Victorian Junior and Masters criterium championships Saturday just past saw the first running of the Victorian Junior and  Masters criterium championships, by GCC at Eastern Gardens. There was a lot of hard work done by club members and it showed, with a great day of racing had by all. The weather was kind, with a glorious morning tending windy after lunch, which caused a few issues with some emergency folding of the marquee’s, but didn’t affect the racing. Leigh Clifford, 3rd Masters 1 Grant Blake, 3rd Masters 5 The standard of the event was very high, with several Australian title holders competing. GCC had a pretty good showing, with quite a few of our masters turning up and taking home some medals. […]

With the overhaul of the Summer 2014/15 race calendar and the introduction of the Summer Race Series and Summer Race Pass, the ambition of the club was to provide an alternative to the usual summer crit racing offering. Scratch races, handicaps and the Hell of the Surfcoast coupled with crits – all the while ensuring that no member would be required to marshal during the sunny weather and that Dan Wilson actually has a chance to get out and race. A massive thank you to all who have supported the Series, as we can already report it has been a success. Evening crit racing at ‘Belmont Island’ has seen terrific turn out. Racing the shorter, southern, loop all grades have […]

JUNIORS SENIORS Scratch race 1st Brayden 2nd Molly 3rd Dom 4th Declan 5th Lincoln 6th Kane 7th Sam 8th Bryce 9th Harry 10th Fraser 11th Oliver Scratch Race 1st Brayden 2nd Declan 3rd Molly 4th Dom 5th Lincoln 6th Kane 7th Sam 8th Harry 9th Bryce 10th Fraser 11th Oliver Handicap 1st Declan 2nd Lincoln 3rd Sam 4th Harry 5th Bryce 6th Kane 7th Molly 8th Fraser 9th Brayden 10th Dom 11th Oliver Handicap 1st   Brayden 2nd Kane 3rd Dom 4th Oliver 5th Lincoln 6th Harry 7th Declan 8th Sam 9th Molly 10th Fraser 11th Bryce Scratch Race 1st James 2nd Mark 3rd Greg 4th Tony 5th Stefan 6th Paul 7th Tim 8th Oliver Flying 200m 1st James        12.8 2nd Greg          13.0 3rd Tony           13.6 4th Mark          13.9 5th Stefan       14.8 6th Paul           14.9 7th Oliver        15.27 8th Tim             15.8 Scratch Race – Missing out 1st James 2nd Stefan 3rd Tony 4th Mark 5th Oliver 6th Jim 7th Paul 8th Greg Point Score James              23 points Mark                 17 points Greg                  14 points Stefan              11 points Tony                  9 points Oliver               8 points Paul                  7 points Jim […]

Promotion by Bicycle Network Victoria via The Happiness Cycle In case you haven’t heard, we’re excited to deliver a new program called The Happiness Cycle aimed at getting Australian teenagers physically active. The good news is that our next event is being held in your local community in just over three weeks! We’re looking for 15 and 16 year olds who live in the City of Greater Geelong to attend our event on Saturday 8th February at the Barwon Valley Activity Centre. For the chance to earn a brand new bike, all the teenagers have to do is: Register at www.happinesscycle.com.au Attend the event on Saturday 8th February Assemble their brand new bike, collect their helmet, locks and lights and […]

The club is working towards creating a public online presentation of the club’s memorabilia on the Victorian Collections website. The recent local Government announcement of new Club rooms to be built for the Geelong Cycling Club adjacent to the crit track on Belmont Common was greeted with great enthusiasm.  Thanks must go to those who spent a great deal of time on putting a submission together which has resulted in this terrific outcome.  We will soon have a wonderful facility as ‘home’ to the many activities which the GCC run through the year.  It will also be a great location to display and house the large collection of memorabilia which the club has accumulated since its inception.  These items are […]