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SENIORS
A/B
Grade Handicap 34kms.
1 Chris
Jenkins, 48.00
2 Todd
Sinclair
3 Phil
McKnight
1st A Grade
Liam Kelly
C
Grade, 30kms
1 John Droz,
47.35
2 Tony
Horneman
3 Tony Caruana
D
Grade, 20kms
1 Jamie Guinan,
35.01
2 Carlo
Ghisolfi
3 Ron Sproule
E
Grade, 16kms
1 Julia Guinan,
31.00
2 Tayla
Aitchison
JUNIORS
A Grade
2km Time Trail
1 Chris Young,
3.29
2 Keegan
Aitchison, 3.37
3 Andrew
Young, 3.48
B
Grade 2km
Time Trail
1 Max Gueniev,
4.03
2 Taylor
Aitchison, 4.21
3 Adriano
Maradini, 4.40
Junior 10km Handicap
1 Nicholas
Mellick
2 Max Gueniev
3 Adriano
Maradini
Fastest:
Keegan Aitchison
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REPORT
Due to passing
showers and windy conditions earlier in the day, rider numbers were down
at the weekly Randwick Botany Cycling Club Graded Criterium at Heffron
Park, Maroubra held on Saturday 8 December 2001.
By race start
time, the showers had stopped, leaving the track dry for an exciting
combined A/B grade 34km handicap. The six A Graders had to chase the
bunch of nine B grade riders. Randwick Botany rider Shaun Higgerson led A
Grade for most of the first half of the race. `A’ Grader Patrick Jones
rode strongly in his first race back at Heffron after a short break from
competition, but punctured at the half way mark. Todd Sinclair set the
pace in the B grade group and broke away with 4km to go. George Papas,
Chris Jenkins and Robert Cater tried to bridge the 50m gap he had
established, with only Jenkins succeeding in catching Sinclair. In a
well-executed sprint, Jenkins stormed past Sinclair 100m from home, to
cross first in a time of 48min 0sec, Sinclair was placed second followed
by Phil McKnight in third place. The first A Grader home was Liam Kelly.
Ten C Graders
started in the 28km event, with some spirited breakaways by Keegan
Aitchison, making the race very interesting. On the bell-lap the bunch
stayed together, with Brad Lane leading the C-Grade-train into the final
straight and a strong head wind. Riders took full advantage of `drafting’
behind Lane until the 200m-to-go mark, when John Droz, Tony Horneman and
Tony Caruana broke free for a final dash to the line. Droz crossed first
in a time of 47min 35sec closely followed by Tony Horneman who was just
ahead of Tony Caruana in third place.
The fifteen
rider D Grade group set a healthy pace in their 20kms event averaging
34.6kph and was not lapped by C Grade. Andrew Pike rode strongly as did
Jamie Guinan who finished first in a time of 35min 1sec. Second place
went to Carlo Ghisolfi with Ron Sproule third.
Randwick Botany
U13 rider Tayla Aitchison, mixed it with the senior riders in the E Grade
14kms race finishing second behind Julia Guinan in a time of 31min 0sec.
Randwick Botany
Club President John Buckton officiated over the junior events starting
with a junior A Grade 2km Time Trail. Best times went to Chris Young
3.29, Keegan Aitchison 3.37 and Andrew Young 3.48. The B Grade 2km Time
Trial placings were Max Gueniev 4.03, Taylor Aitchison 4.21, Adriano
Maradini 4.40. The Junior 10km Handicap was won by Nicholas Mellick
followed by Max Gueniev and Adriano Maradini. The fastest was Keegan
Aitchison.
Randwick Botany Cycling Club
conducts club racing every Saturday 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 or website
www.randwickbotanycc.com.
Race report prepared by:
Tony Horneman
Publicity Officer
Randwick Botany Cycling Club
publicity@randwickbotanycc.com
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