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Women’s champ: Jordyn Hassett tops the Women’s Road Club Championships alongside Bizzy Butterworth (second) and Dale Maizels (third). Picture: Supplied. Up-and-comer: Jack Marshall receives the under-19s trophy with Joel Hawkins’ mother, Liza, and coach, Chris Savage. Picture: Supplied. Three-peat: Alex Holden claims his third straight Men’s Road Club Championship. Picture: Supplied.
Road cyclists rewarded at club champs By Ben Triandafillou THE Mornington Cycling Club hosted their season’s highlight, the MCC Road Club Championships, in Main Ridge on Saturday 10 November. The MCC Road Club Championships has long been touted as the club’s biggest day of the year, and this year it was certainly no different. The pinnacle of the club’s year had the biggest turnout they’ve ever had with the women’s competition enjoying more popularity than in recent years. Mornington Cycling Club president Bruce Trew said the event certainly lived up to its high expectations. “It went really well,” Trew said.
“The weather was perfect. It was meant to be the best day of the year and that’s exactly what it was. “It was a good club day and a good competitive race day.” The main events were won by Alex Holden who took out the Men’s Road Club Championship and Jordyn Hassett who won the Women’s Road Club Championship. Holden’s win in the Men’s Road Club Championship, brought up his third straight year of success in the feature event. Trew said it has been great to see Holden continue his successful run. “He’s really dedicated, rides copious amounts of kilometres and is just
really committed to his riding,” he said. “He does all the hard work, he’s humble and quietly spoken and it’s great to see him start getting results at the top level.” Holden has been riding as part of the elite road cycling team, Anchor Point South Coast Cycling, for the past year and has been competing on the National Road Series circuit. Another notable winner from the championships was 18-year-old Jack Marshall who won the under-19s event as well as being awarded the under-19s Joel Hawkins Scholarship. The scholarship offers the up-andcoming talent support for his road
cycling development over a 12 month period as a racing member of MCC. It also provides him with a full package of coaching, physical therapy, bike servicing, MCC membership and kit. Trew said they couldn’t have found a better recipient for the award. “He was a really worthy recipient, his application was amazing and he was just the perfect candidate for the award,” he said. “He’s an up and coming junior and just an all-round really nice kid.” Further results from the MCC Road Club Championships included: In the Legends division: First: Colin Morris, second: Ben Shuster, third: Clive Strickland; Super Masters:
First: Neale Adams, second: Edy Gasparini; Masters: First: Jackson Sharples, second: Dean Phillips, third: Bruce Trew; under-19s: First: Jack Marshall, second: Nathan Mann, third: Flynn Atkins; Elite Men: First: Alex Holden, second: Andy Gynes, third: Jet Turner; and in the Elite Women: First: Jordyn Hassett, second: Bizzy Butterworth, third: Dale Maizels. The Mornington Cycling Club will hold one more competition for the season, the Criterium Championships, which will be held at Casey Fields in December.
Triples bowls final rescheduled THE REGIONAL Triples Finals which were set to be held at the Mount Eliza Bowling Club on Wednesday 21 November have been rescheduled to be played two weeks later. The Regional Triples Finals will still be hosted by the Mount Eliza Bowling Club but will now be played on Wednesday 5 December. The finals were rescheduled as some of the teams had made their way into the Victorian Open which was held in Shepparton on the same day. Despite the change of date, the finals will still be hotly contested by some of the best bowlers on the Mornington Peninsula and Frankston area. In the men’s event, Mt Eliza will play off against Frankston while Dromana and Karingal will face off in the women’s division. Mount Eliza Bowling Club president Grahame Gordon said the results from the Victorian Open highlighted the quality of bowlers that will be competing in the Regional Triples Finals. “Our team (Mt Eliza) reached the final eight in the Triples in Shepparton and so did Frankston so I think we will really see a great game of bowls in a couple of weeks,” Gordon said. “[The change of date] hasn’t really affected us. Our greens are very
consistent so it will really be the best quality team that will win on the day. We welcome anyone who wants to watch a very high quality standard of bowls in action.” Gordon said the Women’s Triples Final between Dromana and Karingal
will be a really interesting game to watch, having seen the standard of play in the semi-finals. “They’ve got some very strong teams from Dromana and Karingal competing and their semi-finals games were probably one of the
greatest games of bowls I’ve ever watched,” he said. “It was just an allround great quality game.” From the Regional Triples Finals, the winners will head towards the State Triples Finals which will be played at the Brighton Bowling Club.
Change of date: The Regional Triple Finals will now be played on Wednesday 5 December due to previously clashing with the Victorian Open. Picture: Supplied.
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27 November 2018
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