Kalinda Robinson wins Harold Buttsworth Trophy ahead of Cadel Lovett and Ebony Robinson

The handicap track event, first won by Mick Robinson, has become a popular target for the city's riders - and Friday night's event was dominated by the Bathurst Cycling Club's juniors.

Kalinda Robinson, riding off 40 metres, held off a charge from Cadel Lovett (50m) to take out the trophy, with Ebony Robinson completing an all-junior podium from her 90m start.

Will Hodges (scratch), more renowned for his road cycling achievements, showed he's got plenty of power on the track.

He made a charge from the rear of the field and came up just short in his bid for a podium finish, forced to settle for fourth.

Bathurst Cycling Club track coach Marian Renshaw said the development of the three junior riders has been a treat to watch.

"Cadel and Ebony also took part in the states on the weekend, with some quite good results, in particular with Ebony. She's really enjoying her riding at the moment and that's great to see. Hopefully there will be a state team announcement soon for her," she said.

"Cadel is improving week by week. He's very eager to prove himself and coming into that age where he can move a bit quicker. Friday night really showed off their skills.

"The five laps in that race aren't easy either. People look at that thinking 'Five laps doesn't sound like much' but it's hard to go off the mark and stay consistently at your peak. It was really pleasing to see."

Lovett and the Robinson sisters spent the back end of the race all glued to each others' wheels, biding their time for a sprint.

Darryl Thorncraft sat at the front of the trio with two laps to go, with Kalinda Robinson, Lovett and Ebony Robinson following.

The quartet worked together to chase down leader Lara Allen on the penultimate lap.

Hodges was continuing his prolonged pursuit of the leading group and was the only realistic challenger to the leading group as the bell for the final lap sounded.

Thorncraft peeled to the inside of the track on the last lap and Hodges still had too much ground to make up on the dash for home, leaving the three juniors to fight it out.

Lovett peeled out for a late challenge but could only get within half a bike length of winner Robinson.

Renshaw said it was great to see Kalinda Robinson and fellow Bathurst junior Tyler Puzicha earn a place in the NSW team for nationals.

"It's great to see. It's been a very hard year for Kalinda. She's missed out on Junior World Titles in both years, and won't have that chance again, while Tyler will have a chance next year," she said.

"Kalinda's aim at the moment is to make the camp the AIS are putting on for the ones who were going to go across for Worlds, which means nationals coming up will act as qualifying for that."

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