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RESULTS
MEN
A/B Grade Men/Masters/U19, 50min + 3laps
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1 Anthony
Spurgeon (Caravello)
2 Liam Kelly
(Eastern Suburbs)
3 Bart Hickson
(Caravello)
4 Jose
Rodriguez (Eastern Suburbs)
5 Chris Sutton
(St George)
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First B
Grader: Eric Alias
Second B
Grader: Luis Trueba (Marconi Fairfield)
Prime 1:
Daniel Rutherford (Sydney)
Prime 2: Shaun
Hopkins (Parramatta)
Prime 3: Chris
Sutton (St George)
Prime 4: Brian
Appleyard (Sydney)
C Grade Men/Masters, 30min + 3laps
.jpg) 1 Charles
Toffler (Penrith), 39.13
2 Grant Law (Illawarra)
3 Matthew
Hooker (Marconi Fairfield)
4 Michael Cory
(North Sydney)
5 Brendon
Ingram (Macarthur)
D Grade Men/Masters/U19, 20min + 3laps
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1 Sean Bloch (Randwick
Botany), 31.12
2 Mario
Machado (Hinchinbrook)
3 David
Watkinson (Manly Warringah)
4 Craig
Dempsey (Eastern Suburbs)
5 Timothy
Kingston (Marconi Fairfield)
E Grade Men/Masters/U19, 15min plus 3 laps
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1 Kevin Crowie
(Sydney), 25.40
2 Matthew
Tabone (Randwick Botany)
3 Peter
Foulsham (North Sydney)
4 John
Edmondson (Randwick Botany)
5 Paul Baker (Randwick
Botany)
6 Stephen
McMillan (Sydney)
Handicap C/D/E Grades, 20km
1 Grant Law (Illawarra)
2 Mario
Machado (Hinchinbrook)
3 Mark Harris
(Canberra)
4 Walter
Machado (Hinchinbrook)
C Grade Prime:
Patrick Jones (Randwick Botany)
D Grade Prime:
Dave Mackey (Randwick Botany)
E Grade Prime:
Kevin Crowie (Sydney)
WOMEN
Women, 30min plus 3 laps
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1 Terri Moore
(Canberra), 40.9
2 Natalie
Bates (Parramatta)
3 Kate Nichols
(St George)
1st
unplaced B Grader: Tanya Newton (Bicisport)
1st
unplaced Masters Woman: Karen Dutton (Sutherland)
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REPORT
The 40th Snowy Wilson Memorial was a fabulous race meeting. We
would like to thank the Newington Inn Hotel, DS Labels, Maroubra Cycles
and Velo Vita cycle accessories. Without these companies the day
would not have been possible. Special thanks to Maroubra Cycles who
donated a magnificent Avanti mountain bike as first place in the raffle.
Velo Vita sports who donated parts and accessories to the value of $450 as
second prize and finally the Newington Inn who donated 2 cases of award
winning Stanmore Hill wine as third prize in the raffle.
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The winner of the Avanti Montari Mountain bike was
James Grant. Here's James receiving the bike from Bradley Cooke
of Eastside Radio station 89.7FM on behalf of Maroubra Cycles. |
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Nick Cater looks pretty happy to have won his two
cases of wine. Here he is receiving the prize from the Licensee
of the Newington Inn, Mr Chris White as Brad Cooke looks on |
RACE REPORT
Perfect weather and riding
conditions greeted over 100 riders and spectators from all over NSW and
ACT for the annual Snowy Wilson Memorial Criterium at Heffron Park on
Sunday 5 May 2002. The race is dedicated to the
memory of A.E. Wilson who joined the Randwick Botany Cycling Club in
1917. Snowy was a member of the club for much of his lifetime and was the
longest serving Secretary of the club, holding that office for 30 years.
Twenty-seven A and B Grade riders
lined up for the premier event of the day. Bart Hickson from Team
Caravello rode an aggressive race making several strong attacks during the
50 minutes (plus 3 laps) of the challenging Heffron Park 2km circuit.
Team tactics where evident during the race with Caravello riders working
together.
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Mr Caravello certainly looked pretty pleased with the
boys after the race. |
Eastern Suburbs Club and Trek team riders also stuck together.
