103rd Austral Wheelrace - IMAustralia, January 7, 20012000 Results Results Preview Handicaps Past winners ResultsBicycle Super Store Austral Wheel Race - 2000m Heats (first 3 to final) Heat 1 1 B Norton 2 M French 3 C Arnel Heat 2 1 B Jackson 2 D Vains 3 H MacKindy Heat 3 1 A Loft 2 J Leonard 3 L French Heat 4 1 H Mead 2 G Hutchinson 3 G Murray Heat 5 1 T Wilksch 2 N Sanderson 3 S Ward Heat 6 1 L Stratford 2 R Talbot 3 R McLellan Heat 7 1 R Bayley 2 T Decker 3 G Atkins Heat 8 1 B O'Dea 2 S Barnett 3 C Kypriotis Final 1 Mark French (Carnegie) 60m 2.06.88 2 Bernie O'Dea (Bendigo) 90m 3 Simon Barnett (Horsham) 130m 4 Glen Hutchinson (Footscray) 170m 5 Craig Arnel (Shepparton) 160m KPMG Women's Scratch Race 1 Lyndelle Higginson 2 Rahna Demarte 3 Katrina Purcell Men's Sprint Challenge 1 Jobie Dajka (SA) 2-0 2 Ryan Bayley (WA) Women's Sprint Challenge 1 Lyndelle Higginson (Vic) 2-1 2 Tania Lindenmuth (USA) Teska Carson Women's Handicap 1 Leeane Manderson 2 Sally Robins 3 Louise Gomes Australian Abalone Exports Keirin 1 Shaun Collins (Vic) 2 Jobie Dajka (SA) 3 Barry Woods (Vic) Flying 200 metres 1 Shaun Collins 10.79 2 Mark French 10.95 Aces Elimination 1 Jeff Hopkins 2 Mark Renshaw 3 Darren Young Sprint Derby 1 Shaun Collins 2 Jeff Hopkins 3 Jason Niblett Vittoria Tyres Scratch Race 1 Brendan Geale 2 Bernie O'Dea 3 Troy Dajka Aces Scratch Race 1 Brett Lancaster 2 David Pell 3 Andrew Mason PreviewThe 103rd running of the Austral Wheelrace will be conducted on an indoor velodrome for the first time, in the Vodafone Arena on February 10, 2001. Starting in 1887, it is the one of the oldest bicycle races still running, and it shows no signs of stopping. The race is being promoted for the 14th time by Cyclists International, a non-profit organisation dedicated to promoting cycling. They were also behind Anna Wilson's successful Hour Record attempt last year that "opened" the Vodafone Arena. History In 1887, the Melbourne Bicycle Club, then the oldest cycling club in Australia, organised the first ever "Austral". The race was run over a distance of 3 miles (4800 metres) and was held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. It had a first prize of a Grand Piano valued at Two Hundred Pounds (Sterling). Other Melbourne venues to host the "Austral" have been the Exhibition Track, the North Essendon Board Track, the Olympic Park Velodrome and the Brunswick, Coburg and Northcote Velodromes. The 1901 event gained notoriety when the American,"Plugger" Bill Martin won from scratch, amid cries from the Press of alleged race fixing involving the infamous Melbourne identity, John Wren. The massive amount of 1050 Sovereigns was the allocated prize money for the 1902 event. The low point,was in the late 1970's when only $1500 was on offer. There was a resurgence in 1982 when the prize money was lifted to $5000 plus Sponsors products. The present level of prize money has now exceeded $18000 at recent stagings of this prestigious wheelrace. HandicapsHeat 1 Handicap (m) Heat 2 Handicap (m)
31 Mark French (CAR) 80 41 Ben Jackson (LGA) 100
32 Lee Godfrey (GLW) 80 48 Joel Pearson (WGL) 110
38 Robert Edge (BFD) 90 62 Andrew Swatton (BGO) 125
25 Brad Norton (SHP) 90 67 Phil Gallagher (WGL) 140
43 David Tanner (SHP) 110 81 Peter Trigar (BWK) 160
52 Jason Benney Morris (SHP) 115 87 Mike Maine (TAS) 160
