Three riders celebrated 'milestones' with ATTA today: Ben Madsen, 50 rides; John Healy, 100 rides and Andrew White, 150 rides. An injury somewhat marred Ben's ambitions and he opted to downsize his ride to the 5-lap option; still, he rode and was up there at the pointy end of the 5-lappers!

The prospects didn't look too good when we arrived - a bit damp but it all dried out; the wind backed off briefly about the time of the start but then more or less increased throughout the next three hours–not a great day for PBs but the big efforts for 'Bests' from Stu and Steff put extra polish on their gold medals; well done! And well done once more to Big Matt, the custodian of the Ken Norris trophy (based on Standard Times) for another year.

Thanks to Alan of The CaffeineMachine, dispensing the stimulating black fluid from early in the morning (highly recommended).
Our team: David Equid: course set-up and ten fine laps of his own.
The desk: Nina White and Louise Yeaman; Phil Gyford and Bruce Rollerson on two corners with WARP, led by Rick, on the third; Stuart Murray on driveway duty; Lorraine the starter with Travis George assisting the line-up, calling bib numbers etc. Big thanks to Kim vanA for being there at just the right time to assist and get another detection loop down (once the road had dried) to replace a faulty one that spat the dummy several times (it's now 'retired').

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