Week 1 16 June 2017

[Artson]

RAW Track          
Race All Winter Track          
Dunc Grey  Velodrome, Sydney, Australia         
Week 1  June 16 2016          

Week 1 of RAW was spectacular with fast paced racing throughout the program. As per normal for the first week of RAW, many competitors were trying to find there grade with several riders standing out as potential up-graders. None more so  than David Try in div 2 who from the first race of the night stood out as a brand new Div 1 rider.
The sprint round was not only fast on the track but also fast in the process I think we punched through the whole sprint program in about 25-30 minutes. In div 2 World Masters Sprint Champion had to dig deep to beat David Try.
Although the Division 1 grade was light in numbers (only 8 ) it was strong in horsepower with Tirian McManus, Thomas Cornish and Rohan Hayden-Smith trading off wins surprisingly John Trovas was a consistent second to the rotating leaders on the majority of occasions. If tonight was an inkling into the series we will have a stupendous battle amongst those four protagonists.
Div 3 rider Eliza Bennett showed she was in the right grade for 2017 with a gutsy attack in the Scratch Race although she didn't figure highly in the results she was impressive to her approach to RAW track racing and I think she may be one to watch for the season.  Graham Cockerton also in div 3 is a rider who I know little about but shows impressive track knowledge. I look forward to seeing him being one of those riders who scores consistently through clever tactics. Is Graham Cockerton the new Geoff Baxter?
Sandro Nava in div 5 may have dominated his division but he made the typical tragic Raw Track mistake of correcting my pronunciation of his name. Stay tuned to see how this pans out.

 


Bring it for week 2 of RAW  

         
Results         
Round 1         
Warm up scratch race         
Div 5          
1   Sandro Nava      
2   Colin Williamson      
3   Safyan Saleem      
4   Charlie Dale      
         
Div 4       
1   Christopher McInnes      
2   Deb Coulls      
3   Scott Taylor      
4   Elizabeth Huggins      
         
Div 3          
1   Ian Grant      
2   Batchan Yildirim      
3   Selina Ho      
4   Ben Fox      
         
Div 2          
1   Dave Try      
2   Geoff Wilson      
3   Michal Kafka      
4   Ondrej Slezak      
         
Div 1         
1   Tirian McManus      
2   John Trovas      
3   Thomas Cornish      
4   Rohan Hayden-Smith      
         
         
         
Round 2         
         
Round 3         
Sprint (6up 3laps)          
Div 5          
Sprint  Div 5 heat 1         
1   Georgia Bonora      
2   Tayisha Smith      
3   Kaide Morrissey      
4   Alyiah Jurd      
         
Sprint  Div 5 heat 2         
1   Sandro Nava      
2   Charlie Dale      
3   Colin Williamson      
4   Safyan Saleem      
         
Div 4          
Sprint  Div 4 heat 1         
1   Emmy Howe      
2   Mia Wallace      
3   Elizabeth Huggins      
4   Caitlin Williamson      
         
Sprint Div 4 heat 2         
1   Nigel Apps      
2   Daniel Morressey      
3   Christopher McInnes      
4   Wayne Powell      
         
Sprint  Div 4 heat 3         
1   Phil Dobe      
2   Deb Coulls      
3   Renee Covington      
4   Ben Robey      
         
Div 3         
Sprint  Div 3 heat 1         
1   Jeff Morris      
2   Ben Fox      
3   Trevor Smith    
4   John Caley      
         
Sprint  Div 3 heat 2         
1   Batchan Yildirim      
2   Selina Ho      
3   Eliza Bennett      
4   Charlie Crockett      
         
Sprint  Div 3 heat 3         
1   Graham Cockerton      
2   Matt Karal      
3   Ian Grant      
4   Tess Wallace      
         
Div 2          
Sprint  Div 2 heat 1         
1   Richard Pettigrew      
2   Brett Scruse      
3   Nosh Mistry      
4   Geoff Wilson      
         
Sprint  Div 2 heat 2         
1   Nathan McLachlan      
2   David Browne      
3   Adam Ingall      
4   Darryl Thorncraft      
         
Sprint  Div 2 heat 3         
1   James Schneider      
2   Max Cynerzks      
3   Michal Kafter      
4   Rodrigo Notaro      
         
Sprint Div 2 heat 4         
1   Gary Mandy      
2   Dave Try      
3   Lawrence Santos      
4   Ondrej Slezak      
         
Div 1          
Sprint  Div 1 heat 1         
1   Matt Glanville      
2   Alex Chubb      
3   Scott Mills      
4         
         
Sprint  Div 1 heat 2         
1   Thomas Cornish      
2   John Trovas      
3   Rohan Hayden-Smith      
4   Tirian McManus      
         
         
Round 4         
Point'a'Lap    Div 5            
1   Sandro Nava      
2   Colin Williamson      
3   Charlie Dale      
4         
         
Point'a'Lap  Div 4       
1   Christopher McInnes      
2   Michael Salmon      
3   Bunch      
4      Bunch   
         
Point'a'Lap Div 3           
1   Ben Fox      
2   Graham Cockerton      
3   Selina Ho       
4   Ian Grant      
         
Point'a'Lap Div 2            
1   Dave Try      
2   Rodrigo Notaro      
2   Darren Cash      
4   Nathan McLachlan      
         
Point'a'Lap  Div 1             
1   Rohan Haydon-Smith      
2   Tirian McManus      
3   Thomas Cornish      
4      Bunch   
         
         
Round 5          
Fast group Combine          
1   Georgia Bonora      
2   Alex Pappas      
3   Aliyah Jurd      
      
         
Faster group Combine          
1   Elizabeth Huggins      
2   Mark Craig      
3   Jeff Morris      
4   Melanie Gibson      
         
 Even Faster group Combine          
1   Graham Cockerton      
2   Gary Mandy      
3   Adam Ingall      
4   Nosh Mistry      
         
Fastest Group          
1   Thomas Cornish      
2   John Trovas      
3   Rohan Hayden-Smith      
4   David Browne