Colac Veteran Cycling Club
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Results 2019
November 2019
November 2019
There will be no Racing this Month
October 2019
October 2019
October 20th 2019
The Colac Vets had eleven riders for their monthly medal.
Riders were split into five small bunches with Murray Matthews the sole limit rider out on 26 minutes.
Riders competed out around North Cundare in strong south westerly winds but did avoid any rain.
The 12 minute duo’s race came to a halt at the 36km mark with a gust of wind causing a collision between Chris Kane and Bruce Roberts with Roberts coming down.
The third scratch trio went passed soon after and caught Matthews with some 10Km remaining.
The second scratch trio had to work hard to finally catch third scratch with 4Km to go.
With 1Km to go three riders got a mini break with Ralph Iselt leading out the sprint to take his second win for the year ahead of Heather Hamling and Larry Nocera.
With second scratch having ridden so well, they rode 8 seconds faster than the two scratchmen thus allowing Heather Hamling to take fastest time honours.
There will be no club race this week with Geelong holding their open race.
Result: 54Km Monthly Medal
Scratch
1 Gavin O’Brien 6th
2 David Coventry 7th
2 Minutes 30 Seconds
3 Heather Hamling 2nd & Fastest Time
4 Steve Hamling 4th
5 Nick Brown 5th
5 Minutes
6 Ralph Iselt 1st
7 Larry Nocera 3rd
8 Damian Luppino
12 Minutes
9 Chris Kane
10 Bruce Roberts
26 Minutes
11 Murray Mathews 8th
October 6th 2019
The Colac Vets had 34 riders compete in the Red Rock Classic.
Riders battled strong westerly winds over a four lap course going five times over the Alvie hill and then finishing with a one kilometre climb to the top of red rock.
Four riders from the second scratch bunch combined well to ride through the field and kept well clear of the four scratchmen.
Geelong’s Nigel Pearson made his move with 500 metres of the climb to go and held off his four co markers to take the win.
Geelong’s Steve Douglas was second with Colac’s Gavin O’Brien in third and Geelong’s Kane Airey in fourth place.
Colac’s Tony Luppino led the scratchmen in some three minutes later to take fastest time.
There will be no club race this week with Colac being invited to race with Geelong.
Result: 54Km Red Rock Classic
First: Nigel Pearson (4.00) Geelong
Second: Steve Douglas (4.00) Geelong
Third: Gavin O’Brien (4.00) Colac
Fourth: Kane Airey (4.00) Geelong
Fifth: Daryl Suter (7.30) Geelong
Sixth: Tony Luppino (scratch) Colac
Seventh: Andrew Goodwin (scratch) Geelong
Eighth: Grant Oates (scratch) Colac
Ninth: Andrew Pownceby (scratch) Colac
Tenth: Heather Hamling (9.00) Colac
Fastest Time: Tony Luppino (scratch) Colac
September 2019
September 2019
September 29th 2019
The Colac Vets had fifteen riders for their monthly medal.
The sixteen-minute bunch of five riders caught the two limit riders out on the 27-minute mark and went on to hold off the back markers by just over one minute at the finish.
Chris Kane claimed his second monthly medal for the year ahead of Rebecca Luppino and Bruce Roberts.
The scratch foursome caught the second scratch riders with 10Km to go.
Grant Oates attacked up Lineen’s hill, but Tony Luppino was able to quickly respond and go on to take fastest time.
This week the club will host the Red Rock Classic with riders from Geelong and Warrnambool also competing.
Result: 52Km Monthly Medal
Scratch
1 Tony Luppino 6th & Fastest Time
2 Grant Oates 7th
3 Gavin O’Brien 8th
4 Andrew Pownceby 9th
7 Minutes
5 Heather Hamling 10th
6 Mark Purdie
7 Damian Luppino
8 Glenn Paton
16 Minutes
9 Chris Kane 1st
10 Rebecca Luppino 2nd
11 Bruce Roberts 3rd
12 Peter Theodore 4th
13 Gerard Hickey 5th
27 Minutes
14 Terry Robinson
15 Murray Matthews
September 22nd 2019
The Colac Vets had their best field in three months with sixteen riders competing.
