16-12-10
Geelong Veteran Cycling Club
Criterium Results
In cool and windy conditions 23 riders toughed it out for thirty five minutes plus two laps.
A grade Rick Buckwell with a show of strength opened an early gap of thirty seconds, then set the pace with an all the way win.
B grade with five hundred meters to go Kane Airey blasted away from his group to take an easy win.
C grade Chris Colley and Keith Dorling took the advantage of an early break which kept increasing as the race progressed, eventually Colleys strength was to much for Dorling.
Final results:
A Grade
1. Rick Buckwell
2. Peter McDonough
3. Jeff Miller
B Grade
1. Kane Airey
2. David Phillips
3. Marcus Coppock
C Grade
1. Chris Colley
2. Keith Dorling
3. Richard Buckwell Snr.
12-12-10
Geelong Veteran Cycling Club
John Windsor Memorial
Geelong Veterans Cycling Club held its final race of the season The John Windsor Memorial Sunday 12th December.
John was a founding member of the club, served on the committee, helped where ever he could and was also a keen racer.
34 dry and keen riders started the 3 lap handicap over the small circuit at Parapararap.
Riding off the 26 minute Limit mark were Andrew Keenan and Sam Flaccavento. 8 minutes adrift were the 18 minute bunch of Ken Mansfield, Peter Dickson, Gordon McColl and Gary Opperman.
Chasing them off the 11 minute 30 second mark were Daryl Petersen, Rod Lambeth, John Watson & Len Bent. A further 3 minutes 30 seconds back were the 8 minute riders Chris Colley, Ross West, Tony Spark & Doug Wilson. The 6 minute bunch of Peter Umbers, Joe Gulino, David Phillips, Amanda Hosking & Greg Whitfield were chased by the 3 minute group of Bill McConnell, Kane Airey,Nathan Williams, Laurie Paltridge, David Kolevski & Danny Burke. The second scratch bunch of Jeff Miller, Nick Oakley, Frank McCarthy, David Serra and Neil Maurer were given a 1 minute buffer to the two powerful scratchmen Andrew Weightman & Peter McDonough. Drenching Rain and gusting wind greeted all of the riders on the 1st lap making it difficult to maintain a strong tempo.
The limit riders were soon caught by the 18 minute surviving riders and managed to hold off all the chasing bunches. The 11min 30s bunch could not hold it together for long and soon were separated making it easier for the chasing bunches to wind them in. The 8 min bunch managed to stay intact even when caught by the powerful 6 min bunch with more than 1 & ¾ of a lap remaining. Coming across the finish line to start the last lap the 3 leading riders Andrew Keenan 26m , Gary Opperman & Gordon McColl 18m had a 15 minute lead to the combined 6 & 8 minute bunches. The 3 min bunch combined well and managed to keep ahead of scratch and 2nd scratch until caught by the flying scratchman Andrew Weightman turning into the finishing straight who had jumped clear of his co marker and some of 2nd scratch.
Confusion reigned at the last marshal point with 3 bunches converging into one and scratchman Weightman powering ahead trying to reel in the 3 leading riders.
With several riders slowing or even stopping at the last marshal point which caused a disorganised chase down the last 2km. The 3 managed to hold on and take the first 3 places with Andrew Keenan(26m) 1st, Gordon McColl(18m) 2nd & Gary Opperman(18m) 3rd a further 4min 36s behind was the fast finishing Andrew Weightman(scr) 4th & (F/Time) well clear of David Serra (1m) 5th, Frank McCarthy (1m) 6th and Tom Gray (3m) 7th.
The Windsor family presented the trophies to the placegetters and a BBQ lunch was enjoyed by all.
This was our last road race for 2010, Criterium racing 6pm for 6:30pm start Thursday 16th opposite Barwon Activity Centre, 2011 Road racing season commences 23rd January.
The committee wishes all members and family a Merry Christmas & a Safe & successful 2011.
05-12-10
Geelong Veteran Cycling Club
Jack Griffin Handicap
Today was the 28th year that “JACK GRIFFIN”, a life member and highly respected member, has sponsored a trophy race at the club. Jack, at 86 years, has just completed a ride from Townsville to Darwin (2500kms in 28 days) following his ride last year from Brisbane to Cairns. He continues to be a great role model for club members. This event is always very well supported by the Club membership and today we had thirty five entries for the race over four laps of the Paraparap Circuit, 46 km. .
A slight south easterly breeze and plenty of cloud cover for the duration of the race made it a pleasant day for all. The limit riders saw they had been given a generous mark of 18.00 min and decided to give it their best shot until they lost two riders and blew their chance being swallowed up by the chasers including 16.00 min and 13.30 min bunches by the end of lap three. At this time, scratch and second scratch had combined and looked like reeling everyone in, however the 6.45 bunch had overhauled the 10.15 min in lap 3 and gathered all in front of them up the Forest Rd hill and were going to be a hard catch for the chasing group. The 4.45 bunch were caught on lap 4 by scratch and tried hard to hang in with the fast finishing riders in Steve Young and Peter McDonough.
Greeting the chequered flag a bunch of 14 riders were all vying for a place, and, in a very close finish, no one could match the strength of Marcus Coppock , a very close second went to Amanda Hosking with centimetres to 3rd place David Kolevski, and only 48 seconds back to scratch rider and fastest time powerhouse, Steve Young.
