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Burnaby Velodrome Club - Race #1

November 8-11, 2002

Williams Dominates Burnaby Meet

By Gordon Ross

After a full season of racing road and track throughout the Pacific Northwest, as well as an impressive medal-winning performance at US National Track Championships in August, Kenny Williams (Saturn of Bellevue) demonstrated he still has some great form at the Burnaby Velodrome Race Series #1. Taking the Category A Omnium title, Williams took top spot in every event but one: the Olympic Sprint, in which his three man team took second spot.

Held under a driving rain for the full two days of competition, all competitors remained dry and all events were run on schedule at North America's only indoor velodrome. The event was the return of racing to the Burnaby facility after being closed for a year by its owner, the City of Burnaby. The Burnaby Velodrome Club and Cycling BC worked hard to get the building re-opened and since September 4th 2002, cyclists have been able to enjoy the 200M wood track with its 47 degree corners.

Williams' track experience was challenged throughout the weekend by the speed of Hong Kong National Team member, Chester Lam, and Vancouver's Murray Solem (Schwalbe/Epic). Arriving only a few days before the event from Hong Kong, Lam managed to impress the crowd and fellow riders with some impressive speed. Home-track favourite Solem rode a solid weekend, picking up Omnium points in several events.

Fresh off his Canadian National Team debut riding the World Jr. Road Championships in Zolder, Belgium, 17 year-old Marsh Cooper (Devo/Powerbar/Escape Velocity) rode agressively in the Scratch and Points Race events. Cooper kept the pace high with his frequent attacks. No stranger to the track, Cooper has competed in the last two Canadian National Track Championships and currently holds the 2002 Canadian National Crit Champion title. He finished his weekend off with an impressive second place to Williams in the 3000M pursuit.

In the B Group, Seattle's Brian Kennan (Byrne Speciality Gases) took the overall title ahead of Oregon's Chancey Curl (Team Rubicon) and Vancouver's Gord Ross (Escape Velocity) which included two hard-fought battles against Ross in the Scratch and Points Races. World Masters Track Champion in the Pursuit, Annette Hanson (Team Rubicon) put in a great ride for second place in the B Group Kilo event, very nearly taking first place from Mark Emery (Team Atomic).

Wrapping up the event was a 60 lap Madison, in which 4 teams competed. Always an exciting event to watch, the madison team of Chester Lam and Trinidad native/Denver resident Ryan Sabga (Pista Elite) executed their hand-slings to perfection, lapping the rest of the field, with locals Scott Laliberte and Murray Solem coming in second, and the team of Jeremy Storie and Paul Clement coming in third.

The event had representation from all Pacific Northwest tracks, with riders from the Juan de Fuca Velodrome (Victoria, BC), Marymoor Velodrome (Washington), and Alpenrose Velodrome (Oregon), as well as drawing out-of-towners Lam from Hong Kong and Sabga from Denver.

The next event will be Burnaby Velodrome Race Series #2, scheduled for the weekend of February 15/16th, 2002.

Photography

Images by David Fayram

• The B grade bunch gathers speed in the points race
• An event with its inception in Japan, the keirin
• Handslings aplenty during the Madison
• The cat-and-mouse tactics begin in the Olympic Sprint
• Paul and Kenny on the rollers
• Paul Clement leads Murray Solem
• Paul Clement goes hard in the Olympic Sprint
• Paul Clement takes a nice line through the banking
• Warming up is often more pleasant than the race itself
• Riders warm up and warm down on the rollers

Images by Gordon Ross

• Kenny Williams (Saturn of Bellevue) on his way to winning the 3000M pursuit event and the overall Omnium
• Kenny Williams in action again

Results

Category A

 

Scratch Race

 

1 Kenny Williams

2 Chester Lam

3 Murray Solem

 

Elimination

 

1 Kenny Williams

2 Chester Lam

3 Jamie Mikami

 

Points Race

 

1 Kenny Williams

2 Chester Lam

3 Murray Solem

 

Keirin

 

1 Kenny Williams

2 David Godfrey

3 Scott Laliberte

 

Kilo

 

1 Kenny Williams

2 Murray Solem

3 Scott Laliberte

 

Sprint

 

1 Kenny Williams

2 David Godfrey

3 Chester Lam

 

Olympic Sprint

 

1 Matt Chater, Laliberte, Solem

2 Williams, Paul Clement, Lam

3 Mikami, Dean Tracy, Godrey

 

Pursuit 3000m

 

1 Williams

2 Marsh Cooper (junior rider)

3 Laliberte

 

Madison

 

1 Lam, Ryan Sabga

2 Laliberte, Solem

3 Jeremy Storie, Clement

 

Omnium

 

1 Williams

2 Lam

3 Solem

4 Godfrey

5 Laliberte

 

Category B

 

Scratch Race

 

1 Brian Kennan

2 Gord Ross

3 Annette Hanson

 

Elimination

 

1 Brian Kennan

2 Noreen Godfrey

3 Chris Anstey

 

Points Race

 

1 Brian Kennan

2 Gord Ross

3 Ted Ritter

 

Keirn

 

1 Chauncey Curl

2 Mark Emery

3 Breanna Loster

 

Kilo

 

1 Mark Emery

2 Annette Hanson

3 Brian Kennan

 

Sprint

 

1 Chauncey Curl

2 Brian Kennan

3 Chris Anstey

 

Omnium

 

1 Kennan

2 Curl

3 Ross

4 Emery

5 Anstey

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