Mt Cotton Kermis

It was hot at the Mt Cotton Kermis, which saw some hard racing unfold. The A grade and B grade men's teams were both represented, and did well in the trying conditions to achieve some reasonable success.

A Grade Men

In temperatures close to 35 degrees, the A grade boys rolled off in the hope of improving on Condy's second place from last year. Early on Graeme did well to monitor some early moves, which weren't given much space to begin with.

Matt then also tried to get away, but was countered by what was the big break of the day. With 20 minutes done, a group of 6 riders eased off the front and immediately got a good gap. Unfortunately the team was not represented, and as such, we had to contribute to a long and taxing chase.

With the help of other teams who missed the break, the boys managed to keep the gap at not more than 45 seconds. As the boys sacrificed themselves, the gap slowly came down, and with 20 minutes left to race, the break was finally brought back.

Thankfully Condy was safely in the front group and managed to not have to spend any energy on the chase.

With only a few laps to go, two riders (Corey Edmed and Daniel Fitter) slipped off the front after countering a solo move by Liam McCarthy. In the finale kilometre, Brad Nightingale also got away for third, while Condy took the sprint for fourth.

B Grade Men

The B grade team did a great job in animating the race, with aggressive rides by George and Adam Barron. This took the pressure of Ben and JJ who were able to wait for the finale to try for a result.

Although there were many attacks, the race was altogether coming into the final kilometres. The boys did a great job at ensuring Ben and JJ were in position to contest the finish. With the final part of the course being a little tricky, Ben and JJ did well to get third and fourth respectively.

Another successful weekend of racing indeed!