05-09-10

Geelong Veteran Cycling Club

16 riders contested the Geelong Veterans cyclists Fathers Day sealed handicap in windy conditions.
A slight delay to the start time to allow the Club and State Handicappers to ready themselves after helping clear the course of downed tree limbs felled by the gale force winds during the night.
3 Laps with a strong wind blowing greeted the 16 riders who had a massed start in the Father’s day sealed handicap.
The race was controlled till the start of Forest road.
Steve Young attacked once on Forest road and rode away from the remaining riders, to complete the remaining 2 &3/4 laps by himself.
Neil Maurer, Rob Nicholls, Kane Airey, Colin Hooper , Stan Gregorio & Carl Leahy managed to form a smooth working bunch soon after Steve’s attack and also ride away from the remaining riders.
Ralph Wright & Joe Gulino left the remaining riders to try and catch the afore mentioned bunch of 6.
They only managed to catch the dropped rider Stan with the other dropped rider Carl Leahy blowing up and U turning back to the Club!.
Those three worked together for the next lap until the pace set by Joe was to much for Stan & he left Ralph and Joe to their steady solid pace.
Dave Phillips was the next rider to catch Stan and work with him til the finish line.
Ross West was the next rider to jump clear of the remaining riders and maintain his pace to keep clear of those behind him.
Michael Dunstan, Ian Sumner & Chris Colley chased valiantly but only managed to drop Irwin Saunders and not catch Ross.
Irwin Saunders also finding the tough conditions and pace to much to allow him to complete the course.
Ken Mansfield puncturing early on in the race precluded him from finishing.
Steve Young greeted the judges solo in 57m 30s with the next three riders 2m 24s behind and the fifth rider 2s back, sixth & seventh 3m 51s back, eighth& ninth 42s back, tenth 3m 51s back, eleventh , twelfth & thirteenth 22s back.

Final results:

1st Kaine Airey
2nd Colin Hooper
Fastest Time Steve Young
3rd Neil Maurer
4th Rob Nicholls
5th Ralph Wright
6th Ian Sumner
7th Joe Gulino
8th Michael Dunstan
9th David Phillips
10th Ross West
11th Chris Colley
12th Stan Gregorio

Next week is the Ballarat Eureka Victorian Open at Learmonth, No race at the Club.

22-08-10

Geelong Veteran Cycling Club

Final results:

1st Nathan Williams Winners time 1:52:31
2nd Malcolm Lloyd & Fastest Time 1:39:25
3rd Neil Maurer
4th Jeff Miller
5th Rob Nicholls
6th Nick Oakley

15-08-10

Geelong Veteran Cycling Club
Layard Park Handicap
Sponsored by Phil Godfrey

Final results:

1st	David Lunn	Scratch	Colac	1:32:47
2nd	Nick Brown	Scratch	Colac
3rd	Neil Maurer	4:00	Geelong
4th	Jeff Miller	Scratch	Geelong
5th	Nick Kennedy	7:00	Colac
6th	Heather Hamling	4:00	Colac
7th	Kane Airey	7:00	Geelong
8th	Rick Buckwell	Scratch	Geelong
9th	Steve Hamling	4:00	Colac
10th	Tony Luppino	7:00	Colac
Fastest Time	Ralph Iselt	Scratch	Colac	1:32:47

01-08-10

Geelong Veteran Cycling Club
Peter Hosking Memorial Handicap
5 laps/58 km

The Peter Hosking Memorial was held in extremely windy conditions from the west but no rain eventuated making for tolerably riding. The combine race with Colac saw a total field of 23 riders which included 8 riders from Colac. Limit riders of Gil Wright and Bernadette Rowbottom started the race by more than 27 mins to scratch and had completed a lap as 2nd scratch riding off 4mins consisting of 6 riders set off up Hendy Main rd. For the first 2 laps most groups held together but the tough conditions saw Eddy Ziedaitis and Peter McDonough both being dropped by their respective groups. Peter feeling the intensity of the race even left his brekkie on the side of the road. By the 4th lap Bernadette who was now riding solo was caught by the 22 min group and Ross West lost both of his riders from his 18:30 group now riding back with the 15:30 group.

