SERIES 2 (Sept/Oct 2021) National Club ESports SeriesROUND 5 -- DETAILSRACE 5 - Wednesday 13 October 2021 – 6:30PM (Daylight Saving Time)
27 km Mountain bike race in the Watopian Jungle on the Serpentine8 Course –
This course is a bit of a mystery to most of the team as few have used the mountain bikes in Zwift, so the setups will be interesting.
ENTRY InfoWOMEN -
https://www.zwift.com/uk/events/view/2284809MEN-
https://www.zwift.com/uk/events/view/2284805RESULTS:ONE ROUND REMAINING IN NATIONAL CLUB SERIES:Bathurst still have a chance of the podium with only 1 round remaining of the Auscycling National Club Esports Cycling Series. Bathurst remain in fifth place behind Canberra’s Vikings Cycling Club who look to have the series won with 1542 points. The Bathurst Cycling Club are in a tight battle for third place with eRANDWICK and Waratah Masters Cycling Club, only 76pts separating the 3 clubs going into the final round.
20 Bathurst riders finished the 5th round of the series this week, and although that was down on recent rounds the locals ranked high in most of the grades contested. Attached is the list of Bathurst Team finishers (RACE 5 National Club ESports Series) where - Alex Banner, Angela Falzarano, Laura Renshaw, Claire Scott, Toireasa Gallagher, Charlotte Lovett - Mark Windsor, Luke Tuckwell, Jack Reen, Jeff Frank, Matt Cowley, Cal Baker, Jack Cannon, Cadel Lovett, Cameron Arnold, Ryan ODonnell, Peter Wilson, Gary Hamer, Gary Baker & Steve Cox.
FEMALE RACINGIn the female events Toireasa Gallagher was again one of the clubs best performers featuring on the podium again in the D Grade Women event, likewise Laura Renshaw performed well just missed the podium in C grade finishing 4th with the very consistent Claire Scott again in the top 20 in C Grade.
Promising youngster Charlotte Lovett impressed in had her first ESports race finishing in the points and just one place behind former National Road and Track champion Julie Speight. Meanwhile Bathurst had two riders in the female B Grade with Alex Banner and Angela Falzarano riding well to finish 13th and 14th respectively.
MALE RACINGFormer Bathurst junior Zac Marshall showed his class winning the overall A Grade men’s event defeating Ryland Short and Ben Hill (a former wearer of yellow jersey in the Tour of Slovenia) in a time of 36min 35.9sec. But luck wasn’t with the talented young Illawarra cyclist as he was removed from the results after losing his Heart Rate connection in the race.
Bathurst’s Mark Windsor continues to climb the ranking with another top 10 finish in A Grade he now moves to 5th overall behind Series 1 winner Chris Ling (Randwick) with Ben Hill (Canberra) Jonathon Cridland (Southern Cross) Nick Squillari (Hawthorn) and Windsor making up the top 5. Western Division Esports Cycling Champ Luke Tuckwell finished 13th in A Grade, while Jack Reen continues to improve recording 44m41 for the 27km in the top grade.
Bathurst had it best ever results in the B grade men’s event, with 4 riders finishing with top 30 series points. Jeff Frank recording the best finished by a local team member in B Grade this season finishing 12th in the big field, with Matt Cowley also finishing up with the leaders in 18th place. Also scoring points in B Grade Cal Baker and Jack Cannon with top 30 positions, while promising young rider Cadel Lovett wasn’t much further back recording 44min 09sec for the 27km followed in by the hard riding Cameron Arnold.
Ryan O'Donnell continued his great start to Cycling's Virtual world, scoring big points for the club with another podium finish in C Grade, his impressive results will see him re handicapped to B Grade for the final round of the series. Meanwhile Peter Wilson had his best ride in the series so far scoring top 30 Series Points in the very competitive C Grade event. After a series of falls out on the road Peter has been continuing to improve through the ranks in ESports Cycling and it comes as no surprise to now feature in the series points. After winning his way through D Grade in Series 1 Gary Hamer continues to improve in C Grade with another good finish in Round5.
Bathurst can always rely on Gary Baker and Steve Cox for points in D Grade the pair always perform well Gary was 12th in round 5 with Steve just a bit further back in 18th position.
The final round of AusCycling 2nd National Club Series will be contested next Wednesday on the Paris Course
13 October 2021 - RESULTS Race 5 - AusCycling National Club Series No2A Grade (Male – 9th Mark Windsor, 13th Luke Tuckwell, Jack Reen
B Grade (Male) – 12th Jeff Frank, 18th Matt Cowley, 29th Cal Baker, 30th Jack Cannon, Cadel Lovett, Cameron Arnold
C Grade (Male) – 2nd Ryan ODonnell, 30th Peter Wilson, Gary Hamer
D Grade (Male) – 12th Gary Baker, 18th Steve Cox
B Grade (Women) – 13th Alex Banner, 14th Angela FALZARANO
C Grade (Women) - 4th Laura RENSHAW 17th Claire SCOTT
D Grade (Women) - 3rd Toireasa GALLAGHER 18th Charlotte Lovett
Teams Classification – going into the final round1 Vikings Cycling Club 1542, 2 Canberra Cycling Club 1231, 3 eRANDWICK 1083, 4 Waratah Masters Cycling Club 1044, 5 Bathurst Cycling Club 1007, 6 Hawthorn Cycling Club 757, 7 BrunZwick 742, 8 Parklife Cycling Club 686
ALSO 19th Dubbo Cycling Club, 43rd Mudgee Cycle Club and 45th Orange Cycling Club