Bathurst Cycling Club

WHERE TO GO:

Dubbo Cycle Club is staging an interclub road meeting Sunday 19 July 2009 at the commencement of Burraway Road, Brocklehurst (Dubbo). (see attached map)
The Interclub meeting will offer a 60km handicapped road race for riders commencing at 11:00 am sharp. The meeting will also offer a 36 km road race for eligible under 15 riders and 18 km road race for under 13 which will be the Western Division Championships starting a 10 am.

 Registration for the 60km handicapped road race will commence at 10:00 am and conclude at 10:30 am. With the following prizemoney on offer: 1st $200, 2nd $100, 3rd $50, 4th $30, 5th $20, 6th $10
Also fastest time $150 and first female across the line of $50. All this for only $10 entry, did I hear you say wow!!! (If we have more than 60 riders this Prize money could increase).

The under 9 & 11 Western Division road race will be held at the end of Sheraton Road past Bunnings Warehouse, starting at 1.30 pm.
The Dubbo Club looks forward to seeing you all on the day. If you require any further information please contact Michael Coffee on 0438 726 836

Hollee Simons in the under 13 girls Category started out her campaign in fine style with a win in stage 1, followed by a second in stage 2. But then on Day 2 Hollee showed why she is the current NSW Under 13 State Time Trial Champion, blitzing the field in the 3^rd Stage Time Trial Stage and then record a comfortable win in the final road race to easily win the Yellow jersey for the overall champion Female in the u13s Division.  

Bathurst had 2 very promising riders in the Under 15 Men’s Division at Tamworth with Harrison Jones and Harrison Carter both candidates for the Yellow jersey.  Stage 1 saw Harrison Carter and pre race favourite Nathan Bradshaw break clear to take the top two placings, Carter finishing 2nd place but claiming the King of Mountains JERSEY, with Harrison Jones finishing in pack. Stage 2 saw another demanding climb with Harrison Carter coming away with the win over the National sprint champion Michael Docker while Harrison Jones was moving into contention with very credible 6^th. 

Day 2 started with a Time Trial; Harrison Carter wearing the yellow jersey put in a top ride to finish second to Nathan Bradshaw who moved into the overall lead, Harrison Jones getting stronger all the time put in a great ride for 4th place. Harrison Carter put in a gallant performance in Stage 4 attacking the climb to attempt to win back the Yellow and Climbers Jersey, as a result an elite bunch of 7 riders broke clear in the stage that included both Bathurst Boys. In the dash to the line Carter timed his sprint to perfection to came away with the win, but sadly just missed winning the overall Yellow Jersey, Harry Jones again strong but unsuited by the stage finish coming 7^th in the stage.

Wagga Wagga McDonald's Classic - After watching Mark Renshaw all through May in the Giro Craig McAlister has developed into a super sprinter. Big Powerhouse Craig Mc lite up in the bunch sprint to win the 84km event in an Awesome display... Other locals included Conor Trott with a very impressive 6th the the 116km event, Jarrah Deans and Mick Marshall rode good races in the 84km, while Tim Guy and Blair Windsor where Scratch markers in the 116km event - see write-up.

DAY 1 - 2009 Wagga Wagga McDonald's Classic - Australia’s top Juniors took the honours at day one of the McDonalds Classic at Wagga Wagga on the weekend (6/06/09). U19s Category riders winning the elite 116km event and also recording fastest time.

NSW under 19 Track Champ Alex Carver winning the event after his 4 minute bunch rode through the field, and then sprinted it out for the excellent prizemoney on offer. Second going to Southern Highland’s Shaun Lewis with under 19s juniors Jack Bennett and Adam Phelan 3^rd and 4^th . Nowra’s Michael Troy taking 5^th infront of another junior Conor Trott of Bathurst Cycling Club.

Drapac Porsches Robbie Williams and Praties Will Clarke where locked in Battle for fastest Time till recently selected National Junior Rep Aaron Donnelly up staged both taking the Fastest Time honours in 2h 39m 12s.

