With the first event of the Club Track Championships being held in two weeks time there was some fierce competition across all grades.

Senior numbers were slightly down as some riders were competing in Adelaide and gearing up for the support races of the Tour Down Under.

Sam Campbell put in a strong effort all evening showing a marked improvement over the season so far.

The three senior grades combined for many of the races and C-grader Campbell's improved race fitness and strong, positive mental attitude saw him able to match the faster pace set by the riders of the other two grades even with his restricted gearing.

Darren Anderson used his position at the back of the group with two laps to go of the Senior A grade 15 lap scratch race to move high up on the bank and gain maximum advantage of his sprint down the slope and past the other riders to take the lead and catch the others by surprise.

His brother Daniel was the first to respond and slowly reeled Darren in.

Instead of working with him he went straight past to cross the line a good 15 metres ahead of Darren who was followed by Ben Young and Dylan Starkey.

Kelvin Rohrlach threw down the challenge to other B grade riders Peter Werner, Adrian Wilson and Wesley Fisher as they bunched together to begin the final lap of the combined B and C Grade 12 lap scratch race.

In a powerful Sprint he pulled away from the others to have a 10m advantage as he crossed the line followed by Werner, Wilson, Fisher and Campbell.

Jessica Shore, Liza Wakeling and Charlotte Wakeling were together as they began the final lap of the junior A grade 10 lap scratch race.

But C Wakeling made her move and had pulled away from the other two by almost 10 metres when Liza chased her down to take the lead.

C Wakeling wasn't going to give in and vainly tried to hold on making it an exciting finish with half a wheel separating them on the line with L Wakeling first from C Wakeling and Shore.