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SENIORS
A Grade 36km
1 Anthony
Spurgeon, (Caravello)
2 Shaun
Higgerson
3 Nathan
Russell, (Caravello
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B Grade, 32km
1 Dave
McPherson
2 Clive
Hammerson
3 Gary Oliver,
Manly Warringah
4 Chris White
C Grade, 28km
1 Chris Young
2 Keegan
Aitchison
3 Steven Bligh
4 Tony
Horneman
D Grade, 20km
1 Richard
Manners
2 Liam
Fletcher
3 David
Jenkins-Flint
E Grade, 14 km
1 Kevin
Blanchfield
Note: above riders are
Randwick Botany members unless stated otherwise.
JUNIORS
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image for full size)
Time Trial, 2km
1 Keegan
Aitchison, 3.33
2 Jade Hughes,
4.15
3 Adriano
Maradini, 4.32
4 Tyla
Aitchison, 4.51
6km Scratch Race
1 Adriano
Maradini, 14.25
2 Jade Hughes
3 Tyla
Aitchison |
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REPORT
Thanks to
our Chief Commissaire on
the day, Mrs Helen Vella. Thanks to our Principal Commissaire Joanne
Buckton. Thanks to our safety marshals, Phil Chippindale and
Joseph Sorby. Thanks to Richard Jenkins who deployed and retrieved
all the
safety equipment. Thanks to Tony Horneman who used the petrol blower
over the entire 2km circuit to ensure that it was free of glass and debris. Thanks also to Roy Magill
& RJ of the St John Ambulance. Thanks to Fred Vella who manned the
canteen.
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The nearest thing to a
top-fuel drag race was the way A-Grade finished the 36km criterium
race around Heffron Park Maroubra on Saturday 6 July 2002. Two of the
strongest riders in Sydney, Randwick Botany’s Shaun Higgerson and Team
Caravello’s Anthony Spurgeon battled it out shoulder-to-shoulder in
the closing stages of the race. Spurgeon won by the narrowest of
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on image for larger view)
Higgerson
& Spurgeon head to head in the sprint. Picture gives an
appreciation of:
"Going like a blur".
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Higgerson,
who recently won the 2002 NSW Hill Climb Championships, set the
pace early in the race, breaking away from the 10-rider bunch
along with Spurgeon and his Caravello team mate Nathan Russell,
who had rode 170km earlier in the day on a training ride. The
three stayed together until 4-laps to go when Higgerson surged,
dropping the tired Russell. Higgerson and Spurgeon took the bell,
indicating the last lap and sped away for the spectacular sprint
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Thirteen B Grade riders
lined up for their 32km race. Visiting riders included Roger
Shackletone from Waratah Veterans and Gary Oliver from the Manly
Warringah Club. Randwick Botany’s Chris White broke away and rode
solo for five laps early in the race. A 5-rider breakaway formed
late in the race including Dave Jackson, Chris White, Clive
Hammerson, Dave McPherson and Gary Oliver. Final placings were
McPherson, Hammerson, Oliver and White.
The twelve C Grade riders
stayed together in the blustery conditions until three laps to go,
when Chris Young, Keegan Aitchison and Steven Bligh broke away
during the confusing of a passing B Grade. Young finished
strongly putting 50 metres on Aitchison with Bligh further back.
Tony Horneman was the strongest in the bunch sprint to claim
fourth place.
Randwick Botany’s Janelle
Lindsay set the pace in the 11-rider D Grade 20km event. Richard
Manners was too strong in the final sprint and took first place
followed by Liam Fletcher and David Jenkins-Flint. Kevin
Blanchfield won the E Grade 14km race.
Four junior riders
competed in a 2km Time Trial with Keegan Aitchison recording a
time of 3min 33sec, Jade Hughes 4min 15sec, Adriano Maradini 4min
32sec and Tyla Aitchison 4min 51sec. The 6km Scratch Race was won
by Adriano Maradini in a time of 14min 25sec with Jade Hughes
second and Tyla Aitchison third.
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.
Race report prepared by:
Tony Horneman
Communications Officer
Randwick Botany Cycling Club
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