The 84km Handicap race was won by Bathurst Cycling Clubs Craig McAlister who put in an outstanding sprint to kick away from a big bunch in the dash to the line, second going to Brad Lovelock with Oranges Allan Adams 3^rd. Fastest time going to local wagga rider Daniel Uden.

Orange’s Matt Dean and Bathurst’s Glen McGill backed up there great ride in the Rockley Cup on the weekend with another dominate display in the local handicap event. The pair making light work of their time penalty for winning the Rockley Cup with Deans this time taking the win infront of McGill after the pair rode away from the other middle markers and caught all the front markers well before the finish of the 40km event.

Early in the event Phil Cole and Phil Lowe built a solid lead after a fast start but by mid way they where challenged by a number of riders, including Tim Scott, Rosemary Hastings, Carol Goddard and Tamsyn Moana-Veale.  By  Quarry Hill both the Ian Hill, Ian Grant, John Anderson bunch and the Rob Stephen, Mark Sutton, Mick Foran Group where threatening the leaders, while Simon Edgar and Nathan Bankovic where trying to climbing across to them. 

However soon after Glen McGill and Matt Dean burst onto the scene and the whole event changed complexion with the pair riding though the front markers, with only the backmarkers lead by Blair Windsor, Ryan ODonnell, Dean Martin a slim chance of making up the start to catch the leading pair before the finish. In the end Dean beating McGill with John Anderson holding onto the pair to record an excellent 3^rd placing in front of Ian Grant and the inform Tamsyn Moana Veale. Blair Windsor finishing with fastest time. 

Glen McGill has shows some of his old form in the 2009 Rockley Cup - Riding off the 16min mark Bathursts Glen McGill and comarker Matt Dean of Orange join up with Juniors Harry Carter and Chris Cady (19m30s) to catch the very impressive tear away lead Tamsyn Moana Veale in the final stages of the demanding 60km event, and fight out the top four placing. In true Rockley Cup style the back Marker burst onto the scene in the last 10 kms with 2007 winner Mick Cain 5th and Tim Guy finishing centmetres behind Graham Wheeler in 7th place. Bruce Goddard, Nick North rounding out the top 10 just behind the luckless Tamsyn Moana Veale. See Top 10 photo below.... more soon

 Top 20 - 1st Glen McGill (16m) 1hr 53m53s, 2nd Matt Dean (16m), 3rd Harry Carter (19.30m); followed by Chris Cady (19.30m), Mick Cain (12.30m), Graham Wheeler (22.30m), Tim Guy (scr), Tamsyn Moana Veale ((31.30m), Bruce Goddard (8.30m), Nic North (7.30m), Jill Harris, Michael Troy, Steve Buckley, Mark Windsor, Owen McPhillamy, Peter Cady, Mat Cotton, Dennis Martin, Mark Simons, Dave Reece, 

 Attached are Photos of the top 25placegetters

PLUS - Special Mention of Margaret Cady who raced and finished Bathurst's toughest Club event with her Son and Grandson.

The next crop stars take out the 2009 John Butler

The next Generation of local cycling stars fought out the John Butler Memorial Road Race on the weekend. The event is one of the Major Trophy Event on the Bathurst Cycling Calender, and boosts a very impressive list of winners in its 33 year history.

Run as a Graded Scratch Race the John Butler memorial trophy is awarded to the winner of the A grade, with local stars Mark Renshaw and Dean Windsor winning 6 of the last 10 events.

There was an opportunity for the Clubs new talent to make their mark, and that exactly what Orange’s Gus Tobin did when he broke clear in the final stages to record a very impressive victory. A current Junior National Champion Tobin is recognised as a very bright local prospect and a very worthy winner of the John Butler.

Also demonstrating his future potential was second place getter Craig Hutton, the Stanislaus College Student has jumped up through the grades to become one of the best riders currently in the club, his second place showing he has many wins in store. Certainly not out classed World Masters Competitor Bruce Goddard claimed third overall infront of Jarrod Bell, Steve Bennett, Ryan ODonnald and National Masters Champ Dennis Martin.

