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The Tour de France starts this Saturday and to celebrate
the Tour and to support SBS in its ongoing support of
cycling, RBCC members, and indeed riders generally, are
invited to attend Cafe Latteria, 320 Victoria Street
Darlinghurst at 7am on Friday for a bunch ride through
the CBD to The Rocks and return Cafe Latteria around
7.45am. RBCC riders (for those of you not travelling
directly to Cafe Latteria), will meet as usual at 6am at
the Centennial Park Gates (Randwick) from where we will
enter the park and do laps till about 6.30am after which
we will proceed from Centennial Park up to Darlinghurst
for the start of the SBS ride. ALL INVITED. |
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Congratulations Frank & Natasha Caristo |
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Look how happy & proud Frank looks at the birth
of his son Xavier Domenic who was born at 7.55pm
on Monday 5 June, weighing in at 8lbs.
Actually this is a photo of Frank winning D
grade on 29 April but we reckon he's probably
just as happy and proud about young Xavier. RBCC wishes Frank and family all the best from
your clubmates at RBCC. |
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TRAINING
RIDES OVER QUEENS BIRTHDAY WEEKEND 11 & 12 June |
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RBCC's sponsor Bike Bug is conducting the 3 Georges ride
on 2nd Sunday of each month. To fit in with the
Bug, the RBCC Sunday ride will go north next Sunday with
the Waterfall ride postponed to Monday. The
Bikebug Ride will be leaving Bikebug store at 6:30am
next Sunday and for those who plan on leaving centennial
park, the bunch will be leaving the Randwick Gates
5:50am sharp. The destination is the same one which was
well received in April for those who were there. Return
to Bikebug store around 10:30. The following day
Monday 12 June we will do a Waterfall (recovery) ride
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RESULTS CLUB
CHAMPIONSHIP 43km ITT 4 June at Calga.
20km ITT Penrith Lakes
Glorious day had by all who attended. Fantastic
results ............more
43km ITT at Calga on Sunday 4
June................
more
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CONGRATULATIONS JOSH MARDEN |
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RBCC member Josh Marden as
part of the FRF Couriers - Caravello UCI team has taken
out stage 3 of the
FBD Insurance RÁS'.
The FBD Insurance RÁS'
is an eight day staged cycle race organised
in Ireland since 1953. The event has been formally
known as the 'Ras Tailteann' and is sometimes referred
to abroad as the 'Rás' or 'Tour of Ireland' |
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Stage winner Joshua Marden
said: “It was tough, given the conditions and
the wind, but that is the same for everybody.
Everybody has to do it,” he said. “We studied
the finish the night before and I knew that if I
was in a break, I had a good chance being a
sprinter. So that is how it worked out. I had
two guys in the break to help me, they could
shelter me most of the day and then coming into
the finish, they were able to lead it out for
me.” “I will try again
this week, if it comes down to a sprint we have
a very good chance because we are a strong
sprinting team. Myself and another guy are good
finishers.”
Results
FBD Insurance RÁS
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NEXT (NORTH) CLUB RIDE
June 11 |
Thanks to Club Sponsor, Tony "The Bug"
Corrigan of Bike Bug who organised the 3
Georges ride through Galston George,
Berrowra Waters and Bobbin Head.
From the received comments, the ride was
a huge success. Special thanks
also to Calvin Smith our “map
coordinator”. Thanks to The Bug
for having cold drinks, hot cross buns
and Easter eggs at the shop to "carb up"
at the end of the ride. In Fact the
members liked it so much that, Bikebug
will be organizing similar rides on the
second Sunday of every month leaving at
6:30 from the Bikebug Store. For
those of us who live in the east, we
will meet at 5.55am at the Randwick
gates of Centennial Park (usual ride
start location) for a 6am sharp
departure and ride to Bike Bug to meet
up for the ride start at 6.30am.
Sunday June 11th is our next adventure
and the route is as follows.
Bikebug 6:30 ridding to Mona Vale Road
then Mona vale Road to Mccars Creek road
through the toll booths traveling to
Akuna Bay then traveling onto West Head
to the look out and stopping for a
drink. Return back down West Head Road
to Mccarrs Creek Road, left to Church
Point down Pitt Water RD towards
Seaforth across the Spit Bridge through
Mosman returning to Bikebug.
Images from last north ride (click on
thumbnails to enlarge)
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CLUB
CHAMPIONSHIPS 2006 -
First Round Sun 26 Feb.....more |
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Congratulations National
champions Janelle Lindsay and
Lindy Hou |
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courtesy of the Athens 2004
Paralympic Games official website. |
Well the Paralympian gold medallists have done it
again with a gold medal in the Tandam Spint at the
National Championships.