Final results:
1st M Coppock – 1:13:10 – 37.7 km/h
2nd A Hosking
3rd D Kolevski
4th D Tonkin
5th D Phillips
6th R West
7th K Airey
8th L Bent
Fastest Time Steve Young – 1:07:13 – 41 km/h
02-12-10
Geelong Veteran Cycling Club
Thirty five minutes plus one lap sealed handicap.
Final results:
1st Daryl Tonkin
2nd Kane Airey
3rd Marcus Coppock
Fastest Time Nick Brown
28-11-10
Geelong Veteran Cycling Club
John Randall 25km Time Trial
Twelve members braved the elements that mother nature set in place, wet and windy. Well, it was, the moment of truth to see if you could handle the conditions out Forest Road and return, strong head winds going out and showers before the turn around, riders thinking a tail wind was going to aid them on the return, however it wasn’t to be, the wind had changed to a westerly and only assisted in patches. Rider’ to do well were, 1st Andrew Weightman, 2nd Bill McConnell, 3rd Jeff Miller.
Final results:
1st Andrew Weightman 35:03 45-49
2nd Bill McConnell 39:18 70-74
3rd Jeff Miller 39:43 40-44
4th Peter Ladd 40:54 60-64
5th Colin Hooper 42:17 60-64
6th Marcus Coppock 42:19 55-59
7th Kane Airey 43:35 35-39
8th Dennis Sonogan 43:52 65-69
9th Joe Gulino 44:26 45-49
10th Chris Colley 46:27 60-64
11th Ian Sumner 51:02 70-74
12th Peter Dickson 53:27 70-74
14-11-10
Geelong Veteran Cycling Club
Twenty keen riders attempted the Geelong veteran Cycling Club 57km handicap over four laps at Parapararap on Sunday.
Lone limit rider Andrew Kennan set off with a mark of 30 minutes into a slight head wind up misery lane.
Six minutes adrift the 24 minute bunch of Gil Wright, Ian Sumner, Ken Mansfield, Terry Robinson, Grant Rogers & Brian Long with a readjusted mark chased hard and soon dropped Ken and Brian giving the remaining riders a challenge to catch them.
Ten minutes behind the fourteen minute bunch of Ross West, Dennis Sonnogan, Amanda Hosking & Irwin Saunders rode a subdued pace.
Four minutes behind the ten minute bunch of Marcus Coppck, David Phillips & Joe Gulino took off from the start and never relaxed the pace over the entire race.
Four minutes behind the six minute bunch of Rob Nicholls & Kane Airey had the hard tasks of chasing down three while being chased by three.
Four minutes behind the two minute bunch of Peter McDonough, Mal Lloyd & Nick Oakley set off determined to keep the lone scratchman out of their bunch.
One minute behind the Flying Scratchman Steve Young was jumping out of his skin to chase down and catch all in front of him.
Andrew rode a lone race till caught by Gil,Ian,Ken,Terry,Grant & Brian who soon had a smooth even tempo which propelled their bunch to victory.
Ross, Dennis, Amanda & Irwin needed more than four minutes from the train like express trio of Marcus, David & Joe who soon had caught them with more than two laps remaining.
Three of the four caught riders took turns when they could with the express trio burying themselves to try & catch the remaining riders.
Rob & Kane rode a sensible race biding their time till their chasers caught & upped the pace.
Peter, Mal & Nick had a one minute buffer at the start but that soon diminished due to Nick retiring with mechanical trouble early on.
The Flying scratchman Steve was focused on one thing “ Catching all in front of him “ and rode a blistering pace soon catching the two left from the 1m bunch.
The 24m remaining riders came home strong for a bunch sprint with Ian Sumner taking the win 1hr49m40s with Gil Wright second, Grant Rogers third & Terry Robinson fourth.
1m20s behind Marcus Coppock taking the sprint for fifth from Joe Gulino sixth Dave Phillips seventh Dennis Sonnogan eighth Ross west ninth.
Coming in tenth and for fastest time 1hr28m45s Steve Young a further 1m45s adrift.
11-11-10
Geelong Veteran Cycling Club
Criterium Results
Race 1:
A Grade
1. Rick Buckwell
2. Jeff Miller
3. Carl Leahy
B Grade
1. Darryl Tonkin
2. Marcus Coppock
3. Joe Gulino
C Grade
1. Grant Rogers
2. Keith Dorling
3. Daryl Peterson
Race 2:
A Grade
1. Carl Leahy
2. Rick Buckwell
3. Peter McDonough
B Grade
1. Noel Symons (Colac)
2. Daryl Tonkin
3. Marcus Coppock
C Grade
1. Keith Dorling
2. Daryl Peterson
3. Brian Carnegie
07-11-10
Geelong Veteran Cycling Club
Annual Age Group Championships at Paraparap
Riders were greeted with a thunder storm and down pour five minutes prior to race start, it then cleared making it quite pleasant for the mornings racing.
Two riders came to grief on the DEVILS corner of “Grays Road, Forest Road”. Thankfully no serious injuries.
