SENIORS

A Grade 36km

 Stuart Campbell (Eastern Suburbs), 52.56, 41.2kmh

2 Simon Price (Hobart Wheelers)

3 Nick Wood (St George)

4 Chris Jenkins

B Grade, 32km

1 Frank Fortuna (St George/FRF Couriers), 51.27, 37.7kmh

2 Oliver Scott

3 Roger Crawford

4 John Buckton (Randwick Botany Fourth Place Specialist)

C Grade, 28km

1 Mark Goodwin (Sutherland), 46.31, 36.5kmh

2 Kevin White (Sydney)

3 Jason Borkowski (Eastern Suburbs)

D Grade, 20km

1 Brian Funston 35.41, 34kmh

2 Mark Burgess (Waratah Veterans- pictured above)

3 Justin Sharples

E Grade, 14km 

1 Norman Jew (pictured above)

2 Ross Fullerton

3 Kevin Blanchfield

(Randwick Botany Cycling Club riders unless otherwise noted.)

JUNIORS

U17 2km Time Trial

1 Mark Woodhouse, 3.24

2 Andrew Young, 0.02

3 Belinda Angwin, 0.15

U15 2km Time Trial

1 Daniel Dalrymple-Hay (Randwick Botany), 4.04

2 Matthew Fortuna (St George), 0.31

U13 2km Time Trial

1 Adriano Maradini, 3.55

2 Sam Buckland,  0.13

6km Handicap Race

1     Pita Vea      

2     Tamas Bykerk

3     Keegan Aitchison (Southern Cross)        

4     Andrew Young

5     Tom Patton     

Junior A Grade 10km Scratch Race

1 Mark Woodhouse

2 Andrew Young

3 Belinda Angwin

4  Adriano Maradini

Junior B Grade 10km Scratch Race

1 Daniel Dalrymple-Hay

2 Sam Buckland

3 Matthew Fortuna (St George)

4 Patrick Jenner

THANK YOU:

REPORT

About 75 senior riders and about 10 junior riders turned up for what was a great days racing.  There was some anxious moments in the northbound straight of the "Squircle" about half way through the race when B grade caught D grade and proceeded to pass them on the right hand side.  B grade were screaming out "keep left" to the D graders who were all complying with that request when all of a sudden we heard, "B grade keep left" and A grade proceeded to pass B grade at a fair rate of knots.  I cannot remember three grades across the track in one location and at one time before, however everyone did the right thing and gave each respective faster grade room to pass.  It got a little scary on the exit of the Squircle as we cornered right alongside the tennis courts as the bunches were still 3 wide through that corner with A grade going really fast through the apex, B grade using the middle of the corner and D grade staying out wide to the left near the grass.  Thankfully the grades passed each other without incident.  Congratulations to all those riders involved.

I had a bit of a dig at the flying Fortuna brothers that I never see them in their FRF gear.  Well Frank turned up this week looking resplendent in his red white and blue gear (good colour scheme- familiar somehow), and then proceeded to win the B grade race.  Maybe I will shut my mouth from now on.  There's Frank (pictured left) flanked by a couple of Randwick Botany man mountains, Oliver Scott and Roger Crawford who came second and third. Frank told me after the race that his gears had played up and he had dropped into the 53/11 in the middle of his sprint.  God help us if they ever make a ten rear cog!!  I also have to make comment on our Communcations Officer, Tony Horneman's comment left (Tony supplies the results and I cut and paste them into the web page).  I should tell you that our handicappers take into account the first 3 place getters of each race and points are assigned ultimately upgrading that rider to the next highest grade when they have accrued sufficient points.  I think Tony is trying to suggest that I might be purposely coming fourth in order to elude the handicap system and to ensure that I do not accrue points towards A grade.   Nothing could be further from the truth Tony !!  By the way someone has to take the podium shots when you don't attend racing.  I can hardly take a photo of myself.

I was very impressed with Randwick Botany member Kevin Huang.  Kevin had his first ride in B grade and hung in there nicely right to the sprint.  Kevin looked very smooth and comfortable.  Congratulations Kevin on a  top ride.  It is really great to see the big fields of A & B graders.  It was only a couple of years ago that we were getting only a handful of A's & B's and then having to combine them for sufficient numbers to race.  There is a real apparent and obvious trend, in terms of improvement, throughout the grades and many RBCC riders are improving and moving up to race in the higher grades.  To these riders I say congratulations and keep up the good work.  It is obviously paying off and this is reflected in the good results that we have been achieving in the opens this year. 

Well as usual, the D graders and E graders took off before I could snap their photographs.  So congratulations to Mark Burgess from Waratah Vets and Norman Jew from Randwick Botany, who both stuck around to provide a big smile for the camera.

See you all again next week.

 RADIO COVERAGE

Coverage of local cycling results can be heard on Sydney’s Eastside Radio 89.7FM “GAME ON” program, hosted by Brad Cooke, each Saturday morning from 10am to 12pm.   Brad will be regularly interviewing our local cycling stars, so stay tuned.  Matt Lucas provided a very entertaining interview on last week's show.

MORE INFORMATION

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:
John Buckton

Photos:  John Buckton (Tony Horneman gave some excuse about being too busy)
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