MIVA 15km Time Trial

130711

Nanaimo River Road

A pleasant evening, with moderate temperature and no wind, saw fifteen riders participate in the first fifteen kilometre event of the month. The club executive has been encouraging everyone to purchase and wear the MIVA kit and no less than eleven of tonight's starters were clad in same. There was good representation from all categories. Four youth riders, the youngest, Ian Gillmore, being eight years old participated. Oldest rider in the field was seventy year old Derek Steel.

Fast man Don Gillmore handily won the men's category, posting twenty and a half minutes, his fastest time at the distance since 2010, while Rhona Lettau, making a welcome return to the MIVA t.t. series, was top woman with a short twenty-six minute effort . The youth group winner was Mykelti Berg, who covered the distance in twenty-nine minutes and change.

Other notable performances were: Patrick Burnham, doing a sub twenty-four minute ride on his fixed wheel and Derek Steel doing a personal best with a short twenty-six minute ride.

The weekly draw for MIVA socks was won by Mike Mann. Thanks to Lorrie Baildham and Anita Gillmore for volunteering.

RESULTS

NAME	CLUB	TIME	CAT	CBC CAT	cat pos.	NOTES
Don Gillmore	MIVA	20' 31"	M	MB	1
Patrick Burnham	MIVA	23' 59"	M	MA	2	personal best
Jason Hare	MIVA	25' 32"	M	MB	3
Matthew Evans	MIVA	25' 54"	M	S3	4	new member
Rhona Lettau	MIVA	26' 19"	F	WB	1
Derek Steel	Arrowsmith	26' 22"	M	MF	5	personal best
Russell Berg	MIVA	26' 41"	M	MB	6
Mike Jorgensen	MIVA	27' 11"	M	S3	7
Nathan Van den Dungen	MIVA	28' 00"	M	S3	8
Katy Wallington	MIVA	28' 03"	F	W4	2
Mykelti Berg	MIVA	29' 27"	YF	jun	1
Abigail Hare	MIVA	31' 48"	YF	cad	2
Aiden Hare	MIVA	34' 02"	YM	min	1
Ian Gillmore	MIVA	36' 33"	YM	atom	2
Mike Mann	MIVA	DNF	M	ME	DNF	turned short

Click on the links below for each series standings: *Top 5 results, minimum 7 races completed*

MALE: http://webscorer.com/seriesresult?seriesid=8976&cat=Male

With 8 races to go, Don Gilmore has taken up top spot with a perfect 60, but still needs to race 2 more to get to the minimum 7 events.  Reagan Lovig remains in 2nd place with 56 points, and with a couple more wins this year would tie Don for top spot.  3rd place is a tight battle between Patrick Burnham and Jason Hare, with 45 and 42 points respectively.  Mike Gill, who has been getting faster and faster all year, is right behind them with 38.

FEMALE: http://webscorer.com/seriesresult?seriesid=8976&cat=Female

In the Womens division, Rose Houle leads all with 56 points, followed by Jennifer Gordon, then Sarah Davidson.  With 8 races left there is a podium spot available for someone who can show up and put in a good placing down the stretch.

YOUTH MALE: http://webscorer.com/seriesresult?seriesid=8976&cat=Youth+Male

Aiden Hare leads Ian Gilmore 60-52 points, with both racers showing excellent dedication this year, while also improving their times dramatically.

YOUTH FEMALE: http://webscorer.com/seriesresult?seriesid=8976&cat=Youth+Female

Abigail Hare has been improving over her 8 races this season, and holds down the title spot with a perfect 60 points over Mykelti Berg.

  MIVA 20km Time Trial

Nanaimo River Road. 130627

Yet another rainy day in Nanaimo and damp but clear conditions up at the time trial course. Twelve starters tonight, including regular youth participants Aiden and Abigail Hare and newcomers for this season Mike Jorgensen and Derek Steel.. Conditions proved to be just right for some faster times, with Mike Gill, Phil Birrer. Patrick Burnham, and winner Matt Allardyce posting personal bests for the course. By now, most of the regulars have had a chance to ride the new course and the general consensus is that they prefer it to the original one.

Thanks to Katy Waddington for acting as starter and backup timekeeper, to Lorrie Baildham for marshalling the turnaround and to Jason Hare for holding until his own start.