Final results:
35-39
1. Kane Airey
40-44
1. Carl Leahy
2. Jeff Miller
45-49
1. Neil Maurer
2. David Kolevski
3. Rod Lambeth
50-54
1. Neil Maurer
Santos Gregorio DNF
55-59
1. Marcus Coppock
60-64
1. Colin Hooper
2. Irwin Saunders
3. Ross West
Chris Colley
Terry Robinson
65-69
1. Rob Nicholls
2. David Phillips
3. Dennis Sonogan
70-74
1. Bill McConnell
2. John Watson
3. Ken Mansfield
Ian Sumner
75-79
1. Gil Wright
2. Len Bent
3. Brian Long
04-11-10
Geelong Veteran Cycling Club
Criterium Results
Teams event:
1. Rick Buckwell & Irwin Saunders
2. Peter McDonough & John Watson
3. Oliver King & Grant Rogers
Graded Scratch:
A Grade
1. Rick Buckwell
2. Peter McDonough
3. Mal Lloyd
B Grade
1. Paul Allen (Colac)
2. Daryl Tonkins
3. Dave Phillips
C Grade
1. Irwin Saunders
2. Grant Rogers
3. Terry Robinson
28-10-10
Geelong Veteran Cycling Club
Criterium Results
Teams event:
1. Daryl Tonkin & Oliver King
2. Mal Lloyd, Dave Phillips & Daryl Peterson
3. Col Hooper, Tony French & Irwin Saunders
Graded Scratch:
A Grade
1. Mal Lloyd
2. Peter McDonough
3. Jeff Miller
B Grade
1. Paul Bird
2. Daryl Tonkins
3. Dave Phillips
C Grade
1. Keith Dorling
2. Terry Robinson
3. Brian Carnegie
10-10-10
Geelong Veteran Cycling Club
In near perfect conditions for riding, with a slight easterly blowing and temperature in the high teens. 26 riders took to the Paraparap circuit to contest the 58km (5 lap) handicap race. Bill Mantova led off proceedings riding solo from his mark of 30 min with Steve Young riding solo off scratch.
Most groups had at least 3 riders in them allowing for good solid riding and as the 3 min group started off Bill Mantova was just completing his first lap. For the first 2 laps groups were able to maintain their start order but the gaps were closing down whilst Steve Young had ridden hard to catch the 1 min group so as to catch his breath and then push on for the riders ahead. Meanwhile the Mal Lloyd express came to a premature end with a puncture half way into the race. In the third lap the 11 min group driven by Nathan Williams combined with the 16 min group.
Steve Young was now driving the 1 min bunch hard and caught the 3 min group along Larcombes rd on the fourth lap which now gave this group the fire power to catch the field ahead. As the last lap commenced the 5 min group being driven by Colin Hooper caught the remnants of the 16 & 19 min group whilst Nathan Williams and Joe Gulino had skipped clear and now were leading the race. At the ‘chicane’ for the last time the bulk of the field came together with about 15 riders.
As the main field turned into Hendy Main for the last time the leading riders of Nathan & Joe had the race stitched up with minor placings up for grabs. Nathan Williams who is a bigger unit than Joe was able to out sprint Joe and win in a time of 1:38 with Joe second. Meanwhile the chasing group were eyeing each other off for the minors. With about 700m to the line Tony French took off and put in about a 50m gap with the field still waiting with fingers on triggers. With 400m to go Steve Young took off from the rear off the field with Colin Hooper and Rick Buckwell on his hammer. Both Steve and Rick were able to put in some space on the main group and cross the line in 3rd and 4th respectively with Steve taking out fastest time in 1:28.
Final results:
1st Nathan Williams (11 mins) 1:38
2nd Joe Gulino (11 mins)
3rd Rick Buckwell (3 mins)
4th Nick Oakley (3 mins)
5th Jeff Miller (1 min)
Fastest Time Steve Young (Scratch) 1:28
02-10-10
Geelong Veteran Cycling Club
Geelong ‘Stan Howard’ Open
With Geelong all abuzz from the UCI cycling titles, over 130 riders signed on Saturday morning for the Geelong ‘Stan Howard’ Open held over 58km and 5 laps of the Paraparap circuit. Racing was always going to be keen with fantastic conditions, temperatures in the low 20’s and a light easterly blowing. The limit markers took off giving up 36mins to the scratch riders.
For the first two laps, bunches were able to hold their own but by the third, the front markers from the 36, 22 & 19 minute groups had combined, with mid and back markers also slowly coming together. By the fourth lap, riders were throwing everything into it as the scratch & 1:45 groups had combined and looked to devour the field ahead of them. As the 3:30 bunch turned into Larcombes Rd the rampaging scratchies swallowed them up.
By the time the scratch bunch had turned into Forest Rd for the final lap, approximately 70 riders were on the same stretch with less than 5kms to go. As riders battled down Grays Rd gaps were closing with every meter.
With less than 1600 meters to the line, all groups came together creating a mass bunch finish of over 50 riders and a headache for VVCC officials. Riders vying for line honours took over the whole road. Back markers could not squeeze through the large bunch and had to coast to the line settling for fastest time which was awarded to Steve Young in 1:19:55 just 10 seconds behind the winner.
Ultimately Ivan Howes (Hume) of the 7:15 bunch was able to thread his way through the mayhem to take out the race in a time of 1:27:10 with David Serra (Warrnambool) of the 5:15 bunch second and Kane Airey (Geelong) of the 11:00 bunch third.
Final results:
1st Ian Howes (H, 7:15, time 1:27:10)
2nd David Serra (W, 5:15)
3rd Kane Airey (G, 11:00)
4th John Keirney
5th Eddy Ziedaitis (G, 5:15)
6th Tim Ferrie (N, 5:15)
7th Rod Nisbet (G, 9:00)
8th Santo Gregorio (G, 9:00)
9th Laurie Paltridge (W, 7:15)
10th David Wohlers (H, 11:00)
Fastest Time Steve Young (G, Scratch, time 1:19:55)
1st unplaced lady Leigh Anne Dynon
1st unplaced Geelong rider Jeff Miller
1st over 70 rider Bill McConnell
Sprint Prizes:
2nd Lap G Kinnersley
3rd Lap Bill Mantova (G)
4th Lap Robert Logan (W)
19-09-10
Geelong Veteran Cycling Club
28 riders contested the 58km handicap at Parapararap Sunday the 19th September.
