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2009 |
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February |
Lap of Honour for Juniors
23.02.09
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Whyalla Cycling Club's racing program on Friday night began with a
lap of honour for the seven junior cyclists who competed in the
State titles in Adelaide last weekend.
The improved
form of some of the riders showed with a fast pace set from the
start of the senior A grade 15 lap heart starter with the bunch
split from early in the race. Rhyse Carpenter and Darren
Anderson were almost side by side as they began the last lap with
Ben Young not far behind however it was Young who made his move as
they came down the back straight and took the lead. He held
off the other two riders to be first to the line followed by R
Carpenter, Anderson, Clasohm, Ware and Goldring.
The Masters
were all together after eight laps of their 10 lap heart starter
when Darryl Fulton decided to make his move and broke away from the
bunch to gain a 40m lead as they got the final lap bell.
Adrian Wilson took off after him but left his run a bit too late
with Fulton having created a big enough gap to hold off the
sprintrs to the line and take out the event from Wilson, Kelvin
Rohrlach and Gary Carpenter.
Senior B grade maintained their
steady pace from the beginning of the 15 lap scratch race with Jai
Sutton using his turn at the front with eight laps to go to lift the
pace further. Jarrod Hamilton lost contact off the back of the
bunch in the next lap followed shortly after by Pierce Sutton
however the two riders could not bridge the gap back to the group.
It was Keith Gibbons who led J Sutton, Peter Werner and Dylan
Starkey into the last lap and although J Sutton gave it his all and
at one point was level with Gibbons he was not quite strong enough
to take the lead. K Gibbons finished first followed by J
Sutton, Werner and Starkey.
In the junior A grade 12 lap scratch
race Sam Campbell was in front as they began the last lap and
stretched his lead out to 20m over Jessica Shore, Liza Wakeling and
Charlotte Wakeling. He went on to take out the event with L
Wakeling second, C Wakeling third and Shore fourth.
It was a sedate pace in the junior C
grade four lap scratch race until the bell rang and that was all
Corey Gibbons needed to begin his sprint and Jacob Hughes was ready
and went after him, catching him with half a lap to go. They
raced hard to the finish but it was C Gibbons who had his wheel in
front as they crossed the line while Bailey Kesby was third just
ahead of Ryan Bodinner.
In the junior B grade four lap
scratch race Justin Burke made his move just over half way through
the race and had a handy 15m lead over Tegan Wood and Dana Prater
which he kept to cross the line ahead of Prater and Wood.
Scott Litchfield had a timed one lap
sprint which he completed in 53.14 seconds.
BMX rider Jasmine Ledington (0m)
proved to be too strong for Hannah Wilson (40m) in their 1 lap
handicap.
There was some excitement in the
senior A grade three lap handicap as the riders came around the last
bend before the line after the three back markers Anderson (20m), R
Carpenter (10m) and Young (0m) had taken the lead from Clasohm
(30m), Ware (80m) and Goldring (100m). R Carpenter moved up
from the bottom of the track to hold Anderson up high and Young saw
his opportunity to go under them to begin his sprint.
Carpenter must have sensed Young's presence and decided to drop back
down to close the gap off to Young but did not realise Young had
just started to move under him. Young was able to drop down
onto the duckboard and the riders avoided a clash with Carpenter
finishing first from Anderson, Young, Ware, Clasohm and Goldring. |