Criterion Club Champs 2025

Race Report – 11 March 025 Club Criterium Champs at Motorplex

The club crit champs was another outing to the Masterton Motorplex where the sixteen riders who fronted up duked it out for points

It was a warm evening with a dry track and fading westerly breeze. The riders were split into two combined bunches; A & B grades and C & D grade with the latter grades starting first

The circuit is 1.9km long with the start/finish line on the drag strip itself. Riders head clockwise from the start into a sweeping right hand turn that leads onto the service road. This takes the riders down to a tight right hand turn and back onto the drag strip with a fast run and sprint over the start/finish line. Every other lap was a points lap signaled by the bell. The A & B grades raced 25 minutes plus 2 laps. The C & D grades raced 15 minutes plus 2 laps

With the C & D grades off first it was Ricky Blade who had the form to take out all the sprints including the final one over the finish line. The westerly was still blowing at this point so each sprint was followed by a slow procession down the service road, mostly towed along by Roger Foote

The A & B grade race was a much faster affair with Simon Butler eventually dominating proceedings. Simon was pushed hard by Tom McCallum and Dom Green who both took out several of the sprints

Results                            

A & B Grades                               Points 

1st          Simon Butler                  26                                     

2nd         Tom McCallum             16                                     

3rd         Dominic Green              13

C & D Grades

1st          Ricky Blade                     15

2nd         Andy Curtis-Cody         8

2nd       Greg Baillie                     8

3rd         Donna Burkhart            6

Next Tuesday 18th March is the club ITT champs on the Whangaihu Valley road. Let’s hope we see you all there