Saturday, June 18, 2011

Woodrup Memorial

Top ten placings for the Woodrup Memorial.

1st Xavier Gstrien
2nd Tim Koopman
3rd Can Shaw
4th Ashley herrewyn
5th Matt Lane
6th Jeff Mclean
7th Hayden Brodie
8th Daryl Patzel
9th Melissa Mckinlay
10th Stuart Robinson
10th Niel Duncan

After the first nine events in the South West Series two young riders are battling it out for the leading jersey. Darcey Woolley has the jersey after the june long weekend by a slim margin of three points.

Kate Winnen has a comfortable hold on the Womans leaders jersey.

There has been over 150 different riders turn out through out the series so far this year. Lets hope that two thirds of that amount can nominate for one event at least!

CURRENT LEADER BOARD

darcey woolley ptf 120
matt lane wrn 117
glenn schouller cpd 107
dale cumming ptl 99
mark hermon ham 94
stuart robinson ham 91
laurie peake mtg 90
kate winnen ptf 89
dylan lindsey ptl 82
james okeefe wrn 81
mark schouller cpd 80
luke aggett ptf 75
ashliegh herrewyn mtg 72
niel duncan ptf 71
tim koopman mtg 71
blake hocking wrn 66
david herrewyn mtg 65
jarred gilbertson mtg 65
mark winnen ptf 63
wayne hately cpd 63
simon walsh ptf 62
Geoff Verhoef ptf 61
jeff mclean ptf 60
timshel knoll miller ptf 59
lachlin nolte ptl 56
stacey hocking wrn 55
jade frankel wrn 55
arno vanderchan cpd 54
danny bourke wrn 52
darryl patzel mtg 52
mark hyland wrn 50
michael krybolder cpd 50
phil otoole ptf 50
peter radcliffe ptl 50
frank mcarthy wrn 50
peter murphy wrn 49
laurie paltridge ptf 45
andrew brough ptl 44
melissa mckinlay mtg 42
chris carr wrn 41
david serra wrn 41
john cranwell mtg 41
david tozer ptf 40
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

Saturday, June 11, 2011

The Stan Mcphee

Top ten placings from Stan Mcphee
1 Larry Nocera
2 Darcey Woolley Fastest Time
3 Glenn Schouller
4 Simon Walsh
5 Mark Schouller
6 Jade Frankel
7 Peter Murphy
8 Timshell Knoll Miller
9 Wayne Hately
10 Danny bourke

Race report will be posted soon

Current South West Series leader board posted in comments below, Darcey Wooley Has Taken top position from Matt Lane

George Gill Casterton 40

On Sunday the fith of June 2011 44 riders turned out for the Casterton 40.
The riders faced cold wintery conditions with a strong north westerly wind, making it a tough ride back from Digby.
Also these conditions were favourable for the stronger riders along with the Challenging course.
That is the way the race tirned out.
Scratch had the whole field rounded upo before the cemetry hill on the return from digby.
Quite a few riders were able to hold on for the run home but the toop positions were predominatelly scratch riders.
Glen Schouller picked up first and fastest, Matt Lane from second scartch was able to outsprint Darcey Woolley for second place and keep hold of the series lead.
Final Placings
1st Glenn Schouller, 2nd Matt Lane 3rd Darcey Woolley, 4th Tim Koopman, 5th Lachlin Nolte 6th Jeff Mclean, 7th Andrew Brough, 8th Hayden Brodie, 9th Darryl Patzel, 10th Blake Hocking.

The Next Event the Stan Mcphee will be at Warrnambool Saturday June 11.
Matt lane will be hoping to hold out the fats Finishing Darcey Woolley to keep the series lead.

Saturday, May 7, 2011

61st Frank Long

On Saturday May the 7th the 61st Frank Long was held at Hamilton on the "new Port Fairy road course"
Over 60 riders started the event with the handicapper Stephen Lennigan Giving Limit a 16 minute start on Scratch.
The Field was divided into 9 bunches by the handicapper, all of the bunches rode well, only 2 riders did not finish the event.
Limit rode well enough to stay away from second limit till the half way mark, at this stage Scratch had already picked up second scratch forming bunch of 14 riders.
The middle markers mostly stayed apart until the last 10 km of the event where the 7 minute bunch caught the 9 & a half minute bunch and the 11 & a half minute bunch.
this bunch of middlemarkers had the out markers well and truly in their sights and the back markers now with just under 30 riders in their bunch ahd the middle markers within reach as well.
I what turned out to an exciting finish the 4 remaining outmarkers were able to hold off the rest of the field by just on 20 seconds to take line honours.
Michael Krybolder taking first Place followed by a hard working Kate Winnen in Second place. 17 year old darcey Woolley once again showed his strength by taking fastest time and coming over the line in 5th place as well indicating how well the event was handicapped.
Coming up to the finish line two motor vehicles were blocked between the two large chasing bunches holding back the scratch bunch considerably.

Final placings
1st Michael Krybolder Camperdown
2nd Kate Winnen Port Fairy
3rd Anne Hocking Warrnmbool
4th Shannon Malseed Hamilton
5th Darcey Wooley Port Fairy
6th Luke Aggett Port Fairy
7th Mark Winnen Port Fairy
8th Ash Hawker Horsham
9th Matt Lane Warrnambool
10th Dylan Lindsay Portland

The Next event the Casterton 40, one of the hardest envents in the South West series will perhaps favour the scratchmen so it will be interesting to see if they can consolidate their positions on the top of the Points table or iff Matt Lane from warrnambool can hold them off to keep his position on the top of the table.
Kate Winnem from Port Fairy has a good hold on the Womans leaders position and also is within reach out the top place outright as well, being an "outmarker" it will be interesting to see how things shape up after the casterton 40 and through out the rest ofthe South West Series.
The full points table is viewable by clicking the Comments Tab below

Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Hamilton to Port Fairy

On Saturday the 30th of april 52 riders turned out for the Hamilton to Port Fairy hosted by the Port Fairy Cycling Club.
The Handicapper divided the field into 5 large bunches with two smaller bunches as outmarkers.
Conditions were showery with a slight tail wind.

The 3rd scratch bunch rode well enough early to pick up 4th scratch at the half way mark, this large bunch containing over 20 riders inevitably picked up the outmarkers and also held off the scratch and second scratch bunches.

Last years winner Paul Nolte took the hotly contested sprint with a very large bunch hitting the finishline at the same time. Making a hard task for the finish judges.

1st Paul Nolte Ptl
2nd Mark Schouller Cpd
3rd Geoff Verhoeff Ptl
4th Darryl Patzel Mtg
5th Rod Hetherington Ptl?
6th Dylan Lindsay Ptl
7th Niel Duncan Ptf
8th Peter Murphy Wrn
9th Chriss Carr Wrn
10th James Okeefe wrn

Fastest time at 1.44.23 went to Glen Schouller Cpd.

For the updated Banks Thargo South West Series Points table click on comments below.

Monday, April 25, 2011

2011 Soldiers Memorial

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