TRACK RACING 2009-2010

[Mrs Hugs]

Yes Mick, we do have a pair of gloves.
You left them in one of our seats!

[csfive]

Yes Mick, we do have a pair of gloves.
You left them in one of our seats!

Someone must have put them in your seat because i dont use other ppl's seats!

[Artson]

as stands after week 10
an hassels email me





Mick Curran    94
Geoff Morris    86
Gary White    86
Paul Craft    85
Peiden Telfer    82
Andrew Mills    80
James Kennedy    79
Guy Page    78
Kodie Howard    77
Wayne Mellis    74
Simon Huggins   71
Vic Marotta    65
Andrew Hellmich   64
Stuart Hughes    63
Troy McDonald    62
Craig Olsen   61
Nick Whymark    61
Russel Garstang    61
Chris Murphy    60
Nick Yallouis    60
John Hodgets    60
Dan Cleary    58
Pat Whymark    54
Paul Bayle    53
Scott Tweedie    52
Brad Craft    50
Troy Patterson    48
Richard Pettigrew   45
Glen Samuel    45
Peter Wan    44
Kane Kennett    43
Graham Pont    43
Tristan Young   42
Kevin Wills   40
Tegan Hunt    40
Matty Brown    39
Travis Smedley    38
Ciaran Quinn   38
Andrew Baker    38
Basil Smith    38
Steve Wickham    36
Glen Elton    35
Simon Harrold    33
Chey Howard    33
Jackson Pratt    33
Brad Magus    31
Laurence V Shie    30
Mitch Baker    26
Matt Baker    25
Astrid McKeown   25
Steve McKeown   25
Carl Holleman    25
Cass Kell    20
David O'bajdin    20
Alex Yallouris    20

[GrantF]

Thanks to everyone who looked out for Em after her fall tonight.  Sleeping but restless, and will have two lumpy bruises and a coupla scratches to remind her of the night for the next few days.

According to Em she overran the wheel of the rider in front on the submarine side and couldn't slow down enough or take evasive action on the tarmac.  Perhaps I need to learn her how to take evasive action on the grass.

Merry Xmas to all.  Have fun and ride well.

This may seem like a strange question?, but I'll ask it anyway:
There seems to have been an extraordinarily large number of (club racing) crashes of late
- does anyone have some inking as to what is going wrong (because it seems something is )

[Artson]

- does anyone have some inking as to what is going wrong

We have had an extraordinarily high number of falls this season. In the case where something could have been done to prevent incident action has been taken.

[Matt]

Not sure that I know you Grant but it is a very good question.  I haven't ridden (and hence fallen) at track yet  but I have fallen both on a training ride and at Beaumont Rd crits an have done much thinking about this.

Frankly, relative to other pastimes (surfclubs being a good example) you are simply thrown into the deep end with cycling with minimal training.  I have found that while A,B and to a degree C grade have fairly even levels of competitors and a tighter "spread" of abilities and experience, "D" grade can be fairly frightening in its mixture of age, ablities, fitness and experience.  I'm happy to put my hand-up as an, ahem, "less fit" master with the best of my athletic prowress (such as it was) behind me but still with strong competitive juices.  Throw us in with youngsters who are either too timid or too scared or too over-confident and you have a recipie for disaster.

With more and more of us taking up this beautiful sport I think Cycling Australia will have to take this up seriously and maybe introduce some form of compulsory training for beginners (like the bronze medallion) and failing that our club needs to have rostered training officers to ride with the D Grade Peleton when road starts again.  A couple of A Graders did this voluntarily during the regional race last year and it was great.

Oh and Beaumont Road's turns are just bloody dangerous - they're too tight to mix nimble 12 year olds on small bikes with two metre behemoths on endurance frames like me -its like trying to turn the Titanic on those haiprins and its why I fell - working too hard to get back.

Just a thought.   

[Patto]

- does anyone have some inking as to what is going wrong

We have had an extraordinarily high number of falls this season. In the case where something could have been done to prevent incident action has been taken.

i think its just coincidence that they are happening all the time. But looking at the numbers  in the Crits and Track seems to be more then i have known ever. the more we have the more likely there are going to be stacks

[groundskeeperwilly]

I'm fairly certain track numbers are down a little, with the drop off mainly being perhaps the more experienced riders, I guess due to work/family etc.

Good news is there are lots of new riders keen to race track!

[Ciaran]

I am one of the people in the newbie category. Any sort of standardized training would be nice, but so far I have found the wise words of the experienced club riders is incredibly helpful. As risky as it is, hands on learning while on the bike seems to be the most effective method.

I guess the most important thing to do for newbies is tell them to hang off the back and watch for a while until they build confidence.  I have been told that in both road and track. It's pretty solid advice and works in almost all scenarios. 

 

[Artson]

Week 11
13-01-10

Last week
 •   Teams night with three teams

 
Top scorers for Last week
•   Team Green
•   Tristan Young, Guy Page, James Kennedy, Richard Pettigrew and Paul Craft



This week
•   Round 1 Warm up Scratch
•   Round 2   3 lap H’cap
•   Round 3  Kieren
•   Round 4  Miss’n’Out Point Score   
•   Round 5  Madison – Madi Lead


Bring proof of 2010  Cycling Australia affiliation.

[Stuart]

Been lots of talk regarding the higher than usual number of prangs lately. Here's my 2 cents worth - I can speak for the track as I have been there and witnessed pretty much all of them this season. Of the four notable ones we had three pulled pedal/cleats (wear and tear gone too far??) and one black out (not much you can do about that!). The others could be down to inexperience as quoted by others. Perhaps finding some time to do a bit of track practice/training would help instead of hoping for the best on comp night. I have been getting down to Adcock Velodrome most Mondays around 5pm. A good little group of some seniors and juniors have been getting there and we have been doing some training. Anybody is welcome to join us if they want some fixed gear time!

