Results for 7th December 2010

by Glenys Taylor | Dec 9, 2010 | Event Reports

Track Cycling

Considering the less than stellar weather conditions with a fragrant easterly wind
and a cool overcast sky the 23 riders entertained the chilled crowd with some
close racing and some even closer finishes. The first race up was to set the scene
with 12 green and enthusiastic riders staying in a tight bunch until the last 150
meters of their 6 lap warm up race with all riders making a charge from all parts
of the track for the finish line. The eventual winner, Jordan Castle started the
final 150 meters at the rear of the bunch with the only daylight available on the
outside of the bunch and close to the fence, he rose from the seat and assumed
the sprinters position and proceeded to take the longest way home around the
entire field to pip Kelsi Eccles on the line with a blanket able to cover all starters.
The rest of the programme had equally entertaining miss n’ out and handicap
races. The night also had 5 riders attempt track records with two new records set
over the flying 200m distance. Megan Blatchford smashed the senior woman’s
mark by 1.58 seconds with a time of 13.86 seconds and Brent Zimmerman
equally dominant in knocking 1.36 seconds from the masters 2 time.

The A and B grade miss n’ out race began with a field of 11 riders and on the
completion of each lap the rider caught at the rear of the field is eliminated from
the race until the field is reduced to four riders then it becomes a one lap race to
the line. This race captivates the crowd as they can see riders making surges for
the line when the riders can’t, as for safety reasons they must only look ahead
and not behind, this results in riders thinking they are safe when only the chasing
rider and the crowd can see how vulnerable they are to elimination. This goes on
for each lap and only to be stopped by an all out four rider one lap dash for the
line.

It is pleasing to see the riders improve in ability and fitness over this early stage
of the season thanks in no small way to being able to compete every Tuesday
night. The night was also marked by the recognition and farewell of Lachie
Ferguson, acknowledging his rider of the night award for last week and wishing
him well for his future in Rockhampton Australia. Lachie received the latest
Kennet brothers cycling book ‘Louise Sutherland- Spinning the Globe”.

These are the results:

Rider of the night as selected by Denise Brown was Jordan Castle because of his
gutsy efforts in all of his racing on the night including missing the track record in
the 200m by only .09 seconds.

Under 15’s and Under 17 girls 6 laps
1st Jordan Castle
2nd Kelsi Eccles
3rd Campbell Stewart
4th Joshua Kendall

A and B Grade 7 laps
1st Megan Blatchford
2nd Steve Stannard
3rd Brent Zimmerman
4th Ross Castle

Under 15’s and Under 17 girls 2 lap handicap

Heat 1
1st Robert Stannard
2nd Micaela Drummond
3rd Ruby Perry
4th Brittany Ingram

Heat 2
1st Jordan Castle
2nd Liam Barber
3rd Elizabeth Stannard
4th Catherine Young

A and B grade Miss and Out
1st Jaycob Humphreys
2nd George Roberts
3rd Sean Whitehouse
4th Jonty Hapeta

200 metre flying time trials

Megan Blatchford

Brent Zimmerman

Campbell Stewart

13.86 seconds (new record)
15.44 seconds (old record)

13.62 seconds (new record)
14.98 seconds (old record)

15.87 seconds
14.45 seconds (existing record)

15.33 seconds
13.90 seconds (existing record)

13.99 seconds
13.09 seconds (existing record)

Under 15 and under 17 girls 3 lap scratch race
1st Kate Stewart
2nd Ruby Perry
3rd Kelsi Eccles
4th Michaela Drummond

Under 15 boys
1st Jordan Castle
2nd Campbell Stewart
3rd Joshua Kendall
4th Robert Stannard

A and B Grade 3 lap scratch race
1st Sean Whitehouse
2nd Megan Blatchford
3rd Mike McMinn

Under 15’s and under 17 girls 9 lap handicap race
1st Jordan Castle
2nd Campbell Stewart
3rd Kelsi Eccles
4th Kate Stewart

