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THANK YOU:
Thanks to Joanne Buckton our Chief Commissaire
on the day, and assistant Jenny Spurgeon. Thanks to
our safety marshals
Paul Baker & Bob Bykerk. Thanks
to Richard Jenkins who
deployed and retrieved all the safety equipment. Thanks to Roy of the St
John Ambulance. Thanks to Janette Murdoch who manned the
canteen
REPORT
The King of Heffron Park, Team
Caravello’s Anthony Spurgeon, suffered two punctures during the
Randwick Botany Cycling Club’s weekly criterium races at Heffron Park
Maroubra on Saturday 22 March 2003. Spurgeon was forced to retire to
leave the remaining A-Graders to complete the 36km race. With 6km to
go, Randwick Botany’s Shaun Higgerson attacked and established a
lengthy lead on the bunch. Simon Rice (Hobart Wheelers), Robert Cater
and John Kenny (Eastern Suburbs) worked together to reduce the margin
without success. As Higgerson rolled across the line to take the win,
the chase group was 400m behind. Rice won the sprint for second place
followed by Robert Cater, Chris Jenkins, John Kenny, Dave Wilkinson
(Manly Warringah) and Dave Jackson. The winning time was 52min 32sec
at an average speed of 41.5kph.
In a fairly evenly contested
32km B-Grade race, Patrick Norton (Bicisport) broke away with 2km to
go and sailed away to take a solo win. Dave Mackey (Randwick Botany)
started the bunch sprint with 400m to go, but was rolled by the other
sprinters. Second place went to Chris Young (Eastern Suburbs)
followed by Will Grey, John Buckton and Dave Mackey.
Randwick Botany’s Club
Captain, Janelle Lindsay was the star of the C-Grade race over 28km.
Lindsay, who was recently selected to team-up with Lindy Hou, a
visually impaired rider, as part of the Australian Paralympic tandem
cycle team. The girls have qualified and will represent Australia at
the European track championships to be held in Prague in September
2003. The duo managed a Level 1 qualifying time for the 200m fly.
(Level 1 being not more than world record plus 5%). The pair have
been training at Dunc Gray Velodrome. After Praque, their sights will
be firmly fixed on the Paralympic Games in Athens in September 2004.
During today’s C-Grade race, Lindsay drove the bunch on several
occasions. Fellow club member Greg Smart worked with Lindsay to
maintain the pace. Mark Goodwin rode a touch race, but finished out
of the placings. In the mad dash to the line, Lindsay was triumphant
in a time of 46min 15sec at an average speed of 36.7kph. Second was
Martin Snowden (Sutherland) with Shaun Ballesty third.
New Randwick Botany members
filled the first three places in D-Grade after 20km. Peter McDonald,
Joel Turner and Alex Templeton raced home to place 1, 2 and 3
respectively.
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Ten
junior riders competed in time trails and a 10km handicap race.
New member Nicholas Hall recorded the best time in the 2km Time
Trial. Nine-year-old Elliot Doughty (pictured left) was thrilled
to win the 10km Handicap, beating the bigger juniors by 200m. |
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
12noon.
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:
Tony Horneman
Photos by
Tony Horneman
Web page layout & editing
by John Buckton
Webmaster
Randwick Botany Cycling Club
Tony:
communications@randwickbotanycc.com
John:
webmaster@randwickbotanycc.com
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