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George Baxter gave a top performance to take victory in Cuddon Cycling Marlborough’s club championships on the Seaview course at Seddon on Saturday afternoon.

The open grade 40km massed start event covered 2 laps of the demanding hilly course. The 30 strong field had the best weather on the course for many years with little wind. The start up the hill out of Seddon immediately split the field with 8 riders going clear and another bunch of 9 riders in hot pursuit. With not the usual splits due to the calm conditions 7 riders lined up for the sprint to the line with various titles up for grabs. A strong and determined sprint by Baxter saw him just hold off Cameron Karwowski with the minor placings going to Conway Taylor, David Craig, Paul Newman, Chris Heywood, and Brent Harris respectively. Baxter took out the Senior Mens title and the Mills Cup whilst other titles went to Karwowski (Junior Under 19 Men), Taylor (Veteran 35-44), and David Craig (Veteran 45-54). Amongst many good performances on the day were Rhonda Murphy (Womens title) and Steve Frost (Veteran 55+ title). The sealed handicap win and Gleeson Challenge Cup went to George Looman who had a good ride to finish in the second bunch just under 3 minutes behind the leaders. Bryan Streeter and Todd Neal finished with the same group for second and third placings respectively.

The junior under 17 20km massed start event covered 1 lap of the open course. As expected the favourites rode away quickly leaving the remainder of the field in their wake. A close sprint for line honours saw Callum Streeter prevail over Jamie Hawke and Richard Anderson to take the Jowers Cup and the Junior Under 17 Mens title. Georgia Hammond took the Junior Under 17 Womens title, being to strong in the latter stages to finish just clear of Sonia Ginders. The sealed handicap Drake Challenge Cup went to Phoebe Newsham by a large margin to Callum Streeter and Pim Greven who were second equal.

Results:

Open grade 40km club championship- G Baxter 64m 18s (Senior Mens title) 1, C Karwowski s.t. (Junior U19 Mens title) 2, Conway Taylor s.t. (Veteran 35-44 title) 3, D Craig s.t. (Veteran 45-54 title) 4, P Newman s.t. 5, C Heywood s.t. 6, B Harris s.t. 7, R Dunstan 66m 45s 8, J Roach 66m 51s 9, G Herkt 67m 10s 10, R Murphy 71m 28s (Womens title) 19, S Frost 71m 54s (Veteran 55+ title) 22. Sealed handicap, G Looman (10m) 57m 10s 1, B Streeter (10m) s.t. 2, T Neal (10m) 57m 23s 3, S Frost (14m) 57m 54s 4, M Higgison (20m) 57m 58s 5, J Roach (8m) 58m 51s 6, G Herkt (8m) 59m 10s 7, A Clark (8m) s.t. 8, R Murphy (12m) 59m 28s 9, G Painter (32m) 59m 49s 10.

Junior under 17 grade 20km club championship- C Streeter 33m 45s (Junior U17 Mens title) 1, J Hawke s.t 2, R Anderson s.t. 3, P Greven 39m 45s 4, G Hammond 42m 16s 5. Sealed handicap, P Newsham (14m) 29m 37s 1, C Streeter (scr) and P Grevin (6m) 33m 45s 2 equal, J Hawke (scr) s.t 4, R Anderson (scr) s.t. 5.

Veteran cyclist Ray Dunstan outrode his younger rivals to win the Vincent Cup in Cuddon Cycling Marlborough’s time trial on the Waihopai Valley Road last Saturday afternoon.

The 40km open grade event covered a course from the Grove Mill Winery to just above Craiglochart and return. With a head wind on the outward journey up the valley it was obvious there was only going to be a few rders go under the one hour barrier. Dunstan was heading for a time around 56 minutes when he was unlucky to puncture. He was fortunate to get a spare wheel and carried on to still take victory (57m 59s) by 21 seconds from junior under 19 rider Cameron Karwowski (58m 20s) and another veteran Conway Taylor (58m 58s). 

