, 2011

2011 Banks Thargo South West Series begins at warrnambool

A very successful 2 day race weekend was held at Warnambool on the 5th & 6th of March 2011.
Both days had good numbers competeing and the conditions were ideal for good racing.

Day 1 saturday march 5th the Glenn Cook, had 57 riders start the event, the Fourth scratch bunch were the best bunch on the day. they rode well enough to have limit just before the start of the 4th lap of the falls circuit, the 4th scratch picked up the top 3 placings with Geoff Verhoef taking line honours then in 2nd Chriss Carr 3rd Brian Smith.

Luke Aggett from Port Fairy picked up fastest time.

Day 2 Sunday 6th March the Greg Gleeson.

Once again held under ideal conditions, 56 riders started the race.
the Greg Gleeson was a day for the scratch men, as with the previous day scratch rode well but today they were able to pick up all of the field not too far out from the finish.
Luke Aggett the "Form" rider early in the season picked up first and fastest having a very successful weekend, 2nd Glenn Scouller 3rd Matt Lane

The weekend was a well organised and equally well attended weekend of racing.
Congratulations to the Warrnambool Cycling Club and all of the competitors for making making it such a good weekend.
Both events had a high rate of D.N.F's perhaps indication an early season lack of form :-)
To view the current point table for the Banks Thargo South West Series click on comments below

Tuesday, September 21, 2010

"Camperdown Cup"

The 2010 South West Series came to an end on Saturday the 18th of September, the Final event being the Camperdown Cup.

The Camperdown cup, an ideal event to wind up the Banks Thargo south West Series, was held in trying conditions, with strong winds and heavy showers throughout the event.
The Camperdown Cycling Club provided competitors with an excellent course, at just over 60km with a challenging up-hill up hill finish.
While most of the bunches combined well, the wind and undulating course took its toll.
At one stage a reasonable sized bunch of around 15 riders formed, second & third limit, this group looked to have things in hand until the king of the mountain sprint where this bunch splintered and lost far too many riders to hold of the back markers.
The scratchmen were able to pick up all the front markers before the final climb, even though they had lost David Tozer with a puncture.
Dylan Hatley was able to reach the finish line first to pick up first and fastest time with Simon Walsh coming over the line in second place.
Darcy Woolley from second scratch showed he is a future scratch rider by picking up 3rd place.

Top 10 placings

1st & fastest Dylan Hatley
2nd Simon Walsh
3rd Darcy Woolley
4th Glen Scouller
5th Luke Aggett
6th Mark Kelley
7th Wayne Hatley
8th Ashley Herrewyn
9th Tony Brown
10th Mark Scouller



Final Banks Thargo South West Series Standings can be viewed by clicking on comments below.

Sunday, September 12, 2010

2010 "T.J. Goodall Memorial"

On Sunday the 12th of September 2010 the Hamilton Cycling Club hosted the “T.J. Goodall Memorial”
There were 36 starters for the event; a 64 km loop on circuit with “rolling Hills” and with a strong Northerly wind blowing the race was a challenging event.
The limit bunch with 6 riders had an 18-minute start on scratch and a 7-minute start on second limit.
All of the bunches rode well and mainly held together on the day, 3 limit riders stayed away for two thirds of race distance until second limit picked them up.
The other bunch making large amounts of time at this stage of the event were second scratch, they had picked up the 6.30-minute bunch and looked to have a win in sight.
That wasn’t to be the case with the out markers holding out, with Erich Gstrien taking out line honours just ahead of Brian Hayes and Spek.
Scratch although not catching second scratch rode well enough for David Tozer to pick up fastest time with a ride time of 1hour 34 minutes & 07 seconds.

Final placings

1 Erich Gstrien ride time1.42.54
2 Brian Hayes
3 Spek
4 Steven Mutch
5 Stacey Hocking
6 Darren Earl
7 Dean Mclaren
8 Mark Herman
9 Tim Koopman
10 Darcy Woolley

Fastest time David Tozer

To View the top 50 riders in the Banks Thargo South West Series click on comments below.

Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Coleraine Combine

On Saturday August 21st 2010 the Hamilton Cycling Club hosted the Coleraine combine the 13th race in the banks Thargo South West Series.
34 riders nominated & 34 riders started the race in wintry conditions with a gusty Northerly wind and showers.
At the start of the race it looked like a day for the Scratchmen, with a challenging course and strong winds.
5 riders started on limit with a 14-minute start on scratch, this bunch as with all other bunches broke up on the climb on the outward leg of the race.
4 riders from the 10min 30 bunch, Stuart McKinley, Stephen Jones, Adam Ballentyne & Mike Lawson managed to stay together on this climb and set into a good rhythm, working toward a strong finish.
The second scratch bunch also fragmented leaving just Richard schilling & Darcy Woolley to work together to hold off scratch and chase the rest of the field.
These 2 back markers did an exceptional job, they managed to chase down the entire field except the 4 riders from the 10.30 bunch.
Stephen Jones from Mt Gambier came in for a well deserved 1st followed by Mike Lawson MTG. In 2nd, Stuart McKinley MTG. 3rd, Woolley & Schilling managed to cross the line soon after the winner & scratch came in soon after with David Tozer from port fairy taking fastest time honours.
1st Stephen Jones MTG, 2nd Mike Lawson MTG, 3rd Stuart McKinley MTG, 4th Adam Ballentyne HAM, 5th Laurie Peake MTG, 6th Darcy Woolley PTF, 7th Matt Caldersmith MTG, 8th Richard Schilling MTG, 9th David Jones MTG, 10th Monica Kelly HOR.
Fastest Time David Tozer from Port fairy

Click on Comments below for the current leader board, I have only posted the top 50 as there has been 200 riders in the series!!!!!!!!!!

Wednesday, August 11, 2010

The 2010 Gorae west Classic

The Gorae West Classic hosted by the Portland Cycling Club was held on Sunday the 8th of August 2010.
Conditions were overcast with strong & gusty Northerly winds.
The Field of 41 riders was divided into 6 bunches with 10 limit riders getting a 16 minute start on the 3 scratchmen.
The large limit bunch rode well with 4 riders doing the lion share of the work and the others pitching in with turns often enough to keep the pace quite high, after 3 laps this bunch had held off the rest of the field and no other riders were in sight on the bell lap.
The 5.30-minute bunch had also ridden well enough to have caught the rest of the field and stay away from the now combined scratch & second scratch.
At the sharp turn half way into the last lap the front markers realised they had enough of a gap to hold off the large bunch of middle markers trying to bridge the gap.

On the last rise into the wind 2 km from the finish Peter Hol from Portland made a race-winning move by riding away from the front markers, realising half of the leading bunch didn’t have the legs to chase him down and the remaining riders would have to get quite organised to chase him down.

Peter Hol just managed to stay away for a well deserved win from Mount Gambier’s Tim Angus who came in a very close second.
Final Placings 1 Peter Hol, 2nd Tim Angus 3rd Chris West ptf. 4th Kathy Nunn mtg. 5th Daryl Edwards ptf. 6th James O’Keefe ptf. 7th Col Angus mtg. 8th Jon Kidman mtg 9th Robert Logan wrn, 10th Ashley Herrewyn mtg.
Fastest time went to Timshel Knoll-Miller from Port Fairy

These placings haven’t effected the SWS leader board too much, with Stuart Robinson crossing the line in 11th place his intentions to get the leaders jersey back from Dean Mclaren are quite plain.

The Banks Thargo Leader board can be viewed by clicking on comments below