2005 Burnaby 6-Day
This is a duplicate of the information found on the Burnaby Velodrome site.
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Night #6: Saturday December 17, 2005
The final evening of the Burnaby SixDay had plenty of drama and excitement. As was told to me on Thursday evening by Lorne Atkinson, this was the first complete Six Day race in British Columbia in 70 years and the first in Canada in almost 40 years. I honestly had no idea of the timeline from the last SixDay in B.C. and Canada when I started this but now have even more desire to elevate the status of this race and hopefully make it become a yearly fixture.
Saturday's racing hopefully saw some history in the making as no less than 12 young riders took to the Track, many of them were 14 years old and brand new to track. The Junior racing was divided into two groups with both groups seeing some exceptional racing. First race of the night, even with the faster riders being limited by gearing, brought home the fact that there had to be separation of the groups. The now "seasoned" Junior quartet of Cody Campbell, Nathan MacDonald, Michael Rothengatter, and Naomi Cooper took the lions share of the points in the Points Race and finished in that order. New rider Rachel Canning rode a brilliant race staying on the same lap as the four riders and finished with two points to boot.
In the A Scratch race, Adrian Johnson from Victoria broke into the top three finishing right behind Cody and Nathan, while the B group saw the Schwingboth twins Tavis and Jacob taking turns attacking Rachel (been there myself Rachel) who held on for a valiant second place. Retro Kilo times were fast all around considering most of these riders had never practiced a standing start, even Jacob set down a fast time considering he pulled his wheel on the third lap. The night still had plenty racing for these youngsters and the Point-a-Lap was next up. A well timed attack by Nathan assured him of the win in the A group while Tavis again showed his speed taking most of the laps in the Bs. Most of the newer riders to the track, namely Elliot Abear, Kyle Jasper, Chris Esterzy (who's name was wrongly pronounced all night, but who shrugged it off saying he did not have the heart to say anything), and Matt Whelan all found the racing to be taxiing but still loved the experience. As some of them were Downhill Mountain bikers, they found the constant pedaling and the small seats to be the biggest issues of the night as from my perspective their bike handling skills definitely not an issue. The last race of the night was for all the marbles so to say. The Giant Track frame was up for grabs in the Handicap race. Exploding from the middle group with 3 laps remaining, Mike Rothengatter held off a fast closing back group to cross the line first and win the frame. As he stood and received the frame his smile could be seen from ear to ear and then some.
The A Madison and Omniums also wrapped up on Saturday night. Some last night speed saw Ryan McKenzie hold off the Symmetrics duo of Marsh Cooper and Christian Meier, who kept attacking the Calgarian over the final three Omnium events. Ryan managed to hold of the yellow clad Marsh by two points with Christian finishing in third with myself, Scott Laliberte, falling down to fourth. Rounding out the top six on the Omnium was Murray Solem and John Perkins. In the final night of the Madison, Symmetrics again showed their speed by taking their sixth Madison event and winning the event by 19 laps over second place finishers Laliberte and Solem. Calgarians McKenzie and Abbott were three laps farther back with Luis Bernhardt and Andy George the only other team to finish the six nights of racing.
I would like to take this moment to thank all the volunteers that helped make this a successful event and notify everyone to look towards next year when this event will be back, bigger and better.
