NSW Team Sprint Championships - report
Posted: 16 Dec 2012, 16:49
Taku here. Francis, Broughton and I headed to the team sprints at Dunc Gray today. U15 Boys were the first event, so there wasn't a lot of waiting for us. We got into position on the track. Francis in the gate, then myself and Broughton were held by, um, handlers.
We didn't have any strategy really, our theory was just to go hard. We found out that the it didn't matter if the person coming through wasn't able to make it past the rider coming out for their lap at the crossover, and it was only important that the rider coming out was out of the way. This made us all feel a bit better!
Then when the race started, Francis did a strong lap. We all got into position eventually, but it was a bit of a muddle at the start. On the first lap, Francis pulled up and I came through and it was a good clean turnover. When I pulled up, Broughton came through as fast as he could. Since the track is smaller than Tempe, Broughton still had something left in him to really push on the last lap. At the end of the race we found out Francis had slipped as he was coming down to the duckboard and fallen, but wasn't badly hurt.
Our time was 1.08:54. We watched the other teams ride and they seemed fast. They did also seem like they had more practice than us (we only practiced together once!). It was very fun. I enjoyed my coke and sausage roll as well.
We stayed and watched Lizanne and Ash race. They did well and came third I think? The pink bike really made an impression on me.
Taku.
We didn't have any strategy really, our theory was just to go hard. We found out that the it didn't matter if the person coming through wasn't able to make it past the rider coming out for their lap at the crossover, and it was only important that the rider coming out was out of the way. This made us all feel a bit better!
Then when the race started, Francis did a strong lap. We all got into position eventually, but it was a bit of a muddle at the start. On the first lap, Francis pulled up and I came through and it was a good clean turnover. When I pulled up, Broughton came through as fast as he could. Since the track is smaller than Tempe, Broughton still had something left in him to really push on the last lap. At the end of the race we found out Francis had slipped as he was coming down to the duckboard and fallen, but wasn't badly hurt.
Our time was 1.08:54. We watched the other teams ride and they seemed fast. They did also seem like they had more practice than us (we only practiced together once!). It was very fun. I enjoyed my coke and sausage roll as well.
We stayed and watched Lizanne and Ash race. They did well and came third I think? The pink bike really made an impression on me.
Taku.