Twenty two teams presented themselves to contest tonight’s two-up time trial that was billed as a potential ‘team selection event’ for the (not far distant!) Hope Gibbons Team Time Trial. The 17 km event began at the bottom of Matahiwi with teams leaving at minute intervals, to ride as hard as possible over ‘false flat’ and short rises towards the summit turnaround. On an evening with blustery North West winds, the ride up the hill was never going to be an easy ride.

After the turnaround, teams looked to increase their speed and maximise the benefit of slight downhill, with cross-cutter tail-wind, not that this makes the riding any easier, it just becomes quicker with riders pushing bigger gears. The fastest teams ride close to each other’s wheels and are able to lap out smoothly without losing any speed. Where teams are slightly uneven, the stronger rider may elect to take a longer turn on the front.

All riders arrived at the finish, out of breath most with legs screaming at them to stop pushing. Teams were then rewarded with carrot-cake and marshmallows – instant energy replacement.

Special mention has to be made tonight of Team Sowry – this is the first race this season for Brent, so hopefully, as soon as we get our heads fully around the new timing system, we can see you back in the peloton on a regular basis! Congratulations tonight go to Derek Roberts and Dave Drummond, who posted the fastest overall time. Ben Knight, the only solo rider, finished a mere 4 seconds slower. Devan Simmonds and Lesley Mouat posted the fastest time amongst the mixed teams. The fastest all women team was Karen Blade and Sydney Blackburn. Fastest Junior girls were Scarlett Freeman and Kate Speedy. The sole junior boys team of Finn and Caleb Roberts posted a very creditable time, faster than quite a number of senior teams.

As always, very many thanks to the race management team for their work that allows us to race. Thanks also to the providers of instant energy at the finish line.

Reminder: Entries are now open for the Hope Gibbons Team Time Trial – sort your teams out and get the entries in.

Next Week in the final Tuesday race for the season. It is a mass start over the Kaituna course. If you did not keep your transponder from tonight – or were not issued with one tonight, please attempt to be early so one can be issued to you. All transponders are to be returned at the end of the Kaituna race. Next season each person who races will be able to hire a transponder for the season.

Shute	no	Team	Riders	Start time	Finish time	Ride time	Place
18	18, 46	Derek and Drummo	Drummond / D Roberts	0:23:00	0:47:21	0:24:21	1	Fastest men
20	13,	Lone ranger	Ben Knight	0:25:00	0:49:25	0:24:25	2
15	117, 61	Simon an Darren	Butler / Southon	0:19:00	0:44:37	0:25:37	3
19	24, 69	Lost Boy and Lost Soul	James / Van Woerkom	0:22:00	0:47:50	0:25:50	4
17	101,119	Eddy, Jeff	Kuipers/Saywell	0:21:00	0:46:51	0:25:51	5
13	70, 12	Ricky and Simon	Blade / Pumfrey	0:18:00	0:43:52	0:25:52	6
11	5, 36	Under and over weight	Simmonds / Mouat	0:15:00	0:42:07	0:27:07	7	Fastest Mixed
22	27, 153	Daniel and Simon	Jaques/Mole	0:24:00	0:51:39	0:27:39	8
16	75,10	Belinda and AndyCC	Curtis-Cody / Fuller	0:17:00	0:44:58	0:27:58	9
5	34,97	Kirsten and Chris	Goodin/Smith	0:10:00	0:38:02	0:28:02	10
14	60,74	John,Terry,Rod,Peter	Allen / Sutherland	0:16:00	0:44:10	0:28:10	11	Tandems
9	72,50	Steptoe and son	Whitcombe / Dowding	0:12:00	0:40:23	0:28:23	12
12	14, 100	Brian and Stephen	Brown / Sanders	0:14:00	0:42:46	0:28:46	13
6	32,29	Truck n Trailer	Haste / Baillie	0:09:00	0:38:02	0:29:02	14
21	48, 40	Finn and Caleb	Roberts / Roberts	0:20:00	0:49:40	0:29:40	15	Fastest Junior boys
10	45,3	Donna and Mark	Burkhart / Jerling	0:11:00	0:40:42	0:29:42	16
4	43,26	John and David	Murray / Howden	0:06:00	0:37:40	0:31:40	17
1	23,22	Brent and Jay	Sowry / Sowry	0:01:00	0:33:02	0:32:02	18
2	57,78	Karen and Sydney	Blackburn / Blade	0:05:00	0:37:10	0:32:10	19	Fastest women
3	11, 0	Free speed	Speedy / McCallum	0:03:00	0:37:27	0:34:27	20	Fastest Junior Girls
8	156, 144	Jaimie and Catherine	Blackburn / Domanski	0:04:00	0:39:14	0:35:14	21
7	65, 154	Lucky A	Didsbury/ Smith	0:02:00	0:38:26	0:36:26	22