Riders raced a four lap course in dry conditions but with a reasonably strong cold north westerly wind blowing.
The field was split in to five bunches, with two more riders being added to last week’s winning limit front marker bunch.
This bunch of four riders once again held off the field by nearly a couple of minutes.
Paul Allen, having just his sixth race for the year, went one place better from last week to take the win ahead of Terry Robinson in second and last weeks winner Peter Neal in third place and Murray Matthews fourth.
Glenn Paton led the combined 13 and 15 minute bunches in next.
The scratch trio caught the second scratch trio on the last lap with this group coming in 2 minutes 45 seconds behind the winner.
Tony Luppino took fastest time over Andrew Pownceby and Gavin O’Brien.
Result: 48Km Club Race
Scratch
1 Tony Luppino 9th & Fastest Time
2 Andrew Pownceby 10th
3 Gavin O’Brien
6 Minutes
4 Heather Hamling
5 Steve Hamling
6 Ralph Iselt
13 Minutes
7 Glenn Paton 5th
8 Chris Kane 6th
9 Peter Theodore 7th
15 Minutes
10 John Lee 8th
11 Len Murfitt
12 Gerard Hickey Mechanical Failure
27 Minutes
13 Paul Allen 1st
14 Terry Robinson 2nd
15 Peter Neal 3rd
16 Murray Matthews 4th
September 15th 2019
The Colac Vets had a field of ten riders competing over a three lap course for their club race.
Riders started off in warm conditions but showers early in the race dropped the temperature slightly.
Last week’s lone limit rider Peter Neal, had help from co marker Paul Allen this week.
This pair went on to hold off the field by one and three quarter minutes at the finish with Neal taking his second win for the year over Allen.
The scratch duo picked up the rest of the field in the last half lap with Tony Luppino coming in third and taking fastest time over co marker Gavin O’Brien.
Result: 41Km Club Race
Scratch
1 Tony Luppino 3rd & Fastest Time
2 Gavin O’Brien 4th
5 Minutes
3 Ralph Iselt 5th
4 Damian Luppino 6th
5 Glenn Paton
11 Minutes
6 Chris Kane 7th
7 Peter Theodore 8th
8 Rebecca Luppino Punctured
22 Minutes
9 Peter Neal 1st
10 Paul Allen 2nd
September 8th 2019
The Colac Vets had just their second club race in five weeks with only seven riders turning up to race in cold and windy conditions.
Peter Neal was the lone limit rider out on 23 minutes and was caught by the 4.30-minute foursome with 8Km to go.
Coming in to the Cororooke hall finish, Steve Hamling was rewarded for his many strong performances with a rare win.
Heather Hamling continued her good form coming in second with Ralph Iselt finishing in third place.
Tony Luppino led in co marker Gavin O’Brien to take fastest time.
Result: 38Km Club Race
First : Steve Hamling (4.30)
Second : Heather Hamling(4.30)
Third : Ralph Iselt (4.30)
Fourth : Mark Purdie (4.30)
Fifth : Tony Luppino (scratch)
Sixth : Gavin O’Brien (scratch)
Seventh : Peter Neal (23.00)
Fastest Time : Tony Luppino (scratch)
August 2019
August 2019
August 25th 2019
With the Colac Vets having cancelled their last two club races due to a combination of lack of numbers and bad weather, this week they were back for the monthly medal with ten riders.
The two limit riders out on the 29-minute mark were caught heading up Lineen’s hill with 7Km remaining by the 5-minute foursome.
Lone middle marker Simon Williams was then caught 2km later.
This group was then caught by the two remaining scratchmen 1km later.
Heading up the Alvie hill, Steve Hamling went to the front and lifted the pace.
Tuning into Red Rock Reserve Road to finish off with the final 400 metre ascent, Andrew Pownceby attacked.
