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RACING
& TRAINING TIMES. HEFFRON PARK
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Heffron Park
Criterium Racing
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YEAR ROUND
START TIMES Saturdays (Except public holiday weekends) - Juniors start at
2pm.
Seniors A, B, C & D grades will start at
3pm. Note:
No change of start time during Daylight Saving
times - Juniors start at 2pm.
Seniors A, B, C & D grades will start at
3pm ALL YEAR ROUND ! You must race in
your club uniform, unless entitled as a registered member of a Cycling NSW
or Cycling Australian registered or International team, to wear registered team
uniform. All male (non junior) registered team members will be
required to compete in the A grade event. Female
registered team members will be allowed to compete in B grade event.
Assistants required to facilitate racing - 2012 Marshal roster
coming soon.
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Ciclismo
Italy Tour 2012
RBCC club
sponsor, Ciclismo, has over 12 years’ experience of
travelling in Europe and Italy, there is no-one better
to show you Italy.
Duration: 9 days (8 nights)
Starts: Milan Malpenza airport Thursday 31st of
May 2012
Finish: Milan Malpenza airport Friday 8th of
June 2012
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For full details,
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Ciclismo
Cycling Tours gives you the chance to experience Italy
as no other holiday will. You will have a chance to see
race viewing of the Tour of Italy, indulge in the
culture with variety of food, wine, coffee, style &
everything else this beautiful country has to offer. Not
only that but remember you will have a chance to cycle
on the best terrain in the world where legendary riders
have trained & raced since cycling began. Once you
arrive you can relax in the knowledge that you will have
an experienced team who have been running trips in Italy
and Europe for over 12 years. |
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CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR TRACK TEAM |
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Left: Gavin White, Michael Popplewell, Shaun
Colley Gold medalists in the Over135 Team Sprint
in a time of 49.7 secs.
Overall results for rbcc
Gavin White - Gold sprint (National Record), Gold TT and
Gold TS
Michael Popplewell - Gold Pursuit, Gold TS, Silver
Sprint & Silver TT
Dave Stevens - Gold Pursuit, Scratch and Points.
Shaun Colley - Bronze Sprint, Gold TS
We wish the boys, including Ian Aitkin, best of luck in
the Nationals in 2.5 weeks
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UPDATE - JINDABYNE HIGH ALTITUDE TRAINING CAMP. AUSTRALIA DAY LONG WEEKEND 2012
Jindabyne Camp:
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CONGRATULATIONS DAVE STEVENS. |
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Just received information that Dave
Stevens has broken the World Masters Hour Record at Dunc Gray
Velodrome this date (Sun 11 Dec) Dave averaged over 47 kph for
the hour. Exact distance and speed is being calculated.
It is an unbelievable accomplishment. Congratulations Dave. |
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A FABULOUS NIGHT
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A Big thrill for everyone when RBCC member Graeme
"Brownie" Brown turned up on the evening and via our MC gave
us some insights into the professional racing scene.
We were very appreciative of Brownie's attendance given that
he had to race the following day in Woollongong.
Congratulations Brownie on your second place in that race by
the way. |
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CONGRATULATIONS GAVIN WHITE & DAVE STEVENS. |
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Both Gav
& Dave have defended their World championship
crowns and won another rainbow jersey each in their
respective disciplines.
Besides being a current world champion, Dave is the CEO
of Brennan IT which is RBCC's major sponsor (You may
have noticed it on the front of your jersey)
Dave Stevens is once again a
dual World Champion in the Masters 40-44yrs, 3000 metre
Individual Pursuit and the Points Race.
Gavin White
is once again Triple World Champion in the Masters 35-39yrs, Kilo
Time Trial, Sprint and Team Sprint.
Congratulations also to RBCC member Michael Popplewell who
took the Bronze medal in the Sprint in his age division.
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CONGRATULATIONS NATIONAL MASTERS 2 WOMEN ROAD RACE
CHAMPION |
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Congratulations Sue Henry. Gold in the Road.
