14/09/2026
Race Report by Richard "Drastique" Measures:
28 A grade riders rolled out into the early morning West Head mist including 5 from NSCC, it is great to see they are still a racing club. The biggest contingent was from Centennial Park CC who had responded to the group chat "no there won't be a normal Sunday ride, we're going racing, 4:30 am from Bondi, no problem". To paraphrase JFK: we choose to go to West Head, not because it is easy, but because it is hard. Charlie Paul decided to make it hard from the start and soon had a small gap with Brock Offord. At the end of lap one Brock was again 50m off the front with Edwin Britts chased by Rod Hutchinson leading a small group across from the main bunch. Meanwhile Charlie suffered some form of mechanical. By the end of lap 2 ten riders were away with the bunch at more than a minute and this increased to 2 minutes by the end of lap 3 with Will Baigent, Dan Newman, Jacob van Egmond, Cam Fraser and Liam Goltman all active at the front. These ten came to the finish together with Edwin Britts proving strongest for the win.
A Grade
1. Edwin Britts, DHBC
2. Dan Newman, NSCC
3. Cam Fraser, Easts
The combined B grade and Masters field was similar size to A with sadly only one lone A grade woman. This bunch was equally animated with early attacks by Aaron Groom and William van Loon, all covered by Dave Williams and Grant Holbert. Jensen Wiesenhaan and Harlon Taylor also tried their hand but no breakaway stuck and a large bunch came to the finish with the B graders leading the Masters home.
B Grade
1. Harlon Taylor, NWSCC
2. Michael Dowsett, DHBC
3. Andy Helmich, CCCC
45+
1. Dave Williams, MWCC
2. Billy Patterson, NSCC
55+
1. Nigel Dunn, MWCC
2. Matt Coy, Bicisport
A Woman
1. Nicole Wilson
D grade turned out to be a small bunch made smaller when 2 thought they'd try their luck on the back of C. This forced the hand of the remaining D graders who also joined the C bunch, we agreed that we pay first D grader over the line at the end of lap 1 and 12 year old Sol Downie obliged going off the front of C grade to claim the win. Unfortunately our photographer missed this so Sol repeated the celebration at the end of lap 2, albeit behind the bunch this time. Somewhere on lap 1 a touch of wheels brought one rider down and split the bunch which meant that many individuals were chasing at the bell. All the women had lost contact although Joan Kuhrmann was only 50m back with Charli Lehmann not far behind. The crashed rider remounted and finished, his fingers were patched up by our friends from St Johns after the race. Joan held her slender lead over Charli through to the finish.
C Grade
1. Ben Sandercock. Sydney CC
2. Calvin Smith, RBCC
3. Julio Rincon, MWCC
B Women
1. Joan Kuhrmann, MWCC
2. Charli Lehmann, MWCC
D Grade
1. Sol Downie, RBCC
Our next race is on October 25, and we hope to see you there!