But Tony Luppino was able to reel Pownceby back and pass him to take his fourth win and first monthly medal for the year.
Heather Hamling finished off well for third place.
Result: 51Km Monthly Medal
Scratch
1 Tony Luppino 1st & Fastest Time
2 Andrew Pownceby 2nd
3 Gavin O’Brien 8th
5 Minutes
4 Heather Hamling 3rd
5 Steve Hamling 4th
6 Ralph Iselt 5th
7 Mark Purdie 6th
14 Minutes
8 Simon Williams 7th
29 Minutes
9 Tom McBroom 9th
10 Murray Matthews 10th
August 4th 2019
The Colac Vets had five riders compete among a field of 41 riders in a Geelong combine race at Paraparap.
Riders competed over a challenging course with a hill climb finish.
Colac fared well by having the top two finishers.
Nick Brown backed up his club race win last week to take out the race from Heather Hamling with Geelong’s Steve Barille in third place.
These three finished with just over a minute to spare from the scratch bunch.
Result: 62Km Rocket Ascent Combine Handicap
First: Nick Brown (12.00) Colac
Second: Heather Hamling (12.00) Colac
Third: Steve Barille (16.00) Geelong
Fourth: Trent Clifford (scratch) Geelong
Fifth: Tim Canny (scratch) Eureka
Sixth: Jason Hendry (scratch) Eureka
Seventh: Brad Haskett (scratch) Geelong
Eighth: Andrew Goodwin (scratch) Geelong
Ninth: Nigel Pearson (7.00) Geelong
Tenth: Steve Douglas (7.00) Geelong
Fastest Time: Trent Clifford (scratch) Geelong
July 2019
July 28th 2019
The Colac Vets had a small field of nine riders for their club race.
Riders raced in cool conditions with a light north westerly wind.
The two scratchman were chasing a two-minute gap to a bunch of five riders with only one rider on the middle mark of ten minutes and one rider out on the limit mark of 26 minutes.
Ten-minute rider Chris Kane was caught by the five second scratch riders at the 30Km mark and tucked on the back of this group for the journey back to the finish.
Lone limit rider Terry Robinson was caught by this group with 4Km remaining.
Coming around the last corner into Factory Road the two scratchmen were not far behind.
In the sprint to the finish line Nick Brown jumped away and was rewarded for a strong ride to take his first win in three years.
Chris Kane followed Brown closely in the sprint to finish second with Larry Nocera coming in third place.
Andrew Pownceby finished just 50 metres behind to take fastest time over co marker Gavin O’Brien.
There will be no club race this weekend with the Geelong club hosting a combine race at Paraparap.
Result: 48Km Club Race
Scratch
1 Andrew Pownceby 5th & Fastest Time
2 Gavin O’Brien 7th
2 Minutes
3 Nick Brown 1st
4 Larry Nocera 3rd
5 Heather Hamling 4th
6 Ralph Iselt 6th
7 Steve Hamling 8th
10 Minutes
8 Chris Kane 2nd
26 Minutes
9 Terry Robinson 9th
July 21st 2019
The Colac Vets had thirteen riders for their monthly medal.
With no middle markers present the handicapper decided to split the eleven backmarkers up into four small bunches spread out over six minutes.
The two limit riders were out on 24 minutes.
Riders once again raced with strong westerly winds.
The 4.30-minute trio caught the 6.00-minute trio with 19Km to go.
These six were then caught by the second scratch trio 2Km later.
Turning into Melrose Road the nine riders were riding single file into a head wind for the next six kilometres.
At the end of Melrose Road, the two front markers were caught and passed with 11Km to go.
Turning left out of Melrose Road and into a cross wind, nine riders became six with no room left to the edge of the road.
Heading to the Lineen’s Road finish line, David Coventry edged out Matt Simmonds by just 15 centimetres to take his second monthly medal this year.
Gavin O’Brien was third.
The two scratchmen came in about a minute later with Tony Luppino taking fastest time over Andrew Pownceby.