Silver in the Crit and Silver in the Time Trial at the
National Masters Championships in Ballarat Victoria
between 5th and 9th October. Well done Sue !!
Thanks to Brad Collis
Editor of The Wheeler magazine for the great photos.
See more Masters action at:
www.thewheeler.com.au
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Please note:
We are in the process of making up the Marshal Roster for the
rest of the year. If you can assist please
contact our Marshal Co-ordinator, Glen Thornton.
Track set-up starts at 1.30pm. Can you please ensure that
you attend at that time to assist with track set-up.
Track cleaning and preparation is a part of
your afternoon marshalling. As I have consistently reminded members, this is OUR
club with the emphasis on "OUR" It is not about a select
few doing all the work to facilitate racing. It is about
us all pitching in to make it work. Please advise our
Marshal Co-ordinator EARLY in the week prior to Saturday,
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You will only be called upon
for assistance hopefully only 1 day per year to facilitate racing.
Don't let your club and your mates down. Don't forget
you don't have to do it personally. You can nominate, a
friend, relative or swap with a mate. There are plenty
of options. All you have to do is accept responsibility
for that date and ensure that someone will assist to
facilitate the running of the races.
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Akuna Bay Hill
Climb (Round 3 of the Club C'Ships) Run & Won |
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CONGRATULATIONS ANNA MURRAY
Fabulous morning up at Akuna Bay
with some 80 riders starting in the event. Thanks to the
Manly club for facilitating the event. Some great rides
and some great times by our guys with many bettering their last
years time. In the end however, not one Randwick Botany
Male rider got on the podium. It was left to Anna Murray
to fly the RBCC flag. Congrats Anna, first woman and a PB. |
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* results will follow soon.
stay tuned. |
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CONGRATULATIONS NICK & KATE BROWN
Congratulations to our Race Secretary and his
lovely wife Kate on the birth of their second child, a little
girl who was born on 17 August and weighed in at 3.2kg. No
name as yet but big brother Henry likes Lola.
Congratulations guys and now you have a pigeon pair.
Now even though he is very busy as anyone with
a newborn knows, he has still managed to get the club champs
points score up to date:
Click here |
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Santos 2012 Tour Down Under
RBCC Club sponsor Ciclismo Cycle Tours
is proud to be an Official Bike Tour Operator for the Santos
2012 Tour Down Under enabling you to get even closer to the
racing action with their preferred parking and viewing
arrangements. Join the cycling tour run by cyclists for
cyclists. Ciclismo's tour offers you a boutique experience and
in depth knowledge of cycling and racing. After riding together
all week, you will really feel like part of the bunch. Ciclismo
has daily organised rides which will challenge all levels of
rider. These rides are fully supported, so you will feel like
part of the pro peleton. |
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Come for the full week or if you have limited time,
take advantage of our weekend package. All packages give you the
opportunity to participate in the Bupa Challenge Tour. There’s
plenty of time after the ride to take advantage of the exciting
Protour racing and everything that Adelaide and South Australia has
to offer. As a Santos Tour Down Under Specialist for many years,
Ciclismo can get you closer to the action.
Click here for prices and full details. |
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HOOPER LANE
TURBO STUDIO TUES NIGHT RACING
The 2011 Indoor Winter Race Series
will be conducted over five weeks every Tuesday from July 19th
with the final night of racing being held August 16th.
The first race of the evening will be at 5.00pm followed by
5.30pm, 6.00pm, 6.30pm and the final race at 7.00pm - giving us
five race rotations every Tuesday evening. That is a maximum
number of thirty riders able to compete for the weekly cash
prize pool and the overall Point Score Series. $10 per
race. For full details,
click here. |
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CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS 2011
Thanks to our new
Race Secretary, Nick Brown (pictured left), with
assistance from the Race sub committee (Chris
White), we now have a
2011 club championship program. Hope
you are all fit because the first round is only
a couple of weeks away. So dust off your
Time Trial bikes and get ready to take on the
Penrith Lakes.
