A strong field of A and B grade riders lined up for the trophy race and Hutton and Austin broke clear of the group on the climb.

The chase group of Ryan O’Donnell, Mark Windsor, Steve Dunstall, Bill Hutton, Richard Hobson and Kirsten Howard worked hard to keep the duo in reach.

Despite the chasers keeping the lead pair in sight Hutton and Austin were impressive to hold their lead to the finish, where the former sprinted to his first Butler Memorial victory.

Third was a tactical battle with O’Donnell initially breaking clear of the chase, only to be caught in the closing stages when Billy Hutton out sprinted Mark Windsor for third.

Hobson was fifth while Kirsten Howard produced what could possibly be the strongest finish by a female rider to be sixth.

B grade fought out a tense battles behind the leaders with Steve Scott taking the win from former National Masters Champion Bruce Goddard and current champ Jim Lavis.

Sunday was also the inaugural running of the Harry Stephen Memorial Trophy, for C and D grade riders.

Rob Stephen was incredibly motivated before the start of his father’s Memorial event and as expected he was straight on the attack as soon as the race started.

Only Toireasa Gallagher could go with Stephen and the pair quickly build a winning lead.

Stephen took an emotional victory over Gallagher with Brook Tuynman third