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SENIORS
A/B Handicap Grade, 32km
1 Stewart
Campbell, 51.30
2 David
Stewart
3 Todd
Sinclair
First B
Grader: Aaron Castles
C Grade, 30km
1 Craig
Dempsey, 52.15
2 Tony Caruana
3 Andrew Best
D Grade, 20km
1 Greg Smith,
38.30
2 Peter
Davison
3 Ron Sproule
4 Julie Howard
E Grade, 14km
1 Luke
Davison, 38.00
2 Norman Jew
3 Julia Guinan
JUNIORS
2km Time Trail
1 Thom
Richards, 4.37
2 Adriano
Maradini, 4.40
3 James Warne,
5.03
Junior Scratch Race, 6km
1 Thom
Richards, 14.52
2 Adriano
Maradini
3 James Warne |
REPORT
In local club
racing at Heffron Park on Saturday 19 January 2002, A and B Grade competed
in a 32km handicap race where the six B Graders were given a 2 minute
start over the 6-rider A Grade bunch. By the half way mark, A Grade had
made up 1 minute and had B Grade in sight. With 10km to go, Stewart
Campbell and Dave Stewart broke away from the A Grade group and caught and
passed the B grade riders. Campbell and Stewart worked together until the
final sprint where Campbell lunged at the line to win by centimetres.
Todd Sinclair won the bunch sprint to claim third place with B Grader
Aaron Castles finishing fourth.
The 16-rider C
Grade race was conducted over 30km and was won by Craig Dempsey in time of
52min 15sec. Second place went to Tony Caruana with Andrew Best third.
Scott Rice lined
up for his first race in D Grade over 20km. Rice stayed with the bunch
until the final lap when Greg Smith sprinted home to claim first place
with a time of 38min 30sec. Peter Davison was second and Ron Sproule
third. Julie Howard finished strongly in fourth place. E Grade placings
after 14km was Luke Davison first, in a time of 38min 0sec, Norman Jew
second and Julia Guinan third.
Junior numbers
were down due to Snowy Mountains training. Three juniors lined up for a
2km Time Trail, which was won by Thom Richards in a time of 4min 37sec.
Adriano Maradini, 4min 40sec and James Warne, 5min 3sec. The three riders
finished in the same order after the 6km Junior Scratch Race.
There will be no Randwick Botany
Cycling Club racing on Saturday 26 January due to the public holiday.
Racing will resume on Saturday 2 February 2002 at Heffron Park, Maroubra
NSW. Juniors start at 1.30pm and Seniors 2.30pm.
For more information please contact the club secretary Helen Vella on 02
9667 3307.
Race report prepared by:
Tony Horneman
Publicity Officer
Randwick Botany Cycling Club
comunications@randwickbotanycc.com
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