Going into the final lap the field had devolved into 3 groups being the leading bunch who commanded a 4min lead over the 4 min bunch who, were still riding as an intact group and the 3 scratch riders a further 2mins behind. Heading up Hendy Main for the last time the lead bunch of riders cracked riding into the wind and by the time they turned into Forest rd they were strung out going over the rises. The 4 min bunch could now sense blood as they mopped up the stragglers along Grays road but knew the scratchies were pressing hard and were closing down the gap fast. The 4 min bunch finally caught Dennis Sonongan who had bravely ridden solo down Grays with 400mts to the Grays/Hendy Main corner, but were now only 200mts ahead of scratch. With 2kms to the line scratch rider Tony McGann hit the front of a 12 man field and upped the ante and put in powerful surge for the next kilometre along with strong wind gusts from the side played havoc with riders which softened up the group, whilst the other scratch riders of Steve Young and David Lunn biding their time.

With 500mts to the line Tony pulled over and in the mean time had broken the field into 2 leaving just 5 riders to contest a final charge to the line. David Lunn and Steve Young then made their move and sprinted past rick buckwell, Carl Leahy and Ralph Islet and continued on to the line and took out first and second respectively while the minor placings went to Ralph, Rick and Carl.

Final results:

1st	David Lunn	Scratch	Colac	1:31:58
2nd	Steve Young	Scratch	Geelong
3rd	Ralph Iselt	4:00	Colac
4th	Rick Buckwell	4:00	Geelong
5th	Carl Leahy	4:00	Geelong
6th	Jeff Miller	4:00	Geelong
7th	Mal Lloyd	4:00	Geelong
8th	Neil Maurer	9:30	Geelong
Fastest Time	Tony McGann	Scratch	Colac	1:31:58
Encouragement award	Dennis Sonogon

18-07-10

Geelong Veteran Cycling Club
Nobles Rd return, Forest Rd return & finish - 49km Handicap

18 riders took to the road in strong north westerly’s that was always going to test the mettle of all riders. All bunches stayed in tack for the Nobles rd return leg, it was on the outward leg of the Forest rd where the 9 & 18 and the 2:30 & 5 min bunches combined to make for some competitive riding.

With 10kms to go, scratch riders Steve Young and Peter McDonough finally caught the 2:30 group after some hard chasing into the wind. The tempo of the race went up a notch as this group pressed on in search of the lead riders. With 5kms to go not only did the pace hot up but some argy bargy between riders developed, which created some confusion and loss of focus of the chasing riders. As the riders charged up Hendy main rd Kane Airey had broken away from his group and was riding for his life in an effort to hold off a disjointed chasing bunch that had lost some initiative.

Steve who had pulled over into the gravel then came from the rear of the bunch hotly chased by Robbie Nichols who was not going to let him go without a fight, along with mal Lloyd. With 100mts to the line Kane was caught by Steve along with Rick Buckwell who had now tacked on as well. With the final charge to the line Steve held off Rick by 2 lengths with Kane hanging in for 3rd with Peter toughing it out for fastest time.

Final results:

1st Steve Young (Scratch)
2nd Rick Buckwell (2min)
3rd Kane Airey (5min)
4th Bill McConnell
5th Peter Ladd
Fastest Time Peter McDonough (Scratch) 1:37:06

11-07-10

Geelong Veteran Cycling Club

Twenty four riders. Conditions cold and windy, a strong south westerly, the race was reduced to 4 laps 46 km. Under these trying conditions it was always going to be a back markers day, after 3 laps the time keeper had half of the field with him to witness the judging of the finish. Into the start of the 4th lap, scratch and the 1:30 bunch had combined, still chasing a minute to the 4:00 min bunch, finally catching them at the crest of the Forest Road hill. Scratch, taking no passengers asserted their authority gradually dislodging the hangers, and then came the climax of the day when the newest member of the scratch bunch, Daryl Suter hit the line only centimeters in front of Steve Young.

