Second Edition News for December 11, 1996

A.V Jennings Super Race, Saturday, December 7,1996

Previously run over two nights the Super Race, based on the European six day format, was cut back to one day this year with the loss of past sponsor “Telecom White Pages”. Undaunted the worlds greatest promoter, Frank McCaig, joined forces with A.V Jennings to stage the classic over the one evening.

The last minute withdrawal of race favorites Stephen Pate (rumored glandular fever and iron deficiancy) and Brett Aitken (virus) was a major blow to the event but provided opportunities for other teams, as they battled for points in miss'n'out, point scores, elimination and kierin races, with the grand finale a 50km madison.

Eventual winners were Tony Homan and Troy Clarke who fought back from a nasty crash at the half way mark of the 50 km madison, when during a hand sling change Clarke got his front wheel side-ways and rolled a tire in the process of dragging his partner to the canvas. South Australian Niel Robinson left with nowhere to go tried to bunny- hop his way out of trouble but unfortunately crashed out of the race with leg injuries.

Less than five laps later the race leaders Brent McCaig and Matt Allen, both recently returned from Europe where they were competing in 6-day events, suffered a simmilar fate to Clarke and Homan when they came crashing down during a hand-sling change. Both were up quickly but Allen was forced to ride a smaller bike (mine!!) for several laps whilst running repairs were made to his own bike. Whilst the leaders were off the track Homan also came into the pits to make running repars to his handelbars which were damaged during his fall.

With all repairs made the battle between the two top teams resumed with Clarke and Homan tacking the points in the 10th sprint of the madison to take the race lead from McCaig and Allen. The margin was extended when Homan won the next sprint with McCaig showing great discomfort from a shoulder injury that made it extremely difficult for him to change with his partner. Allen and McCaig fought on but victory in three of four consecutive sprints to Clarke and Homan ended any hopes of victory.

Mark Roache and Tim Bennett made the only significant attempt of lapping the field on the big 400m track, they stayed clear for about 18 laps and moved into third place with wins in three sprints. Unfortunately their night came to a premature end when they were the third team to crash during a hand sling change which forced both to retire due to injury.

Dylan Boone showed that he will be a rider of the future with a terrific ride to grab third place riding with Rik McCaig who came into this event on limited preparation.

TEAMS:

 1. Shane Kelly  - Dean Woods  
 2. Stephen Pate - Brett Aitken  (Replaced by Aaron Lee - Chris Kypriotis)
 3. Todd Wilksch - Brett Lancaster 
 4. Glenn Clarke - Tony Hughes 
 5. Brent McCaig - Matt Allen 
 6. Rik McCaig - Dylan Boone 
 7. Chris White - Tim Decker 
 8. Darren Derrico - Cameron McCormick 
 9. Tim Bennett - Mark Roach 
10. Paul Dobson - Paul Williams 
11. Troy Clarke - Tony Homan 
12. David Dew - Steve Newbury 
13. Leigh De Luca - Hilton Clarke 
14. Nigel Grigg - Neil Robinson 
15. Luke Ryan - Troy Warren 
16. Daniel Hutchinson - Scott Keating 

KIERIN:

FIRST TWO TO FINAL.  
POINTS 5-3-2-1 
 
HEAT 1.               
1. DARREN DERRICO  2. Tim Bennet  3. Dylan Boone  4. Neil Robinson   
5. Aaron Lee   6. Paul Williams  
 
HEAT 2 
1. David Dew (vic)  2. Glenn Clarke  3. Ric McCaig  4. Hilton Clarke  
5. Troy Warren  6. Daniel Hutchinson  
 
HEAT 3 
1.Shane Kelley  2.Tony Homan  3. Matt Allen  4. Todd Wilksch  
5. Tony Hughes  6. Leigh De Luca  7. Mark Roache  
 
HEAT 4 
1.Troy Clarke  2. Kris Kypriotis  3. Luke Ryan  4. Nigel Grigg  
5. Chris White  6. Scott Keating  
 
FINAL:
  
Points 15-10-8-6-4-2-1 

1. Shane Kelley ($120)  2. Tony Homan ($80)  3. Brent McCaig ($40) 

ELIMINATION:

