CONGRATULATIONS SHAUN HIGGERSON SECOND IN 2007 GOULBURN
TO CAMDEN
Congratulations to Sean "Higgo" Higgerson for
second place in Division one.
Congratulations also to all those RBCC riders
who competed in this year's Sydney Goulburn.
Congrats to Pete McDonald in 12th place,
Robbie Cater 24th place (members of the FRF/NSWIS Continental Team.) Congats to
our first non team member, Kris Koke fabulous
ride to finish 31st. Peter Hertzig in 34th
and Nathan Rollason (pictured right) who came in
42nd. Congrats also to Divison 2 finishes,
Andrew Riordan in 8th place, Sean O'Neill in
9th, Matty Lucas 21st and Jules Galli 41st.
Congratulations to all who competed
Rollo is plagued by the onset of
his adoring, authograph hunting fans.
(Photo courtesy of David Lane of
Action Snaps Photography)
CONGRATULATIONS
PETE McDONALD ROBBIE CATER & MATT LUCAS
Congratulation to Pete McDonald winner of this
year's Tour of the Murray. Congratulations
to Robbie Cater (far right) who has placed
second in this years Grafton to Inverell Classic
Road Race. Robbie was away in a 2 man
break for over 100 kilometres with former
winner, fellow team mate and RBCC member, Pete
"The Machine" McDonald pictured second from the
right. Great result for Randwick Botany in
general with 4 RBCC riders in the top 12,
including Robbie Cater, Shaun Higgerson, Pete
Hertzig and Peter McDonald. Found this
picture of the boys on the podium at Heffron on
11 August which very conveniently had all three
of them in it.
Congratulations to Matt Lucas (far left), now a
Master, who stayed home and took out the
Southern Hemisphere Cup at Eastern Creek.
MAGPIE SOLUTIONS
Further to our Magpie Alert below, I have
received several solutions from members which
may be of assistance. Firstly, they
generally target single riders so you are pretty
safe in a bunch or even 2 abreast.
One
of our members Andrew Swan reports:
"Early this year I stuck a pair of those
"goggle" eyes on the back of my helmet to
dissuade swooping. These are the ones you stick
on toys, with a black "pupil" that can rattle
around. I've not been bothered by birds since,
in a total 400km of riding! :-) I had to
hunt around for them though, eventually getting
them at the craft shop on the top level of
Eastgardens for about $2 each."
Ritchie Jenkins has a pair of sunglasses stuck
on the back of his helmet which has some degree
of success however whilst riding with him the
other day, he almost had the lenses pecked out.
Rocky
Fortuna has submitted a possible solution.
He reckons you get two large electrical
electrical cable ties and pull them tight
through the top of your helmet so that
they stick up in the air. Rocky reckons
the birds will attack the tops of the cables and
miss your helmet. I would give a lot of
credence to this last one given that Rocky
spends much of a training ride OTA by himself
and therefore if anyone is going to be attacked
by magpies it would be him.
Maybe
a combination of the two with Rocky's cable ties
and Andrew's google eyes or you could simply
stop like Big Bazza did the other day and try
and KO one with your water bottle. He
missed him three times whilst the predator
perched and stared at Bazza from the Electric
power lines. For this last method you need
to be both a good shot and not too far from home
if your thirsty.
MAGPIE ALERT
For all those doing secret miles by yourself or in
pairs, be advised that the Magpies are nesting and are
particularly aggressive this year. You are pretty
safe in a bunch but a single rider is like a red flag to
a bull. There are a pair working at the top of
Torrington Road Maroubra. There are a pair working
at Heffron Park that nearly tore a guys remote control
plane to pieces last week and getting hit by the
propellor, whilst it drew blood, did not deter them.
There is one, possibly two along the stretch from
Duffy's corner on Bunnerong Road to the Gaol and a nasty
one at the Container terminals. Ritchie Jenkins
has had some success with a pair of sunglasses turned
backward. I did read an American report that said
you can get rid of them completely by pasting a face on
the top of your helmet from a magazine or the like.
Don't know if you want to go that far however I can tell
you from personal experience that the one at Torrington
Road ruined one of my helmets last year when he stuck
his beak right in causing 5 big holes through the
polystyrene shell. If he had gone about 30 mm
lower he would have been into the side of my head!!