Result: 47Km Monthly Medal
Scratch
1 Tony Luppino 7th & Fastest Time
2 Andrew Pownceby 8th
2 Minutes 30 Seconds
3 David Coventry 1st
4 Matt Simmonds 2nd
5 Gavin O’Brien 3rd
4 Minutes 30 Seconds
6 Nick Brown 4th
7 Heather Hamling 5th
8 Steve Hamling 9th
6 Minutes
9 Ralph Iselt 6th
10 Larry Nocera 10th
11 Mark Purdie
24 Minutes
12 Peter Neal
13 Terry Robinson
July 14th 2019
The Colac Vets had ten riders brave the wintry conditions for their club race.
Riders competed over a four-lap triangular course having to put up with strong westerly cross winds coming from the right side on the way out and the left side on the way back four times.
Their only relief was the tailwind section along Brown’s Lane.
Lone limit rider Tom McBroom, who was having his first race with the Vets since December 2017, had a seven-minute head start on Bruce Roberts and Gerard Hickey and 22 minutes on the three scratchmen.
In the tough conditions the field was coming together at the end of the third lap.
The second scratch foursome hit the lead 2Km into the fourth lap with the two remaining scratchmen just 45 seconds behind.
The second scratch bunch did well to hold off the scratchmen on the last lap but were caught in the final kilometre.
Andrew Pownceby claimed his second win, since joining the Vets last year, ahead of Tony Luppino and Heather Hamling.
Result: 48Km Club Race
Scratch
1 Andrew Pownceby 1st & Fastest Time
2 Tony Luppino 2nd
3 Gavin O’Brien
3 Minutes 30 Seconds
4 Heather Hamling 3rd
5 Steve Hamling 4th
6 Larry Nocera 5th
7 David Coventry 6th
15 Minutes
8 Bruce Roberts
9 Gerard Hickey
22 Minutes
10 Tom McBroom
May 2019
May 26th 2019
The Colac Vets had 84 starters for their open race starting and finishing at Cororooke.
Riders raced in dry weather but with strong westerly winds with 66 riders finishing the race in the tough conditions.
Colac pair Andrew Pownceby and Gavin O’Brien riding off the 7 Minute 30 second mark put in good race.
They and four other riders were in the lead with 6Km to go when they were caught by scratch going through Alvie.
They managed to finish seventh and eighth respectively.
Scratch filled the first six places.
There will be no club race this week with Colac being invited to race with Geelong at Paraparap.
Result: 59Km May Open
First: Tim Bennett (scratch) Geelong
Second: Stephen Lane (scratch) Northern
Third: Steve Richards (scratch) Geelong
Fourth: Paul Scouller (scratch) Warrnambool
Fifth: Tony Giuliano (scratch) Northern
Sixth: Tim Canny (scratch) Eureka
Seventh: Andrew Pownceby (7.30) Colac
Eighth: Gavin O’Brien (7.30) Colac
Ninth: Nigel Pearson (10.30) Geelong
Tenth: Ricky Calvert (10.30) Eureka
Fastest Time: Tim Bennett (scratch) Geelong
May 19th 2019
The Colac Vets had a small field of nine riders for their monthly medal.
Riders raced in perfect conditions with no wind.
Gavin O’Brien was the only regular scratchmen to turn up and having done a 68Km race the day before, he was put off with the five second scratch riders to form scratch.
The back markers have won most of the races so far this year and so the handicapper gave what he thought would be a big enough buffer to the next two riders Chris Kane and Gerard Hickey, being 12 minutes, and 25 minutes out to lone limit rider Terry Robinson.
But the race turned out to be the closest finish this year.
Coming around the last bend before the Lineen’s Road hill scratch were surprised to see the three leaders in the distance.
Referee Wayne Burnett who was following the race gave warning to the leaders with 2km to go that scratch was fast approaching and to get a move on.
In the final few hundred metres Steve Hamling and Gavin O’Brien put in some big turns to get scratch a chance of stealing the race.
