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Addington Heights Scratch Race - C Grade Race Report

24/5/2016

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C Grade Race Report - Thanks to Dean Wells

With the aim to create a more level playing field, an extra grade was slotted into the program for the new Addington Heights circuit.  Along with the fair north wind on the circuit, the grading ensured that the race would be a tactical affair rather than a benefit fund for stronger riders.

The 12 riders had predominantly raced against each other in B Grade throughout the season, so the grading meant little as most of them were familiar with the ability of each other...

With a stiff breeze at their backs, the first few kilometres was always going to be a fast affair, albeit no one was under pressure.
Turning west at the pig farm the bunch was soon put into the gutter by Lindsay Burgoyne and Shannon Meadows as they left just enough space for those willing to work.
The pace went out of the race as the bunch turned out of Hendersons Rd and started the long drag towards Weatherboard.  Only a few riders spent significant time on the front into the headwind - Meadows, Matthew Sheehan and Ben Fahy doing the bulk of the work.
Up the rise and Dean Wells rode off the front by himself, no one else wanting to go out and play, or commit so early in the race.  Wells’ lead extended out to a couple of hundred metres down the Avenue, but he sat up and the bunch had regrouped as they turned out of Hendersons Rd into the headwind again.

The next lap was almost a carbon copy of the first with Meadows, Sheehan and Fahy braving the headwind and Wells again riding off the front at the top of Weatherboard.
Once again the bunch regrouped at the turn out of Hendersons Rd.  Meadows, Sheehan and Fahy once again assuming responsibility into the headwind, then through the chicane Tony Mirabella helped increase the pace on the Weatherboard climb.

This lap the bunch turned left onto Edmonston Rd and continued a long gradual climb into the headwind.
Fahy increased the pace on the downhill section to Harrisons Rd as riders started to jockey for position.  The race had finally begun...

The fast turn into Harrisons Rd, combined with the crosswind soon stretched the group as they started the climb.  Tim Paton and Peter Canny struggled at the back as Fahy led the fast charge up the hill with Mirabella.  A group formed at the front as other nimble riders rode past those that were struggling with the pace of the ascent.  Meadows, Josh Cannon, Simon Ellis and Shane Hayes all joined the front group which was now six riders strong - they had a fifty metre advantage over the highpoint of the race.
A chase group consisting of Burgoyne, Sheehan, Wells and David Hearne formed behind as they crested the climb, but by now the leaders had a one hundred metre gap and they were pressing the advantage.

Onto Langi Kal Kal Rd and the chase bunch started to gain on the leaders, but their relentless chase had dropped Hearne.  The lead group had also lost a rider, with Meadows unable to cope with the surging after his earlier efforts into the wind.
The gap was less than fifty metres again when under the urging of Ellis the leaders started working as a more cohesive unit.  With the finish line still some 15 kilometres away, now was not the time to play games with each other!

Meadows joined the chase group before Addington but the leaders had commenced track turns up the Edmonston Rd climb and again pulled away from the chasers.
Onto the Avenue again and it was full gas by all parties (check out Strava for the efforts on this segment…).  The lead gradually grew out to a few hundred metres as the race turned back onto Hendersons Rd and headed towards the home turn at the pig farm.
The chase bunch realised their efforts were for nought and eased off, content to ride in together.

Tactics came to the fore as the leaders swept into the stiff headwind on the three kilometre long run to the finish line.
With 700 metres to go, Fahy attacked down the final decline towards the dry bed of Lake Learmonth.  Hayes pulled himself inside out to chase Fahy down.  Eventually he closed the gap but he had also taken Mirabella and Cannon with him.
These two sprinted for the victory with old hand Mirabella prevailing over young buck Cannon.
Fahy hung on for third from Hayes with Ellis in behind.  In the end the leaders were over a minute clear on the chase bunch.

It should be noted that Simon Ellis didn’t leave everything out on the road.  Recovering from a virus, Simon had enough left in the tank to engage in a minute long bout of post race vomiting.  That’s either guts to be out racing…or nuts!

