And lets not forget the great people and businesses that make today happen. Shady Acres Caravan Park are our safety tail car sponsors for the entire spring series and contribute to our fantastic marshals who today had to do a lot of sweeping to make the course safe. Thank you to You Little Beauty who kindly sponsored todays chief marshal. Please see their website if you or someone you know deserves some pampering, http://youlittlebeauty.net/
​Thank you to Sovereign Park Motor Inn for supplying the lead car each week and to Europa Café for the prize vouchers. Thank you to Tony Mirabella & Paul Pickersgill for setting the course, Sam Palanca for organising the marshals and doing a great job with the handicapping, Sam Smith for chief marshalling and Monica Canny for assisting.
​With another new course on the agenda, all 36 riders were unsure how the race was going to pan out. One thing we all knew is that handicap races can be pretty tough and today was going to be no exception. The course had a bit of everything, some fast descents and some challenging grinding climbs. The scratch bunch was able to close the gap on second, third & forth scratch during the five laps. Meanwhile, the fifth scratch bunch had swallowed up all the riders in front of them and was riding well as a unit to stay away from the large group of chasers. This was until the final 50 meters when everyone's legs were shot, the bunches came together. However, Dave Hearn timed his sprint to perfection to hold off fast finishing scratch riders Jay Bourke and Kieran Paton ahead of Pete Canny who got the surprise of his life when he thought he had second place sewn up. Jeremy Vanderklift rode well for 5th place.
Results:
​1. Dave Hearn (8 Aggregate Points)
2. Jay Bourke (6 Points)
3. Kieran Paton (5 Points)
4. Pete Canny (4 Points)
5. Jeremy Vanderklift (3 Points)
​6. TBC - Can someone please claim (2 Points)
​All other riders (1 Point)
The spring series aggregate will be calculated and sent out soon.

For the first time ever the Road Racing Committee decided to trial crit racing on a Friday night. And we believe it was a success. Numbers (33) were good considering we have a handicap road race tomorrow morning and some people treat this weekend as a long weekend due to Melbourne Cup. Once again the weather brilliant and the racing was fiercely competitive. Thank you to Tim Canny for setting up, Paul Crack, Josh Cannon and Sam Palanca for chief marshalling, Dillon Lindsay and Matt Pearce for corner marshalling.
Results
A & B Grade Combined
1. Nick White
2. Dan Bucknall
3. Tim Canny
​C Grade
​1. Jesse Norton
2. Sam Phillips
3. Pete Canny
D Grade
1. Jeremy Humber
2. Jake Rippon
​3. Grace Mayne
Junior A
​1. Iesha Humber
2. Darcy Williams
3. James Forsyth
Junior B
​1. Ashleigh Carnes
​2. Jack Pearce

Conditions were almost perfect again for our Wednesday night crits in Vic Park tonight (Hawthorn Cycling Club had to cancel their crits tonight!). The racing in all grades was fantastic and very evenly matched. Well done to everyone who competed and it was great to see a few new faces. Thank you to Nick and Liam White for setting up and sweeping the course, Gerard & Jenni White, Steve Kennedy and Monica Canny for marshalling.
​We look forward to seeing everyone again this Friday night for more crit fun. We will be running juniors as normal this Friday as well.
Results:
Junior A
1. Iesha Humber
2. Luke Tan
3. Darcy Williams
Junior B
1. Ashleigh Carnes
A Grade
​1. Dillon Lindsay
​2. Tim Canny
​3. Daniel Braunsteins
B Grade
1. Jason Birch
2. Simon Ellis
​3. Craig Lee
C Grade
1. Jesse Norton
2. Nic Valpied
​3. Peter Canny
D Grade
1. Peter Gunston
2. Jeremy Humber
3. Scott Sullivan

Firstly, well done to all of the cyclists (27) that braved the wintery conditions to take part in the first race of the Shady Acres Spring Series today. Sponsored by Vision Painting & Design, the race started at Millbrook and consisted of 11km laps up toward Gordon, down to Wallace and back. Thank you to Liam and Nick White for setting up, Gerard and Jenni White for organising the hall, Sam Palanca for organising the corner marshals, Sam Smith for chief marshalling and Monica Canny for assisting. Here are the results with prizes kindly donated by Europa Café:
D Grade
1. Jeremy Humber
2. Don Stewart
3. Jamie Stephen
C Grade
1. Rick Calvert
2. Pete Canny
3. Karla McKinnon
B Grade
1. Dayne Pearce
2. Jason Birch
3. Tony Mirabella
​A Grade
​1. Tim Canny
​2. Kieran Paton
​3. Shane Nankervis