59 Ray Turner (BGO) 130 88 Stephen Dew (STK) 160
75 Rhys Buzza (BWK) 150 102 Daniel Vains (BGO) 180
82 Craig Arnel (SHP) 160 103 Dean Arnel (SHP) 180
91 John Wallin (WGL) 170 112 Tim Matthews (BGO) 190
99 Darren Payne (FTY) 180 85 Ray Jarratt (CBM) 190
141 John Cartwright (STK) 180 117 Steven Flower (LGA) 190
109 Daniel Dilger (WGL) 190 123 John Buckworth (SHP) 210
115 Graeme O’Neill (ART) 190 126 Neil Peart (CAR) 210
120 John Morgan (BBN) 200 127 Hamish MacKirdy (SA) 210
121 Wayne Klauss (BFD) 210 146 Scott Hawke (CAR) 210
145 Ben Schofield (BBN) 210 134 Trevor Rollinson (WGL 230
130 Malcolm Clayton (HAM) 225 101 Bill Clifton (NOR) 240
133 Steven Di Tullio (NOR) 230 137 Justin Dovaston (NPD) 240
Heat 3 Heat 4
27 Jason Niblett (HOR) 70 39 Matthew Heath (FTY) 95
28 Joel Leonard (FTY) 70 49 Hamish Taylor (BWK) 110
34 David Maltby (BGO) 90 53 Tristan Gerrish (SHP) 110
37 Dean Taylor (B/S) 90 61 Alexander James (BWK) 130
42 Brad Edmunds (E-M) 100 69 Ewin Williams (BWK) 140
58 Paul Kenny (MLT) 120 143 Ben Noyes (SHP) 160
46 Jonny Clarke (CAR) 130 92 Geordan Murray (CAR) 170
74 Phil Sawyer (HOR) 150 94 Glen Hutchinson (FTY) 170
80 Andrew Bole (BWK) 160 104 Martin Tobin (WNG) 180
96 Aden Armstrong (BWK) 170 106 Hayden Mead (CHS) 180
98 Jerard Glennon (WBL) 170 111 Duanne Gilmore (BBN) 190
107 Brett Rollinson (WGL) 190 113 Michael Donaldson (BG 190
108 Luke French (CAR) 190 119 Tim Clarke (BBN) 200
116 Andrew Loft 210 122 Leigh Murphy (BGO) 200
124 Frank Bertei (BBN) 210 128 Andrew Robinson (KNX) 220
125 Michael Sait (BGO) 210 132 Marcus Aquilina (FTY) 220
129 Warren Vigor (FTY) 230 135 Lawrie Naughton (BGO) 235
131 Aaron Bigham (BBN) 230 136 Zack Alexakos (CAR) 240
Heat 5 Heat 6
7 Todd Wilksch (BGO) 20 15 Daniel Cutting (TAS) 50
10 Mark Roach (NOR) 30 20 Adam Carter (NOR) 60
14 David Pell (BGO) 40 22 Barry Woods (BBN) 70
17 Kirk Eddy (BGO) 55 23 Gavin White (CBM) 70
21 Justin Evans (BGO) 60 33 Michael Gill (CAR) 80
29 Gary Mueller (BWK) 75 40 Stephen Price (TAS) 100
36 Brendan Geale (TAS) 90 50 Robert Tidey (BBN) 110
47 Nicholas Sanderson (ART) 110 57 Troy Dajka (SA) 120
56 Andrew Stewart (PRS) 120 64 Cameron Dean (BGO) 130
63 Luke Dougherty (BBN) 130 79 Troy Sait (BGO) 150
78 Malcolm Sawford (CAR) 150 83 David Dennis (TAS) 150
84 Russell Wolfe (CAR) 160 90 Grant Lobb (LTV) 160
86 Dean Johnstone (CHS) 160 100 Andrew Rix (BGO) 180
89 Simon King (FTY) 170 105 Peter Sharman (MLT) 180
93 Cameron Bull (BGO) 170 110 Rohan McLellan (NOR) 190
68 Sam Ward (CBM) 170 114 Luke Stratford (NOR) 190
95 John Kingston 180 118 Rick Talbot (WGL) 200
97 Chris Eales (HAM) 180 140 Adam Inness (BFD) 200
Heat 7 Heat 8
4 Ryan Bayley (WA) 10 2 Darren Young (TAS) SCR
6 Mark Renshaw (NSW) 20 3 Jeff Hopkins (NSW) SCR
9 Robert Wilson (FTY) 30 5 Shaun Collins (CAR) 20
12 Adrian Sansonetti (NOR) 30 8 Brett Lancaster (SHP) 20
13 Gareth Atkins (TAS) 40 11 Jobie Dajka (SA) 30
18 Tim Decker (BGO) 60 139 Erik Weispfennig (GER 40
24 Steven Sansonetti (NOR) 70 16 Andrew Mason (BGO) 50
30 Grant Young (TAS) 80 19 Ashley Harding (BGO) 60
44 Glen Matulich (SA) 100 26 Leigh De Luca (NPD) 70
51 Peter Herrewyn (FTY) 100 35 Bernie O'Dea (BGO) 90
54 Warren Knevitt (CAR) 120 45 Roberto Salvadeo (NOR) 105
60 Dane Cheers (SA) 120 55 David Browne (KNX) 120
65 Nathan Hodskiss (TAS) 130 144 Chris Kypriotis (LTV) 120
70 David Coultas (CHS) 130 66 Simon Barnett (HOR) 130
