Up the "crits" without a.....

Scotty made a pleasing comeback to the Knobbysports Wednesday night Crits this week. Pleasing for Scotty as it seems he hasn't lost ground to his main rivals from season 2006/2007 and pleasing for Jarrod as Scotty got smashed by a wee little newly turned 16 year old. "The only way it could have been better was if Scotty got beaten by a girl." A jovial Jarrod explained after the race. For Scotty though it was a solid 1st up effort, riding against rider's who had started their short course season 2 weeks prior. "I'm pretty sure that kid rides a lot more than he lets on." Lamented a slightly dejected Scotty, "I mean come on, I can't lose to a kid.... thats worse than losing to Petey." Scott's last point about Petey may have been on the mark as observers noted that the big fella lacked his usual rhythm and drive in the absense of Richy, Petey, Chris and Jarrod. "I love beating my mates. Have I told you that I had a faster lap time than Richy at the Mont? He was soooo mad. I tried not to laugh at him."

Up next week is a team criterium race. Now you would think that given that the Closer Racing Team is a team it would be no problem getting another rider for Scotty to pair up with. BUT, the Closer Racing Team is no ordinary collection of useless unreliable bastards. Jarrod is still a gimp, Richy still lives far far away, Petey is always in Sydney with Jess and Chris is well.... running. It will be up to Scotty to remember to arange a partner which means only one thing; Scotty will be racing solo next week.

Training update:

A recent team bonding session at the races was a useful tool to remind everybody why the Closer Racing Team struggles to attract other team members. They are annoying. Very annoying. Alfy did raise one point of conjecture, who is better, Meagan Gale or Jennifer Hawkins. You decide: ( thats for you Alfy... )

Anyhoo, the famous Closer Jersey is in need of a touch up and update. We have new members and prospective members to cater for. So with that in mind the Closer Racing Blog is starting a design competition. There will be a prize, some of you may or may not like it, you could ask Richy how he felt after the Mont for an idea on how it felt to receive it.

This is the current design:

The current clubhouse leader at this stage is the entry sent in by Petey and can be seen below: Nice work Petey. Crayons are fun!