SENIORS

A Grade 36km

1 David Stewart (Eastern Suburbs), 53.42 (40.6kmh)

2 Simon Price (Eastern Suburbs)

3 Jersy Sowa (Randwick Botany)

B Grade, 32km

1 Jason Webb (Randwick Botany) 51.26 (37.7kmh)

2 Grant Patrick (Southern Cross)

3 Karl Bellemy (Randwick Botany)

4 Keegan Aitchison (Southern Cross)

5 Kevin Black (Sydney)

C Grade, 28km

1 Andy Portess (UK), 46.55 (36.2kmh)

2 Jamie Ward (UK)

3 Luke Davison (Randwick Botany)

4 Wayne O’Young (Randwick Botany)

D Grade, 20km

1 Gordon Bradshaw (Waratah Veterans), 37.45 (35.3kmh)

2 Greg Fisher (Waratah Veterans)

3 Janelle Lindsay (Randwick Botany)

4 Adam Bradstreet (Randwick Botany)

 E Grade, 14km

1 Robert Capp (Waratah Veterans), 27.28 (31kmh)

2 Joe Gatt (Randwick Botany)

3 John Siounis (Bankstown Sports)

4 David Birss (Randwick Botany)

JUNIORS

Junior racing returns to Heffron Park on Saturday 7 February 2004, with a new junior race program.

THANK YOU:

Thanks to Commissaires Helen Vella & Tony Horneman.  Thanks to our safety marshals. Thanks to  Fred Vella  who deployed and retrieved all the safety equipment and also who manned the canteen.   Thanks to RJ from the St John Ambulance.

REPORT

Apologies but no podium/action photos this week as we took the club camera to our Jindabyne Training Camp.  Photos of that camp soon.

In a truly awesome demonstration of sheer power, David Stewart (Eastern Suburbs) blew the 9-rider A-Grade bunch apart midway through the 36km race. Simon Price (Eastern Suburbs) latched on and the pair put 500m on the chasing bunch.  Jersy Sowa (Randwick Botany), Roger Crawford (Randwick Botany), Luis Trueba (Lidcombe Auburn) and Ben Isaksen (Lidcombe Auburn) worked together to chase down the breakaway without success.  Stewart was simply too strong.  The pair completed a gentlemanly sprint with Stewart finishing just in front of teammate Price.  Sowa won the bunch sprint for third place.

Jason Webb made a breakaway during the last lap of the 32km B-Grade race and put 20m on the field leading into the final straight.  The main bunch stormed home and almost caught Webb on the line. “I would have beat Jason if the race was 10 metres longer”, commented third placegetter Karl Bellemy after the race.  Second place went to Grant Patrick (Southern Cross).

A huge C-Grade field raced for 28km, with two riders from the United Kingdom taking first and second place.  Andy Portess won the sprint followed by countryman Jamie Ward.  Third place went to Luke Davison (Randwick Botany) and fourth to Wayne O’Young (Randwick Botany).

Placegetters in E-Grade were Robert Capp (Waratah Veterans), Joe Gatt (Randwick Botany), John Siounis (Bankstown Sports) and David Birss (Randwick Botany).

Junior racing will commence at 1pm on Saturday 7 February 2004, with an exciting new junior race programme developed by the Junior Development Committee.  More information can be obtained from the Junior Support Co-ordinator Janette Murdoch.

For more information contact vice-president Tony Horneman

Tel 02 9314 0846 h

Tel 02 9691 9822 w

communications@randwickbotanycc.com

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

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