But the experienced Chris Kane did just enough to hold off last week’s winner Ralph Iselt by just half a wheel on the line to take his first monthly medal for some years.
David Coventry finished off well for third place.
This week the club will hold their May Open race with up to 100 riders expected to enter.
Result: 47Km Monthly Medal
Scratch
1 Ralph Iselt 2nd & Fastest Time
2 David Coventry 3rd
3 Nick Brown 4th
4 Gavin O’Brien 5th
5 Heather Hamling 7th
6 Steve Hamling 8th
12 Minutes
7 Chris Kane 1st
8 Gerard Hickey 6th
25 Minutes
9 Terry Robinson 9th
May 12th 2019
The Colac Vets had a field of thirteen riders for their club race.
Riders started off in drizzly conditions but then cleared with the roads soon drying out for the remainder of the race.
The two scratchmen were set a tough task of chasing a 3-minute gap to second scratch.
The second scratch mark has good numbers at the moment and a bunch of six riders couldn’t be separated thus making up nearly half the field.
The two limit riders had a ten-minute head start on the next three riders and twenty minutes on scratch.
The three 10-minute riders were down to two riders early on giving them little chance of catching the limit riders.
The two remaining 10-minute riders were then caught and passed by the six riders from second scratch with 7km to go.
The two limit riders were also caught and passed by second scratch with two and a half kilometres to go.
Coming around the church corner with 1300 metres to go Steve Hamling started a long lead out.
David Coventry then took over with 600 metres remaining.
Ralph Iselt then waited until 150 metres to go before coming off Coventry’s wheel to take the win.
Heather Hamling once again finished well for second having done a 57Km race the day before.
Coventry held on for third place.
The scratchmen came in just under two minutes later to save fastest time by one minute and 5 seconds with Gavin O’Brien leading in Tony Luppino.
Result: 38Km Club Race
Scratch
1 Gavin O’Brien 8th & Fastest Time
2 Tony Luppino 9th
3 Minutes
3 Ralph Iselt 1st
4 Heather Hamling 2nd
5 David Coventry 3rd
6 Steve Hamling 4th
7 Nick Brown 5th
8 Mark Purdie 6th
10 Minutes
9 Chris Kane
10 Peter Theodore
11 Gary Legg
20 Minutes
12 Peter Neal 7th
13 Terry Robinson 10th
April 2019
April 2019
April 28th 2019
The Colac Vets had a field of fifteen riders for their monthly medal.
Riders raced in wintry conditions with strong south westerly winds.
The 13.00 minute bunch of six riders caught lone limit rider Terry Robinson early into the second of the two lap course.
Five of the remaining riders were ten caught by and left behind by the four remaining second scratch riders on Lineen’s hill with about six kilometres to go.
Only Chris Kane was able to get back across to the four second scratch riders.
Riders then had to climb Alvie hill before turning into Red Rock Reserve Road and finish off with a 400 metre sprint up hill to the toilet block finish line.
Heather Hamling showed why she is one of the best female veteran riders going around by putting in a commanding finish in the tough conditions to claim the win.
Nick Brown finished well for second having done a 77Km race just three days earlier.
Steve Hamling put in a strong race throughout to finish third.
The scratch trio came in one minute thirty seconds later with Tony Luppino taking fastest time over Gavin O’Brien, who also did the 77Km race, and Simon Redford.
The three scratchmen had also all raced the day before.
There will be no club race this week with the Warrnambool club holding their open race.
Result: 51Km Monthly Medal
Scratch
1 Tony Luppino 6th & Fastest Time
2 Gavin O’Brien 7th
3 Simon Redford 8th
4 Minutes 30 Seconds
4 Heather Hamling 1st
5 Nick Brown 2nd
6 Steve Hamling 3rd
7 Larry Nocera 4th
8 Darren Allan
13 Minutes
9 Chris Kane 5th
10 Bruce Roberts 9th
11 Gerard Hickey 10th
12 Gary Legg
13 Peter Theodore
14 Rebecca Luppino
26 Minutes
15 Terry Robinson
April 14th 2019
The Colac Vets had a field of eighteen riders for their club race.