The Verhey Cup for the sealed handicap deservedly went to Marie Higgison who won by a large margin of 1m 41s to Lance Spencer with another 55s back to Taylor.

The junior under 17 grade rode a 16km time trial to the spy base and return. Top rider Callum Streeter had an easy win to record 26m 32s. Henry Barnett (30m14s) headed off Pim Greven (30m 43s) for second place. The sealed handicap was won by Emma Crosswell by 40s to Greven with Nick Blakiston another 2s back in third place.

Results:

Open grade- 40km Vincent Cup time trial, R Dunstan 57m 59s 1, C Karwowski 58m 20s 2, C Taylor 58m 58s 3, G Baxter 62m 14s 4, C Heywood 63m 34s 5, S Rooney 65m 56s 6, G Herkt 66m 53s 7, N Campbell 67m 31s 8, T Neal 67m 41s 9, P Halligan 67m 48s 10. Sealed handicap, Verhey Cup, M Higgison (22m) 52m 52s 1, L Spencer (15m) 54m 33s 2, C Taylor (3m 30s) 55m 28s 3, N Campbell (11m) 56m 31s 4, C Karwowski (1m) 57m 20s 5, C Murphy (11m) 57m 23s 6, T Neal (10m) 57m 41s 7, P Halligan (10m) 57m 48s 8, G Herkt (9m) 57m 53s 9, S Rooney (8m) 57m 56s 10.

Junior under 17 grade- 16km time trial, C Streeter 26m 32s 1, H Barnett 30m 14s 2, P Greven 30m 43s 3, L Landon-Lane 31m 40s 4, W Hart 31m 52s 5. Sealed handicap, E Crosswell (8m) 25m 03s 1, P Greven (5m) 25m 43s 2, N Blakiston (11m) 25m 45s 3, W Hart (6m) 25m 52s 4, E Jacoby (6m 30s) 26m 00s 5.  

A strong performance by Cuddon Cycling Marlborough’s riders saw them take the lead in the first round of the interclub series for the H G Hunter Memorial Shield in Nelson on Saturday afternoon.

The open grade interclub event was staged as part of the Brian Harford Mini Tour. The winner of the 3 stage 45km event on points was Chris Charles (Star and Garter Wheelers) with the minor placings going to clubmate Chris Nicholson and Cameron Karwowski (CCM) respectively. Other Marlborough riders who were well placed were Chris Heywood (6th), David Craig (8th) and Stephen Rooney (9th). 

The handicap section of the event counted towards the interclub points. Jamie Kidd (CCM) cemented the overall handicap honours with a great victory in the final stage. Other high placed Marlborough riders were Karwowski (3rd), Mike Murphy (4th), Rooney (6th), and Heywood (7th). The final first round points for the H G Hunter Memorial Shield were Cuddon Cycling Marlborough 111pts, Star and Garter Wheelers 88pts, and Cycling Nelson 11pts.

The junior under 17 grade competed in a 23km handicap event over 2 laps of the Maiseys Road circuit in the first round of the Picton Shield. The event was won by K Ford (N) from clubmate M Black with scratch rider T Nicholson in third place. Nicholson also took fastest time when he outsprinted the Marlborough pair Callum Streeter and Ethan Roach. The current Picton Shield points are Cycling Nelson 25pts, Star and Garter Wheelers 17pts, and Cuddon Cycling Marlborough 13pts.

Results:

Open grade- Brian Harford Mini Tour, C Charles (SGW) 111pt 1, C Nicholson (SGW) 110pt 2, C Karwowski (CCM) 102pt 3, G Overend (SGW) 100pt 4, N Batt (N) 98pt 5, C Heywood (CCM) 94pt 6, K Hamilton (SGW) 86pt 7, D Craig (CCM) 81pt 8, S Rooney (CCM) 81pt 9, G Black (N) 80pt 10.

