10/06 – 12/06/2006 By Monique Hanley The annual Gippy 3 Day Tour was once again held over the June long weekend, featuring four stages of racing hosted by Bairnsdale & Riviera, Latrobe City and Leongatha Cycling Clubs. Despite gloomy weather predictions all racing was held in dry conditions, albeit a …
12/06 – 16/06/2004 The best Gippsland has to offer: strong riders, good weather, friendly atmosphere, and exciting competition on great racing circuits emerged for the Queens Birthday weekend annual 3 Days of Gippsland Tour. Warragul Cycling Club was well represented in all men’s, women’s and junior racing grades, with their …
19/06/2004 Torrential downpours and gale force winds are usually sound justification for keeping the bike stashed away from road cycle competition. It was precisely these conditions leading up to the race start on Saturday at Picnic Point, the host location for a rare season combine race with Melbourne-based club Carnegie …
24/04/1994 The second of the major road races to be held in Warragul commenced on Sunday with an excellent turnout for all grades. The A grade race was simply blown apart by the climbing ability of a wiry little man named Geoff Stuart. Amongst Australia’s best, this rider leapt from …
23/04/1994 Maffra played host to the Anzac day memorial race with Warragul taking four of the top five placings. Sprinter Phil Gallagher took out the event from Aaron Nobelius with Chris Kypriotis third, Murray Fenwick fourth and Geoff Thomson fifth. It was a quiet days racing after the torture the …
19/02/1994 By Murray Fenwick The weekend’s Gippsland Games cycling events saw a repeat performance of the last Gippsland event to be held in Warragul partly owing to the inclusion of three inform Austrian riders who increased the field sizes and the pace of the races. The first of the two …
31/10/1993 By Murray Fenwick Warragul riders proved too strong in taking the first three placings in Sunday’s 65 km Morwell to Glenmaggie Classic Handicap. Scratchman Wayne Kestle took the event easily after some hard chasing into strong winds in order to catch the riders in front, some of whom had …
02/05/1993 By Geoff Cuckson An awesome display of solo riding by 1984 Olympic Games Gold Medallist Dean Woods highlighted last weekend’s Warragul cycling events. Competing in Sunday’s 90 km A grade road combine, Woods blitzed a strong 51 man field to score by almost two minutes in a time of …
18/04/1993 By Geoff Cuckson Sunday’s road combines saw an excellent attendance of both riders and club assistants for the first of two scheduled Autumn events. One hundred and thirty four senior competitors covered between 60 and 90 kms whilst 12 juniors rode one lap of the 30 km Cloverlea circuit. …
31/05/1992 By Geoff Cuckson Several club members took part in the Gippsland Hill Climb Championships – an annual event on the cycling calendar. A disappointing turn out of 10 seniors rode from Trafalgar to Neerim Junction via Hill End and Noojee whilst five juveniles commenced and finished a 15 km …
