11/09/2010 Warragul Cycling Club riders assembled at Shady creek for race 5 of the Spring Handicap Series. For the first time in the series the riders who started last were there at the finish to contest the final sprint but a scratch rider has still not won a race in …
04/09/2010 For the second week in a row a thirteen year old snuck under the guard of handicapper Shane Stiles and got up to win the race. While the forecast was threatening conditions turned out to quite gentle for cycling on Saturday. Outmaker Andrew Da Bona had 30 minutes start …
28/08/2010 Handicapper Shane Stiles seems to have a soft spot for the junior riders as he gave them a mark that would make it nearly impossible for the back makers to catch them. True to form the trio of young guns broke free from their group and just hung on …
21/08/2010 Race two of the spring Handicap series for the Warragul Cycling Club was contested at a cold and windy Cloverlea on Saturday. Given the conditions it was surprising that the scratch and chopping block riders could not prevail. Normally wind and harsh conditions favours the backmarkers. It turned out …
14/08/2010 After a long winter break Warragul Cycling Club members resumed racing in spring like conditions at Cloverlea on Saturday. While the season was new, some things never change. Pete Finlayson spun the familiar, “I’ve done no training and need to be in C Grade” yarn and handicapper Stiles again …
05/06/2010 Kane Walker claimed fastest time in the 51st “Fred Icke” 133km handicap held at Creswick on Saturday. The weather was bad and of the 120 entrants, a tad over 20 finished.
29/05/2010 The young can sometimes surprise their elders, especially when the more senior citizens underestimate them. This was the case at the end of the Warragul Cycling Club race when thirteen year olds Cyrus Monk and Jayden Manintveld sprinted past riders more than three times their age to take out …
15/05/2010 Sunny and calm conditions with a steady temperature over the race of 14 degrees C greeted Warragul Cycling Club members for Saturday’s handicap race at Cloverlea. With regular handicapper Rob Monk sunning himself in Queensland, Steve Muggeridge took over and devised a race where the many of the riders …
17/04/2010 A small turnout of riders for Saturday’s race meant plans for the day had to change. A handicap race was hastily arranged and what it lacked in distance it made up for in intensity. With 2 laps of the 17km course to be raced the group that could work …
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 …
