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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
Mark Murdoch & Joe Sorby. Thanks
to Richard Jenkins who
deployed and retrieved all the safety equipment. Thanks to Roy of the St
John Ambulance. Thanks to Janette Murdoch and Jenny Spurgeon who who
manned the registration table. Thanks to Fred Vella who manned the
canteen.
REPORT
Almost 100 junior and senior
riders registered for racing at the weekly Randwick Botany Cycling
Club criterium races at Heffron Park on Saturday 29 March 2003.
Racing was halted by the race
commissarie, for a short time after 3 laps due to a fall in D-Grade.
After several rolling laps to keep the muscles warm, the race was
restarted and all riders quickly resumed full race pace.
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In-form A-Grade riders
Anthony Spurgeon (Caravello), Shaun Higgerson, Robert Cater,
Patrick Jones, and Simon Price (Hobart Wheelers) took the placings
in the elite race. Randwick Botany’s Will Grey had a good ride,
driving the bunch on several occasions. |
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Randwick Botany’s Dave Jackson, sporting a new set of Zipp
composite rimmed wheels, set the pace in B-Grade. Michael Murdoch
(big bird) made a break early but was chased down quickly.
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Final placings were
Jonathon Tainsh (North Sydney), Chris Young (Eastern Suburbs),
Ryan Terry (North Sydney) and David McHugh (Sydney). |
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The
Randwick Botany Cycling Club welcomed Dorothee Grun (and
4-year-old son Marcel), from the RC Guenther Koeln-Longerich
cycling club in Koeln, Germany. Grun is visiting Australia for 7
weeks to train and prepare for the German National Championships
later in the year. “The weather is very pleasant here in
Australia, compared to back home”, she said after the race. |
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Dorethee Grun, pictured left with her brother Manfred Otto.
Manfred, no stranger to the race track, is one of the principals
of Velo Vita, a well known Sydney based cycling accessories
importer which has helped the Randwick Botany Cycling club by way
of sponsorship on several occasions in the past. Dorothee, joined
21 other C-Grade riders for the 28km race. |
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New
club member Alex Templeton tried her hand at C-Grade this week,
and made some short breaks during the race. There was plenty of
action in the 22 strong C grade field. Final placing were Martin
Snowden (Sutherland), Shaun Ballesty (Randwick Botany) and Kevin
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A large D-Grade bunch (23
riders) raced for 20km. D-Grade star Phillip Chippendale did a
lot of work keeping the other riders honest, and finished fourth for
his efforts.
Randwick Botany riders
filled the first four places with Peter McDonald first after a solo
breakaway, followed by Joe Henry, Andrew Young and Chippendale. Beth
Bowen from the Sydney Cycling Club rode strongly and finished fifth.
Junior riders competed in time
trails and a 10km handicap race. Michael Murdoch recorded the
quickest time for the day with a 3min 9sec 2km lap. Nine-year-old
Elliot Doughty won the 10km Handicap for the second week running.
Full results at the end of this report.
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 &
trainee Joe Sorby
Web page layout & editing
by John Buckton
Webmaster
Randwick Botany Cycling Club
Tony:
communications@randwickbotanycc.com
John:
webmaster@randwickbotanycc.com
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