Dont Forget June Long weekend, the next three South West Series races "3 in a row"
Greg Gleeson, Warnambool sat 6th june 2.00 pm start, 68km Wangoom,
Nominations, Mark Hyland, 03 55628423 or mhyland@sjwbool.balrt.catholic.edu.au
Graham Woodrup Memorial, 7th june Port fairy Showgrounds 11.00 am start
Nominate rnbelleville@westvic.com.au
Stan Mcphee monday 8th june Warrnambool (Wangoom) start 11.00 am 62km
Nominations once again to Mark Hyland.
Nominations Close Monday 2nd of June
There will be junior racing on each of the days as well.
So far we have had well over 100 participants in the South West Series, counting the Juniors probably over 150.
The ideal thing to happen would be to have all of these riders turn up on the same day for the same race! This weekend would be the ideal weekend do all three! no reason at why we couldnt have 100 starters at one of the events.
Rumor has it though the two "strong men" Tozer & Schultz of the series will be off elsewhere racing, will be a big advantage for evereyone else on this weekend!
Good luck to them both on the weekend as well.
My Suggestion to all those riders wishing to travel, stay at least one night, I am aware of a few that will be risiding at Port Fairy for the weekend and doing all three.
An all win situation, holiday with races each day what more could you want!
Monday, May 25, 2009
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
The "Hamilton To Port Fairy"
The 28th annual "Doug Pettingel Memorial" Hamilton To Port Fairy Cycling Road Race became the 57km Byaduck to Port Fairy due to bridge works on the Road.
Apart from this slight hiccup the race was held in ideal conditions, with a slight head wind and overcast Sky.
The handicapper divided the field into 7 bunches, Scratch with a bunch of 4 conceeding 18 minutes to limit with a bunch of 8.
Limit rode well enough to stay away to around the 30 km mark when 2nd limit caught and the two bunches worked extremely well with all riders contributing to the work load for most of the remaining race distance.
At the back of the field, the 5 minute bunch caught the 7 minute bunch and as with the front markers this group also combined well, they caught the 10 minute bunch who had been in "No-mans land" for most of the race , but this group were unable to catch the outmarkers to contest the win, apparentlythe 7minute bunch came over the line with an average above 40kmph, this speed enabled them to hold off scratch for the enitre race.
Bruce Mclaughlin Mount Gambier, (13 mins) out sprinted the front markers for 1st place followed by Monica Kelly Horsham (18)mins in second place.
1st Bruce McLaughlin Mt Gambier
2nd Monica Kelly Horsham
3rd Mark Mclaren Hamilton
4th Niel Hyland Warrnabool
5th Dale Cummins Warrnambool
In the comments section below I have posted the over all leaders for the Juniors section of the South West Series, Courtesy of Nikki Belleville.
The Seniors Leader board is also posted directly below Juniors in the comments section.
The long weekend in June will be the next part of the South West Series, Warrnambool Saturday Greg Gleeson, Port fairy Sunday Greame Woodrup, Warrnambool Monday Stan Mcphee.
Great Part of Vic to spend a weekend! Good Food Good Scenery, entertainment, the whole box and dice, every thing there for all the family and 3 races as well what more could you want! See you all there...................................Rumor has it that the "Strong Men" Tozer & Schultz will be away at Bendigo that weekend, so the series leader board could change dramatically over these three days.
Apart from this slight hiccup the race was held in ideal conditions, with a slight head wind and overcast Sky.
The handicapper divided the field into 7 bunches, Scratch with a bunch of 4 conceeding 18 minutes to limit with a bunch of 8.
Limit rode well enough to stay away to around the 30 km mark when 2nd limit caught and the two bunches worked extremely well with all riders contributing to the work load for most of the remaining race distance.
At the back of the field, the 5 minute bunch caught the 7 minute bunch and as with the front markers this group also combined well, they caught the 10 minute bunch who had been in "No-mans land" for most of the race , but this group were unable to catch the outmarkers to contest the win, apparentlythe 7minute bunch came over the line with an average above 40kmph, this speed enabled them to hold off scratch for the enitre race.
Bruce Mclaughlin Mount Gambier, (13 mins) out sprinted the front markers for 1st place followed by Monica Kelly Horsham (18)mins in second place.