72 Paul Thompson (USA) 150 71 Luke Medhurst (BWK) 140
76 Simon Cunneen (BGO) 150 73 Bradley O’Nial (E-M) 140
77 Richard England (BBN) 150 138 Richard Juntunen (USA 160
142 Simon Walker (CAR) 160
Past winnersMany famous names appear on the "Austral" honour roll. World Champions, Gordon Johnson (1973) and Steele Bishop (1982) ,both winning from scratch. Two of our past champions in Jack Fitzgerald (1922) from scratch and Tassie Johnson (1944) from 30 yards. The great Sid Patterson (1962 & 1964) and Laurie Venn (1979 & 1981) have both won the event twice from scratch. The perennial Tasmanian, Danny Clark has had three wins off the scratch mark, in 1977, 1986 and 1990 However, the record now belongs to the consistent Victorian all rounder, Stephen Pate with four victories, in 1988 from scratch, in 1991 from -10 metres, in 1993 from -20 metres and his most recent 1999 win, from scratch. Last year, Gary Neiwand one of Australia's greatest sprinters, was liberally handicapped on 70 metres for the Millennium edition of the event, and won comfortably. 1887 H. Lambton 210 (Yards) 1888 Dick Davis Scr. 1889 J. Mullins 140. 1890 Tom Busst Scr. 1891 Arthur Turner 240 1892 H. Lambton 200 1893 Gordon Woodward 270 1894 Alf Middleton 180 1895 A. Crisp 250 1896 Charles Kellow 15 1897 Jim Carpenter 85 1898 Tom Finnigan 220 1899 Frank Beauchamp 150 1900 Charles Forbes 30 1901 Bill Martin Scr 1902 Murray Auger 240 1903 Fred Scheps 160 1904 Jack Clarke 150 1905 J. Sandberg 170 1906 Harry Thomas 20 1907 A.C. Colvin 60 1908 M. McPherson 150 1909 A. H. Piano 40 1910 Frank Corry 140 1912 W. Priestly 60 1913 P.B. Henry 60 1920 Ern. Tamme 50 1921 Lou Clifford 120 1922 Jack Fitzgerald Scr 1923 Dick Ford 120 1923 Pidge Davis 200 1925 Frank Corry 140 1925 Eric Giboud 60 1927 Bowie Stevens 70 1927 Cecil Hannerman 160 1927 Cecil Manners 245 1929 H. "Fatty" Lamb 30 1936 Keith Thurgood 100 1936 Harry Webb 70 1937 Jack Gardiner 205 1938 Jack Middleton 120 1939 Clinton Beasley 90 1940 Norm Stevens 20 1941 Ken Stewart 60 1942 Mick Bradley 160 1944 Norm Munro 90 1944 Tas. Johnson 30 1945 Tom Shillito 160 1946 Pat Devine 120 1947 George Bull 130 1948 Bill Kirkham 120 1950 Byron Bonney 120 1951 Kevin Marion 105 1952 Doug Jennings 120 1953 Tom Fitzgerald 140 1954 Alan Geddes 130 1955 Ron Murray 100 1956 Don Meharg 130 1957 John Robertson 100 1958 Neil Geraghty 100 1959 Vin Beasley 100 1960 David Good 100 1961 Fred Roche 40 1962 Sid Patterson Scr. 1963 Fred Hellyer 110 1964 Sid Patterson Scr. 1965 Kenton Smith 135 1966 Bill Dove 150 1967 Vic Browne 65 1968 Merv. Andrea 230 1969 Charlie Walsh 50 1970 Bill Stevens 35 1971 Frank Daly 135 1972 Geoff Edmonds 20 1973 Gordon Johnson Scr. 1974 Ivan Collings 90 1975 Craig Price 130 1976 David Allan 70 1977 Danny Clark Scr. 1978 David Sanders 50 (Metres) 1979 Laurie Venn Scr. 1980 Daryl Benson 90 1981 Laurie Venn Scr. 1982 Steele Bishop Scr. 1983 Phil. Sawyer Scr. 1984 Terry Schintler 80 1985 Allan Rackstraw 80 1986 Danny Clark Scr. 1987 Simon King 110 1988 Stephen Pate Scr. 1989 Grant Reynolds 150 1990 Danny Clark Scr. 1991 Stephen Pate Minus 10 1992 Bert Glennon 120 1993 Stephen Pate Minus 20 1994 Ashley Harding 140 1995 Tony Hughes 80 1996 Troy Clarke 45 1997 Matthew Atkins 100 1998 Shane Hodskiss 75 1999 Stephen Pate Scr. 2000 Gary Neiwand 70 All information courtesy of Cyclists International |