Jarrod Bell 4^th overall seen him a big winner in B grade, with former race winner Drew Carter second infront of Dave Jones, Simon Hine and Phil Doble. Similarly C Grade was won in emphatic style when Simon Egar broke clear for a big win. Second going to another strong Bathurst junior Harrison Jones, and third taken by NSW masters Champ Jill Harris. Tim Woodford-smith defeating Tom McClelland and Michael Foran for forth. D grade produced another big winner with Tiffany Mason putting in an impressive performance win from Marian Renshaw and Rosemary Hastings.

(see Honour Role at http://www.bathurstcyclingclub.com/page13.html)

14 dedicated riders braved the unfavourable weather conditions on Sunday 15th Feb to contest the Handicapped Teams Time Trial event run over the 26km Anzac Course.
Due to low numbers, teams were reduced to only 2 riders.
As was expected very windy conditions impacted on course times on the day.
The event was a Handicapped format, where-by Teams of 2 riders were given a combined HCP time based on riders ability.

The overall timed scratch results were -

1st Dennis Martin / Ryan O'Donnell - 38.01 mins
2nd Steve Bennett / Mark Gallagher - 41.38 mins
3rd Heath Milton / Simon Hine - 43.38 mins
4th David Reece / Chris Cady - 44.33 mins
5th Graham & Lachlan Wheeler - 46.04 mins
6th Marion Renshaw / Mitchell Wheeler - 52.24 mins
7th Phil Cole / Geoffrey Hawkins - 52.47 mins

On revised HCP times results were -

1st Graham & Lachlan Wheeler - 36.34 mins
2nd Steve Bennett & Mark Gallagher - 36.38 mins
3rd David Reece & Chris Cady - 37.33 mins
4th Heath Milton & Simon Hine - 37.38 mins
5th Dennis Martin & Ryan O'Donnell - 38.01 mins
6th Marion Renshaw & Mitchell Wheeler - 40.24 mins
7th Phil Cole & Geoffrey Hawkins - 40.47 mins

The big fields continued in the local Bathurst Club events with 4 action packed grades contested on the weekend. A grade was a final hit out for a Dean and Blair Windsor before they travel to Victoria to help Bathurst Team mate Mark Renshaw attempt win his third Bay Classic Series.

As expected the pair took the top two placings in A Grade, with Dean continuing his excellent run of local race wins with yet another solo victory against the impress A Grade line-up. Blair Windsor leading the chase home in second in front of Conor Trott and Ryan ODonnell who along with Dan Watson had been quite aggressive during the 30km event.  5^th went to rookie of the year Steve Bennett infront of Tom Oxley, star triathlete Nic North and another impressive newcomer in Mark Eves.

B Grade featured a number of attacks, including moves by Jarrod Bell, Toireasa Gallagher and Scott Allen however in the end it came down to a sprint, with Dave Jones holding on to defeat Scott Allen and Tony Barlow, after kicking early in the sprint. 4^th going to Jarrod Bell, with Craig Hutton just getting Graham Stait and Damien Bennett on the line for 5^th.  

C Grade was the biggest field of the day, with Queensland visitor Nick Mason and newcomers Doug White, Craig Eves and David Reece all keeping the pace high early. Yet again the field came back together for a bunch sprint at the end with Bruce Hutton showing his experience to defeat the youngsters Harry Carter and Harrison Jones, with Michael Foran charging home for 4^th.

There was still plenty in contention in the D Grade event at the half way point with Club legends Geoff Ryan, Geoffrey Hawkins and Clive Laing fighting it out with Mitchell Wheeler, Phil Cole, Carla Gallwey and Angela Jones. It looked like experience would win the day when the veterans started applying the pressure, but junior Mitch Wheeler spoiled their party jumping clear towards the end of the event to take the win. Geoff Ryan lead the masters home with Laing and Hawkins not far behind with the very consistent Carla Gallwey.