Scott Laliberte
Event Organizer
Junior Night Group A Snowball 1 Ryan Mckenzie 122 2 Murray Solem 80 3 Marsh Cooper 69 4 Christian Meier 62 5 Mandy Poitras 59 6 Philippe Abbott 24 7 Jeff Ain 21 8 John Perkins 15 9 Andrew George 13 Group A Points Race 1 Christian Meier 52 2 Marsh Cooper 36 3 Murray Solem 26 4 John Perkins 21 5 Ryan Mckenzie 12 6 Mandy Poitras 4 7 Scott Laliberte 3 8 Andrew George 1 Group A Scratch Race 1 Marsh Cooper 2 Ryan Mckenzie 3 John Perkins 4 Christian Meier 5 Philippe Abbott 6 Mandy Poitras Group A Madison 1 Christian Meier 13 Marsh Cooper 2 Ryan Mckenzie 11 (-4 laps) Philippe Abbott 3 Scott Laliberte 5(-4 laps) Murray Solem 4 Luis Bernhardt 4 (-5 laps) Andrew George Group A Individual Omnium 1 Ryan Mckenzie 41pts 2 Marsh Cooper 39 3 Christian Meier 35 4 Scott Laliberte 30 5 Murray Solem 17 6 John Perkins 13 7 Adrian Hegyvary 7 8 Gordon Ross 4 9 Philippe Abbott 4 Group A Madison Omnium 1 Christian Meier 161pts Marsh Cooper 2 Scott Laliberte 84 (-19 laps) Murray Solem 3 Ryan Mckenzie 107 (-22 laps) Philippe Abbott 4 Luis Bernhardt 16 (-33 laps) Andrew George Junior Points Race 1 Cody Campbell 75 2 Nathan MacDonald 69 3 Michael Rothengatter 44 4 Naomi Cooper 41 5 Rachel Canning 2 6 Tavis Schwingboth -18 Junior A Scratch Race 1 Cody Campbell 2 Nathan MacDonald 3 Adrian Johnson 4 Naomi Cooper 5 Michael Rothengatter Junior B Scratch Race 1 Tavis Schwingboth 2 Rachel Canning 3 Jacob Schwingboth 4 Elliott Abear 5 Kyle Jasper 6 Chris Esterzy 7 Matt Whelan Junior A Retro Kilo 1 Nathan MacDonald 01:18.72 2 Cody Campbell 01:19.29 3 Adrian Johnson 01:20.99 4 Michael Rothengatter 01:23.57 5 Naomi Cooper 01:29.29 Junior B Retro Kilo 1 Tavis Schwingboth 01:30.75 2 Rachel Canning 01:30.82 3 Elliott Abear 01:32.26 4 Jacob Schwingboth 01:33.62 5 Chris Esterzy 01:41.56 6 Kyle Jasper 01:42.00 7 Matt Whelan 01:47.68 Junior A Point-a-Lap 1 Nathan MacDonald 8 2 Naomi Cooper 1 3 Michael Rothengatter 1 4 Cody Campbell 5 Adrian Johnson Junior B Point-a-Lap 1 Tavis Schwingboth 6 2 Rachel Canning 3 3 Jacob Schwingboth 1 4 Elliott Abear 5 Kyle Jasper 6 Chris Esterzy 7 Matt Whelan Junior Handicap Race 1 Michael Rothengatter 2 Naomi Cooper 3 Adrian Johnson 4 Nathan MacDonald 5 Cody Campbell 6 Kyle Jasper 7 Elliott Abear 8 Jacob Schwingboth 9 Tavis Schwingboth 10 Rachel Canning 11 Chris Esterzy 12 Matt Whelan
Night #5: Friday December 16, 2005
Friday Night saw the endurance racers getting a bit of a break as the sprinters came out to play. A smaller than hoped for group showed up but the racing was anything but slow on the evening.
First up was the 200m event. It would be both part of the Omnium and also act as seeding for the later events. The excitement grew as almost as planned rider after rider went faster than the one before. In the group, young Mike Rothengatter was one of the first off but showed good speed and set a time of 14.67, very good for a first time Junior. Times went under 12 seconds finally when the Dr. Walker trio of Matt Barley, Keith Bruneau and Matt Chater set the three fastest times of the night. Second race of the evening was the tactical Win & Out. A race of both flat out early speed and cunning, the race saw both as some riders who did go for the first place placing had to pull out or reshuffle themselves for a later placing. Matt Chater knew what kind of speed he had in his legs and easily took the first place spot getting to sit down early. John Perkins then took off from the pack passed the hurting riders still stinging from their first attempt and held off for second place. A small pack formed consisting of pained riders and those waiting to explode for third and fourth. Barley was the next to take a rest rounding out the podium for this race with Bruneau, Nick Barile, Andy George, and Jimmy Lingwood all able to finish the race and finish in that order. The last two events of the evening were run with heats.
Both the Chariot Race and the Keirin riders were seeded according to how they finished in the 200m. Two riders qualified each in the Chariot Race heats, they included the two Matts, Keith, and John. Two riders went through the reps to make a final of six but the final was once again a run away for the Dr. Walker boys. Last race for the sprinters was the Keirin. With the speed slowly being brought up it looked like there would be a few new faces in the final as some riders got involved in the mix with the fast sprinters. Both Andy and John qualified nicely for the final but those two were the only ones able to crack the top five final. Coming around the final corner of the race the two Matts were shoulder to shoulder with Chater crossing the line first by a tire width. The coveted Sprint Trophy, donated by Black Spire and SC Marine went to Matt Chater.