H G Hunter Memorial Shield (Round 1), J Kidd (CCM) 48pt 1, C Charles (SGW) 47pt 2, C Karwowski (CCM) 36pt 3, M Murphy (CCM) 35pt 4, C Nicholson (SGW) 33pt 5, S Rooney (CCM) 32pt 6, C Heywood (CCM) 31pt 7, P Ashley (SGW) 30pt 8, G Overend (SGW) 30pt 9, R Matheson (SGW) 28pt 10. Cuddon Cycling Marlborough 111pt 1, Star and Garter Wheelers 88pt 2, Cycling Nelson 11pt 3.

Junior Under 17 grade- Picton Shield (Round 1), K Ford (N) 1, M Black (N) 2, T Nicholson (SGW) 3, C Streeter (CCM) 4, E Roach (CCM) 5, T Ashley (SGW) 6, T Hodgson(SGW) 7, N Clark (N) 8, A Main (N) 9, J Main (N) 10. Cycling Nelson 25pt 1, Star and Garter Wheelers 17pt 2, Cuddon Cycling Marlborough 13pt 3.  

Josh Roach was decisive in his sprint to the line when he took line honours in Cuddon Cycling Marlborough’s Osgood Cups event on Saturday afternoon.

The open grade 54km handicap event covered a course from Blenheim to Picton and return. The headwind on the outward journey took its toll on the front markers with a 30 minute handicap over the scratch markers being deleted to 7 minutes at the top of the Elevation climb on the return journey.The journey home saw the middle groups not losing alot of time to the back markers. The 6 minute markers had pulled in the 13 minute markers just after Kormiko and hit the front before Tuamarina. Strong riding saw them hold their ground with Roach taking the sprint from Todd Neal, Andrew Gifford, Gareth Morris and Brian Streeter respectively. The fastest time trophy was won by Cameron Karwowski when he held off co-markers Conal Sloan, Chris Heywood and Ray Dunstan respectively.

The junior under 17 grade rode a 24km handicap event over 3 laps of the Lower Wairau circuit. It was Nick Blakiston (off 18m) who rode strongly to hold off the 8 minute group by just 28 seconds for victory. Will Hart led the chasers in for the minor placings from Jess ives and Alex Peter. Scratch marker Callum Streeter out sprinted co- marker Ethan Roach for fastest time honours.

Results:

Open grade- Osgood Cups 54km handicap event, J Roach (off 6m) 1, T Neal (off 6m) 2, A Gifford (off 6m) 3, G Morris (off 6m) 4, B Streeter (off 6m) 5, M Hughes (off 13m) 6, C McCarthy (off 13m) 7, M Loach (off 13m) 8, J Kidd (off 4m) 9, C Murphy (off 6m) 10. Fastest time, C Karwowski (scratch) 79m 30s 1, C Sloan (scratch) s.t. 2, C Heywood (scratch) s.t. 3, R Dunstan (scratch) s.t. 4, D Craig  (1m 30s) 81m 00s 5. Womens fastest time, R Murphy (6m) 84m 40s 1, M Hughes (13m) 90m 46s 2, C McCarthy (13m) s.t. 3.

Junior under 17 grade- 24km handicap event, N Blakistan (off 18m) 1, W Hart (off 8m) 2, J Ives (off 8m) 3, A Peter (off 8m) 4, P Newton (off 14m) 5. Fastest time, C Streeter (scratch) 34m 55s 1, E Roach (scratch) 34m 57s 2, C Saunders (6m) 40m 56s 3.  

Veteran cyclist Gill Painter took his second victory of the season when he took line honours in Cuddon Cycling Marlborough’s James Palatchie Memorial Cup event from Riverlands last Saturday afternoon.

The open grade 45km handicap event followed a course over the Weld and Dashwood Pass into the Awatere Valley Road and return. On the tailwind outward journey Denis Church (off 31min) had shed his co-marker Painter early on and was first to turn for home, still 20 minutes ahead of the scratch markers. Most groups had lost riders over the climbs and battled into the head winds on the chase home. A big effort from Painter saw him overhaul a tiring Church on the Riverlands straights. As the bunches loomed down on him Painter crossed the line to win by a mere 10 seconds. Craig Murphy (off 8min) just pipped Church for second place with Todd Neal (off 8min), Martyn Loach (off 14min), Willi Borst (off 14min) and Neil Campbell (off 8min) finishing close up respectively. Fastest time honours went to scratch marker David Craig from Chris Heywood with Bronwen Frazer 30 seconds back taking third fastest time.

