The pre Christmas break up night was raced on Friday night in perfect conditions for racing at the velodrome. Riders enjoyed some different events followed by pizza and social time. Unfortunately a few riders were missing and they will now have to wait until January 15 to race at club level again.

First event for the night was a 1 lap time trial and best effort was Tom Dudley with a 33.14 sec time. He was followed by Ben Patterson with a 34.88 sec and then the big improver for the season in Matt Dudley with a 35.61 sec. The B grade riders saw Mitch Gin record a 38.53 sec which was just ahead of Thomas McFarlane with a 38.80 sec lap, Will Lumby with a 39.95 sec and James Scott on his heavier bike with a 43.49sec.

The second event was a 1 lap handicap and James lead off with a 75m handicap but Thomas and Will quickly closed the mark taking a fast starting Matt Dudley with them. Into the finish straight it was a wall of riders but Matt Dudley finished best to grab the win from Will and Thomas with a flashing scratchman in Tom Dudley finishing 4th. Will and Thomas were giving it everything and bumped into each other as they crossed the line but both managed to stay on the bike.

After a brief recovery period they were all on the bike for a 2 lap handicap. This time James started from 220m and rode strongly to just stay ahead of the fast finishing bunch and claim the win. Tom Dudley was 2nd and Matt Dudley 3rd.

With some new shirts the riders were split into a red and a green team for a couple of events. The first was a teams elimination sprint event. This event went to the green team of Tom and Matt Dudley and Thomas McFarlane. The following event, a progressive points scratch race over 8 laps saw the first rider over the line each lap score progressively more points. Again it was a win to the green team.

With the motor bike on hand the racing finished with some motor paced scratch races. The A grade was over 8 laps and Tom Dudley won narrowly from Ben and Matt. In the B grade event over 5 laps it was a win to Thomas from Mitch and Will.

Last Wednesday Thomas McFarlane competed in the Junior Austral meeting at the Hysense Arena track. Thomas won his elimination event and placed in several others showing his current good form is right up with the best in his age group.

Race report by Lindsay Love