18/02/2007 In oppressive conditions Warragul Cycling Club members contested the 2007 club criterium championships. This is the first year of the event and racing was fiercely contested. The A grade race shaped as a battle between youth and experience. James Henry had the form going into the race but wily …
20/05/2006 Warragul cyclist Shane Stiles dominated the best of Gippsland to take victory in Saturday’s Gippsland Road Championship race held at Shady Creek. In the 21 strong Masters filed, Jim Timmer-Arends from the LaTrobe City Cycling club wore down and eventually rode away from an underdone Matthew Malacarne of Warragul. …
29/04/2006 The WCC decided its club champions for 2006 on Saturday with a large turn out and a mass start. Early race favourite Shane Stiles arrived late but looked confident to take out the open title. With the ‘aging’ Mat Malacarne now in the masters category it would be left …
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 …
19/03/2005 It was a race to remember with 35 riders clicking in for the bunch start at Lillico and the title of club champion at stake. Rod, Lawrence, Paul and Glenda were happy to stay away from the main peloton up ahead racing their own race after a quicker than …
26/02/2005 Warragul Cycling Club’s first ever female track cycling team created history on Sunday by picking up two silver medals at the State Teams Championships in Bendigo. Lawrence Maskill, Karan Courtney-Haag, Nicole Whitburn and Monique Hanley represented Warragul in both the Teams Sprint and Teams Pursuit events, in both cases …
03/07/2004 Local riders too good on home territory for country Victorian field Warragul riders John Mackenzie and Chris Hunt proved to be too strong on their home turf by winning the Country Road Championship Open and Masters 4 titles respectively on Saturday. In fields featuring riders from all over Victoria, …
05/06/2004 Scott Keeble, Thomas Sandner and son Steve were the dominant forces at the Warragul Cycling Club annual club championships on Saturday, easily accounting for their opposition in cool conditions at Picnic Point. The in-form Sandner, riding high on a recent winning spree with an untouchable season points lead, sought …
16/09/2003 Three WCC teams braved cold, wet and gusty Ballarat to compete in the Victorian Clubs Team Trial Championships. Teams consist of 4 riders with 3 required to finish and cover distances of 40km for women and masters and 60km for open men. The very open out and back course …
06/09/2003 Some say it’s the ultimate test. A battle against the clock, in which cyclist and machine confront only the elements to post the fastest time. It is the individual time trial, the race of truth. And so it was that 26 riders took on the clock for 11.6 kilometers …