The only endurance event of the night was the A Madison. Most tired on the night would have to be Andy George who took part in the Sprint Night and then had to change gears, so to say, and race the 75 lap Madison. For the 5th night the duo of Christian Meier and Marsh Cooper took the Madison and extended their lap lead. The Calgary team of Ryan McKenzie and Phil Abbott took second and most importantly took back a lap from the Laliberte/Solem team. Jeff Ain and Gordon Ross from Escape Velocity took third on the night showing some good speed and excellent sprint placing. Andy must have been a little tired on the evening but showed some resiliency by keeping it close with his partner Luis Bernhardt taking a good amount of points but finishing 3 laps down for 5th.
Sprint Night Flying 200m 1 Matt Chater 11.48 2 Keith Bruneau 11.55 3 Matt Barlee 11.59 4 John Perkins 12.53 5 Jimmy Lingwood 12.60 6 Andrew George 12.67 7 Daniel Harm 13.05 8 Nick Barile 13.67 9 Mike Rothengatter 14.67 10 Chiron Kantakis 14.68 Win and Out 1 Matt Chater 2 John Perkins 3 Matt Barlee 4 Keith Bruneau 5 Nick Barile 6 Andrew George 7 Jimmy Lingwood Chariot Race Final 1 Matt Chater 2 Keith Bruneau 3 Matt Barlee 4 John Perkins Keirin Final 1 Matt Chater 2 Matt Barlee 3 Keith Bruneau 4 John Perkins 5 Andrew George Sprint Omnium 1 Matt Chater 24pts 2 Keith Bruneau 13 2 Matt Barlee 13 4 John Perkins 10 5 Jimmy Lingwood 1 6 Andrew George 1 7 Nick Barile 1 Group A Madison 1 Christian Meier 13 Marsh Cooper 2 Ryan Mckenzie 9 (-1 laps) Philippe Abbott 3 Jeff Ain 3 (-2 laps) Gordon Ross 4 Scott Laliberte 2 (-2 laps) Murray Solem 5 Luis Bernhardt 6 (-3 laps) Andrew George Olympic Sprint Demonstration Dr Walker (Matt Chater, Keith Bruneau, Matt Barlee) 42.25
Night #4: Thursday December 15, 2005
With the B and C Omniums concluding, the four way battle for the A Omnium developing and the Night of Past Champions all happening on the Fourth Night, it was hard to pick a highlight of the night in my opinion.
However once the long list of Past, Present, and Future Champions was listed off and Lorne "Ace" Atkinson took to the track for what was supposed to be a slow parade lap, the highlight was obvious. With fire in his eyes that must have been a 'blazin back in his days of racing, Lorne not only took off on the younger riders that were expecting a slow jaunt around the cote, he got onto the steep track surface itself and proceeded to take a few quick laps. My many thanks to Lorne, his family and all the Past Champions for showing up. Past Champions included: Frank Ludtke, Max Grace, Lorne "Ace" Atkinson, Bruce Spicer, Norman Hill, Paul Enoch, Mandy Poitras, Murray Solem, Claire Cameron, Scott Laliberte, Marsh Cooper, Christian Meier, and many others for their National, International, and Olympic accomplishments.
