A gutsy move with about 4km to go paid dividends for Shannon Gration in today's Chris Cashin Memorial Handicap. Following some advice from club great Jay Bourke, Gration broke away on his own and managed to solo to the finish line in a strong display. Other riders from Grations group combined well to make up 2nd, 3rd & 4th places with Pete Canny riding strongest from the 4th scratch group finishing 5th. It was great to see Chloe McIntosh come over the line in 6th place after riding strongly all day. It was a long day for the scratch and 2nd scratch groups who didn't even sight the leading bunch all race.
​Thank you to Shane Butler for sponsoring the race, Stu Brien and Finn Business Sales for sponsoring the autumn series, our dragon boat marshals who swept corners and ensured rider safety, Sam Smith for chief marshalling and Matt Freeman and Tim Canny for setting up.
​The VRS Fred Icke is one of the clubs biggest fundraisers for the year and it takes place next Saturday. Entries close at midnight on Sunday night. Click here to enter: https://entryboss.cc/races/499 If you are not racing but you are free to help corner marshal or drive a lead car for either the AM or PM shift please contact us on [email protected]  
Results:
1. Shannon Gration
2. Tavis Baker
​3. Shane Hayes
4. John Maguire
5. Pete Canny
​6. Chloe McIntosh
​FT. Tim Canny 1:59:14

Whilst Geelong and Colac put up a strong fight in all grades, the day belonged to Ballarat in round two of the Tri-Series at Meredith today. In D grade, BSCC's female rising star Iesha Humber put up an excellent fight to finish in 3rd place. It was anyone's race right up to the line in C grade which eventually saw BSCC's Pete Canny continuing his improvement with age winning by a bike length. Geelong and Colac stood no chance against the might of the Ballarat squad in B grade. Our ever-consistent Tony Mirabella broke away on the final lap to take the honours ahead of fellow BSCC riders; Rob Forsyth, Jim Crumpler, Jason Birch & Nick Brown. In A grade, Craig Lee & Dayne Pearce spent quite a bit of the morning up the road in breakaways which suited fellow teammates well. In the end however, it came down to a sprint which Tim Canny positioned himself well to roll around the opposition in the final meters to take the honours.
Well done to everyone who represented the club today - there was certainly lots to be proud of.
Click here for the results: https://results.sporthive.com/events/PC1390916
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Stu Brien continued his strong form by winning the Brookman Handicap on Saturday. Well done to all of the riders that battled it out on the challenging Snake Valley course. Thank you to Jason Birch and Daniel Braunsteins for setting up, Sam Smith for chief marshalling and Brett Martin from Martin Concept Designs.
​The Finn Business Sales Autumn Calendar continues next week with another tri-series team race at Meredith at 10am. More details to follow this week.
Results:
1. Stu Brien (middle)
2. Jason Birch (2nd scratch)
3. Dave Hearn (2nd limit)
4. Tavis Baker (middle)
5. Bob Braszell (middle)
6. Shane Nankervis (scratch)
FT: Shane Nankervis