Congratulations
Tanya Newton
Congratulations to
Tanya Newton who won a Silver Medal in the
Womens NSW Road Championships at Kurrajong on 19
August 2007. See full results
here.
The 2007 Snow Wilson Memorial which was
scheduled to be held on 8 September 2007 at
Heffron Park has been cancelled. When only
6 riders had entered within 6 days of the
closing date, the Randwick Botany Executive
received a clear message that riders had little
interest in this Open and we were unfortunately
left with no other option but to cancel the
Open. We apologise to the six riders
who had actually entered. The date will
now revert back to a normal club racing day.
CLUB PATRON
REPORTS POST TOUR DE FRANCE
In his
Aug report Mike Tomalaris, RBCC Club Patron
gives his thoughts post Tour and pulls no
punches on the "Shock Jocks"back home in
Australia trying to heap discredit on our
beloved sport.
If you are in, or planning to go to Victoria in
October then why not support this worthy event.
Full details
here.
HEFFRON PARK
IMPROVEMENT
I
would like to thank Randwick Council and
especially the Randwick Council Sports Committee
for confirmation at last night's meeting (15
August), that requested fencing alongside the
soccer fields (in the vicinity of the public
toilets) has been approved and will be erected
in a couple of weeks. Hopefully no more
soccer balls under wheels and/or soccer players
running out in front of cyclists.
CONGRATULATIONS BLACK FAMILY
Congratulations Kevin & Lindsay on the birth
of baby daughter Eva Grace who was born on 8
August. Little sister to Olivia and Liam.
Mother and Baby doing well and apparently Dad
pretty proud as well.
Rocky Recovers !!
For those of you who don't know, our own Rocky
"Rockstar" Fortuna was struck by a car on
Tuesday morning 8 May. His superior
athletic metabolism combined with the healing
powers of about 100 kilos of Italian pasta and
virgin olive oil, had him cast off his bandages
and the picture on the right was taken just 4
days later on the 12th May. Panel Beaters
assure us that the car will be back on the road
in about another week.
As soon as he gets a new bike he will be back
out there. He is having a hard time
choosing between an Argon18, BH or a Colnago.
PETER McDONALD SMASHES
43km ITT COURSE RECORD At the RBCC Club Championships held in
conjucntion with ATTA ITT championships at Calga
on Sunday 5 May 2007, RBCC rider Peter McDonald
has shattered the former mark helf by RBCC's
Adam Conquest and has recorded the first "sub
hour" 43 kilometre individual time trial
over the Calga course. Peter recorded a
time of 59 minutes and 54 seconds. Left
Peter shows off the ATTA Course Record
trophy. Peter leaves tomorrow for Europe
to race the Tour of Ireland then the team will
spend 3 weeks training in France. Good
luck Peter.
Full results can be obtained on the ATTA website
at:
http://www.atta.asn.au/.
WINTER TRACK TRAINING TEMPE VELODROME (May 10 to Jan 11
2008)
Thurs May 10
(Thursday evening) First night of our Winter Track
training at Tempe Velodrome. Gates open 6.30pm.
A 100 lapper starts at 7.00pm for one hour till 8.000pm
So dust off your track bikes. Training will cost
$5 per head.
CONGRATULATIONS LUKE DAVISON
Luke has been awarded the Male Under 17 Cyclist of
the year for 2006. From all your clubmates, Luke,
well done and keep up the good work. Left Luke
receives his award from Cycling NSW President Kerry
Ruffles.
RBCC's NEW CLUB
PATRON, MIKE TOMALARIS
It is my great
pleasure to introduce to you Randwick Botany Cyling Clubs' new
Club Patron, although to the vast majority of you I'm sure that
he needs no introduction. We have remained rivited to our
seats over the years as we have watched Michael Tomalaris bring
the Tour de France and other major cycling events into our homes
via the SBS coverage. We all know of his obvious passion
for the sport of cycling but what is not common knowledge about
Michael, is that he is also a rider, and in fact one of our club
mates being a fully affiliated member of the Randwick Botany
Cycling Club. Well without stealing any more of Tomo's
thunder I will hand it over to him for the first installment of
our
Patron's page.
