Unfortunately, our next event at Warrnambool Nov 5-6 has been cancelled due to extreme saturation of the field and no let up in wet conditions between now and the event.
The next event is Munro Dec 3-4 where we will also hold our AGM.
Event Report – Newbridge 2022
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Results
Class – FA1
Places:
1st Daniel Arapakis
2nd Tom Wetherill
3rd Rick Townsend
Fastest Time (Red Box): 60.88 Daniel Arapakis
No. of competitors: 4
Class – F3T
Wasn’t run due to weather conditions.
Class – Q500
Places:
1st Tom Allen
2nd Jim Orenshaw
3rd Tom Wetherill
Fastest Time (Red Box): 97.73 Tom Wetherill
No. of competitors: 11
Season Championship
This was the second race for the 2022/2023 season championship.
FA1
Tom Wetherill has popped up into the top spot followed by Rick Townsend and Daniel Arapakis, displaying Leigh Hocken and Gary Davidson out of the top 3 positions.
1st – Tom Wetherill
2nd – Rick Townsend
3rd – Daniel Arapakis
F3T
There was no change for 3FT as the class was not able to race on the weekend due to weather and time left.
1st – Jim Orenshaw
2nd – Barry Murphy
3rd – Andrew Davies
Q500
The 2 Toms swapped positions and Jim Orenshaw displaced Mike Kellet for 3rd place.
1st – Tom Allen
2nd – Tom Wetherill
3rd – Jim Orenshaw
Next Race
The next race meet will be on November 5 – 6 in Warrnambool.
I look forward to seeing you are there.
Report – John Schmidli
Photos – Nil
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Event Report – Cohuna 2022
Back on the 13th & 14th of August. The VMPRA returned to Cohuna, the home of pylon racing in Victoria. Below are the results and Season Championship standings, plus a link to a gallery of images from the weekend.
Results
Class – FA1
Places:
1st Leigh Hocken
2nd Tom Wetherill
3rd Gary Davidson
Fastest Time (Red Box): 58.98 Leigh Hocken
No. of competitors: 5
Class – F3T
Places:
1st Jim Orenshaw
2nd Barry Murphy
3rd Andrew Davies
Fastest Time (Red Box): 69.13 Beau Murphy
No. of competitors: 8
Class – Q500
Places:
1st Tom Wetherill
2nd Tom Allen
3rd Mike Kellet
Fastest Time (Red Box): 89.10 Tom Wetherill
No. of competitors: 9
Season Championship
This was the first race for the 2022/2023 season championship.
FA1
1st – Leigh Hocken
2nd – Tom Wetherill
3rd – Gary Davidson
F3T
1st – Jim Orenshaw
2nd – Barry Murphy
3rd – Andrew Davies
Q500
1st – Tom Wetherill
2nd – Tom Allan
3rd – Mike Kellet
Next Race
The next race meet will be on September 17-18 at Rick Townsends field in Newbridge.
I hope to see you all there.
Report – John Schmidli
Photos – Tom Allan & John Schmidli
Please note: We are looking for people willing to write event reports or photograph the events. This is important and valuable to pylon racing in Victoria, Australia and Worldwide, as this site has a vast readership.
The written content in this post is accurate to the best of my/our knowledge at the time of publishing. It is written from my/our perspective and reflects how I/we have experienced this event. Photos published as feature images are selected purely for their quality, general interest or topicality. They are chosen from a pool of photos taken by myself and others when time permits. If a perspective is not being represented, I am more than happy to publish any written content or photos that are supplied to me, provided it is fair and reasonable.
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