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OBB WHEELERS TTT & ITT It was great to see such a good turnout in the holiday season. Most teams worked very well together and it was gratifying to see rapid skills development. Perhaps we can hold an Australian Pursuit road race next season, with groups composed according to 15km times.
Thanks to Colleen Wtorek for marshalling at the turn.
LA Z BOY CRITERIUM COMMENTS So far this season we have had 6 criteriums on the safe, challenging Boxwood circuit. A total of 9 women and 17 men have ridden one or more events. However, usual turnout for women is 3 or less and for men, an average of 8. If all of the participants would come out at once, we would have a criterium worthy of the name and one where all would learn pack riding skills at an accelerated rate. Dave Kenny and I invest a lot of time in putting on the time trials and these criteriums for you but it's disappointing to see the average turnout for the massed start races. We do have some opposition to the Boxwood races from a few vocal local residents and, if the small starting numbers continue, it will give them ammunition to try and close us down. The city will be far less likely to listen to niggling complaints if the numbers of riders increase significantly. Tonight, we put in a couple of prime prizes for sprints on intermediate laps and this was liked a lot by all the riders. We will continue to make the events interesting by doing this and by running a couple of the events as points criteriums if the numbers warrant it.
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JULY 28TH. LA Z BOY CRITERIUM
| Since there were but 2 women, tonight’s race combined both categories. After the initial 5 neutral laps, racing proper began. Welcome additions to the start list were Erin Hibbitts, riding her first criterium, and Dave Kenny, who had already spent some time helping set out the course.
As the race progressed, everyone stayed together for the next 3 laps but then Erin started to drop back, so Dave Kenny stayed with her doing some informal coaching. It took a further 8 laps before the duo were finally lapped but then they stayed with the group until Dave abandoned with dehydration problems. Erin stayed with the bunch however until the final sprint. Meanwhile, iain Hay, just back from a Scottish holiday had also been lapped by the main group and he too finally dnf’d. In the first prime sprint ,Everti’s Derek Brain just pipped Warren Muir, OBB by a few centimeters. In the second sprint, he won again, this time edging out Paul Thompson, OBB. He was set to repeat in the final sprint but it wasn’t to be. Fronrunners Normon Thibault snuck away before the final turn to stay 5 seconds clear to take the win, with Derek winning the sprint for second from Tony Winter, Muir and Thompson. Thanks to all riders for again making the cone pick up easier by stacking. Full results here. |
WEDNESDAY BOXWOOD CRITERIUM 1. WOMEN''S CLINIC
At 6.45pm there will be a short women''s clinic outlining paceline riding, cornering, sudden accelerations, sprinting.
2. MEN & WOMEN NEUTRALISED LAPS
At 7.00pm, the men and women will start together. The first 5 laps will be neutralised (this worked very well at the last criterium) 3. MEN""S RACE
Once the neutralised segment is completed, the men will ride a further 35 minutes plus 5 laps to complete their event.
4. WOMEN''S RACE.
After completion of the neutralised section, the women will stop for 30 seconds and then continue their event a race speed for a further 2o minutes plus 5 laps. If the men lap them, the women must refrain from jumping in with them.