The Hill Climb Championships, the final Club Championship race for the season, is also the shortest race of our cycle season, contested as an individual time trial over a mere 6.5 km from the bottom of Admiral hill to the first summit. Being the shortest race does not make it the easiest by any matter of means and this is traditionally the race on the calendar that is well and truly oversubscribed by volunteers offering to marshall rather than race. As with other club Championship events, in addition to those who are contesting the ‘Open Championships’, many turn up to race against those in their age group.

Starting at 30 second intervals riders find the hill starts off innocuously enough with a bit of false flat, but as soon as you round the first bend the gradient increases and you know that you have to find a good cadence and settle into your effort. The first steeper pitch takes you around the hairpin bend and if you are wise you find a good line not too far left where the gradient is not quite so steep. There is a slight lessening of gradient shortly afterwards, but you have yet to face ‘the wall’. ‘The wall’ is the steepest section of the climb at a gradient of up to 13% for about half a km. This is a ‘stand up, sit down, stand up again’ kind of gradient, that is just plain hard graft to get up. Everyone’s legs do some screaming as they fill up with lactic acid on this part of the climb. Even the best climbers find it hard to ‘dance on the peddles’ up this section. There is some respite once you crest the top of the wall, with chance to catch your breath and increase the cadence once again as the hill flattens then tilts down briefly before the gradient pitches upwards once more. But now you know that the worst is over and it’s just a matter of survival and maintaining the effort for a few minutes more before the final sprint that expends every last ounce of energy, to finish with nothing left in the tank.

The open championships in both the men’s and women’s races where hotly contested with a matter of only a few seconds separating riders. Congratulations, mountain goat awards and bragging rights for the next year go to

Mark Langlands          (men’s champion for the 6^thyear in succession) 

Ben Knight                  2^ndman

Simon Pumfrey           3^rdman

Belinda Fuller              women’s champion 

Lesley Mouat             2^ndwoman

Emily Lutyens              3^rdwoman

Congratulations also to our junior champions, especially those for whom this was their first attempt at Admiral hill:

Finn Roberts                1^stU 17 boy

Caleb Roberts              1^stU 15 boy

Sydney Blackburn       1^stU 19 girl

Annabelle Smith         1^stU 17 girl

Kate Speedy               1^stU 15 girl

Thanks to race manager and marshalls again this evening. Next week is a handicapped road race using an out and back course on Bideford Road. 

