NVA SPRINTS PRESENTED BY MICHAEL GILL WEALTH MANAGEMENT 15 06 18

NVA SPRINTS PRESENTED BY MICHAEL GILL WEALTH MANAGEMENT 15 06 18Due no doubt to Thursday's forty kilometre time trial and to the big events on the weekend, the only regular to show at the Maxey Road sprints was Kim Sutherland. His presence gave him the twelve points for winning and so Kim consolidated his lead in the series over Patrick Burnham. Due to Canada Day, there will be no sprints next Friday but the final, championship event will be held on Friday, July 10th. With registration at 5.30pm and first heat at 6pm. His Fall the organisers will evaluate different times and days for next season's series. Thanks to all who participated in the 2015 series and thanks to Mike Gill for sponsoring them.

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RESULTS1 Nick Kupiak Broad Street Cycles 1h 01' 35” 12 2 Iain Hay MIVA s.t. 10 3 Brodie Hay Dr. Walker s.t. 9 4 John Lam MIVA s.t. 8 5 Mark Grant LUMA s.t. 7 6 Shepherd Stewart MIVA s.t. 6 7 Janna Gillick Cowichan Cycle s.t. W 12 8 Aaron Milan CVCC s.t. 5 9 Mike Sevcov Cowichan Valley Cycles At 1. sec. 4 10 Carey Mark Steed Cycles s.t. W 10 11 Mike McCarney MIVA s.t. 3 12 Sean De Pol MIVA s.t. 2 13 Steve Crowley MIVA At 2” 2 14 Mark Wieler Arrowsmith s.t. 2 15 Ray Wagner CVCC s.t. 2 16 Dave Beggs Cycle Therapy s.t. 2 17 Bill McMillan MIVA s.t. 2 18 Kim Sutherland MIVA s.t. 2 19 Peter Mogg Type 1 Cycling At 6” 2 DNF Patrick Burnham MIVA 1

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MIVA 41.4KM CRITERIUM 150623Tonight's event was a straight race, with no primes offered. Right from the start, the action was fast and furious, with Kim Sutherland, Carey Mark and Mike McCarney struggling to remain in contact.. By lap 4, they were sitting in more comfortably but Patrick Burnham had started to drift off the back. In the ninth lap, Peterr Mogg and Janna Gillick established a small break and managed to hold it for the next couple of laps but they were soon joined by Nick Kupiak, Mark Grant and Iain Hay and, a lap later, by the rest of the bunch. Surprisingly, the group was still intact, with stragglers managing to stay on the back. While, at the front end, several attempts were made to escape by Janna Gillick, Brodie Hay, Peter Mogg , Sean De Pol and a few others but all to no avail. Since there were no primes to set up for, the mood seemed to be to wait for the finish The fast tempo was maintained for the final ten laps, with a lone dash off the front by Iain Hay on lap thirty-one and a valiant effort at the start of the final lap by Mike Sevcov. But in the end it came down to positioning at the last corner for the sprint to the chequered flag. a group of eight gapped the rest of the field and at the line, it was Nick Kupiak winning comfortably from Iain and Brodie Hay, with John Lam in fourth, Mark Grant in fifth and Shepherd Stewart just edging top woman Janna Gillick to round out the top six. Eighth in the group was Aaron Milan. The second bunch, a second back, was led in by Mike Sevcov with second woman, Casey Mark just behind. As usual, thanks to all the volunteers for making these races possible.

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