11/09/2005 Seven members of the Warragul Cycling Club Recreational Ride It group enjoyed a city trail loop in Melbourne on September 11. The rain in Warragul was left behind early on Sunday morning and by the time we reached Melbourne the weather had cleared. Led by Craig Stutchbury, the group …
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 …
Nine riders, including junior David deBruyne were greeted by beautiful spring weather on a delightful ride to Drouin and return. Five rode the novice route and four on the intermediate run with the obligatory coffee stop midway. Lets hope that the good weather will bring out more riders in the …
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 …
Despite the foul weather last Sunday five riders made the effort for the ride from Longwarry and return via Bunyip, Garfield, Tynong, Cora Lyn , Bayles & Modella. The course was flat but both very wet and windy. After 49 ks the riders arrived back safe and sound albeit a …
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 …
Despite the wintry weather the recreation riding group’s program continues unabated. Fortunately the weather conditions have not been bad enough for any cancellations. Provided the appropriate apparel is worn it is not really a problem (see our winter cycling tips). Although last Sunday the strong windy conditions caused riders …
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 …