09.02.09

While in Adelaide, Jai Sutton and Paul Berkett participated in the TDU Norwood Parade Criteriums with Sutton coming first in junior B grade and Berkett second in senior D grade.

Berkett and Malcolm Clasohm also took part in the Masters and Vets Series of races with Clasohm finishing fourth in the B grade 62km road race at Victor Harbor and Berkett tenth in his grade.

The time trial was held at Willunga and saw Clasohm third fastest in the 55 to 60years age group and Berkett fourth in the 40 to 44 years group, while Clasohm came fifth in the veterans A grade criterium at Regency Park and Berkett first in the B grade race.

Friday night's local racing was postponed for an hour due to the hot weather before it got under way with the senior A grade 12 lap scratch race.  The riders stayed together for the whole race although Tim Fulton attacked with five laps to go.  However the others were ready and responded immediately and went with him.  It was a close sprint finish between the four riders with Ben Young and T Fulton side by side as they came to the line and Ryan Ware and Darren Anderson not far behind.
T Fulton managed to get his wheel in front as they crossed the line to take out the event by a mere tyre width to Young while Anderson was third and Ware fourth.

Kelvin Rohrlach was at the front with five laps to go in the vet's eight-lap scratch race and he used this opportunity to lift the pace which split the group when Hayden Gill dropped off the back of the bunch.  Nick Hellowell led Adrian Wilson, Darryl Fulton, Rohrlach and Gill into the last lap and held off the other riders to take out the event from Wilson, Rohrlach, D Fulton and Gill.

Keith Gibbons and Peter Werner have moved up from the vets to senior B grade and threw down the challenge to Jai Sutton, Dylan Starkey and Jarrod Hamilton from the start of the 10-lap scratch race.  The pace lifted after six laps and Hamilton found himself just losing contact with the bunch but was on the back the next lap. Starkey decided to make his move with two laps to go and Werner, Gibbons, Sutton went with him.  Gibbons poured on the power for the final lap and took the lead to be first to the line ahead of Werner, Sutton, Starkey and Hamilton.

In the junior A grade eight-lap scratch race Jessica Shore and Sam Campbell led Liza and Charlotte Wakeling on the last lap bell. In a strong lap by all riders the lead changed and it was L Wakeling who was first to the line followed by Campbell, C Wakeling and Shore.

Novices Dana Prater, Corey Gibbons and Bailey Kesby practiced their turn taking in their four-lap scratch race. Prater made a move around C Gibbons on the bell to take the lead which she held until the end while Kesby was third. BMX riders Jasmine Ledington and Hannah Wilson enjoyed a series of handicap races.

With the hot, still night making it ideal for fast times in a flying 200m sprint the riders requested this event be held. The three fastest senior times recorded by B Young 12.39 seconds, T Fulton 12.78 and K Gibbons 12.96 while in the junior grades it was C Wakeling 16.07 seconds, S Campbell 16.15 and L Wakeling 16.24.

Shane Boundy presented the cyclists with their awards for round three of the McLeod's Point Series