Provisional Full Results:

No	Rider	Start time	Finish time	Ride time
90	Mark Langlands	0:25:00	0:42:23	0:17:23	Champion man
13	Ben Knight	0:24:30	0:42:21	0:17:51	2nd man
70	Simon Pumfrey	0:22:30	0:41:07	0:18:37	3rd man
119	Jeff Saywell	0:22:00	0:40:53	0:18:53
18	Dave Drummond	0:20:00	0:39:19	0:19:19
142	Duncan Cameron	0:17:30	0:37:19	0:19:49
46	Derek Roberts	0:23:00	0:42:54	0:19:54
147	Johnny Burkhart	0:07:00	0:27:31	0:20:31
44	Craig Mangin	0:21:30	0:42:01	0:20:31
101	Eddy Kuipers	0:24:00	0:44:32	0:20:32
73	Erik D’Arbois	0:23:30	0:44:09	0:20:39
92	Phil Sutherland	0:19:00	0:40:15	0:21:15
5	Belinda Fuller	0:09:00	0:30:17	0:21:17	Champion woman
10	Lesley Mouat	0:09:30	0:30:51	0:21:21	2nd woman
41	Gareth Price	0:19:30	0:41:03	0:21:33
153	Simon Mole	0:16:00	0:37:49	0:21:49
36	Devan Simmonds	0:21:00	0:43:43	0:22:43
61	Darren Southon	0:07:30	0:30:27	0:22:57
96	Andrew Linton	0:18:30	0:41:30	0:23:00
76	Peter Lee	0:11:00	0:34:12	0:23:12
12	Ricky Blade	0:14:30	0:37:46	0:23:16
77	Terry Blackburn	0:16:30	0:39:51	0:23:21
117	Simon Butler	0:20:30	0:44:05	0:23:35
40	Finn Roberts	0:10:30	0:34:11	0:23:41	1st U 17 boy
89	Emily Lutyens	0:08:30	0:32:20	0:23:50	3rd Woman
87	Stephen Yeats	0:11:30	0:35:27	0:23:57
60	John Allen	0:15:30	0:39:28	0:23:58
48	Caleb Roberts	0:13:00	0:37:07	0:24:07	1st U 15 Boy
72	Rex Dowding	0:12:30	0:36:43	0:24:13
75	Andy Curtis-Cody	0:18:00	0:42:17	0:24:17
100	Steve Brown	0:14:00	0:38:20	0:24:20
24	Bill Van Woerkom	0:17:00	0:41:27	0:24:27
14	Brian Sanders	0:15:00	0:39:40	0:24:40
33	Steve Hannam	0:12:00	0:37:31	0:25:31
34	Kirsten Goodin	0:08:00	0:33:57	0:25:57
51	David Hodder	0:05:00	0:32:06	0:27:06
2	Andi Bond	0:13:30	0:41:28	0:27:58
21	Anil Raman	0:06:00	0:34:26	0:28:26
19	Duncan Ellis	0:06:30	0:35:29	0:28:59
85	Viv Bunny	0:03:30	0:33:17	0:29:47
Kate Speedy	0:02:30	0:32:19	0:29:49	1st U 15 Girl
22	Mike Parker	0:04:00	0:34:15	0:30:15
43	John Murray	0:10:00	0:40:46	0:30:46
78	Sydney Blackburn	0:04:30	0:35:42	0:31:12	1st U 19 Girl
57	Karen Blade	0:03:00	0:35:43	0:32:43
154	Jono Didsbury	0:01:00	0:34:06	0:33:06
3	Mark Jerling	0:05:30	0:40:50	0:35:20
65	Annabelle Smith	0:01:30	0:44:08	0:42:38	1st U 17 Girl
62	Lucy Stevens	0:02:00	DNF	DNF

Tonight 47 riders presented themselves to start a Handicapped Road Race around the twists and turns of the Upper Plain Circuit. This circuit has some sharp turns that test the legs of everyone, especially those who find themselves at the back of each bunch immediately after each turn. The bunch slows up on the approach to a turn, and as the first riders through the turn peddle strongly out of the turn, this stretches the length of the bunch – a bit like a bungee cord. For the unwary or those who don’t have great legs on the night, the bungee cord effect can result in a split in the bunch or weaker riders disappearing out the back door, not to be seen again until the finish. Another potential challenge on this circuit is the need to give way to other road users, as on four of the turns riders do not have right of way. At least two of the bunches tonight were stopped multiple times during the course of the three laps covered. The final challenge for each bunch this evening was the slight westerly breeze that meant that even when riders survived the twists and turns from Ngamatawa Road through to Chamberlain Road, upon turning into Upper Plain Road to head towards Skeets they encountered the uncomfortable sensation of grovelling into headwind along false flat, on energy sapping road. Overall, one might argue this is not a favourite course for the lightweight hill climbers, but is eagerly anticipated by our strongest riders and especially the sprinters.

