25 riders showed up to take on the Oak Bay Bikes TT Series SEASON FINALE.  A proper series write up will follow... Tonights results HERE 15k Course Records HERE OBB Series Standings HERE Just your 15k times from 2015 HERE

Perfect temps and zero wind made for a fast (and awesome) final time trial on Nanaimo River Road. This 15k course has 4 course records (one for each category).  THREE WERE BROKEN TONIGHT!

First up, Janna Gillick took down the course record in 23:09 (prev 23:21) to clinch the series championship as well, not a bad night.  Lorrie Baildham's injury is long gone as she flew at a 36.1 avg speed for second, followed by series runner up Kiyomi Schulz @ 25:24.

In the mens race Don Gillmore rode a fast 20:41 to clinch his BAR (Best All-Around Rider) award zipping along at 43.5km/hr.  Patrick Burnham slammed home a PB in 22:31, attaining his season goal of averaging 40km/hr over this hilly course.  Justin Mark showed up late (its his birthday we will let it slide!) and still managed to place third with a 22:36, just 9 seconds ahead of Joel Lutz.

The youth female course record was set tonight by the ever improving Meghan Gillmore with a 28:05 (prev 28:46).  Her first 15k race this year was in 31:51, showing a remarkable improvement.

The youth male record also was set tonight by her brother Ian Gillmore riding to a 28:42 finish, the former record was held by Youth Male points leader Aiden Hare @ 29:38.  I'm already looking forward to seeing these two raise the bar even more next season.

3 COURSE RECORDS SET Youth Male: Ian Gillmore Youth Female: Meghan Gillmore Female: Janna Gillick

14 SEASONS BEST TIMES SET Janna Gillick Lorrie Baildham Anita Gillmore Lisa McLeod Sandy Przada Patrick Burnham Joel Lutz Mark Overton Derek Steel Murray Walters Corey Friesen Ross Palfery Ian Gillmore Meghan Gillmore

10 PERSONAL BESTS (LIFETIME) Janna Gillick Anita Gillmore Lisa McLeod Sandy Przada Patrick Burnham Joel Lutz Mark Overton Derek Steele Murray Walters Ross Palfery

Thank you to the Zavarise family for again volunteering at the turn around and ringing cowbells. Big thank you to Jason Hare for timing again!

Now with our Crit Series and TT Series over, its time for the August Special....HILL CLIMB CHAMPS.  5 races, 5 different locations.  First one is next Thursday @ Jameson Road.  This link has all the info, and the pre reg!

A proper season TT round up will be hashed out in the next few days!  For those of you in Nanaimo, see you at Oak Bay Bikes tomorrow (7pm) for a social gathering, it'll be great to catch up!

Pre reg link here!

Tonight is a 15k TT, the final one of the 2015 OBB TT Series.  Will a course record or two go down tonight?  So far 17 racers lined up ready to roll.

Female Record: Janna Gillick 23:21 (6/11/2015) Male Record: Don Gillmore 20:13 (7/17/2014) Youth Female Record: Meghan Gillmore 28:28 (6/18/2015) Youth Male Record: Aiden Hare 29:38 (7/9/2015)

The 2015 Crit series has come to a close, thank you again to our sponsor Industrial Plastics and Paint for your support this year. The results are located here MIVA Criterium Scoring (FINAL)

Nick Kupiak took home his first Crit series title with a dominating season.  The previous winners of this award have been Warren Muir, Ian Smith, Justin Mark, and Iain Hay.  Second place went to the ever improving Brodie Hay, and third to Sean DePol (who rode every race!).

Janna Gillick took home her 4th Crit title with a convincing points lead over second place Angelina Landry (in her first crit seasn) and Jessica Reynolds rounded out the podium.

Evan Luksay and Abigail Hare led the youth categories.

Over our 12 race season, we had 50 different riders come out, and 186 "races raced".  The average number or crit racers on any given night was 17.  Record turnout was 28!

Special thank you to Peter McCaffery for timing the crits, to Iain Hay (and crew) for volunteering/setup/takedown every race, to Janna Gillick for compiling the scoring for the series, and to all of you volunteers who came out to keep our rides safe.  THANK YOU to all of you racers who came out week after week to keep building up the Crit series.

We're already looking forward to next year, and looking for input from all of you.  Look for a survey coming next week, we want to hear from you.

The last crit of the season goes tonight at Boxwood, 7pm (register 630).  There will be some draw prizes to send off the series in style. See below for the Crit standings going into tonight's race.  Some jostling to be done for podium spots!

MIVA Criterium Scoring (21-Jul-2015)

The final 20k of the season is TONIGHT @ Nanaimo River Road, 7 bells.  Pre register here: https://www.webscorer.com/register?raceid=47301&owner=0 Upcoming: THURS 7/23: 20k TT TUES 7/28: FINAL Crit of the season @ Boxwood THURS 7/30: FINAL TT of the season (15k) FRI 7/31: Series Wrap Up @ Oak Bay Bikes Nanaimo, 7pm.  Come thirsty! THURS 8/6: Hill Climb #1 of the 2015 Hill Climb Series