The junior under 17 grade 24km handicap event for the Palatchie Cup was held twice over an out and return course on Taylor Pass Road. A good field of 18 riders saw close competition amongst the groups in the windy conditions. As field closed up in the last few kilometres it was new rider Georgia Hammond (off 11min) who outsprinted her co-marker Sonia Ginders by two bike lengths to take victory. Alex Peter (off 14m) held on for third place from Pim Greven (off 9min) and Callum Saunders (off 9min). Fastest time honours went to scratch marker Ethan Roach from co-marker Callum Streeter.

Results:

Open grade- Palatchie Cup 45km handicap, G Painter (off 31m) 1, C Murphy (off 8m) 2, D Church (off 31m) 3, T Neal (off 8m) 4, M Loach (off 14m) 5, W Borst (off 14m) 6, N Campbell (off 8m) 7, M Higgison (off 23m) 8, J Kidd (off 4m) 9, S Rooney (off 4m) 10. Fastest time, D Craig (off scr) 69m 43s 1, C Heywood (off scr) s.t. 2, B Frazer (off scr) 70m 14s 3, B Neylon (off scr) 71m 53s 4, J Kidd (off 4m) 72m 56s 5.

Junior under 17 grade- Palatchie Cup 24km handicap, G Hammond (off 11m) 1, S Ginders (off 11m) 2, A Peter (off 14m) 3, P Grevin (off 9m) 4, C Saunders (off 9m) 5, Q Karwowski (off 11m) 6, P Newton (off 14m) 7, E Roach (off scr) 8, C Streeter (off scr) 9, A Duggan (off 11m) 10. Fastest time, E Roach (scr) 38m 31s 1, C Streeter (scr) s.t. 2, P Greven (9m) 44m 32s 3, C Saunders (9m) 44m 34s 4, H Barnett (5m) 45m 46s 5. 

Veterans Ray Dunstan and Paul Johnson teamed well to take fastest time and handicap honours in Cuddon Cycling Marlborough’s Geddes Cups two-up time trial event from Renwick on Saturday afternoon.

The open grade 40km event started and finished at the Waihopai turnoff on State Highway 63 covering a course up the Wairau Valley and return. After a good fast ride to the turn riders were battered by a tough headwind on the return journey. The Dunstan/Johnson combination had a convincing win in recording 55 minutes 22 seconds, with their closest rivals Cameron Karwowski and Chris Heywood being the only other team to go under the hour with a good 56 minutes 25 seconds. The David Craig/Martin Fletcher pairing recorded 60 minutes 14 seconds for third place.

The hard conditions also saw the top riders take the handicap placings. Dunstan/Johnson (55m 22s) won from Craig/Fletcher (55m 44s) and Karwowski/Heywood (55m 55s) respectively.

The junior under 17 grade rode a two-up time trial over 20km up the Waihopai Valley and return. The challenge for time honours saw a convincing victory to Callum Streeter/Ethan Roach (30m 47s) from Jamie Hawke/Richard Anderson (32m 01s) and Leatham Landon-Lane/Callum Saunders (38m 11s). The sealed handicap went to Landon-Lane/Saunders (30m 11s) from Elodie Jacoby/Anna Duggan (30m 38s) and Streeter/Roach (30m 47s).

Results:

Open grade- Geddes Cups 40km two-up time trial, R Dunstan/P Johnson 55m 22s 1, C Karwowski/C Heywood 56m 25s 2, D Craig/M Fletcher 60m 14s 3, T Neal/G Herkt 62m 35s 4, R Lock/S Rooney 62m 43s 5, G Henderson/B Streeter 63m 50s 6, P Newman/S Aviss 64m 07s 7, M Bruce/A Clark 65m 47s 8, N Campbell/M Higgison 66m 26s 9, C Murphy/J P Carre 68m 16s 10. Sealed handicap, R Dunstan/P Johnson (scr) 55m 22s 1, D Craig/M Fletcher (4m 30s) 55m 44s 2, C Karwowski/C Heywood (30s) 55m 55s 3, T Neal/G Herkt (6m 30s) 56m 05s 4, G Henderson/B Streeter (7m 30s) 56m 20s 5.

