Brunswick Cycling Club

Well, many parents are breathing a sigh of relief as the Junior Road season wrapped up at the State Championships in Wangaratta on the weekend. After what has been a long season with many bonding weekends away for Brunswick families, Wang was the exclamation mark; the climax; the end of the road; the… well, you get the picture.
And the Brunswick Juniors once again did the club proud: some amazing results from kids that started at the Junior Clinic, and are now on the road to greatness!

Winners are Grinners…
And no one is grinning more than Bryce Holloway. Correction: maybe his proud mum is grinning more, if she’s stopped crying?!? The Bof’s weren’t on the line to watch Bryce win the M15 Road Race, and surely make him a lock for a state team place, in fact, they were some 60m away, but knew right-away that Bryce had won gold! Thanks to Christina’s screaming the whole of Wang probably knew he’d won!
But that’s jumping ahead… The weekend began with the State Junior Time Trial Championships and Brunswick had 21 young guns representing the club – not a bad turnout. Showing a list to Dave he reckons that 18 of the 21 started off, or at least spent time honing their racing craft, at the famous Junior Clinic.
The J11s were off first and ‘Go Sarah’ – everybody’s favourite Tuesday night rider – made a strong start taking bronze with a 9:39:93 over the flat 4km course. Next up, a rider who is as good on a horse (of the pommel variety) as a bike, and who at the age of 10 has the physique of Adonis, Nathan Bof, who rode to silver (just 1.2-seconds off the Gold) with a time of 8:36:86 over the same 4km course.
To the J13s and BCC had four riders (two boys and two girls). Speaking of Adonis, the two girls certainly make the boys look, well… un-Adonis-like (come on hormones kick in!) and for the girls it was Ruby Roseman-Gannon with a time of 15:18:77 who took bronze (less than two-seconds out of Silver) with Greta ‘Anna Meares’ Curran a clear 5th with a time of 16:59:72. The two lads, who are better if there’s a hill in the course, both did well – with Riley Hart finishing 4th (less than a second away from the bronze) and Isaac Pane 13th in a strong field of 23 riders.
With no W15 riders it’s straight to the M15s. Bryce, Liam, James and Christian being our four representatives. Bryce was sitting forth on the Junior Aggregate table – which goes a long way to determining who gets selected to ride for the Big V at the Nationals – while James was sitting 9th. Christian has been riding in the 15Bs and competing very well while Liam is on the road back from a bit of winter lay-off.
With the most at stake Bryce dug deep with an outstanding 5th in the TT – importantly, he kept the riders behind him in the aggregate at bay while not dropping too far behind those in front. He averaged 35.5kmph for a 16:55:58, which made him one of only five riders to break 17-minutes over the tough 10km circuit. Liam ran 8th, James 17th and Christian a strong 21st in a field of 34 boys.
The J17 girls took flight over the same 10km course with Madeleine Cardillo, Ebony Clarke and Vanessa Bof flying the BCC colours. Maddy turned in a very impressive 17:13:88 to take 4th and keep her slim top four aggregate hopes alive. Eb finished 7th and Nes 8th.
On to the M17s and four of Brunswick’s brightest suited up for the demanding 14km course. Nick Katsonis gritted his teeth with a ride of 23:52:35 (Av 35.2kmph) to come in best of the BCC bunch finishing 20th, with Matt Cooper 25th, Sean McIver 32nd and Tyson Breen 36th with a time of 25:27:85… that’s 25-minutes of pain… ouch!
Those juggling HSC with trying to get the miles in – the M19s were next to the line for a lung busting, rolling 18km TT course. Matt’s brother Mitch Cooper was best of the ‘old guys’ riding a 27:11:45 (Av almost 40kmph!) to come in 7th. Alex Meyland ran 11th (27:33:77 / 39.2kmph), Thomas Dapcich 13th (27:46:07 / 38.9kmph) and Ben Abels 23rd (31:29:03 / 34.3kmph).
So the TT Champs returned a fantastic second, two awesome thirds and two commendable fourths – not bad at all and worth celebrating on the Saturday night with a number of the BCC families taking it to the Pinsent Hotel. Andrea Cardillo knew what she was doing and came armed with a fist-full of discount meal vouchers – your second meal for $5 – which she handed around. Everyone was a winner, although those who didn’t order early had a bit of a wait for their meal.
After a good night sleep it was on with the show and back to the sale yards for the State Road Race Champs.
After a delayed start due to a stubborn fog refusing to lift, the J11s again led proceedings and it was a little bit of groundhog day with ‘Go Sarah’ another strong ride for bronze and Nathan just losing out on a long sprint for another silver. Not a bad championship for those two up-and-comers!
Just to keep us guessing the J15s followed the 11s and this is where things really reached fever pitch for BCC. As previously described, Bryce’s Gold was a clear highlight of the event for him; for his family and for all the BCC supporters that were there. Although just to keep his feet on the ground, Riley quickly reminded Bryce he actually beat him in his first ever cycling race at DISC some three or so years ago! Liam came 7th, James 15th and Christian 23rd completed the BCC M15s performance over the testing 35km course.
The J17 women were next off on a rocking and rolling ride over the same 35km route. Our girls did good: Ebony Clarke 6th, Madeleine Cardillo 7th and Vanessa Bof 15th in a torrid race of attrition.