RBCC SALUTES
PARIS-ROUBAIX WINNER STUART O'GRADY
I'm sure you agree that Stuart O'Grady's wonderful victory
at last Sunday's Paris-Roubaix will go down as one of the
great performances by an Australian on the European
professional cycling circuit.
Stuey conquered the "Hell of the North" in fine style.
Well, due to popular demand, SBS will screen a one hour
highlights package this Sunday from 11am. So set the video
recorder and tell all your friends.
The Paris-Roubaix - a highlights special presentation 11am
Sunday, April 29 on SBS.
-Michael Tomalaris
Journalist/Presenter/Producer/Member and Patron of the
Randwick Botany Cycling Club
Click here for full
story courtesy of cyclingnews.com
POTENTIAL NEW MEMBER TO THE CLUB
Harrison Lucas, son of Matthew and Lara Lucas was welcomed into
the world about about 2.30pm on Sunday 18 March 2007. Lara
and Harrison both doing well.
Apparently this is what Harrison sounds
like. (turn up sound up and press here)
CANBERRA TOUR 27th-29th April 2007
The
24th annual Canberra Tour is to be conducted between
the 27th to 29th April. The Closing Date is Sunday
15 April. Marko Turner has kindly agreed to be the
RBCC Event Co-ordinator. Leo Neil-Dwyer, Calvin
Smith, Marko and Todd Spokes are already in serious
training for the event. Please liaise with Marko
asap if you intend to be part of the RBCC assault on the
Canberra Tour. Marko needs to start organising his
troops into grades and groups and determining his
roleurs, final sprint experts, polka dot jersey
contenders, etc etc, not to mention team tactics and
strategies. After you have been assessed,
Marko will then tailor you an individual and specific
training plan designed to place you in peak condition
for the Tour. DON'T DELAY, CONTACT
MARKO
NOW !!!
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR
MASTERS STATE TITLES MEDALLISTS
The Masters Track Championships
took place over a 3 day period 2-4 March at Dunc Grey
Velodrome. RBCC managed to supply just 3 riders from its now
vast array of new trackies. Nevertheless we were represented
by, Crispin Arnall (MM3),
Mark Arnold (MM4) & Chris White (MM6). The
results were mixed due to relevant states of individual
fitness, but considering the entry list we snared 3 Bronze,
1 Silver & 1 Gold. Congratulations guys....more
(click here)
Our previous offsite housed
guestbook was plagued with Spam and other nasties, so I
have introduced a new one which is housed on the RBCC
domain. It has a few new bells and buzzers like
ability to upload photos and leave smileys etc.
Why don't give it a try. Click on the bottom button
(left) on the vertical menu or if that's too much
trouble,
click
here.
CONGRATULATIONS ADAM
CONQUEST
On Sunday 4 February Adam competed in the ATTA 25km
Individual Time Trial at Calga and is now the new record
holder in that event having shaved 30seconds off his
previous time and completing the distance in 33 minutes
and 38 seconds, an average speed of 44.6kph. Adam
now holds the 25km and 43km course records and has
indicated that he still has more in the tank.
Congratulations Adam.
TRACK
SERIES TEMPE VELODROME EVERY THURSDAY NIGHT.
Thurs Jan 11 (Thursday
evening) First night of the Excelpro 14 week Track series at
Tempe Velodrome, 11 Jan to 19 April 2007. Gates open 6.30pm. Racing
starts at 7.30pm. So dust off your track
bikes......more
Congratulations to Luke Davison
(above right) who took out the gold medal for U19 Sprint in the
NSW State Championships. First night
results.
GET
WELL SOON ANTHONY FORTUNA
Anthony had a little mishap last
Tuesday night during Eastern Subs Tues night racing at
Heffron Park. Anthony hit the ground hard and
unfortunately used his face for brakes. Anthony
has a few dental appointments ahead of him but is in
good spirits and we wish him a speedy recovery.
Where's Simon Visor?
Simon and wife Aileen
celebrated the birth of their baby daughter
Elizabeth on the 1st January - a new baby for the New
Year!
