Late sport Sharp cycling rivalry

Press, 6 December 1979, Page 6

Late sport Sharp cycling rivalry

The respective sharp form of •Jacob Schriek, Peter Lewis and Blair Stockwell gave a threeedged rivalry to last evening’s track cycling meeting at English Schriek had too much finishing' strength in his specialist dis-! tance, a kilometre, with a battling Stockwell and Tony Duder the two to get closest to him. But as Schriek fell a victim to the uneven' pace of the 3200 m points race, so Stockwell, as he so often has. blasted clear of the field for the easiest of victories. And the sharp-finishing Lewis had his best result of the season in the “Devil take the hindmost," again from the consistent Stockwell with Schriek out the back. But the rather more regular beat in the 8000 m suited Schriek, and he won in his usual fashion, leading out and possessing reserves to burn in the straight aa Lewis and Stockwell threw out their challenges, with the juniors, Tony Strang and Mark Nichols. heading the rest.

That race underlined the exceptional atmospheric conditions unusual to English Park, too.Once again, it was a very quick 8000 m: lOmin 12.1 sec. far and l away the fastest of th* seasoa

■'The willingness of the riders I'played no small part. ■I Though he had to bow to a i| speedy tan Cooper in the 800 m (handicap event, and was in the .beaten Italian pursuit team, :Vaughan Harvey was the moat : impressive of the top novices. He sprinted and scored consistently in the points race for' an overwhelming win, and finished powerfully to peg back Glen Fuller to add th? main scratch raca as wail. Results:— AMATgUR Scratch: C grade 1000 m: B. Patterson 1, L. Blackler 2. g. Gourdt* 3. Tima: 1:20 2. A grade 1000 m: J. Schriek 1, *. <}. stockwell 2, A. J. Duder 3. TiMO: 1:21.3. B and C grades “Devil take the hindmost”: N. J, >u r . cell 1, B. P. Gyde 2, G. It. Monk 3 B grade 400 m: B. E. Tall 1, J. T. Hughes 2. Gyde 8. Timp: 32.3. A grade 3200 m ooints: Stockwell 20. 1: K. W. Reid, 1,2; M. P. Nich-' ols and B W. Bruton, both 4. enual 3. Time: 4:52.4. A graejO “Devi! take the hindmost 9 : P. ■ M. Lewis 1. Stockwell 2. Reid 3.' :Ooen 8S00m: Schriek 1. Lewie 2,i ■Stockwell 3, A. J. Strong 4.| 'Time: 10:12.1. 1

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