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sidney criterium marred by crashes

A crash-marred day of bike
Tacing in Sidney last week was
bitter-sweet for Victoria Wheeler
Pete Neilson.

Neilson won the 20-lap veter-
ans/masters race (35 years and
older) during the Sidney Days
Criterium July 1, then crashed on
the last lap in the category 4 race
later in the day.

Neilson, 35, was riding in a pack
at the front with two.or three other
Tacers when he crashed, race orga-
nizer Austin Smith said.

’ _ He was the most seriously
é j injured on a day of racing marked
: by four crashes.

“He’s got a smashed knee cap, a
broken wrist and a punctured
lung,” Smith said. 3S

Several other riders were taken
to Saanich Peninsula Hospital
where they were treated for injur-
ies.

The criterium, part of the Sidney
Days celebrations, was held on a
circuit through downtown Sidney
Streets.

The final race of the day, the
35-lap category one and two (com-
bined) was won by Vancouver
rider Rodney Henderson. Victoria
Wheeler Robert Slaughter finished
second while Mike Korb, also of
| -@ the Wheelers was fourth. Fifth
| place went to Roland Green of the

Juan de Fuca Cycle Club.

In the category three race, cover-
ing 30-laps around the circuit,
Vancouver rider Mike Wright was
first. Victoria Wheelers Ian Smith
and Rodney Thomas placed third
and fourth respectively.

A Vancouver rider also captured
the 25-lap category four race. Ste-
phen Anderson finished ahead of
Wheelers Craig Hamilton in
second, Laurie Munn in fourth,
and Kevin Key in fifth.

Behind Neilson in the veterans/
masters category were: Bernie
Willock of Victoria’s I.C.C.
Wheels of Thunder, second; Kerry
Blain, Victoria Wheelers, fourth:

— and Murray Drew, Victoria
“Wheelers, fifth.

Victoria riders accounted for the
top five places in the novice race.
Jarek Bekesza and Richard Stark,
LC.C. Wheels of Thunder team
members, were first and second.
Third went to independent rider
Peter Stevenson. Art Shepherd and
Jim Shepherd, both Wheelers,
were four and fifth.

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The annual Sidney Days mixed
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The round-robin, sponsored by
the Sidney Mixed Slo-Pitch
League, got underway on Friday
with games at Blue Heron Park
and other locations.

Of the 24 teams entering the
event, the top 16 in the round-
robin advanced to the champion-
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remaining teams competed in the
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BACKGROUND BLURS as cyclist races down Beacon Ave-
nue Quring Wednesday's Criterium.

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