David
25 Nov 2024
Race Report – 26 November Upper Manaia Kemesse
It was a perfect evening for a bike race, warm with a light southerly that faded to nothing as the racing progressed
There were only twenty riders who fronted up to the start line. These were divided into four groups with two minutes between each on the start line. The Upper Manaia course is barely 7 kilometres long with the only undulation on Westbush road as the riders head up to the left hand turn back into Manaia road. It’s a fast circuit with riders having to work hard on their sprints to win points across the line
The A and C grades finished with closely contested bunch sprints whilst the B grade trailed behind Mark Halewood who demonstrated a convincing sprint to close out the finish
Well done to the first place winners and to all the riders who turned out to race
Results Race Time Points
A Grade
1st Derek De Zwart 0:55:46 40
2nd Dave Drummond +0 33
3rd Simon Butler +0 32
B Grade
1st Mark Halewood 0:47:02 34
2nd Pete James 0:47:06 30
3rd Belinda Fuller 0:47:11 22
C Grade
1st Andy Linton 0:39:14 23
2nd Mike parker +0 23
3rd Jorge Sandoval +0 19
D Grade
1st Greg Baillie 0:40:49 24
2nd Anil Raman +0 22
3rd Dave Hodder +0 20
Thanks to the club members for volunteering for marshaling duty and for doing the road signage and truck and for the start/finish line
And big thanks to Andy and Kirsten for hosting the post race BBQ at their place.
Next weeks race on Tuesday 3 December will be a HRR featuring the Whangauhu Valley road and Bideford
See you all there J