Junior under 17 grade- 20km two-up time trial, C Streeter/E Roach 30m 47s 1, J Hawke/R Anderson 32m 01s 2, L Landon-Lane/C Saunders 38m 11s 3, E Jacoby/A Duggan 40m 38s 4, D Cresswell/Q Karwowski 42m 05s 5. Sealed handicap, L Landon-Lane (8m) 30m 11s 1, E Jacoby/A Duggan (10m) 30m 38s 2, C Streeter/E Roach (scr) 30m 47s 3.    

Sharon de Castro’s consistent efforts paid off when she took line honours in Cuddon Cycling Marlborough’s event on the Northbank Road last Saturday afternoon.

The open grade 40km handicap event started at Forrest Estate Winery on State Highway 6 and covered a course up the Northbank Road and returned to finish just before the main road. De Castro and Marie Higgison off the 22m limit mark broke away from their co-markers and never looked back. The two frontrunners teamed well with the sprint to the line going to de Castro from Higgison with a clear margin of 4 minutes back to their nearest rivals. The 12 strong 6 minute group managed to stay clear of the backmarkers to take the rest of the minor placings. Pete Halligan took third place in heading off Todd Neal, Brett Burns, and Rhonda Murphy. The 7 strong 1 minute break bunch rode with conviction to catch the 2m 30m group on the return journey and in doing so managed to snatch time off the scratch group by a mere 1 second. Ray Dunstan took the time honours from Brett Walker, Paul Newman, Marcel Mulder and David Craig.

The junior under 17 grade rode a 20km handicap event on the same course. It was again the front markers that provided the action by coming home just over 2 minutes clear of the scratch bunch. The 18 minute group of Nick Blakistan, Piers Landon-Lane and Lydia Barnett teamed well with Blakiston finishing well to win by 4 seconds over Landon-Lane and Barnett. Richard Anderson had an excellent debut to road racing when he took fastest time honours from his scratch co-markers Callum Streeter and Ethan Roach respectively.

Results:

Open grade- 40km handicap, S de Castro (off 22m) 1, M Higgison (off 22m) 2, P Halligan (off 6m) 3, T Neal (off 6m) 4, B Burns (off 6m) 5, R Murphy (off 6m) 6, B Streeter (off 6m) 7, M McManaway (off 6m) 8, S Frost (off 6m) 9, B Ackroyd (off 6m) 10. Fastest time, R Dunstan (1m) 59m 57s 1, B Walker (1m) s.t. 2, P Newman (1m) s.t. 3, M Mulder (1m) s.t. 4, D Craig (1m) s.t. 5. Fastest Women, R Murphy (6m) 63m 45s 1, M Hughes (6m) s.t 2, W Borst (11m) 68m 52s 3.

Junior under 17 grade- 20km handicap, N Blakistan (off 18m) 1, P Landon-Lane (off 18m) 2, L Barnett (off 18m) 3, R Anderson (off scr) 4, C Streeter (off scr) 5, E Roach (off scr) 6, H Barnett (off 4m) 7, C Saunders (off 6m) and L Landon-Lane (off 6m) 8 equal, D Cresswell (off 7m) 10. Fastest time, R Anderson (scr) 32m 12s 1, C Streeter (scr) s.t. 2, E Roach (scr) s.t. 3.

Junior under 17 rider Callum Streeter outsprinted his rivals and smashed the record when he won the James Brothers Trophy at Cuddon Cycling Marlborough’s events at Fairhall on Saturday afternoon.

