March 2020
March 22nd 2020
The Colac Vets had a field of fourteen riders for their monthly medal.
Riders raced with south westerly winds and had a couple of showers of rain.
The field was split into four bunches.
The two limit riders had a 13 minute head start on the next four riders and 22 minutes start on the four scratchmen.
The four scratchmen caught the four second scratch riders with 13Km to go and then the four riders from the 9 minute bunch shortly after.
The two limit riders were then caught at the bottom of Lineen’s hill with 2Km to go.
At this point scratchmen Nick Brown and Simon Redford jumped away from the back of the bunch and went on to hold off the rest of the field.
Redford crossed the line ahead of Brown to take his third monthly medal since joining the Vets in 2017.
Ralph Iselt led the remaining riders in to take third place.
Result: 52Km Monthly medal
Scratch
1 Simon Redford 1st & Fastest Time
2 Nick Brown 2nd
3 Daryl Suter 4th
4 Steve Hamling 6th
3 Minutes
5 Ralph Iselt 3rd
6 Heather Hamling 5th
7 Larry Nocera 7th
8 Mark Purdie
9 Minutes
9 Gerard Hickey 8th
10 Chris Kane
11 Peter Theodore
12 Bruce Roberts
22 Minutes
13 Paul Allen 9th
14 Peter Neal 10th
March 15th 2020
The Colac Vets had a field of fourteen riders for their club race.
Riders raced in moderate winds with the field split into five bunches.
The two limit riders had a 14 minute head start on the next two riders and 26 minutes start on the three scratchmen.
They went on to finish over a minute ahead of the next group with Murray Matthews taking the win over co marker Peter Neal.
Ralph Iselt led the next group of seven riders in to take third place.
The scratchmen came in 2 minutes 11 seconds behind the winner with Tony Luppino taking fastest time over co markers Gavin O’Brien and Daryl Suter.
Result: 47Km Club Race
Scratch
1 Tony Luppino 10th & Fastest Time
2 Gavin O’Brien
3 Daryl Suter
2 Min 30 Sec
4 Nick Brown 4th
5 Simon Redford 7th
6 Steve Hamling 9th
5 Minutes
7 Ralph Iselt 3rd
8 Larry Nocera 5th
9 Mark Purdie 6th
10 Heather Hamling 8th
12 Minutes
11 Chris Kane
12 Gerard Hickey
26 Minutes
13 Murray Matthews 1st
14 Peter Neal 2nd
March 1st 2020
The Colac Vets held over their February monthly medal race due to last week’s cancellation.
A good field of twenty riders raced in favourable conditions with little wind.
The field was split into seven small bunches.
Three of the four riders that started off in the 13.30 minute bunch went on to finish with one rider from the 17 minute bunch and one rider from the 25 minute bunch.
These five riders finished with over two minutes to spare from the next group.
Gerard Hickey claimed his first monthly medal in four years ahead of Chris Kane and Bruce Roberts.
The two scratchmen came in five minutes later with Tony Luppino taking fastest time over Andrew Pownceby.
There will be no club race this coming long weekend.
Result: 46Km Monthly Medal
Scratch
1 Tony Luppino Fastest Time
2 Andrew Pownceby
3 Minutes
3 Gavin O’Brien
4 Nick Brown
5 Daryl Suter
6 Min 30 Sec
6 Mark Purdie 8th
7 Heather Hamling 9th
8 Steve Hamling
7 Min 30 Sec
9 Larry Nocera 7th
10 Ralph Iselt 10th
11 Damian Luppino
13 Min 30 Sec
12 Gerard Hickey 1st
13 Chris Kane 2nd
14 Peter Theodore 4th
15 Glenn Paton 6th
17 Minutes
16 Bruce Roberts 3rd
17 Paul Allen
25 Minutes
18 Murray Matthews 5th
19 Peter Neal
20 Terry Robinson
