Dirt Crits
By David Empey
First XC in a while and we had dry tracks and fast racing with Nathan Dabbs taking the win in A grade ahead of Matthew Empey and Ryder Chadd. The pace and track were bit much for some who resorted to attempting to jump because it was getting a little tough at the pointy end. A spoon full of concrete is needed by some of our junior men.
B Grade was a hard-fought affair with the newly revitalised and trash talking mayor of Jamieson taking the win. Might be stepping up into A grade next week. Bax was closely followed by two young guns in Tom and Asher.
It was great to see some new faces at the race and numbers have been strong along with the competition. Next week is another Gravity Enduro so those soft little juniors won’t have to raise much of a sweat or push through a pain barrier.
Click here for the results.
Road Race
By Ryder Chadd
The first day of summer and what a great afternoon it was, with a beautiful temperature and a debatable easterly wind, great conditions for racing and the Rob Curtis memorial. Some of the faster riders stating the wind was certainly more challenging than what riders up the front were saying, especially towards the end heading over the last couple hills into town with the setting sun getting into the riders vision.
Riders Andrew Garrett and Steve Brown were sent off scratch 18 minutes behind the limit riders, finishing 8th and 11th. Andrew getting the fastest time overall on the 30km Whitfield Road course.
The block riders made up of Ryder Chadd, Steve Duke and Dave Moore started at 15 minutes and 30 seconds. Until about the last 7km when Andrew and Steve caught up.
Michael Pearce and Darren Bakker started at 12 minutes and 30 seconds, Michael being able to catch the group ahead of Janine Appleton and Justin Berry, but Janine was able to edge Michael out at the end finishing 5th and 6th. Justin finishing 15th and Darren in 18th.
The 8-minute group of Craig Wilson, Bella Green and Steve Curnow had a strong ride until they spread out through the course with Craig pulling away from Bella and Steve being behind them. In the end Craig was the first to cross the finish line with Bella finishing third being overtaken in the sprint by Ryder Chadd trying to get out of the job of the weekly write up, with Steve finishing in 17th.
The second group was made up of Ian Conrick, Dave Jagger and John Eisner having a strong ride throughout the afternoon. Unfortunately, John had to stop with a DNF after a spoke snapped in one of his wheels, so it left Ian and Dave to continue without him. Going up the hill toward the showgrounds Ian and Bella had a good fight until Bella pulled away so Ian was left for third until Ryder flew past, leaving him for fourth. Dave Jagger cruising in for 12th.
That left the limit riders that started off first, with Dave Bock, Micala Jacobs, Tony Morris, and Selina Green. Their effort was strong in the first half until the turnaround point when the faster riders put the hammer down splitting everyone up. Dave Bock finished in 10th, Micala in 13th, Tony just behind Micala in 14th and Selina in 16th.
Tour of Bright
Keep an eye out for the ToB report coming out this week.
It’s MMBCC Ventou Club kit time again!
If you need/want more club kit (especially the winter jacket - it's great!) please get in contact so we can gauge interest in getting the online portal open again. So far there are two jerseys, a jacket, and a pair of knicks wanted. But we need to get to 10 pieces.
If you’re interested, please let Bruce know via email.