HEAT 1 
1. Troy Clarke  2. Matt Allen  3. Luke Ryan 
 
HEAT 2 
1. Shane kelly  2. Brent McCaig  3. Dylan Boone 
 
Standings After Preliminary Round of Racing 
1. Allan -McCaig (57)  2. Clarke - Homan (52)  3. Kelly - Woods (45)  
4. Wilksch - Lancaster (37) 
 
Final Standings Following 50km Madison 

 1. Troy Clarke - Tony Homan                  80 Pts 
 2. Brent McCaig - Matt Allen                 77 
 3. Rik McCaig - Dylan Boone                  69 
 4. Glenn Clarke - Tony Hughes                63 
 5. Shane Kelly  - Dean Woods                 62   
 6. Chris White - Tim Decker                  46 
 7. Todd Wilksch - Brett Lancaster            43 
 8. Luke Ryan - Troy Warren                   29 
 9. David Dew - Steve Newbury                 22 
10. Leigh De Luca - Hilton Clarke             19 
11. Darren Derrico - Cameron McCormick        16 
12. Paul Dobson - Paul Williams               13 
13. Aaron Lee - Chris Kypriotis           -1  12 
14. Daniel Hutchinson - Scott Keating     -1   8 

Withdrew because of injury: 

Tim Bennett - Mark Roach                      52 
Nigel Grigg - Neil Robinson                   25 

OPEN 3000m Handicap

Sponsored by: 
ROSS FORSTER CYCLES AND RADIO 3BO-FM 

(First five to final) 

HEAT 1 
1. Zeke Quinn (270)  2. Cameron Dean (250)  3. David Baker (330)  
4. Troy Tyler (230)  5. Brad Davidson (215) 
 
HEAT 2 
1.Jason Decker (270)  2. Andrew Swatton (270)  3. Kristin Gibbs (270) 
4. Dylan Boone (120)  5. Tim Decker (150) 
 
HEAT 3 
1. Scott Keating (215)  2. John Eade (100)  3. Mark Roache (140)  
4. Barry Woods (130)  5. Steven Sansonetti (195) 
 
HEAT 4. 
1. Tony Homan (75)  2. Neil Robinson (150)  3. Peter Herrewyn (230)  
4. David Pell (200)  5. Kris Kypriotis (245) 
 
FINAL : 

1. Tony Homan (75) ($300)  2. Dylan Boone (120) ($150)  
3.David Pell(200) ($50)  4. John Eade (100) 

Scratch Races

A Grade Scratch

(#1) 1. Peter Herrywyn ($70)  2. John Eade ($40)  3. David Pell  ($15) 
(#2) 1. John Eade ($70)  2. Mark Niewand ($40)  3. Barry Woods ($15) 
 
B Grade Scratch
 
(#1) 1. Jason Decker ($70)  2. Zeke Quinn ($40)  3. Kristin Gibbs ($15) 
(#2) 1. Jason Decker ($70)  2. Zeke Quinn ($40)  3. Brendan Forster($15) 

Victorian Women's Omnium Championship

Elimination: 

1. Lyndelle Higginson  2. Rahna Demarte  3. Lucinda Saunders 
 
9 Lap Points Score 

1. Rahna Demarte  2. Geraldine Denham  3. Lucinda Saunders 
 
8 Lap Scratch 

1. Lyndelle Higginson  2. Rahna Demarte  3. Geraldine Denham 
 
Overall: 

1.Rahna Demarte ($40) 2.Lyndell Higginson ($20) 3.Geraldine Denham($10) 

Under Age Races

Under 19 6 Lap Kierin:

1. Jay Dowdell  ($30)  2. Brad Davidson ($20)  3. Jason Decker  ($10) 
 
Under 17 10 Lap Scratch: 

1. Andrew Mason  2. Adrian Sansonetti  3. Craig Weidlich 
 
Under 17 2000m Handicap 

1. B.J McIntosh  (30m)  2. Adrian Sansonetti (Scr)  3. Nathan Baxter(60) 
 
Under 17 Elimination 

1. Adrian Sansonetti  2. Nathan Baxter  3. Curtis Notting