The junior under 17 grade 22km massed start event started and finished at Fairhall hall taking in one lap of the large Hawkesbury circuit. A good field of 18 riders started with Streeter, Ethan Roach and Jamie Hawke soon riding away. The trio worked hard together with Streeter taking line honours convincingly from Roach and Hawke respectively. Streeter’s time of 34 minutes 09 seconds sheared 18 seconds off the record set by Nathan Stretch in 1996. The sealed handicap section was won by the consistent Emma Crosswell who was 2 seconds up on Daniel Cresswell with Streeter taking third place 2 minutes 33seconds back.

The open grade 41km handicap event for the Funnell Trophy took in two laps of the large Hawkesbuy circuit and one lap of the small circuit also starting and finishing at Fairhal hall. After the first two laps it was consistent riding by the 13 minute bunch that saw them in control. With 12km to go the small scratch group of George Baxter, Kevin Bishell and Chris Heywood were only 10 seconds up on time on the 3 minute 2nd break bunch of 10 riders. This 3m group had caught the 6 minute group which swelled their numbers to 15 riders and were 1 minute up on time on the 1 minute 30 second break bunch. 

The front five stayed away and a good close sprint to the line saw Lance Spencer take line honours from Martyn Loach, Peter Burge, Willi Borst and Wayne Barnett. Conway Taylor, Antony Clark and Martin Fletcher headed in the big bunch one and a half minutes back. The sratch trio rallied in the final stages with Baxter taking fastest time from Bishell and Heywood 31 seconds up on the Taylor’s group.

Results:

Open grade- Funnell Trophy 41km hcp, L Spencer (off 13m) 1, M Loach (off 13m) 2, P Burge (off 13m) 3, W Borst (off 13m) 4, W Barnett (off 13m) 5, C Taylor (off 3m) 6, A Clark (off 3m) 7, M Fletcher (off 3m) 8, B Streeter (off 6m) 9, T Neal (off 6m) 10. Fastest Time, G Baxter (scr) 60m 04s 1, K Bishell (scr) s.t. 2, C Heywood (scr) s.t. 3, C Taylor (off 6m) 60m 35s 4, A Clark (off 6m) s.t.5. Woman’s fastest time, Rhonda Murphy (off 6m) 63m 35s.

Junior under 17 grade- James Bros. Trophy 22km massed start, C Streeter 34m 09s *New Record 1, E Roach 34m 10s 2, J Hawke 34m 14s 3, H Barnett 39m 47s 4, E Ward 39m 49s 5, C Saunders 40m 39s 6, L Landon-Lane s.t. 7, P Greven 41m 17s 8, S Ginders 41m 24s 9, J Ives 41m 25s 10. Sealed hcp, E Crosswell (10m) 31m 34s 1, D Cresswell (10m) 31m 36s 2, C Streeter (scr) 34m 09s 3, E Roach (scr) 34m 10s 4, J Hawke (scr) 34m 14s 5.

Veteran campaigner Gill Painter outsprinted his co-markers to take victory in Cuddon Cycling Marlborough’s Van Antwerpen Trophy event from Grovetown on Saturday afternoon.

Forty two riders started in the open grade 44km handicap event which started and finished in Vickerman Street, Grovetown, and covered 3 laps of the Lower Wairau circuit. During the first two laps it was the strong scratch group that was the big mover, pulling in the 1m 30s and 3m groups. The final lap saw the 22m front markers still in control with the win looming. Four riders sprinted for line honours with Painter having the edge over Sharon de Castro, Malinda Spencer and Marie Higgison respectively. The backmarkers picked up the 6m 30s group 3km from home to see 25 riders sprint in 1m 30s behind the winners. Scratch marker Cameron Karwowski was a convincing winner to take the fastest time trophy, ahead of George Baxter, Larry Kendall, David Craig and Marcel Mulder.

