In conjunction with the opening race of the Summer Racing Calendar on the 27th of October, GCC will be conducting a Cycle Swap Meet at the Belmont Criterium Track from 5pm. This is your chance to clear out some old gear or pick up something new. Full details and contacts are on the attached flyer. All welcome so please spread the word among your cycling groups.
Save on 2016 Cycling Australia Membership. Join from today (Oct 1st) and get 3 months free (Oct, Nov, Dec). Regional Race membership for Geelong Cycling Club is just $201 for Masters. Kids Race membership (Under 13 or 11 or 9) is $77. The new Ride Membership which includes insurance, replaces the previous Silver/Recreational licence. Ride membership for adults under 64 is $99; $74 for over 65. 3 months trial Ride membership is just $29. Below is a list of licence categories and pricing. For further information please contact the membership manager, John: membership.geelongcycling@gmail.com Or apply online from today through Cycling Australia website: CA membership application link. Race – Elite and U23 $332.00 This membership allows entry to all open category races conducted […]
SENIOR Sixty riders, eighty kilometers of racing, 600 meters of climbing, a large bunch finish, 0.023 seconds separating the first two riders, the 2015 Ross Bush Memorial Handicap was one hell of a race. The Annual race that honours the late Ross Bush who was tragically killed while out training 18 years ago was unusually raced in near perfect conditions, cool temperatures and light winds. A small but cooperative limit bunch got things underway, sharing the load and riding consistently over the first part of the race. Next back the 5th SCR (scratch) were working well together, 3rd SCR were flying and quickly picked up 4th SCR to form a super group. A hugely talented and well credentialed SCR bunch […]
Despite being in the depths of a cold winter there has been a flurry of racing action in the past few weeks at all levels, local, state and national. Below is a quick wrap up of how some GCC riders have gone. National Cyclocross Championships Congratulations to Tom Ovens who finished 9th on the weekend in the 2016 Australian National Elite Men Cyclocross Championships. Combining both his outstanding MTB skills and road craft in his first season racing CX. Great effort Tom! Victorian Time Trial & Road Race Championships Last weekend the Victorian Time Trial & Road Race Championships were held in Lang Lang. Congratulations to new state Time Trial Champions Peter Quibell (M6) & Doug Barrett (M9). Also a podium […]
The Geelong Cycling Club Track Racing season kick off on Monday the 20th of October at Geelong West Velodrome. Season format will see training on Monday, racing on Wednesday. Training for Juniors will be between 4 & 5:30pm. Senior training will be between 6 & 8pm Racing on a Wednesday evening will start from 6pm for a warm up, with racing kicking off at 6:30. Members, Non-members & first timers are all encouraged to get along and have a go. For more information see James & Ryan at the track. Cost and payment option details can be found here; https://geelongcycling.com/track/
Well done to Oliver Kent Spark who today wrote his name into the record books as the 2014 winner of the 99th Melbourne to Warrnambool cycle classic. The Warrny is one of the oldest and longest at 273K races on the international calendar. Oliver’s name will be etched into the record books along side some of the greats of Australian and international cycling to have won the race. Oliver bypassed the recent NRS Tour of Tasmania to focus on this event. Using last weekends Ross Bush Memorial Handicap, where he claimed first and fastest as his final tune up for Warny Oliver took the win ahead of Commonwealth Games gold medalist Alex Edmonsond & last years winner Sam Horgon. After the win […]
Geelong Cycling Club is pleased to announce that they have secured the rights to host the Victorian Masters & Junior Criterium Championships for the next 3 years starting in 2015. Securing these Championships is a significant achievement for GCC and a great show of faith from Cycling Victoria. The championships will be held on the popular Eastern Gardens circuit, with the first event at the end of March 2015. It represents a great opportunity for our members to compete on a familiar circuit for a major championship title. As with all events there is man power required to plan and run them. In an effort to avoid adding more load to the GCC committee are calling on some members to […]
Cycling Australia 6 month racing licences are now available for July 1 – Dec 31, 2014. Cost break down below. Elite/U23 Regional licence $150 Elite/U23 Full licence $208 Masters Under 65 $150 Masters Over 65 $81 U19 $150 U17 / U15 $81 U9 / U11 / U13 $47 Apply here: https://memberdesq.imgstg.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=registration_0&RegistrationMode=1&OrgID=4912 All membership inquiry questions can be emailed to John; membership.geelongcycling@gmail.com
I am writing this report the evening following a visit to my friend Rory Wilson, 64 of Drysdale who is in the spinal unit of Melbourne’s Austin Hospital. A week ago Rory collided with the rear of a truck in Portarlington sustaining critical injuries resulting in the severing of his spinal chord leaving him a paraplegic. This has been a sobering, even confronting experience for everybody in Rory’s life. In spite of Rory’s remarkable resilience there is no escaping the magnitude of the task ahead for the Wilson Family and I wish them the very best.Rory’s event is vanishingly rare in it’s outcome however it brings into stark relief the challenges facing cyclists on public roads and the responsibility we all accept for our own and […]
REPORT FROM FOOTCRAY CYCLING CLUB:Geelong V Footscray Challenge Cup Graded Scratch Races, 12 July 2014.The Footscray and Geelong Cycling Clubs ventured out to chilly Meredith for the second in a two-race series for the 8th Annual Challenge Cup. Racing conditions started out cold but clear, but a little rain made the hilly circuit, and especially the fast, tight descent into Steiglitz, such a challenge that many riders did not make it to the finish.As in race one, only a few A-Graders turned up to race, and in direct contrast to race one’s Footscray cleanup, the A grade race turned into a Geelong whitewash, with 31 year old Geelong resident and noted gun bike mechanic Chris Fry taking the win. Fry […]