New bike, first win

By Selina Green

On Thursday 23rd February – a hot humid evening. Sixteen riders headed to the Botanic Park for the Mansfield Mt Buller Cycling Club handicap race. The first riders to leave the park were Tony Morris and Micala Jacobs. They headed off at speed with the next bunch of four riders which included Ian Conrick, John Eisner, Dave Bock, and Selina Green. This group supported new-to-riding Selina into their group and became a force to be reckoned with as the race headed towards the Long Lane turnaround.

Next to leave was Adrian Dowd on his new bike with Craig (Will) Wilson. Followed by the group of three Rob Skinner, Darren Bakker, and Janine Appleton. Our final group with 12 minutes to find were Michael Pearce, Bruce Halket, Ryder Chadd, Steve Duke, and Jake Lay.

All groups worked well together gradually closing gaps with Adrian 'new bike' Dowd the eventual winner with a sprint to the finish closely followed by Selina Green and Tony Morris. Ian Conrick and Jake Lay, with the fastest time on the night, rounded out the top five.

We would like to thank the marshals and commissaires who did as usual a fantastic job to keep us all safe. Many thanks to Tony Copland for his race images.