1st Bruce McLaughlin Mt Gambier
2nd Monica Kelly Horsham
3rd Mark Mclaren Hamilton
4th Niel Hyland Warrnabool
5th Dale Cummins Warrnambool
In the comments section below I have posted the over all leaders for the Juniors section of the South West Series, Courtesy of Nikki Belleville.
The Seniors Leader board is also posted directly below Juniors in the comments section.
The long weekend in June will be the next part of the South West Series, Warrnambool Saturday Greg Gleeson, Port fairy Sunday Greame Woodrup, Warrnambool Monday Stan Mcphee.
Great Part of Vic to spend a weekend! Good Food Good Scenery, entertainment, the whole box and dice, every thing there for all the family and 3 races as well what more could you want! See you all there...................................Rumor has it that the "Strong Men" Tozer & Schultz will be away at Bendigo that weekend, so the series leader board could change dramatically over these three days.
Bilney wins Frank Long Classic
69 Senior & 18 Junior Riders turned out for the 59th staging of the "Frank Long" .
An event which honours the late frank long a promising young back marker from the Hamilton Club.
The field for the senior's event was divided into 10 bunches, with the 2 scratchmen David Tozer Pt. Fairy & Brendan Schutz Hamilton giving 15 minutes to the limit riders.
The Race turned out to be a front Markers day aslo the race for time in this years race went to the "Block" riders with 16 year old Xavier Gstrien taking that honour, according to the official time keeper, second scratch only put 8 seconds on to the scratch riders ride time.
Schultz & Tozer easily being the two stand out strong men in district racing this year, the Handicappers decision was a wize one on the day, while scratch didnt get "Time" the two of them chasing a much larger second scratch off 30 seconds,with 7 riders and only losing 8 seconds is indicative of the current form of thes two riders.
The 9-minute bunch Bilney Mt Gambier, Robinson Hamilton, Earl Mt Gambier, Mclaren Hamilton, O'Donnel Portland, Lewis Hamilton combined well and picked up the 12 minute bunch just after the turn at the 1/2 way mark and then picked up limit about 10 km from the line.
These riders were able to stay away to the line and with Bilney in the leading bunch, one of the most experienced finishers in the district, a win was inevitable, Bilney won several Australian roadracing Titles as a younger rider.
While Ray in now his 60's may not be riding from scratch, he is always an exciting rider to watch leading up to a finishline if he is still "in the mix"
Final placings for the Frank Long
1st Ray Bilney Mount Gambier
2nd Matthew Opdecoul Horsham
3rd Mark Mclaren Hamilton
4th Monica Kelly Horsham
5th Stuart Robinson Hamilton
6th Mark Jehu Colac
7th Niel O'donnel Portland
An event which honours the late frank long a promising young back marker from the Hamilton Club.
The field for the senior's event was divided into 10 bunches, with the 2 scratchmen David Tozer Pt. Fairy & Brendan Schutz Hamilton giving 15 minutes to the limit riders.
The Race turned out to be a front Markers day aslo the race for time in this years race went to the "Block" riders with 16 year old Xavier Gstrien taking that honour, according to the official time keeper, second scratch only put 8 seconds on to the scratch riders ride time.
Schultz & Tozer easily being the two stand out strong men in district racing this year, the Handicappers decision was a wize one on the day, while scratch didnt get "Time" the two of them chasing a much larger second scratch off 30 seconds,with 7 riders and only losing 8 seconds is indicative of the current form of thes two riders.
The 9-minute bunch Bilney Mt Gambier, Robinson Hamilton, Earl Mt Gambier, Mclaren Hamilton, O'Donnel Portland, Lewis Hamilton combined well and picked up the 12 minute bunch just after the turn at the 1/2 way mark and then picked up limit about 10 km from the line.
These riders were able to stay away to the line and with Bilney in the leading bunch, one of the most experienced finishers in the district, a win was inevitable, Bilney won several Australian roadracing Titles as a younger rider.
