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Junior Program

Event 1 C Grade 6 Lap Scratch
1       Nathan Bof
2       Faith Holloway
3       Sarah Gigante   

Event 2 B Grade 10 Lap Scratch
1       Nic Mountney
2       Nina Greig-Towers
3       Briony Cole     

Event 3 A Grade 15 Lap Scratch
1       Braeden Dean
2       Liam Hood
3       Jack French     

Event 4 C Grade 6 Lap Points
1       Sarah Gigante           10pts
2       Faith Holloway           5pts
3       Georgia Mylonas          5pts

Event 5 B Grade 9 Lap Progressive
1       Nic Mountney            26pts
2       Riley Hart               2pts
3       Vanessa Bof     

Event 6 A Grade 10 Lap Progressive
1       Braeden Dean            15pts
2       Nicholas Katsonis       11pts
3       Bryce Holloway           9pts

Event 7 C Grade 8 Lap Scratch
1       Sarah Gigante
2       Nathan Bof
3       Faith Holloway  

Event 8 B Grade 15 Lap Motorpace
1       Nic Mountney
2       Briony Cole
3       Nina Greig-Towers       

Event 9 A Grade 18 Lap Motorpace
1       Braeden Dean
2       Bryce Holloway
3       Sean McIver

Senior Program

Event 10        E Grade 8 Lap Scratch
1       Scott Gigante
2       Gavin Wright
3       Ian Potts       

Event 11        D Grade 8 Lap Scratch
1       Terry Hollibone
2       Jessica Morgan
3       Craig Whitehead 

Event 12        C Grade 10 Lap Scratch
1       Ash Kozak
2       Romain Mathis
3       Ben Toovey      

Event 13        B Grade 15 Lap Scratch
1       Greg Brunt
2       Peter O'Callaghan
3       Michael Thomas  

Event 14        A Grade 20 Lap Scratch
1       Maddison Hammond
2       Shaun O'Callaghan
3       Sean Hurley     

Event 15        E Grade 10 Lap Points
1       Gavin Wright             8pts
2       Scott Gigante            8pts
3       Ian Potts                4pts

Event 16        D Grade Miss-n-Out
1       Terry Hollibone
2       Brian Mangano
3       Jessica Morgan  

Event 17        C Grade Miss-n-Out
1       James Steinhauser
2       Ash Kozak
3       Matt Ladner     

Event 18        B Grade Miss-n-Out
1       Ian McGinley
2       Walter Dapcich
3       Shane Weaving   

Event 19        A Grade Miss-n-Out
1       Maddison Hammond
2       Shaun O'Callaghan
3       Brendan Bailey  

Event 20        E Grade 8 Lap Scratch
1       Gavin Wright
2       Scott Gigante
3       Ian Potts       

Event 21        D Grade 20 Lap Motorpace
1       Terry Hollibone
2       Brian Mangano
3       Jessica Morgan  

Event 22        C Grade 25 Lap Motorpace
1       Peter Ferrie
2       Peter Mazzarella
3       Romain Mathis   

Event 23        B Grade 40 Lap Motorpace
1       Peter O'Callaghan
2       Ian McGinley
3       Michael Thomas  

Event 24        A Grade 60 Lap Motorpace
1       Shaun O'Callaghan
2       Chris Ray
3       Brett Hickford
4       Sean Hurley

So if you are one of those riders whose heart and motivation sinks every time you hear the wind blow or rain pattering the on the roof try this training ride next time it’s cold and wet.

Set up your rollers… (not the mag trainer) your rollers in front of the TV and put on your favourite race DVD or video some of my favourites are any Paris Roubaix and Cadels lung busting launch up the final climb and then the 4k TT effort to claim the World Title.

I jump on the rollers and “race” with them, I change gears and try to match the cadence of the attackers keeping my effort high, I can only hold the effort for 5 minutes so then I cruise for 5 or 10 minutes, drink and recover, then get back in the race for another effort.

Depending on your fitness and imagination you can last anywhere from 30 minutes to 4 hours +.

If you think 4 hours indoors is impossible then don’t consider moving to Belgium where you can spend a week indoors smashing out 5-6 hours a day waiting for the ice and snow to clear!

If it’s during the week then watch your favourite TV show, cruise during the program and smash it when the ads come on. Intervals made easy!

Now you may be wondering why I said rollers and not a mag trainer, rollers smooth out your riding style.

Balance and co ordination at high cadences improves if you do it on rollers because you have to “ride the bike”

So many people can achieve High cadence or power outputs when locked in on a mag trainer or ergo but fail to reproduce the effort on the bike because they lack the balance and technique when “let loose”.

Rollers are awesome for juniors, they learn to be able to “sit” at high cadences and not bounce all over the seat, set yourself goals in 5 – 10 rpm increments.

If the best you can do is 110rpm for 5 minutes then try and do 4 -5 efforts of them with 5 minutes recovery between each one.

Then next week aim for 115 -120 rpm for the 5 minute efforts, keep a diary of how you went, you may be only able to do 1 effort at 115rpm that week and the rest at 110, that’s okay it’s an improvement!

It may take you 3-4 weeks before you can do 4 efforts at 5 rpm higher and when you achieve this then try for another 5rpm increase.

Remember, in junior racing it’s all about leg speed!!

In a 10 sec effort aim to be revving out at 150 – 170rpm…don’t say it’s impossible have a crack, and if you can only get to 140 the first time then have 5 minutes rest and have another go, do 8-10 of these in a session, note what you achieved and plan to do it again next week aiming for 5-10rpm higher.

Next time you see Gary Niewand World Sprint Champion and Olympic medalist at DISC ask him what his max cadence was…I think he cracked 230+!!!!

By the time the 3 day tour comes along you’ll be better for it!!

oops I gotta go, Cadels just launched an attack and I’m going with him!!

onya cam

Go and cheer for the old buggers doing their Individual Pursuits instead.

The Masters Scratch racing events are on in the afternoon.

Sessions resume as usual Sunday 21 March.

$5 Brunswick CC members $10 others
Today’s session will include:

• Warmup
• 1 lap Chase downs
• 200m entry leadouts
• Close riding
• Dropping into a gap
• TT/Pursuit starts
• Warmdown

• Registration and warm up from 5pm
• Juniors start 6:30pm
• Seniors start 7:30pm
• Map & Info

“The Marathon in March”

Saturday Evening the 20th March at the Harrison st Velodrome, Brunswick

• 1hr Motor pace warm up starts 5pm
• Racing starts at 6
• Graded Heart Starter Scratch Races
• Double Distance Paced Elimination!!!

  Starts at 30kph, increases 3kph every 10 laps. The Challenge: See if you can hold 55kph after 90 laps

• Paced 10k teams pursuit.
• 40k Paced Points Race
• 30k All-Stars Madison

BBQ…Party Pies…Sausage Rolls…BYO Pop Corn

Entry $5 up front or 5 cents a lap!

Tests have confirmed if you rock up with anything bigger than 86″ you’ll be dissappointed!!

Don’t forget to bring a smile and a couple of laughs!!

Scratch Races

30 Second Challenges

Heather Higginson Handicap

30 Second Challenges

Scratch Races

30 Second Challenge

Second Scratch Races

Team Sprints

30 Second Challenge