21/01/2006 The second race of Warragul Cycling Clubs summer criterium series was run in fine conditions on Warragul’s Burke Street circuit. Twenty eight riders faced a slightly delayed start when a young lady in a red car decided it would be amusing to steal the safety cones that had been …
14/01/2006 The Bourke Street Criterium circuit saw good numbers turn out for Warragul cycling club’s first race of the season. It was pleasing to see some new riders having their first race. A grade was the largest field of the day and the array of talent in the race meant …
07/10/2005 Racing this week was at a windy shady creek. Twenty courageous cyclists ignored the cold, loved the rain and challenged the swooping magpies to complete 2 or 3 laps of the 17km Shady creek circuit. A grade had the biggest field of the day. Ten riders started but according …
03/09/2005 All 3 Warragul Cycling Club races were won by the sprint specialists in the respective fields. These are the riders who sit in the bunch, rarely attacking. They just hope to hang on over the climbs. But the rest of the field should know that unless they get rid …
13/08/2005 Twenty riders turned out to race in fine and breezy conditions at Shady creek on Saturday. The biggest field of the day was in A grade. Seven riders intended to start in what was to become a war of attrition. Geoff Thomson was the first to go. He discovered …
09/08/2005 Lawrence Maskill – Tuesday August 9 2005 Forty keen, frost and wind-resistant secondary and upper primary school children from across the Gippsland region lined up for this year’s VCSS Gippsland Zone qualifier, with the lure of a placegetter’s medal, a funky bright green and yellow Uno winner’s jersey and …
06/08/2005 Fine but windy conditions greeted the Warragul Cycling Club on the challenging Fishers Rd Circuit. The prestigious Tim McArdle Trophy was up for grabs. This race is contested annually and named in honour a Dr Tim McArdle, a member of the WCC who was killed while on a training …
30/07/2005 The Lillico circuit greeted a good field of 18 riders from the Warragul cycling club on Saturday. A grade were in for a quite day as Thomas Sandner was returning from illness and did not take off from the start at his usual break neck speed. It took A …
23/07/2005 The Warragul Cycling club race this week was a handicap around the tough Fisher’s Road circuit. Handicapper Staff Duncan was under pressure to get it right this time after the last handicap race where the finishing order was exactly the same as the order he sent the riders off …
16/07/2005 C grade began their scratch race before the other grades and worked well together to remain a head on the road from B and A grades. The pace was high heading down Old Sale Road and heading up after the turn around, everyone did their share of turns. At …
