October 2019

 

October 20th 2019

 

The Colac Vets had eleven riders for their monthly medal.

Riders were split into five small bunches with Murray Matthews the sole limit rider out on 26 minutes.

Riders competed out around North Cundare in strong south westerly winds but did avoid any rain.

The 12 minute duo’s race came to a halt at the 36km mark with a gust of wind causing a collision between Chris Kane and Bruce Roberts with Roberts coming down.

The third scratch trio went passed soon after and caught Matthews with some 10Km remaining.

The second scratch trio had to work hard to finally catch third scratch with 4Km to go.

With 1Km to go three riders got a mini break with Ralph Iselt leading out the sprint to take his second win for the year ahead of Heather Hamling and Larry Nocera.

With second scratch having ridden so well, they rode 8 seconds faster than the two scratchmen thus allowing Heather Hamling to take fastest time honours.

There will be no club race this week with Geelong holding their open race.

 

Result: 54Km Monthly Medal

 

Scratch   

1 Gavin O’Brien            6th          

2 David Coventry          7th  

           

2 Minutes 30 Seconds   

3 Heather Hamling      2nd & Fastest Time 

4 Steve Hamling            4th         

5 Nick Brown                5th         

 

5 Minutes

6 Ralph Iselt                  1st          

7 Larry Nocera             3rd 

8 Damian Luppino

 

12 Minutes

9 Chris Kane

10 Bruce Roberts

 

26 Minutes

11 Murray Mathews       8th 

 

 

 

October 6th 2019

 

The Colac Vets had 34 riders compete in the Red Rock Classic.

Riders battled strong westerly winds over a four lap course going five times over the Alvie hill and then finishing with a one kilometre climb to the top of red rock.

Four riders from the second scratch bunch combined well to ride through the field and kept well clear of the four scratchmen.

Geelong’s Nigel Pearson made his move with 500 metres of the climb to go and held off his four co markers to take the win.

Geelong’s Steve Douglas was second with Colac’s Gavin O’Brien in third and Geelong’s Kane Airey in fourth place.

Colac’s Tony Luppino led the scratchmen in some three minutes later to take fastest time.

There will be no club race this week with Colac being invited to race with Geelong.

 

Result: 54Km Red Rock Classic

 

First:      Nigel Pearson (4.00) Geelong

Second:  Steve Douglas (4.00) Geelong

Third:     Gavin O’Brien (4.00) Colac

Fourth:   Kane Airey (4.00) Geelong

Fifth:      Daryl Suter (7.30) Geelong

Sixth:     Tony Luppino (scratch) Colac

Seventh: Andrew Goodwin (scratch) Geelong

Eighth:   Grant Oates (scratch) Colac

Ninth:    Andrew Pownceby (scratch) Colac

Tenth:    Heather Hamling (9.00) Colac

 

Fastest Time: Tony Luppino (scratch) Colac

 

 

 

September 2019

 

September 29th 2019

 

The Colac Vets had fifteen riders for their monthly medal.

The sixteen-minute bunch of five riders caught the two limit riders out on the 27-minute mark and went on to hold off the back markers by just over one minute at the finish.

Chris Kane claimed his second monthly medal for the year ahead of Rebecca Luppino and Bruce Roberts.

The scratch foursome caught the second scratch riders with 10Km to go.

Grant Oates attacked up Lineen’s hill, but Tony Luppino was able to quickly respond and go on to take fastest time.

This week the club will host the Red Rock Classic with riders from Geelong and Warrnambool also competing.

 

Result: 52Km Monthly Medal

 

Scratch   

1 Tony Luppino            6th & Fastest Time          

2 Grant Oates                7th     

3 Gavin O’Brien            8th  

4 Andrew Pownceby     9th        

           

7 Minutes   

5 Heather Hamling        10th 

6 Mark Purdie

7 Damian Luppino

8 Glenn Paton                 

 

16 Minutes

9 Chris Kane                 1st       

10 Rebecca Luppino     2nd   

11 Bruce Roberts          3rd 

12 Peter Theodore           4th          

13 Gerard Hickey            5th 

 

27 Minutes

14 Terry Robinson

15 Murray Matthews

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

September 22nd 2019

 

The Colac Vets had their best field in three months with sixteen riders competing.

Riders raced a four lap course in dry conditions but with a reasonably strong cold north westerly wind blowing.

The field was split in to five bunches, with two more riders being added to last week’s winning limit front marker bunch.

This bunch of four riders once again held off the field by nearly a couple of minutes.

Paul Allen, having just his sixth race for the year, went one place better from last week to take the win ahead of Terry Robinson in second and last weeks winner Peter Neal in third place and Murray Matthews fourth.

Glenn Paton led the combined 13 and 15 minute bunches in next.