She was born at 5:36 am and weighed in at 3.715kgs. Both
mother and baby are
doing fine - "we're slowly getting used the to sleepless
nights!"
Turn your sound up and press
here for a demonstration.
WHAT's
ON IN JANUARY?
Click here for more
details.
Sun Jan 7
The Johnny Warren Jamberoo Classic
great success.......more
Even.............
more
(courtesy of CycleSportNews.com - photos/story
by David Lane)
Thurs Jan 11 (Thursday
evening) First night of the Excelpro 14 week Track series at
Tempe Velodrome. Gates open 6.30pm. Racing
starts at 7.30pm. So dust off your track
bikes......more
Friday 26 Jan Joseph
Sunde Memorial Heffron Park.....more
Friday 26 Jan to Monday 29 Jan
Tour de Snowy Jindabyne trip.....more
The Bike
Bug 500
In
association with Club Sponsor Bike Bug, this
years's Christmas Pudding Races will now be
called the Bikebug 500. Why 500?
Because there is $500 first prize plus a
Christmas Pudding !!! Total prize money is $750
plus a Christmas Pudding .
WHEN : Saturday
23 December 2006 (Same times D, E & F at 4pm. A, B
& C Bikebug 500 at 5pm)
WHERE: Heffron
Park Maroubra
RACE: 15 Lap
graded handicap in reverse direction for A, B & C
grades. (normal direction for D, E & F grades)
On Saturday 23 December 2006,
prior to the BikeBug 500, starting at 3pm we will be conducting
the Junior Club Championships. The Championships are open
to all Junior riders, not just Randwick Botany Members and there
will be prizes for winners in the various age groups.
These championships have been sponsored with the kind financial
assistance of long time member, Ron Sproule.
BIKE
BUG 500 GUESSING COMPETITION
Ok, Results in. After
"Hundreds" of entries, the Winner of the Bike Bug 500
guessing competition is James Dalton who correctly
identified, Luigi "GiGi" Coluzzi of the fairly famous
cycling iconic location, Colluzi Coffee Bar in Kings
Cross, and Rocky "Slugger" Fortuna who was obviously one
or two kilos lighter when this picture was taken.
Congratulations James, you can back off in the sprint
now because you have already won a Christmas Pudding !!
.
PRESENTATION NIGHT
FRIDAY 24 NOVEMBER 2006
The night was a fantastic success.
Everyone loved the Venue. Tony Horneman took lots of
photos and hopefully we will have them up soon. FINALLY Up !!!!
SATURDAY RACING
TIMES DURING DAYLIGHT SAVING
Please note: Racing for juniors commences at
3pm from Saturday 4 November (sign
on no later that 2.45pm) Racing
commences at 4pm for D, E & F grades. (sign on no later than
3.45pm).
A B & C grades start at 5pm (sign on no later than
4.45pm)
All grades, genders and ages of riders are
catered for from Grades A to F.
FINAL ROUND CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS EASTERN CREEK 5 NOV 2006
We would like all members to support our final round which is a
graded road race at Eastern Creek raceway. You don't have
to have competed in the club championships before. Club
championship point score updated
here.
Snowy Wilson Memorial
28
October 2006. Entries close Sun 15 October
This years
Snowy Wison Memorial has been run and won. a very
successful day yet again and enjoyed by all.
Congratulations girls. Guys, take a collective
smack over the knuckles. At least the girls saw
that RBCC got one team in the State Team Time Trial,
flew the flag and enjoyed themselves to boot
Congratulations to Mel McDonald, Laura Bortoluzzi, Bebe
Adams and Emma James
A fantastic ride with about
50 members taking on the Gorges. Here we are, all
crambed onto the punt across Berowra Waters. All
except Graham Ferguson that is, who was too slow coming
down the hill and missed it. No problems, we
waited for Graham at the top of the climb.
Congratulations
James & Michelle Dalton
Little Matilda Dalton was born this morning
(Monday 11 September) at
7:30am. Matilda weighed in at 3.73kgs.
Matilda and mum are both doing well.
Guess we won't
see much of James for a while. Get used to
this sound James.
