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Club Track Champs - Taupo 9 March 2008
09/03/2008

A select, but dedicated group of Ramblers riders travelled to the Taupo Velodrome on Sunday the 9th of March to compete in the clubs track championship. It was a beautiful clear Taupo day with lights winds. The conditions were just right for outdoor track racing!
All races were part of an Omnium. This is where, at the end, each individual's placings get added up and the one with the lowest score is the overall winner.
As this was an Open Race, riders from other clubs were also competing for Honours.
The placings from the first two events, the 200 metre Flying Lap and the 500 metre TT, were used for seeding in the 5 lap Handicap Race.
With all 19 riders starting at different spots around the track, it came down to the last lap! In a tight bunch finish, Zane Alexander kicked home in first place, with John Ellery just beating Chris Henderson and Dan Warren.
The Warren Family got some awesome video footage of this race and we hope to put this on 'the Blog' in the near future.
The Points Race was an all Dan Warren affair. He took a solo lap on the field thereby earning him 20 points. After the Point Race and with one more race to go, John Ellery was already the clear Omnium winner in the Under 17 Boys.
The big battle was for second place, with Fraser Gough and Lars Hopman equal on 9 points. Fraser clinched it by riding extremely well in the 'miss & out'.
After the Champs, some of the riders got a good thirty minutes of Madison practice in, with senior riders pairing up with the juniors. Can't start them young enough!
For PDF table results, visit the Club Results section on home page....