06/07/1991 By Ian Fromholtz A good turnout of senior riders made for exciting riding on Saturday afternoon at the Nilma North circuit. A and B grade riders raced for 60 kilometres and C grade riders for 40 kilometers over the fairly demanding circuit. John Salton continues to dominate A grade …
29/06/1991 By Ian fromholtz Some of Gippsland’s best cyclists competed against each other in the Ross Yeoman memorial handicap race at Jindivick on Sunday. Dave Collins broke away from his fellow four minute men and put in a good turn of solo riding to hold off the scratch bunch and …
22/06/1991 By Ian fromholtz The Drouin Cycles 1000 bike race sponsored by Wilf Tampaline drew a large crowd of Veteran Cyclists on Sunday morning despite the miserable weather. Local cyclists performed well even though they were competing against more experienced Melbourne riders. Graeme Hanks managed to break away in the …
15/06/1991 By Ian fromholtz Warragul Cycling Club members competed in A, B and C grade scratch races at Nilma North on Saturday afternoon. John Salton managed to hold off a determined Brad Lester despite having a slow puncture to win A grade. Paul Rowse was third and Ian Miller fourth, …
May 1991 By Ian fromholtz Phil Gallagher won his third consecutive Gippsland hillclimb championship on Sunday. Phil had to outsprint Dave McFarlane in a Eight finish to win the championship. The Gippsland hillclimb championship is arguably the hardest race in the Gippsland road series, and although the race in only …
05/08/1990 By Ian Fromholtz With the excitement of last week’s club championships behind them, Warragul cycling club members returned to the cut and thrust of club racing. Juvenile’s raced one lap of the senior circuit and had to battle strong westerly winds. Julian Kennedy won the race from Matthew Miller …
30/07/1990 By Ian Fromholtz Top Warragul juvenile rider Wayne Kestle finished 10th in this event. Although on paper this might not seem a very good effort, it must be remembered that Wayne is still in his first year in juvenile one. Twelve months experience counts for a lot, especially in …
29/07/1990 By Ian Fromholtz The Mirboo North Mountain Classic was held on Saturday. This is a tough race over 60 kilometres on a very hilly course. The race counts for the TV8 Cyclist of the Year series. Phil Gallagher out-sprinted Tony Hemming (Leongatha) and Grant Lobb (Latrobe Valley) with Geoff …
29/07/1990 By Ian Fromholtz All sportspeople at sometime in their sporting career aspire to be a Champion. Some reach the exalted heights of “world champion” others are champions of their country region or state. Although few of us ever reach these lofty goals, the very creditable title of “club champion” …
20/07/1990 By Ian Fromholtz The savage west winds that have plagued cyclists for several months now, but were thankfully absent last Saturday, returned with a vengeance for this Saturday’s club race held by the Warragul Cycling Club. The, winds however did not deter a dedicated group of juvenile cyclists from …