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Southern Cross CC
May 31-June 1, 2003
Metropolitan & Country Junior Road Championships and Southern Cross CC Junior Road Open
By Bonnie Guillan
After many weeks of rain and even as late as Thursday of this week, it was a pleasant surprise to see beautiful clear sunny skies on Saturday morning. This was a big weekend of racing for the Southern Cross Cycling Club with over 130 of the State's best junior riders converging on Waratah Park Sutherland to race for Metropolitan and Country Medals as well as over $2,500.00 worth of prize money.
The riding was always going to be fast and furious and yes no one was disappointed. Saturday morning saw the Metropolitan Championships being run so as to give the country competitors some time to travel and then prepare themselves before racing.
The conditions were absolutely perfect, with clear blue skies, temperatures nudging a very warm and balmy 23 degrees with just a hint of a breeze flowing nicely up the finishing straight. This was evident by the sponsors flags and banners of Visy Board and David Short Cycles, softly swaying over the finish line. Just right for the riders as this would most certainly assist with some of the sprint finishes.
For the Metro competitors, it was the Under 9's kicking off the proceedings at 8.00 am. Most of the age divisions were well represented as far as numbers were concerned and the racing was very much of a high standard.
Some of the stand out performances across the morning would include young Tom Matthews who is very new to the sport of cycling giving another outstanding performance. Another round of the "never-ending tussle" between Philip Arias and Scott Harding in the Under 11's played out in front of the spectators eyes. These 2 boys have gone head to head for the last 4 years and always put on a good show for the crowd. Leah Guillan also performed exceptionally well against the boys in the under 11's.
Need I say that as the age division increased, so did the level and ferocity of the racing. Bede Kelly and Jack Bennett were both representing Southern Cross in the 13's and rode as hard as they physically could, giving their race 200%.
The Country Championships was just as exciting and entertaining as the mornings racing. These juniors really know how to race hard and hard they raced. There were many stand out performances and perhaps too many to mention.
Sundays racing was an "all in" affair with the Country riders racing against the Metropolitan riders. Today was to be a little different, as they were not only competing for money and prizes, however the pride of the Country and Metropolitan area's was up for grabs. Points would be awarded for the results in each race and a final tally would see who would be the victor for the weekend, The Country or The Metropolitan Riders?
The format for Sunday was all divisions would race a Criterium and then back up a little later for a Road race, all within their respective age divisions.
Results
Metropolitan Junior Road Championship Results Under 9's 1 Brett Meindertsma (Hinchinbrook CC) 2 Jesse Cass (Lidcombe Auburn CC) 3 Robert Moiler (Bankstown CC) Under 11's 1 Philip Arias (Bankstown CC) 2 Scott Harding (Southern Cross CC) 3 Joshua Cass (Lidcombe Auburn CC) Under 13's Boys 1 Alex Carver (Lidcombe Auburn CC) 2 Bede Kelly (Southern Cross CC) 3 Justin Meindertsma (Hinchinbrook CC) Under 13's Girls - combined with Country girls due to numbers (Sydney Championship) Under 15's Boys 1 Nicholas Spratt (Penrith Panthers CC) 2 Luke Davison (Southern Cross CC) 3 Jonathan Cridland (Southern Cross CC) Under 15's Girls 1 Deena-Maree Faulkner (Southern Cross CC) 2 Silvia Potente (St George CC) 3 Katrina Lane (Southern Cross CC) Under 17's Men 1 Luke Cridland (Southern Cross CC) 2 Matthew Pettit (Parramatta CC) 3 Tyler McLachlan (Southern Cross CC) Under 17's Women 1 Amanda Spratt (Penrith Panthers CC) 2 Sky Lee Armstrong (Parramatta CC) 3 Gabrielle Cass (Lidcombe Auburn CC) Country