Good field of 26 for tonight's Dale Lowe Signs Summer series split into four grades with B grade the biggest.

After a relatively subdued start to the 2020 season last week, the intensity ramped up considerably this morning at Woodstock when a strong field of 40 lined up for the 47 km handicap.

Great turn-up of 30 riders for tonight's Dale Lowe Signs Summer Series crit at Murphy Street with a red-hot A grade field and strong representation in the other three grades.

First race back after a long summer break saw a good field of 26 and one tr rider go around the Hotdog circuit in perfect conditions. The race was marred by an unfortunate crash where Andra Wilson came down heavily and most bunches eased up or stopped to make sure everything was under control - which it was. Winner Lindsay Williams 2nd David Hare 3rd Jo Lythgo 4th Carl Louchard 5th Gary Ford 6th Cheryl Barker 7th John Weir 8th Greg Chapman 9th Peter Ladd 10th &F/T Andrew Inness Nigel Barham was 3rd but as a T/Rider cannot take the place

Vet's racing resumed this evening with the first Dale Lowe Signs Summer Series criterium at the Murphy Street course. Numbers were down and, with the temperature nudging 35 degrees, the races were shortened to 25, 30 and 35 minutes for A,B and C grades respectively. A Grade lost a few on the way round, then Stuart Laing attacked with a couple of laps to go but couldn't hold off the field. Jo Stolz led the chase to bring him back and Martin Banfield finished off ahead of Darren Jones and Chris Landvogt. Steve Rooney and Ian Stringer jumped away from the rest of the B Grade field early in the race. Ian dropped back after 15 minutes but Steve steadily increased his lead to win by half a lap from David Hogan and Neil Andrews. Peter Ladd blew the C Grade field apart half way through, then Greg Chapman and Carl Louchard bridged across to set up a three-way sprint. Peter finished off a great ride to win convincingly from Greg and Carl.