Club young gun Nick White was a deserving winner of today's John Collier Memorial Handicap. The race took place in almost ideal conditions with only a light breeze and mild temperatures with a new start/finish in Blampied. These conditions favoured the front markers but it was the scratch group that relished in the sun and worked well as a team to gain ground on competitors ahead. A special mention though, must go to the second scratch group that played a big part in maintaining a solid speed for the second half of the race. One by one, the bunches were swallowed up by growing peloton led by a fit and flying Nick White. With the majority of the field together with 15kms to go it became a tactical battle with a few unsuccessful attacks until the last climb. All of a sudden the peloton was strung out and splitting in pieces with only a couple of km's to the line. A chasing bunch reconnected with the leaders and the last few hundred meters saw riders looking at each to see who would make the first move. In the end, Nick White showed that he is almost in a class of his own taking the victory and fastest time just ahead of Jeremy McInnes in a well-deserved second place. Dan Braunsteins just edged out Tim Canny for 3rd and Andrew Sullivan and Tony Mirabella rounded out the top six.
On behalf of the club and the Collier family, thank you to Dan Cronin and the Western Hotel for their generous support of the race, Mick Pierce and the Lake Health Group for sponsoring the Summer series, Sovereign Park Motor Inn for the lead car each week, Swiss Mountain Hotel, our Dragon Boat marshals, chief marshal Sam Smith and the Nortons for the photography (Facebook).
We hope to see many club members next week taking on the Melbourne to Ballarat or their supporting our riders. It will be an exciting finish in Buninyong.
Results:
1st & Fastest Time - Nick White
2nd - Jeremy McInnes
3rd - Daniel Braunsteins
4th - Tim Canny
5th - Andrew Sullivan
6th - Tony Mirabella
Lake Health Group Aggregate - Click here
On behalf of the club and the Collier family, thank you to Dan Cronin and the Western Hotel for their generous support of the race, Mick Pierce and the Lake Health Group for sponsoring the Summer series, Sovereign Park Motor Inn for the lead car each week, Swiss Mountain Hotel, our Dragon Boat marshals, chief marshal Sam Smith and the Nortons for the photography (Facebook).
We hope to see many club members next week taking on the Melbourne to Ballarat or their supporting our riders. It will be an exciting finish in Buninyong.
Results:
1st & Fastest Time - Nick White
2nd - Jeremy McInnes
3rd - Daniel Braunsteins
4th - Tim Canny
5th - Andrew Sullivan
6th - Tony Mirabella
Lake Health Group Aggregate - Click here
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