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A Grade

Early attacks lead by Pat Jones had the bunch scrambling and strung out early in the race. Pat put 30 odd seconds into the bunch, but the big hitters of Robbie Cater and Sam Rutherford did not panic and left Pat grinding away upfront. When it came to the business end of the race Robbie and Sam closed the gap, and rode across to Pat leaving a bunch behind. During the closing laps, Robbie and Sam put in the big ones and left Pat to ride to the line to finish 3rd on his own with plenty of real estate between himself and the rest of the bunch. Sam had a little more in the tank and out-sprinted Robbie to finish 1st and 2nd respectively.

 

B Grade
The early attacks were not just isolated to A grade. Allan Smith decided to go on that attack early and put 40 seconds into the bunch who were looking for someone to close the gap. Graham Ferguson  and Erin Chamberlain and the eventual winner Grant Bennett Lead the charge and brought Allen back to the bunch after a few laps.

Not long after the bunch re-grouped, Grant Bennett and Erin Chamberlain attacked and put plenty into the bunch, with the workers away there did not seem to be anyone willing to dig in and chase, so the gap just increased. The pace being set by Grant Bennett was high and a little too much for Erin on this hot and windy day.

Grant Bennett left all in his wake and cruised to the line by the length of straight and maybe more.

The placing’s were left to the bunch sprint with Dave Watkinson 2nd and Tim Rice 3rd.

C Grade

This was the only grade where the riders rode the majority of the race together, but the attacks were there but countered as quickly as they started. Michael Chapmen got away on the closing stages and was able to enjoy a solo win.

A little further back club mate James Bale took second place just ahead of Ian Dencker, third.   Joanne Upton finished in the mix and not far from the placing’s, a good ride seeing as Joanne stepped up to C Grade from D Grade this week.

D Grade

This was one of the fastest D grade races I have witnessed in some time. The evidence of this was the splintering of the bunch early on and the placing already decided except for order. Simon Berry attacked the bunch early and rode alone for a few laps before being joined by Guy Yarrow and Ken Challinor who worked well together to close the gap. The three rode the latter laps together at a good pace, but Berry had a little more than the others in the finishing straight and opened enough of a gap to comfortably cross the line in 1st place with Guy Yarrow second and Ken Challinor, third.
 

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