In an ideally handicapped road race, every rider will reach the finish line at precisely the same time. So firstly congratulations to our handicapper who managed to set the groups and time gaps so that the first three groups crossed the finish line no more than 30 seconds between them. ‘Break 2’, although slightly disappointed not to have caught the front two bunches before the finish, were very happy to hold off ‘Break’, who were equally pleased to stay away from ‘Scratch’, even if only by a matter of a few seconds.

Overall line honours for the long course race went to Donna Burkhart in a sprint finish with Greg Baillie close behind. Caleb Roberts also featured in that bunch sprint as the first and fastest Junior Boy. Johnny Burkhart was the fastest man, and Emily Lutyens was the fastest woman.

In the short course, line honours went to Doug Machlachlan, closely followed by Kate Speedy in her first race with ACM. She also takes out line honours for the first and fastest junior girl.

As always, thanks to everyone who managed and marshalled our race tonight and also to Mark Jerling for hosting the after match BBQ.

Next week is the shortest race on our annual calendar and final of our Club Championship Races – the hill climb up Admiral Hill.

Shute	Race No	Rider	Start time	Finish time	Ride time
4	45	Donna Burkhart	0:03:00	0:59:08	0:56:08	1st HRR
5	32	Greg Baillie	0:00:00	0:59:09	0:59:09
6	2	Andi Bond	0:03:00	0:59:09	0:56:09
7	33	Steve Hannam	0:03:00	0:59:09	0:56:09
8	60	John Allen	0:03:00	0:59:10	0:56:10
9	81	Jorge Sandoval	0:00:00	0:59:10	0:59:10
10	29	Ray Haste	0:00:00	0:59:10	0:59:10
11	48	Caleb Roberts	0:03:00	0:59:10	0:56:10	1st Junior Boy
12	43	John Murray	0:00:00	0:59:12	0:59:12
13	34	Kirsten Goodin	0:03:00	0:59:13	0:56:13
14	51	David Hodder	0:00:00	0:59:14	0:59:14
15	22	Mike Parker	0:00:00	0:59:15	0:59:15
16	100	Stephen Brown	0:03:00	0:59:17	0:56:17
17	87	Steven Yeats	0:03:00	0:59:17	0:56:17
18	3	Mark Jerling	0:00:00	0:59:19	0:59:19
19	19	Duncan Ellis	0:00:00	0:59:20	0:59:20
20	96	Andrew Linton	0:06:00	0:59:21	0:53:21
21	142	Duncan Cameron	0:06:00	0:59:22	0:53:22
22	89	Emily Lutyens	0:06:00	0:59:23	0:53:23	Fastest Woman
23	77	Terry Blackburn	0:06:00	0:59:23	0:53:23
24	27	Daniel Jaques	0:06:00	0:59:30	0:53:30
25	153	Simon Mole	0:06:00	0:59:30	0:53:30
26	75	Andy Curtis-Cody	0:06:00	0:59:30	0:53:30
27	5	Lesley Mouat	0:06:00	0:59:30	0:53:30
28	12	Ricky Blade	0:06:00	0:59:30	0:53:30
29	50	Earle Whitcombe	0:03:00	0:59:30	0:56:30
30	117	Simon Butler	0:10:00	1:00:26	0:50:26
31	92	Phil Sutherland	0:10:00	1:01:05	0:51:05
32	41	Gareth Price	0:10:00	1:01:05	0:51:05
33	101	Eddy Kuipers	0:10:00	1:01:05	0:51:05
34	18	Dave Drummond	0:10:00	1:01:05	0:51:05
35	118	Derek Cox/Peter Jones	0:10:00	1:01:06	0:51:06
37	69	Peter James	0:10:00	1:01:30	0:51:30
38	147	Johnny Burkhart	0:12:00	1:01:57	0:49:57	Fastest Man
39	46	Derek Roberts	0:12:00	1:01:58	0:49:58
40	73	Erik d’Arbois	0:12:00	1:02:00	0:50:00
41	13	Ben Knight	0:12:00	1:02:03	0:50:03
42	1	Tom McCallum	0:12:00	1:02:04	0:50:04
43	59	Mike Clinton-Baker	0:00:00	1:06:11	1:06:11
44	57	Karen Blade	0:00:00	1:06:11	1:06:11
46	72	Rex Dowding	0:03:00	DNF	DNF
47	40	Finn Roberts	0:03:00	DNF	DNF
Short course
Shute	Race No	Rider	Start time	Finish time	Ride time
1	55	Doug Maclachlan	0:04:00	0:50:27	0:46:27
2	V1	Kate Speedy	0:04:00	0:50:30	0:46:30	1st Junior girl
3	144	Katherine Domanski	0:04:00	0:54:19	0:50:19
36	156	Jaimee Blackburn	0:04:00	1:01:20	0:57:20
45	98	Penny Walker	0:04:00	1:11:38	1:07:38

