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As promised here’s a quick look at results of the season so far;
City Cycling Club- 15 April 2000
Racing was held on the Paardeberg circuit just outside Paarl in near perfect conditions (just a tad too warm) , there were one or two complaints that the circuit was too hard , hell man , we want our riders to stand on the podium in Paris not Parys.
Full results
Seniors: 1.Richard Rosselt 2.Geddon Ruddock 3.Paul Minnaar
Juniors: 1.Wessel Oosthuizen 2.Ewart Du Plessis 3.A van Niekerk
u16: 1.Tommie Strachan 2.Travis Allen 3. P Mouton
Vets:1.Mark Weedall 2.Adriaan Bergh 3.John Moss(City)
u14:1. Stefan Lombard 2.D Hoph 3.T Cronje
u10/12:1.T Daniels 2.R Matthysen 3.J Esch
Schools Association - 6 May 2000
Racing did take place on this day on a route that took in Helshoogte and the outskirts of Franschhoek and Paarl , no-one can give us the full results , we can confirm that Ahmed Khatieb won the seniors , John Moss the vets and that a few of our members got lost along the way , Michael David in the u16’s race ended up in the middle of Paarl using a strangers cellphone to phone his dad who was taking part in the fun ride.
Ocean Wheelers 13 May 2000
Our club gazebo made its debut at the race and it came in very handy as the weather was very hot , at another venue some of our other members took part in shooting an advertisement , they had to climb up and down Franschhoek Pass all day.
Full results
Seniors: 1.Willie Saayman 2.A Khatieb 3.Schalk Visser
Juniors: 1. S Atkinson 2. L Calitz 3. Willie van Zyl
u16: 1.Travis Allen 2.Simon Brown 3.Jacques Goosen
Vets: 1.Gerard GenisCity) 2.Gert van Zyl 3.Morne O’Connor (City)
u10/12:1.R Matthysen 2.M Nicholsen 3. D Hoph
Women:1.R Nicholsen 2.Janet Moss (City)
Elfin Caltex 20 May 2000
Traditionally this venue doesn’t have good turnouts as the course takes in Red Hill via Cape Point , Smitties and Simons Town , this year all the categories were well contested.
Seniors: 1. G Ruddock 2. Richard Roselt 3. Scalk Visser
Juniors : 1. Darren Lill (City) 2.Wesley Cole 3.Chris Esch
u16:1.Travis Allen 2.M Stander 3. J Goosen
Vets :1.Shawn Kirschner 2.John Moss (City) 3.Gary Cloete (City)
u14: 1.J Venter 2. S Lombard 3. A Steenkamp
u10/12:1. M Nicholsen 2. R Matthysen 3.L Carstens
Women:1. W Watson 2. Jean Brown 3.Janet Moss (City)
SA T/T and Road Champs - Port Elizabeth
There were only two losers this weekend , HSBC and Robbie Hunter , the Hong Kong backed team rode Robert Hunter’s race instead of their own and Hunter underestimated the strength of riders in the break which included a few riders from the Western Province. For the club , John Moss (50 - 55) gained gold and Darren Lill (Junior) bronze in their road races , Gerard Genis won gold in the time trial in the 44 - 49 age group.
Main results
Seniors T/T 40 k’s Road 193k’s
1.Robert Hunter 47m15 average of 50,8kph Simon Kessler 4hr45min
2.David George 49m44 Kosie Loubser +1min08
3.Simon Kessler 50m44 Rudolph Wentzel +1min10
u23’s T/T 40k’s Road 160k’s
1.James Perry 48m23 average of 49,6kph Owen Hannie 4hr01min
2.Anton v/d Merwe 51m03 James Perry +0min00
3.Daniel Spence 51m43 Alwyn Scheepers +0min00
Junior Men T/T 30k’s Road 130k’s
1.J. Odendaal 41m14 average of 43,6kph Scott Atkinson 3hrs29
2.W. Cole 42m01 Ryan Hannam +2min32
3.A Lamberts 42m13 Darren Lill (City) +4min02
The following have been chosen to represent South Africa on the road and track: Olympics : Robert Hunter - road , David George -road & T/T , Garen Bloch - track1000m T/T and Erica Green MTB. In the tour L’Abitibi for juniors , Wes Cole , Scott Atkinson , Clinton Gerber , Alexander Lamberts , Ryan Hannam and Waylon Woolcock have been chosen as have Dean Edwards , Haegyn Roux and Garth Thomas (track - sprint and olympic sprint) for the Junior Worlds track champs to be held in Fiorenzuola , Italy. City Members , Gerard Genis (44-49), John Moss(50 - 54) and Tony Roberts (60 - 64) have been chosen to go to the vets road champs in Austria in August.
Races for July
1st July Knysna Fun ride. At the same time , Angus Robinson will be taking the youngsters who attend the Saturday skills classes up to Knysna for a training camp , Oscar Ferreira has kindly sponsored City club jersys for them.
8th July Rhadsport - Town Hall , Jan van Riebeeck Road , Paarl. Rhadsport will be using a 20km circuit .
On the same weekend the u16’s take part in the Eric van Enter in PE . The Schools Association are taking about 32 riders and have had to purchase jerseys for them which has depleted their funds , they will be selling golf shirts @ R50 in order to replenish their coffers.
15 July Paarl Cycling Club - Market street , Paarl . This is a relatively flat route which starts on the bridge over the Berg River and goes thru Paarl out to Klapmuts , left to Simondium and then back to Paarl via the outskirts of Franschhoek and Victor Verster Prison.
22 July UCT - Triangle bottom of Red Hill. ( big climb)
29 July Peninsula - Black Marlin Restaurant Millers Point (another big climb)
WPCA AGM - Piet Odendaal of Bellville Cycling and the Officials Association was awarded WP colours for service. A selection and a disciplinary committee were also elected , apart from the elections the only other matter of interest was a discussion regarding the venue for the WP t/t and road champs. Those of us with the climbing abilities of a bag of cement will be glad to hear that Club Mykonos have approached the WP Cycling Association to host the champs there. The big issue is , do we hold the t/t & road champs on the same weekend or do we only hold the t/t at Club Mykonos and the road elsewhere the next weekend? Remember we/you do have a say in the venue and course , let us know , it will be discussed at the next WP meeting.
At the launch of Cycle Lab/Le Peleton , City’s Entertainment Committee led by Dominico Cutino came to the conclusion , that after two beer shandys most cyclists become incoherent and cross-eyed , it is believed that Peter Wheeler was found in the Waterfront’s carpark looking for the Ryder/BOE combi which was stolen at the SA track champs in April.
Domineco Cutino and Oscar Ferreira are off to the T’d France later in the month , wine makers be warned , lock up your wine cellars .
The next club meeting will be held on the 3 July @ 20hr00 sharp
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