Racing photos courtesy of Greg LongOminous weather culminating in thrashing storms marred round 8 of the SuperCrit Thursday series.
However despite this ten hardy women enjoyed a soaking surface for their race and braved the conditions.
Kate Vandenburg out paced, out raced and out splashed the competition to eventually emerge victorious from the spray, followed by Susannah Hiron and the improving Kylie Biilmann.
With heavy clouds looming and the racing surface awash with rain, race commissaires deemed the conditions unsuitable for SuperCrit standards and called the event off.Despite a non event decision being issued for the SuperCrit, five of Canberra most diehard male racers declared that they would race an unofficial 14 lap pointscore. Wishing that there was a six pack of Coopers on offer for each sprint and $100 for the win, the five racers raced faced the wrath of the brutal conditions.
Mitchell Lovelock-Fay lay down the challenge to the riders on offer early in the event, however it came down to the final sprint into which Simon Dwyer went with a two point buffer. Lovelock-Fay took the five points, however Dwyer held off a fast finishing Brad Lovelock, holding on to his lead by the narrowest of margins. 
Unfortunately neither the Coopers nor the cash eventuated with the soaking riders hoping just for a dry towel and hot cup of tea.Thanks to the Race Directors: Sue Powell and Simon Dwyer, 15 Competitors, and thanks to the 3 Marshals performing essential duties: Graeme Drew, Reg Meisel-Dennis, Matty Menz, and photos by Greg Long.
Womens C Round 5
1. Kate Vandenburgh
2. Susannah Hiron
3. Kylie Biilmann
4. Carol Paice
5. Maddy Marshall
6. Kate Molineaux
7. Elizabeth Lowe
8. Megan Mackenzie
9. Katherine Huckstep
10. Melinda Connor
Men's Support Race - Pointscore
1. Simon Dwyer- 11 points
2. Mitchell Lovelock-Fay- 10 points
3. Bradley Lovelock- 7 points
4. Jamie Young- 4 points
5. Dan Foo- 1 point
Racing photos courtesy of Greg Long Photography
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