While Ray in now his 60's may not be riding from scratch, he is always an exciting rider to watch leading up to a finishline if he is still "in the mix"
Final placings for the Frank Long
1st Ray Bilney Mount Gambier
2nd Matthew Opdecoul Horsham
3rd Mark Mclaren Hamilton
4th Monica Kelly Horsham
5th Stuart Robinson Hamilton
6th Mark Jehu Colac
7th Niel O'donnel Portland
8th Howard Bartlett Mount Gambier
9th Roger lewis Hamilton
10th Steven Kelly Horsham
Fastest time Xavier Gstrien Camperdown, (30 seconds) 48 minutes 59 sconds
JUNIORS RACING
IN J11/13
10 KM HANDICAP EVENT,
Ashleigh Hocking Warrnambool first & fastest at20 mins 30 seconds, Bradey Scouler Warrnambool 2nd Bailey belleville Port Fairy 3rd
J 15/17
20 KM HANDICAP EVENT
Dylan Lyndsey Portland 1st, Stacey Hocking Warrnambool 2nd Kieran Schnieder Horsham 3rd
Fastest Time Lachlan Nolte Portland a very respectable 31 minutes & 13 seconds, obvously a rider to watch in years to come!
In the South West Series Agregate
Heath Riley Hamilton stil has a strong hold on the number one spot for the males in the seniors, with quite a few more than capable riders, including several scratchmen and a few front markers within reach of the leaders jersey, things should hot up as the series progresses.
The Females leaders jersey has passed from Nicole Everett from Camperdown to Monica Kelly from Horsham, Monica is now 7 points ahead of both Nicole and Melissa Mckinlay from Mt Gambier & with 2 Port fairy races and 2 Warrnambool Races in the coming weeks expect to see Kate winnen from Pt Fairy in the mix as well!
For the full points table click on the Comments below.
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Soldiers Memorial Anzac day 2009
The 4th race of the South West Series, The "Soldiers Memorial" was held on april 25th 2009.
The conditions were extreme with over 10mm of precipitation falling within 1 hour of start time.
Quite a few riders were not keen to start the race while others were going to race regardless of conditions.
The conditions were extreme with over 10mm of precipitation falling within 1 hour of start time.
Quite a few riders were not keen to start the race while others were going to race regardless of conditions.
Juniors
The weather appeared to be breakingup around start time, so the juniors race started on time with 7 riders competing. Not long after the start the weather turned sour once again, with another heavy downpour and wind gusts up to 40kmph making for difficult riding conditions.
Alex Bosch (Ham) 1st Sam Dwyer (MG) 2nd &Fastest, Zac Kain (MG) 3rd
Seniors
With over 60 noms for the 'Soldiers" even the inclement weather didnt reduce the field too much with only a hand full of scratchings, a very respectable 54 riders lining up for the start.
The Handicapper Mr Scott Noonan divided the field into 9 bunches with limit getting a 20 minute start.
The weather conditions pointed toward a back markers day, and thats the way it panned out.
With a few scratchings from the front of the field & several "Missed starts" most of the front & middle bunches had trouble in the strong head and cross winds on the way out.
the 9-minute bunch with 6 riders, combined well as did the 7min 30 second bunch, with Jason Crowe, (9 mins) & Richard Woods (7.30 mins) driving their respective bunches to the 1/2 way mark, but all was in vain.
The 3 minute mark, Opperman, Bannon, McNamara, Mat Gstrein, Mann & Frazer showed the field good riding skills, picking up series leader Riley along the way, this bunch rode through the entire field & holding off and equally fast moving scratch bunch.
Kieran Bannon Mg took 1st place backing up his win in last years soldiers, Matt Gstrein camp. 2nd, Brian McNamara warrn 3rd, Matt opperman mg 4th & Roberty Mann mg 5th.
Bannons ride time was 58.40 mins & average speed a very respectable 41.42kmph
The scratch bunch rode equally well with schuttz taking fastest time at 57 mins.07 an average speed of 42.52 which under the conditions is outstanding!
Nicole Everett from camp. ave 31.24kmph was first female rider followed by Mellissa Mckinlay mg. ave 35.28
After the "soldiers Memorial" race 4 in the South West Series Heath Riley from Hamilton has consolodated his leading position on the points table and Nicole Everett from Camperdown is equally top scoring with Melissa Mckinlay as Nicole came in first in race 4 she wears the female riders leaders jersey.