Final results:

1st Darryl Suter
2nd Steve Young
3rd Kane Airey
4th Peter McDonough
5th Tony French
6th Jeff Miller
Fastest Time Darryl Suter - 1:12:21 - 38.15km/h

Riders: S Young, D Suter, P McDonough, J Miller, N Oakley, G Edmonds, M Lloyd, P Ladd, B McConnell, R Nicholls, T French, M Hartman, K Airey, P Bird, R West, M Dunstan, D Wilson, I Suanders, I Sumner, R Lambeth, K Dorling, T Robinson.
Marshals: David Phillips, Gil Wright, Ted Harrison, Colin Hooper.

04-07-10

Geelong Veteran Cycling Club
4 Laps Paraparap Circuit - 46 kms

Final results:

A Grade
1. Steve Young
2. Carl Leahy
3. Daryl Suter ( sprint finish )

B Grade
1. Peter Ladd
2. Rob Nicholls
3. Kane Airey ( approx. 4 min behind )

C Grade
1. Paul Bird
2. Ralph Wright
3. Ross West ( sprint finish )

27-06-10

Geelong Veteran Cycling Club
Blackgate Rd Return, Forest Rd Return + 1 lap - 59 kms

In sunny but bitterly cold conditions 14 riders tackled the 59km blackgate rd and return/forest rd and return + 1 lap, circuit. Gil Wright led off from limit commanding a 25 min start on scratch and rode solo for the entire race to claim victory.

By the 40km scratch had been able to reel in the riders from the 7, 11 & 18 min bunches as they pressed on in search of Gil. With 2kms to go and still no sign of Gil the remaining 10 riders started to prepare for the minor placings. With 500mts to the line Michael Hartman swooped from the rear of the pack followed by Nick Oakley to take everyone by surprise and put a 50 mt gap in, but Rick Buckwell and Carl Leahy took off after them and caught them with 100mts to the line and continued on to fight out a tough tussle to the line to take out 2nd and 3rd respectively.

Final results:

1st Gil Wright (limit, 2:04)
2nd Rick Buckwell (scratch)
3rd Carl Leahy (scratch)
4th Mal Lloyd (scratch)
5th Nick Oakley (scratch)
Fastest Time Rick Buckwell (scratch, 1:39)

20-06-10

Geelong Veteran Cycling Club
Forest Rd & Return + 1 lap - 47kms

In cool conditions 13 riders tackled the forest rd circuit with Terry Robinson on limit giving scratch 23 mins. Terry was able to stay out front for the entire race to claim victory. The 19min group of Irwin Saunders and Gil Wright were also able to stay away from the rest of the field to claim second and third respectively.

The 10 & 4 min groups combined in the final lap to fight out the minor placings with scratch finishing fast, a further 100 mts behind with Rick Buckwell & Jeff Miller dueling for fastest time with a dead heat.

Final results:

1st Terry Robinson (limit 23mins, 1:31:48)
2nd Irwin Saunders (19 mins)
3rd Gil Wright (19 mins)
4th Neil Maurer (4:30 mins)
5th Ross West (10:30)
Fastest Time Rick Buckwell & Jeff Miller (scratch, dead heat - 1:13:36)

13-06-10

Geelong Veteran Cycling Club

23 riders turned out for 49km handicap over the paraparap/nobles road circuit ridden in cool conditions with a slight westerly blowing. By the 3rd lap the field had split into 2 groups being the limit, 6 and 11 min groups and the scratch and 2 min groups with 11 kms to go. The leading group was eventually caught by the scratch riders before the nobles road turn around with 7 kms to go. With a uphill sprint finish a dozen riders were vying for line honours but Malcolm Lloyd was able to time his sprint perfectly to take out the event with peter mcdonough coming in second and fastest time

Final results:

1st Malcolm Lloyd (2 mins) time of 1:15:30
2nd Peter Mcdonough (scratch)
3rd Carl Leahy (scratch)
4th Jeff Miller (scratch)
5th Neil Maurer (2min)
Fastest Time Peter Mcdonough 1:13:30

06-06-10

Geelong Veteran Cycling Club

Eighteen members turned out on a nice chilly damp morning for the scratch races, 9 in A, 4 in B & 5 in C grade. We welcomed a new member to the club for his first ride, Tony Pickles who rode in A grade.
Marshalls: Colin Hooper, Brian Long, Rod Lambeth, Ted Harrison, Nick Oakley.

