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Friday Night Winter Track Racing
Dunc Gray Olympic Velodrome, August 30, 2002
Hopkins wins Wheelrace in a thrilling finish
Week 16 saw the running of the Men's Division 1 Handle Bar Tavern Wheelrace over 5 laps of the Dunc Gray Olympic Velodrome. With one of the strongest fields assembled this season, and the late withdrawal of Alex Sommer (20 meters) the lone scratch rider Shaun Hopkins had it all ahead of him. Giving 30 meters to his nearest rival Hopkin's exploded from the start and within a lap had made contact with the Bicisport train led by Stuart Miller, Patrick Naughton, David Browne and Phil Dixon. The pace remained high as John Lovick (Orange) and Chris Young (Parramatta) set the tempo, but in hot pursuit was the Illawarra pairing of Grant Law and Adam Rourke, tucked away behind them was Robert Upton (Harlequin). With less than a lap to go the back markers caught the field. At 125m to go Hoppy showed his class by going high on the track using every inch he could extract from the 42% banking, to just sneak in ahead of the fast finishing duo of Robert Upton and Phil Dixon, followed by Michael Stokes and Stuart (always looking for a wheel) Millar.
There was no change to the top 5 placings in division 1 with Shaun Hopkins retaining a big lead over the field in the progressive points series. Division 2 saw the dual between David South and Mick Kejda intensify with David once again scoring 33 points to 10 to regain his lead in the Series points ladder. Keith Oliver (Parramatta) made his debut to FNWTR scoring 50 points on the night and showing his mastery in tactics against opponents many years his junior.
The Blues Bros, Hugh and Jim Gray of the Waratah Vets club continue to close in on Scott Williams in Division 2A and are within striking distance of the series points lead. Racing in this division has been extremely competitive with Brian Radcliffe , Bill Cox (Hunter Districts) and Gary Oliver (Manly) pushing the Blues Bros to their limits in order to score points. No change to division 3 top five where Trevor Shields (Parramatta) holds a comfortable lead over Nick Bregolin of Lidcombe.
The Women's racing was again controlled by Tanya Newton (Bicisport) over Keels McNamarra (St George), the series points lead once again changing hands as Tanya top scored with 60 points on the night over Keels 34 points. Catriona Owens, Tunde Berryhill and Karen Dutton rode strongly picking up valuable points edging them nearer to a top five series points finish. Sandra Beaumont wrestled the lead from Kyles Spencer in the Women's Division 2 category, top scoring with 29 points.
Next Friday Night (6/9) Sees The Final Madison Of Our Winter Track Season. It Is Also The Running Of The Women's Handle Bar Tavern Wheelrace. Riders From Orange, Wagga, Hunter Districts And Illawarra Will Be In Action Next Friday Night For Yet Another Exciting Night Of Track Racing At The Dunc Gray Olympic Velodrome.
Spectators are welcome (entry - Gold coin donation). Racing starts at 7.10pm. All inquiries to Race Promoter - Kevin Young 9738 5850
Results
Wheelrace
1 Shaun Hopkins (Parramatta CC)
2 Robert Upton (Harlequin CC)
3 Phil Dixon (Bicisport CC)
4 Michael Stokes (Penrith Panthers CC)
Men Division 1
This week Total
1 Shaun Hopkins (Parramatta) 45 546
2 Steve Fitzpatrick (St George) 393
3 Peter Fitzpatrick (St George) 364
4 Phillip Stokes (Penrith) 17 328
5 Chris Young (Parramatta) 10 291
6 Phil Dixon (Bicisport) 40 274
7 Robert Upton (Harlequin) 20 270
8 Stuart Millar (Bicisport) 5 262
9 David Browne (Bicisport) 5 226
10 Michael Stokes (Penrith) 10 198
11 Patrick Naughton (Bicisport) 15 196
12 Grant Law (Illawarra) -5 123
13 Michael Lewis (Hunter Districts) 109
14 Justin Quinton (Bicisport) 100
15 Peter Carscadden (Sutherland) 76
16 Jono Davis (St George) 65
17 Alex Sommer (Bicisport) 62
18 Brian Appleyard (Trek) 51
19 Campbell Kerr (Sutherland Shire) 43
20 Paul Bayly (Bankstown) 5 42
21 David Willmott (St George) 40
22 Adam Rourke (Illawarra) 5 34
23 Josh Wall (Illawarra) 33
24 Carlo Barendillo (Mid;land CC WA) 31
24 Ben Smith (Goulburn) 31
26 Chris Brown (Illawarra) 28
27 Gunji Yntuka (Bankstown) 25
28 Peter Jones (Illawarra) 20
29 Martin Vinnicombe (St George) 16
30 Paul Mcdonald (Bicisport) 15
31 John Lovick (Orange) 10 10
32 Kial Stewart (Canberra) 4
33 Warren Scott (St George) 2
34 Geoff Stoker (Harlequin) -4
