Peter came up with the idea of a teams race as an alternative to the usual individual race/ride. Josh and Leighton, two of the younger fraternity were made team captains and chose their riders. The total number of laps ridden by team members would decide the winners.
Jason was soon in difficulty with a broken chain on lap one so that was a potential 4 laps lost. It was going to be hard to recover from this but Justin and Sven played their part and completed four laps each. Josh himself put in a great effort to finish three laps along with Sharn.
On Leighton's team Aaron Kris and Andrew B. all managed four laps with good backup from Eugan, Andrew G. Peter and Warren completing 3 laps each. Leighton himself managed to find a short cut so his laps were adjusted to compensate.
All in all a fun night.
Lap times
23 Feb - Enduro Event - Seventeen Valley - REPORT
20 Feb - Summer Night Race - Taylor Pass - REPORT
Not the advertised 30 degrees, in fact spectators and marshalls used most of their wardrobes to ward off the cool breeze. Then as racing drew to a close the fog rolled back in. Despite all this we had a real family affair going with five Blakes, four Blacks and a couple of McKendries either contesting or guiding. All the kids got around at least one lap then it was play time and boy did they have fun. It was a surprise to have 22 riders considering the busy weekend of mountain biking ahead.
We had a guest appearance from Han de Lange who was just passing through and managed to find time to join us for the ride. There were also a couple of other new faces and we hope that they had enough fun to want to come back.
Justin and Sarnim got away to a good start and were never threatened for the top two podium slots. Jason got tangled up with another rider and lost his way so decided to have a fun night fitting in a few casual laps.
Good luck to Kevin and his crew of helpers on Sunday, hope all the hard work and preparation reap some reward and that all the riders have a ball.
9th Feb - Club Champs - REPORT
The new format for club champs this year seemed to work quite well after a few minor adjustments to the original plans. Thirty nine riders were scheduled to start but there were three no shows leaving thirty six to contest the time trial.
We then had three riders join in just for the race so the original number was restored.
The time trial produced some very tight results, and was contested on a relatively flat course. It was noted that corners were cut by some but no official complaints have been received thus far. The police were off duty for this one.
Just a few withdrawals during the race with two broken chains, a severe bout of flu and other breathing difficulties by a couple of other riders.
The course was challenging with big climbs and some technical descents so it was a true cross country test. As expected Sarnim (open men) was the winner with Dylan (J19) next best. A new name to us, Luke Macann took the third step of the podium.
Alana managed to hold out Kathryn for overall ladies prize with Emma also completing two challenging laps, a good effort for one so new to the sport. Joel followed up his impressive time trial with a good solid race to take out the under 16 category.
The Vet 2 class were to complete 2 laps so those who did an extra lap had there efforts ignored in the results. The times are included for info only.
Thanks to BikeFit for supporting the event and to Peter Webster and John Pickering for their hard work planning and setting out the courses.