Race results at: www.webscorer.com/race?raceid=10161

 MIVA Boxwood Criterium 13/06/25

 40 lap criterium, 4 primes

 It rained steadily all day throughout most of Nanaimo but there was sun and blue sky when registration opened for tonight's criterium. There were fourteen registrants, including three from Courtenay, two of whom were youth riders.

 The first four laps were quite rapid but the bunch stayed intact, Steve Crowley, Mark Wieler and Nick Kupiak leading them. Mike Gill was initially trailing by a couple of seconds but managed to make contact again and stayed with the pack for twenty-two laps, a remarkable improvement on his previous criterium performances.

 In lap five, Kupiak had a slight gap which he increased to seven seconds and was soon joined by Phil Birrer but by the eighth lap the bunch caught them. Then in the sprint for the first prime on lap ten, Mike Sevcov won with Nick a close second. They eased off the front but they too were brought back within two laps and things quietened down for a short while. For the next three laps Mark Overton, Mark Wieler, Phil Birrer and Ray Wagner were visible at the front of the pack and were still in the top places but when the bell went, signalling the second prime, Ray had opened a slight gap and stayed there to take the sprint.

 Within the next two circuits though he had been absorbed and Mike Sevcov, James Grant, Steve Crowley and one other rider had opened another gap. Mike stayed out in front but the other three drifted back to the bunch and he then put the hammer down and proceeded to make the first real break of the race, staying ahead for the next eleven laps. He extended his lead to twenty seconds and took the third prime ten seconds ahead of the awakening pack but fatigue set in as evidenced by his rolling shoulders and resort to a lower gear. The rain, which had commenced during his solo effort, failed to freshen him and the main group was pulling him back rapidly.

 Eventually he was caught just before the last prime and drifted towards the back of the bunch. Meanwhile, Ray Wagner took the sprint from James Grant and Steve Crowley.

 With two laps left, the bunch was again together the order being Steve, Evan, James, Ray, Matt Allardyce, Mark Grant, Mike, Iain Hay and Matt, with Mike Gill a lap andt twenty- five seconds down

 Four riders had retired earlier: Normon Thibault, Phil Birrer, Mark Wiler and Mark Overton.

 At the start of the final go-around, the order was about the same but at the line Junior James Grant had dashed clear with only Ray and Iain vainly challenging him for the win. younger brother Mark finished fourth just ahead of the rest of the pack. The sprint for fourth was really close, with Evan beating Matt Allardyce by a fraction of a wheel, and . Nick Kupiak Steve Crowleyand Mike Sevcov a similar distance behind.

 In the absence of fast men Chris Cameron and Ian Smith, the race time was about three and a half minutes slower than two weeks previous. but the event was still finished in a respectable hour and ten minutes.

 Thanks to Iain Hay for course set up and take down, Brodie Hay and Mike Mann for bell, lap and back-up timing, and to Steve Grant, Patrick Burnham, Jason Hare and Kirby Villeneuve for doing the all-important job of marshalling.

1	James Grant	jun	Vipyrs	1h 10' 15"
2	Ray Wagner	MC	CVCC	s.t.
3	Iain Hay	MB	MIVA	s.t.
4	Mark Grant	cad	Vypers	s.t.
5	Evan Earp Jones	S3	Victoria Wh	at 3"
6	Matt Allardyce	MB	MIVA	s.t.
7	Nick Kupiak	S3	MIVA	s.t.
8	Steve Crowley	MB	MIVA	s.t.
9	Mike Sevcov	MC	Cowichan	s.t.
10	Mike Gill	MB	MIVA	at 1 lap
DNF	Phil Birrer	S3	MIVA
DNF	Normon Thibault	MB	Frontrunners
DNF	Mark Wieler	S3	Arrowsmith
DNF	Mark Overton	MA	MIVA
PRIMES
1st	Mike Sevcov
2nd	Ray Wagner
3rd.	Mike Sevcov
4th.	Ray Wagner

RESULTS

Curtis Deardon, who has just won the Canadian National Time Trial Championship, rode the MIVA 40 KM event on Nanaimo River Road a couple of weeks ago. He won the event, which has three dead turns and is acknowledged as a tough course, in a record time of 53' 15".  The Russ Hayes rider is set to return to our course  with several of his fast team couple to ride the remaining 40 kilometre races. Rumour has it that our fast man, Don Gillmore, who holds the old course 40km record of53' 16", will be out to do battle with the New champion.