With Ian Smith a no-show last night, Justin Mark wrapped up the series, winning the Senior Men title. Second place was Ian Smith who started off the season strong, but faltered to Justin during August and September. Finishing a strong third was Nick Kupiak, who went from being dropped in April, to winning races in July.  

In the Senior Women, Charlene Hay went uncontested as she was the only one to complete the required five race minimum.

In the Youth Men, Brodie Hay walked away with the win, regularly placing ahead of many of the Senior Men. The second place rider, Aiden Hare, is deserving of a mention. In addition to having perfect attendance since the start of July, he's also showed vast improvement on his speed and bike-handling skills. He's certainly one to watch as he moves into his teens.

In the Youth Women, Abigail Hare hung in there to take the win, showing great promise as she becomes a stronger and stronger cyclist.

Overall, our series attracted a grand total 61 riders. Thank you to all who participated - and a big thank you to all the volunteers who helped with marshaling, scoring and course take-down. See you next season!

Rank	Senior Men	Points	Races Counted
1	Justin Mark	60	5
2	Ian Smith	60	5
3	Nick Kupiak	58	5
4	Ray Wagner	54	5
5	Chris Cameron	51	5
6	Menno Jongsma	48	5
7	Iain Hay	46	5
8	Marc Wieler	45	5
9	Mike Sevcov	40	5
10	Evan Earp-Jones	37	5
11	Paul Thompson	37	5
12	Aaron Milan	36	5
13	Michael Gill	32	5
14	Bruce Perry	28	5
15	Bill McMillan	28	5
16	John Lam	23	5
17	Steve Struthers	20	3
18	Shepherd Stewart	20	5
19	Steve Crowley	19	5
20	Scott Doran	19	4
21	Russell Berg	19	3
22	Patrick Burnham	18	5
23	Phil Birrer	16	5
24	Shawn Boyd	14	3
25	Mike Gill	12	5
26	Don Gillmore	12	1
27	Peter Stevenson	12	1
28	Mike Mann	12	2
29	Rob Russell	11	2
30	Matt Allardyce	10	3
31	Fred Hodgson	10	2
32	Mike Addiscott	10	2
33	Kyle Waring	8	2
34	Tony Winter	7	1
35	Dave Kenny	6	4
36	Normon Thibault	6	3
37	Ron Hewitson	4	2
38	Regis Chapman	3	3
39	Kirby Villeneuve	2	1
40	Sean De Pol	1	1
41	Quentin Wicks	1	1
42	Adam McConnell	1	1
43	Colby Large	1	1
44	Rob Bau	1	1
45	Mark Overton	1	1
Rank	Youth Men	Points	Races Counted
1	Brodie Hay	60	5
2	Aiden Hare	58	5
3	James Grant	58	5
4	Mark Grant	48	5
5	Ian Gillmore	10	1
6	Andrew Grant	1	1
Rank	Senior Women	Points	Races Counted
1	Charlene Hay	52	5
2	Glenda Harling	24	2
3	Janna Gillick	22	2
4	Laurie Ritchie	13	2
5	Lorrie Baildham	12	1
6	Cheryl Morch	12	1
7	Katie  Wallington	9	1
Rank	Youth Women	Points	Races Counted
1	Abigail Hare	60	5
2	Jessica Reynolds	60	5
3	Mykelti Berg	44	4
Total Riders :	61

As always, please report any problems with scoring to Janna.

RESULTS

1	Peter Stevenson	Experience Cycle	M	S2	1h 10'25”
2	Justin Mark	Steed Cycles	M	S2	s.t.
3	Brodie Hay	Vyprs	YM	Cad	s.t.
4	Nick Kupiak	MIVA	M	S3	s.t.
5	Iain Hay	Vyprs/MIVA	M	MB	s.t.
6	Tony Winter	MIVA	M	MB	s.t.
7	Chris Cameron	MIVA	M	MB	s.t.
8	Mark Wieler	Arrowsmith/MIVA	M	S4	s.t.
9	Paul Thompson	MIVA	M	S3	s.t.
10	Ron Hewitson	MIVA	M	MB	s.t.
11	Mike Sevcov	Cycle Therapy	M	MC	s.t.
12	Bruce Perry	MIVA	M	MB	s.t.
13	Phil Birrer	MIVA	M	S4	s.t.
14	Michael Gill	MIVA	M	MB	Lapped
15	Patrick Burnham	MIVA	M	S4	Lapped
16	Dave Kenny	MIVA	M	ME	Lapped
17	Regis Chapman	MIVA	M	MB	Lapped
DNF	John Lam	MIVA	M	MA	mechanical

Primes: first – Justin Mark, second – Justin Mark, third-Justin Mark, fourth- Phil Birrer

MIVA Boxwood Criterium 13/09/10 40 lap criterium with 4 primes

The final criterium in the MIVA 2013 series saw one of the biggest fields of the year take the start. Included in the participants was Tony Winter, one of the founding members of MIVA, who now lives in Victoria and has been riding at the Juan de Fuca velodrome. Another welcome face was that of Peter Stevenson from Duncan riding for Experience Cycle. Other familiar faces were those of Dave Kenny, the still spry septuagenarian and Regis Chapman, who is returning to competitive cycling now that his Cassidy yoga studio iis up and running'.

