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Posted by
mikegoldie, on 19/03/2012 9:10 pm
On Saturday night another Carnegie rider Apryl Eppinger former Australian U19 Sprint Champion and World Championship representative nearly made it a double for the club. Apryl rode an excellent race from her tight mark of 50 metres but was beaten by the brilliance of Annette Edmondson riding from scratch (who will go close to …
Posted by
mikegoldie, on 19/03/2012 8:43 pm
On Friday night Courtney Field partnered by Emily Apolito of Blackburn Club won the Gold in the U17 womens team sprint. i can’t find a photo of them both together but I thought this was a nice photo of Emily with her coach Carl Brewer. Carl works with Hilton on the NTID youngsters and if results …
Posted by
malsawford, on 18/03/2012 2:08 pm
Overnight, Luke Parker (Jayco VIS) added the Austral Wheelrace to his palmares. This morning at Glenvale he capped off a great weekend with a win in the A GRade crit, taking the bunch sprint ahead of Warren Knevitt (O’Mara Cycles) and Stu Grimsey (Drapac Porsche). A typically aggressive race saw small groups constantly off …
Posted by
mikegoldie, on 18/03/2012 8:22 am
Last night we saw exciting rascing at DISC which included the Australian Junior Scratch Race Titles. The U17 mens saw Jack Hickey miss Gold to NSW star Jack Edwards by a cigarette paper thickness with Mathew Ross 3rd. Both Jack and Mat rode excellent races with Mat getting tangled up in a fall about …
Posted by
mikegoldie, on 17/03/2012 11:24 pm
At DISC last night we witnessed another very exciting Austral Wheelrace won by Luke Parker in a commanding fashion. Luke off 90 metres qualified for the final without any trouble and was a favorite with the bookmaker. In the final Luke made contact with the outmarkers at about 5 laps to go but did …
Posted by
mikegoldie, on 17/03/2012 2:07 pm
Yesterday’s session started at 5.30pm so having finished my work and the rain came I decided to go to DISC for another night’s watching Australia’s young best female & male track cyclists. Watching these young riders it is no wonder that by elite level years they are such polished and compitent riders. In the …
Posted by
mikegoldie, on 15/03/2012 10:27 pm
Tonight I made the trip to DISC to watch Courtney Field ride in the U17 Australian Sprint title. Courtney had qualified 5th which meant her task was made difficult. From there she straight heated those she raced to get to the Gold Medal ride off which she took in straight heats. Courtney was the …
Posted by
mikegoldie, on 14/03/2012 6:40 pm
Today Courtney Field won the U17 500 TT as a first year in the age group in a very fast time of 37.258 on a 82 inch gear and standard high pressure wheels. Talking to coach Hilton today he was very impressed with her result and said her start was not as good as …
Posted by
mikegoldie, on 14/03/2012 7:34 am
The Australian U15 & U17 Track Championships commence at DISC today with the U15 sprint and U17 TT’s. All the best to the CCCC riders in the team, to all Victorian team members and those coming from interstate. Hope you all ride at your best.
Posted by
mikegoldie, on 12/03/2012 7:57 pm
Yesterday Iwent to Bendigo with Stuart & Matilda Vaughan to watch the track carnival. In very good weather a very large crowd filled the Tom Flood arena. We got there for the last race of the afternoon session to see Caiden Hull come third in an A grade U17 field and then Luke Parker win …
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