header image
Race 21 Longbeach Summer Series... PDF Print E-mail
Written by Adrian McKenzie   
Mar 09, 2010 at 11:25 PM

Well another great night of racing in perfect conditions. 

Was a well taken win by the Limit group this week, with Dave Chandler managing to jump away on his own for a great victory.  With Fellow limit riders Ernst and Diana in hot pursuit.  If you have a look at the average speeds - you'll see that the Limit group is getting around at a great clip - and has seen some fantastic racing on the Peka Peka circuit.

Next in we had the vast majority of the field in a bunch sprint. A great ride from Miles saw him taking line honors from another fantastic finish from Vaughn Pretorius with Dave Downer taking 3rd and restoring some pride for the over 40 brigade.  Miles and Finlay taking out the fastest times.

The rest of us dribbled in wondering where we went wrong - but vowing to come back to give it another crack next week.

Thanks as always to the helpers on the night - I've listed who I could remember - apologies to those I've missed.  You're always appreciated.

I wish I didn't have to - but I'll finish with a bit of a grumble.  Please, please, please - can people register in good time.  A lot of work is put into this event - and we need everyone's help to make it run smoothly.  Regularly turning up late without a race number, not bothering to register (ie puposely riding without registering) - and in some cases of non club members, not paying - makes life difficult for the people who are managing the race, makes the results calculations harder - and is simply not good enough.  It's not fair for the race manager to be adding people to the list on the start line.  I know it's not always possible to get there on time - and we always try to accomodate people where we can - but there seems to be some regular offenders in this area who think the rules don't apply to them - and it was particulary bad tonight.  Enough said!

Click here for the results.

Adrian.

 

 

 


User Comments

Comment by stephens on 2010-03-10 16:31:04
Many thanks to Bob and his band of willing helpers at the start and finish last night, it was a great night for racing. Thanks also for the marshalls who stepped into the breach on the night, without you the night wouldn't have gone ahead. Fantastic to see the results so early, thank you Adrian. Finally thank you, Break 2, for giving me a tow on Lap 4, after 3 laps of TT it was a great help! Steve

Comment by GUEST on 2010-03-10 19:37:21
Adrian, Sorry for being late - plane delayed and I thought it would be good to get a few laps in. Hopefully I did not screw the results up too badly. Well done for Ernst for hanging on to the back of the tandem for so long!! Thanks to all the marshalls and race manager - as always much appreciated. Julian.

Comment by GUEST on 2010-03-16 08:59:48
I know I had no transponder and no number and arrived late and also a committee member setting a bad example so i will set a example and marshall tonight , (too windy to race ) 
Ross

Security Check. Please enter this code Listen to code

Last Updated ( Mar 09, 2010 at 11:34 PM )
<Previous   Next>
Upcoming Events
Sat, Sep 11th, 2010, @10:00am- 1:00pm
Race - Eastbourne to Wainuiomata
Sun, Sep 12th, 2010, @8:30am- 5:00pm
Welington Secondary Schools Cycling Champs
Sat, Sep 25th, 2010, @7:30am- 1:00pm
Taupo - Napier
24.jpg
Email Group
Google Groups
Click below to visit and
apply to join our email group
Visit this group