Group A Snowball 1 Ryan Mckenzie 204 2 Murray Solem 72 3 Christian Meier 60 4 Marsh Cooper 48 5 Scott Laliberte 33 6 Philippe Abbott 18 7 Jimmy Lingwood 15 8 Luis Bernhardt 9 9 Mandy Poitras 6 Group A Points Race 1 Marsh Cooper 28 2 Christian Meier 23 3 Ryan Mckenzie 23 4 Philippe Abbott 11 5 Scott Laliberte 10 6 Jeff Ain 8 7 John Perkins 6 8 Andrew George 3 9 Jimmy Lingwood 1 Group A Madison 1 Christian Meier 18 Marsh Cooper 2 Ryan Mckenzie 13 (-3 laps) Philippe Abbott 3 Scott Laliberte 6 (-3 laps) Murray Solem 4 Luis Bernhardt 4 (-5 laps) Andrew George 5 Jeff Ain 3 (-5 laps) Gordon Ross Group A Individual Omnium (after 9 events) 1 Scott Laliberte 30pts 1 Ryan Mckenzie 30 3 Marsh Cooper 26 4 Christian Meier 25 5 Murray Solem 10 6 John Perkins 8 7 Adrian Hegyvary 7 8 Gordon Ross 4 9 Philippe Abbott 3 Group B Scratch 1 Daniel Harm 2 Cody Campbell 3 Anselmo Rossiello 4 Gerry Van Gaans 5 Nathan MacDonald Group B Point-a-Lap 1 Cody Campbell 10 2 Nathan MacDonald 7 3 Nick Barile 5 4 Anselmo Rossiello 4 5 Brenda Pennell 3 6 Gerry Van Gaans 3 7 Moriah MacGregor 1 8 Laura Yoisten 1 9 Andy White 1 Group B Unknown Distance 1 Nathan MacDonald 2 Cody Campbell 3 Gerry Van Gaans 4 Andy White 5 Anselmo Rossiello 6 Laura Yoisten 7 Claire Cameron 8 Brenda Pennell 9 Paul Craig Group B Omnium 1 Daniel Harm 43pts 2 Cody Campbell 27 3 Nathan MacDonald 25 4 Anselmo Rossiello 23 5 Andy White 14 6 Adrian Johnson 3 6 Brenda Pennell 3 8 Claire Cameron 1 8 Laura Yoisten 1 Group C Point-a-Lap 1 Hayden Wood 21 2 Patrick Brisk 7 3 Steve Crowe 2 Group C Miss and Out 1 Hayden Wood 2 Patrick Brick 3 Doug Preston 4 Rob Mcmurtry 5 Lisa Tasa 6 Steve Crowe 7 Rachel Canning Group C Snowball 1 Hayden Wood 106 2 Moriah MacGregor 99 3 Patrick Brick 5 4 Doug Preston 5 Lisa Tasa Group C Omnium (Final) 1 Steve Crowe 18pts 2 Doug Preston 10 3 Lisa Tasa 7 4 Rob Mcmurtry 6 5 Rachel Canning 4
Night #3: Wednesday December 14, 2005
Day three of the SixDay and with the Bs resting it was time for the C riders to show up and have a go. Seven brave souls took to the track, some in their very first race ever. The pack was as polarized as you could get, with two young women and five old guys battling it out over four races. The Points Race was the first up and it turned out to be a very competitive field with six of the seven riders gaining points. Unfortunately young Rachel Canning, all of 16, who was using one of our rental bikes was horribly undergeared and lost a lap. The race went to Brian Wong who consistently scored points in all five sprints.
Next up was the Retro Kilo and with no aero equipment to be used world record times were safe for the night. The times on the night were surprisingly fast however and just like in world level competition the anchor could be seen coming out for every rider. With under eight seconds separating first and seventh the crowd got into the excitement and cheered each rider on. The last rider, Stuart Lynne, made it even more unbelievable when he came within ( ) that much of beating early race leader Wong and lost out by 4/100 of a second. Third up was the Unknown Distance race and as lady luck would have it both ladies were in great position for the final coming across the line just behind Stuart and Steve Crowe. The smile on Rachel's face could be seen from the back row of the packed house as she collected points in only her third race on the track. The Scratch race was last for these tiring competitors and taking a page out of her '03 National Junior Points Race, Lisa Tasa planned her move and exploded from the pack with just two laps remaining. With tired legs, the pack took their time to react but react they finally did and Lisa held onto fourth with Stuart taking their last race of the night. Thursday will conclude their Omnium race.
The A group's Madison race might be all but wrapped up with the Symmetrics duo holding a commanding lead on laps but the Individual Omnium is heating up with veteran rider and race director Scott Laliberte being chased by both Symmetrics racers and Calgarian Ryan McKenzie. The racing proved to be very tactical last night with the Burnaby invented Miss & Out to Scratch race first off. The boys in yellow controlled the race perfectly and Meier attacked at the right moment to pull out the win. Next was the ever simple Scratch race. But with points on the line and many tired legs in the group, the pack shattered. Three riders took to the front and with Scott being sandwiched between the Symmetrics duo it looked like a victory for one of the young guns. Somehow Laliberte did match both racer's moves and came out with the victory. Last race of the night was the Point-a-Lap and as confusion rained regarding lapping the field and cash from the crowd on the line the win went to a well thought out move by Ryan McKenzie.
