Results 11 Feb 2006


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The following are results for Randwick Botany Cycling Club Saturday racing at Heffron Park, Maroubra held on Sat 11 Feb 2006.

SENIORS

A Grade Scratch 36km

1st	Peter McDonald	FRF/Caravello
2nd	Jeff Jones	FRF/RBCC
3rd	Liam Kelly	Sydney

B Grade Scratch 32km

proud dad Kev Black shows off new born son Liam to the world

1st	Andy Portess	FRF/RBCC
2nd	Kevin Black	FRF/RBCC
2nd	Calvin Smith	FRF/RBCC

C Grade 28km Scratch

1st	Stuart Miles	FRF/RBCC
2nd	Marc Galbraith	FRF/RBCC
3rd	Simon Steel	FRF/RBCC

D Grade 20km Scratch

1st	Tom Papageorgiou	FRF/RBCC
2nd	Jim Stefan	FRF/RBCC
3rd	Martin Thomas	FRF/RBCC

E Grade 16km Scratch

1st	Laurie Scandrett	Sydney
2nd	Leeann Emery	FRF/RBCC
3rd	Marjan McGarry	FRF/RBCC

JUNIORS

1km Time Trial

Fletcher O'Connor 4.48.31

Sam Iremonger 5.18.69

Spenceer O'Connor 5.40.76

Dante Palazetti 6.04.48

James Kolesnyk 6.12.80

Karl Rembel 8.54.08 (on mountain bike)

2 lap Handicap

Dante Palazetti 14.40.53

James Kolesnyk 15.13.21

Spencer O'Connor 15.23.61

Sam Iremonger 15.33.50

Karl Rembel 14.59/95

Fletcher O'Connor 16.56.85 Fastest Time 10.56.85

THANK YOU:

Thanks to Commissaires John Buckton. Thanks to our safety marshals, Charles Dalrymple-Hay & Roger Crawford. Thanks to Fred Vella for deploying and retrieving all the safety equipment. Thanks to Helen Vella& Rocky Fortuna for assisting on the registration table. Thanks Anna Fortuna for manning the canteen. Thanks to Leanne Emery for being our First Aid Officer.

CLUB SPONSORS (see logos right)

Randwick Botany Cycling Club is proudly sponsored by FRF Couriers, parent company of Excelpro. Excelpro is the distributor of products including Argon 18 bicycles, Cinelli bicycles & accessories, Colnago bicycles & accessories, 3T cycling assessories, Vittoria shoes and Speedplay pedals. Bike Bug carries all our major sponsors bikes and products such as Colnago, Cinelli and Argon 18. Tony "the Bug" is offering all Randwick Botany members a 15% discount off parts and accessories. cyclebits.com for all your cycling consumable needs. Order online from an Australian company, and have your cyclebits arrive at your door a day or two later Long term RBCC sponosr DS Labels – Marrackville. Sponsors of our club jersey include Carroll & O'Dea Lawyers, Tenpoint, Vantage Freight, Sydney Morning Herald,

REPORT

Peter "The Machine" McDonald once again proved that he was too strong as he first of all drove A grade along dropping them off one by one, only to finally launch off the front and stay off the front and claim the $150 first place.

CLUB SPONSORS

FRF/EXCELPRO SPONSORED PRODUCTS

JERSEY SPONSORS

	An early break saw Anthony "The King" Spurgeon, Alan Bozonovich , Jeff "Doc" Jones and Liam Kelly grab a very comfortable lead off the front of the A peleton.

	Wasn't long though before Pete "The Machine" came accross the break and joined the leaders

	Then Pete set about being Pete as he relegated Spurge to the sidelines as a spectator and strew the other A graders about the track in ones and twos.

	Here's a great side on shot of Peter's magnificent new prototype Gallium. Peter is the test pilot to assist in making the Gallium even better which is going to be pretty hard. I used to be a test pilot for our sponsor and distributor FRF/Excelpro but they wanted someone who could own one more than 2 days. Can I help it that a car ran over it !!!!

	Sean O'Neil and Andy Portess drive the B grade bunch. Little did these 5 riders who were off the front of B grade know, that our resident handicapper Rocky Fortuna was hiding behind a tree (A very large tree-OK) and all 5 were instantly promoted to A grade. Congratulations guys. That's better than getting a horses head in your bed so quit whinging.

	Next weeks A graders in action. Sean O'Neill sucks in the big ones as new dad Kev Black follows his wheel and further back Andy Portess.

	Here's another couple of next weeks A graders and to prove to you that no one gets any special attention. Club sponsor Tony "The Bug" Corrigan (Bike Bug) you look fantastic, welcome to A grade and Frank (The "F" in FRF), welcome to A grade. No mercy Rocky.

	Just when I thought that Rocky had upgraded all the B graders that he was going to, Big Calvin Smith and Alex Simmons went straight past Sean O'Neill and instantly promoted themselves to A grade. Well done boys and congratulations on the promotion.

	Well done Andy Portess. Andy fresh from a Tues night win, blasted off around the netball courts on the bell lap and caught the boys napping. Having seized a nice gap on the B peleton he sprinted down to the finish line easily holding off the hard charging B finishers. Well done Andy.

	Andrew Kirk drives the B grade bunch with big Calvin Smith on his wheel. Now 10 points for Andrew because while all the others were kicking and screaming (not to mention copious amounts of whinging), Andrew threw himself on the sacrificial sword and up-graded himself to A grade. One of the very few in living memory. Heard hundreds of downgrade requests. "I've been sick" and "I've been off the bike for 3 months" etc etc just isn't going to work anymore guys. Rocky is the handicapping equivalent of "The Terminator"

	C grade on the line and smiling and why shouldn't they be after Rocky upgraded many of the "ring ins" up to B grade.

	C grade action and pictured in the field our handicapping C grade secret agent. I am not going to tell you who he is but he is giving great feedback to handicapper Rocky.

	Here's a picture of the Commissaire and I know I am supposed to be impartial but I thought I would get a shot posing with the winner, Pete The Machine, before the race. Why wait till the last minute when things are hectic.

	Here's a shot of Dave "Knuckles" Crampton another club sponsor (CEO of Vantage Freight) and having seen this shot he wanted me to put it on the web with the caption Dave drives C grade or similar. However if you enlarge this photo and have a look at the outer right you will see a rear wheel and realise as I did that "Knuckles" was not driving it he was in fact losing the wheel or going OTA. Good one Knuckles

Sorry D, E, F grade and Juniors. No pictures of you. Seems like we need an early shift photographer.

PRIZE MONEY

Don't forget that thanks to the generous support of our sponsor FRF and in an effort to encourage more A graders to Saturday racing at Heffron Park, the prize money has been SUBSTANTIALLY increased. First in A grade is $150 and $200 for the handicap winner.

Important note: Daylight Saving hours

Randwick Botany Cycling Club conducts racing at Heffron Park, Maroubra NSW each Saturday throughout the year. During Daylight saving hours, Juniors start at 3pm. Seniors D, E, & F grades will start at 4pm and A, B & C grades will start at 5pm.

For more information please contact the club secretary Helen Vella on 02 9667 3307 or email: secretary@randwickbotanycc.com

Web page layout & editing by: John Buckton

Photos by: Rocky Fortuna

Report by John Buckton

Contact:
Tony: communications@randwickbotanycc.com

John: webmaster@randwickbotanycc.com



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