Madison cycling title to Stockwell and Brydon

Press, Volume CXIV, Issue 33426, 7 January 1974, Page 13

Madison cycling title to Stockwell and Brydon

The great power of B. (i. Stockwell and the brilliant sprinting of I*. D. Brydon were combined sweetly when they won the New Zealand open madison cycling championship at Denton Park on Saturday evening. Thev were the favourites,' and rightly so; anl although they could not gain a complete lap on all the field. Brydon’s sprinting power — with admirable support on occasions from Stockwell — ensured a big tally of points. Thev scored 69 points, well clear of R. M. G. A. Heyde (Canterbury) and P. A. Medhurst (Auckland), who were dominant in the early sprints; while the bronze medals were won by a surprisingly strong scratch combination of M. W. Grace and V. J. Hanaray. The latter are more renowned for their feats on the road; Grace as a former NewZealand Olympic Games representative and now a Canadian Commonwealth Games rider: Hanaray as a twice-national champion among many -other highquality performances. PROTEST DISALLOWED Hanaray stepped into the place left vacant b\ K. J. Tait I Otago), but before lie and Grace could take their bronze medals, there v a protect on behalf of the Ue>t ( oastAorth Island team of R D Nant and D. Holtowi Hanaray had been called upon •» ter\ late notice, and rather t delai the start any longer, the race management let Grace start alone, going »n and out <»f the rave with a nominated rider There was no complaint lodged about fhi* at the time—and this v the basis on which the jury of appeal disallowed the protest.

Even so. there was a very strong feeling that the Grace-Hanaray team was actually a lap in airears of the first two teams, although they were the first to gain a lap. Fortunately, it did not affect the winning of the championship, but Nant and Holi lows could consider themselves ' a little unfortunate not to have taken the bronze medals. Nine teams were eventually ! fielded one of the last-minute defections being that of the . Games riders. J. A. Dean and B. W. Preston. Dean had a slowmotion crash on Friday which left him with a sore wrist, but as he raced the 8000 metres at yesterday's meeting it seems it is on the mend. SEVEN SPRINT WINS It was the first time Stockwell and Brydon had ridden major madison together. There were 19 sprints during the 100 kilometres: they were placed in 18 of them, bin how well they bided their time is illustrated in a further breakdown. Brydon and Stockwell had seven sprint wins, and five of these came in the final six sprints. Further, the greatest single sprint of the evening was provided by Brydon after 80 kilometres when he was 40 metres down at tile bell and almost incredibly passed a bunch of New Zealand's fastest sprinters. Heyde and Medhurst were possible too dominant too early; they scored points frequently and consistently in the early part but got hardly any at the end. and it did seem they might have been better served by rid ing a more defensive race for the first 40 or 50 kilometres. That was the course forced on them nearer the end; but by then Stockwell and Brydon had it all under control. Hevde and Medhurst individually had their moments at yes terday's open meeting, however. In the omnium series which fea tured most of the Games tideland also the Canadian, B. S Keast Heyde's strength in the points race enabled him to keef clear of Preston. Before thal final event. Heyde. Preston anc J Sehriek iwho did not start were all equal on 14 points anc Stockwell's clear-cut win coulc onlv lift him to third place. Medhurst won the 8000 metre: in a verv close finish from Pres ton with Dean coasting home foi third. Dean led out. with Pres ton on his wheel, but Medhur-l finished better than Preston, the

J national sprint champion, for : . very narrow win by inches. Results of the madison were:Stockwell and Brydon, 25 > laps, 69 points, 1; Heyde am 1 Medhurst. 250 laps, 36 points, 2 8; Grace and Hanaray, 250 laps, tyv ■I points. 3; Nant and Hollows, on s ,lap down, 48 points, 4; B. S B ' Keast and T. Morris (Canada I one lap down, 28 points, 5; P. J ' [ Harland (Auckland) and T. C B Aitcheson (E.C.N.L), two lap j down. 10 points, 6; T. G. Matht son (Otago) and I. K. Steel - (Canterbury), 10 laps down, points, 7; P. T. P. and K. F. C t Radburnd (Canterbury), 17 lap I down. 4 points, 8; E. W. J. Thui low and P. G. Robinson (Cantei burv) 35 laps down, 4 points, I ! Time,' 2:20.48. r YESTERDAY'S RESULTS ci Invitation omnium.—Boo metre >■ scratch: Heyde 1, Preston : 8 Sehriek 3, Stockwell 4. Flyin v 400 metres time trial: Sehriel n 25.6, 1; Preston. 25.8. 2; Hevdi n 26.11. 3; Medhurst, 26.1. 4. 200 ' metres points race: Stockwel n 23, 1: Keast, 11. 2; Heyde, 10, : ■ Brydon. 6. 4. Final points: Hevdi *' 20. 1: Preston, 18, 2; Stockwel n 16), 3; Sehriek, 14, 4; Keast, 13 ; 5 5; Medhurst. 11), 6; Brydon, 8, 1 ! Nant. 5), 8. One-lap Derby.—Semifinal heat one: Sehriek 1 Keast 1 . Time, 29.9. Heat two: Hevde M. Litolff 2. Time, 32.9. He: vi three: Preston 1, Medhurst : t-Time. 32.4. Final: Sehriek I. Preston 2, Litolff 3. Time, 31.7 it B grade 800 metres: Steele I- F. M. Schaapveld 2. P. Radburn r 3. Time. 69.8. Open 1000 inetri 5. 'non-omnium riders): Litolff n G. R. Siblev 2, G. P. Sword : y Time, 1:36.7. B grade 20( d metres: P. Radburnd 1, G. Sull van 2, Sword 3. Time. 3:6.3. I- grade 3200 metres: Aitcheson S- Heyde 2. Thurlow 3. Time, 4:35. *'• Invitation 800 C metres: Medhur a ’ 1. Preston 2. Dean 3. Tim I- 12:26. ’• Novice. —400 metres: K. V ie Reid 1. K. P. Basher 2. P. I T Taylor 3. Time, 34.5. Eliminate j riders' 400 metres handicap: I Wood 110 m) 1. T. R. Horne isc J 2. P. Match (45m) 3. Time, 32. -I Group handicap 2000 metres: 1 D. Busch (230 m 1. Horne <lson > s 2, Taylor <loom> 3. Time, 2:47. s'. Devil take the hindmost: Basin n 1. Reid 2. Taylor 3. Handies s . 2000 metres: Match (350 m st Reid iser' 2, Taylor :60m) ic Time, 2:50.4.