Results:

A Grade

1^st Dean Windsor

2^nd Blair Windsor

3^rd Conor Trott

4^th Ryan ODonnell

5^th Steve Bennett

B Grade

1^st Dave Jones

2^nd Scott Allen

3^rd Tony Barlow

4^th Jarrod Bell

5^th Craig Hutton

C Grade

1^st Bruce Hutton

2^nd Harrison Carter

3^rd Harrison Jones

4^th Mick Foran

5^th Mark Windsor

D Grade

1^st Mitch Wheeler

2^nd Geoff Ryan

3^rd Clive Laing

4^th Carla Gallwey

5^th Geoffrey Hawkins

Plenty of hard racing at the moment in the Bathurst Cycling Club, with the local riders racing a tour for the second week in a row. This week’s event was a tough 4 stage event again using a team format where the team leader can only win one stage.

Division 1

Both stage 1 and 2 where dominated by the Drapac team with Rod Esdaile and Mark Gallagher working hard early to set up Conor Trott  Dean Windsor to break clear on the hills. Stage 3 seen the Bathurst (Nicco Kastellien, Craig McAlister and Damien Bennett) try to steal victory with Craig McAlister attempting a bold solo attack, the plan only foiled in the final kilometer of the stage when Dean Windsor caught the tear-away leader and made it three out of three for Drapac.

Only seconds separated the teams in the final teams time trial stage to perthville, with Bellys Bikes Team of Dan Watson, Daniel Schwartz, David Jones and promising new comer Mark Eves impressing when they recorded the fastest time from the Budget team of Ryan O'Donnell, Steve Brilley, Tony Barlow and Steve Bennett.

However the Drapac team had already sealed overall victory in the tour with their wins in the first three stages, second going to Budget infont of Bathurst in third.

RESULTS

Division 1 – Stage 1

Conor Trott

Steve Bennett

Daniel Schwartz

Steve Brilley

Craig McAlister

Division 1 – Stage 2

Conor Trott

Daniel Schwartz

Steve Brilley

Steve Bennett

Damien Bennett

Division 1 – Stage 3

Dean Windsor

Craig McAlister

Nick Kastelein

Daniel Schwartz

Dan Watson

Division 1 – Stage 4 – Team Time Trial

1. Belly's Bikes (Dan Watson, Daniel Schwartz, David Jones, Mark Eves)

2. Budget (Ryan O'Donnell, Steve Brilley, Tony Barlow, Steve Bennett)

3. Bathurst  (Nick Kastelein, Craig McAlister, Damien Bennett)

Overall Result – Division 1.

1^st Drapac (Dean Windsor, Conor Trott, Rod Esdaile, Mark Gallagher)

2^nd Budget (Ryan O'Donnell, Steve Brilley, Tony Barlow, Steve Bennett)

3^rd Bathurst (Nick Kastelein, Craig McAlister, Damien Bennett

Division 2:

A handicap format guaranteed close racing in the Division 2 tour, recent Elite Women’s State Medalist Danielle Goddard taking the win in the first Stage from Scratch team mate  Craig Hutton and Limit rider Cruz Conroy 3^rd.

Doug Whyte rode a great race in the hills to record a fine victory for the Block team in Stage 2, however Scratch riders Craig Hutton and Danielle Goddard where again up there in second and third; as-too Cruz Conroy who took 4^th infront of Ian Hill.

Cruz Conroy continued his excellent form into stage 3 where he scored a big win from Steve Buckley (team seventy)  with Conroy’s team mate Geoffrey Hawkins finishing third.

Conroy and Hawkins combining with Harrison Conroy to take overall victory in the tour when they finished third in the final time trial Stage behind Team Seventy consisting of Greg Wills, Steve Buckley, Nathan Clark and Carol Goddard, and the Masters team of Rosemary Hastings, Rob McAlary, Anne McAlary.

Results

Division 2 – Stage 1

Danielle Goddard

Craig Hutton

Cruz Conroy

Nathan Clarke

Anne McAlary

Division 2 – Stage 2

Doug Whyte

Craig Hutton

Danielle Goddard

Cruz Conroy

Ian Hill

Division 2 – Stage 3

Cruz Conroy

Steve Buckley

Geoffry Hawkins

Nathan Clark

Danielle Goddard

Division 2 – Stage 4 – Team Time Trial.