The course being 1 lap of Parapararap then out & Back along Larcombes & Nobles rd, then back for another repeat of the same and then onto Forest rd to head back to the normal finish in Hendy Main rd.
They were spread over 7 bunches with the first leaving 30 minutes prior to the scratch bunch.
Ken Mansfield and Bernadette Rowbottom were the 30m riders, they managed to hold off the 23 minute bunch of Terry Robinson, John Watson & Andrew Kennon till the turn in Nobles rd on the first pass at the 22km mark. The 19 minute bunch of Ian Sumner, Rod Lambeth & Dennis Sonnogan managed to only hold off the 16 minute bunch of Ross West, Dave Phillips, Daryl Tonkins & Chris Colley for the first 25km where they combined and forged their way to the front of the field and remained there all the way to the finish holding off the remaining three bunches.
The 11 minute bunch of Gavan Rowbottom, Joe Gulino, James Stewart & Nathan Williams started at a blistering pace leaving James Stewart off the back panting and puffing at the 18km mark.
Gavan, Joe & Nathan continued swapping turns until the 26km mark where Nathan’s surges split the bunch with only Joe able to survive. They swapped turns for the next 10kms until misery lane where Nathan could not hold Joe’s wheel and slipped out the back. Joe managed to ride the next 5km solo until the chasing 5 minute bunch caught and passed him with both Gavan & Nathan on the back much to his surprise.
The 5m bunch of Colin Hooper, Rob Nicholls, Peter Ladd, Kane Airey & Bill McConnell were working well together holding off the scratch riders Mal Lloyd, Jeff Miller, Nick Oakley, Neil Maurer & Peter McDonough.
The finish was contested between the 23m,19m & 16m bunches.
First in 1hr 44m 51s going to Dennis Sonnogan(19m), 2nd Daryl Tonkins 3rd Ross West 4th Dave Phillips all from the 16m bunch and John Watson 5th (23m).
The next bunch was the combined 11m & 5m riders with Kane Airey taking the sprint for 6th 3minutes 19 seconds behind the winner.
Fastest time 1hr 34m 15s was easily taken by Mal Lloyd the “Radio Rentals Rocket ” from the scratch bunch.
It was noted the winning bunch was 5m24s clear of scratch and 2nd scratch 2m5s clear at the finnish line.
Final results:
1st Dennis Sonnogan 1:44:51
2nd Daryl Tonkins
3rd Ross West
4th Dave Phillips
5th John Watson
Fastest Time Mal Lloyd 1:34:15
Next week is 47k handicap. Please don’t forget the Stan Howard Memorial Open 2nd October 9:30am Entries close Wednesday 23rd September with Colin Hooper.
05-09-10
Geelong Veteran Cycling Club
16 riders contested the Geelong Veterans cyclists Fathers Day sealed handicap in windy conditions.
A slight delay to the start time to allow the Club and State Handicappers to ready themselves after helping clear the course of downed tree limbs felled by the gale force winds during the night.
3 Laps with a strong wind blowing greeted the 16 riders who had a massed start in the Father’s day sealed handicap.
The race was controlled till the start of Forest road.
Steve Young attacked once on Forest road and rode away from the remaining riders, to complete the remaining 2 &3/4 laps by himself.
Neil Maurer, Rob Nicholls, Kane Airey, Colin Hooper , Stan Gregorio & Carl Leahy managed to form a smooth working bunch soon after Steve’s attack and also ride away from the remaining riders.
Ralph Wright & Joe Gulino left the remaining riders to try and catch the afore mentioned bunch of 6.
They only managed to catch the dropped rider Stan with the other dropped rider Carl Leahy blowing up and U turning back to the Club!.
Those three worked together for the next lap until the pace set by Joe was to much for Stan & he left Ralph and Joe to their steady solid pace.
Dave Phillips was the next rider to catch Stan and work with him til the finish line.
Ross West was the next rider to jump clear of the remaining riders and maintain his pace to keep clear of those behind him.
Michael Dunstan, Ian Sumner & Chris Colley chased valiantly but only managed to drop Irwin Saunders and not catch Ross.
Irwin Saunders also finding the tough conditions and pace to much to allow him to complete the course.
Ken Mansfield puncturing early on in the race precluded him from finishing.
Steve Young greeted the judges solo in 57m 30s with the next three riders 2m 24s behind and the fifth rider 2s back, sixth & seventh 3m 51s back, eighth& ninth 42s back, tenth 3m 51s back, eleventh , twelfth & thirteenth 22s back.
Final results:
1st Kaine Airey
2nd Colin Hooper
Fastest Time Steve Young
3rd Neil Maurer
4th Rob Nicholls
5th Ralph Wright
6th Ian Sumner
7th Joe Gulino
8th Michael Dunstan
9th David Phillips
10th Ross West
11th Chris Colley
12th Stan Gregorio
Next week is the Ballarat Eureka Victorian Open at Learmonth, No race at the Club.