We will update
the program with specific times etc as they
become known, so keep your eyes on the
2011 club championship program page. |
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CONGRATULATIONS TO NANNA & PA BUCKTON |
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Oh and congrats also to Kate Buckton and
Daniel Costa on the birth of Little Marcelo Antonio
Costa-Buckton who came into this world about 1 week
late, but managed to be born just prior to race time at
Heffron Park and on the Prologue day of the 2011 Tour de
France. Actually whilst his name finally adopted
his spanish heritage, for a moment there he was almost
going to be named Lance, perhaps we might call him that
as a nick name. Anyway Joanne and I can report
that our Grandson was born about 1.22pm on Sat afternoon
2 July. He weighed in at 3.155kgs and was 50cm
long. Mum and bub are doing fabulously as can be
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CONGRATULATIONS GRAHAM & JENNY FERGUSON
Congratulations to our
Graham and his lovely wife Jenny
on the birth of their daughter, who
was born 26 May weighing in at
3.25kgs. Mum and bub doing well and due home today
(Sunday
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BLAYNEY TO BATHURST DOUBLE |
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Congratulations to Randwick Botany
members, Phil Grenfell and Patrick Sharpe.
Phil (a registered member of club sponsor Bike
Bug team), won the 110km road race. RBCC
sponsored rider, Patrick Sharpe won the 77km short
course race. Congratulations boys. Well
done. Congratulations to all RBCC members who took
part in the B2B. |
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CONGRATULATIONS WORLD CHAMPION
DAVE STEVENS
On Friday 11th March at the NSW State Pursuit Championships,
Dave Stevens, wearing the rainbow jersey as existing world
Masters champion in that event, recorded a 3:27.4 and smashed
the existing world record which was owned by Noriyuki Iijima of
Japan ( 3.27.826 )
Then
on Saturday 26 March Dave had another go at the Qualifying for
the Masters Nationals, this time the day was pretty slow, so a
super fast time looked unlikely. In the end however, Dave
managed a 3:26.0 which was a further 1.4seconds faster than his
previous record and 1.8 faster than Noriyuki.
Despite the fact the on Friday the 11th Japan was hit by a
devastating earthquake and tsunami, Noriyuki phoned though his
best wishes prior to the event and also his congratulations
afterwards. Now that's sportsmanship. Congratulations
Dave. |
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CONGRATULATIONS
ZOLI HORVARTH
Zoli, representing RBCC and our sponsors
has taken out the International Hungarian Season
Opening Race, the Tolna region hill championship.
Good to see our jersey on the podium in Hungary.
Keep up the good work Zoli and congratulations. |
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CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR NSW
STATE TEAM CHAMPIONS |
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Congratulations to the RBCC/Brennan IT Track Team, who
in the Masters All Ages 3000 metre pursuit last night
(Sat 26 Feb) at the Dunc Gray velodrome, smashed the
State record in the qualification round. Just to
show it was no fluke, they came back from being down in
the final kilo, to smash it yet again in a 3 min
23.192sec. A big thank you to Ian Atkin who had to
step up after a little hickup with our gun rider Graeme
Allbon. A fabulous ride from Aaron Latinovic who
had to hold on to Dave Stevens and Gavin White as they
ramped up the speed to around 60kph in the closing laps.
Graeme got to get some serious intel from the sidelines
on his team and when he comes onboard for the Nationals,
get ready for some real heart stopping action. |
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Club
sponsor
Ciclismo Cycling Tour Trip Information:
Duration: 14 days (13 nights)
Starts: Roma: Leonardo Di Vinci airport Tuesday 17th
May 2011
Finish: Milano Malpenza airport Monday 30th
May 2011
See RBCC members, Anna & Daniele's
website for complete details |
GET IN QUICK - NEXT
STOP ITALY ON MAY 17
Club me mbers
and RBCC sponsors, Daniele & Anna of Ciclismo have
pleasure in announcing the detailed itinerary for the
2011 Italy Cycling Trip. You will enjoy some great
cycling, see the definitive stages of the Giro d’Italia
as well as taking in all the
different regions of Italy
that you will pass through.