Junior Road Championship Under 9's 1 Samul Spokes (Tamworth CC) 2 Max Pearse (Wagga Wagga CC) 3 Kodie Howard (Central Coast CC) Under 11's 1 Jackson Law (Illawarra CC) 2 Kerian McManus (Southern Highlans CC) 3 Johnathon Wright (Manning Valley CC) Under 13's Boys 1 Andrew Seaman (Dubbo CC) 2 Angus Tobin (Orange CC) 3 Lachlan Morton (Port MacQuarie CC) Under 13's Girls (Sydney Championship) 1 Meagan Dunn (Dubbo CC) 2 Sinaed Cosgrove (Goulburn CC) 3 Malinda Potente (St George CC) Under 15's Boys 1 Dale Scarfe (Central Coast CC) 2 Angus Morton (Port MacQuarie CC) 3 Paul Fellows (Wagga Wagga CC) Under 15's Girls 1 Netasha Pearse (Wagga Wagga CC) 2 Ellen Marks (Wagga Wagga CC) 3 Rosanna Woodland (Lavington CC) Under 17's Men 1 Mitch Champman (Bathurst CC) 2 Mitch Pearson (Eurobodalla CC) 3 Lewis Garland (Port Stephens CC CC) Under 17's Women 1 Melissa Moffat (Wagga Wagga CC) 2 Jessica Hume (Wagga Wagga CC) Southern Cross CC Junior Road Open Criterium Under 9's 1 Brett Meindertsma (Hinchenbrook CC) 2 Sara Spokes (Tamworth CC) 3 Jess Cass (Lidcombe Auburn CC) Under 11's A Grade 1 Scott Harding (Southern Cross CC) 2 Jackson Law (Illawarra CC) 3 Joshua Cass (Lidcombe Auburn CC) Under 11's B Grade 1 Ben Grant (Southern Cross CC) 2 Tirian McManus (Southern Highlands CC) 3 Leah Guillan (Southern Cross CC) Boys Under 13's A Grade 1 Andrew Seaman (Dubbo CC) 2 Angus Tobin (Orange CC) 3 Adriana Maradini (Randwick Botony CC) Under 13's B Grade 1 Scott Law (Illawarra CC) 2 Thomas Page (Manning Valley CC) 3 Sean Henderson (Port MacQuarie CC) Girls Under 13's 1 Megan Dunn (Dubbo CC) 2 Sinead Cosgrove (Goulburn CC) 3 Melinda Potente (St George CC) Boys Under 15's A Grade 1 Dale Scarfe (Central Coast CC) 2 Nicholas Spratt (Penrith Panthers CC) 3 Angus Morton (Port MacQuarie CC) Under 15's B Grade 1 Dirk Roberts (Wagga Wagga CC) 2 Pita Vea (Randwick Botony CC) 3 Damen Robbie (Canberra CC) Girls Under 15's 1 Netasha Pearse (Wagga Wagga CC) 2 Ellen Marks (Wagga Wagga CC) 3 Deena-Maree Faulkner (Southern Cross CC) Men Under 17's A Grade 1 Tyler McLachlan (Southern Cross CC) 2 Mitch Champman (Bathurst CC) 3 Grant Patrick (Southern Cross CC) Under 17's B Grade 1 Greg Beer (Penrith panthers CC) 2 Luke Barrett (St George CC) 3 Stuart Lane (Southern Cross CC) Women Under 17's A Grade 1 Amanda Spratt (Penrith Panthers CC) 2 Sky Lee Armstrong (Parramatta CC) 3 Laura Meisel-Denis (Canberra CC) Under 17's B Grade 1 Jessica Hume (Wagga Wagga CC) 2 Jaclyn Kejda (Illawarra CC) 3 Jessica Brent (Canberra CC) Road Race Under 9's 1 Brett Meindertsma (Hinchenbrook CC) 2 Sara Spokes (Tamworth CC) 3 Max Pearse (Wagga Wagga CC) Under 11's "A" Grade 1 Scott Harding (Southern Cross CC) 2 Jackson Law (Illawarra CC) 3 Joshua Cass (Lidcombe Auburn CC) Under 11's "B" Grade 1 Tirian McManus (Southern Highlands CC) 2 Ben Grant (Southern Cross CC) 3 Leah Guillan (Southern Cross CC) Under 13's "A" Grade 1 Andrew Seaman (Dubbo CC) 2 Angus Tobin (Orange CC) 3 Samual Spokes (Tamworth CC) Under 13's "B" Grade 1 Sean Henderson (Port MacQuarie CC) 2 Lachlan Hines (St George CC) 3 Scott Law (Illawarra CC) Under 13's 1 Megan Dunn (Dubbo CC) 2 Sinead Cosgrove (Goulburn CC) 3 Melinda Potente (St George CC) Under 15's "A" Grade 1 Angus Martin (Port MacQuarie CC) 2 Dale Scarfe (Central Coast CC) 3 Luke Davison (Southern Cross CC) Under 15's "B" Grade 1 Dirk (Wagga Wagga CC) 2 Thomas Bykirk (Randwick Botony CC) 3 Lewis Little (St George CC) Under 15's 1 Netasha Pearse (Wagga Wagga CC) 2 Ellen Marks (Wagga Wagga CC) 3 Silvia Potente (St George CC) Under 17's "A" Grade 1 Tyler McLachlan (Southern Cross CC) 2 Grant Patrick (Southern Cross CC) 3 Luke Cridland (Southern Cross CC) Under 17's "B" Grade 1 Greg Beer (Penrith panthers CC) 2 Stuart Lane (Southern Cross CC) 3 Geoff Hopkins (Southern Cross CC) Under 17's "A" Grade 1 Amanda Spratt (Penrith Panthers CC) 2 Laura Meisel-Denis (Canberra CC) 3 Sky Lee Armstrong (Parramatta CC) Under 17's "B" Grade 1 Jessica Brent (Canberra CC) 2 Courtney Ross (Southern Cross CC)