22-08-10
Geelong Veteran Cycling Club
Final results:
1st Nathan Williams Winners time 1:52:31
2nd Malcolm Lloyd & Fastest Time 1:39:25
3rd Neil Maurer
4th Jeff Miller
5th Rob Nicholls
6th Nick Oakley
15-08-10
Geelong Veteran Cycling Club
Layard Park Handicap
Sponsored by Phil Godfrey
Final results:
1st David Lunn Scratch Colac 1:32:47
2nd Nick Brown Scratch Colac
3rd Neil Maurer 4:00 Geelong
4th Jeff Miller Scratch Geelong
5th Nick Kennedy 7:00 Colac
6th Heather Hamling 4:00 Colac
7th Kane Airey 7:00 Geelong
8th Rick Buckwell Scratch Geelong
9th Steve Hamling 4:00 Colac
10th Tony Luppino 7:00 Colac
Fastest Time Ralph Iselt Scratch Colac 1:32:47
01-08-10
Geelong Veteran Cycling Club
Peter Hosking Memorial Handicap
5 laps/58 km
The Peter Hosking Memorial was held in extremely windy conditions from the west but no rain eventuated making for tolerably riding. The combine race with Colac saw a total field of 23 riders which included 8 riders from Colac. Limit riders of Gil Wright and Bernadette Rowbottom started the race by more than 27 mins to scratch and had completed a lap as 2nd scratch riding off 4mins consisting of 6 riders set off up Hendy Main rd. For the first 2 laps most groups held together but the tough conditions saw Eddy Ziedaitis and Peter McDonough both being dropped by their respective groups. Peter feeling the intensity of the race even left his brekkie on the side of the road. By the 4th lap Bernadette who was now riding solo was caught by the 22 min group and Ross West lost both of his riders from his 18:30 group now riding back with the 15:30 group.
Going into the final lap the field had devolved into 3 groups being the leading bunch who commanded a 4min lead over the 4 min bunch who, were still riding as an intact group and the 3 scratch riders a further 2mins behind. Heading up Hendy Main for the last time the lead bunch of riders cracked riding into the wind and by the time they turned into Forest rd they were strung out going over the rises. The 4 min bunch could now sense blood as they mopped up the stragglers along Grays road but knew the scratchies were pressing hard and were closing down the gap fast. The 4 min bunch finally caught Dennis Sonongan who had bravely ridden solo down Grays with 400mts to the Grays/Hendy Main corner, but were now only 200mts ahead of scratch. With 2kms to the line scratch rider Tony McGann hit the front of a 12 man field and upped the ante and put in powerful surge for the next kilometre along with strong wind gusts from the side played havoc with riders which softened up the group, whilst the other scratch riders of Steve Young and David Lunn biding their time.
With 500mts to the line Tony pulled over and in the mean time had broken the field into 2 leaving just 5 riders to contest a final charge to the line. David Lunn and Steve Young then made their move and sprinted past rick buckwell, Carl Leahy and Ralph Islet and continued on to the line and took out first and second respectively while the minor placings went to Ralph, Rick and Carl.
Final results:
1st David Lunn Scratch Colac 1:31:58
2nd Steve Young Scratch Geelong
3rd Ralph Iselt 4:00 Colac
4th Rick Buckwell 4:00 Geelong
5th Carl Leahy 4:00 Geelong
6th Jeff Miller 4:00 Geelong
7th Mal Lloyd 4:00 Geelong
8th Neil Maurer 9:30 Geelong
Fastest Time Tony McGann Scratch Colac 1:31:58
Encouragement
award Dennis Sonogon
18-07-10
Geelong Veteran Cycling Club
Nobles Rd return, Forest Rd return & finish – 49km Handicap
18 riders took to the road in strong north westerly’s that was always going to test the mettle of all riders. All bunches stayed in tack for the Nobles rd return leg, it was on the outward leg of the Forest rd where the 9 & 18 and the 2:30 & 5 min bunches combined to make for some competitive riding.
With 10kms to go, scratch riders Steve Young and Peter McDonough finally caught the 2:30 group after some hard chasing into the wind. The tempo of the race went up a notch as this group pressed on in search of the lead riders. With 5kms to go not only did the pace hot up but some argy bargy between riders developed, which created some confusion and loss of focus of the chasing riders. As the riders charged up Hendy main rd Kane Airey had broken away from his group and was riding for his life in an effort to hold off a disjointed chasing bunch that had lost some initiative.
Steve who had pulled over into the gravel then came from the rear of the bunch hotly chased by Robbie Nichols who was not going to let him go without a fight, along with mal Lloyd. With 100mts to the line Kane was caught by Steve along with Rick Buckwell who had now tacked on as well. With the final charge to the line Steve held off Rick by 2 lengths with Kane hanging in for 3rd with Peter toughing it out for fastest time.
Final results:
1st Steve Young (Scratch)
2nd Rick Buckwell (2min)
3rd Kane Airey (5min)
4th Bill McConnell
5th Peter Ladd
Fastest Time Peter McDonough (Scratch) 1:37:06
11-07-10
Geelong Veteran Cycling Club
Twenty four riders. Conditions cold and windy, a strong south westerly, the race was reduced to 4 laps 46 km. Under these trying conditions it was always going to be a back markers day, after 3 laps the time keeper had half of the field with him to witness the judging of the finish. Into the start of the 4th lap, scratch and the 1:30 bunch had combined, still chasing a minute to the 4:00 min bunch, finally catching them at the crest of the Forest Road hill. Scratch, taking no passengers asserted their authority gradually dislodging the hangers, and then came the climax of the day when the newest member of the scratch bunch, Daryl Suter hit the line only centimeters in front of Steve Young.