[Artson]

Central Coast Cycling Club Track Racing          
Adcock Park, West Gosford NSW Australia          
13th Jan 2010 week 11          
         
Results          
         
Round 1          
Warm Up Scratch Races          
   
C Grade          
1   Gary    White   
2   Paul    Craft   
3   Ciaran    Quinn   
4   Peiden    Telfer    
         
         
B Grade + A Grade          
1   Mick    Curran    
2   Geoff    Morris    
3   Guy    Page   
4   Stuart     Hughes    
         
         
Round 2          
         
3 Lap Handicap          
C Grade + B Grade + A Grade          
1   Peiden    Telfer    
2   Ciaran   Quinn   
3   Kodie    Howard    
4   Mick    Curran    
         
Round 3          
Kierins          
         
C Grade          
1   Peiden    Telfer    
2   Gary    White    
3   Paul    Craft    
4   Nick    Whymark    
         
B Grade + A Grade          
1   Mick    Curran    
2   Guy    Page    
3   Jeff    Morris    
4   Stuart    Hughes    
         
To balance equity, all B grade riders in the above race will receive a bonus 1 point towards series points          
         
         
Round 4          
All in Miss'n'Out Point score          
         
1   Simon    Huggins    13 pts
2   Guy    Page   12 pts
3   Koddie    Howard   12 pts
4   Jeff    Morris   10 pts
5   Stuart    Hughes   9 pts
6   Peiden    Telfer    9 pts
7   Gary    White    7 pts
8   Nick    Whymark    5 pts
9   Russell    Garstang    4 pts
10   Ciaran    Quinn    3 pts
11   Paul    Craft    1 pt
         
NB  Paul Craft and Jeff Morris road as Motor Bike and received 1 and 2 points respectively for not taking part in miss'n'out section          
         
         
Round 5          
200m fly          
1   Guy    Page    13.41
2   Jeff    Morris    13.42
3   Simon    Huggins    13.48

[Artson]

Points after week 11

Peiden Telfer shoots into 2nd place


Mick Curran    105
Peiden Telfer    97
Gary White    94
Geoff Morris    93
Paul Craft    92
Guy Page    87
Andrew Mills    85
Kodie Howard    85
James Kennedy    84
Wayne Mellis    79
Simon Huggins   77
Vic Marotta    70
Stuart Hughes    70
Andrew Hellmich   69
Nick Whymark    67
Russel Garstang    66
Chris Murphy    65
John Hodgets    65
Troy McDonald    62
Craig Olsen   61
Nick Yallouis    60
Pat Whymark    59
Dan Cleary    58
Paul Bayle    53
Scott Tweedie    52
Brad Craft    50
Troy Patterson    48
Ciaran Quinn   46
Richard Pettigrew   45
Glen Samuel    45
Peter Wan    44
Kane Kennett    43
Graham Pont    43
Tristan Young   42
Kevin Wills   40
Tegan Hunt    40
Matty Brown    39
Travis Smedley    38
Andrew Baker    38
Basil Smith    38
Steve Wickham    36
Glen Elton    35
Simon Harrold    33
Chey Howard    33
Jackson Pratt    33
Brad Magus    31
Laurence V Shie    30
Mitch Baker    26
Matt Baker    25
Astrid McKeown   25
Steve McKeown   25
Carl Holleman    25
Cass Kell    20
David O'bajdin    20
Alex Yallouris    20

[LekLek]

Because my father cannot remember his password I will be posting the results:

Central Coast Cycling Club Track Racing        
Adcock Park, West Gosford NSW Australia          
20th Jan 2010 week 12          
        
Results        
        
Round 1          
Warm Up Scratch Races      
  
C Grade              
1   Peiden    Telfer      
2   chicken (wayne mellis)
3   Ciaran    Quinn  
4   bill louis    
        
        
B Grade + A Grade        
1   Andrew Helmich  
2   Stuart     Hughes    
3   Richard Pettigrew  
4   Scott Tweedy    
        
        
Round 2                
1 Lap Handicap  
        
C Grade        
1   Ciaran   Quinn    
2   James Kennedy  
3   Russell Garstrong  
4   Wayne Mellis    

B Grade      
1   Richard Pettigrew  
2   Stewart Hughes
3   Kodie    Howard    
4   Simon Huggins
     
A Grade        
1   Chris Murphy  
2   Andrew Hellmich  


        
Round 3          
2 Lap Sprint      
        
C Grade        
Heat 1   Ciaran vs Glenn
winner Glenn
Heat 2   Bill  vs  Russell
winner Bill
Heat 3   Peiden vs  Garry    
winner Gary
Heat 4   Jackson vs  James vs Wayne
winner James  
        
B Grade + A Grade          
Heat 1   Simon vs Kodie    
winner Simon
Heat 2   Scott vs Guy
winner Scott  
Heat 3   stuart vs Richard
winner Richard
Heat4   Andrew vs Chris
winner Chris

        
Round 4          
scratch races        
        
C grade - 12 laps
1  Peiden Telfer
2  Wayne Mellis
3  Gary White
4  Glenn Samuels
        
A+B 16 Laps
1  Andrew Hellmich
2  Guy Page
3  Simon Huggins
4  Richard Pettigrew
  

Round 5          
All in Italian (senior + junior) 13 lap    
1   Front straight - Team Murphy
2   Back Straight - Team Hellmich


it was a good nights racing by all.

[WHITE]

Prefer that Avatar to the Crafty one....................
Thanks for doing the report CH.