The next Race in the series is the "Frank Long" in Hamilton.
Always a well contested event, steeped in tradition!
Keep an eye on the pink jerseys and make sure you beat them both back!
Full series points table below click on comments.
For a full breakdown on "Soldiers Memorial" Results and comprehensive statistics list for all competitors including juniors http://mgcatc.com/content/cyclingresult...al2009pdf
This statistics list compiled by "Cobalt" Mount Gambier
Sunday, April 19, 2009
AXA Insurance Camperdown Classic
Results from the very successful 2nd annual "Axa Camperdown Classic" cycle road race over 58kms held on Saturday afternoon the 18th of April 2009.
A field of 61 riders from as far as Mount Gambier and Horsham joined the other 8 regional clubs for the running of the AXA INSURANCE Camperdown Classic road Race.
There was only one scratching from the programme on a cloudy day that saw drizzly showers threaten the start of the race. Luck had it that the roads dried up and racing was held in near perfect and dry weather conditions, with no falls or crashes, but a few withdrawls by some riders that found the hills and the pace a bit too much to handle. The 58kms course consisted of 3 laps of the fast and hilly lake Bullen Merri to Cobden circuit, with the start & finish beeing at Camperdown.
Nine bunches faced the starter at 2.00pm, with the small limit bunch off a 30 minute handicap. Bunches quickly grouped up and by midway 3 main bunches were speeding along. An intermediate sprint was held at the completion of the first lap of two and was won by young Monica Kelly from Horsham, who just pipped her club team-mate Matthew Opdecoul. In the mean time the backmarkers were quickly closing in on the leaders, and had them down to a gap of about 5 mins with one lap to go. A big crowd on the outskirts of town formed & soon the lead car was seen with the orange light flashing and decending down the hill to the finish.
One rider was away with a small bunch chasing him down into Camperdown.
It was David Tozer (pt fairy) from the scratch bunch, who had broken away from the feild and took the solo win well clear of the chasers of Simon Walsh off 5 mins, & Paul Nolte off the 12 minute mark. Fourth was Mark Hyland and fith, local favoutite Paul Kent both also from the 12 minute bunch.
Presentations were held at the Hampden Hotel followed by a slide presentation from TOPBIKE TOURS operators Emma & Dave Ollie. Who conduct cycle tour packages to all major European road races. This added a European race touch to the night which included wonderfull meals and beverages well into the night.
Results
1st David tozer Port Fairy
2nd Simon Walsh Port Fairy
3rd Paul Nolte Portland
4th Mark Hyland Warrnambool
5th Paul Kent Camperdown
Fastest time David Tozer Port Fairy
Intermediate sprint Monica Kelly
First Veteran David Tozer
1st Camperdown Rider Paul Kent
1st Female rider Jo Coombe
report compiled by E. Gstrien camperdown
For South West Series leader board click on comments below for the full table.
Next South West series Race will be Soldiers Memorial Mount Gambier on Anzac day, $1200 in Prize money for full race details check out Mount Gambier Cycling & Triathlon Club website.
A field of 61 riders from as far as Mount Gambier and Horsham joined the other 8 regional clubs for the running of the AXA INSURANCE Camperdown Classic road Race.
There was only one scratching from the programme on a cloudy day that saw drizzly showers threaten the start of the race. Luck had it that the roads dried up and racing was held in near perfect and dry weather conditions, with no falls or crashes, but a few withdrawls by some riders that found the hills and the pace a bit too much to handle. The 58kms course consisted of 3 laps of the fast and hilly lake Bullen Merri to Cobden circuit, with the start & finish beeing at Camperdown.
Nine bunches faced the starter at 2.00pm, with the small limit bunch off a 30 minute handicap. Bunches quickly grouped up and by midway 3 main bunches were speeding along. An intermediate sprint was held at the completion of the first lap of two and was won by young Monica Kelly from Horsham, who just pipped her club team-mate Matthew Opdecoul. In the mean time the backmarkers were quickly closing in on the leaders, and had them down to a gap of about 5 mins with one lap to go. A big crowd on the outskirts of town formed & soon the lead car was seen with the orange light flashing and decending down the hill to the finish.
