VIRA Race Results – 2003
2003 Victorian Championships 1-2 Nov '03 Bendigo
Sunday 14 September ’03 Oakleigh
2 x 500m for each skater, similar to last time. Daniel Ralph bettered his best time skated in Victoria by a whopping 4.3 seconds, Corey by 2.3 seconds, and Catherine by 2.0 seconds. Way to GO !!
‘A’ 500m
1. Danny Kah 50.01 2. Mike Attwood 51.35 3. Toby Dite 51.67 Melissa Kah 57.59
‘B’ 500m
1. Corey Williams 54.34 2. Will Shackleton 59.02 3. Ping D’Souza 1:01.39 (F) 4. Wayne Dite 1:01.38
‘C’ 500m
1. Catherine King 58.35 2. Daniel Ralph 1:00.90 3. Julie Courtier 1:02.22 4. John Mackay 116.04 (FF)
‘D’ 500m
1. Jo Withers 1:10.58 2. Mariah Williams 1:20.76 3. Kathleen 1:34.05
Re-Ranked for the second race:
‘A’ 500m
1. Danny Kah 49.84 2. Mike Attwood 51.54 3. Toby Dite 52.09 4. Corey Williams 1:02.24 (F)
‘B’ 500m
1. Will Shackleton 57.98 2. Melissa Kah 58.44 3. Catherine King 58.52 4. Daniel Ralph 59.08
‘C’ 500m
1. Ping D’Souza 57.45 2. Julie Courtier 59.76 3. Wayne Dite 59.88 4. Jo Withers 1:09.34
‘D’ 500m
1. John Mackay 1:15.90 (FF) 2. Mariah Williams 1:18.92 3. Kathleen 1:39.21 4. Maryanne 2:13.59
Sunday 10 August ’03 Oakleigh
2 x 500m races for each skater, skaters were re-ranked on their time for the second race. Scroll down for all the results !
A big thanks to the timekeepers J
‘A’ 500m
1. Danny Kah 52.66 2. Mike Attwood 52.81 3. Russell Collins 1:02.44 4. Sashen Chetty 1:03.10 (F)
‘B’ 500m
1. Toby Dite 55.63 2. Ken Stewart 58.30 3. Julie Courtier 1:00.37 4. Steve Morunga 1:00.54
‘C’ 500m
1. Ping D’Souza 59.50 2. Catherine King 1:00.58 3. Christian Carmichael 1:02.59 4. Daniel Ralph 1:04.58
‘D’ 500m
1. Will Shackleton 1:01.19 2. Duncan 1:04.62 3. Wayne Dite 1:08.86 4. Jo Withers 1:13.44
‘E’ 500m
1. Mariah Williams 1:23.37 2. Zoe Glennister 1:34.81 3. Kathleen 1:35.81 4. Karen 1:43.14 5. Nicky 1:44.25
Re-ranked for the second race:
‘A’ 500m
1. Danny Kah 51.56 2. Mike Attwood 52.96 3. Toby Dite 52.99 4. Ken Stewart 1:02.38
‘B’ 500m
1. Ping D’Souza 57.41 2. Catherine King 1:00.38 3. Julie Courtier 1:02.77 4. Steve Morunga 1:02.78
‘C’ 500m
1. Sashen Chetty 53.41 2. Russell Collins 57.63 3. Will Shackleton 58.58 Christian Carmichael 1:01.90
‘D’ 500m
1. Corey Williams 59.22 2. Duncan 1:05.24 3. Daniel Ralph 1:08.20 4. Wayne Dite 1:08.22
‘E’ 500m
1. Mariah Williams 1:45.78 2. Zoe Glennister 1:55.44 3. Kathleen 1:56.53 4. Nicky 1:59.10 5. Karen 1:59.22 6. Mary-Anne 2:22.13
Sunday 20 July ’03, Oakleigh
Time –trial, 4L flying
Lachlan Hay 9.39, 9.64, 9.61, 9.75 = 38.39s
‘A’ 1500m
1. Mike Attwood 2:49.95 2. Sashen Chetty 2:50.36 3. Toby Dite 2:51.02 4. Ken Stewart 3:02.38 Melissa Kah 3:06.80 6. Russell Collins 3:16.71 Corey Williams F, DNF
‘B’ 1000m
1. Julie Attwood 2:05.15 2. Christian Carmichael 2:09.00 3. Catherine King 2:33.70 4. Daniel Ralph 2:24.90 5. Jo Withers 2:33.82 Ping D’souza F, DQ
‘C’ 500m
1. Jim Gu 1:12.41 2. Duncan 1:12.90 3. Mariah Williams 1:21.44 4. Kathleen 1:46.05 5. Zoe Glennister 1:56.01
Time-trial, 13L flying
Lachlan Hay 10.45, 10.60, 10.53, 10.67, 10.66, 10.80, 10.70, 10.69, 10.70, 10.60, 10.69, 10.18, 10.74 = 2:18.01
Sunday 22 June ’03, Oakleigh
‘A’ 1000m
Another fast one tonight as Sashen wasn’t waiting around for anyone else, and had the other skaters thinking it was a 500m race, with his speed off the line. He was followed by Mike, Toby and Lachlan at the rear. At 4 to go, Mike had a big slip coming out of the corner, with Lachlan seizing the opportunity to move up to second, and Toby looking for which way to go if Mike happened to fall. In the last two laps Lachlan hit the front, with Sashen hanging on to second with the others not far behind. Best times at Oakleigh for Sashen, Mike & Toby.