CONGRATULATIONS LINDY AND
JANELLE!!!
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CONGRATULATIONS
BLACK FAMILY
Congratulations to RBCC member Kevin Black and his wife on the birth of
their son, Liam
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ROBBIE McEWEN AT
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Some amazing scenes that we will probably never
see again. Robbie McEwen doing a "Wheelie"
down the main straight of Heffron Park which was
named the Robbie McEwen straight in his honour.
It was our great pleasure to have the most
successful Australian Tour de France rider,
twice winner of the Green Jersey and multiple
stage winner of the Tour de France visit us at
Heffron Park. It was my great honour to
make Robbie an honorary member of the Randwick
Botany Cycling Club and present him with a club
jersey. Robbie took a ride around Heffron
with a big bunch of junior and senior riders.
He told me that the memories came flashing back
(especially the wind) as he negotiated varous
sections of the track, remembering racing at
Heffron some 10 years ago.
The occasion was quite literally set in cement
as Robbie sunk his hands in some wet cement as a
permanent memorial of his visit with us.
Luckily we were able to pull him out. more
pictures
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CONGRATULATIONS SHAUN HIGGERSON
NATIONAL U23 ITT CHAMPION |
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LATEST NEWS: Higgo 13th overall in Jacobs Creek
Tour Down Under and 4th U23 - Good one HIGGO !! |
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Photo ©: Mark Gunter
www.pbase.com/gunterphotograph
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Mt Torrens,
Australia, January 11, 2006 and Shaun
Higgerson powered home over the 40km course
in a time of 56.20.86 (42.59 km/h).
The course with big climbs was just what the
doctor ordered for Higgo. Although his
ride was not without drama, he dropped a
chain whilst changing between big and small
front rings and lost time with that.
Then about 1 km from the finish he gets a
puncture in his rear wheel and had to ride
home not letting up on the pace with his
rear disk wheel grinding into the bitumen.
Higgo you were meant to win this one.
Congratulations from all your club mates at
RBCC.
(more on
cyclingnews.com) |
Photo ©: Mark Gunter
www.pbase.com/gunterphotograph
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NEW CLUB
SPONSORS FOR 2006 |
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I am please to announce 2 new sponsors of the
club for 2006.
Bike Bug and
cyclebits.com. A lot of members would
already know "The Bug". Tony Corrigan is a
member of our club. |
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His shop,
Bike Bug, is situated
on the Pacific Hwy North Sydney and he carries
all our major sponsors bikes and products such
as Colnago, Cinelli and Argon 18. Tony
is offering all Randwick Botany members a 15%
discount off parts and accessories and will do
some excellent deals on new bikes. Take my
new Cinelli track bike for example.... Gorgeous.
If you know what you want and
don't need touchy feely. Then
cyclebits.com is your answer.
cyclebits.com is set up to facilitate
cyclists in the bulk purchase of bicycle
consumables like tyres, tubes, casettes, C02
cartridges, etc at highly discounted prices. Order
online from an Australian company, and have your cyclebits arrive at your door a day or two
later. |
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Councillor Robert
Belleli. RBCC Club Patron for 2006 |
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It is my pleasant
duty to announce that RBCC's Club Patron for
2006 is Randwick Councillor Robert Belleli.
Robert has been a great supporter of the
Randwick Botany Cycling Club and is a very big
supporter of local community groups and sporting
activities. Robert has made himself
available as Guest Presentator at every major
event that RBCC hosted in 2005. Randwick
Botany Cycling Club was the biggest cycling club
in NSW in 2005 with 257 members. We hope
to hit the 300 mark in 2006. To see club
photograph (Christmas 2005)
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Robbie McEwen at Heffron Park on Monday 23 Jan
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On Monday
23rd Jan, the 33 year-old Queenslander will
undertake a hectic round of engagements, the
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At 4.30pm Robbie
will visit the Randwick Botany Cycling
Clubhouse and the Heffron Park criterium
circuit, for a low intensity ride with
juniors, members and visitors - all
welcome.
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At 6.30pm attend
Souths Juniors dinner and talk Tour de
France until 9pm.
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Full details -
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We are getting a
couple of Randwick Botany tables together for
the dinner at Souths Juniors. Please
contact John Buckton
if you intend to go but please do so quickly
so we can ascertain exact numbers for the
bookings. |
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JINDABYNE HIGH
ALTITUDE TRAINING CAMP 2006 |
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Thursday 26th Jan to Monday 30th Jan. Total: 4
nights.
more details
here......
Get in quick !! |
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