Group A Miss and Out to Scratch 1 Christian Meier 2 Scott Laliberte 3 Ryan Mckenzie 4 Marsh Cooper 5 Murray Solem 6 Andrew George 7 Mandy Poitras 8 Jimmy Lingwood 9 John Perkins 10 Philippe Abbott 11 Attila Fritz 12 Gordon Ross 13 Luis Bernhardt 14 Jeff Ain Group A Scratch Race 1 Scott Laliberte 2 Marsh Cooper 3 Christian Meier 4 Ryan Mckenzie 5 John Perkins 6 Mandy Poitras Group A Point-a-Lap 1 Ryan Mckenzie 12 2 Gordon Ross 10 3 John Perkins 2 4 Scott Laliberte 1 Group A Madison 1 Christian Meier 15 Marsh Cooper 2 Ryan Mckenzie 8 (-4 laps) Philippe Abbott 3 Scott Laliberte 7 (-4 laps) Murray Solem 4 Luis Bernhardt 1 (-5 laps) Andrew George 5 Jeff Ain 2 (-6 laps) Gordon Ross 6 Adrian Hegyvary 0 (-11 laps) Jimmy Lingwood Group A Individual Omnium Standings (after 7 events) Scott Laliberte 28 Ryan Mckenzie 21 Christian Meier 18 Marsh Cooper 18 John Perkins 8 Adrian Hegyvary 7 Murray Solem 6 Gordon Ross 4 Philippe Abbott 1 Group C Points Race 1 Brian Wong 17 2 Steve Crowe 13 3 Stuart Lynne 13 4 Doug Preston 6 5 Rob Mcmurtry 3 6 Lisa Tasa 3 7 Rachel Canning -20 Group C Retro Kilo 1 Brian Wong 01:25.91 2 Stuart Lynne 01:25.95 3 Steve Crowe 01:26.09 4 Rob Mcmurtry 01:28.15 5 Lisa Tasa 01:29.22 6 Doug Preston 01:32.62 7 Rachel Canning 01:33.44 Group C Unknown Distance 1 Stuart Lynne 2 Steve Crowe 3 Rachel Canning 4 Lisa Tasa 5 Rob Mcmurtry 6 Doug Preston Group C Scratch 1 Stuart Lynne 2 Steve Crowe 3 Doug Preston 4 Lisa Tasa 5 Rachel Canning 6 Rob Mcmurtry Group C Omnium Standings (after 4 events) 1 Stuart Lynne 19 2 Steve Crowe 15 3 Doug Preston 5 4 Lisa Tasa 5 5 Rachel Canning 4 6 Rob Mcmurtry 4
Night #2: Tuesday December 13, 2005
Looking up from the infield on Monday night, most racers were surprised and excited to see as many spectators in the stands as the first night. Last night they were even more excited, mostly thanks in part to the stint on City TV's Breakfast Television. Luckily the crowds were not disappointed as they were treated to some fantastic racing in the B group and a some dominating racing in the A group.
The Bs started the night off with a Points Race and once again Recycled Cycles rider Daniel "show some" Harm was out collecting points. It wasn't a total runaway as no less than 10 riders collected points in this race. The final looked almost sewn up nearing the end of the race however until youth and daringness took over. Nathan MacDonald flew from the middle of the pack taking the five points available for that sprint and proceeded to lap the main field. His 25 points was just enough to edge out Daniel and young Cody Campbell in third. Next up for this pack was the always painful Snowball. The first handful of laps saw Cody, Chris Anstee and Adrian Johnson trading off and collecting laps. Being a race with no easy laps yet no all out sprints this is most definitely a race that never lets up, however David Schneider, BC's VP of road and track, took advantage of a slight lull in the pace and slid off the front to gain valuable mid race points entrenching himself in an almost unbeatable lead. That is until Daniel broke the pack open again, caught and passed David and accumulated points after points, putting the lead out of reach.
The Unknown Distance race was next for this group and as this is an event of complete luck, with an awe lot of incredible timing, any rider with a bit of gambler in their blood took their chance off the front, hoping, praying, pleading for the bell to be rung. When it finally was Anselmo "drive me to Vegas" Rossiello showed his fast turn of speed and held off Masters World Champion Chris Anstee, Daniel, Andy White and Cody in that order. The last race of the night was set aside for the B group, and why not? It wasn't like they had not raced hard or long enough over the last two nights! The Point-a-Lap was last on the schedule and as this was a 45 lap race and we only have 33 points accounted for, then I would assume there were plenty of tired legs that needed to pull out. The brave who did finish and collected laps were speedsters Laura Yoisten, and the usual crew of Anselmo, Andy, Nathan and race winner Daniel. A good hard night of racing for the Bs who are most likely looking forward to their night off tonight.
