THANK YOU:

Thanks also to Leeann Emery for being our First Aid Officer. 

With Rocky away at the SunTour, I step in as photographer today.  Sorry no action shots this week, just podium shots.

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

Fabulous ride by the 2 remaining A open riders, Luke Davison and Dave Early who started out with 6 and by 75% of the way through the race were down to 2.  They worked well together and at a point half way through the race young Luke sang out a nice complement as he went past the Commissaire's position.  I only heard, "This is B*#*%.."  but I am sure it was something along the lines, "This is Bloody good handicapping"  

Anyway it was good handicapping as the two A opens caught the A Club bunch and managed 1st and 4th postions.

Bit of drama in the B grade race.  Mixed emotions for poor Jeremy "Jezza" Alchin.  Grabed 2econd place in the B grade sprint and then somehow got a little mixed up with 3rd placegetter, Matt Greenwood as they passed the finish line.  Result was Jessa got off balance and when trying to steer sharply to regain balance, popped the front tyre and the rest is history.  Apart from some bark missing, nothing was broken, bike was Ok and Jezza is in good spirits.

Something different this week when we let E grade off 2 mins 30 secs before D grade in a D/E handicap.  The D graders under the careful direction of Leanne Emery swapped off turns like pros and slowly got the E graders back coming together with 2 to go.  After the race a couple of the D graders told me how much they enjoyed it and how they learnt the concept of swapping off turns and rolling over. It was great to hear that we had enabled them to pick up some new skills.

We were honoured in the Juniors to have both the German National Champion and the World Champion competing.

Well I don't know where Rebecca got the Rainbow jersey but I do know that Katie's German national jersey is a genuine. She got it off her aunty Judith Arndt.

Here's a Flashback to 2003 when Judith Arndt and Petra Rossner visited us at Heffron.

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