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Adventure Cycles Women's Challenge

Adventure Cycles Women's Challenge

Manukau Velodrome, December 15, 2000

Report

Melissa Holt dominated the strongest womens field ever seen at the Manukau Velodrome to win the Adventure Cycles Womens Challenge Omnium at Manukau Velodrome last Friday.

A newcomer to track racing, Holt won the first three events on the program, but could make no impression in the final Handicap event, where frontmarkers Amy Mosen and Helen Murphy stayed away to the finish.

Aggressive racing, especially by Holt, Joan Murphy and Kate Mullarkey, neutralised sprinters Donna Wynd and Elisabeth Williams. Williams also contested the Mens keirin, winning her heat from Deon Johns, and finishing second to Richard Starr in the final.

Results

U-17 Boys 2000m Scratch Race

1 Daniel Potter
2 Adam Coker
3 William Thompson
4 Tim Hargrave

U-17 Girls Point-a-Lap

1 Julia Vahry
2 Catherine Benefield
3 Rachel King

Women 4000m Scratch race

1 Melissa Holt
2 Kate Mullarkey
3 Joan Murphy
4 Marina Duvnjak

B-Grade Men Point-a-lap

1 Benny Devlin
2 Scott Fairburn
3 Steve Northey
4 Glen Selwyn

A-Grade Men 10 lap Win & Out

1 Troy Klink
2 Ryan Hoogenburg
3 Paul Faint
4 Jeff Alexander

U-17 Boys Elimination

1 Daniel Potter
2 William Thompson
3 Misha Kravchenko
4 Adam Coker

U-17 Girls 500m Scratch

1 Rachel King
2 Catherine Benefield
3 Julia Vahry

Women 12 lap Points Race

1 Joan Murphy
2 Elisabeth Williams
3 Melissa Holt
4 Rosie McCall

U-17 Boys Point-a-Lap

1 Daniel Potter
2 William Thompson
3 Timothy Hargrave
4 Adam Coker

Open Men 3-Lap Handicap

1 Scott Fairburn
2 Glen Selwyn
3 Walker Starr
4 Ian Northey

U-17 Girls Unknown Distance

1 Julia Vahry
2 Rachel King
3 Catherine Benefield

Women Elimination

1 Melissa Holt
2 Marina Duvnjak
3 Elisabeth Williams
4 Helen Murphy

U-17 Boys 500m Scratch

1 Daniel Potter
2 William Thompson
3 Adam Coker
4 Misha Kravchenko

Mens Keirin Final

1 Richard Starr
2 Elisabeth Williams
3 Deon Johns
4 Andrew Williams

U-17 Girls 500m Handicap

1 Catherine Benefield
2 Rachel King
3 Julia Vahry

Women 3-Lap Handicap

1 Amy Mosen
2 Helen Murphy
3 Donna Wynd
4 Kate Mullarkey

Men 8000m Scratch

1 Steven Wallis
2 Ryan Hoogenberg
3 Troy Klink
4 Andrew Small

Adventure Cycles Womens Challenge Omnium Final Placings

(Where riders have equal points, placing in the Handicap race
determines the overall placing).

Senior Women

1 Melissa Holt 		25 pts
2 Joan Murphy 		17
3 Helen Murphy 		12
4 Marina Duvnjak 	12
5 Elisabeth Williams 	12
6 Kate Mullarkey 	11
7 Amy Mosen 		10
8 Donna Wynd 		 7
9 Rosie McCall		 4
10 Deane Cooper		 2

Under-17 Women

1 Julia Vahry 		30 pts
2 Catherine Benefield 	29
3 Rachel King 		29

Courtesy of David Benson