1. Lachlan Hay 1:44.97 2. Sashen Chetty 1:47.00 3. Mike Attwood 1:47.47 4. Toby Dite 1:49.95
‘B’ 1000m
A more leisurely gentleman’s start to this one, with Will in control on the front. With Ken content to sit behind, Will cranked up the pace just enough to discourage any passing. Johnny Mac has a rather loud crash at 6 to go but got up to finish. With 3 to go the race was on and the pack strung out. In the end Will had just enough on Ken to win comfortably and no protests against fit skaters by Steve Morunga were entertained.
1. Will Shackleton 2:01.71 Ken Stewart 2:02.46 3. Steve Morunga 2:07.90 4. Christian Carmichael 2:16.31 5. John MacKay 2:29.05 (F)
‘C’ 500m
Julie showed her recent improvement with a personal best in Victoria by 4 seconds, and both Jo and Mariah posting the fastest times they have done in ages.
1. Julie Courtier 1:01.83 Jo Withers 1:11.39 Mariah Williams 1:22.24
Sunday 18 May ’03, Oakleigh
‘A’ 3000m
1. Lachlan Hay 5:41.67 2. Danny Kah 5:41.95 3. Sashen Chetty 5:48.05 4. Mike Attwood 5:48.32 Russell Collins DNF
‘B’ 1500m
1. Russell Collins 2:55.35 2. Ken Stewart 2:58.85 3. Melissa Sandford 3:00.25 4. Steve Morunga 3:22.18 5. Daniel Ralph 3:22.44
‘C’ 1500m
1. Ping 3:07.24 2. Julie Courtier 3:08.94 3. Cathryn King 3:15.12 4. John MacKay 3:30.80 5. Jo Withers 4:00.86
‘D’ 500m
1. Mariah Williams 1:20.12
Friday 25th April 2003, Oakleigh
Another exiting set of races held on ANZAC day, our last Friday night for a while. In the ‘A’s 1000m, after the first half lap Toby decided that the leisurely start was not going to get him a very fast 500m split time, so off he went, getting about a quarter of a lap on the other slackos. Danny led the rest of the pack, not letting the young whippersnapper in front get too far. With 4 to go, the pack caught Toby, and by this time the pace was getting real fast. With Danny trying everything to stay in front of a charging Lachlan on the tight Oakleigh track, Lachlan passed at half a lap to go and finished strong to take a well deserved win. Sashen came third within sight of the leaders, with Toby hanging on not far behind.
1. Lachlan Hay 1:44.11 2. Danny Kah 1:44.49 3. Sashen Chetty 1:49.98 4. Toby Dite 1:51.26 5. Russell Collins 2:03.53
The ‘B’ 1000m saw a very close finish between Ken & Will, with Mike Attwood in front most of the way, and Wayne still nursing his collar bone. Quite a civilised race, there’s not too many races where the combined age total of the skaters is nearly 200 !! J
1. Mike Attwood 1:55.92 2. Will Shackleton 1:56.99 3. Ken Stewart 1:57.38 4. Wayne Dite 2:07.58
The ‘C’ 1000m saw another very close race between Julie & Cathryn, with Ping having another trademark intimate encounter with a mat at the Zamboni end, after bolting away from the others. Good to see Lachlan Rhodes back and holding off a gaining Ping at the end, with Jo just ahead.
1. Julie Courtier 2:05.32 2. Cathryn King 2:06.12 3. Jo Withers (NT) 4. Lachlan Rhodes 2:25.20 5. Ping 2:26.40
The usually chaotic ‘D’ 500m saw no falls from Bruce or Ping, Janine’s blades stayed on for the whole race, and James didn’t practice any hip checks !!
1. Ping 1:07.26 2. Bruce Rhodes 1:10.16 3. James 1:21.66 4. Janine 1:35.71
Sunday 6th April 2003, Oakleigh
The first race for the season saw everyone keen to get stuck into a 1500m race. The ‘A’ group looked a bit lost without Mike Attwood there to push the pace along for the first few laps, but Will Shacks took up the lead in his first race in years, then Russell hit the front. With the pack cruising along nicely, Danny moved up on the outside clipping a mat in the process, then Lachlan turned on the afterburners and it turned into an all out stampede after that. Toby and Corey did very well to hang on to the lead skaters for so long, with Toby’s time some 28 seconds better than his personal best time in Victoria!! As for Lachlan, according to my records I believe the time is a track record – way to go!!
1. Lachlan Hay 2:39.69 2. Danny Kah 2:40.47 3. Sachen Chetty 2:45.38 4 Toby Dite 2:47.17 5. Corey Williams 3:04.52 6. Russell Collins 3:06.38 7. Will Shackelton 3:06.69
The ‘B’ group also raced a very hard and fast race with an unfortunate fall for Christian early on putting him out of contention after mixing it with the leading 4 skaters. Daniel led the whole way, kicking on the last 3 laps to come home strongly. He also skated a time 24 seconds faster than his personal best in Victoria, and the time would have placed him 6th in the ‘A’ race – so watch out ‘A’s !! Julie and Catherine were content to let Daniel push the pace in front, with Julie just getting away from Katherine in the closing laps. Mariah skated her first long 1500m race, finishing well!
1. Daniel Ralph 3:06.09 2. Julie Courtier 3:07.55 3. Catherine King 3:08.40 4. Christian Carmichael 3:23.12 5. Jo Withers 3:39.20 6. Mariah Williams 4:13.88
The final race was a 3 lapper with 5 starters, Ping provided all the action with fast straights, but more than a touch of trouble getting around the corners! Ping retired early after taking out half the mats on one corner, providing some interesting avoidance tactics by the flying Toby/Corey/Daniel trio. Zoe cruised around with her usual smile on her face to finish well.
1. Corey Williams 35.28 2. Toby Dite 35.32 3. Daniel Ralph 41.97 4. Zoe Glenister 1:02.20 5. Hing DNF