Waggrakine Individual 2/3 lap Event.

Sunday 24th Feb.

Two or three laps of the 8.6 km Cooper Road circuit in Waggrakine was all the choice that Spokes Cycle Club riders had to make for the individual road race held on Sunday 24 February.

Sponsored by Pawz-4-Thought Home & Pet Minding and with a cold, blustery south easterly wind blowing, 30 riders headed off at 8 a.m. in what was to prove a ‘character building’ event.

The pace was on from the start for the more accomplished riders & some very competitive riding was displayed with Hagan Keating, Jonty Clader, Darryl Sheilds and Max Nowajee being the lead bunch through the first lap in less than 15 minutes. Paul Hearne was expected to dominate the race but had a puncture very early on & his chances of finishing up the front were over. However he still gave a very impressive display of power riding once he was back on the road.

Alex Godley, Mike Reymond, Dean Carroll, Reg Salmon, Tim Glenister, John Tamm, Mark Hollander, John Andrews and Kylie Crabbe were also a hard riding bunch that found the conditions and hills trying and by the third lap had split into smaller groups.

The lead bunch worked and raced together really well with Jonty Calder winning a sprint finish from Nowajee and Keating in a time of 44 minutes 23 seconds with a average speed of 35.5kph.

Rhonda Bradley, Mitchell Crabbe Barb Glenister, recovering from injury Julie Firth, and first time rider Marissa Gillies, also completed 3 laps in times just above or below the 1 hour time proving that riding is as much about testing yourself as much as it is about beating some one else.

Sherry Obrien & Markku Laine (also first time riders) hammered them selves for one lap and Sarah Armitage was the first to finish in the 2 lap category with a time of 32 minutes and an average speed of 32.8 kph. She was a convincing winner in front of Simon Fenby and Brad Ewings who were only seconds apart.

Club stalwart and publicity officer Jennie Haste showed good form returning from injury to finish in front of the improving Julie Wilton and relatively new rider Ros Ewing. Neal Robson proved to all that if he had made the 8 am starting time that he would have finished well up in the field instead of giving everyone a 5 minute handicap.

Morning smoko of slice and cake and water melon was enjoyed by all in the aftermath and a discussion on rehabilitation of the club bike trailer also ensured.

Spokes’ woman champion Julie Firth commented that she was really looking forward to the anticipated challenges with Sarah Armitage and the rapidly improving Kylie Crabbe in future events as everyone’s fitness improves.

Life Member Darryl Sheilds was also heard to state that there are a number of riders in his sights as he continues to improve his fitness and reduce his weight. BRING IT ON BIG FELLA!!!

Spokes Cycle Club and Dragon Fly Media will present the Barb Glenister sponsored ‘Light My Fire’ event of 32 kms starting 8 am Giles Park Moonyoonooka Sunday 10 March 2013.

Results - Waggrakine Individual 2/3 lap Event

Second Partner Time Trial 2013
Sunday 08:00 10 February 2013 Waggrakine
Summary Report

Firstly, a big thanks to our sponsor of today’s event - DRYLANDS PERMACULTURE – for all your gardening advice see Julie Firth. Thanks also to our major sponsor DRAGONFLY MEDIA for their fantastic support throughout the year. Our sponsors are helping to keep down our membership costs.
What a great turn out in such high temperatures, 39 riders - our best result so far for this year. A special big welcome to our nine first time partners; Markka Laine, Karin Van Dongen, Anthony and Leanne Liddell, Kylie and Mitchell Crabb, Dean Carroll, Brad Ewing and Dave Grace. The presence of ultra marathon rider Robbie Place and local cycling luminaries Jason Potts and Richard Correy added to the quality of the field.
First off on the 17.2 Km ride was Barbara Glenister with Markka and Karin. Unfortunately Markka had to retire with a flat tyre and Barbara brought Karin home under strong verbal encouragement that could be heard from Halls Rd! First to finish the first lap were Simon Fenby and Dean Carroll with a strong and smooth rhythm. Darryl Sheilds was again wearing his mentoring hat, this time with Dave Grace who was participating in his first event. To their credit they finished a very credible seventh place which we are sure Dave will be very chuffed about. Unfortunately Ian Andrews and Jennie Haste discovered they had to adjust a wheel that was rubbing on the forks and Kylie Crabb’s GPS fell off and their race hopes faded. Hagan Keating and Tim Glenister’s regular training together paid off with an impressive time of under 30 mins to take 5th place. The large field of riders masked the fine efforts and close results of many others riders such as Tom Davis & Paul Mathews (3rd place), John Tamm & Tom Thuijs (6th place), Reg Salmon & Mark Hollander (8th place), Neal Robson & Julie Firth (9th place)
Andre & Kellie Eastough and Mort Haslett & Max Nowrojee were riding together again but couldn’t beat their previous time; however riding with new partner saw improved times from Reggie Richardson, Jean Thompson, Simon Fenby, Mark Hollander and Paul Mathews. The Eastough and Liddell teams both made the race a comfortable family event.
However all credit goes to Robbie Place and Richard Correy for their flawless ride for first place in a stunning time of 26 min and 59 secs (average speed of over 39Km/hr). Jonty Calder and Jason Potts came in second place just 43 seconds later. Jonty’s race performance and talent continues to improve with each meeting.
Thanks again goes to our organising staff Jarrod Bell (time keeping), Barbara Glenister (for helping our new event coordinator) and Rhonda Bradley for traffic management.
Our next event is on the 24 February over the same course but it will be an individual time trial over 2 or 3 circuits. There will be a mass start rather than handicap starts. Look forward to seeing you all there.

Results - Second Partner TT