Riders raced in warm conditions with strong easterly winds.
The 16.00 minute trio combined well with Gerard Hickey leading the charge to reel in the two front markers with 5Km to go.
Hickey comfortably won the sprint in the Factory Road finish ahead of co markers Gary Legg and Paul Allen.
The third scratch riders had caught the 12.00 minute riders and came in two and a half minutes behind the winner with Damian Luppino leading this group in.
The two scratch riders had caught and left behind the second scratch riders to come in a few seconds further back with Tony Luppino taking fastest time over Gavin O’Brien.
There will be no club race over the Easter break.
Result: 46Km Club Race
Scratch
1 Tony Luppino 10th & Fastest Time
2 Gavin O’Brien
3 Minutes
3 Larry Nocera
4 Nick Brown
5 David Coventry
6 Darren Allan
5 Minutes
7 Damian Luppino 6th
8 Heather Hamling 7th
9 Steve Hamling 8th
10 Ralph Iselt
12 Minutes
11 Chris Kane 9th
12 Glenn Paton
13 Bruce Roberts
16 Minutes
14 Gerard Hickey 1st
15 Gary Legg 2nd
16 Paul Allen 3rd
24 Minutes
17 Peter Neal 4th
18 Terry Robinson 5th
March 2019
March 2019
March 31st 2019
The Colac Vets had a field of thirteen riders for their club race.
Riders raced in reasonably strong westerly winds and copped a of shower of rain toward the end of the race.
The four scratchmen caught the second scratch trio just before the halfway mark.
The 13 minute foursome had also caught the two front markers.
Coming around the second last corner with three and a half kilometres to go the back markers saw the leaders for the first time.
In another close finish, which has seen scratch catch the leaders in the final few hundred metres in three out of the six races so far, Gavin O’Brien powered to the line to easily take the win in the tough head wind finish.
Larry Nocera was second with Heather Hamling putting in a good finish for third place.
There will be no club race this week with the Eureka club holding their open race.
Result: 49Km Club Race
Scratch
1 Gavin O’Brien 1st & Fastest Time
2 Larry Nocera 2nd
3 Nick Brown 4th
4 David Coventry 8th
3 Minutes
5 Heather Hamling 3rd
6 Ralph Iselt 5th
7 Steve Hamling 7th
13 Minutes
8 Bruce Roberts 6th
9 Gary Legg 9th
10 Gerard Hickey 10th
11 Paul Allen
22 Minutes
12 Terry Robinson
13 Des Read
March 24th
The Colac Vets had a field of nineteen riders for their monthly medal.
The six bunch field competed over another new course finishing over the Alvie hill and down the other side with the finish line at the Alvie football ground.
The second scratch riders were split to form two bunches of four riders each.
The first four riders, which was now third scratch, caught the three riders off the 13 minute mark with 15km to go and then caught the three riders from the 17 minute mark with 10Km to go.
Heading up Lineen’s hill with 6Km to go the two front markers were caught.
Going up Alvie hill the second scratch foursome were closing in.
But the third scratch riders just had enough to spare with David Coventry claiming his second monthly medal ahead of Heather Hamling and Ralph Iselt.
Larry Nocera led the second scratch riders in and missed winning by five lengths.
The scratch trio came in just over two minutes behind the winner with Tony Luppino taking fastest time over co-markers Gavin O’Brien and Grant Oates.
Result: 51Km Monthly Medal
Scratch
1 Tony Luppino Fastest Time
2 Gavin O’Brien
3 Grant Oates
6 Minutes
4 Larry Nocera 4th
5 Nick Brown 5th
6 Damian Luppino 8th
7 Arno van der Schans 9th
8 Minutes
8 David Coventry 1st
9 Heather Hamling 2nd
10 Ralph Iselt 3rd
11 Steve Hamling 7th
13 Minutes
12 Chris Kane 6th
13 John Lee 10th
14 Peter Theodore
17 Minutes
15 Gerard Hickey
16 Gary Legg
17 Paul Allen
23 Minutes
18 Terry Robinson
19 Peter Neal
March 17th
The Colac Vets had a field of seventeen riders competing in perfect sunny conditions for their club race.
