MOOLOOLABA 2007

What better place to spend some time swimming, cycling and running than lovely Mooloolaba? Several keen Dalby athletes ventured to the sunny coast in March to contest the Mooloolaba triathlon and associated events. First off the rank were Dan Nearhos and Angela Doyle, fronting up for the 5km twighlight run. Both performed admirably, with Ang winning her age group in a blistering 19min. On Saturday morning, the kids were ready to go in an extremely well organised juniors event. No places were given but all children received a terrific bag of goodies (including a much nicer race singlet than the grown ups) and finishers medal. Lucy Walton, Zoe Nearhos and the three Cuzen children, Ben, Hayley and Martin, all participated. Conditions were a little slippery due to some overnight rain but all held their ground and finished well, especially considering they only had worn out togs and borrowed bikes (thanks Katrina and Andrea) that WEREN’T full carbon frames like some of their (JUNIOR) competition. Dan raced from cheering on the kids in this event to the 1km ocean water swim, where he proceeded to get bashed around in the surf – all in the name of fun though! Sunday morning brought with it the start of a beautiful day. Some anxious nerves were to be had. Bron Green took on the whole triathlon herself, as did Michael Caffrey, attempting his first ever Olympic distance triathlon and Haydn Stjernqvist. Teams included the Dalby Diva’s (Katrina Walton, Maryanne Gibbons and Angela Doyle) who were in hot competition with their husbands, Team Wagyu (Simon Doyle, Greg Gibbons and Nev Walton), Anthony Walker, Mark Green & Bec Stephenson in ‘Little Dalby’ and Tom Roger & Michelle.


The swimmers ventured down the beach to await their wave start, which Katrina promptly missed – not to worry, at least she missed the thrashing and bashing at the start that resulted in Bron having her watch kicked off during the swim. All swimmers were extremely pleased with their times, aided by a wonderful current that could have had us FLOATING to the finish line in under half an hour! The cyclists took off for a very hot 40km loop with newbie riders Greg & Maryanne Gibbons completing blowing away their PB’s to average a commendable 27km’s on their first ever competition ride. The husband and wife challenge was well and truly on by this stage, with the boys a bare minute ahead of the girls. Nev was always under pressure to perform as the girls had pocket rocket Ang for their final leg. Nev gave her an easy win by straining his hamstring at the 7km mark, but commendably making it to the end. Bron completed the full distance in under 2.28 placing her 9th in her age group and Haydn in 2.34 and all other Dalbyites finished commendably and were able to return home without the assistance of any hospital visits. Many of us were inspired by the great feats of athleticism around us and vowed to be back to join Bron, Michael and Haydn in the full distance in 2008. Fun fun fun!

RACING

THE RACING HAS BEEN HOT HOT HOT IN QUEENSLAND SO FAR THIS YEAR AND TEAM DALBY HAS BEEN OUT THERE GIVING IT THEIR BEST - HERE'S SOME RESULTS.

Nathan O’Neill Classic Mt Tyson 1st April. Road RaceOnce again our local legends lined up for this extremely tough race. Damo, Andrea, Luke, Cookie and Nolesy in Masters C and Brady in Elite B. Conditions were very fair, much better than lasts year’s heat wave. Damo was out after only 5km with a flat, Andrea powered on but pulled out to keep the coast clear. Luke, Cookie and Nolesy kept the dream alive with a blistering display in the final sprint for the line which saw Nolesy nearly end up in the gravel… Luke in 8th, Nolesy in 10th TOP TEN ! And Cookie 15th with the lead pack. Brady placed 6th in the 100km race. Awesome work boys.



Tour de Sunshine Coast 6 – 9th April

Wow, what a weekend… 5 races in 4 days !! Friday: Time Trial at Mudjimba, Saturday: Road Race at Tinbeerwah, Sunday: Hill Climb at Montville & Road Race at North Arm and finally another road race at Eumundi on Monday. Talk about hectic. Each section is timed with a timing device on the bike and at the end of the weekend who ever has the fastest times overall, WINS!

Everyone got off to a great start in the time trial, Andrea finished 4th and the boys did well also. Tinbeerwah was a very hard course with traffic making it very difficult in spots as Cookie will only be too happy to tell you. Andrea again displayed courage with some awesome leads in the Masters Ladies, finishing 10th. Cookie almost came up with the goods in the final Km but due to non road closure a car forced him down the wrong track and most definitely cost him a place. Nolesy and Luke came to grief on the course, hitting the tarmac and leaving a nice skin donation.. Both boys still finished extremely well in Masters C. Brady road an excellent race and was in 2nd spot coming into the final turn and held off most of the pack finishing in 8th.


