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SENIORS
A Grade 36km
1 Anthony Spurgeon
(Caravello)
, 57.51 ( 37.7 kmh)
2 Matthew Lucas (Randwick
Botany)
3 Josh Marden (Randwick
Botany)
4 David Rae (Eastern
Suburbs)
B Grade, 32km
1 Richard Scriven (Sydney),
51.47 (37.5 kph)
2 Andy Matthews (Randwick
Botany)
3 Karl Bellemy (Randwick
Botany)
C Grade, 28km
1 Adam Bradstreet (Randwick
Botany), 45.38 (37.1 kph)
2 Simon Vagg (Sydney)
3 Craig Blundell (Sydney)
D Grade, 20km
1 Paul Dimitriou (Randwick
Botany), 33.59 (35.6 kph)
2 Simon Visor (Randwick
Botany)
3 Rachel
O’Connell (Manly Warringah)
E
Grade, 14km
1 Joe Gatt (Randwick
Botany)
2 Grant Roe (Randwick
Botany)
3 James Young (Randwick
Botany)
JUNIORS
Handicap 8km
1 Taylor Weetman (Randwick
Botany)
2 Andrew Weetman (Randwick
Botany)
3 Matthew Weetman (Randwick
Botany)
4 Adriano Maradini (Randwick
Botany)
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THANK YOU:
Thanks to our
Commissaires Helen Vella, Richard Jenkins & John Buckton. Thanks to
Janette Murdoch & John Buckton who conducted Juniors.
Thanks to our safety marshals including Rosanna Fortuna and
Tony Aitchison. Thanks to Tony Horneman who cleaned
the track of debris and Fred Vella who deployed all the witches
hats.
REPORT
Racing returned to Heffron Park,
Maroubra NSW, after the Easter break with over 75 riders
registering. New start times were introduced with D and E
Grade starting at 2pm and A, B and C Grades at 3pm.
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The King of Heffron Park –
Anthony Spurgeon (Caravello) powered home to win the 36km
A-Grade race followed by Matthew Lucas, Josh Marden and
David Rae (Eastern Suburbs). |
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Initially, there were only 3 away in the break before
David Rae came across. Left, The King attacks over
the first pimple but there is no way Matty Lucas was going
to let him go as he snarls and accelerates hard to get
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Richard Scriven (Sydney) and Chris
Reynolds broke away near the start/finish line in the final
lap of B-Grade but even in spite of his high altitude training
at Jindabyne over Easter, Chris was unable to hold Scriven's
wheel and had to let him go as they exited the squircle near
the tennis courts. Chris was gobbled up by the chasing
peleton however Scriven was able to maintain his lead taking
the win by 100m. Second place went to Andy Matthews followed
by Karl Bellemy.
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Andy Matthews smiles as he takes the peleton sprint
and second place in B grade. Sorry Richard, I missed
your solo finish. I was already to take the shot
when I looked up to see what the Commissaires were
screaming about. Let's keep that our little secret. |
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I noticed Andy Matthews on the front of the B grade
bunch a few times. Co-incidentally though, it seemed
to be only when he passed the camera location and I also
noticed on such occasions that he always had a smile on
his face. I don't think that there is any truth to those
vicious rumours such as "He wouldn't do a turn if you
stuck him in a tumble dryer" |
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Karl Bellamy tested the B Grade bunch a few times by
riding off the front. Left Karl away with the an A
grade chasing bunch looming up on him and the B grade
peleton in the background. |
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Alan Cohen did a fair bit of work on the
front of C grade. Andrew Swan was also often at the
front of the C grade bunch. Tony Caruana was looking
very stylish in his Elvis style glasses. Good to see
Andrew Grant having a run around Heffron. They do
let him out of the Cycling NSW office. andrew is in
the yellow jersey. |
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Also seen up the front driving the C
grade bunch was Andrew Swan (First wheel, pictured left).
Laura Bortolozzi (Team FRF
Couriers), seen in 2nd wheel behind Andrew, rode strongly
as always in the 26-rider 28km C-Grade event.
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In the end though it was Adam
Bradstreet who was mid-field at the start of the straight
in the last lap and feared being blocked in. In a
demonstration of blinding acceleration, Adam went from
40kmh to 60kmh to blast through the bunch to win in a time
of 45min 38sec. Minor placings went to Simon Vagg
(Sydney) and Craig Blundell (Sydney).
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Paul Dimitriou
broke away in the 20km D-Grade race with 4 laps to go and
didn’t look back, easily winning in a time of 33min
59sec. Simon Visor was second followed by Rachel
O’Connell (Manly Warringah). |
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Mark Murdoch rode strongly in D Grade and
spent a fair bit of time on the front of the D Grade
peleton, driving the D grade bunch along. |
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E grade action left with RBCC's Joe Gatt
out in the front with fellow club members Grant Roe and
James Young not letting him get too far away. That is
co-incidentally the order in which they eventually
finished. |
Junior racing results was a family
affair with the Weetmans taking the first three placings in
the 8km Handicap race. First was Taylor Weetman followed by
Andrew Weetman, Matthew Weetman and Adriano Maradini.
CLUB SPONSORS
Randwick Botany Cycling Club is proudly
sponsored by Newington Inn – Petersham, DS Labels – Marrackville and
Cheeky Monkey Cycle Company, Pitt Street Sydney and Velomax Wheel
Systems.
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 by Tony Horneman & John Buckton
Web page layout & editing by: John Buckton
Action Photos:
John Buckton
Podium photos: Tony Horneman
Contact:
Tony:
communications@randwickbotanycc.com
John:
webmaster@randwickbotanycc.com
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