The four bunch field set out from Beeac through Warrion, Alvie and past Cororooke then back over the Alvie hill and returning back the same way.
With six kilometres to go the two front bunches had combined as well as the two back bunches.
With three kilometres remaining the race turned out to be a battle between the front half of the field and the back half with either group set to prevail.
In a close finish the back markers won out by catching the leaders in the final few hundred metres.
Tony Luppino claimed his second win for the year over co-markers Gavin O’Brien, Larry Nocera and Andrew Pownceby.
This week racing will resume at a 9.30 am start.
Result: 46Km Club Race
Scratch
1 Tony Luppino 1st & Fastest Time
2 Gavin O’Brien 2nd
3 Larry Nocera 3rd
4 Andrew Pownceby 4th
4 Minutes 30 Seconds
5 Heather Hamling 5th
6 Arno van der Schans 6th
7 David Coventry 8th
8 Damian Luppino 9th
9 Glenn Paton
11 Minutes 30 Seconds
10 Chris Kane 7th
11 Bruce Roberts 10th
12 Peter Theodore
13 Gerard Hickey
14 Gary Legg
20 Minutes 30 Seconds
15 Peter Neal
16 Terry Robinson
17 Murray Matthews
March 11th 2019
The Colac Vets had a field of fifteen riders for their club race which was held on the Monday of the long weekend.
It was decided to run scratch races split into four grades.
In A Grade Tony Luppino and Gavin O’Brien broke away going up Lineen’s hill the second time over the two lap course with Luppino taking the win.
In B Grade the riders stayed together until the end with David Coventry winning the sprint for first.
In C Grade the riders also remained together with Glenn Paton taking the win.
In D Grade Gary Legg finished ahead of Bruce Roberts to take the win.
This week racing will start at Beeac with a 9am start on Sunday.
Result: A Grade 46Km Scratch Race
Tony Luppino 1st
Gavin O’Brien 2nd
Larry Nocera 3rd
Damian Luppino 4th
Result: B Grade 46Km Scratch Race
David Coventry 1st
Heather Hamling 2nd
Arno van der Schans 3rd
Steve Hamling 4th
Result: C Grade 46Km Scratch Race
Glenn Paton 1st
Chris Kane 2nd
Rebecca Luppino 3rd
Gerard Hickey 4th
Result D Grade 40Km Scratch Race
Gary Legg 1st
Bruce Roberts 2nd
Terry Robinson 3rd
February 2019
Feb 2019
February 24th 2019
The Colac Vets had just eleven riders for their monthly medal.
Riders were split into four bunches and competed over one of two new courses the club has implemented for the monthly medals this year.
Riders headed from Cororooke through Warrion and Beeac before returning via Cundare on the Lake Corangamite Road back through Dreeite and Alvie and finishing in Bayne’s Road along the Lake Corangamite foreshore.
Damian Luppino was moved out to help strengthen the middle markers and made an impact by taking his two co markers with him to hit the lead at the halfway mark.
Damian Luppino in his fifth year with the Colac Vets claimed his first monthly medal ahead of Chris Kane and Gerard Hickey.
Larry Nocera led the second scratch foursome in just over three minutes later.
Tony Luppino put in a good solo ride off scratch chasing a two minute gap to four riders and saved fastest time by 37 seconds.
This week racing will resume at a 9.30 am start.
Result: 54Km Monthly Medal
Scratch
1 Tony Luppino 10th & Fastest Time
2 Minutes
2 Larry Nocera 6th
3 Heather Hamling 7th
4 Nick Brown 8th
5 David Coventry 9th
14 Minutes
6 Damian Luppino 1st
7 Chris Kane 2nd
8 Gerard Hickey 3rd
22 Minutes
9 Peter Neal 4th
10 Terry Robinson 5th
11 Murray Matthews
February 17th 2019
The Colac Vets had thirteen riders for their club race.