Results:

1st - Tony Mirabella
2nd - Josh Cannon
3rd - Ben Fahy
4th - Shane Hayes
5th - Simon Ellis
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Addington Heights Scratch Race

24/5/2016

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Congratulations to everyone who toughed it out on the inaugural Addington Heights scratch race today sponsored by The Western Hotel. The new course certainly tested everyone legs out and the strong wind didn't make it any easier. From all reports though, everyone enjoyed today's racing. Thanks again to the Eureka Veterans for allowing us to use their clubrooms - it was very much appreciated. Thank you to Pete Canny for setting up, Cyclescape for sponsoring the Winter Series tail car and Sovereign Park Motor Inn the lead car.

Results:
A Grade
1st Liam White
2nd Nick White
3rd Tim Canny
B Grade
1st Dayne Pearce
2nd Shannon Gration
3rd Sam Smith
C Grade
1st Tony Mirabella
2nd Josh Cannon
3rd Ben Fahy
D Grade
1st Peter Fitzgerald
2nd Rick Calvert
3rd Paddy Gibbs (Brunswick)
E Grade
1st Matt N'huizen (Brunswick)
2nd Mark O'Callaghan
3rd Bruce Pipkorn

Next weeks race is the prestigious Cashin Handicap starting and finishing at the Burrumbeet Hall sponsored by Fika Coffee Brewers. Get your entries in early!

​See you out there!
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Reverse Cashin Scratch Race - C Grade Race Report

16/5/2016

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C Grade Race Report - Thanks to Don Stewart

Racing today was a 70km Scratch race round a modified Mt Misery and Avenue Circuit at Burrumbeet. The course today took us Clockwise round 2 10km laps of the Avenue and a 50km lap of Mt Misery. Weather on the way out to Burrumbeet was very foggy with a North to North-westerly wind at 28kmph. But sunshine greeted us at Burrumbeet and turned into a perfect day for racing.

C Grade was the biggest group with 12 , Dave Marriott returning to racing after a lapse of a few years. Karla McKinnon coming back after injury joined the group as did guest rider Jason Fadel ( St Kilda ). Story there is, Jason was invited up to Ballarat by Steve ‘Kanga “ Kennedy  who had entered but did not turn up himself. Either, thought better of the windy weather, had too big a night celebrating the Cats win or a better offer to stay in bed ?? Will need to see his teacher’s note next week !!

The group was made up of regular riders in Paul Pickersgill , John Maguire and Pat Cashin ( podium placegetters from Snake Valley ) , Justin Foster , Darren Gladman and Warwick James ( making their way up through the rankings ), second race member Peter Fitzgerald and the 2 senior riders of Shane( Mr Finance ) Butler  and Don ( assistant Handicapper ) Stewart.

The race started off at a leisurely pace with most riders rotating turns into the head wind up to the bottom of the Weatherboard Road rise.

Cashin, seen for the first time , pushed it up over the crest, then Fitzgerarld shifted the pace up another gear down to the Anzac monument and ably assisted by Marriot and Butler. Again the pace slowed into the head wind to Weatherboard. By the Avenue the second time Butler got a bit fed up of the slower pace and cranked it up til the right hand turn. Butler more known for his climbing ability than his sprinting was out to hurt the sprinters legs as much as possible.  The group stayed together with a few taking turns.

Heading out Ercildoune road, again the pace slowed as riders realised we were on the dreaded Mt Misery lap with many conserving their energy for the long climb. Butler again became impatient and started a bit of gutter action , with the group strung along the edge of the road and only the very experienced able to get a sit. After that little flurry Fitzgerarld and Marriot decided to settle the tempo and ride up the road. So for the next 15 km it turned into a very leisurely recreational ride with Butler , Fitzgerald, Mc Kinnon,  Cashin and Pickersgill doing a few longer turns.

