CLUB	CAT	TIME	PTS.	notes
Doug Merrick	CVCC	S2	6' 19”	12	Est.Course record
Kirby Villeneuve	MIVA	S3	6' 57”	10
Lorrie Baildham	MIVA	MWC	7' 27”	12	Est.Course record
Jason Hare	MIVA	S3	7' 36”	9
Patrick Burnham	MIVA	S3	7' 47”	8	Fixed wheel
Abigail Hare	MIVA	YW	10' 10”	12	Est.Course record
Aiden Hare	MIVA	YM	11' 53”	12	Est.Course record
Volunteers
Bruce Mitchell	MIVA	Start timekeeper			5 points

MIVA HILL CLIMB NO. 3 12 09 06 Maxey Road/E.Wellington/Jingle Pot Rd. ,Nanaimo

As hills go, this wasn't a stiff one, with only 430 ft. elevation change in 3.4km. Since it is the first time this hill has been used, best time in each category established a record. Next year, if we have sufficient marshals, it'd be good to continue the climb up Kilpatrick and on to Benson View, resulting in nearly a thousand feet of climbing in just over six kilometres. Doug Merrick was the clear winner tonight, over thirty seconds up on Kirby Villeneuve. Notable was Lorrie Baildham's performance. With age standard correction for the climb, her handicap time would be 6' 35”!

Next week's event is the steep College Drive climb. The first 1.5 kilometres is on the highway and varies from four to six percent but, after the turn onto College, the hill kicks up and increases from seven to a maximum of 13 percent.

SENIOR EVENTS

ELIMINATION RACE

(Miss and out)

Lap	Rider	Club	Pts.
2	Bill McMillan	MIVA	3
4	Russell Berg	MIVA	4
6	Shawn Boyd	MIVA	5
8	Shepherd Stewart	MIVA	6
10	Iain Hay	MIVA	7
12	Ray Wagner	CVCC	8
Final sprint 1	Normon Thibault	Frontrunners	12
2	Paul Thompson	MIVA	10
3	Kyle Waring	MIVA	9

32 LAP POINTS CRITERIUM

Sprints every 4 laps, 5, 3, 2 points. Double points mid way and last lap

SPRINT	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Tot.	Position	SeriesPts.
Paul Thompson	5	3			2	2	5	10	27	1	12
Bill McMillan	3	2							5	7	5
Shepherd Stewart	2	5							7	6	6
Normon Thibault			5	10			2	4	21	2	10
Kyle Waring			3	4	3	2			12	4	8
Ray Wagner			2	5			3	6	16	3	9
Shawn Boyd				6		3			9	5	7
Russell Berg									0	lapped	4
Iain Hay									0	DNF	1

ARBUTUS MEADOWS EVENTS 120904

This was the last evening of the season for MIVA massed start races. There were no junior riders tonight as the youth contingent had spent a very strenuous weekend at the Axel Merckx clinic and were enjoying a well-earned rest.

The first senior event was a miss and out – the third one this summer. The pack was more together tonight and all but three stayed together. First to go was Bill McMillan who thought the sprint lap was later and didn't hear the bell either. Next was Russell Berg who is still working on his cycling legs. Next was Shawn Boyd for whom this was the first ezperience ofan elimination race. Then Shepherd Stewart found himself at the back – probably due to a case of few miles while on holiday. Iain Hay was

next off the back – he was not feeling at all well tonight. With only one rider left to lose before the final three man sprint, Ray Wagner was just edged out after being well away from the back during the early laps. At the line, Normon Thibault made a determined effort, just beating Paul Thompson, with Kyle Waring, who has shown a big improvement this season, finishing a close third.

The points criterium that followed was quite exciting to watch, with the points spread among seven different competitors. Paul, Bill and Shep. shared the points in the first couple of sprints but then Normon won the next two, collecting fifteen points in the process. Kyle and Ray also appeared on the score card for the first time. In the last four sprints, Paul returned to his winning ways, collecting nineteen points and the overall win ,with Norm scoring a further six to end up in second place and Ray garnering fourteen of his sixteen point total here and securing third. Kristy Mighton's photos  here.

Thanks to all the riders who supported these Tuesday races through the season, to the youth riders from Courtenay and Nanaimo who showed us some great riding and to their parents who ferried them to the events, to those who helped set up and take down through the year, and a special thanks to the Bau family who made their wonderful new track available for the last few events.

Every September, Pacific Sport organises a Coaches Breakfast with a keynote speaker. This year is no exception. The Breakfast is at the Coast Bastion Inn on September 21st. and the featured speaker is Bob Lenarduzzi, President of the Vancouver Whitecaps. For further information on this event go here.