One rider was away with a small bunch chasing him down into Camperdown.
It was David Tozer (pt fairy) from the scratch bunch, who had broken away from the feild and took the solo win well clear of the chasers of Simon Walsh off 5 mins, & Paul Nolte off the 12 minute mark. Fourth was Mark Hyland and fith, local favoutite Paul Kent both also from the 12 minute bunch.
Presentations were held at the Hampden Hotel followed by a slide presentation from TOPBIKE TOURS operators Emma & Dave Ollie. Who conduct cycle tour packages to all major European road races. This added a European race touch to the night which included wonderfull meals and beverages well into the night.
Results
1st David tozer Port Fairy
2nd Simon Walsh Port Fairy
3rd Paul Nolte Portland
4th Mark Hyland Warrnambool
5th Paul Kent Camperdown
Fastest time David Tozer Port Fairy
Intermediate sprint Monica Kelly
First Veteran David Tozer
1st Camperdown Rider Paul Kent
1st Female rider Jo Coombe
report compiled by E. Gstrien camperdown
For South West Series leader board click on comments below for the full table.
Next South West series Race will be Soldiers Memorial Mount Gambier on Anzac day, $1200 in Prize money for full race details check out Mount Gambier Cycling & Triathlon Club website.
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Max McKenzie Memorial Mount gambier
A filed of 45 riders turned out for the Max McKenzie, The Second race of the South west series.
Weather was outstanding with a light North Westerly Breeze and temperatures in the mid 20's.
The handicapper Scott Noonan divided the field into 8 bunches, limit at 30 mins, then 18 mins, 15.5, 12.5, 10, 7, 4mins then scratch.
At the start of the race on paper I thaught the 15.5 bunch looked the goods, with 6 Mount riders & 2 hamilton riders, all with plenty of experience and ability, chasing second limit also with a few riders more than able to help out with the common cause. At about the 1/2 way make and about 2km onto the "overland road", thes two bunches combined, then i thaught yep I am right, things are looking like it will be an outmarkers day.
This also was about 2 minutes before my own tank ran dry; Stuart Robinson Hamilton was working like a trojan, which in turn created a few casualties amongst the out markers me being one of them.
Less than a minute after dropping off, what i think is a very fast moving front bunch, i looked behind only to see some very conspicuous looking red outfits closing in, quite a bit faster, with red having a bold presence in the chasing bunch i then realised, the handicapper had done his job quite well, I started with a chance, and blow me scratch had as well, and there they were, as usual, the red titans outfits as bold as ever, quickly bridging the gap.
Scratch had ridden quite well stopping any of the other back markers combining without them being involved, Shultz, Gstrien, Tozer,Bellville, & Eichler reeled in the field gaining strength along the way.
The out markers were picked up not too far out so any outmarker with any wheel holding ability had a chance in a placing, But realy only an outside chance!
Results Brendan Schultz wearing number 1st &Fastest Xavier Gstrien a very close 2nd& rounding out the top 3 Gary Pollock hamilton. 4th Heath Riley, 5th Chris Eichler 6th, 7th from 2nd limit & well deserved went to Stuart robinson 8th John Anderson, 9th Glen Schouler 10th Matt Gstrien
First Female Irene Whennen
Handicapping fanststic, riders from 2nd limit to scratch in top ten placings.
A couple of special mentions go to 1. Stuart Robinson from Hamilton persistance paid, Xavier Gstrien, for mixing it on scratch, and a very close second, need a lot more younger riders coming through!
To the three female starters well done to all, wouldnt do any harm having 10 or 12 more at each race!
See you all at the next race...............................
Weather was outstanding with a light North Westerly Breeze and temperatures in the mid 20's.
The handicapper Scott Noonan divided the field into 8 bunches, limit at 30 mins, then 18 mins, 15.5, 12.5, 10, 7, 4mins then scratch.
At the start of the race on paper I thaught the 15.5 bunch looked the goods, with 6 Mount riders & 2 hamilton riders, all with plenty of experience and ability, chasing second limit also with a few riders more than able to help out with the common cause. At about the 1/2 way make and about 2km onto the "overland road", thes two bunches combined, then i thaught yep I am right, things are looking like it will be an outmarkers day.
