Fridays Time Trial
Stephanie Frawley won her age group and posted the fastest women's time of the day, averaging 38.4kph over the hilly course.
Meg Parnaby won her age group and averaged 32kph.
Crystal Wemyss placed second in her age group averaging 35.7kph, beaten by Victoria Veitch who averaged 36.46kph.
Errol Schmidt placed 3rd in his age group, averaging 36.3kph.
Lyn McIntyre was 3rd in her age group, averaging 27.6kph.
John McIntyre was 5th in his age group and averaged 32.6kph.
Fastest men's time of the day was recorded by Victorian Andrew Weightman with an average of 43.17kph

Saturdays Road Race
Both Meg Parnaby and Crystal Wemyss finished second in closely fought battles. Both races came down to a dual with one other rider and was fought out on the last hill.

South Pacific Veteran Championships
Maryborough, Victoria, Easter 2011

Crystal Wemyss

Grampians Vets cyclists Crystal Wemyss and Stephanie Frawley both won gold at the South Pacific Veteran Cycling Championships, held over the Easter break at Maryborough, Victoria.

	Stephanie Frawley

Wemyss led the medal charge, taking out the 30 to 34 years womens age group road race on Friday, the sprint on Saturday morning, and her time trial on Saturday afternoon. Mildura based Frawley placed second in her 50 to 54 years women’s road race, and won her time trial by a country mile, posting the fastest female time of the day, averaging 41.1kph for the out and back 15 kilometre course.

Full details here.

Club Races

Wemyss Starts Year with a Win
Rifle Butts Short Course Handicap
Sunday 29th January 2012

	Peter Wemyss

In a hard fought final sprint, Stawell cyclist Peter Wemyss just edged out fellow scratch rider Frank Kean to take out the Grampians Vets 47 kilometre Rifle Butts handicap, held near Horsham last Sunday.

Very warm conditions and a rising northerly wind made racing conditions more difficult, with the heat taking its toll on all riders towards the end of the race.

Riding off nineteen and a half minutes, lone limit rider Meg Parnaby made good use of the early tail wind to retain a six and a half minute lead at the half way mark. However, the head wind in the second half of the race soon took its toll, allowing the chasing riders to close the gap more quickly.

Six and a half minute riders Tony Rathgeber, Les Dunn and Tom Eldridge were also doing well at the half way point, still a minute ahead of the 4 minute riders Daryl Elliott, Rod Hetherington and Stuart King, who were struggling to hold off the flying scratch riders.

With fifteen kilometres to go, the scratch riders Peter Wemyss, Geoff Richards, Sean Prins and Frank Kean joined the four minute riders, with the combined bunches lifting the pace a little to reel in the six and half minute bunch another four kilometres down the road.

Meanwhile, limit rider Meg Parnaby did well to hold off the rest of the field until the final turn onto Racecourse Road, with 5 kilometres to go.

With the whole field coming into the final straight together, Peter Wemyss got the jump on Frank Kean, with the two battling head to head for a time before Wemyss eased ahead to take out the race from Kean, with Stuart King third.

Wemyss also recorded the fastest race time of one hour, thirteen minutes and forty-seven seconds, and average speed of 38 kph.

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