A & B Grade 18 lap Handicap
1st Steve Stannard
2nd Sean Whitehouse
3rd Megan Blatchford
4th Jaycob Humphreys

Results for 30th November 2010

by Glenys Taylor | Dec 2, 2010 | Event Reports

Track Cycling Feilding

An excellent nights racing between the 23 riders that rolled up tonight. It was a stellar night for weather and the by the time the four riders went for their respective flying one lap records the wind had dropped completely. The highlight of the night was the breaking of three track records. First was to Lachie Ferguson who shaved 0.07 seconds off his own under 17 boys record by travelling the distance in 27.33sec. Second up was Kate Stewart who took 0.18sec off her under 15 girls record, riding 32.54sec and then Megan Blatchford completely smashed Catherine Cheatley’s senior women’s record, taking off a massive 1.8 seconds to record 27.92 sec. Well done to all 3 riders!!!

In the under 17 and under 15 grade races three riders stood out on the night, Liam Barber showed improvement and used his good handicaps well to record a 1^st and a 2^nd Kate Stewart rode well to record two 2^nds and sprinted particularly strong to sprint the bunch home for second in the long 7 lap handicap. Josh Kendall rode well off the scratch mark on his own to pull the field in the 4 lap and 7 lap handicap races showing his strength and will be a rider to watch in the future.

In the A and B grade the feature race of the night Matiu Kaihau showed his class, just recently returned from Oceania Track Cycling Championships in Australia, to ride from scratch and to win ever so comfortably. Damien Lardner, who gave his finest performance ever on the Feilding track, being the only rider to go with Matiu for 3 laps only to be dropped with just over 2 to go, but managed to hold on for 2^nd: while Megan Blatchford capped off a fine night by sprinting the bunch home for third.

These are the results:

Rider of the night as selected by John Stewart was Lachie Ferguson for his effort to break his flying lap record.

A Grade 7 Lap points race

1^st Matiu Kaihau 10 points

2^nd Jaycob Humphreys 6 points

3^rd Megan Blatchford 4 points

4^th Sean Whitehouse 2 points

B Grade 6 lap race

1^st George Roberts

2^nd Jonty Hapeta

3^rd James Hutton

4^th Damian Lardner

Under 17/ under 15 6 lap scratch race

1^st Josh Kendall

2^nd Kate Stewart

3^rd Kelsi Eccles

4^th Ruby Perry

Flying Quarter Mile

Lachie Ferguson 27.33 Under 17 record old mark 27.40

Megan Blatchford 27.92 Senior womens record old mark 29.73

Jonty Hapeta 29.67

Kate Stewart 32.54 Under 15 girls record old mark 32.72

A Grade 4 Lap Handicap

1^st Sean Whitehouse

2^nd Jaycob Humphreys

3^rd Matiu Kaihau

4^th Marcel Hollenstein

B Grade 4 Lap Handicap

1^st George Roberts

2^nd Brent Zimmerman

3^rd Damian Lardner

4^th Barry Gilliland

Under 17 / 15 4 Lap Handicap

1^st Catherine Young

2^nd Liam Barber

3^rd Brittany Ingram

4^th Josh Kendall

3 Lap Olympic Team Sprint

1^st Jaycob’s team 1.35.54

2^nd Matiu’s team 1.35.58

3^rd Brent’s team 1.38.42

4^th Lachie’s team 1.38.95

A team of Sean Whiehouse, Jaycob Humphreys and Matiu Kaihau completed the 3 laps in 1.29.36

U17 / 15 7 Lap Handicap

1^st Liam Barber

2^nd Kate Stewart

3^rd Josh Kendall

4^th Campbell Stewart

A & B Grade 16 Lap Handicap

1^st Matiu Kaihau

2^nd Damien Lardner

3^rd Megan Blatchford

4^th Jonty Hapeta