TOUR
OF SICILY 2006
Don't bother trying to find results on cyclingnews.com.
This Tour did not have Lance Armstrong or Ivan Basso in
it. It had Warren Wilson, Dale Rockell, Richard
Jenkins, Rocky Fortuna, John Buckton, Richard
Heath, Richard Jenkins & Michael Miceli in it. All
told about 8 RBCC members competed, 13 riders in all.
For the full story,
click here.
PHOTO OF NATHAN PAGE EARNS AWARD
The photo of Nathan Page (left),
was taken by Elizabeth Goff at Parramatta Park in
June 2005. The event was the Parramatta Open. This
photo was evaluated by Professor Des Crawley of
Western Sydney Uni & recently awarded with a merit
award at club level being the highest award.
Elizabeth, who's son is a member
of the Parramatta Cycling Club, is a member of the
Hills Camera Club. The club has regular
outings to various events to improve their skills.
Nathan caught Elizabeth's eye because he projected
the essence of the cyclist. His facial expression,
the veins pumping, the muscles taut ,every ounce of
his energy showing. Elizabeth has prepared a
poster size version which will be presented to
Nathan in the near future. Congratulations to
both Elizabeth and Nathan.
STATE TEAM
TIME TRIAL SUN 3 SEPT 2006
CANCELLED
Cycling NSW regrettably advises the NSW Club Team Time Trial
Championship scheduled to be held Sunday 3rd September at
Gunning has been cancelled.
more
Bikebug North Training Ride
Aug 13
RBCC Bikebug North Ride was
another big success with good
numbers, plenty of punctures and
everyone commented on how good
the weather was for the day.
We were all shown the advantages
of Clinchers over
Tubulars
for training rides, and that
quick re-glue happened at the
ideal place “Bobbo’
service station” because it gave
some of us plenty of time to
refuel to get up the next Gorge…
All in all great ride, perfect
day, loved it.
- report from The Bug
Images from one of
the previous rides (click on
thumbnails to enlarge)
CONGRATULATIONS LUKE DAVISON U17 MENS WINNER RIDE FOR LIFE
Congratulations Luke Davison.
Luke won the U17 Mens division in the Ride for Life at
Centennial Park on Saturday 5 August.
Welcome back to Sydney John & Vasinee Boles. Bolsey and
his new bride were married in Bangkok on 31 July. Ok
Bolsey now that the honeymoon is over can you get back to
training because the Team Time Trial is coming up !!!
RBCC CLUB
CHAMPIONSHIP UPDATE
The decision was made to abandon day one of the 2 day tour at
Heffron on Saturday 15 July 2006. Despite the torrential
rain, there was significant ponding in some of the corders and
the track surface was like glass. It was considered that
Stage 1, being a one lap "all in" handicap, would be a recipe
for disaster. With everyone's safety and best interest in
mind, the decision to abandon day 1 was made. Stage 4
however was held at Eastern Creek the following day,
Sunday 16 July 2006....results
here.
Whilst the Road race is a championship in its own right, we will
still look to running the other three stages in the near future.
In other words, the 2 day tour will still go on however not over
a single weekend. The winner of the Eastern Creek stage,
Ben Tur-Hunne, will wear
the "Yellow Jersey" to the start of the yet to be scheduled,
Stage 2. The overall point score has been updated and it
can be seen here.
NEXT CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP INCLUDES EASTERN CREEK RACEWAY
As part of our annual 2 day tour, Eastern Creek circuit has been
booked for our club exclusive use on Sunday 16 July (more
details in coming events).
This is a world class race circuit. Your club provides
this venue to its members free of charge. There is
significant expense in these fabulous venues such as Eastern
Creek, the International Regatta Centre and the International
Western Dragway. All we ask is for your attendance.
Last year we were the biggest club in the state but can only
manage 29 riders at an international venue. This is very
disappointing and on a personal note, quite unbelievable.
Please support your club championship, support your club but
most of all have a great time at one of the best race tracks in
the world FOR FREE. Please attend !!! Tell Joanne,
our secretary if you are coming.
Congratulations Frank & Natasha Caristo
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.
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
CONGRATULATIONS JOSH MARDEN
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 raceorganised
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'
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.”
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