Riders raced in perfect conditions with virtually no wind over a three and a half lap course.
Lone limit rider Terry Robinson was caught by the 13-minute foursome on the third lap.
This group held a slender over the second scratch foursome starting the last half lap with 8Km to go.
Second scratch also had the same lead on the three scratchmen.
In a very close finish, the scratchmen caught second scratch just before the last left hand turn with 1.4Km to go.
Scratchmen Simon Redford led out for the sprint to help catch the leaders with just 300 metres remaining.
Tony Luppino then took control and surged to take the win and fastest time.
Workhorse Gavin O’Brien was hot on his wheel and put in a good ride considering it was his third race in the space of 40 hours, having raced Friday night, then the Veteran Camperdown to Warrnambool race on the Saturday and then Sunday’s club race.
Ralph Iselt followed in for third place.
Six Colac riders competed in the Veteran Camperdown to Warrnambool race on Saturday with Gerard Hickey being the best placed Colac rider coming in sixteenth place in the 109-rider field riding off the 19-minute mark.
Result: 49Km Club Race
Scratch
1 Tony Luppino 1st & Fastest Time
2 Gavin O’Brien 2nd
3 Simon Redford 8th
4 Minutes
4 Ralph Iselt 3rd
5 Larry Nocera 4th
6 Heather Hamling 5th
7 Steve Hamling 7th
8 Damian Luppino
13 Minutes
9 Chris Kane 6th
10 Gary Legg 9th
11 Rebecca Luppino
12 Gerard Hickey
25 Minutes
13 Terry Robinson 10th
February 10th 2019
The Colac Vets had sixteen riders for their club race.
After the hot conditions the district has had over the last few weeks, riders this week raced in cooler conditions with reasonably strong winds.
The field was split into four groups.
New rider Glenn Paton has started his first year with the Colac Vets in fine style after having finished second in last weeks C Grade scratch race, went one better this week with a win in the club’s first handicap race for the year.
He beat home Gerard Hickey, Peter Neal and Chris Kane.
Larry Nocera led in the five second scratch riders not long after.
The scratch trio came in just under two minutes behind the winner with Tony Luppino taking fastest time over Grant Oates and Gavin O’Brien.
Result: 46Km Club Race
Scratch
1 Tony Luppino Fastest Time
2 Grant Oates
3 Gavin O’Brien
5 Minutes
4 Larry Nocera 5th
5 Ralph Iselt 6th
6 Heather Hamling 7th
7 Steve Hamling 8th
8 Damian Luppino 9th
13 Minutes
9 Glenn Paton 1st
10 Gerard Hickey 2nd
11 Chris Kane 4th
12 Gary Legg
13 Paul Allen
22 Minutes
14 Peter Neal 3rd
15 Terry Robinson
16 Murray Matthews
February 3rd 2019
The Colac Vets had a field of twenty-two riders for their first race of the year.
Riders competed in graded scratch races in very warm conditions with little wind.
Result: A Grade 46Km Scratch Race
Gavin O’Brien 1st
Andrew Pownceby 2nd
Simon Redford 3rd
Tony Luppino 4th
Result: B Grade 46Km Scratch Race
Damian Luppino 1st
Larry Nocera 2nd
Nick Brown 3rd
Other riders in order
Ralph Iselt
Heather Hamling
Dave Coventry
Steve Hamling
Chris Kane
Result: C Grade 46Km Scratch Race
Bruce Roberts 1st
Glen Paton 2nd
Len Murfitt 3rd
Other riders in order
Gary Legg
Rebecca Luppino
Gerard Hickey
Result D Grade 37Km Scratch Race
Murray Matthews 1st
Peter Neal 2nd
Terry Robinson 3rd
Des Read 4th