Final results:
1st Darryl Suter
2nd Steve Young
3rd Kane Airey
4th Peter McDonough
5th Tony French
6th Jeff Miller
Fastest Time Darryl Suter – 1:12:21 – 38.15km/h
Riders: S Young, D Suter, P McDonough, J Miller, N Oakley, G Edmonds, M Lloyd, P Ladd, B McConnell, R Nicholls, T French, M Hartman, K Airey, P Bird, R West, M Dunstan, D Wilson, I Suanders, I Sumner, R Lambeth, K Dorling, T Robinson.
Marshals: David Phillips, Gil Wright, Ted Harrison, Colin Hooper.
04-07-10
Geelong Veteran Cycling Club
4 Laps Paraparap Circuit – 46 kms
Final results:
A Grade
1. Steve Young
2. Carl Leahy
3. Daryl Suter ( sprint finish )
B Grade
1. Peter Ladd
2. Rob Nicholls
3. Kane Airey ( approx. 4 min behind )
C Grade
1. Paul Bird
2. Ralph Wright
3. Ross West ( sprint finish )
27-06-10
Geelong Veteran Cycling Club
Blackgate Rd Return, Forest Rd Return + 1 lap – 59 kms
In sunny but bitterly cold conditions 14 riders tackled the 59km blackgate rd and return/forest rd and return + 1 lap, circuit. Gil Wright led off from limit commanding a 25 min start on scratch and rode solo for the entire race to claim victory.
By the 40km scratch had been able to reel in the riders from the 7, 11 & 18 min bunches as they pressed on in search of Gil. With 2kms to go and still no sign of Gil the remaining 10 riders started to prepare for the minor placings. With 500mts to the line Michael Hartman swooped from the rear of the pack followed by Nick Oakley to take everyone by surprise and put a 50 mt gap in, but Rick Buckwell and Carl Leahy took off after them and caught them with 100mts to the line and continued on to fight out a tough tussle to the line to take out 2nd and 3rd respectively.
Final results:
1st Gil Wright (limit, 2:04)
2nd Rick Buckwell (scratch)
3rd Carl Leahy (scratch)
4th Mal Lloyd (scratch)
5th Nick Oakley (scratch)
Fastest Time Rick Buckwell (scratch, 1:39)
20-06-10
Geelong Veteran Cycling Club
Forest Rd & Return + 1 lap – 47kms
In cool conditions 13 riders tackled the forest rd circuit with Terry Robinson on limit giving scratch 23 mins. Terry was able to stay out front for the entire race to claim victory. The 19min group of Irwin Saunders and Gil Wright were also able to stay away from the rest of the field to claim second and third respectively.
The 10 & 4 min groups combined in the final lap to fight out the minor placings with scratch finishing fast, a further 100 mts behind with Rick Buckwell & Jeff Miller dueling for fastest time with a dead heat.
Final results:
1st Terry Robinson (limit 23mins, 1:31:48)
2nd Irwin Saunders (19 mins)
3rd Gil Wright (19 mins)
4th Neil Maurer (4:30 mins)
5th Ross West (10:30)
Fastest Time Rick Buckwell & Jeff Miller (scratch, dead heat – 1:13:36)
13-06-10
Geelong Veteran Cycling Club
23 riders turned out for 49km handicap over the paraparap/nobles road circuit ridden in cool conditions with a slight westerly blowing. By the 3rd lap the field had split into 2 groups being the limit, 6 and 11 min groups and the scratch and 2 min groups with 11 kms to go. The leading group was eventually caught by the scratch riders before the nobles road turn around with 7 kms to go. With a uphill sprint finish a dozen riders were vying for line honours but Malcolm Lloyd was able to time his sprint perfectly to take out the event with peter mcdonough coming in second and fastest time
Final results:
1st Malcolm Lloyd (2 mins) time of 1:15:30
2nd Peter Mcdonough (scratch)
3rd Carl Leahy (scratch)
4th Jeff Miller (scratch)
5th Neil Maurer (2min)
Fastest Time Peter Mcdonough 1:13:30
06-06-10
Geelong Veteran Cycling Club
Eighteen members turned out on a nice chilly damp morning for the scratch races, 9 in A, 4 in B & 5 in C grade. We welcomed a new member to the club for his first ride, Tony Pickles who rode in A grade.
Marshalls: Colin Hooper, Brian Long, Rod Lambeth, Ted Harrison, Nick Oakley.
Final results:
A Grade
1. Malcolm Lloyd
2. Carl Leahy
3. Peter Ladd
B Grade
1. Kane Airey
2. Daryl Tonkin
3. Robert Nicholls
C Grade
1. Gil Wright
2. Keith Dorling
3. Ian Sumner
Last weeks race was cancelled due to Wet weather and this week was only a little better so it was good to see 18 riders brave the cold conditions.
Next week is a 49 km Handicap over 3 laps + Nobles Road.
Get your Entries in early please.
16-05-10
Geelong Veteran Cycling Club
Fine and cool conditions greeted 19 riders this week for a 4 lap 46km handicap event. The 1min group of Carl Leahy, Peter Ladd and Colin Hooper dominated the race taking out the top 3 spots and fastest time. On the 3rd lap they gathered in 6 min group and in the last 500m caught the 8 & 12 min group to fight out a sprint finish.
