MITCH Carrington ended Fraser Ashford’s domination of the Tamworth Cycling Club’s A grade criteriums with a late burst at Goddard Lane on Sunday morning.
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Ashford had won the first two criteriums of the new season at Goddard Lane but had to settle for third behind Carrington and Ben Clarke in his hat-trick attempt.
“We had good numbers in A Grade this week – made it a fast race,” Ashford said.
After club president Sam Spokes’s wedding had decimated the fields the week before, the club had 23 riders in three grades on Sunday, Carrington taking a nine-rider A grade, Dave Menzies winning a six-rider B Grade and Peter Nash successful in an eight-rider C Grade over 25mins and two laps.
Carrington said the “A Grade crit was fast”.
“We had a good number and made it a good race,” he said.
“John Freiberg came down from Inverell for a race – that was good because he is a strong rider.
“And with the wind it made it a bit tougher too and made it close in the end.”
Phil Kellaher almost stole the race when his late surge took him almost a full back straight in front.
“It was almost the perfect ride,” Carrington said.
“He was just unlucky two or three of us still had a little bit left in our legs.
“The whole bunch came together around the back straight and that left me close enough to take them a half lap out.”
The Tamworth Cycling Club stages its regular criterium races every Sunday morning at Goddard Lane and welcomes any and all riders to race from 8am.
TAMWORTH CYCLING CLUB CRITERIUMS
Sunday - Goddard Lane: A GRADE (35mins +2laps) - Mitch Carrington 1, Ben Clarke 2, Fraser Ashford 3. B GRADE (30mins +2laps) - Dave Menzies 1, John Saunders 2, Darren “Chuck” Taylor 3. C GRADE (25mins +2laps) - Peter Nash 1, Fletcher Partlin 2, Darren Taylor 3.
