THANK YOU:

Commissaires John Buckton D & E grades. Joanne Buckton A, B & C grades. Thanks to Matthew Hynes who deployed and retrieved all the witches hats and signs. Thanks to Anna Fortuna for manning the canteen.  Thanks to Leeann Emery for being our First Aid Officer.  Thanks to our safety marshals Frank & Rosanna Fortuna.

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

First Saturday of the month means handicap and the excitement went right down to the bell lap. There were 4 grades on the track with A Open having to do 17 laps.  The A Opens aided by "The Machine" set about chasing back the A Clubs and had caught them with 8 to go.  The combined A group then set about chasing B & C grades.  B grade caught C grade with 4 to go and the combined group tried to hold off the hard charging a graders. Timed down to the wire, A grade caught B & C on the bell lap and Kris Koke who had a fabulous race attacked off the front and went clear.  Just as we thought he had it in the bag, Pete "The Machine" McDonald chased down Kris and went straight past him to take victory by  some 100 metres of so. 

B Grade went out of the blocks and were screaming along. Big Bazza and I were working like trojans.

Unfortunately we were both "OTA" on lap one. I didn't feel too bad because last week's B grade winner, Paul Kraszewski Bicisport was "OTA" with us.  All 3 of us had made the fatal mistake of not warming up prior to racing.  Well it's especially hard for me given that I Commissaire the previous race then do the presentations and only just have time to get my bike to the line. 

START TIMES

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