Final results:
1st Carl Leahy
2nd Peter Ladd
3rd Colin Hooper
4th Phil Godfrey
5th Dave Phillips
Fastest Time Carl Leahy 1:12:48
There is no club racing next Sunday as Colac Vets are holding its open at Cororooke.
09-05-10
Geelong Veteran Cycling Club
On Sunday the 9th May, we decided to go with a Sealed Handicap, with only 17 riders, making it a bit of fun. Conditions were almost perfect, slight westerly picked up as the race progressed. Brown, Nicholls, Maurer & Oakley, got away first time over Forest Rd. by approx 1:30 min. The chasers were able to keep the leaders in sight and at the finish were only 58 secs in arrears, the rest of the field was pretty well spread out, the only one not to finish was Bill Mantova.
Starters: Group 1. N Brown, N Oakley, Group 2. C Hooper, M Hartman, Group 3. R Nicholls, N Maurer, Group 4. D Sonogan, D Phillips, R West, Group 6. R Lambeth, Group 7. I Walker, L Bent, I Sumner, I Saunders, Group 8. T Robinson, G Wright, Group 9. Bill Mantova.
Final results:
1st David Phillips
2nd Denis Sonogan
3rd Ross West
4th Robert Nicholls
5th Neil Maurer
Fastest Time Robert Nicholls
Next week will be a 46 Km Handicap in preparation for the following weeks Colac Open. PLEASE get your Entries in with Colin Hooper this week for the Open.
See you all next week…………………
02-05-10
Geelong Veteran Cycling Club
Maurer Family Combine
Final results:
1st Andrew Rushton Ballarat 1:30:18
2nd Neil Maurer Geel
3rd David Phillips Geel
4th Tony French Geel
5th Denis Sonogan Geel
6th Phillip Cochrane Ballarat
7th David Robinson Geel
8th Malcolm Lloyd Geel
9th Paul Bird Geel
10th Ross West Geel
Fastest Time Peter McDonough 1:27:57
18-04-10
Geelong Veteran Cycling Club
Limit rider Doug Wilson took out Sundays 47km handicap in 1:23 hr with scratch rider Rick Buckwell (not president) recording fastest time of 1:19 hr limit riders Rod Lambeth & Terry Robertson took out the remaining minor placing respectively. In the final lap 3 groups merged but could not catch the limit riders.
Final results:
1st Doug Wilson ( 1 hr 23 mins 52 secs )
2nd Rod Lambeth
3rd Terry Robertson
4th Ian Sumner
5th Rick Buckwell
6th Daryl Suter
7th Carl Leahy
8th Jeff Miller
Fastest Time Rick Buckwell ( 1hr 19 mins 40 secs)
There will be no racing next Sunday due to ANZAC day but the Northern Vets is holding its combine race at Lancefield.
11-04-10
Geelong Veteran Cycling Club
Sunday the 11th of April saw the staging of the Hendy Cycles Combine with the Colac Club.
Raced over 4 laps (46 kms) we had 29 riders, start in an extremely bad Westerly wind with rain during the race, making it a hard, cold day.
With this in mind, I thought the Scratchmen would get up, but they failed by 70 seconds, when crossing the line.
Colin Hooper and Tony Prytz got across to the bunch in front very early, making a strong combined bunch, which stayed together for the final sprint, where Colin Hooper, just pipped Neil Maurer.
Final results:
1st Colin Hooper (1:19:25 35.5km/h)
2nd Neil Maurer
3rd Tony Prytz (C)
4th Jeremy Tatchell (C)
5th Bruce Roberts (C)
6th Ross West
7th Gary Legg (C)
Fastest Time David Lunn (C)(1:13:20 38.5km/h)
Next Week will most likely be Scratch Races (enter on day)
28-03-10
Geelong Veteran Cycling Club
Mal Lloyd continued his winning ways in A Grade of the March scratch race series out-sprinting his rivals, with 200 metres to go. Held over four laps, thirty riders competed across A, C & D grades in excellent conditions. Strong paces were set early delivering highly contested sprint finishes in all grades. Phil Godfrey outstayed his rivals to take out C grade while the wily Brian Long hung on to win in D grade.
Final results:
A Grade
1. Mal Lloyd
2. Rick Buckwell
3. Eddy Ziedaitis
B Grade – no riders contested this grade
C Grade
1. Phil Godfrey
2. Dave Purdy
3. Dave Phillips
D Grade
1. Brian Long
2. Grant Rogers
3. Ian Walker
There will be no club racing next Sunday as club riders will be contesting the South Pacific Championships held in Maryborough over Easter.
14-03-10
Geelong Veteran Cycling Club
Mal Lloyd put on a display of speed and strength out riding his closest competitors, with 200 metres to go, in A Grade, during the second staging of the March scratch race series. Held over four laps, thirty riders competed across five grades in excellent conditions. Strong paces were set early delivering highly contested sprint finishes right across all grades.
Final results:
A Grade
1. Mal Lloyd
2. Eddy Ziedaitis
3. Jeff Miller
B Grade
1. Peter Ladd
2. Colin Hooper
3. Neil Maurer
C Grade
1. Kane Airey
2. Dave Robinson
3. Paul Bird
D Grade
1. Brian Long
2. Len Bent
3. Ian walker
E Grade
1. Peter Dickson
2. Bill Mantova
There will be no club racing next Sunday as club riders will be contesting the Warrnambool Open.