Final results:

A Grade
1. Malcolm Lloyd
2. Carl Leahy
3. Peter Ladd

B Grade
1. Kane Airey
2. Daryl Tonkin
3. Robert Nicholls

C Grade
1. Gil Wright
2. Keith Dorling
3. Ian Sumner

Last weeks race was cancelled due to Wet weather and this week was only a little better so it was good to see 18 riders brave the cold conditions.

Next week is a 49 km Handicap over 3 laps + Nobles Road.
Get your Entries in early please.

16-05-10

Geelong Veteran Cycling Club

Fine and cool conditions greeted 19 riders this week for a 4 lap 46km handicap event. The 1min group of Carl Leahy, Peter Ladd and Colin Hooper dominated the race taking out the top 3 spots and fastest time. On the 3rd lap they gathered in 6 min group and in the last 500m caught the 8 & 12 min group to fight out a sprint finish.

Final results:

1st Carl Leahy
2nd Peter Ladd
3rd Colin Hooper
4th Phil Godfrey
5th Dave Phillips
Fastest Time Carl Leahy 1:12:48

There is no club racing next Sunday as Colac Vets are holding its open at Cororooke.

09-05-10

Geelong Veteran Cycling Club

On Sunday the 9th May, we decided to go with a Sealed Handicap, with only 17 riders, making it a bit of fun. Conditions were almost perfect, slight westerly picked up as the race progressed. Brown, Nicholls, Maurer & Oakley, got away first time over Forest Rd. by approx 1:30 min. The chasers were able to keep the leaders in sight and at the finish were only 58 secs in arrears, the rest of the field was pretty well spread out, the only one not to finish was Bill Mantova.

Starters: Group 1. N Brown, N Oakley, Group 2. C Hooper, M Hartman, Group 3. R Nicholls, N Maurer, Group 4. D Sonogan, D Phillips, R West, Group 6. R Lambeth, Group 7. I Walker, L Bent, I Sumner, I Saunders, Group 8. T Robinson, G Wright, Group 9. Bill Mantova.

Final results:

1st David Phillips
2nd Denis Sonogan
3rd Ross West
4th Robert Nicholls
5th Neil Maurer
Fastest Time Robert Nicholls

Next week will be a 46 Km Handicap in preparation for the following weeks Colac Open. PLEASE get your Entries in with Colin Hooper this week for the Open.

See you all next week.....................

02-05-10

Geelong Veteran Cycling Club

Maurer Family Combine

Final results:

1st Andrew Rushton Ballarat 1:30:18
2nd Neil Maurer Geel
3rd David Phillips Geel
4th Tony French Geel
5th Denis Sonogan Geel
6th Phillip Cochrane Ballarat
7th David Robinson Geel
8th Malcolm Lloyd Geel
9th Paul Bird Geel
10th Ross West Geel
Fastest Time Peter McDonough 1:27:57

18-04-10

Geelong Veteran Cycling Club

Limit rider Doug Wilson took out Sundays 47km handicap in 1:23 hr with scratch rider Rick Buckwell (not president) recording fastest time of 1:19 hr limit riders Rod Lambeth & Terry Robertson took out the remaining minor placing respectively. In the final lap 3 groups merged but could not catch the limit riders.

Final results:

1st Doug Wilson ( 1 hr 23 mins 52 secs )
2nd Rod Lambeth
3rd Terry Robertson
4th Ian Sumner
5th Rick Buckwell
6th Daryl Suter
7th Carl Leahy
8th Jeff Miller
Fastest Time Rick Buckwell ( 1hr 19 mins 40 secs)

There will be no racing next Sunday due to ANZAC day but the Northern Vets is holding its combine race at Lancefield.

