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| SEP. 23rd. OBB WHEELERS 5.5km HILL CLIMB, DUOMONT RD./WIEGLESRD.
Until about half an hour before the scheduled 6.15pm start it looked like being a fine fall evening but then the skies opened and rivers of water coursed down the steeper parts of tonight’s hill. As a result most of the potential starters stayed away and only three riders turned up. OBB regular, Patrick Burnham was first off but was caught by minute man Bryan Rehill, Tri BC and by eventual winner, Derek Brain, Everti, by the halfway point of the course. Bryan then carried on but he too was caught by the fast moving Everti rider right at the finish line. Brain’s time was just over a minute outside Frontrunner, Stefan Jacobsen’s course record of 12’ 27” but, at 13’ 31”, was the second fastest time for the Duomont climb to date. Kudos to Dave Kenny and John Hannon who braved the inclement weather to set up the course. Find results here This final hill climb conclu des the OBB Wheelers time trial series for 2010, with only the hill climb championship on October 9th. still to come. Thanks to all the riders and volunteers for making this our most successful season to date, with a total of 74 competitors riding one or more events. |
OBB WHEELERS LA Z BOY CRITERIUM CHAMPIONSHIP Nanaimo, September 22nd. 2010
The 2009 La Z Boy Criterium Championship was notable
for another disappointing turnout. Only seven riders
showed up on a beautiful, calm, sunny evening to contest
this last race in the series (thanks guys, much appreciated).
Since Brodie Hay, OBB was present, the first four laps
were neutral. Once the race proper commenced, fast man,
Don Gillmore took off almost immediately and, in one lap,
opened up a five second gap that grew to fourteen seconds
by the next one. The bunch then started to work together
and held Gillmore to fourteen seconds for three
more laps but then the Schwalbe rider started to steadily
draw away, gaining between ten and twenty-five seconds
every lap.
By lap fourteen Don lapped the bunch but they were unable
to stay with him and he pulled away yet again and in the
next seven laps he lapped the field a second time.
For the final seven laps everyone stayed together, except
Don Thompson and Iain Hay who had to leave the race
before the finish. With one lap to go, all lined up planning
their strategy for the final sprint but, at the line, it was Don
Gillmore winning by a couple of lengths from Everti’s Derek
Brain, with Lionel Space, Port Alberni, 3rd. all with the
same time. Wendy Simms, who had stayed with the bunch
for the entire race, coasted in nine seconds later. Full results here.
Thanks to Dave Kenny and John Hannon for help with
setting up and taking down the course.
This winter we will hold discussions with some of our
regular riders about how to improve the turnout. One sugg
-estion was to move the criteriums to Tuesday and alternate
with the Nanaimo Racing Club’s Cedar road races.
LA Z BOY CRITERIUM CHAMPIONSHIP. Wednesday 22nd. of September is the final race in the criterium series and also the championship event. Overall placings in both men's and womens' categories are still in doubt with only a few points separating the top few placings and DOUBLE POINTS up for grabs in this final race. Let's have the best possible turnout.
By the way, if you have any ideas for increasing participation next season, please post a comment.
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