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, good conditions for outdoor track racing.
All the races where part of an Omnium, where at the end the 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 where also competing for the Open Honours.
The placings from the first two events, 200mtr Flying Lap and 500mtr TT, where used for seeding in the 5 lap Handicap Race. With all the 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, with John Ellery just beating Chris Henderson and Dan Warren. The Warren Family got some awesome video footage of this race, we hope to put this on the Blog in the near future.
The Points Race was an all Dan Warren affair, taking a solo lap on the field, 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 tight at 9 points equal. Fraser clinched the second spot in the Champs by riding extremely well in the Miss&Out.
After the Champs some of the riders got a good thirty minutes of Madison practice in, where senior riders paired up with the juniors. Can't start them young enough. >> Click Here for results