Club Championship Road Races offer riders the ultimate opportunity for bragging rights for the next 12 months, so are hotly contested. As riders are contesting age group categories as well as the overall open championship, these races involve ‘races within the race’. Tonight, true to his word, Simon Pumfrey attacked out of the first corner at Gladstone Church with Jeff Saywell on his wheel. The peloton did not react immediately to this attack and made their way up towards Carter’s Line at a reasonably comfortable pace. However as soon as the raced turned left onto Carter’s Line, the westerly wind came into play, the pressure was on which was instantly evident in the single line of riders hard up against the grass verge. At least one rider was observed to do some ‘grass tracking’ at this stage, but managed to stay both upright and in the bunch. It was not long before the pressure caused a number of splits in the bunch. Riders who were feeling strong and who had positioned themselves well survived to ride away from those who were further back, getting caught out by the opening gaps.

Eventually, Mark Langlands decided the moment had arrived to cross the gap to the two riders up the road in the breakaway. Ben Knight and Johnny Burkhart attempted to go with him, but Mark’s attack was decisive and he was the only rider who succeeded in crossing the gap to Simon and Jeff.

The women had also started in the same mass start as the men, so their race was about who would be strong enough to stay as close to the front of the race as possible. Tonight, despite her brief ‘grass tracking’ on Carter’s line it was Belinda Fuller who proved herself as she stayed with the main peloton for the whole race. Emily Lutyens was also riding strongly this evening. She had to work really hard to stay with her bunch over the Miller’s Road climb, but soon recovered and was able to sprint strongly against other riders in her bunch. Kirsten Goodin was also riding strongly tonight, but was caught out behind the splits caused by the wind, so most of her race was with a small bunch of riders. She too, was able to sprint strongly at the finish line.

The juniors tonight found the going quite tough. Even the short distance riders were competing over a longer distance than they usually cover, so they are all to be congratulated for their persistence and determination.

Chocolate fish stories tonight go to a rider who forgot to charge the DI2 (electronic gears), so discovered she only had 1 gear – oops. Another rider went off course, as she didn’t realise the Marshall at Millers Road was trying to get her to turn left. She went right and had almost reached Martinborough before the Marshall found her and gave her a lift back to the start/finish line. Then there is the rider who turned up without a cycle jersey, so went raiding to find required cycle kit prior to the start – he might owe Andy CC more than just thanks for preserving his modesty!