The boy’s of the same age (with the hormones having well and truly kicked in) lined up for an extremely challenging 57km course with enough climbs to make it interesting and arguably three of the best four M17s in the country competing for medals. By all reports our brave lads found the going at the pointy end extremely tough with Sean McIver the first BCC rider home just ahead of Nick with Tyson and Matt enjoying their ride, and reportedly sharing a laugh and lollies with a boy from Bendigo, not far behind.

The M19s had a 100kms to race over! It took the winner almost 3hrs (2:51:19 / Av 35kmph) which wasn’t bad given the amount of climbing! BCC’s own Shaunie O finished fourth – a fantastic result given his recent adventures of falling off the bike! Mitch and Alex both finished close-up in a hectic sprint amongst the top riders also. Both were very pleased with their rides.

Then to the marquee event the J13s 15km – that’s two blocks of a dead-flat course in perfect conditions; sun and no wind. The boys lead the way and eyed each other with no one even trying a break. The big favorite sat at the back, while a contingent of newish riders made for lots of wheel touches and diving for the brakes – not a very enjoyable race by all accounts! It came down to a bunch kick of around 20 of them and they finished the order they entered the last corner (thankfully everyone got around the corner upright) – with Riley forth and Isaac a fast finishing 12th.

The girls race saw a little more action but ended similarly to the TT with Ruby again taking bronze and Greta a fighting 5th.

Wow! That’s a wrap. Let’s all take a break and then BRING ON TRACK SEASON!

State Champs Results

TT
JG11 – Sarah Gigante 09:39.93 – 3rd
JB11 – Nathan Bof 8:36:86 – 2nd (by 1.2-seconds)
JG13 – Ruby Rose-Gannon 15:18:77 – 3rd (less than a second away from 2nd)
Greta Curran 16:59:72 – 5th
JB13 – Riley Hart 15:27:54 – 4th (less than a second out of 3rd)
Isaac Pane 16:15:52 – 13th
JG15 – Bryce Holloway 16:55:58 – 5th
Liam Hood 17:10:69 – 8th
James Pane 18:04:89 – 17th
Christian Molina 18:25:99 – 21st
JW17 – Madeleine Cardillo 17:13:88 – 4th (less than two seconds out of 3rd)
Ebony Clarke 17:59:28 – 7th
Vanessa Bof 18:13:72 – 8th
JM17 – Nicholas Katsonis 23:52:35 – 20th
Matthew Cooper 24:13:84 – 25th
Sean McIver 24:53:11 – 32nd
Tyson Breen 25:27:85 – 36th
JM19 – Mitch Cooper 27:11:45 – 7th
Alex Meyland 27:33:77 – 11th
Thomas Dapcich 27:46:07 – 13th
Ben Abels 31:29:03 – 23rd

RR Results

JG11 – Sarah Gigante 3rd
JB11 – Nathan Bof 2nd
JG13 – Ruby Rose-Gannon 3rd
Greta Curran 5th
JB13 – Riley Hart 4th
Isaac Pane 12th
JG15 – Bryce Holloway 1st
Liam Hood 7th
James Pane 15th
Christian Molina 23rd
JW17 – Ebony Clarke 6th
Madeleine Cardillo 7th
Vanessa Bof 15th
JM17 – Sean McIver (1st BCC rider home)
Nicholas Katsonis
Matthew Cooper
Tyson Breen
JM19 – Sean O’Gallaghan 4th
Alex Meyland
Mitch Cooper
Thomas Dapcich
Ben Abels

This entry was posted by H. Hart on Wednesday, August 18th, 2010 at 6:19 pm and is filed under Reports, Road.