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  2009
     November
Young Attacks Early
27.12.09
Senior A Grade opened Friday nights racing at the Velodrome with a 15 lap heart starter setting a fast and constant speed from the start with Ben Young attacking after just two laps to gain a 10 metre lead.  Rhyse Carpenter and Tim Fulton worked together to bridge the gap in the next two and a half laps and once they joined Young the pace slowed slightly giving Darren Anderson, Ryan Ware and Dylan Starkey the chance to get onto the back.  This was to be short lived as Fulton made his attack a lap and a half later gaining a break but was reeled in and again the pace slowed slightly.  Young used this change in pace to attack again but Fulton was ready and was able to go with him.

Carpenter and Anderson chased after them leaving Starkey and Ware the tough job to reel in both of the groups in front of them which they managed to do three and a half laps later.  With just over two laps from the finish the pace slowed with riders watching each other to see who would make the first move and it was Ware who got the jump on the rest as they got the bell.

The lead changed several times during the sprint for the line but it was Fulton who narrowly took out the event from Carpenter, Young, Ware, Starkey and Anderson.

Paul Waring, in his first race on the track, and Jemilly Kade, who made a return after several years absence, joined the combined Senior B and C Grade side for the night.  In their 12 lap heart starter the riders stayed together for the whole race with Sam Campbell in the lead as they got the bell and using this position to begin his sprint for the finish.  Peter Werner and Keith Gibbons jumped on his wheel and the rest of the group followed and although he tried to hold them off he wasn’t quite strong enough.  It was Gibbons who crossed the line first ahead of Werner, Nicole Goldring, Campbell, Kade, Darryl Fulton and Waring.

Jacob Hughes growing confidence on the track, awareness of the position of the other riders around him and an alertness to the opportunity to gain an advantage showed in the Junior A Grade 8 lap scratch race.  The four riders bunched up, two a breast, as they got the last lap bell and began the sprint for the finish.  Hughes , who was at the back noticed a gap between the two front riders and used it to take the lead.  Charlotte Wakeling responded immediately and was able to come around him as they came down the home straight but Hughes didn’t give up and gave it his all right to the line.  Charlotte was too strong and won the event from Hughes, Liza Wakeling and Jessica Shore. 

The handicapper was spot on in the Junior B Grade 2 lap handicap as the four riders had just come together as they came down the straight to the line.  Bailey Kesby (70m) put in a good ride from the lead position trying to hold off the other riders and looked like he may succeed but the others were closing the gap to him.  Dana Prater (10m) was first followed by Connor Margaritis (0m), Corey Gibbons (30m), and Kesby (70m). 

Leyton Gould, on his first night of racing, showed that he will be one to watch in the 24” bikes category in the coming weeks.  He was up against a more experienced Chris Margaritis and in their 3 lap scratch race  when Margaritis took off on the bell gaining a good break on Gould.  Gould began chasing him down and slowly began to reel him in and although Margaritis was first to the line Gould didn’t stop trying to catch him until the finish.

Minis, Sebastian Hubner, Braden McLeod, Jasmine Ledington, and Cody Risborg showed increasing confidence with their manoeuvres when overtaking each other and shared in winning each event.

New rider Hudson Barsby was given the challenge to reel in Mini riders Leroy Risborg and Holly Farrell who were handicapped at least  25 metres ahead of him with each having a win over the evening. 

FULL RACE RESULTS HERE