Dirt Crits Race 4- 29th October 2013
The fourth event of the Dirt Crits Spring/Summer series was held at Riflebutts Reserve MTB Park on Tuesday 29th October.
Junior Event
All juniors participated extremely well this week with all riders beating their previous times. Some improved by 30 sec and others by as much as 2-3 minutes, over the same course!
They have shown great sportsmanship, yet remained very competitive.
There were even a few disappointed groans when they were informed we will have a week off for the long weekend, but they were encouraged to have a social ride instead.
Racing will resume on Tuesday 12th November- Registration 5:15pm and event start at 5:30pm.
By Kate Empey
Senior Event
Twenty-four riders participated in the senior event on Course 1. Many of these are junior members of the club that choose to challenge themselves each week by riding in the senior event, including Matthew Empey, Noah Lachal and Jai Lerch-MacKinnon. Also, Flynn and Dylan Harding’s dad, Cam, decided to have a go at Dirt Crits this week- Great work!
Cam Lachal marked the course again, and explained it to the riders- Thanks. (If you have any bunting you could donate to Dirt Crits, I’m sure that Cam would appreciate it).
It was great to see the racing from a different perspective this week- as a rider, rather than as an organiser. Thanks Kieren and Trevor for running the event. A few things stood out for me- The good sportsmanship shown by riders of all standards when overtaking riders, or being overtaken by them, and the encouragement shown to riders when going through the start/finish area and on the course.
Results-
1st Nick Watson- 23:49 (2 laps)
2nd Flynn Bowker- 24:23 (3 laps)
3rd Rod Sargeant- 32:40 (3 laps)
After a count back, the current points standing for races 1, 2, 3 and 4 are-
1st place- Anthony Plummer- 89 points
2nd place- Noah Lachal- 84 points
3rd place- Mike Davies- 81 points
Next Dirt Crits
We will have a break from Dirt Crits next Tuesday, due to Melbourne Cup day.
Racing will resume on Tuesday 12th November- Registration 5:45pm and event start at 6:00pm (course 2).
Duty Roster
Senior event- Brett Stevens and Mike Davies.
Dirt Crits Spring-Summer 2013-2014 Series Points Table- Races 1-4
Name Points Race 1 Points Race 2 Points Race 3 Points Race 4 Total Place Points
Matthew Empey 22 8 35 8 73 1 50
April Lachal 16 16 16 20 68 2 40
Ross MacKinnon 6 24 0 0 30 3 35
Andrew Wettenhall 5 31 11 15 62 4 31
Anthony Plummer 40 13 18 18 89 5 28
Jarrod Appleton 14 0 24 14 52 6 26
Bruce Halket 28 0 0 0 28 7 24
Jason Parker 0 0 0 31 31 8 22
Damien Grundy 0 0 0 5 5 9 20
Foley Lachal 15 15 9 9 48 10 18
Kieren Payne 31 11 7 0 49 11 16
Kian Lerch-MacKinnon 24 12 31 12 79 12 15
Trevor Arnold 0 7 12 0 19 13 14
Rachel Grundy 10 0 0 28 10 14 13
Mitch Greenway 26 10 28 0 64 15 12
Noah Lachal 11 26 40 7 84 16 11
Aaron Sargeant 14 22 20 16 72 17 10
Mike Davies 35 20 26 0 81 18 9
Cameron Lachal 12 18 10 13 53 19 8
Shannon Rademaker 9 0 0 11 20 20 7
Brett Stevens 7 6 13 0 26 21 6
Flynn Bowker 13 0 0 40 53 22 5
Nick Howland 5 35 3 0 43 23 5
Justin Sargeant 50 28 0 0 78 24 5
Brandon Smith 0 0 8 6 14 25 5
Jem Davies 20 14 0 24 58 26 5
Jai Lerch-MacKinnon 0 0 15 26 41 27 5
Andrew Clark 8 0 0 0 8 28 5
Will Grundy 24 0 0 22 46 DNF 3
Josh Payne 0 5 22 0 27
Toby Humffray 0 50 14 5 69
Rod Sargeant 0 9 0 35 44
Jodie Batchelor 0 40 0 0 40
Keoni Brunner 0 0 10 10 20
Dylan Harding 0 0 50 24 74
Nick Watson 0 0 7 50 57