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Caesar's Illawarra Cycle Club
Five Dock Criterium Open
Randwick Botany Cycling Club
A gusting SW wind ensured a field of ten riders was going to find the two lap A grade scratch race, tougher than normal. Early attacks by Adam Rourke and Graham Rutter kept the pace high early in the race. All the early attacks were covered by an eager worker group. Danny Hennesey formed a gap and was joined by Brad Martin after the first turnaround. This break was dangerous for the chase group, but some hard work from the bunch, brought the break away back before the start of the second lap.
More attacks continued, but led to nothing. The bunch eased slightly and Rutter attacked 2km from the final turn around. Mark Walters took the opportunity got across to Rutter and a small gap was established. At Hooker Hill the bunch had closed on the two away just enough to allow Hennesey to get across to the break. Rutter and Hennesey drove hard into the headwind to increase the gap on the bunch, with Walters managing to hang on.
Hennesey led the sprint out, Rutter came around, but Hennesey kicked again just in time to take line honors in a close finish. Walters came in at 3rd place about 5 seconds behind.
There is nothing like a stiff SW to ensure a fast start to a race. By the time the B grade bunch reached Yallah TAFE they were averaging 46.8km/h. Not suprisingly they didn't maintain that average for the entire race distance.
Marcus Arnold led the bunch up Marshall Mount the first time with Lionel Covington hot on his wheel. The two were quickly caught on the descent and then Patrick Delahunty went to the front and maintained a pace of over 45kmph for the next few kilometers. Another small gap opened up on the climb of Hooker hill but it was also closed down quickly by the bunch.
Stuart Colquhoun slipped off the front of the bunch when they turned into the wind and pulled away with apparent ease. It took a concerted effort by the bunch to pull him back at the end of the first lap. the second lap was very similar to the first with the exception of a big effort by Adam Hotchkis which saw him off the front of the bunch for a few kilometers.
Again when the hit the wind on the run to the finish Coloquhoun rode off the front. A kilometer later Raf Moriani attacked the bunch and tried to bridge the gap. It looked like Moriani would hold onto second place but some concerted chasing by Delahunty, Covington, Jason Johnson and Grant Law saw him caught with 300m to the finish.
Hotchkis led the bunch sprint out with Law hot on his wheel, try as he may Law couldn't go over the big man and Hotchkis took a very well deserved second place with Law third.
Possibly the largest C grade field for some time started in the race. After the climb of Marshall Mount and Hooker hill a fair amount of damage had been done by Joe Pereira, Paul DuBois and Jeff Gary and the bunch had been split into two.
The overall result was going to be decided by the six riders that had scaped. Alan McClelland again provedto be a handfull for the other riders with his strong riding. The two D grade riders had started with C grade and Paul Kaye had been able to go with the quicker of the C grade bunch, a big effort from him.
Even though they tried there was no further split in the bunch and it wasn't until the last few hundred meters that Pereira and Gray ascerted their dominance by leaving the others in their wake. Pereira held off a very determinde Gray for the win with McClelland crossing the line nine seconds later for third.
Kaye took out first place in D grade with Roger Phillips second.
The Australian Master's Games, at Lake Macquarie, concluded on Sunday. Several Illawarra riders made the journey up to participate including Jack Laajoki, Lyndal and John Groom and Eric Doughty. Laajoki was in a very competitive aged group with several riders who have competed on the World stage over the years. He still rode to the best of his ability and enjoyed himself.
The competition for the Grooms was very stiff, not ony in their age divisions but also between each other. They both received a medal in every event they competed in, the overall result went to John as he had entered more events. John had to leave early so he could recouperate for the 24hr mountain bike race over the wekend in Canberra.
There was a Masters 10 division for riders over 80 years old that Doughty was entered in. There were four track events and he won all four. He rode the road time trial and won gold recording the third fastest time for riders over 70 years old. the criterium, road race and hill climb were all combined with the Masters 8 and 9 divisions. He won his divisional gold in each of the events and was placed third overall in each event behind two Masters 8 riders.
A Grade 1 Danny Hennessy 57.42 2 Graham Rutter 3 Mark Walters 0.06 4 Adam Rourke 0.51 5 Rob Calladine 6 Frank Soto 7 Dylan Forbes 8 Richard Lorenc 9 Brad Martin 10 Brian Joyce 5.23 B Grade 1 Stuart Colquhoun 1.01.05 2 Adam Hotchkis 3 Grant Law 4 Garry Doughty 5 Marcus Arnold 6 Lionel Covington 7 Phil Jones 8 Mark Davis 9 Raf Moriana 10 Grant Farr 11 Mick Kejda 12 Pat Delahunty 13 Jason Johnson 14 Dennis Fitzgerald 15 Phil Ciufo 0.06 C Grade 1 Joe Pereira 1.06.24 2 Jeff Gray 3 Alan Mcclelland 0.09 4 Paul Dubois 0.15 5 Peter Kelly 0.18 6 Rebecca Borgo 7 Peter Evans 2.03 8 Peter Vesel Dnf Andrew Telford Dnf Sally Watts D Grade 1 Paul Kaye 1.06.42 2 Roger Phillips 9.13 Next Week's Race - 37.5km handicap
Rod McGee showed all that he is on the way back to his best by winning the A Grade criterium at Five Dock yesterday. A break of 3 including McGee, Klayten Smith and Mark Forrest went mid way through the race with Forrest being dropped in the last five laps leaving McGee and Smith to dice out the sprint. Trent Wilson was fifth after being narrowly beaten in the bunch gallop.
