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Riverland Cycling Club

Monash, South Australia, January 17, 2006

Grey wins sprint battle

Club stalwart Mick Grey held off a determined Greg Hatcher to win Tuesday's Riverland Cycling Club criterium meet at Monash. With temperatures still in the high thirties at race start the possibility of riders surging and attacking was erased as riders would work together to conserve energy for the home straight final sprint.

Grey, a multiple Club Champion with the Riverland Cycling Club, produced a controlled ride to win B-grade in a sprint to the line against Hatcher and Mark Kershaw who finished second and third respectively. Angus Boase the other B-grade rider surprisingly didn't have enough energy left to work the sprint and settled for fourth.

The A-grade race didn't produce the high speeds as seen in previous weeks but it didn't prevent riders from pushing for line honours. Current club champion Lee Stevens rode solidly for a good win which continued his good form, but, was pushed to the line by the ever improving Nigel Willoughby. Josh Steele followed soon after in third place.

A large and highly competitive C-grade race saw Brenton Woon win in his first race for 2005/2006, outsprinting Mark Moore (2nd), also in his first criterium race for the season, and Peter Weston (3rd). Ruth Strout followed through in fourth and in the coming weeks should be looking to breakthrough for a win as she consistently sees herself as a pacesetter in the group.
In D-grade, it was again Michael Anderson proving that youth may be more suited to the hot conditions by winning for the second week in row. Club president Bob Pankhurst tried hard to stay with Anderson over the closing laps but with no success and settled for second place. Gordon "Pom" Lawton produced a consistent race to finish third in front of Graham Butt.

The Riverland Cycling Club's criterium series continues next Tuesday at Monash with racing to start at 6:30pm. All riders are invited to attend. For further information, results and photos, visit http://www.riverlandcyclingclub.com/

Results

A Grade
 
1 Lee Stevens          
2 Nigel Willoughby     
3 Josh Steele          
 
B Grade
 
1 Mick Grey            
2 Greg Hatcher         
3 Mark Kershaw         
4 Angus Boase          
 
C Grade
 
1 Brenton Woon         
2 Mark Moore           
3 Peter Weston         
4 Ruth Strout          
5 Angelo Ylia          
6 John Eshman          
 
D Grade
 
1 Michael Anderson     
2 Bob Pankhurst        
3 Gordon Lawton        
4 Graham Butt           

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