28/01/2012 Racing was livened up on Saturday with the arrival of a team of cyclists from St.Kilda Cycling Club who were in the area for a training camp. One of the benefits of cycling is that once you have a race licence you can turn up anywhere in Australia where …
07/01/2012
Racing resumed after the Christmas break at Darnum on Saturday. After 3 years of trying Jason Dastey finally won a WCC race. And what made it even better for him was winning it in a sprint.
03/12/2011 After the triumph of Warragul Cycling Clubs Track Racing squad at the Vic country championships last weekend it was time for the trackies to leave the boards behind and get back on the bitumen. The trackies form was good but the boys on the road had not been doing …
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. …
16/04/2011 If you keep trying long enough eventually a breakaway will succeed. Jason Dastey has been trying to make a break stick on the last lap of every race of the crit series without success. In the first road race of the series he stuck to his plan. The lap …
06/11/2010 Sometimes the unexpected attempt to breakaway before the end of the bike race pays off. Most of the time the late breadaway is mown down near the finish line but on Saturday the breaks stuck in all grades. Small numbers of racers, 16 riders in total, meant a mass …
09/10/2010 Warragul Cycling Club’s nine race handicap series concluded on Saturday with the 7th running of the annual Tim McArdle handicap. Tim McArdle was a well respected local doctor and all proceeds from the race are donated to the Tim McArdle foundation. Tim was a Warragul Cycling Club member who …
25/09/2010 When a Ferrari is placed in a field of Holdens it stands out. It also goes a lot faster. The Ferrari in in this week’s Warragul Cycling club race was Brenton Jones and he made the other riders look like out of tune Model T Fords. Riding off scratch …
10/10/2009 Report by Rob Monk Warragul Cycling Club members raced for the annual Tim McArdle Handicap on Saturday. A good field of 26 riders contested the event. The race was the final of the 6 race BikeLand Handicap Series. Riders would race over five laps – a total distance of …
03/10/2009 A gentle breeze and mild temperature always favours the outmarkers. The hard men on scratch and close to it need the harsh conditions to slow the limit bunches down. Last week’s wind and wintery chill was ideal for the scratch men, whereas Saturday the limit groups had their day. …
