Six riders from Armidale went down to Mudgee to compete in the Mudgee Classics – the Mark Dwyer Handicap on Saturday and the Pieter Van Gent graded scratch race on Sunday.
Phil “Keglegs” Thomas, Andrew “Swanny” Swan, The Cannibal John Scott-Hamilton, Lachie McPhie, Iron Mick Hoult and Rob Tindale acquitted themselves well and perhaps they will regale us with tales of derring-do and mighty suffering. I did hear that Keglegs was involved in some kind of kicking incident, although the man brave enough to kick Keglegs and not expect a devastating kick back from his mighty pins might be hard to find.
Mark Dwyer Handicap
(winner: Brodie TALBOT Macarthur Collegians Male Elite Men 2:13:12 2:48:12)
67 Philip THOMAS Armidale CC Male MMAS5 2:45:25 2:55:25
68 Andrew SWAN Armidale CC Male MMAS5 2:31:00 2:55:30
98 John SCOTT-HAMILTON Armidale CC Male MMAS4 2:36:16 3:00:46
120 Lachlan MCPHIE Armidale CC Male MMAS4 2:50:25 3:04:25
139 Robert TINDALE Armidale CC Male MMAS4 2:49:34 3:11:04
142 Michael HOULT Armidale CC Male MMAS3 2:45:15 3:12:45
Pieter Van Gent Graded Scratch Race (Division 2)
37 Michael HOULT Armidale CC Male MMAS3 +8:47
Pieter Van Gent Graded Scratch Race (Division 3)
(winner: 1 Jason MCLAUGHLIN Goulburn CC Male Elite Men 2:23:14)
16 Andrew SWAN Armidale CC Male MMAS5 +00:47
26 Robert TINDALE Armidale CC Male MMAS4 +09:32
99 John SCOTT-HAMILTON Armidale CC Male MMAS4 DQ
DQ? Disqualified? What happened there? I figure the cannibal was caught gnawing on somebodies leg!
Pieter Van Gent Graded Scratch Race (Division 4)
(winner: 1 Daniel IANNAZZO Eastern Suburbs CC Male MMAS6 1:17:52)
12 Lachlan MCPHIE Armidale CC Male MMAS4 +2 (2 seconds down on the winner, must have been some bunch sprint!)
25 Philip THOMAS Armidale CC Male MMAS5 +3.49