Surprisingly, there were no real attacks up the first rise from Black Bottom Road , although Cashin as ever was twitching to up the ante. Pickersgill again going with him and bringing the group back. There were a few pushes up the hill but the pace was very much tempo until Cashin could contain himself no longer and made the first real break of the day about 1 km from the top. He made the crest with a 200m advantage and gradually increased that on the downhill.  The group looked around and decided there was enough fire power to let Cashin have a while out the front by himself.

He really was working hard and kept the bunch at bay for 14.5 km ( garmin accuracy )  even although we were now having to get serious and crank up the pace with some long rotating turns. Cashin was eventually reeled in half down the Avenue with 4 km to go ( so ride of the day goes to Pat ).

The pace did settle a bit into  the crosswind with some gutter action again leading to McKinnon doing a bit of cross country cyclocross to stay with in contention.  Pickersgill , Fitzgerald and Fadel  stayed at the pointy end to enter the Finish straight ahead of the pack. From there the pace did not slacken with riders trying to pick the wheel for the sprint. Maguire ran out of gears ( being Junior ) as did a couple of others.

Pickersgill and Fitzgerald opened up the Sprint early with Marriot and Fadel up the road and Stewart down the road. With 100m to the line Stewart hit the lead but it was short lived as Marriot followed by Fadel (  St Kilda Crit specialist ) hit the after burners and took out 1st and 2nd place by a couple of bike lengths with Stewart hanging on for 3rd from the rest of the bunch.

My son said as I left the house to head out to the race. “ Enjoy yourself “ . I said , “ I don’t think Enjoy is the right word “ !!!  But in the end he was right , a very enjoyable days racing. Thanks to the whole group for putting in a great effort on a great day for racing.

See you all at Lake Learmonth Yacht Club/ Veteran’s Racing Club house for next week’s exciting episode of Scratch Racing on a new circuit.

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Reverse Cashin Scratch Race

14/5/2016

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 Well done to everyone who competed in today's Reverse Cashin scratch race sponsored by Unblemished Skin & Laser Clinic. This new course had a bit of everything in it and certainly made you think a bit. Conditions were fantastic with the strong northerly wind ensuring a fast and exciting final few kilometres.

​Here are the results:
D Grade
1st James Knipe
2nd Sam Turley
3rd Aaron Van Kessel
C Grade
1st Dave Marriott
2nd Jason Fadel
3rd Don Stewart
B Grade
1st Rob Ellis
2nd Shannon Gration
3rd Pete Canny
A Grade
1st Jay Bourke
2nd Tim Canny
3rd Michael Pierce

The Cyclescape Winter Series continues next week with another exciting new course called Addington Heights which starts at the Learmonth Yacht Club. More details to follow during the week. 

​Thank you to Pete Canny for setting up, Don Stewart for organising and paying for the hall and Sovereign Park Motor Inn for sponsoring the lead car.

​See you out there!


Regards,
Road Racing Committee
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2016 Les Brookman Memorial Handicap

9/5/2016

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Sunny conditions greeted 44 riders for the prestigious Les Brookman Memorial Handicap today sponsored by Fika Coffee Brewers. With small time gaps between most bunches the feeling before the race was that everyone would come together early to chase down the limit group. However, things panned out a little differently. The 3rd scratch group swallowed up a bunch or two in the first lap and stayed away from 2nd scratch until the last 6km. The small scratch bunch of 4 riders clawed their way onto the second scratch group by the top of Boot Hill on the second lap. Meanwhile, limit group riders Jenni White and James Knipe had broken away from their bunch, worked together to stay 10 minutes ahead of their nearest chaser! The pair averaged a very credible 33kph on a difficult course with strong winds. A well deserved first and second place.
Results:
1st James Knipe
2nd Jenni White
3rd Liam White
4th Jeremy McInnes
5th Jay Bourke
6th Sam Palanca
Fastest Female - Jenni White
Fastest Time - Liam White
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