South West Series Results
The past two weeks in the South West series have been very successful for the Hamilton Cycling Club with Callum Mirtschin being out best performer with a win at the Greg Gleeson in Warrnambool and a 3rd at the Doug Pettingil Memorial Hamilton to Port Fairy. Chris Kennett is also in good form finishing in the top 10 both times. It was great to see so many Hamilton riders flying the new Hamilton colours and they certainly stand out on the road amongst the other competitors.
Callum now leads the South West series after three races with Chris Kennett 4th, Dean McLaren 8th and Scott Kruger 10th with plenty of others knocking on the door.
Junior results at the Pettingil saw Jessica McLaren taking another win in the Under 15/17s and Lucas Riley finishing 3rd in the Under 11/13s.
Tegan and Rhyan Menzel finished 1st and 2nd respectively in the Under 17/15s at the Greg Gleeson the previous week.
Saturday racing from here on in with a 30k and 10k race on Mt Napier Rd this Saturday starting at 1:30pm. $5 entry for either of both (two for one!). Next South West series race is the Soldiers Memorial on ANZAC day (25th April) in Mt Gambier followed by the Wal Smith Memorial (Open) and the Kelpie Classic (South West series) run on the weekend of the 27th and 28th of April by the Wal Smith Foundation.
Hamilton to Port Fairy HCC Senior finishers:
- Callum 3rd
- Dean 7th
- Mal Clayton 14th
- Chris Kennett 16th
- Luke McLaren 19th
- Nikki Menzel 20th
- Danny Hunt 21st
- Graham Plowright 23rd (adopted HCC rider)
- Paul Bast 30th
- Dale Minney 37th
- Scott Kruger 38th
Peaks Challenge
The hard training over a number of months paid off for five of our local riders in the Peaks Challenge. Covering just over 230k and 4000m of climbing, including the summits Mt Hotham and the back of Falls Creek, Paul Bast, Tony Fleetwood, Dale Minney, David Ralston and Michael Tudball all finished the challenge and donned the coveted finishers jersey. Well done boys!
Times:
- Dale Minney 9h57:17
- David Ralston 10h19:58
- Paul Bast 10h25:33
- Tony Fleetwood 11h32:21
- Michael Tudball 11h38:58
Gorae Classic
Congratulations to our riders for competing well at the Gorae Classic held by the Portland Cycling Club. A great, but tough day was had by all. Congratulations to Millie Kruger and Jessica McLaren winning their age groups.
Colac Track Carnival
Hamilton Track riders represented the club well once again, this time at Colac Cycling Club’s track carnival.
Results in no particular order:
- Nikki Menzel 3rd Snr 4 Lap Handicap Final, 3rd Snr E Grade Keirin
- Tegan Menzel 1st U17 Woman’s Keirin, 1st U17 Woman 4 Lap Scratch Race
- Dean Menzel 2nd Snr C Grade Keirin
- Rhyan Menzel 1st U15 2 Lap Handicap, 2nd U15 3 Lap Scratch Race
- Lucas Riley 3rd U11 2 Lap Handicap
- Myles Riley 1st U13 B Sprint Derby
(Results may be missing so please send in to Scott for correction/additions. Some photos below)
Club racing sees new high with nine woman racing in the club's 20k summer series!
Australia Day Track Carnival Weekend - Mt Gambier
A number of Hamilton Cycling Club members participated in the South Coast and Mt Gambier Cycling Club’s Australia Day weekend track carnival with some fantastic results! The Dean, Nikki, Tegan and Rhyan Menzel along with Haydn, Myles and Lucas Riley and Chris Kennett all competed. Unfortunately Chris had a nasty fall and a trip to hospital. Luckily no broken bones.
Thanks to Turn 8 photography for letting us use some of their photos from the day. All photos can be viewed on the Turn 8 Photography Facebook page.
Results:
- Chris Kennett – 2nd HCC Aus Day Snr Masters Handicap
- Rhyan Menzel – 1st Jnr A/B Grade 2 Lap Handicap, 3rd Jnr B Grade 12 Lap Motor Pace
- Nikki (with Amy Wight MGCC) first female team in 80 Lap Maddison, 2nd Snr Womans 4 Lap Handicap
- Tegan Menzel – 2nd Female SCC Aust Day U17 Time Trial, 1st Jnr B Grade 12 Lap Moto Pace (Sunday)
- Dean Menzel – 1st B Grade 15 Lap Motor Pace, 2nd Snr Men 4 Lap Handicap
- Lucas Riley – 1st SCC Aus Day U11 Time Trial, 1st SCC Aus Day Jnr D Grade Scratch Race, 2nd SCC Aus Day U13/11/9 Handicap, 1st (twice) Jnr D Grade 4 Lap Scratch Race (Sunday)
- Myles Riley – 2nd SCC Aus Day Jnr D Grade Scratch Race, 3rd SCC Aus Day U13 Time Trial, 3rd SCC Aus Day U13/11/9 Handicap, 2nd (twice) Jnr D Grade 4 Lap Scratch (Sunday)
Haydn Riley – 1st SCC Aus Day Jnr Wheelrace, 2nd Jnr Boys 3 Lap Wheelrace (Sunday)
TdU – New kit gets out and some lucky HCC members meet up with Team Bahrain – Merida
Luke and Jessica McLaren were lucky enough to get a chance to meet and ride with Team Bahrain – Merida at the TdU. We here that it’s all thanks to Uncle Mark! It’s a pity their old man didn’t get any shots with the team, we still haven’t managed to see him in his new HCC kit! Would have to say it looks a million dollars!
Boys do us proud at National Club Criterium Championships!
In early January at the Road Nationals held in Ballarat, Rhett Beattie, Danny Hunt, Chris Kennett & Scott Kruger represented the Hamilton Cycling Club in the 90+ category. In scorching heat (40+) they raced 13 laps of the 1.1k Sturt St circuit. This was a lead up event to the Elite Men’s and Woman’s events in front of big crowds. Finishing 3rd was impressive against other stronger Melbourne clubs. With little training the boys are fired up to have another go in 2020. It would be great to see the club enter into the other age categories and possibly hold some criterium racing in the lead up to the Nationals for practice. It was just a pity that the new club kit hadn’t arrived in time for the day!
New kit arrives!
Finally a new kit after many years of the previous design. Long story short, the club’s committee felt it was time for a new kit that set the club apart from others out in the peloton. I think we achieved that. Looks like one excited customer!
