On Anzac day 2011 under near perfect conditions 52 riders turned out for the Soldiers Memorial.
The handicapper divided the field into 6 bunches with one lone limit rider Minya Lynch getting a 24 minute start on Scratch.
Under a sunny sky with little or no wind all bunches rode well, with scratch averageing over 44kmph, second scratch over 42 kmph and third scratch just under 42 kmph.
The middle markers were also able to hold good speed, with the 8 minute bunch picking up the 9min 30 second and forming a strong bunch of 19 riders, this bunch picked up the outmarkers and contested the win.
Dylan Linsay from Portland won the race in a good sprint finish with Dale Cummins coming second and Sean Angus from Mount Gambier coming 3rd.
A highlight of the race was 17 year old Darcey Wooley last years winner of the event picking up fastest time with a ride time of 56 minutes and 45 seconds in what must be a close to course record.
The full SWS points table can be seen by clicking on comments below this post
Monday, April 25, 2011
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
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
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
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.
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.
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!!!!!!!!!!
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!!!!!!!!!!
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