When all is said and done, however, tonight is one of congratulations:

Men’s Champion: Mark Langlands; 2nd Simon Pumfrey; 3rd Jeff Saywell.

Women’s Champion: Belinda Fuller; 2nd Emily Lutyens; 3rd Kirsten Goodin.

Under 17 Boy’s Champion: Finn Roberts

Under 15 Boy’s Champion: Jono Didsbury

Under 17 Girl’s Champion: Annabelle Smith

Under 15 Girls Champion: Lucy Stevens

Many thanks to our race team who looked after us yet again and also to Di Dowding for cooking our BBQ. Next week is over the Manaia/ Skeets Road Circuit, with the start and finish on Upper Manaia Road.

Shute	No	Rider	Start time	Finish time	Ride time	Place
7	90	Mark Langlands	0:00:00	1:33:54	1:33:54	Men’s Champion
8	70	Simon Pumfrey	0:00:00	1:33:54	1:33:54	2nd man
9	119	Jeff Saywell	0:00:00	1:34:07	1:34:07	3rd man
10	13	Ben Knight	0:00:00	1:37:23	1:37:23
11	147	Johnny Burkhart	0:00:00	1:38:09	1:38:09
12	101	Eddy Kuipers	0:00:00	1:38:11	1:38:11
13	61	Darren Southon	0:00:00	1:38:11	1:38:11
14	36	Devan Simmonds	0:00:00	1:38:11	1:38:11
15	73	Erik D’Arbois	0:00:00	1:38:11	1:38:11
16	96	Andrew Linton	0:00:00	1:38:11	1:38:11
17	18	Dave Drummond	0:00:00	1:38:11	1:38:11
18	142	Duncan Cameron	0:00:00	1:38:11	1:38:11
19	77	Terry Blackburn	0:00:00	1:38:11	1:38:11
20	10	Belinda Fuller	0:00:00	1:38:11	1:38:11	Women’s Champion
21	117	Simon Butler	0:00:00	1:38:21	1:38:21
22	69	Peter James	0:00:00	1:41:17	1:41:17
23	79	Bill van Woerkom	0:00:00	1:43:34	1:43:34
24	27	Daniel Jaques	0:00:00	1:43:35	1:43:35
25	89	Emily Lutyens	0:00:00	1:43:36	1:43:36	2nd woman
26	72	Rex Dowding	0:00:00	1:43:37	1:43:37
27	12	Ricky Blade	0:00:00	1:43:38	1:43:38
28	4	Dean Southey	0:00:00	1:43:39	1:43:39
29	75	Andy Curtis-Cody	0:00:00	1:44:32	1:44:32
30	50	Earle Whitcombe	0:00:00	1:48:44	1:48:44
31	34	Kirsten Goodin	0:00:00	1:48:45	1:48:45	3rd woman
32	60	John Allen	0:00:00	1:48:45	1:48:45
33	5	Lesley Mouat	0:00:00	1:48:45	1:48:45
34	33	Steve Hannam	0:00:00	1:48:46	1:48:46
35	76	Peter Lee	0:00:00	1:48:47	1:48:47
36	89	Steven Yeats	0:00:00	1:51:46	1:51:46
37	16	Julie Millar	0:00:00	1:51:47	1:51:47
38	40	Finn Roberts	0:00:00	1:51:52	1:51:52	1st U17 Boy
39	14	Brian Sanders	0:00:00	1:53:03	1:53:03
40	32	Greg Baillie	0:00:00	1:55:07	1:55:07
41	29	Ray Haste	0:00:00	1:55:52	1:55:52
42	74	Rod Sutherland/Peter Jones	0:00:00	1:55:53	1:55:53	Tandem
43	21	Anil Raman	0:00:00	1:55:55	1:55:55
44	2	Andi Bond	0:00:00	2:01:42	2:01:42
45	49	Graeme Twist	0:00:00	2:04:20	2:04:20
46	85	Viv Bunny	0:00:00	2:04:20	2:04:20
47	3	Mark Jerling	0:00:00	2:04:21	2:04:21
17	Stan Braaksma	0:00:00	DNF	DNF
78	Sydney Blackburn	0:00:00	DNF	DNF
45	Donna Burkhart	0:00:00	DNF	DNF
Short Course
Shute	No	Rider	Start time	Finish time	Ride time	Place
1	71	Bruce McCallum	0:01:00	1:13:52	1:12:52
2	154	Jono Didsbury	0:01:00	1:14:42	1:13:42	1st U 15 boy
3	65	Annabelle Smith	0:01:00	1:17:54	1:16:54	1st U 17 girl
4	Pru Hunter	0:01:00	1:20:24	1:19:24
5	62	Lucy Stevens	0:01:00	1:28:02	1:27:02	1st U 15 girl
6	144	Katherine Domanski	0:01:00	1:28:04	1:27:04