Ciclismo now
have Group Booking discounts – if you and 2 of your
mates want to come along you will enjoy a very good
price. Please note this is only a guide of what
Ciclismo have planned for 2011 and if you have any
queries, please feel free to contact Daniele.
Click here to see the 2010 Itinerary. |
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JINDABYNE HIGH ALTITUDE TRAINING CAMP.
AUSTRALIA DAY
LONG WEEKEND 2011 (Wed 26
Jan to Sunday 30 Jan)
An excellent camp enjoyed by
the 40 participants. Thanks to Lorranine and Doug of the
Aalberg Chalet for looking after us. Check back soon for
some photos.
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CONGRATULATIONS PHIL GRENFELL
Congratulations to RBCC's Phil Grenfell on winning the
2010 Tues night "Trophy Race" at Heffron Park.
Phil was just too strong and too fast and added his
name to an impressive Honours list which includes a long
line of fellow RBCC members. |
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RBCC
CHRISTMAS PUDDING RACES |
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Congratulations yet again for Phil Grenfell
Congrats to Phil Grenfell who took
out the Christmas Pudding A grade event from the
absolute narrowest of margins from Richard Lang in an
absolutely fabulous sprint at Heffron Park on Saturday
18 Dec.
At the conclusion, all riders from
RBCC and other clubs enjoyed a sumptuous Christmas feast
with kilos of Tiger prawns, etc etc. It was truly
unfortunate that for whatever reason, the Heirachy of
Eastern Suburbs apparently informed Easts members that
this was an RBCC only event. It was always open to
all, as is all of our Saturday races.
Results here. |
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CONGRATULATIONS BRAD & MARJAN
Congratulations to our
Vice President, Brad McGarry and his lovely wife Marjan
on the birth of their son, Bayley Francis McGarry who
was born Thursday evening on 18 November weighing in at
2.2kgs. According to Brad, "Mum & Bub are great"
Mum will be out of hospital soon and we can all
congratulate her on Presentation night next Friday
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VALE
RICHIE SMALL
RBCC is saddened at the passing of Richard (Richie)
Small of the Manning Valley Cycling Club, this morning
from heart failure.
Richie was an enigma of the sport which he loved so
dearly having been a member of Cycling Australia for
over 55 years. Many of us will remember Richie as a
National Commissaire who officiated as Chief Comm at
just about every major event in NSW. He will be
sadly missed.
Funeral details available on
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CONGRATULATIONS RBCC UCI WORLD CHAMPIONS |
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You may
have been wondering how our boys went in the UCI
Masters World Championships in Portugal. Well they
reckon a picture is worth about 1000 words:
Congratulations Dave Stevens,
World Champion in the Masters 40-44yrs, 3000 metre
Individual Pursuit (time 3min 32.435) and the Points
race. Dave was double the score of the Silver
medalist.
Congratulations also to
Gavin White Individual World Champion in the Masters 35-39yrs, Kilo
(time 1:06.169) and Sprint. Gav was also a member of the
winning Team Sprint TeamCongrats also to Ian Aitkin
(former World champion), for a silver medal in the
Sprint and bronze medal in the Team
Sprint (Aust team 3)
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As incredible
as it may seem. If Randwick Botany Cycling Club
had been a country, we would have ran 4th overall.
(See final medal tally below) |
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BRONZE
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TOTAL
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USA
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48
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Australia
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16
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35
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Great Britain
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14
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18
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13
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8
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Canada
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5
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1
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7
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France
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4
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6
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4
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14
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Italy
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3
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3
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4
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10
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Finland
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3
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0
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3
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Germany
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2
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1
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3
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6
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Denmark
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2
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1
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4
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Japan
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1
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3
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1
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5
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South Africa
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1
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2
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6
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9
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Ireland
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1
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2
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3
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6
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Argentina
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1
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1
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6
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8
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Trinidad
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0
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2
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2
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Russia
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1
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2
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3
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Netherlands
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1
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1
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2
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Columbia
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1
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2010 GRAFTON TO INVERELL
A great representation from
Randwick Botany Cycling Club, who were up for the
challenge; including Tim PACKER, Gerard Knapp, Richard
SHEPHERD, Keith BROADFOOT, John Hughes, Graham FERGUSON,
Craig HIBBARD, Bernie HUMPHREYS & Zach LEVIEN.
