SENIORS   A Open Grade 20 Laps 40km  Time: 1:01:43 Av speed 39.3kph 1.    Luke Davison (RBCC/FRF) 2.    Brent Skippen Clarence Street 3.    Adam Socha NS   A Club Grade 18 Laps 36km  Time: 57:09 Av speed 38.1 kph 1.    Tim Kerl (Peleton) 2.   Chris Wright (Sydney) 3.    Todd Spokes  (RBCC/FRF)   B Grade Scratch 32km  Time: 51:07. Av speed 37.95kph  1.    Crispin Arnell (RBCC/FRF) 2.    Nick Wainman (LA) 3.    Stuart King (RBCC/FRF)      C Grade 28km Laps  Time 46:49: Av speed 35.6 kph 1.   Michael Clement (DH) 2.   Paul Shepard 3.  Nicholas Brown  (RBCC/FRF)     D Grade  20km  Time: 36:09 Av speed 33.5 kph 1.    Andrew Grant (Sydney) 2.    Matt Hynes  (RBCC/FRF) 3.    Roy Keys (Sydney)

E Grade  16km Time: 33:35  Av speed 28.9 kph

THANK YOU:

Commissaires John Buckton All grades, Richard Jenkins & Joanne Buckton A, B & C grades. Thanks to Ritchard Jenkins & Matthew Hynes who deployed and retrieved all the witches hats and signs. Thanks to Anna Fortuna for manning the canteen. 

Thanks to our safety marshals Mark Galbraith & and Alan Seymour.  Thanks to Sue Shavkin 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. 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

Brent Skippen got to see the bullet like speed of young Luke Davison this week as Luke blasted across a gap and took Brent on the line.  The quote of the week was heard shortly after that moment in the vicinity of the Commissaries, "Little *#@* !!!!"  I don't think Brent expected that anyone could have bridged that gap and was in fact throttling off a little as he approached the line.

It got a little hectic out there this week with A Club enjoying their "Tactical Race."  For those who don't know we split the A grade into 2 separate scratch races because the A Clubs complained that they were doing an 18 lap time trial flat out.  We gave them their own race so that they could ride, as they described it, "A tactical race".  Well this weeks tactics seemed to be go so slow that B grade catches you and A Open laps you.  These two events did inspire them to actually start turning the pedals but it didn't do much for us in the Commissaire's box as B grade passed A Club and then the two grades see-sawed back and forth across each other over a couple of laps.  Finally A Club picked up the pace and moved away from B grade however A Open came around and lapped them but even though they have fought for their own race for weeks, they must have secretly longed to race with the A Opens again because that's exactly what they did.  With only 2 laps to go we decided to give A club the bell at the correct time and bell A Open the lap after.  The Commissaire's job became interesting screaming on the PA, bell for A Club, A Open 2 to go.  The good news was that they all understood it and the A Opens backed off a bit and let the A club's go for their sprint lap. As a result A Open in fact raced 20 laps this week.

B Grade sprint was close as well with Crispin Arnell and big Nick Wainman battling it out right to the finish line.

The E grade sprint and young Ben Grant takes the honours.

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

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