As usual, the first couple of laps were neutralised to enable the youth riders to experience pack riding at near racing speeds and then the green flag dropped and the pace immediately picked up. The next few laps were among the fastest of the race and the pack was spread out in almost single file for a while, with veteran Dave Kenny losing contact. Then the speed dropped a notch and the bunch spread across the road.

With ten laps completed, the bell rang for the first prime and the speed increased again. The first sprint was won by Justin Mark from Chris Cameron and John Lam, with the rest of the pack close behind. By lap twelve, Regis Chapman, then Patrick Burnham and Mike Gill were dropped and by the seventeenth lap, both were lapped and rejoined the pack just before Justin won the second prime.

There was no further action until the third prime which was also won by Steed. Then Nick Kupiak attempted a breakaway, with Justin, Peter Stevenson, and John Lam going with him. In just a lap, they were five seconds up but the bunch, seeing that this was a strong group, set to and brought them back with ten laps to go.

With only four laps remaining, the bell rang signalling the final prime and this time Phil Birrer put his head down and held everyone else off to take the sprint from Burnham, Mark Wieler, Brodie Hay, Justin and Mike Sevcov.

As the race ending approached, the riders set up for the final sprint, knowing that a good position coming out of the last corner would give each the best chance of a high placing. Coming down the straight, Justin Mark was slightly ahead of Peter Stevenson, with Iain and Brodie Hay tucked in behind. Nick Kupiak and Chris Cameron were also in contention, as was Tony Winter As they crossed the finish line, Peter just edged Justin, with youth rider Brodie Hay getting a very creditable third place. Then came Nick who beat Iain Hay by a whisker and Tony Winter rounding out the top six.

All agreed that it had been one of the best races of the season.

In the youth event Abigail rode the twenty laps nearly two minutes faster than the previous week, with brother Aiden also improving on his previous time. It was great to see Dave Kenny, Regis Chapman and Patrick Burnham riding with the youngsters and helping them to improve their drafting skills.

Thanks to Doug Merrick, Glen Gordon and Doug Routley for doing the marshaling tonight.

With one more criterium race to go, here are the updated results. The tie between Justin and Ian was broken by comparing head-to-head results for the two racers. Justin scored 56 points to Ian's 55 points, giving Justin the lead by a narrow margin.  

Rank	Senior Men	Points	Races Counted
1	Justin Mark	60	5
2	Ian Smith	60	5
3	Nick Kupiak	58	5
4	Ray Wagner	54	5
5	Chris Cameron	51	5
6	Menno Jongsma	48	5
7	Iain Hay	46	5
8	Marc Wieler	45	5
9	Mike Sevcov	40	5
10	Paul Thompson	37	5
11	Evan Earp-Jones	37	5
12	Aaron Milan	36	5
13	Michael Gill	32	5
14	Bruce Perry	28	5
15	Bill McMillan	28	5
16	John Lam	23	5
17	Shepherd Stewart	20	5
18	Steve Struthers	20	3
19	Russell Berg	19	3
20	Scott Doran	19	4
21	Steve Crowley	19	5
22	Patrick Burnham	18	5
23	Phil Birrer	16	5
24	Shawn Boyd	14	3
25	Mike Gill	12	5
26	Don Gillmore	12	1
27	Mike Mann	12	2
28	Rob Russell	11	2
29	Matt Allardyce	10	3
30	Mike Addiscott	10	2
31	Fred Hodgson	10	2
32	Kyle Waring	8	2
33	Normon Thibault	6	3
34	Dave Kenny	5	3
35	Regis Chapman	2	2
36	Kirby Villeneuve	2	1
37	Quentin Wicks	1	1
38	Sean De Pol	1	1
39	Mark Overton	1	1
40	Adam McConnell	1	1
41	Ron Hewitson	1	1
42	Colby Large	1	1
43	Rob Bau	1	1
Rank	Youth Men	Points	Races Counted
1	Brodie Hay	60	5
2	Aiden Hare	58	5
3	James Grant	58	5
4	Mark Grant	48	5
5	Ian Gillmore	10	1
6	Andrew Grant	1	1
Rank	Senior Women	Points	Races Counted
1	Charlene Hay	52	5
2	Glenda Harling	24	2
3	Janna Gillick	22	2
4	Laurie Ritchie	13	2
5	Lorrie Baildham	12	1
6	Cheryl Morch	12	1
7	Katie  Wallington	9	1
Rank	Youth Women	Points	Races Counted
1	Abigail Hare	60	5
2	Jessica Reynolds	60	5
3	Mykelti Berg	44	4

This year the popular MIVA cyclo-cross clinics return for a third year. The venue is Beban Park BMX grounds and the new day and time is Wednesday from 5pm on. All MIVA members and associate members may take part for free. Charge for non-members is $5 per session.  Dates are:

September 11th.

September 18th.

Septenmber 25th.

October 2nd.

If you do not have a cyclo-cross bike, bring a road bike as carrying a front or full suspension MTB gets pretty tiring. Topics covered will include:

bike equipment and preparation (tires, pressures, gearing, adapting your road bike), course walking and examination, getting over natural and artificial obstacles, dismounting and mounting, bike carrying,  negotiating  the running (walking?) sections, pacing yourself through the event.

For your interest and edification here is a video of a 1950's cyclo-cross in Britain. Note the bikes and the course features plus the Le Mans start; a little different from today's carbon bikes and fast technical courses!