The Hill climb was certainly a toughie. Especially with a belly full of Easter Eggs.. 7km straight up… Andrea was 5th up the hill for the girls, Cookie was on fire from the previous day’s stuff up and finished a staggering 6th with Nolesy and Luke in the mid 20’s, Brady also had a great climb and finished with the top dogs in 9th.

North Arm road race was also full of treats for the kids from Dalby… Andrea was pipped at the post (the last metre) and took home 3rd in her race. The Master C Boys were on fire and Cookie blew them away taking the win with Luke in 4th and Nolesy in 8th. Brady gave us all a scare when we failed to see him finish with the pack, his chain had broken! The officials had agreed to give him pack time as they had done the day previously for Cookie…


Eumundi.. This was a tough course with lots of hills. The Masters Ladies were the first to go with Andrea’s overall classification looking good she wanted to finish well and she did just that taking 8th. Cookie was also in the trophy hunt and had to put a big effort in the hold his overall position, he finished 2nd with Nolesy in 12th and Luke 34th, the weekend’s hectic racing taking its toll. Brady was still looking favourable also in the Elite B camp and needed to finish well to hold his 8th overall all. The finish was all over the place with top riders which includes Brady opting out of the sprint for their own safety, he finished 14th.




Overall results were: Master Ladies Andrea Gormley 4th.

Masters C Men John Cook 3rd

Tony Nolan 17th

Luke Rowney 27th

Elite B Men Brady Cumming 8th

A special mention has to go to all the wives (that’s you Gaza) and kids because it really was a very hectic weekend and the competitors would be lost without them, so THANK YOU …



Brookwater Classic 15th April. Road Race

Cookie is getting a reputation, he won again!! And he takes the SEQ Tour Leaders Jersey, well done …Nolesy is also getting used to being up the ‘business end’ finishing 9th.

Brady is looking the goods in the overall SEQ Tours points for his Elite B Category, with an awesome display of strength at this race he finished 6th.



TREK TOUR 21st & 22nd April. Lakeside.

The Trek Tour consists of 3 races, a Time Trial, Crit and Road race all held at the former race way Lakeside.

Cookie took out overall honours in the Masters C category showing everyone that you don’t need to shave your legs to go fast. Luke also finished well taking 4th. Brady again came up with the Mr Consistency goods finishing 4th.

This was Jacob Rowney’s first dose of racing in the U/13 category and he showed top form being consistent in all 3 races, this one will be one to watch. A great start Jacob, well done.



RESULTS MASTER C.

John Cook: 4th in Time Trial, 1st in Crit and 4th in Road Race: 1st Overall

Luke Rowney: 6th in Time Trial, 6th in Crit and 6th in Road Race: 4th Overall

Tony Nolan: 14th in Time Trial, 7th Crit and 15th Overall



RESULTS ELITE B

Brady Cumming:3rd Time Trial,10th Crit, 6th Road Race: 4th Overall



RESULTS U/13

Jacob Rowney: 5th in Time Trial, 8th in Crit and 6th in Road Race: 7th Overall


SEQ TOUR POINTS AFTER THIS EVENT

MASTERS C

John Cook 1st

Luke Rowney EQUAL 2nd

Tony Nolan 4th

ELITE B

Brady Cumming 2nd



Anzac 25. 25th April @ Lakeside.

A few of the boys headed back down to Lakeside for the ANZAC 25. With Cookie now bumped up to Masters B, we were all interested in what he could do. Well, he’s just a smarty pants, he came 2nd !!

Our Master C boys were also pulling the punches with vital SEQ Tour points up for grabs, Luke toughed it out to finish 6th and Nolesy 8th.

Brady just about had the crowd on their knees with a blistering effort in various break aways and chases to finish up with a very respectable 8th.



SCHULTZ, TOOMEY, O’BRIEN CRITERIUM 29TH APRIL KAWANA ISLAND

Young Jacob Rowney started the ball rolling for the Dalby crew taking part in this tight hot dog circuit crit. Jacob raced an excellent race and was extremely unfortunate to get pipped on the line and into 2nd place. Good work buddy.

Luke and Nolesy were next up on this tough little course, the race came down to the bunch sprint and Nolesy backed himself the whole way to come home in 2nd and Luke not far behind in 5th. Cookie’s face told the story in the Masters B race, hot, hard and hurt….although that did not deter our resident tough guy and he finished in 5th. Brady went out with all guns blazing in his race, the race was filled with the best Elite B has to offer and they were not shy it sorting the men from the boys. Brady raced very well and had an explosive sprint to miss by a whisker and claim 2nd. Great results for such a tough circuit.