1^st Bathurst - Greg Wills, Steve Buckley, Nathan Clark, Carol Goddard

2^nd Masters - Rosemary Hastings, Rob McAlary, Anne McAlary

3^rd Limit - Geoffry Hawkins, Cruz Conroy, Harrison Conroy

4^th Scratchies - Craig Hutton, David Reece, Tom McClelland, Danielle Goddard

5^th Block - Harrison Jones, Dominique Goddard, Ian Hill, Doug Whyte

Overall Result – Division 2.

1^st Team Limit (Geoffry Hawkins, Cruz Conroy, Harrison Conroy)

2^nd Team Scratchies (Craig Hutton, David Reece, Tom McClelland, Danielle Goddard)

3^rd Team Bathurst (Greg Wills, Steve Buckley, Nathan Clark, Carol Goddard)

 THE 2008 TEAMS TOUR - A DAY OF ACTION - 1st COUNTRY ENERGY, 2nd TH IMPORTS, 3rd SIMPLOT.......

The Bathurst Cycling Club conducted its annual Team handicap Tour last weekend, where the riders where divided into teams and then contest a three stage Tour. The event is made up of a hilly first stage, a time Trial and then a sprint stage to finish with, all using a handicap format so every team is in with a chance.

Winners on the day where the Country Energy Team of  Scott Allan, Mick Goddard and Harrison Jones, who’s consistent results in all three stages resulted in a comfortable win. The Country Energy team finishing 4th in Stage 1 Hill Top finish, 3rd in the stage 2 Teams Time Trial and a win in the final stage. TH Imports (Tony Hogan, Chris Cady and Luke Bingham) and Simplot’s (Graham Wheeler, Toireasa and Mark Gallagher) good results in the very eventful final stage moving them above Drapac Porsche in the Overall Standings.

The tour started with a Hill top finish in Stage one so it was no surprise to see the strong team’s charge through the field. At the finish it was UCI Contract Rider Blair Windsor talking the stage for Team Budget Forklifts (David Jones, Gus Tobin), youngsters Tom Gascoyne (Bathurst Council – Greg Willes, Mark Tobin) and 3rd Chris Cady (TH Imports) showing plenty of form to take the minor placings.

The Time Trial Format of Stage 2 suited the Panasonic Team of Bathurst Time Trial Champ Tim Guy, Craig McAlister and Ryan Odonald, with the team defeating past Team Tour Champs Electrolux (Charlie Gascoyne, Dennis Martin, Steve Brilley) and Country Energy.

Yet it was the third stage that decided the placings when Scott Allan (Country Energy), Tony Hogan (TH Imports) and Toireasa Gallagher (Simplot) held off a charging Dean Windsor (Drapac Porsche) to win the tour.   

RESULTS:
Stage 1
1st Blair Windsor (Budget Forklifts)
2nd Tom Gascoyne (Bathurst Council)
3rd Chris Cady (TH Imports)
4th Mick Goddard (Country Energy)
5th Conor Trott (DP)

Stage 2
1st Panasonic (21.20) 26.20
2nd Electrolux (21.58) 26.38
3rd Country Energy (24.19) 26.39
4th Drapac Porsche (22.34) 26.44
5th Simplot (24.20) 27.05
6th TH Imports (24.34) 27.34
7th Budget Forklifts (21.46) 27.36
8th Praties (25.28) 27.38
9th Goddard Construction  (27.05) 27.50
10th Bathurst Council (26.53) 28.08
11th WOW (28.36) 28.51
12th Young Guns (29.05)

Stage 3
1st Scott Allan (Country Energy)
1st Tony Hogan (TH Imports)
1st Toireasa Gallagher (Simplot)
4th Dean Windsor (DP)
4th Mark Tobin (Bathurst Council) 
 

General Classification – teams.
1st Country Energy
2nd TH Imports
3rd Simplot
4th DP
5th Electrolux
5th Bathurst Council

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