Division 2
1 Dave South (Waratah Vets) 33 303
2 Mick Kejda (Illawarra) 15 296
3 Jeff Smith (Penrith) 240
4 Steve Gilmore (Liverpool Leppington) 176
5 Andrew Grant (Southern Cross) 163
6 Justin Worthington (Parramatta) 132
7 Ross Harding (Southern Cross) 4 131
8 Clay Batt (St George) 16 122
9 Glen Ion (Waratah Vets) 10 115
10 John Galvin (Gunnedah) 105
11 Alex Simmons (Sydney) 5 104
12 John Deane (Bankstown) 94
13 Steve Savage (Harlequin) 27 93
14 Paul Rohwer (Harlequin) 14 89
15 Sean Backers (Parramatta) 64
16 Shane Wood (Macarthur Collegians) 62
17 Bruce Masson (Hunter Districts) 53
18 John Bryson (Northern Sydney) 51
19 Keith Oliver (Parramatta) 50 50
20 Stuart Appleyard (Harlequin) 49
21 Kevin Donovan (Sutherland Shire) 7 47
22 Sean Block (Randwick Botany) 35
23 Glenn Trudgett (Parramatta) 33
24 Dennis Fahey (St George) -2 28
25 Graeme Peadon (Dubbo) 27 27
26 Adam Lambert (Goulburn) 26
27 Dean Thompson (Goulburn) 25
28 Andrew Mclean (Parramatta) 23
29 Stuart Hughes (Parramatta) 20
30 Aaron Jabour (Bankstown) 15
30 Peter Bernard (Southern Cross CC) 8 15
32 Colin Reay (Parramatta) -7
33 Ben Bugden (Bicisport) -20
33 Dean Preddy (Eastern Suburbs) -20
Men's Division 2a
1 Scott Williams (Lidcombe) 25 244
2 Jim Gray (Waratah Vets) 35 228
3 Hugh Gray (Waratah Vets) 36 222
4 Mick Leach (Liverpool Leppington) 22 177
5 Michael Popplewell (Waratah Vets) 13 113
6 John Buckton (Randwick Botany) 99
7 Bill Cox (Hunter Districts) 19 96
8 Peter Harvey (Bankstown) 79
9 Brian Radcliffe (Hunter Districts) 34 78
10 Nick Poulos (St George) 70
11 Craig Hopkins (Lidcombe) 55
12 Leigh Mitchell (Central Coast) 49
12 Carl Holeman (Central Coast) 49
14 Michael Mellish (Central Coast) 44
15 Alex Bird (Canberra) 42
16 Gary Oliver (Manly) 31 31
17 Chris Guillan (Southern Cross) 26
18 Peter Wheeler (Southern Highlands) 25
19 Ron Lloyd (Central Coast) 23
20 Jake Adams (Parramatta) 18
21 Warwick Roberts (Lidcombe) 15
22 Michael Meryment (Parramatta) 9
23 Steven Phelan (Canberra) 7
24 Kane Macri (Parramatta) 5
25 David Leckie (Parramatta)
Men Division 3
1 Trevor Shields (Parramatta) 174
2 Nick Bregolin (Lidcombe) 10 144
3 Trevor Wait (Parramatta) 2 125
4 Geoff Worthington (Waratah Vets) 121
5 Adam Christopher (Southern Cross) 113
6 Peter Rafferty (St George) 109
7 Glenn Wright (Southern Highlands) 87
8 Colin Newell (Waratah Vets) 19 73
9 Terry Freshwater (Waratah Vets) 13 68
10 Michael Thompson (Bankstown) 60
11 Ken Woodhouse (Randwick Botany) 51
12 Rob Hodgson (Southern Highlands) 47
13 Adrian Craft (Canberra) 45
14 Brian Newman (Parramatta) 41
15 Andrew Richardson (Penrith) 31
16 Patrick Grant (Southern Cross) 24
17 Darrell Cox (Hunter Districts) 21
18 Michael Leung (Lidcombe) -5 20
19 Maurice Hager (Koorangang) 17
20 Peter Davison (Randwick Botany) 15
20 Elliot Stevens (Central Coast) 15
22 James Smale (Parramatta) 11
23 Jesus Bello (Waratah Vets) 10
23 Lance Mcdonald (Waratah Vets) 10
25 Eddie Butler (Central Coast) 9
26 Greg Deale (Marconi) 6
27 Don Talintyre (Southern Highlands) 3
27 Chris Bushell (Goulburn) 3
29 Graham Jones (Waratah Vets) 2
30 Peter Christiason (Penrith) 1
31 John Wickline (Parramatta)
31 Col Perry (Waratah Vets)
31 David Lane (Lidcombe)
31 Kerry Moroz (Macarthur Collegians)
31 Dennis Blunden (Hunter Districts)
Women's Division 1
1 Tanya Newton (Bicisport) 60 447
2 Keely Mcnamarra (St George) 34 430
3 Sophie Cape (St George) 8 363
4 Rebecca Ellis (Canberra CC) 302
5 Tunde Berryhill (Parramatta) 29 210
6 Catriona Owens (Bicisport) 20 192
6 Amanda Whiteman (Bicisport) 192
8 Rebecca Borgo (Illawarra) 137
9 Leonie Aisbett (Parramatta) 110
10 Karen Dutton (Sutherland Shire) 24 95
11 Lizzy Georgouras (St George) 64
11 Linda Hall (Eastern Suburbs) 64
13 Jackie Kejda (Illawarra) 55
14 Lucy Stewart (Canberra CC) 29
15 Eve Hood (Parramatta) 20
16 Sarah White (Bicisport) 13
Women's Division 2
1 Sandra Beaumont (Southern Highlands) 20 150
2 Kylie Spencer (Illawarra) 14 147
3 Angela Keys (Lidcombe) 109
4 Louise Cooke (Canberra CC) 59
5 Kelly-Anne Cox (Bicisport) 42
6 Sian Mulholland (FIT) 34
7 Janelle Lindsay (Randwick Botany) 11 29
8 Leesa Carson (FIT) 27
9 Bronwyn Troy (Canberra CC) 26
10 Caroline Smale (Parramatta) 23
11 Hilary Foster (Canberra CC) 18
12 Tanya Bosch (Sydney) 17
13 Wendy Walker (WSMTB) 13
14 Melissa Mackie (Canberra CC) 8
15 Lisa Fletcher (Penrith) 5
16 Isabel Renton (Canberra)
17 Alex Curtin (Bicisport) -10