11-04-10

Geelong Veteran Cycling Club

Sunday the 11th of April saw the staging of the Hendy Cycles Combine with the Colac Club.
Raced over 4 laps (46 kms) we had 29 riders, start in an extremely bad Westerly wind with rain during the race, making it a hard, cold day.
With this in mind, I thought the Scratchmen would get up, but they failed by 70 seconds, when crossing the line.
Colin Hooper and Tony Prytz got across to the bunch in front very early, making a strong combined bunch, which stayed together for the final sprint, where Colin Hooper, just pipped Neil Maurer.

Final results:

1st Colin Hooper (1:19:25 35.5km/h)
2nd Neil Maurer
3rd Tony Prytz (C)
4th Jeremy Tatchell (C)
5th Bruce Roberts (C)
6th Ross West
7th Gary Legg (C)
Fastest Time David Lunn (C)(1:13:20 38.5km/h)

Next Week will most likely be Scratch Races (enter on day)

28-03-10

Geelong Veteran Cycling Club

Mal Lloyd continued his winning ways in A Grade of the March scratch race series out-sprinting his rivals, with 200 metres to go. Held over four laps, thirty riders competed across A, C & D grades in excellent conditions. Strong paces were set early delivering highly contested sprint finishes in all grades. Phil Godfrey outstayed his rivals to take out C grade while the wily Brian Long hung on to win in D grade.

Final results:

A Grade
1. Mal Lloyd
2. Rick Buckwell
3. Eddy Ziedaitis

B Grade – no riders contested this grade

C Grade
1. Phil Godfrey
2. Dave Purdy
3. Dave Phillips

D Grade
1. Brian Long
2. Grant Rogers
3. Ian Walker

There will be no club racing next Sunday as club riders will be contesting the South Pacific Championships held in Maryborough over Easter.

14-03-10

Geelong Veteran Cycling Club

Mal Lloyd put on a display of speed and strength out riding his closest competitors, with 200 metres to go, in A Grade, during the second staging of the March scratch race series. Held over four laps, thirty riders competed across five grades in excellent conditions. Strong paces were set early delivering highly contested sprint finishes right across all grades.

Final results:

A Grade
1. Mal Lloyd
2. Eddy Ziedaitis
3. Jeff Miller

B Grade
1. Peter Ladd
2. Colin Hooper
3. Neil Maurer

C Grade
1. Kane Airey
2. Dave Robinson
3. Paul Bird

D Grade
1. Brian Long
2. Len Bent
3. Ian walker

E Grade
1. Peter Dickson
2. Bill Mantova

There will be no club racing next Sunday as club riders will be contesting the Warrnambool Open.

07-03-10

Geelong Veteran Cycling Club

Sunday saw the running of the first week of the March Scratch Race Series over 46km at Paraparap.
Race conditions quickly improved after early rain forced a couple of retirements due to punctures. The talented field hotly contested all sprint finishes.

Final results:

A/B Grade
1. Carl Leahy
2. Tony French
3. Michael Hartman

C Grade
1. Kane Airey
2. Dave Philips
3. Ross West

D Grade
1. Ian Walker
2. Ian Sumner
3. Terry Robinson

Next Sunday: Week two of the scratch race series at Paraparap.

28-02-10

Geelong Veteran Cycling Club

The Jack Griffin Handicap held over 46kms was held on Sunday in windy but good conditions. Riders from Warrnambool and Colac joined the Geelong Vets making competition lively. The race was won by Ian Sumner off a handicap mark of 17 mins. Second was Richard (Bumblebee) Buckwell Snr after an absence of 6 years from competitive riding. Third was M. Matthews from Colac. Fastest time was again won by scratch marker Andrew Weightman coming in 2:17m behind the winner.

Final results:

1st Ian Sumner – (1:23:30)
2nd Richard Buckwell
3rd Murray Matthews (C)
4th Len Bent
5th Peter Neal (C)
6th Bill Mantova - 30 sec behind
7th Mal Lloyd - 1:30 min behind
8th Carl Leahy
Fastest Time Andrew Weightman – 1:08:47 (2:17 min behind)

Club racing next Sunday. Entries to be in by Saturday morning.