In an exciting bunch sprint, Anthony Spurgeon, from Team Caravello, led
the charge to the line and crossed first, just ahead of Liam Kelly from
the Eastern Suburbs club. Hickson finished in a well-earned third place.
Fourth went to Jose Rodriguez also from the Eastern Suburbs club followed
by Chris Sutton from St George. Sutton is also a member of the NSWIS/La
Francaise des Jeux squad. The first B Grader home was Eric Alias followed
by Luis Trueba from the Marconi Fairfield club. There were four primes
(intermediate sprints) contested during the race, which were won by Daniel
Rutherford (Sydney), Shaun Hopkins (Parramatta), Chris Sutton and Brian
Appleyard (Sydney).
Nearly thirty C Grade riders raced
for 30min plus 3 laps, with Charles Toffler from the Penrith winning in
time of 39min 13sec. Second place went to Grant Law from Illawarra,
followed by Matthew Hooker (Marconi Fairfield), Michael Cory (North
Sydney) and Brendon Ingram (Macarthur).
South African Olympian and
Randwick Botany Cycling Club member Sean Bloch won the twenty-six rider D
Grade race. Twenty-eight-year-old Bloch represented South Africa in the
1992 Barcelona Olympic Games in the 1km Track Time Trial and Match
Sprint. He also competed at the World Championships in Norway in 1993 and
Columbia in 1995. Bloch won the D Grade 20min plus 3 lap race in a time
of 31min 12sec. Second place went to Mario Machado from the Hinchinbrook
club. Third was David Watkinson from Manly Warringah. Craig Dempsey from
Eastern Suburbs and Timothy Kingston from Marconi Fairfield filled the
other places.
E Grade riders raced for 15min
plus 3 laps and was won by Kevin Crowie from the Sydney club in a time of
25min 40sec. Matthew Tabone from host club Randwick Botany was second
with Peter Foulsham from North Sydney third. Minor place getters were
John Edmondson (Randwick Botany), Paul Baker (Randwick Botany) and Stephen
McMillan (Sydney).
Junior champion Natalie Bates led
a strong women’s field in the 30min plus 3 laps race. Randwick Botany
riders Janelle Lindsay and Leanne Koh put in a creditable performance. In
an explosive final sprint to the line, riders were 4-abreast across the
track traveling at speeds approaching 60kph. In a difficult judging
decision, final placings were Terri Moore from Canberra in the time of
40min 9sec, Natalie Bates (Parramatta) and Kate Nichols (St George). The
first unplaced B Grader was Tanya Newton (Bicisport). First unplaced
Masters Woman was Karen Dutton (Sutherland).
A 20km Handicap race was conducted
for C, D and E Grade riders. In a well handicapped race, E Grade was
caught by D Grade at the 8km mark. B Grade gained 10 seconds per lap on
the lower grades. It wasn’t until the last lap that all riders came
together for an exciting sprint which was won by Grant Law from the
Illawarra club. Second was Mario Machado (Hinchinbrook), third was Mark
Harris (Canberra) followed by Walter Machado (Hinchinbrook). The C Grade
prime was won by Patrick Jones (Randwick Botany). D Grade prime: Dave
Mackey (Randwick Botany) and E Grade Prime: Kevin Crowie (Sydney).
Randwick Botany Cycling Club would also like to thank
the following People and organisations for their assistance:
Randwick City Council for preparing Heffron Park for the event. Kate Rowe
and seven volunteers from the Sydney Gay Games (to be held 2-9 November
2002) who assisted with track setup, registration and flag marshalling.
Roy Magill, Renier-Jones Lagunday (RJ) and David Stevenson
from St Jones Ambulance. All the Randwick Botany members who arrived
early in the morning and assited with setting up. All
those behind the scenes who assisted with the BBQ and canteen. Finally
RBCc would like to thank the Commissaires from Cycling NSW, Mr Ken Martin,
Mr Arthur Donnelly and our own Dale Rockell, for their part
in the smooth running of the 40th Snowy Wilson Memorial Criterium.
Click
here for photos by Ernie Smith Photography
Race report prepared by:
Tony Horneman
Publicity Officer
Photos by Tony Horneman & John Buckton
Randwick Botany Cycling Club
publicity@randwickbotanycc.com
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