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Competition => Road Race Report => Topic started by: Mark on November 22, 2020, 03:50:41 PM
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2020 Gallagher All Women Trophy Race
The Toireasa Gallagher All Women Trophy Race is now in its 13 year and has established itself as one of the special events on the Bathurst club Calendar.
First held in 2008 the Gallagher Womens Handicap boosts an impressive list winners and has its origins with a number of National Level Events hosted by the Bathurst club in the early 2000s.
Gallagher first sponsored this event after returning from the Beijing Paralympic Games, when wanting to give back to the cycling club that had supported her over the many years of her cycling career. That the time Gallagher explained to the media that she sponsored the women’s only event to encourage local women cyclist to race more regularly, while also trying to entice recreational women cyclists to come and join the Bathurst Cycling Club.
This year’s event attracted an impressive field of local female cyclists including two former winners Kirsten Howard who won in 2012 & 2017 and the defending champ from last year Fran Walker. The big attraction in 2020 is world champion para cyclist Emilie Miller inclusion in the event.
Under the handicap format Emilie will be the first rider to start and will focus on riding a high average speed which she hopes will set a time that can take the Trophy in 2020. However her main focus in the event will be to work on her pre-race warm up and preparation ahead of her Performance Trails in December.
Toireasa Gallagher Womens Handicap Winners
2008 - 1st Jasmine Lee, Fastest Time - Jill Harris
2009 - 1st Jodie Martin, Fastest Time – Jodie Martin
2010 - 1st Peta Cutler, Fastest Time - Peta Cutler
2011 - 1st Tyler Buckley, Fastest Time - Trina Compton
2012 - 1st Kirsten Howard, Fastest Time - Kirsten Howard
2013 - 1st Karen Thornton, Fastest Time - Kirsten Howard
2014 - 1st Angela Jones, Fastest Time - Kirsten Howard
2015 - 1st Domenica Russo, Fastest Time - Vanessa Bennett
2016 - 1st Eliza Bennett, Fastest Time - Kirsten Howard
2017 - 1st Kirsten Howard, Fastest Time - Kirsten Howard
2018 - 1st Claire Kirby, Fastest Time - Kirsten Howard
2019 - 1st Fran Walker, Fastest Time - Kirsten Howard
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unofficial Result -- more soon -
2020 Toireasa Gallagher All Women Trophy Race
1Cathy Adams 2Kalinda Robinson 3Charlotte Lovett 4Toireasa Gallagher 5Jette McKellar 5Fran Walker 7Jille Harris 8Kate Tallentire 9Robyn Partridge 10Tracey Robinson
Also -- Bec O’Connor Kirsten Howard Joanne Renshaw Ebony Robinson Trudy O'Connor Rosemary Hastings Marian Renshaw Kerryn Windsor Emilie Miller
Fastest Time 1Kalinda Robinson (28:47) 2Toireasa Gallagher 3Jille Harris 4Kate Tallentire 5Charlotte Lovett
Support Event - Mens Quarry Handicap
Result: 1Aleks Krajcer 2Michael Robinson 3Peter Hickey 4Ray Thorn 5Robert Stephen
Fastest Time: 1Luke Tuckwell (40:50) 2Jeremy Ryan 3Craig Hutton 4Mark Windsor 5Cadel Lovett