The same cannot be said for the A racers, night two of racing and four to go with no end in the pain and suffering in sight. Marsh Cooper is not a lucky man in the sense of "finding winning tickets on the sidewalk" lucky. This kid goes out and makes his own luck. With rested legs, Marsh split from the pack early and opened a huge 3/4 of a lap gap in the As Unknown Distance. As this race does not favor riders lapping the field, Marsh just maintained his lead and waited for the bell to ring. When it did, race organizer Scott Laliberte just managed to be at the front of the pack and held off the fast field for second place.
Next up was the Point-a-Lap and tired legs from two nights of hard racing were evident. Five riders lapped the pack, which was pulled, leaving the finishing five to collect all the points. Again Marsh won, with teammate Christian Meier, Washington rider Adrian Hegyvary, Calgarian Ryan McKenzie, and local boy John Perkins finishing in that order. The 150 lap Madison was last for these riders, and after a rather tame first night of slinging, Tuesday's affair was anything but. Symmetrics took an early aggressive approach to the event and quickly went on the attack, the pack shattered and racers spent the next hundred and so laps being show a textbook display of speed and precision by the two young pros.
Group A Unknown Distance 1 Marsh Cooper 2 Scott Laliberte 3 Adrian Hegyvary 4 Ryan Mckenzie 5 Christian Meier 6 Murray Solem 7 John Perkins Group A Point-a-Lap 1 Marsh Cooper 2 Christian Meier 3 Adrian Hegyvary 4 Ryan Mckenzie 5 John Perkins Group A Madison 1 Christian Meier 19 Marsh Cooper 2 Scott Laliberte 9 (-6 laps) Murray Solem 3 Ryan Mckenzie 14 (-10 laps) Philippe Abbott 4 Adrian Hegyvary 13 (-15 laps) Jimmy Lingwood 5 Jeff Ain 0 (-15 laps) Gordon Ross 6 Luis Bernhardt 0 (-15 laps) Andrew George Group B Points Race 1 Nathan MacDonald 25 2 Daniel Harm 22 3 Cody Campbell 14 4 Andy White 10 5 Claire Cameron 5 6 Anselmo Rossiello 5 7 Paul Craig 4 8 Brenda Pennell 4 9 Albert Souza 4 10 Chiron Kantakis 0 11 David Schneider 0 12 Laura Yoisten -16 13 Lucas Fennell -20 14 Naomi Cooper -20 15 David Kosick -20 16 Adrian Johnson -40 DNF Christopher Anstee Group B Snowball 1 Daniel Harm 477 2 David Schneider 98 3 Adrian Johnson 37 4 Christopher Anstee 13 5 Cody Campbell 5 6 Lucas Fennell 0 7 Andy White 0 8 Brenda Pennell 0 9 Laura Yoisten 0 Group B Unknown Distance 1 Anselmo Rossiello 2 Christopher Anstee 3 Daniel Harm 4 Andy White 5 Cody Campbell Group B Point-a-Lap 1 Daniel Harm 21 2 Nathan MacDonald 6 3 Andy White 4 4 Anselmo Rossiello 1 5 Laura Yoisten 1
Night #1: Monday December 12, 2005
The B group, consisting of 16 riders, got off to a fast start with a Miss and Out. The race was won by Recycled Cycles rider Daniel Harm out of Washington State. Young guns Naomi Cooper and Cody Campbell held their own finishing both in the top five. Their next race was the dreaded Snowball. Paul Craig and Anselmo both took a bunch of laps early on in the race, but as the later laps hold more points, their lead did not hold for very long. New rider Nathan MacDonald showed some great speed and was the next to take a flyer, picking up points lap after lap in the middle part of the race, but then Daniel and Cody came out to play. The two of them gained enough points and also lapped the field to finish first and second.
