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Just a quick thank to Harris Wheeler and those manning the BBQ yesterday.

A snag on a bun and coke was just what the doctor ordered after the race.

Cheers,

Lee K tells me it is looking like a spanking good field. There is a team full of sprinters, some breakaway specialists, and some guns thrown in for good measure.  If youKve been thinking about entering contact Lee K - his details are on the KOCC website

Hey MC,

Couldn't find Lee's details.  Could you please PM his email address?  I have a team of very slow B graders looking to join the fun

Cheers,

Talking to someone from KOCC yesterday and he expressed a view that KOCC B grade racing was slow and dull.  My comment was there are plenty in C grade who would cope easily with B grade and really little difference between the two grades. My suggestion - combine B and C. Grade for the purpose of regrading, and so it for 4 to 6 weeks. Thoughts?

I agree with you MC.

I would say that there are a number of C graders very close to B grade level now.  However, there are very few B graders that are pushing for A grade.

For this reason a B/C race makes more sense than the combined A/B race.

Cheers,

Hey MC,

Cadel's weight is currently listed at 64kg.  How does this compare with yours?

Cheers,

Yes Metro, today was gazetted as a joint race at Blackhill. Read into it what you may

The BE Handicap is usually very well supported.  Why did KOCC race when it was meant to be joint race at Black Hill?  Will HDCC riders support this week's joint race at KOCC?

Matt T rode a great race and should be in B grade after his recent results.

As MC mentioned, the 'new' BH course is pretty tough.......

Napalm,

D grade did catch CD C grade, but when you looked about D grade there were some who race B grade @ club level, or are the truly competitive riders in club C grade, who were in CD D grade.  The smart club B graders rode a smart race and finished well.

Vince Keir deserves special mention - drove C grade hard.

Fun to hear some KOCC people angry with other KOCC members for chasing them down in the final lap...cough cough. 

From my unusual perspective (which, before Masso or Ferret get in, might mean actually finishing a race but what I mean is the riding of a SS which really was fun and different) I did not think CD D grade was riding all that hard - the attacks were pretty soft and between these attacks the pace was pretty slow.

Which makes me think CD C grade were riding quite slow indeed.  Sure they had an additional lap, but my feeling is most of those who finished in D grade could have hung in there for another lap - it was not that tough.  Being kind to C grade, perhaps they had a real attack - wait - attack type of race, which can reduce average lap times.

Hey Metro,

It was probably a combination of a few things.  When the KOCC riders were off the front, no one from the club chased.  Most of the other riders from the other clubs were happy to let them sit there for a while until they were finally pulled in.

It was not that hard a race in C grade yet only about half the field finished.  I guess the 30-odd in D chasing the 12 left in C that were in no hurry meant the catch was made.

Cheers,

At Blackhill on the weekend D grade almost caught C grade.

Think it was combination of the previously mentioned C graders (riding down a grade for CD) chasing the slackers from B grade (who were also riding down a grade).

Anyone in D grade concur?