This also was about 2 minutes before my own tank ran dry; Stuart Robinson Hamilton was working like a trojan, which in turn created a few casualties amongst the out markers me being one of them.
Less than a minute after dropping off, what i think is a very fast moving front bunch, i looked behind only to see some very conspicuous looking red outfits closing in, quite a bit faster, with red having a bold presence in the chasing bunch i then realised, the handicapper had done his job quite well, I started with a chance, and blow me scratch had as well, and there they were, as usual, the red titans outfits as bold as ever, quickly bridging the gap.
Scratch had ridden quite well stopping any of the other back markers combining without them being involved, Shultz, Gstrien, Tozer,Bellville, & Eichler reeled in the field gaining strength along the way.
The out markers were picked up not too far out so any outmarker with any wheel holding ability had a chance in a placing, But realy only an outside chance!
Results Brendan Schultz wearing number 1st &Fastest Xavier Gstrien a very close 2nd& rounding out the top 3 Gary Pollock hamilton. 4th Heath Riley, 5th Chris Eichler 6th, 7th from 2nd limit & well deserved went to Stuart robinson 8th John Anderson, 9th Glen Schouler 10th Matt Gstrien
First Female Irene Whennen
Handicapping fanststic, riders from 2nd limit to scratch in top ten placings.
A couple of special mentions go to 1. Stuart Robinson from Hamilton persistance paid, Xavier Gstrien, for mixing it on scratch, and a very close second, need a lot more younger riders coming through!
To the three female starters well done to all, wouldnt do any harm having 10 or 12 more at each race!
See you all at the next race...............................
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Glenn Cooke Memorial Warrnambool 21st mach 09
60 riders conteseted the Glenn Cooke Memorial at Warrnambool on the Weekend.
Conditions were hot, dry & very windy, which saw only 16 riders complete the 60km circuit.
The out marker Stuart Robinson from Hamilton, lead for the first two laps on his own, but was soon Rounded up by the field. With each lap, spectators at the Wangoom Store were joined by hot & Weary Riders, savouring a cold drink and icecream.
With two laps to goit became obvious that the winners were going to come from riders from the 9 or 5 minute marks, and as the scratch bunch succumbed to the conditions, second scratch were riding for fastest time.
In a sprint for the line, the 9 minute markers were able to hold off their rivals, with Kane Frazer(Hamilton) crossing the line in first place, Heath Riley(hamilton) 2nd, Tony Prytz(Colac) 3rd, Barry Warren(Warrnambool) 4th, Garry Polack (Hamilton) 5th & Fastest from second scratch.
It was a fantastic start to the 2009 South West Series, and we can only hope that numbers stay high through out the series.
Series Points.
1 Kane Frazer 30
2 Heath Riley 29
3 Tony Prytz 28
4 Barry Warren 27
5 Garry Polack 26
6 Matthew Gstrien 25
7 Paul Bosch 24
8 Andy Graham 23
9 Neil O'Donnel 22
10 Clive Coomber 21
Conditions were hot, dry & very windy, which saw only 16 riders complete the 60km circuit.
The out marker Stuart Robinson from Hamilton, lead for the first two laps on his own, but was soon Rounded up by the field. With each lap, spectators at the Wangoom Store were joined by hot & Weary Riders, savouring a cold drink and icecream.
With two laps to goit became obvious that the winners were going to come from riders from the 9 or 5 minute marks, and as the scratch bunch succumbed to the conditions, second scratch were riding for fastest time.
In a sprint for the line, the 9 minute markers were able to hold off their rivals, with Kane Frazer(Hamilton) crossing the line in first place, Heath Riley(hamilton) 2nd, Tony Prytz(Colac) 3rd, Barry Warren(Warrnambool) 4th, Garry Polack (Hamilton) 5th & Fastest from second scratch.
It was a fantastic start to the 2009 South West Series, and we can only hope that numbers stay high through out the series.
Series Points.
1 Kane Frazer 30
2 Heath Riley 29
3 Tony Prytz 28
4 Barry Warren 27
5 Garry Polack 26
6 Matthew Gstrien 25
7 Paul Bosch 24
8 Andy Graham 23
9 Neil O'Donnel 22
10 Clive Coomber 21
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