The junior under 17 grade rode a 24km handicap event over one and a half laps of the open course for the Amtman and Sincock Trophies. The 8m 30s and the 14m 30s group joined up mid-race to form a strong group to ride through the field. It was Callum Saunders (8m 30s) wo had to much sting at the end to comfortably win the Amtman Trophy from co-marker Leatham Landon-Lane, Emma Crosswell (14m 30s), Jess Ives (8m 30s), Sonia Ginders (8m 30s) and Daniel Cresswell (14m 30s). Scratch rider Callum Streeter had a strong solo ride to take fastest time and the Sincock Trophy.

Results:

Open grade- 44km hcp Van Antwerpen Trophies, G Painter (off 22m) 1, S de Castro (off 22m) 2, M Spencer (off 22m) 3, M Higgison (off 22m) 4, C Karwowski (off scr) 5, G Baxter (off scr) 6, L Kendall (off 3m) 7, D Craig (off 1m 30s) 8, M Mulder (off 1m 30s) 9, B Walker (off 1m 30s) 10. Fastest time, C Karwowski (scr) 64m 04s 1, G Baxter (scr) s.t. 2, C Heywood (scr) s.t. 3, B Harris (scr) s.t. 4, K Bishell (scr) s.t. 5. Fastest Woman, R Murphy (6m 30s) 70m 34s 1, M Lister (6m 30s) s.t. 2, W Borst (12m) 78m 33s 3.

Junior under 17 grade- 24km hcp Amtman/Sincock Trophies, C Saunders (off 8m 30s) 1, L Landon-Lane (off 8m 30s) 2, E Crosswell (off 14m 30s) 3, J Ives (off 8m 30s) 4, S Ginders (off 8m 30s) 5. Fastest time, C Streeter (scr) 40m 24s 1, H Barnett (4m 30s) 44m 29s 2, C Saunders (8m 30s) 46m 51s 3.

The return of George Baxter livened up the cycling scene when he took first place and fastest time in Cuddon Cycling Marlborough’s Waihopai event last Saturday afternoon.

The open grade 40km handicap event covered a course from the Grove Mill Winery to just above Craiglochart and return. With a slight head wind on the outward journey the strong 1minute 30second break bunch led by Baxter caught the 3 minute group and then the 6 minute group just after the turn for home. The large group motored back down the valley to run down the front runners with approximately 10km to go. Seventeen riders lined up for the sprint to the line with Baxter heading off Ray Dunstan (1m 30s), Glen Herkt (3m), Mike Murphy (1m 30s), Graham Henderson (6m), and Martyn Bruce (1m 30s) respectively in a close finish. Baxter, Dunstan and Murphy also took the time placings respectively after heading off the scratch group by 35 seconds.

The junior under 17 grade rode a 20km handicap event to just beyond the Spy Station and return. Hard riding by the scratch duo of Callum Streeter and Ethan Roach saw them hit the front just before the finish. Roach took the sprint for line honours and fastest time from Streeter. Two seconds back Emma Crosswell (off 12m) took third place from co-marker Daniel Cresswell.

Results:

Open grade- 40km handicap, G Baxter (off 1m 30s) 1, R Dunstan (off 1m 30s) 2, G Herkt (off 3m) 3, M Murphy (off 1m 30s) 4, G Henderson (off 6m) 5, M Bruce (off 1m 30s) 6, R Murphy (off 6m) 7, M McManaway (off 6m) 8, W Borst (off 12m) 9, M Loach (off 12m) 10. Fastest time, G Baxter (1m 30s) 59m 30s 1, R Dunstan (1m 30s) s.t. 2, M Murphy (1m 30s) s.t. 3, M Bruce (1m 30s) s.t. 4, B Neylon (1m 30s) s.t. 5. Womans fastest time, B Frazer (scr) 60m 05s 1, R Murphy (6m) 64m 00s 2, M Lister (6m) s.t. 3.

Junior under 17 grade- 20km handicap, E Roach (off scr) 1, C Streeter (off scr) 2, E Crosswell (off 12m) 3, D Cresswell (off 12m) 4, L Landon-Lane (off 7m 30s) 5. Fastest time, E Roach (scr) 30m 24s 1, C Streeter (scr) 30m 29s 2, L Landon-Lane (7m 30s) 38m 51s.