05/11/2011 The heat was on in the Warragul Cycling Club races on Saturday. Hot conditions greeted riders on the Shady Creek circuit on Saturday. The highlight of the day was Glen Marriot’s maiden victory in C grade. A and B grade combined to make a group of fourteen riders. They …
29/10/2011 A big field turned out for a Handicap race on Saturday on the Cloverlea circuit. A late arriving riders made the handicapper’s job difficult and in the end the last two riders to enter turned out to be the winners. A reminder in future to all riders. Register before …
Joel Pearson, our very own European cyclist came 11th in a time of 0:13:36. Shane Stiles won C grade and came 20th over all, (0:25:01 down) in the Melbourne to Warrnambool. Read about it all here. Shane had this to say about the world’s longest one day race: “8 Gatorade …
22/10/2011 Twenty two riders contested the races at Darnum on Saturday. The heavy rain in the hour leading up to the start may have kept the numbers down. The day’s highlight was long time C grade place getter Graeme Patrick finally making it onto the top step of the podium. …
15/10/2011 Warragul Cycling Club members welcomed back scratch racing on the challenging Araluen Road Circuit on Saturday. Racing across three grades was hotly contested with the 2km long Old Sale Rd climb just three from the finish meaning the climbers were advantaged. Knowing it would be a tough day on …
01/10/2011 The life of the limit riders is like that of a Gazelle being hunted by pack of lions. Sometimes the Gazelle get away but most times they get caught and killed. Andrew Gordon, new to cycling races had started on the limit in each race of this handicap series. …
The club offers its condolences to the family of Karen Munroe who lost her battle with cancer this week. Karen always had a positive outlook and had a lovely character. She held a number of medals at both state and national level and was actively involved in our junior track …
24/09/2011 Race 5 of the 6 race spring Handicap series for the Warragul Cycling Club started in sombre fashion on Saturday. The big field held a minutes silence in honour of club member Karen Munro who lost her battle with Cancer on Friday. Karen, a state cycling champion on the …
17/09/2011 Handicaps are a numbers game. A group of four riders evenly matched will beat a group of three. That was the case on Saturday as four committed men, evenly matched and generously handicapped, caught all in front but just stayed away from those chasing; a perfect day for the …
10/09/2011 “I tipped this.” The famous quote of Mike Williamson in the 1966 Grand Final came to mind after the Warragul Cycling Club race on Saturday. After handicapper Stiles released the marks for the week’s race last Sunday and I did some form analysis I (Rob Monk) posted this on …