Vette, Brydon have good wins

Press, Volume CXI, Issue 32779, 2 December 1971, Page 16

Vette, Brydon have good wins

SUU no outstanding competltor of the season has emerged from track cycling at English Park. Last evening, L. M. Vette displayed more speed than previously this season, and P. D. Brydon, In his first ride -of the season at English Park, demonstrated he is running Into form veiy early. Vette showed the benefits of

an enforced lay-off the previous week with some very sharp finishing, winning a two kilometre scratch race by inches from M. D. Payne, but romping home, ahead of Brydon, in a handicap 800-metre race—though he did have a start on the scratch rider. But Brydon had his revenge in the big-field final race of the evening, the scratch five-mlle. R. K. Anderson—also showing signs of more strength—gave Vette a fine lead-out, but Brydon was tucked on as well and withstood some finishing straight variations of dlrecUon by Vette to win. Both, however, missed out in the two-mile, won by M. W. Lltolff, when they tried to come from well back in the field in the back straight. This meant going as many as five wide, which was too big a hurdle, but both were

still timed at about 12.7 sec for the final 200 metres. Still no novice ha* emerged from the ruck as head and shoulders above the rest. P. D. Basher and A. J. Bruce had scratch race wins, but P. Yaxley, a later starter than the others and a fast Improver, took the eye with two fine handicap wins. , Results:— AMATRUR Scratch.—A grade 2000 metres: L. M. Vette 1, M. D. Payne 2, M. W. Lltolff 3. Time: 2:44.8. Four laps station pursuit, twoman teams: Litolff and J. H. Sullivan, 2:7.8, 1; C. J. Tabak and R. K. Anderson 2, K. F. Radbumd and D. L. Hubbard 3, A. D. Morri* and G. J. Duncan 4. C grade one mile: L. Benschop 1, P. Robinson 2, A. Fitzgerald 3. Time: 2:14.8. C grade mile and a half, lap prizes: Benschop, Robinson, each 2, (equal) 1; S. Nelli and Li Bishop, each 1, (equal) 3. Time: 3:31 A and B grades five mile: Brydon 1, Vette 2, R-> E. Knight 3. Time: 11:18.4., 500 metre, sprints: G. B. Bull beat G. P. Sword, 14.5. G. A. Smith beat G. V. Neale, 14.8. A. J. Howison beat D. R. Wood,

14.7. Bull beat Smith and Howison 14.1. Handicap.—Open 800 metres; Vette <4oyd) 1, Brydon (scr) 2, R. K. Anderson (40yd) 3. Tima: 60.2. C grade half-mile: Benschop (syd) 1, P. Baylis (70yd) 2, Fitzgerald (45yd) 3. Time: 61,1. B grade quarter-mil*: Howison (25yd) 1, J. R. Campbell (90yd) 2, Bull (15yd) 3. Time: 29.5. A grade two-mlle groupings: Lltolff (35yd) 1, P. L. Pariell (35yd) 2, Morris (35yd) 8. Time: 4:14.L B Se one mile and a half groupCampbell (150 yd 1, Wood d) 2. Howison (150 yd 3. Time: 3:48.3. , Movie* Scratch.—B grade one mile and a half points: K. P. Basher, 12, 1; A. C. Bates, 11, 2; 0. R. G. williams, 6, 3. Time: 3:45. C Trade quarter-mile: D. J. Riley , B. J. Eder 2. J. C. Stace 3. Tim: 35.5. Golden helmet, four lap station pursuit: K. P. Basher, 2:32.1, 1; Bat**, 2; William*, 3; L. A. Sword, 4. Ace* quarter-mlle: A. J. Bruce 1, S. P. White 2, P. D. Basher 3. Time: 37.3. A grad* three-mile: P; D. Basher 1,1. R. Steele 2, Bruce 3. Time: 7:47.7. Handicap.—A grade quartermlle: P. Yaxley (30yd) 1, A. A Bruce (Syd) 2, G. R. Sibley (15yd) 3. Time: 31.1. C grade half-mUe: Riley (Syd) 1, A. Kenney (100 yd 2, J. A. Scott (syd) 3. Time: 71.7. A grade one-mil* groupings: Yaxley (120 yd 1, I. R. Steel* (80yd) 2, White (60yd) 3. Time: 2:12.2. B grade three-quarter mile: Williams (35yd) 1, X W, Reid (80yd) 2, Batea (10yd) 1 Time: 1:44.4. B and C grades one mile and a half groupings: Sword (100 yd 1, Bald (100 yd 2, Riley (z2oyd) 3. Time: 3:29.9.