2020
February 16th 2020
The Colac Vets had fifteen riders for their first handicap race for the year.
Riders race with very strong winds.
The two front markers were out of contention early in the race by taking a wrong turn.
Tony Luppino started off with a dominant performance.
He along with co marker Gavin O’Brien, who had done a 75Km race the day before, chased down and caught a bunch of six riders by the 30Km mark.
In form Nick Brown, from the second scratch bunch, was the only rider to stay with the scratchmen until the finish.
The ten minute bunch was caught with 7Km to go with only Glenn Paton being able to hang in for the next couple of kilometres.
Luppino claimed the win with a challenge from Brown in the sprint to the line with O’Brien in third Place.
Result: 47Km Club Race
Scratch
1 Tony Luppino 1st & Fastest Time
2 Gavin O’Brien 3rd
2 Minutes 30 Seconds
3 Nick Brown 2nd
4 Mark Purdie 5th
5 Larry Nocera 6th
6 Heather Hamling
7 Arno van der Schans
8 Damian Luppino
10 Minutes
9 Glenn Paton 4th
10 Gerard Hickey 7th
11 Chris Kane 8th
12 Peter Theodore
13 Bruce Roberts
22 Minutes
14 Murray Matthews
15 Terry Robinson
February 9th 2020
The Colac Vets had a field of fifteen riders for their first club race of the year.
This was also their first race in three and a half months with the club being unable to race the last two months of last year due to a mix up with race permits.
The field raced graded scratch races out to Beeac and back to Cororooke in strong winds.
Result: A Grade 46Km Scratch Race
Tony Luppino 1st
Andrew Pownceby 2nd
Gavin O’Brien 3rd
David Coventry 4th
Result: B Grade 46Km Scratch Race
Nick Brown 1st
Larry Nocera 2nd
Heather Hamling 3rd
Steve Hamling 4th
Mark Purdie 5th
Result: C Grade 37Km Scratch Race
Peter Theodore 1st
Gerard Hickey 2nd
Chris Kane 3rd
Result D Grade 30Km Scratch Race
Murray Matthews 1st
Peter Neal 2nd
Terry Robinson 3rd