Main image Hugh Campbell – Year 11 is the picture of exhaustion after completing the final 90 minute stint in the trike to seal victory against a fast finishing Berwick Grammar Team.
Wonthaggi Winners.
Inset from top Asphalt Melter speeds around the track. Lachlan Evenden takes a breather after busting a gut pedaling Danger Zone. The winning team and their Machine.
a r ace win, by half a lap, after 24 hours and 500+ circuits
Sport is an interesting thing – preparation is hugely important, but sometimes, a bit of luck makes all the difference. That was certainly the case on Saturday 22 and Sunday 23 March, when two
With only two weeks notice, Woodleigh were green lit after another school pulled out. A lucky break for us. The Junior Team of Lachlan Evenden, Oscar Landman, Dom Angelico, Ben and Jack Rawlings, Bec Gynes, Glenn James
the Open Secondary Class. They beat home a very fast finishing Berwick Grammar team, who won the Maryborough 24-Hour Race last year… by just half a lap. That’s about a one minute gap between
That’s about a one minute gap between the two teams, after 24 hours of racing and more than 500 laps of the circuit.
teams represented Woodleigh in the Wonthaggi 24-Hour Endurance HPV Race. You see, due to a mix up, Woodleigh School’s trikes weren’t entered into this year’s event. So our two teams of riders, together with their coaches and coordinators (ex-Woodleigh students Jono Keane and Gerard De La Rue – 2010), waited patiently in case a place came up.
and Luke Anderson didn’t muck about, and raced their HPV ‘Danger Zone’ to a very respectable 6th place in the Open Secondary category. A great result for a young, developing squad. But The Senior Team of Jakob De Coninck, Tom Angelico, Hugh Campbell, Andy Gynes, Alex Wardrop, Will Allchin, Tim Mauerhofer and Noah Mosele had their best result in years. They piloted their HPV ‘Asphalt Melter’ to a win in
the two teams, after 24 hours of racing and more than 500 laps of the circuit. It was a hugely tense final three hours with both teams on the same lap. Congratulations pedallers on a well earned victory. Adam Liddiard – Director of Community Relations
more cycle success See that winner in the middle? That’s Nina Greig-Towers – Y12 2014, State Champion in the Jr19 Girls Racing Division at the 2013 Victorian Schools Cycling Championships. Good onya Nina.