The morning after the night before...
There's nothing better than a lie in after a big night and big week.
With all the changing of pedals, gears, saddle heights, holding riders, between brief MC'ing, drinking of lager and shooting the breeze - there was no time to take photos of Round Three of the Roller Derby Series.
Sorry. You'll just have to turn up and ride or cheer at the next one.
There was a slight vacuum of entrants due to the Masters Track Champs the following day, notably the V-Train was a holder after a stern rap over the knuckles by his coach for riding last month before the Sid Patterson (which he still came third)
Highlights:
The new handicapping system which provided some nail biting finishes
Spud competing on a jump bike and getting through to the quarters
Me not falling off
All of the first timers Roller Riders absolutely rocking the house proving it's easier than it looks.
After a slower start to the evening, 19 riders qualified including the Sooty Park crew on a vintage ricardo town bike.
Further proof that we're serious about having fun.
When the chips were down, the raffle drawn, and the elimnations underway it was truly raucus in the Royal Derby thanks to the clanging cowbell for the finals.
Russel Collins again blitzed the field in qualifying and was the scratchman at 17.2 seconds. After bagging the Solo prize from last month, he took home some great lights from Knog.
All the newbies received bidons from BSC- Carey from Canada, and Justin (Brother of Goldstein) looked like seasoned pro's after their first go.
NDF report.
Roller Derby at the Royal Derby : Round 3 Results
Philthy's reign of terror was brought to an abrupt halt when he was eliminated in round one, thanks to a revised (and arguably fairer) system of handicapping. Ben Ladner won the final 2 lap dash from scratch, strongly chasing Josh Vicino's 75m lead.
Qualifying
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Place Name Time (s) Handicap (m)
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1 Russell Collins 17.20 scr
2 Oliver Phillips 18.16 15
3 Joseph Schibeci 18.69 25
4 Andrew White 19.40 45
5 Ben Ladner 19.75 50
6 Nicole Holt 20.43 65 - 1st Female
7 Phil Bushell 20.54 50
8 Josh Vicino 21.22 80
9 Brendan Grinners 21.93 85
10 Liam 22.04 85
11 Tim Tumbles 22.72 90
12 Justin 24.91 120
13 Jess 28.22 125
14 Carrie 28.41 125
15 Zara Comte 28.78 125
16 Joe Fox 31.19 175
17 Emma 41.41 - (mtb)
18 Spud 42.00 200 (mtb)
19 Dave 42.60 - (mtb)
Elimination
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Round 1
Russell Collins def Carrie 17.66
Andy White def Zara 17.70
Nicole Holt def Phil Bushell 16.70
Josh Vicino def Jess 16.66
Tim def Grinners 16.56
Oliver Phillips def Joe Fox 17.03
Ben Ladner def Liam 16.25
Spud def Joe Schibeci 15.70
Justin def Zara (for Alan) 15.75
Round 2
Tim def Russell Collins 15.00
Justin (85m) def Oliver Phillips 16.91
Ben Ladner def Nicole Holt 16.25
Josh Vicino def Andy White 16.22
Round 3
Josh Vicino def Spud (150m) 17.53
Tim def Justin 16.81
Ben Ladner def Spud (re-run) 16.32
Round 4
Ben Ladner def Tim (75m) 15.80
Josh Vicino def Rusty (2nd Chance) 16.10
Final (2 laps)
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Ben Ladner(scr) def Josh Vicino(75m) 36.72
Results
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1 Ben Ladner
2 Josh Vicino
3 Russell Collins
*If anyone does have photos - we'd love to use them *
Breakfast by The Boss.
Smoked Salmon, poached eggs, hash browns, fried toast with spring onions, salt n pepper.
Black coffee.
The perfect post Roller Derby meal.
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