Results 2018

December 2018

December 23rd 2018

The Colac Vets had nineteen riders for their last race of the year.

Riders raced in sunny conditions with light wind.

The middle marker bunch was boosted with David Coventry and Steve Hamling getting a lift out from the second scratch mark.

They had their other three co-markers work hard to reel in the five front markers and go on to hold off the second scratch bunch.

David Coventry took full advantage of his handicap to take his first win from just his sixth race this year.

Bruce Roberts was second with Len Murfitt in third place.

Larry Nocera led in the second scratch bunch.

The scratch trio came in two and a half minutes behind the winner with Tony Luppino taking his 21st fastest time this year from the 33 club races.

The club will now have a break and be back racing on the 3rd of February with a 9am start time.

Result: 46Km Club Race

Scratch

1 Tony Luppino Fastest Time

2 Gavin O’Brien

3 Simon Redford

5 Minutes

4 Larry Nocera 8th

5 Ralph Iselt 9th

6 Heather Hamling 10th

7 Nick Brown

8 Damian Luppino

9 Tony Prytz

9 Minutes

10 David Coventry 1st

11 Bruce Roberts 2nd

12 Len Murfitt 3rd

13 John Lee 4th

14 Steve Hamling 5th

16 Minutes

15 Gerard Hickey 6th

16 Gary Legg

22 Minutes

17 Terry Robinson 7th

18 Des Read

19 Peter Neal

December 16th 2018

The Colac Vets had their best field since the first race of the year with 22 riders competing in near perfect conditions at Cororooke.

Lone limit rider Sue Theodore had an eight-minute head start on a bunch of six riders.

She was caught half way into the second of the two-lap course.

This group of seven then went on to hold off the 12-minute bunch by just 15 seconds.

Terry Robinson claimed his second win for the year ahead of Des Read, and Jeremy Tatchell who was having just his third race with the Colac Vets this year.

The scratch foursome caught second scratch with 3Km to go and came in one and a half minutes behind the winner.

Gavin O’Brien made a fierce attempt of taking fastest time in the sprint but was ran down by Tony Luppino in the final 50 metres.

After the race the club had a good turnout for their annual dinner at the Beeac Hotel where Larry Nocera was presented with the Aggregate shield.

This week will be the club’s last race for the year.

Result: 46Km Club Race

Scratch

1 Tony Luppino Fastest Time

2 Gavin O’Brien

3 Grant Oates

4 Simon Redford

5 Minutes

5 Nick Brown

6 Larry Nocera

7 Ralph Iselt

8 Heather Hamling

9 Damian Luppino

10 Mark Purdie

11 Steve Hamling

12 Minutes

12 Bruce Roberts 8th

13 John Lee 9th

14 Gerard Hickey 10th

15 Simon Williams

25 Minutes

16 Terry Robinson 1st

17 Des Read 2nd

18 Jeremy Tatchell 3rd

19 Peter Neal 4th

20 Gary Legg 5th

21 Murray Matthews 6th

33 Minutes

22 Sue Theodore 7th

December 9th 2018

The Colac Vets had a field of fifteen riders for their last monthly medal for the year.

Riders raced in good conditions with moderate easterly winds.

The scratch bunch was broken up this week with Tony Luppino made to chase a one and a half minute gap to his usual co-markers Grant Oates and Gavin O’Brien.

The four man limit bunch had a big head start of 17 minutes to the 10 minute foursome.

The 10 minute bunch had lost one rider by the half way mark and were caught by the third scratch foursome, with only one of them hanging on to them to the finish.

Heading up Lineen’s hill before the finish, the limit riders were breaking up and being caught by the third scratch bunch with the last of them being caught in the final few hundred metres.

Heather Hamling led out for the sprint with the in form Simon Redford powering to the line to take his second monthly medal in a row.

Ralph Iselt was second with Larry Nocera in third place.

The second scratch duo came in just 17 seconds behind with Grant Oates taking fastest time over Gavin O’Brien.

This was the last race for aggregate points.

In one of the closest finishes for some years only four points separated the first three riders after 31 races.

Larry Nocera finished first on 102 points ahead of last year’s winner Heather Hamling on 100 points and 2016 winner Ralph Iselt on 98 points.

Result: 52Km Monthly Medal

Scratch

1 Tony Luppino

1 Minute 30 Seconds

2 Grant Oates 9th & Fastest Time

3 Gavin O’Brien

4 Minutes 30 Seconds

4 Simon Redford 1st

5 Ralph Iselt 2nd

6 Larry Nocera 3rd

7 Heather Hamling 10th

10 Minutes

8 Bruce Roberts 4th

9 Peter Theodore

10 Gerard Hickey

11 Rebecca Luppino

27 Minutes

12 Gary Legg 5th

13 Terry Robinson 6th

14 Des Read 7th

15 Murray Matthews 8th

December 2nd 2018

The Colac Vets had a field of fourteen riders for their club race.

Riders raced with very strong westerly winds and copped a couple of showers.

The field was split into four groups with scratch having a strong bunch of four riders.

They caught the second scratch bunch with 10Km to go with only one of them hanging on to scratch until the finish.

Meanwhile the 10 minute bunch had caught the three limit riders with 5Km to go and looked a chance at winning.

But the scratch bunch caught them in the final kilometre.

Tony Luppino claimed his fifth win for the year with Andrew Pownceby in second and Grant Oates in third place.