07-03-10
Geelong Veteran Cycling Club
Sunday saw the running of the first week of the March Scratch Race Series over 46km at Paraparap.
Race conditions quickly improved after early rain forced a couple of retirements due to punctures. The talented field hotly contested all sprint finishes.
Final results:
A/B Grade
1. Carl Leahy
2. Tony French
3. Michael Hartman
C Grade
1. Kane Airey
2. Dave Philips
3. Ross West
D Grade
1. Ian Walker
2. Ian Sumner
3. Terry Robinson
Next Sunday: Week two of the scratch race series at Paraparap.
28-02-10
Geelong Veteran Cycling Club
The Jack Griffin Handicap held over 46kms was held on Sunday in windy but good conditions. Riders from Warrnambool and Colac joined the Geelong Vets making competition lively. The race was won by Ian Sumner off a handicap mark of 17 mins. Second was Richard (Bumblebee) Buckwell Snr after an absence of 6 years from competitive riding. Third was M. Matthews from Colac. Fastest time was again won by scratch marker Andrew Weightman coming in 2:17m behind the winner.
Final results:
1st Ian Sumner – (1:23:30)
2nd Richard Buckwell
3rd Murray Matthews (C)
4th Len Bent
5th Peter Neal (C)
6th Bill Mantova – 30 sec behind
7th Mal Lloyd – 1:30 min behind
8th Carl Leahy
Fastest Time Andrew Weightman – 1:08:47 (2:17 min behind)
Club racing next Sunday. Entries to be in by Saturday morning.
21-02-10
Geelong Veteran Cycling Club
A four-lap 46km scratch race was held on Sunday in good conditions with a total of twenty-one riders spread over A, B, C & D grades. Numbers were down due to riders being away at the Goulburn Valley Open. However, competition was keen with most groups keeping together right through to the business end of the race, finishing with sprints. Some new and returning riders made their presence known figuring in results.
Final results:
A Grade
1. Carl Leahy
2. Jeff Miller
3. Peter Ladd
B Grade
1. Marcus Coppock
2. Harvey Lang
3. Noel Kelson
C Grade
1. Paul Bird
2. Dennis Sonogan
3. David Purdy
D Grade
1. Barry Primmer
2. Gil Wright
3. Len Bent
Next week’s race is the ‘Jack Griffin’ Handicap with invitations being sent to Colac and Ballarat riders. All entries should be sent to Lance Rogers no later than Saturday morning. No late entries on the day. All members need to check if they have been rostered for marshalling.
14-02-10
Geelong Veteran Cycling Club
Sunday’s cycling saw the staging of the Neil & Dot Freeman Handicap coinciding with Neil’s 8oth birthday. Held over 46km, the mild conditions suited the limit riders best. Of the 46 starters, including 12 from Ballarat and one from Colac, Karen James, of Ballarat, won by 30 secs from her closest rival from her starting mark of 4:30minutes. Her group, on catching the limit riders, were able to break away with 6 km to go with the scratchies nowhere in sight. Doug Garley, also of Ballarat, recorded fastest time.
Final results:
1st Karen James (B) – 1:29hr
2nd Bill Mantova
3rd Brain Long
4th Rod Heathrington (B)
5th Dave Phillips
6th Peter James (B)
7th Gil Wright
8th Ian Sumner
Fastest Time Doug Garley (B) – 1:09hr
Next week’s race is a scratch race and all entries should be sent to Lance Rogers no later than Saturday morning. No late entries on the day. All members need to check if they have been rostered for marshalling.
07-02-10
Geelong Veteran Cycling Club
Sunday the 7th of February saw the 2nd race of the year.
The previous week was cancelled, due to the Hot Weather policy.
Graded Scratch races were conducted with around 30 riders showing up to get some early racing in for the start of a new year.
Conditions were perfect for the day, good fields for a change and all bunches stayed together for the majority of their race, with only the strongest getting the edge in the last couple of kilometers.
Final results:
A Grade
1. Andrew Weightman
2. Nick Oakley
3. Eddy Ziedaitis
B Grade
1. Harvey Lange
2. Daryl Tonkin
3. Neil Maurer
C Grade
1. Michael Dunstan
2. Kane Airey
3. David Purdy
D Grade
1. Brain Long
2. Gil Wright
3. Ian Walker
E Grade
1. Bill Mantova
Next week will be the Neil and Dot Freeman Handicap run over 4 laps (46 kms)
Please enter with [email protected] No Entries on the day
Also a reminder that it is the Members duty to do Marshalling once, maybe twice a year.
Check the Race Marshalls Roster for when you are rostered on.
Please show up and do your turn, or there will come the stage we will not be racing, as we are not fulfilling our Permit requirements.
See you all there, next week……
24-01-10
Geelong Veteran Cycling Club
Eighteen riders entered today’s race. The first official race on our Calendar. The weather was perfect with a mild southeasterly making it an easier task entering misery lane. Six in A grade. “No one for B grade”. 4 in C grade. 3 in D grade. 3 in E grade. 2 in F grade.
Final results:
A Grade
1. Col Hooper
2. Nic Brown
3. Tony French
B Grade
No riders
C Grade
1. Dennis Sonogan
2. David Robinson
3. Chris Colley
D Grade
1. Rob Gaylard
2. Doug Wilson
3. Keith Dorling
E Grade
1. Len Bent
2. Tony Spark
3. Ian Walker
F Grade
1. Bill Mantova
2. Brian Griffiths