In other events Kate and Natalie Bates took the top places in the women's handicap and Ryan Toby placed 5th in C Grade.
Men 1 Rod McGee 2 Klayten Smith 3 Mark Forrest ... 5 Trent Wilson Women 1 Kate Bates 2 Natalie Bates
The Randwick Botany Cycling Club welcomed Herald Sun Tour rider Klayten Smith to Heffron Park for the weekly club criterium race on Saturday 13 October 2001. Smith used the club race as a buildup to the 11 day, 1350km Herald Sun Tour, which starts in Melbourne on 18 October 2001. He will ride with the five-man Vicroads team and will compete against 90 riders from 20 countries including Aussie Tour-de-France riders Brad McGee and Robbie McEwen.
Smith finished fourth in the A Grade 36km race after suffering a puncture late in the race. First across the line was Stewart Campbell in a time of 53.18 and an average speed of nearly 41 kph followed by Shaun Higgerson and Jeff Jones. Todd Sinclair stayed with the A Grade bunch for 10km in his first A Grade race.
The 20-rider B Grade race was competed over 32km with Peter Scotton placed first in a time of 51.07 and an average speed of nearly 38kph. Second was Clive Hammerson followed by Chris White, Dean Preddy, Dave Mackey and Aaron Castles.
C Grade completed 14 laps or 28km with Alex Krawchuk placed first in a time of 47.41. Second was Craig Dempsey followed by Andrew Stevenson, John Droz, Tony Horneman and Gary Allen.
The D Grade result after 20km and an exciting sprint was Peter Davison first, Peter Tzikas second and Jamie Guinan third. The E Grade 16km race was won by David Calleja with Ken Woodhouse second.
Club Junior Development Officer Peter Zala conducted five events for the 14 junior riders. The best time in the A Grade 18km time trail was by Robert Cater, 30.22sec. Second best time was by Chris Jenkins 31.26. The B Grade 8km time trail was won by Andrew Young 16.06, followed by Thom Richards 16.41 and Luke Davison 17 minutes. The C Grade 2km time trail result was Adriano Maradini 4.32, Tyrone Davies 5.05, Raphael Rosse 5.06. The B Grade 4km scratch race results were Mark Woodhouse first, Thom Richards second and Luke Davison third. The Grade 6km scratch race was won by Tyrone Davies followed by Adriano Maradini and Raphael Rosse.
Next weekend (20 October 2001) will see the running of the 39th Snowy Wilson Memorial Criterium cycling event at Heffron Park, Robey Street, Maroubra, starting at 8.30am. Over 100 senior men and women riders from all over NSW and the ACT have registered to complete in six races around the tight 2km Heffron Park circuit. Several local businesses have sponsored the event, including DS Labels Marrackville, Pedal Pushers cycle shop Randwick, Maroubra Cycles, Australian Cycles Co. Kingsford, Chrissie’s Hair and Beauty Salon Maroubra, Bees Knees Salon Kensington, ISIS Health Management Rozelle, Velo-Vita Cycling Accessories Matraville and the Newington Inn Hotel Petersham. A sausage sizzle BBQ and club canteen will be open throughout the day for riders, officials, media, sponsors and spectators. For more information please contact the club secretary Helen Vella on 02 9667 3307.
A Grade - 36km 1 Stewart Campbell 53.18 2 Shaun Higgerson 3 Jeff Jones 4 Klayten Smith B Grade - 32km 1 Peter Scotton 51.07 2 Clive Hammerson 3 Chris White 4 Dean Preddy 5 Dave Mackey 6 Aaron Castles C Grade - 28km 1 Alex Krawchuk 47.41 2 Craig Dempsey 3 Andrew Stevenson 4 John Droz 5 Tony Horneman 6 Gary Allen D Grade - 20km 1 Peter Davison 2 Peter Tzikas 3 Jamie Guinan E Grade - 16km 1 David Calleja 2 Ken Woodhouse Junior A Grade - 18km time trail 1 Robert Cater 30.22 2 Chris Jenkins 31.26 Junior B Grade - 8km time trail 1 Andrew Young 16.06 2 Thom Richards 16.41 3 Luke Davison 17.00 Junior C Grade - 2km time trail 1 Adriano Maradini 4.32 2 Tyrone Davies 5.05 3 Raphael Rosse 5.06 Junior B Grade - 4km scratch race 1 Mark Woodhouse 2 Thom Richards 3 Luke Davison Junior C Grade - 6km scratch race 1 Tyrone Davies 2 Adriano Maradini 3 Raphael Rosse