Result: 46Km Club Race

Scratch

1 Tony Luppino 1st & Fastest Time

2 Andrew Pownceby 2nd

3 Grant Oates 3rd

4 Gavin O’Brien 5th

5 Minutes

5 Larry Nocera 4th

6 Ralph Iselt

7 Tony Prytz

8 David Coventry

10 Minutes

9 Len Murfitt 6th

10 Bruce Roberts 7th

11 Gerard Hickey 8th

24 Minutes

12 Terry Robinson

13 Peter Neal

14 Gary Legg

November 2018

November 25th 2018

The Colac Vets had a field of twelve riders for their club race.

Riders raced in good conditions but did have a few drizzly showers and had to ride into a headwind over the last 10Km.

The four bunch field were sent over a course that hasn’t been done for a few years. Heading up Nalangil Road to the highway before returning back through Alvie and past Warrion and finishing in Factory Road Cororooke.

The handicappers last minute decision to give the middle marker trio and extra minute added to their handicap worked in their favour.

They caught the limit marker duo with just 500 metres to go and held off the second scratch bunch by the one minute.

Rebecca Luppino claimed her second win for the year ahead of co-markers Peter Theodore and Gerard Hickey.

Larry Nocera led in the second scratch bunch.

The scratch duo came in 30 seconds later with Tony Luppino taking fastest time over Gavin O’Brien.

Result: 48Km Club Race

Scratch

1 Tony Luppino 10th & Fastest Time

2 Gavin O’Brien

3 Minutes

3 Larry Nocera 6th

4 Simon Redford 7th

5 Heather Hamling 8th

6 Ralph Iselt 9th

7 David Coventry

12 Minutes

8 Rebecca Luppino 1st

9 Peter Theodore 2nd

10 Gerard Hickey 3rd

28 Minutes

11 Terry Robinson 4th

12 Peter Neal 5th

November 18th 2018

The Colac Vets had a field of fifteen riders for their monthly medal.

Riders raced in warm conditions with strong easterly winds.

The field was split into five bunches with the scratch trio having a five minute chase to the second scratch foursome and 28 minutes out to the two limit riders.

The 18 minute duo and the limit duo were the first to combine.

These four were then caught by the 11 minute foursome.

Heading up Lineen’s hill only four of the eight riders remained with the second scratch foursome closing in and the scratch trio not far behind them.

Some solid turns from Simon Redford and Nick Brown got the second scratch bunch close to the leaders coming to the finish line.

Simon Redford competing in just his tenth race with the Vets since 2012 put in a good ride and broke clear of his bunch to pass the leaders in the final 50 metres to claim his first win and monthly medal.

Rebecca Luppino finished second with Bruce Roberts in third place.

The scratchmen came in 24 seconds behind the winner with Tony Luppino leading in Andrew Pownceby and Gavin O’Brien to take fastest time.

Result: 52Km Monthly Medal

Scratch

1 Tony Luppino 9th & Fastest Time

2 Andrew Pownceby 10th

3 Gavin O’Brien

5 Minutes

4 Simon Redford 1st

5 Heather Hamling 6th

6 Ralph Iselt 7th

7 Nick Brown 8th

11 Minutes

8 Rebecca Luppino 2nd

9 Bruce Roberts 3rd

10 Len Murfitt 5th

11 Peter Theodore

18 Minutes

12 Gerard Hickey 4th

13 Paul Allen

28 Minutes

14 Terry Robinson

15 Des Read

November 11th 2018

The Colac Vets had just ten riders split into three bunches for their club race on Sunday.

Riders raced in good conditions with a light breeze.

The scratch trio were chasing a big gap of seven minutes to the next foursome.

This foursome was chasing a bigger gap of thirteen minutes to the three riders out on the limit mark.

With the good conditions the limit riders held of the 7-minute riders, who also held off the scratch bunch.

Paul Allen claimed his first win in three years.

Peter Neal was second with Terry Robinson in third place.

Len Murfitt led the 7-minute bunch in a couple of minutes later.

Scratch was a further 3 minutes back with Ralph Iselt leading in Grant Oates and Simon Redford to take fastest time.

Result: 46Km Club Race

Scratch

1 Ralph Iselt 8th & Fastest Time

2 Grant Oates 9th

3 Simon Redford 10th

7 Minutes

4 Len Murfitt 4th

5 Bruce Roberts 5th

6 John Lee 6th

7 Gerard Hickey 7th

20 Minutes

8 Paul Allen 1st

9 Peter Neal 2nd

10 Terry Robinson 3rd

November 4th 2018

The Colac Vets had fifteen riders for their club race, riding out to the Wool Wool turn around and back past Alvie and on to Warrion, finishing in Factory Road Cororooke.

The westerly winds became stronger as the race progressed.

The limit bunch had their most numbers so far this year with four riders getting a 25- minute head start on the two scratchmen.

The two riders off 18-minutes caught this foursome.

With 4Km to go this group was then caught by the three riders from the 12-minute mark.

Coming in to the finish, Gerard Hickey broke through for his first win since June 2016.

Rebecca Luppino was second with Des Read a surprise third place.

Meanwhile the scratchmen averaged 40Km/H to catch the second scratch foursome at the 28Km mark.

Second scratch rider David Coventry broke a spoke a few kilometres later, putting him out of the race.

The remaining five back markers came in over three minutes behind the winner.

Tony Luppino took fastest time over Gavin O’Brien.

Result: 46Km Club Race

Scratch

1 Tony Luppino 9th & Fastest Time

2 Gavin O’Brien 10th

3 Minutes

3 Heather Hamling

4 Steve Hamling

5 Ralph Iselt

6 David Coventry

12 Minutes

7 Rebecca Luppino 2nd

8 John Lee 4th

9 Len Murfitt 6th

18 Minutes

10 Gerard Hickey 1st

11 Paul Allen 5th

25 Minutes

12 Des Read 3rd

13 Terry Robinson 7th

14 Peter Neal 8th

15 Murray Matthews