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Friday Night Winter Track Racing #4

Dunc Gray Velodrome, June 20, 2003

By Paul Craft

Once again a great night was had by all who attended. The junior development squad started proceedings with an exciting display of their skills, as the rest of the riders cheered on, before getting their own chance to show off. Arguably the stand out rider for the night was young Skye Armstrong from Parramatta. In every race she rode she placed in the top 4. The most spectacular of these was the 2B group Handicap. Skye waited until all the scratch riders were exhausted before she launched herself at the leaders only missing the win by a few meters.

The Div 2 wheelrace saw Alex Krawchuk (Waratah Vets) take honours off a 60m handicap. Alex continued his good form throughout the night to be the man to beat in the remaining races. Rising star Phil Stokes has thrown down the Gauntlet to Shaun Hopkins in division1. The two riders raged a battle for supremacy, throughout the night, with Hopkins coming out on top 22points to 20 for the pointscore series.

Eve Hood showed herself to be one to watch as she took control of all her races accumulating an amazing 27points along the way. The evening was topped off with the always-popular video replay of the nights racing in the Handle Bar Tavern, along with the excellently valued cyclist’s pasta.

In the teams pointscore four teams appear to be separating themselves from the rest. Bicisport 379 Waratah Vets 356 Parramatta 349 and Marconi 296. Of these 4 teams, the one who should be of most concern is Parramatta. Although they haven't got as many riders as the other teams they certainly have the talent with four of their riders scored above 20 points on Friday night. If patronage of this club increases at FNWTR I think they may be the team to beat.

Next week will see the first of the monthly madisons, I will email everyone with news and information during the week. If you are reading this off cyclingnews.com and want to be added to this list let me know at pcraft@vtown.com.au.

Next week will see many of our riders heading off to Muswellbrook, so numbers may be down for the night. Maybe this is a good opportunity for some new riders to give FNWTR a try.

Results

Warm up scratch race winners
 
Jnr's   Scott Harding
Div 1   Phill Stokes
Div 2   Jim Gray
2b+3    Jim Gray
Wom     Eve Hood
 
Group H'cap Div 1
 
1 David Browne
2 Ross Harding
3 Matt Loupis
 
1km Wheel Race Div 2
 
1 Alex Krawchuk
2 Chad Schnieder
3 John Dean
 
Group H'cap Div 2B + Div 3
 
1 Joel Chant
2 Skye Armstrong
3 Steve Dixon
 
Group H'cap Wom
 
1 Eve Hood
2 Penny Rowbotham
3 Tanya Bosch
 
Keirin Div 1 final A
 
1 Shaun Hopkins
2 David Browne
3 Rebecca Ellis
 
Keirin Div 1 final B
 
1 Phil Stokes
2 Brenton Crawley
3 Peter Fitzpatrick
 
Keirin Div 2 final A
 
1 Hugh Gray
2 Jason Frazer
3 Geoff Hopkins
 
Keirin Div 2 final B
 
1 Alex Krawchuck
2 Alex Simmons
3 Mark Copeland
 
Keirin Div 2B final
 
1 Michael Leach
2 Joel Chant
3 Steve Dixon
 
Keirin Div 3 final
 
1 Trevor Wait
2 Don Talintyre
3 Darren McNeil
 
Keirin Wom final
 
1 Eve Hood
2 Penny Rowbotham
3 Roth Oxlade
 
Winners Race Div 1
 
1 Shaun Hopkins
2 Phil Stokes
3 Peter Fitzpatrick
 
Winners Race Div 2
 
1 Ivan Colig
2 Chad Schneider
3 Alex Simmons
 
Winners Race Div 2b
 
1 Skye Armstrong
2 Steve Dixon
3 Michael Leach
 
Winners Race Div3 + Wom
 
1 Eve Hood
2 Lorin Jurd
3 Jonathon Howard
 
Div 1 + Div 2 Scratch
 
1 Shaun Hopkins
2 Phil Stokes
3 Brenton Crawley
 
Div 2b + Div 3 +wom Scratch
 
1 Dale Scarfe
2 Skye Armstrong
3 Michael Leach

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