Ellis & Brien take honours in first Friday night crits of 2017

Superb conditions greeted riders for the first Friday night crits of the year. The pace was on early in the combined A and B grade with average speeds sitting mostly above 42kms per hour. One by one riders dropped off leaving 4 riders to fight out the final laps. With about 400m to go Simon Ellis took off and the reaction from fellow riders was too slow and too late. An impressive Ellis came through with a comfortable and well-deserved win.
​In C Grade, Patrick Cashin spent quite a bit of time in a solo break away but was unable to hold off a strong chasing group of riders. In the end, it came down to a sprint for the line and it was Stu Brien that was too strong in a well-timed race to the line. The three D Grade riders had to step up to the C Grade race and they didn't disappoint. All raced very competitively with Jeremy Humber showing that he is ready to move up a grade.
​Thank you to Josh Cannon and Jay Bourke for marshalling and Pete Canny for setting up and marshalling. See you next Wednesday before our road race series kicks off on Saturday 11th February.
​Results:
A & B Grade Combined:
1. Simon Ellis
2. Jeremy McInnes
3. Tim Canny
C Grade:
1. Stu Brien
​2. Beau Guest
3. Darren Gladman
D Grade:
1. Jeremy Humber
2. Will Fang
​3. Johnson Fang