Upper Manaia Kermisse

Race Report – 26 November Upper Manaia Kemesse

It was a perfect evening for a bike race, warm with a light southerly that faded to nothing as the racing progressed

There were only twenty riders who fronted up to the start line. These were divided into four groups with two minutes between each on the start line. The Upper Manaia course is barely 7 kilometres long with the only undulation on Westbush road as the riders head up to the left hand turn back into Manaia road. It’s a fast circuit with riders having to work hard on their sprints to win points across the line

The A and C grades finished with closely contested bunch sprints whilst the B grade trailed behind Mark Halewood who demonstrated a convincing sprint to close out the finish

Well done to the first place winners and to all the riders who turned out to race

Results                                                            Race Time                   Points            

A Grade

1st        Derek De Zwart                                   0:55:46                        40

2nd       Dave Drummond                                 +0                                33       

3rd        Simon Butler                                       +0                                32

B Grade

1st        Mark Halewood                                  0:47:02                        34

2nd       Pete James                                          0:47:06                        30

3rd        Belinda Fuller                                      0:47:11                        22

C Grade

1st        Andy Linton                                         0:39:14                        23

2nd       Mike parker                                        +0                                23

3rd        Jorge Sandoval                                    +0                                19

D Grade

1st        Greg Baillie                                         0:40:49                        24

2nd       Anil Raman                                         +0                                22

3rd        Dave Hodder                                       +0                                20

Thanks to the club members for volunteering for marshaling duty and for doing the road signage and truck and for the start/finish line

And big thanks to Andy and Kirsten for hosting the post race BBQ at their place.

Next weeks race on Tuesday 3 December will be a HRR featuring the Whangauhu Valley road and Bideford

See you all there J