01/09/2007 Spring was in the air and so was that savage Magpie at the top of the Shady Creek Hill. A beautiful day greeted cyclist who were keen to race. Numbers were down a little on previous weeks though, at many decided to do some spring gardening rather than have …
31/03/2007 This weekend Warragul cycling club contested the final of their Autumn Classics. The race was inspired the be famous Paris Roubaix race, known as the “Hell of the North”, because the cyclist have to negotiate many kilometres of treacherous, bone jarring cobble stones. There are no cobble stones in …
14/10/2006 Chief Race Director Chris Beales added more variety to the clubs race program this week by introducing the King of the Mountain points race to the clubs riders. The race would take the riders around the traditional Shady Creek circuit but instead of the regular finish line near the …
26/08/2006 The largest field of the day was in A grade. Twelve fairly evenly matched riders stayed together for the first two of three laps around the shady creek circuit. Visiting Melbourne rider Graham Thomas rolled off the front before the final time up the Shady Creek climb. James Henry …
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 …
07/10/2005 Racing this week was at a windy shady creek. Twenty courageous cyclists ignored the cold, loved the rain and challenged the swooping magpies to complete 2 or 3 laps of the 17km Shady creek circuit. A grade had the biggest field of the day. Ten riders started but according …
03/09/2005 All 3 Warragul Cycling Club races were won by the sprint specialists in the respective fields. These are the riders who sit in the bunch, rarely attacking. They just hope to hang on over the climbs. But the rest of the field should know that unless they get rid …
13/08/2005 Twenty riders turned out to race in fine and breezy conditions at Shady creek on Saturday. The biggest field of the day was in A grade. Seven riders intended to start in what was to become a war of attrition. Geoff Thomson was the first to go. He discovered …
18/06/2005 Twenty-seven riders made the most of the fine but cool conditions at Shady Creek on Saturday. The riders who competed in last weekends 3 day Tour of Gippsland seemed to have the edge on the others. The 3 days of hard racing had a positive effect on their performance …
