Tankard Reclaims Course Record!

ITT 8 km, PB Night, Riverside, Tuesday 24 March 2009

Tankard Reclaims Course Record!

Mildura-Coomealla Cycling Club staged an 8 km individual time trial at its Riverside circuit on Tuesday 24 March 2009. This event was a designated “PB Night” with bonus points on offer to riders. Of the 32 starters, 24 took full advantage of the almost calm conditions to set new personal best times for the one lap race of truth. The light southerly breeze blowing across the course was almost unnoticeable by the riders on the uphill run to the roundabout.

The stand out ride of the evening was undoubtedly put in by Kevin Tankard, who slashed 18 seconds off his own PB to reclaim the course record. Tankard’s ride saw him better Chris Parrott’s record by 11 seconds to lower the bar to 10:09 minutes (average speed 47.3 km/h). Congratulations are also due to Arthur “Doc” Anderson, one of the Club’s elder statesmen, who finally set a new PB by going under the 12 minutes barrier with an 11:59 minutes!

With only 3 events remaining on the program it will be a close finish in several of the grades, with only a handful of points (or less!) separating the leading riders in A and B Grades. An update on the current standings is shown below the ITT results.

Thanks to Barry Pollock, Julieanne Ryan, Mark Busch, Tom Athorn, Garry Pitt and Penny Hale for helping out. The next event is the Club’s Lunarfest criterium championship, to be held at Red Cliffs on Saturday 28 March starting at 5 pm. Members are reminded that the Summer season presentations will be held at the Pizza Café on Sunday 5 April, starting at 5.30 pm.

Results (8 km):

1. Kevin Tankard 10:09 minutes PB (18 secs)
2. Richard Hale 10:43 PB (33 secs)
3. Gary Henderson 10:48 PB (10 secs)
4. Garry Pitt 11:06 PB (12 secs)
5. Ben Nicholson 11:07 PB (10 secs)
6. Dean Taylor 11:09
7. Mark Phillips 11:13 PB (15 secs)
8. Simon Wilkinson 11:22 PB (11 secs)
9. Tom Athorn 11:26 PB (14 secs)
10. Nathan Langley 11:34 PB (10 secs) U/19
11. Les Jordan 11:42 PB (23 secs)
12. Josh Grieger 11:44
13. Adrian Lloyd 11:48
14. Ian Beruldsen 11:57 PB (1 sec)
15. Arthur Anderson 11:59 PB (2 secs)
16. Ben Vagnarelli 12:26 PB (2 secs)
17. Andrew Ryan 12:26 PB (48 secs) JM17
18. Ben Athorn 12:58 PB (28 secs) JM17
19. Tarryn Heather 13:16 PB (73 secs)
20. Alana Hale 13:20 PB (25 secs) JW15
21. Thomas Henderson 13:57 PB (19 secs) JM15
22. Brodie Athorn 13:58 PB (21 secs) U/19
23. Karen Wilson 14:08
24. Tyler Beruldsen 14:31 JM13
25. Megan Hale 14:32 JW15
26. Alison Curry 14:49 PB (54 secs)
27. James Burge 15:00 PB (60 secs) JM15
28. Toby Simpson 15:07 JM15
29. Tate Simpson 16:02 PB (35 secs) JM13
30. Lachlan Ryan 16:12 PB (178 secs) JM13
31. Bridget Hale 16:15 JW17
32. Martin Ryan 16:34 PB (74 secs) JM15

Summer 2008/09 Season – Points Standings as of 24 March 2009

A Grade:
1. Parrott, C 192 points
2. Tankard, K 189
3. Hale, R 171
4. Henderson, G 168
5. Nicholson, B 164
6. Taylor, D 163
7. Phillips, M 154
8. Wilkinson, S 153

B Grade:
1. Langley, N 186 points
2. Pitt, G 186
3. Athorn, T 170
4. Grieger, J 163
5. Beruldsen, I 160
6. Mitchell, J 128
7. Akkermans, R 118

C Grade:
1. Lloyd, A 181 points
2. Anderson, A 158
3. Vagnarelli, B 156
4. Scott, G 154
5. Ryan, A 147

D Grade:
1. Simpson, G 191 points
2. Dean, K 166
3. Curry, A 157
4. Butler, J 99

Juniors:
1. Athorn, Ben 204 points JM17
2. Hale, A 179 JW15
3. Henderson, T 166 JM15
4. Athorn, Brodie 155 U/19
5. Hale, M 141 JW15
6. Beruldsen, T 137 JM13
7. Burge, J 129 JM15
8. Simpson, Toby 127 JM15
9. Simpson, Tate 121 JM13
10. Hale, B 105 JW17
11. Ryan, L 92 JM13
12. Ryan, M 92 JM15