A mild morning with a light breeze greeted the riders that entered todays handicap which kicked off outside the Seymour race club for the 53km out and back course that featured a few steep pinches and climbs that tested out the 8 bunches.
Scratch with a collection of earlier bunches caught up with the leading riders with around 2km to go and from there it was a large bunch sprint to the line with Stephen Kilpatrick (scratch) continuing his good form from fastest time at Chooka’s handicap to take out the win and hence also fastest time yet again. Leading sprinters Luke Poyser (3:30) and Luke Markof (5:30) emerged from there to take 2nd & 3rd place very narrowly by 7/1000 seconds ahead of Emilio Romano (scratch) in 4th.
Special thanks goes out to Ross Clark who stepped up and scratched to take on the first aid duties for todays race. Big thanks also to regular officials and helpers who arrived early to set everything up, inspect the course etc namely Albert Rain (race organiser/permits/commissaire), Bruce (handicapping/timing) & Faye Logan (rego). Dave Halliday (Van/setup) and Paul Wilson (regular corner marshal).
Next week is the secret handicap / club championships at Glenaroua Broadford and we are still short of volunteer positions (drivers, corner marshals & first aid) so please consider stepping up and helping out the club if you are due for picking up a role. https://signup.com/…/invitat…/secure/3815424023/false…
Congratulations to todays winner and place getters below:
1st place & Fastest time- Stephen Kilpatrick (scratch)
2nd place – Luke Poyser (3:30)
3rd place – Luke Markof (5:30)
4th place – Emilio Romano (scratch)
5th place – Carl Simmons (scratch)
6h place – Andrew Garrett (scratch)
7th place – Walter Dapcich (8:00)
8th place – Kaz McMurray (11:30)
1st Unplaced female – Jodie Walker (11:30)
1st Unplaced over 65 – Andrew McKenzie (19:30)
Full results here: https://sporthive.com/sessions/11323454#byclass
(Note 5th place in results link is due to a start line error according to Bruce)
Well done to all who made the journey today for some challenging racing and look forward to seeing a great turnout for next weeks special mass start secret handicap and club championship. Entries are now open on EntryBoss here: https://entryboss.cc/races/26228
**Note: Entries close at midday Friday to allow for handicapping to be done so please don’t leave it until the last minute if possible to assist with planning.
