THANK YOU:

Commissaires John Buckton & Richard Jenkins.

Thanks to  Bob Bykerk who has been giving the Club's new Mac a workout and for numerous weeks has been developing a new registration database and has assisted Joanne Buckton at the front desk.

Thanks also to our safety marshal Trudy van de ???. Thanks to Leeann Emery for being our First Aid Officer.  Thanks also to Rocky Fortuna and Richard Jenkins who did the track setup.

CLUB SPONSORS (see logos right)

Randwick Botany Cycling Club is proudly sponsored by FRF Couriers. FRF Sports 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

Two A Open riders this week in Randwick Botany members and FRF-NSWIS team members, Robbie Cater and Pete "The Machine" McDonald.  Started the boys 1 minute 30 seconds behind A grade which put them 30 seconds behind B Grade(B Grade started 1 min behind A).  Pete & Robbie blasted off the line and in an amazing demonstration of power speed & fitness, they had passed B Grade on the first lap.  In fact they set a blistering first l lap time of 2 mins 46 seconds which if not a 1 lap course record is within  milliseconds as I recollect..  A Grade Club on the other hand had a fairly average first lap of 3 min 9 seconds allowing the boys to get back some 23 seconds in one lap.  They kept the pace pretty steady and had pulled back the entire minute and a half by lap 5.  After a couple of lap breather, Pete launched off the front never to be seen again.  Robbie got a break on the bunch but Dave Walton managed to get on his wheel.  Dave rode extremely strongly to stay with Robbie for the majority of the race but Robbie was never going to take Dave up anywhere near his team mate. With about 1 and a half to go, Robbie attacked Dave and got away.  That's how they finished with Peter first.

Robbie second and Dave Walton third.  There was a peleton sprint for 4th place and that was taken out by Matty Lucas.

All that Thursday night Track training is paying off for Brett Douglas as he sprinted clear of the competition in B grade.

There was mixed emotion from Tony Caruana as he headed home for easy victory in C Grade.  Elation for winning the event and then dispair when I told him he was now a B grader. Tony is in training for the Masters Worlds and the fitness is obvious.  I'm not sure too many others of us will be racing B grade at 70years of age.  Congratulations Tony.

Well we have spoken about the champions and now it is time to talk about those at the other end of the spectrum.  In what could only be described as a shameful exhibition, Dave "Jellyfish" Crampton went OTA in about 2 laps and was even changed into civies before the race was over.  Here he is begging me to stay a member of the "Dream Team"  ---NOT !

D Grade sprint and Rod Wheatley takes it out.  Welcome to C Grade Rod.	Camille Reed was just too fast for Dulwich Hill giant Michael Kennedy.  Sandie Mackey rode strongly to take third.

START TIMES

As we are outside daylight saving, racing times are now:

Juniors start at 12.30pm. Seniors D, E, & F grades will start at 2pm and A, B & C grades will start at 3pm.

RACING SHEDULE

Scratch races for A, B, C D & E grades. An F grade will be conducted if sufficient numbers in attendance.

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