On a very warm summer evening tonight’s Graded Road Race attracted 42 riders over the Carrington Circuit. This circuit is ideally suited to powerful riders who can muscle their way over the Carrington Climb then apply the pressure on their competitors through the fast flowing downhill section followed by Haringa Road. Not many cyclists like racing Haringa Road as it is false flat, and a road that always seems to sap the energy. It is sealed with rough chip and inevitably you find yourself struggling into a head or cross-cutter head wind from the start to finish of it. The overall circuit is 12 kms in length. Tonight A, B and C Grade raced over 3 1/2 laps. D and E Grade raced over 2 1/2 laps and the short course raced over 1 1/2 laps. The combination of the tough circuit, warm and breezy weather conditions and sheer intensity of the racing led to a number of riders sliding out the back of their race bunch.

In A-Grade the pace was high right from the start. On the final lap a couple of riders attempted to escape off the front, but Mark Langlands waited patiently and timed his final effort to perfection to cross the line in first place once again.

B-Grade takes out the prize (probably chocolate fish!) for the number of punctures -3 between them, two for the Tandem ridden by Derek Cox and Peter Jones – one just prior to the start, and the second on their first lap (definitely chocolate fish territory). The third puncture, again early in the race was experienced by Phil Sutherland. The winner of B-Grade is Devan Simmonds, who also bided his time and measured that effort up the final climb to create a gap from his nearest rival.

Some of the C-Grade riders where finding the going hot and tough right from the first climb, and were having to use downhill skills to re-connect with their bunch after the climb. In this Grade Gareth Price attacked between Haringa Road and the Carrington climb. He got away with it …. just as the gap was being closed very rapidly by Belinda Fuller. If the checkered flag had been 10 metres further up the road, it would have been a different story!

D-Grade was also strongly contested and was another of the grades where the race split to pieces on the first climb. In this Grade John Allen proved to be the strongest rider, followed by Earle Whitcombe and Julie Millar close on his heals.

The battle of the final climb in E-Grade took place between Kirsten Goodin, Greg Baillie, David Hodder and Stephen Yeats, with a handful of seconds between all of them, Kirsten was the victor on this occasion.

On the short course special mention has to go the Caleb and Finn Roberts who both took off from the start and raced away from their bunch leading to a significant time gap from the rest of their grade. Congratulations to Caleb who showed a clean pair of heals to his brother, in an impressive sprint up the climb at the end of his race. Jaimee Blackburn made the final climb a lot harder than it needed to be, as she only realised once she had finished she was still in the big chainring – Oops – (that probably earns a chocolate fish too!)

Thanks to Dave Hodder for the after match refuelling opportunity and as always to the race management team who look after us each time we race.

Next Week is the 3rd of our Club Championship’s – the Road Race which will be contested over the Millers Road Circuit – note it is beginning at Parkvale Hall and finishes in Tiffin Road! Let’s see if we can have a good turnout of as many of you as possible to make the one interesting – remember that it is races within races – as you will be contesting your age group championship not just for the overall open championships.