The scratch trio caught the second scratch trio on the last lap with this group coming in 2 minutes 45 seconds behind the winner.

Tony Luppino took fastest time over Andrew Pownceby and Gavin O’Brien.

 

Result: 48Km Club Race

 

Scratch   

1 Tony Luppino           9th & Fastest Time             

2 Andrew Pownceby   10th        

3 Gavin O’Brien             

 

6 Minutes   

4 Heather Hamling

5 Steve Hamling

6 Ralph Iselt                   

 

13 Minutes

7 Glenn Paton               5th 

8 Chris Kane                 6th     

9 Peter Theodore           7th  

 

15 Minutes

10 John Lee                   8th   

11 Len Murfitt

12 Gerard Hickey          Mechanical Failure

 

27 Minutes

13 Paul Allen                 1st

14 Terry Robinson        2nd  

15 Peter Neal                  3rd 

16 Murray Matthews       4th

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

September 15th 2019

 

The Colac Vets had a field of ten riders competing over a three lap course for their club race.

Riders started off in warm conditions but showers early in the race dropped the temperature slightly.

Last week’s lone limit rider Peter Neal, had help from co marker Paul Allen this week.

This pair went on to hold off the field by one and three quarter minutes at the finish with Neal taking his second win for the year over Allen.

The scratch duo picked up the rest of the field in the last half lap with Tony Luppino coming in third and taking fastest time over co marker Gavin O’Brien.

 

Result: 41Km Club Race

 

Scratch   

1 Tony Luppino           3rd & Fastest Time                     

2 Gavin O’Brien            4th 

 

5 Minutes   

3 Ralph Iselt                  5th 

4 Damian Luppino         6th 

5 Glenn Paton

 

11 Minutes

6 Chris Kane                  7th     

7 Peter Theodore            8th  

8 Rebecca Luppino        Punctured

 

22 Minutes

9 Peter Neal                   1st 

10 Paul Allen                 2nd 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

September 8th 2019

 

The Colac Vets had just their second club race in five weeks with only seven riders turning up to race in cold and windy conditions.

Peter Neal was the lone limit rider out on 23 minutes and was caught by the 4.30-minute foursome with 8Km to go.

Coming in to the Cororooke hall finish, Steve Hamling was rewarded for his many strong performances with a rare win.

Heather Hamling continued her good form coming in second with Ralph Iselt finishing in third place.

Tony Luppino led in co marker Gavin O’Brien to take fastest time.

 

Result: 38Km Club Race

 

First : Steve Hamling (4.30)

Second : Heather Hamling(4.30)

Third : Ralph Iselt (4.30)

Fourth : Mark Purdie (4.30)

Fifth : Tony Luppino (scratch)

Sixth : Gavin O’Brien (scratch)

Seventh : Peter Neal (23.00)

 

Fastest Time : Tony Luppino (scratch)                                             

 

August 2019

 

August 25th 2019

 

With the Colac Vets having cancelled their last two club races due to a combination of lack of numbers and bad weather, this week they were back for the monthly medal with ten riders.

The two limit riders out on the 29-minute mark were caught heading up Lineen’s hill with 7Km remaining by the 5-minute foursome.

Lone middle marker Simon Williams was then caught 2km later.

This group was then caught by the two remaining scratchmen 1km later.

Heading up the Alvie hill, Steve Hamling went to the front and lifted the pace.

Tuning into Red Rock Reserve Road to finish off with the final 400 metre ascent, Andrew Pownceby attacked.

But Tony Luppino was able to reel Pownceby back and pass him to take his fourth win and first monthly medal for the year.

Heather Hamling finished off well for third place.

 

Result: 51Km Monthly Medal

 

Scratch   

1 Tony Luppino           1st & Fastest Time                     

2 Andrew Pownceby   2nd 

3 Gavin O’Brien            8th 

 

5 Minutes   

4 Heather Hamling      3rd 

5 Steve Hamling            4th

6 Ralph Iselt                  5th 

7 Mark Purdie                6th 

 

14 Minutes

8 Simon Williams          7th     

 

29 Minutes

9 Tom McBroom            9th 

10 Murray Matthews      10th 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

August 4th 2019

The Colac Vets had five riders compete among a field of 41 riders in a Geelong combine race at Paraparap.
Riders competed over a challenging course with a hill climb finish.
Colac fared well by having the top two finishers.
Nick Brown backed up his club race win last week to take out the race from Heather Hamling with Geelong’s Steve Barille in third place.
These three finished with just over a minute to spare from the scratch bunch.

