Leongatha-Mardan 21st June 2014

Stuart Smith rode the tough 38km handicapped Dumbalk/Mardan course with 18 other keen LCC members and finished first and with the fastest time of 58min 22seconds. It was his 1st ride with us for some time as he has been busy with higher profile races in Australia and elsewhere with the Victorian team Search To Retain. The weather was ideal for racing being cool and hardly any wind.

Our junior riders Austin Timmins (14) and Harrison McLean (16) have made giant strides in the last few races as they become comfortable riding with the seniors. Harrison, starting in the 6 rider 8 minute bunch was able to stay with the “scratchies” as they caught all in front of them and was able to hang on and finish 5th. Austin started in the 5 rider 5 minute bunch and rode very strongly up the big hill to Mardan to catch the 8 minute bunch. He was then able to out-sprint the 6 rider bunch chasing the “scratchies” at the finish to finish 6th, a fine effort.

At the start Stuart gave a minute to Brett Franklin and Thomas McFarlane, 3 minutes to bunch of 4 riders, 5 minutes to a bunch of 5 riders, 8 minutes to a bunch of 6 riders and 15 minutes to the lone out marker Damien King. At the finish, at the top of the Horn St hill, it was Stuart 1st, Brett 2nd, Will Lumby (another recently moved up junior) who started in the 3 minute bunch 3rd, Thomas 4th and Harrison 5th.The others were Austin 6th, Neil White 7th, Kevin Feely 8th, Brad Boquet 9th and to complete the top 10 Rod Cheyne.

Four juniors raced an out-and-back course on Nerrena Rd. Bernadette Fitzgerald started on scratch and gave away 30 seconds to Grace McLean, 5 minutes to Thomas Fitzgerald and 6 min to Oliver McLean. At the finish Bernadette won with fastest time of 33min 39sec, Oliver 2nd, Grace 3rd and Thomas 4th.

Thanks to corner marshals Peter McLean and David Lumby, official Jim Geary and to Steve Wilson for finalising the handicaps. Next week will be another handicapped race, this time at Korrine.

Please note Cycling Victoria’s requirement from 25th June that ALL RIDERS MUST have a red flashing rear light visible from 200 metres.

report by Kerry Pritchard

 

 

 

Results

Place	Senior  37.5Km	Handicap	Time	Av. Speed
1	Stuart Smith	scratch	58mins 22s FT	38.55
2	Brett Franklin	1mins	59mins 48s	37.63
3	Will Lumby	3mins	62mins 48s	37.97
4	Thomas McFarlane	1mins	59mins 48s	37.63
5	Harrison McLean	8mins	67mins 44s	33.22
6	Austin Timmins	5mins	65mins 23s	34.41
7	Neil White	5mins	65mins 23s	34.41
8	Kevin Feely	5mins	65mins 23s	34.41
9	Brad Bouquet	5mins	65mins 23s	34.41
10	Rod Cheyne	8mins	68mins 23s	32.90
11	Steve Wilson	8mins	68mins 23s	32.90
12	Tony Clark	5mins	65mins 23s	34.41
13	Kerry Pritchard	8mins	68mins 38s	32.78
14	Tony Giles	8mins	68mins 51s	32.68
15	Mark Bensley	8mins	69mins 56s	32.17
16	David Supple	3mins	64mins 20s	34.97
17	Steve Allen	3mins	N/A
18	Chris Rowe	3mins	N/A
19	Damien King	15mins	N/A
Place	Junior ?Km	Handicap	Time	Av. Speed
1	Bernadette Fitzgerald	scratch	33min 39s	N/A
2	Oliver McLean	6mins	45min 51s	N/A
3	Grace McLean	30sec	34min 30s	N/A
4	Thomas Fitzgerald	5mins	42min 15s	N/A

 

George Martin trophy

 

 

 

 

This trophy is in honour of the Club’s first president.
George was an ex-racing cyclist who was influential in the formation of the Club, becoming the president for the first 3 years.  He continued his involvement with the Club as referee and handicapper in the early years.

Year	Winner
1980	R Warren
1981	J Sauvarin
1982	A Sauvarin
1983	n/a
1984	R Grant
1985	P Warren
1986	Tony Smith
1987	Nigel Sutherland
1988	Brendan Vandenborne
1989	Anthony  Hemming
1990	David McFarlane
1991	Tony Smith
1992	Troy Warren
1993	Julian Lee
1994	David McFarlane
1995	David McFarlane
1996	Fredic Andrews
1997	Ben Spiers
1998	Ben Jackson
1999	Brett Franklin
2000	Morgan Barnes
2001	Josh Callaghan
2002	Lorreta Mabin
2003	Kevin Feely
2004	Gerard Murphy
2005	Brett Franklin
2006	Nick Aitken
2007	Nick Aitken
2008	Tony Clark
2009	Neil White
2010	Jamie Grenville
2011	Malcom Gin
2012	Ronald Purtle
2013	Will Lumby
2014	Stuart Smith