Nowra Velo Club see blue skies and skilled racing at Robbie Williams Memorial Criteriums

The local club held the Robbie Williams Memorial Criteriums, with an intense array of racing across the four competing grades.

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In the A-Grade Mark Williams and Gavin Nethery hit the attack early, conjuring significant pace on the drying roads.

However, Josh Ludman, Cameron Judson and Merrick Law quickly came with back with the counter attack.

Ludman and Judson maintained their break to the finish with Merrick climbing back to the group with ten minutes to go.

Ludman was too strong in the final sprint with, securing the first place finish, swiftly followed by Judson in second and Merrick in third who was just able to hold off a late push by Kor Siestma.

B-Grade was the smallest of the fields at the event, with Cameron Harrison starting with the strong attack from the whistle.

He established a good lead and was eventually joined by Graham Rutter who worked to slowly bring himself back into the race.

Rutter's experience and sprint speed proved too much for Harrison, as he narrowly lost, securing second place followed by Brad Oaten in third place.

C-Grade was credited as the most entertaining match of the day as it finished off the program.

Jon Schol was the first to attack, followed by a strong break by Dean Byrne and Doug Gray whom managed to hold a good lead for several laps by Aaron Lauder back into the race.

Kieran Harrison, Ben Ter Huurne and Jose Pereria kept the pace high not allowing any to rest however the bunch remained together into the final laps.

Through the last corner, and at least eight riders were primed and ready to gun it in the sprint.

Trent Wiseman managed to edge ahead in the final 20 metres to get the win over Doug Gray and Aaron Lauder.

Finally in the D-Grade saw a strong and aggressive race. Michael Thompson and Amelia Trkulja were the main agressors coming right from the start with a bang.

The racers were bunched up in the final laps, looking like it could be anyone's victory, with Hubert Driehuis, Jamie Overton and Barry Wells all appearing to be strong contenders.

However, it was Ethan Astley who rounded the corner first and opened up a long range sprint that no other competitor could compete with to take home the victory.

Amelia Trkulja followed in second with Pat McGill securing third place.