21-02-10

Geelong Veteran Cycling Club

A four-lap 46km scratch race was held on Sunday in good conditions with a total of twenty-one riders spread over A, B, C & D grades. Numbers were down due to riders being away at the Goulburn Valley Open. However, competition was keen with most groups keeping together right through to the business end of the race, finishing with sprints. Some new and returning riders made their presence known figuring in results.

Final results:

A Grade
1. Carl Leahy
2. Jeff Miller
3. Peter Ladd

B Grade
1. Marcus Coppock
2. Harvey Lang
3. Noel Kelson

C Grade
1. Paul Bird
2. Dennis Sonogan
3. David Purdy

D Grade
1. Barry Primmer
2. Gil Wright
3. Len Bent

Next week’s race is the ‘Jack Griffin’ Handicap with invitations being sent to Colac and Ballarat riders. All entries should be sent to Lance Rogers no later than Saturday morning. No late entries on the day. All members need to check if they have been rostered for marshalling.

14-02-10

Geelong Veteran Cycling Club

Sunday’s cycling saw the staging of the Neil & Dot Freeman Handicap coinciding with Neil’s 8oth birthday. Held over 46km, the mild conditions suited the limit riders best. Of the 46 starters, including 12 from Ballarat and one from Colac, Karen James, of Ballarat, won by 30 secs from her closest rival from her starting mark of 4:30minutes. Her group, on catching the limit riders, were able to break away with 6 km to go with the scratchies nowhere in sight. Doug Garley, also of Ballarat, recorded fastest time.

Final results:

1st Karen James (B) – 1:29hr
2nd Bill Mantova
3rd Brain Long
4th Rod Heathrington (B)
5th Dave Phillips
6th Peter James (B)
7th Gil Wright
8th Ian Sumner
Fastest Time Doug Garley (B) – 1:09hr

Next week’s race is a scratch race and all entries should be sent to Lance Rogers no later than Saturday morning. No late entries on the day. All members need to check if they have been rostered for marshalling.

07-02-10

Geelong Veteran Cycling Club

Sunday the 7th of February saw the 2nd race of the year.
The previous week was cancelled, due to the Hot Weather policy.
Graded Scratch races were conducted with around 30 riders showing up to get some early racing in for the start of a new year.
Conditions were perfect for the day, good fields for a change and all bunches stayed together for the majority of their race, with only the strongest getting the edge in the last couple of kilometers.

Final results:

A Grade
1. Andrew Weightman
2. Nick Oakley
3. Eddy Ziedaitis

B Grade
1. Harvey Lange
2. Daryl Tonkin
3. Neil Maurer

C Grade
1. Michael Dunstan
2. Kane Airey
3. David Purdy

D Grade
1. Brain Long
2. Gil Wright
3. Ian Walker

E Grade
1. Bill Mantova

Next week will be the Neil and Dot Freeman Handicap run over 4 laps (46 kms)

Please enter with lwrogers@aanet.com.au    No Entries on the day

Also a reminder that it is the Members duty to do Marshalling once, maybe twice a year.
Check the Race Marshalls Roster for when you are rostered on.
Please show up and do your turn, or there will come the stage we will not be racing, as we are not fulfilling our Permit requirements.

See you all there, next week......

24-01-10

Geelong Veteran Cycling Club

Eighteen riders entered today's race. The first official race on our Calendar. The weather was perfect with a mild southeasterly making it an easier task entering misery lane. Six in A grade. "No one for B grade". 4 in C grade. 3 in D grade. 3 in E grade. 2 in F grade.

Final results:

A Grade
1. Col Hooper
2. Nic Brown
3. Tony French

B Grade
No riders

C Grade
1. Dennis Sonogan
2. David Robinson
3. Chris Colley

D Grade
1. Rob Gaylard
2. Doug Wilson
3. Keith Dorling

E Grade
1. Len Bent
2. Tony Spark
3. Ian Walker

F Grade
1. Bill Mantova
2. Brian Griffiths