Full results from tonight are:

A – Grade
Shute order	No	Rider	Start time	Finish time	Ride Time	Place
19	90	Mark Langlands	0:01:00	1:08:42	1:07:42	1
20	147	Johnny Burkhart	0:01:00	1:08:45	1:07:45	2
21	119	Jeff Saywell	0:01:00	1:08:47	1:07:47	3
22	13	Ben Knight	0:01:00	1:08:56	1:07:56	4
23	70	Simon Pumfrey	0:01:00	1:09:03	1:08:03	5
24	46	Derek Roberts	0:01:00	1:09:04	1:08:04	6
29	18	Dave Drummond	0:01:00	1:14:26	1:13:26	7
B- Grade
Shute order	No	Rider	Start time	Finish time	Ride Time	Place
30	36	Devan Simmonds	0:02:00	1:14:30	1:12:30	1
31	73	Erik D’arbois	0:02:00	1:14:51	1:12:51	2
32	117	Simon Butler	0:02:00	1:18:51	1:16:51	3
38	155	Andrew Osmond	0:02:00	1:20:29	1:18:29	4
39	92	Phil Sutherland	0:02:00	DNF
40	61	Darren Southon	0:02:00	DNF
41	116	Derek Cox/Peter Jones	0:02:00	DNF
C-Grade
Shute order	No	Rider	Start time	Finish time	Ride Time	Place
33	41	Gareth Price	0:03:00	1:19:12	1:16:12	1
34	10	Belinda Fuller	0:03:00	1:19:13	1:16:13	2
35	77	Terry Blackburn	0:03:00	1:19:41	1:16:41	3
36	96	Andrew Linton	0:03:00	1:19:56	1:16:56	4
37	4	Deane Southey	0:03:00	1:20:14	1:17:14	5
D-Grade
Shute order	No	Rider	Start time	Finish time	Ride Time	Place
7	60	John Allen	0:04:00	1:01:21	0:57:21	1
8	50	Earle Whitcombe	0:04:00	1:01:54	0:57:54	2
9	16	Julie Millar	0:04:00	1:02:02	0:58:02	3
10	2	Andi Bond	0:04:00	1:04:37	1:00:37	4
13	33	Steve Hannam	0:04:00	1:04:53	1:00:53	5
16	22	Mike Parker	0:04:00	1:05:23	1:01:23	6
E-Grade
Shute order	No	Rider	Start time	Finish time	Ride Time	Place
11	34	Kirsten Goodin	0:05:00	1:04:43	0:59:43	1
12	32	Greg Baillie	0:05:00	1:04:48	0:59:48	2
14	51	David Hodder	0:05:00	1:04:54	0:59:54	3
15	Stephen Yeats	0:05:00	1:04:57	0:59:57	4
17	21	Aniil Raman	0:05:00	1:06:50	1:01:50	5
18	19	Duncan Ellis	0:05:00	1:07:03	1:02:03	6
25	49	Graeme Twist	0:05:00	1:10:18	1:05:18	7
26	31	Jenny Devenport	0:05:00	1:11:31	1:06:31	8
27	3	Mark Jerling	0:05:00	1:12:23	1:07:23	9
28	57	Karen Blade	0:05:00	1:13:06	1:08:06	10
78	Sydney Blackburn	0:05:00	DNF
Short Course
Shute order	No	Rider	Start time	Finish time	Ride Time	Place
1	48	Caleb Roberts	0:06:00	0:44:07	0:38:07	1
2	40	Finn Roberts	0:06:00	0:44:18	0:38:18	2
4	156	Jaimee Blackburn	0:06:00	0:52:45	0:46:45	3
5	71	Bruce McCallum	0:06:00	0:53:10	0:47:10	4
6	157	Kate Port	0:06:00	0:53:32	0:47:32	5
65	Annabelle Smith	0:06:00	DNF