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Results and Reports from AustraliaPromoters wishing to submit results should send them to Cyclingnews Carnegie Caulfield CCGlenvale Crescent, March 9, 2003Trackie Perkins takes first A grade winBy Mal SawfordRain throughout the morning saw small fields across all grades for weekend racing, with round 5 of the Victorian Women's Series hit hardest with only 9 women braving the cold and slippery conditions in both grades. Under 19 track star Shane Perkins showed his class ahead of next weekend's famous Austral Wheelrace taking his first A Grade road win, while Kirsty Bortolin (The Freedom Machine) dominated the small Elite Women's field, winning both intermediate sprints as well as the race to build unassailable leads in the overall and sprint competition for the series. Kerrie Howard took out the Sport Women event. ResultsA Grade (1 hour + 3 laps) 10 starters 1 Shane Perkins (Carnegie Caulfield CC) 2 Guy Green (Blackburn CC) 3 Nathan Wise (Carnegie Caulfield CC) B Grade (1 hour + 3 laps) 11 starters 1 Damon De Angelis (Carnegie Caulfield CC) 2 Byron Horwood (Carnegie Caulfield CC) 3 Gary Shaw (Carnegie Caulfield CC) C Grade (50 mins + 3 laps) 12 starters 1 Brendan Leihy (Chelsea & Peninsula CC) 2 Alex Smyth (Carnegie Caulfield CC) 3 Melissa Sandford (Carnegie Caulfield CC) 4 Shaun Doherty (Carnegie Caulfield CC) D Grade (45 mins + 3 laps) 22 starters 1 Simon Bristow (Carnegie Caulfield CC) 2 John Jones (Carnegie Caulfield CC) 3 Michael Kilkenny (Chelsea & Peninsula CC) 4 Terry Murdoch (Carnegie Caulfield CC) Elite Women (30 mins + 3 laps) 5 starters 1 Kirsty Bortolin (Blackburn CC) 2 Rachel Rademaker (Blackburn CC) 3 Ashley Zimmer (St Kilda CC) 4 Sam Lindsay (St Kilda CC) Sport Women (30 mins + 3 laps) 4 starters 1 Kerrie Howard (Carnegie Caulfield CC) 2 Virginia Hamilton (Hawthorn CC)
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