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RESULTS
Affiliated Men 24km
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1 Stuart
Campbell (Eastern Suburbs CC Australia), 39.34, 37kph
2 Patrick
Jones (Randwick Botany CC Australia)
3 Matthew
Lucas (Randwick Botany CC Australia)
4 Thomas Wade
(Germany)
Affiliated Women 12km
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1 Janelle
Lindsay (Randwick Botany CC), 21.43, 33.5kph
2 Eleanor Hume
(Australia)
3 Margaret
Douglas (USA)
4 Elizabeth
Campbell (Killington, Vermont USA)
Novice Men 12km
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1 Thomas Foels
(USA), 20.15, 36kph
2 Craig
Kelment (Australia)
3 Dennis Bland
(Canada)
4 Alex
Garofalo (Australia)
5 Jan Mulder
(Holland)
Novice Women 10km, 18.59, 32kph
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1 Miriam
Garfinkel (USA)
2 Kath Mauger
(Australia)
3 Shelley
Parker (Australia)
4 Cathy
Johnson (USA)
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THANK YOU:
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Thanks to our Commissaires on
the day, John Buckton & Helen Vella. Thanks to all those
persons that assisted the Randwick Botany crew and Kate Rowe with the
running of the days activities.
Thanks to
Tony Horneman who cleared
all the debris off the track with the petrol blower and
Richard Jenkins who deployed
& retrieved all the safety equipment. Thanks also to Roy Magill
and "The General" of the St John Ambulance.
Thanks to Fred Vella who manned the canteen. |
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REPORT
The 2002 Gay Games are
being staged in Sydney from 3 November 2002. There are 13,000
participants competing in 31 sports, including cycling, across
40 venues. Up to 30,000 visitors are expected.
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Plenty of activity at the starline.
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The Randwick
Botany Cycling Club hosted a Warm-Up cycling event at
Heffron Park on Saturday 2 November. Affiliated and
novice cyclists from Holland, USA, United Kingdom,
Scotland, Ireland, Germany, Canada, Switzerland and
Australia competed in four events. Conditions were fine
and sunny with gusty winds. |
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Here's a
picture of the place getters in the Affiliated mens race.
We haven't seen Ross Mackay for a while. It was good
to see him come out for a race. (Click for larger view) |
Australian cyclists dominated the 24km Affiliated Men
race. Riders split into two groups with local riders
working together to establish a 1km lead. In the final
sprint local rider Stuart Campbell (Eastern Suburbs CC)
won in a time of 39min 34sec at an average speed of
37kph.Second place went to Patrick Jones (Randwick Botany
CC) followed by Matthew Lucas (Randwick Botany CC). The
first international rider to finish was Thomas Wade
(Germany). |
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Charles McDaniel
from the Wooden Wheel Club, Delaware USA, said it was a
fun race but the wind was strong. “Randwick Botany riders
worked well together” he added.
(Geez,
windy at Heffron. That's something very much out of
the ordinary. |
Other visiting riders
included: Al Kowlowski from Vancouver Canada; Calum MacLean
and Andrew Choi Lee from the Edinburgh Road Club, United
Kingdom; Damien Lewer from the Footscay Cycling Club,
Melbourne; Carter Bravman from the La Grange club in west Los
Angeles USA; Jayson Puls from Southern Districts club Perth WA
and Richard Folvig from Melville/Fremantle club WA.
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The Affiliated
Women 12km race also broke into two groups with four
riders powering away after the second lap. Local rider
Janelle Lindsay (Randwick Botany CC) was in the breakaway
and patiently sized up the opposition, watching and
waiting for a surprise attack. |
Leading into the final
sprint, Lindsay led out to prompt a response from the other
riders. As they jumped, Lindsay put the foot down to maintain
the led out and win in a time of 21min 43sec and an average
speed of 33.5kph. Second place went to Eleanor Hume
(Australia) followed by Margaret Douglas (USA) and Elizabeth
Campbell (USA). Afterwards Campbell said it was a great race
and very challenging. “The local girls knew the course well”
she added.
The Novice Men 12km
race was won by Thomas Foels (USA) in a time of 20min 15sec
and an average speed of 36kph. Second was Craig Kelment
(Australia) and third Dennis Bland (Canada) followed by Alex
Garofalo (Australia).
The Novice Women 10km
event winning time was 18min 59sec at 32kph average speed.
Final placings were Miriam Garfinkel (USA), Kath Mauger
(Australia), Shelley Parker (Australia) and Cathy Johnson
(USA).
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Kate Rowe, organiser of the event, was pretty happy with
the days racing and everyone had a great time.
Here's Kate pictured with some of the overseas visitors. |
Randwick Botany
Cycling Club conducts racing at Heffron Park, Maroubra NSW
each Saturday throughout the year. Juniors start at 1.00pm
and Seniors 2.30pm. For more information please contact the
club secretary Helen Vella on 02 9667 3307 or email
secretary@randwickbotanycc.com.
Race report prepared by:
Tony Horneman
Communications Officer
Photos by Scott Buckton & Tony Horneman
Web page layout
by John Buckton
Webmaster
Randwick Botany Cycling Club
communications@randwickbotanycc.com
webmaster@randwickbotanycc.com
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