 

Result: 62Km Rocket Ascent Combine Handicap

 

First: Nick Brown (12.00) Colac
Second: Heather Hamling (12.00) Colac
Third: Steve Barille (16.00) Geelong
Fourth: Trent Clifford (scratch) Geelong
Fifth: Tim Canny (scratch) Eureka
Sixth: Jason Hendry (scratch) Eureka
Seventh: Brad Haskett (scratch) Geelong
Eighth: Andrew Goodwin (scratch) Geelong
Ninth: Nigel Pearson (7.00) Geelong
Tenth: Steve Douglas (7.00) Geelong

 

Fastest Time: Trent Clifford (scratch) Geelong

 

July 2019

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

July 28th 2019

The Colac Vets had a small field of nine riders for their club race.
Riders raced in cool conditions with a light north westerly wind.
The two scratchman were chasing a two-minute gap to a bunch of five riders with only one rider on the middle mark of ten minutes and one rider out on the limit mark of 26 minutes.
Ten-minute rider Chris Kane was caught by the five second scratch riders at the 30Km mark and tucked on the back of this group for the journey back to the finish.
Lone limit rider Terry Robinson was caught by this group with 4Km remaining.
Coming around the last corner into Factory Road the two scratchmen were not far behind.
In the sprint to the finish line Nick Brown jumped away and was rewarded for a strong ride to take his first win in three years.
Chris Kane followed Brown closely in the sprint to finish second with Larry Nocera coming in third place.
Andrew Pownceby finished just 50 metres behind to take fastest time over co marker Gavin O’Brien.
There will be no club race this weekend with the Geelong club hosting a combine race at Paraparap.

Result: 48Km Club Race

Scratch
1 Andrew Pownceby 5th & Fastest Time
2 Gavin O’Brien 7th

 

2 Minutes
3 Nick Brown 1st
4 Larry Nocera 3rd
5 Heather Hamling 4th
6 Ralph Iselt 6th
7 Steve Hamling 8th

 

10 Minutes
8 Chris Kane 2nd

 

26 Minutes
9 Terry Robinson 9th

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

July 21st 2019

The Colac Vets had thirteen riders for their monthly medal.
With no middle markers present the handicapper decided to split the eleven backmarkers up into four small bunches spread out over six minutes.
The two limit riders were out on 24 minutes.
Riders once again raced with strong westerly winds.
The 4.30-minute trio caught the 6.00-minute trio with 19Km to go.
These six were then caught by the second scratch trio 2Km later.
Turning into Melrose Road the nine riders were riding single file into a head wind for the next six kilometres.
At the end of Melrose Road, the two front markers were caught and passed with 11Km to go.
Turning left out of Melrose Road and into a cross wind, nine riders became six with no room left to the edge of the road.
Heading to the Lineen’s Road finish line, David Coventry edged out Matt Simmonds by just 15 centimetres to take his second monthly medal this year.
Gavin O’Brien was third.
The two scratchmen came in about a minute later with Tony Luppino taking fastest time over Andrew Pownceby.

Result: 47Km Monthly Medal

Scratch
1 Tony Luppino 7th & Fastest Time
2 Andrew Pownceby 8th

 

2 Minutes 30 Seconds
3 David Coventry 1st
4 Matt Simmonds 2nd
5 Gavin O’Brien 3rd

 

4 Minutes 30 Seconds
6 Nick Brown 4th
7 Heather Hamling 5th
8 Steve Hamling 9th

 

6 Minutes
9 Ralph Iselt 6th
10 Larry Nocera 10th
11 Mark Purdie

 

24 Minutes
12 Peter Neal
13 Terry Robinson

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

July 14th 2019

The Colac Vets had ten riders brave the wintry conditions for their club race.
Riders competed over a four-lap triangular course having to put up with strong westerly cross winds coming from the right side on the way out and the left side on the way back four times.
Their only relief was the tailwind section along Brown’s Lane.
Lone limit rider Tom McBroom, who was having his first race with the Vets since December 2017, had a seven-minute head start on Bruce Roberts and Gerard Hickey and 22 minutes on the three scratchmen.
In the tough conditions the field was coming together at the end of the third lap.
The second scratch foursome hit the lead 2Km into the fourth lap with the two remaining scratchmen just 45 seconds behind.
The second scratch bunch did well to hold off the scratchmen on the last lap but were caught in the final kilometre.
Andrew Pownceby claimed his second win, since joining the Vets last year, ahead of Tony Luppino and Heather Hamling.

Result: 48Km Club Race

Scratch
1 Andrew Pownceby 1st & Fastest Time
2 Tony Luppino 2nd
3 Gavin O’Brien

 

3 Minutes 30 Seconds
4 Heather Hamling 3rd
5 Steve Hamling 4th
6 Larry Nocera 5th
7 David Coventry 6th

 

15 Minutes
8 Bruce Roberts
9 Gerard Hickey

 

22 Minutes
10 Tom McBroom