An accident half way through the race took two riders out for the evening, both Sara Laliberte and Albert Souza were done for the night, hopefully we will see them back racing he rest of the schedule. As the B Madison Group was cancelled a Scratch Race was added to the evening's festivities. The race was once again won by Daniel, with Anselmo, Cody, Brenda Pennell, a transplanted Brit, and Nathan rounding out the top five.
In the A group six teams signed up for the first SixDay to be run in British Columbia in over 2 decades. The field consisted of four local teams, one Washington State team and a pair of riders from Calgary. The first race off was the Madison Pursuit. The race was set up as a seeding event and Calgarians Ryan McKenzie and Philippe Abbott set the fastest time of the night. Next up was the Scratch Race. The race was the full championship 15kms long, and the riders really felt the distance in this one. The attacks were furious from the start with most every rider taking a turn off the front. When the dust settled, event organizer Scott Laliberte beat out Ryan to take the win. The top five consisted of Washingtonian Adrian Hegyvary, newcomer John Perkins and local hard man Murray Solem.
Next up was the Miss and Out, and with riders being pulled every second lap, this race never let up. The front changed hands many times again with most riders wanting to stay out of the melee. With the number of riders dwindling, Scott played devil for a handful of laps until deciding with four riders left to take the front. The final three of Scott, Christian Meier and Ryan used their extra lap to play a bit of cat and mouse. Ryan was the first to attack but Scott responded and just nipped Ryan at the line. The evening's last race was the A Madison. The 30 minute race had three sprints and plenty of attacking. Many time National Espoir Champion Christian Meier had to do the whole race on his own as his Madison and Symmetrics Cycling teammate Marsh Cooper had an exam that ran late. Showing smarts, Christian rode an amazing race to nip the Campione Cycles teammates of Scott Laliberte and Murray Solem by 1 point to take the hard fought win.
Night #1 Results - Monday, December 12, 2005 Group A Madison Pursuit 1 Ryan Mckenzie 02:24.06 Philippe Abbott 2 Scott Laliberte 02:28.32 Murray Solem 3 Luis Bernhardt 02:31.33 Andrew George 4 Jeff Ain 02:33.20 Gordon Ross 5 Adrian Hegyvary DNF Jimmy Lingwood Group A Scratch Race 1 Scott Laliberte 2 Ryan Mckenzie 3 Murray Solem 4 John Perkins 5 Adrian Hegyvary 6 Andrew George 7 Christian Meier 8 Philippe Abbott 9 Gordon Ross 10 Jeff Ain 11 Luis Bernhardt DNF Attila Fritz DNF Jimmy Lingwood Group A Miss and Out 1 Scott Laliberte 2 Christian Meier 3 Ryan Mckenzie 4 Murray Solem 5 Philippe Abbott 6 Adrian Hegyvary 7 Andrew George 8 Jimmy Lingwood 9 Luis Bernhardt 10 Attila Fritz 11 Jeff Ain 12 John Perkins 13 Gordon Ross Group A Madison 1 Christian Meier 9 Marsh Cooper 2 Scott Laliberte 8 Murray Solem 3 Adrian Hegyvary 8 Jimmy Lingwood 4 Ryan Mckenzie 7 Philippe Abbott 5 Jeff Ain 0 Gordon Ross 6 Luis Bernhardt 1 (-1 lap) Andrew George Group B Miss and Out 1 Daniel Harm 2 Andy White 3 Anselmo Rossiello 4 Naomi Cooper 5 Cody Campbell 6 Paul Craig 7 Brenda Pennell 8 Nathan MacDonald 9 Claire Cameron 10 Laura Yoisten 11 Albert Souza 12 David Kosick 13 Sara Laliberte 14 Chiron Kantakis 15 Adrian Johnson 16 Lucas Fennell Group B Snowball 1 Daniel Harm 2 Cody Campbell 3 Nathan MacDonald 4 Anselmo Rossiello 5 Andy White 6 Adrian Johnson 7 Claire Cameron 8 Paul Craig 9 Laura Yoisten Group B Scratch Race 1 Daniel Harm 2 Anselmo Rossiello 3 Cody Campbell 4 Brenda Pennell 5 Nathan MacDonald Group B Madison 1 Brenda Pennell 10 Cody Campbell 2 Paul Craig 5 Claire Cameron 3 Naomi Cooper 5 Laura Yoisten 4 Andy White 1 (-1 lap) Chiron Kantakis 5 Lucas Fennell 1 (-1 lap) David Kosick