Full story and pictures
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TDU in Adelaide in January |
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Club Sponsor Ciclismo also
known to us as
club members Daniele Vanolini and Anna Murray are
inviting and welcoming anyone interested in going to
watch the TDU with them in Adelaide in January.
Ciclismo tours are offering a chance to win a free Club
Tour for all those that register and pay their deposit
by 21st October. This is worth $650 and will be drawn at
the end of October. Ciclismo also has Early Bird pricing
for those that get in before 21st October. Check out
their
website for details of Club Tour inclusions ...
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Congrats to all those who competed at the National titles
in Ballarat with Dave
Stevens taking gold in the Mens Masters 3 criterium.
Craig Hibbard, gold in the Masters 1 criterium and Sue
Henry Gold in the ITT and Silver in the Masters 2 womens
criterium. Well done guys and girls. Photos from National Titles Ballarat,
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Congratulations to our NSW Cyclists of the Year.
Matthew Lucas (pictured left), Masters 1 Cyclist of
the year and Gavin White, Masters 2 Cyclist of the year.
Sorry Gav, no photo. |
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ANOTHER
STATE CHAMPION
Congratulations to Big Bazza Mourad pictured left
proudly displaying his Gold medal. Bazza took out
the Masters 5 ITT championship at the NSW Individual
Time Trial Championships at Sommersby on Sun 25 July
2010. It is Bazza's first individual medal and he
started with a good one. Congrats also to Dave
Stevens who took Silver in the Masters 3 event.
The girls did really well also with Sue Henry taking
silver in the Womens Masters 2 event and Anna Murray
taking bronze in the Womens Masters 4 event.
Congratulations gils. More pics
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CONGRATULATIONS RBCC
JUNIORS
Patrick
Sharpe pictured left with his coach, Alex Simmons,
proudly displays his gold medal which he won in the U17
division of the Sydney Metro Road Championships.
Others competing included Keiran Bull, Cameron Horne,
Hugo Gasper, Luca Roncolato, some of whom also got on
the podium. Well done guys.
For more
pictures of the kids,
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Congratulations Sue Henry & Andy Matthews
Congratulations to Sue Henry and Andy Matthews who both
took gold in their respective divisions in the Sydney
Road titles at the International Regatta Centre at
Penrith on Saturday 29 May 2010.
Left, Andy looks pretty happy as he takes out the
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SARAH ROY GETS NEW ARGON 18 GALLIUM PRO
A joint assistance venture between RBCC
and club sponsor Bike Bug has resulted in RBCC being
able to assist one of its members, Sarah Roy, with the
use of a brand new Argon 18 Gallium Pro bike.
Sarah has represented Australia recently
at the Tour of Qatar, the Tour Down Under and the Tour
of New Zealand to name but a few.
When not representing the Australian
Institute of Sport, Sarah will be seen in her RBCC
uniform proudly representing her club and her club
sponsors who have made this sponsorship venture
possible. We would like to thank Bike Bug for
their assistance in this venture and supply of this
beautiful new bike for Sarah's use.
Left: Sarah is pictured receiving the bike from
Club President John Buckton and Vice President, Brad
McGarry. |
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CONGRATULATIONS ALFIE BROWN
RBCC member, Alfie Brown better known to
many of us as the Manager of RBCC club sponsor Bike Bug,
is a Dad!
Nathalie & Alfie are now the proud
parents of a baby girl, Adele Jacqueline Inez Brown.
Our congratulations to Nathalie and Alfie. |
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