SENIORS   A Open Grade 18 Laps 36km  Time: 54:35 Av speed 40.0kph 1.    Anthony Spurgeon (Caravelo) 2.    D. Rae (Marconi)    3.    Matthew Lucas (RBCC)   A Club Grade 18 Laps 36km  Time: 56:10 Av speed 38.85 kph 1.    Frank Fortuna (RBCC) 2.    Calvin Smith (RBCC) 3.    Nick Wainman (RBCC)          B Grade Scratch 32km  Time: 50:15. Av speed 38.6kph  1.    Murray Walsh (Sutherland) 2.    Peter Cooper (Illawarra) 3.    Stuart King (RBCC)      C Grade 28km Laps  Time 47:20: Av speed 36.2kph 1.    Anthony Aitchison (RBCC) 2.    Wayne Eliot (RBCC) 3.    Chris Jones (Manly Warringah)       D Grade  20km  Time: 35:42 Av speed 34.0kph 1.    T. Szymanski (Sutherland) 2.    Matthew Hynes (RBCC) 3.    Carlo Paiola (Illawarra)

E Grade  16km Time: 30:43  Av speed 31.5kph

THANK YOU:

Commissaires John Buckton D & E grades, Richard Jenkins & Joanne Buckton A, B & C grades. Thanks to Richard Jenkins who deployed and retrieved all the witches hats and signs. Thanks to Anna Fortuna for manning the canteen.  Thanks to our safety marshals Tony Caruana & Frank Caristo and Laura Bortolozzi who assisted Joanne on the Registration table.  Thanks to Leeann 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 BH bicycles, Argon 18 bicycles,  Cinelli bicycle 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.  Bike Bug is offering all Randwick Botany members a 15% discount off parts and accessories.  Go to cyclebits.com for all your cycling consumable needs like tyres, tubes, bar tape, etc, etc.  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

After having endured my fair share of healthy debate on the issue, I finally yielded to the A Clubbies who were sick of doing an 18 lap time trial to hold off the chasing A Opens, and split A into 2 separate scratch races, A Open and A Club.  Despite the fact that Pete "The Machine" wasn't there, I then had to endure the cries of anquish as each in turn told me, "I am not an Open A Grade rider !!!"

Despite their having done no training, no miles on the bike, Matty Lucas got himself a third in A Open and Rollo haivng only just allighted from his sick bed after 2 week managed 4th. 

The King looked pretty happy at the beginning of the race.  Perhaps that's because he knows that the deck isn't stacked against him at Randwick Botany races. 

He looked pretty happy after the race as well having taken victory in the A open division. Congratulations to big Roger Crawford also who stepped up to the plate on his own and finished with the bunch in A Open.

Meanwhile back in the A Club division, they were all enjoying their "tactical" race except that our Hungarian import spoiled their social outing and launched off the front and stayed there for most of the race.  Unfortunately they were not able to enjoy their new founded leisurely cruise chatting together and had to chase Zollie down.

2 to go and Zollie looks around and realises that it is all over as a chasing A Club bunch reels him in.

If you let Frank Fortuna have a nice leisurely ride you pay the price in the end.  Very few people come over Frank if he is fresh in the sprint.  Better rethink "Tactics" boys.

START TIMES

Don't forget Daylight savings finishes on Sunday 25 March.  The following Saturday 31 March, 2007 racing times will revert to:

Juniors start at 1pm. Seniors D, E, & F grades will start at 2pm and A, B & C grades will start at 3pm.

DURING DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME: Randwick Botany Cycling Club conducts racing at Heffron Park, Maroubra NSW each Saturday throughout the year. Juniors start at 3pm. Seniors D, E, & F grades will start at 4pm and A, B & C grades will start at 5pm.

RACING SHEDULE

A handicap race for A B & C grades will be conducted on the first Saturday of every month.  Second,  fourth & fifth Saturdays will be normal scratch races.  On the Third Saturday of every month racing will be longer and conducted in reverse direction.  A grade 25 laps (50 kilometres), B grade 23 laps and C grade 20 laps.  D, E & F will be normal distance

For more information please contact the club secretary Joanne Buckton on 02 9315 7801 or email: secretary@randwickbotanycc.com

Web page layout & editing by: John Buckton

Photos by: Rocky Fortuna

Report by John Buckton

Contact:
John:   webmaster@randwickbotanycc.com