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LAST DAYS RACING AT HEFFRON FOR 2005 |
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CHRISTMAS
PUDDING RACES & CHRISTMAS AFTERNOON TEA
The Christmas
Pudding races were HUGELY contested. In a
fabulous sprint, Dual Olympian Graeme Brown narrowly
edged out our own Shaun Higgerson for first place,
followed closely by Josh Marden in third place.
The good news was that all three got Christmas
puddings !!
Full results here.
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Don't worry A grade we
didn't replace the $150 first place with a
Christmas pudding. The winner of A grade still
gets the big prize money PLUS the Christmas
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JUNIORS - Your Annual presentation and Christmas
afternoon tea starts at 12 noon.
RACING AT HEFFRON IN 2006- The Christmas pudding
races will be the last racing for 2005 at Heffron Park.
There will be a 2 week break and racing will recommence on 7
January 2006. |
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TOUR de JAMBEROO 18
DECEMBER 2005 |
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This year's Johnny Warren Jamberoo Classic (Tour de Jamberoo)
will be conducted very very soon on Sunday 18 December.
Great social event for a good cause and we would hope to see as
many RBCC riders in the peleton as possible. Full
details.........click
here.
Late news: Tour de France rider and European-based
professional Matt White has pledged his support, as has women's
road champion Rochelle Gilmore and newly-crowned Australia track
cyclist of the year, Ben Kersten. Many of the newly formed
FRF Couriers Caravello Continental team will also participate in
the ride. |
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NEW
FRF COURIERS-CARAVELLO CONTINENTAL TEAM LAUNCH.
Full story
click here. |
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JOSH MARDEN TAKES OUT
THE FIRST
HUGE PRIZE MONEY EVENT ON OFFER AT RBCC's SATURDAY RACES
AND TAKES HOME $250. |
Dec 3 onwards there will be a handicap criterium conducted on
the first Saturday of every month. The D, E & F handicap
will commence at 4pm and the A, B & C handicap will commence at
5pm. In an effort to encourage more A grade riders to race
on Saturday and with the help of our major sponsor FRF,
HUGE PRIZE MONEY will be on offer for the A, B C handicap.
1st place is $200:
The other placings are as follows:
Handicap 1st = $200.00
Handicap 2nd = $110.00
Handicap 3rd = $80.00
Handicap 1st Unplaced A Grade (If A
does not catch)= $50
Handicap 1st Unplaced B Grade (if no B
grade in placings))= $50
Handicap 1st Unplaced C Grade (if no C grade
in placings) = $40
fastest time: =
$50
If you
are an A grader and you come first then you will also
record the fastest time and therefore your total prize
money will be
$250. If you are
first A grader home and not in the placings then it is
likely that you will still record fastest time and will
therefore still collect $50 unplaced A and $50 fastest
time or
$100.
Normal scratch races for grades will be conducted on the
remaining Saturdays of the month. Times will be the same with D,
E & F grades commencing at 4pm and the A, B & C grades
commencing at 5pm. Prizemoney will be similarly fantastic
as follows:
A Grade 1st
$150.00
A Grade 2nd
$90.00
A Grade 3rd $60.00
It is our hope that A graders give the Callouzi training ride a
miss and actually race on Saturday. |
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CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS 2005 RUN AND WON. PRESENTATION NIGHT FRI 25
NOVEMBER |
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The final round of the club championships, 20km ITT, was
conducted at the Western International Dragway on Sunday 6
November. Times (and a few action shots) for all those who
competed are available
here . The final overall tally is also finalised and
available for viewing
here.
The Presentation night was a great success. Pictures
soon. |
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SNOWY WILSON
MEMORIAL RESULTS PUBLISHED
Results of the Annual Snowy Wilson
Memorial held at Heffron Park on 29 Oct, 2005 are available
here. |
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CHANGE OF SATURDAY RACE TIMES DURING DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME |
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Daylight saving starts on 30
October. There is no club racing this weekend as the Snowy
Wilson Memorial Open is on. However starting the following
week, that is, Saturday 5th November, D, E, & F grades will
start at 4pm and A, B & C grades will start at 5pm.
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RBCC HAS A
NEW WORLD CHAMPION - CONGRATULATIONS PETER HEYWOOD |
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Well it's
not in cycling but we reckon if you are good enough to
be a world champion of anything you a worthy of a pat on
the back. Pete is the new World Masters 45-55
Laser Class Sailing champion. The World
Championships were conducted recently in Brazil.
The Laser is a one man 4 metre Olympic class boat and
Pete had two races per day over 7 days which saw him in
the boat for 6 hours per day. It was very
exhausting and Pete relied heavily on his fitness.
Pete told me, "My training rides with RBCC were a vital
part of my preparation. I was always amused in the
coffee shop as other riders struggled to loose weight
while I was desperate to gain any gram I could."
Good on you Peter, Well Done !! |
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RBCC
CLUB ROAD RACING CHAMPIONSHIPS EASTERN CREEK 23 OCT 2005 |
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A fabulous turn up of some 51
riders most in club colours looked really professional.
Everyone had a great time. The circuit really has to be
ridden to be appreciated. Everyone who rode it just loved
it. Great racing with high average speeds across the
grades. Full results........here. |
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VALE KEVIN BLANCHFIELD
It just won't seem the same without
Kev singing out "4 to go" as he passes the Commissaires at
the start/finish line at Heffron Park. It is my very
sad duty to tell you all of the passing of Kevin who's
condition deteriorated after a recent major stroke.
Kev, a long time member of RBCC and Heffron Park regular
will be sadly missed. Kevin's funeral will be held
next Tuesday 11 Oct at 10.30am at Sacred Heart at Randwick
after which he will be laid to rest at Waverley cemetery.
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2005 MARSHAL
ROSTER PUBLISHED ON WEBSITE |
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The 2005 Safety Marshal roster has
now been published on the website (See horizontal navigation
button top left). Non attendance without prior warning and/or
legitimate reason will no longer be tolerated. Please
ensure that if you are rostered you facilitate the duty being
carried out.
Full details here. |
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CONGRATULATIONS LAURA BORTOLUZZI
Winner of
the 2005 Grafton - Glen Innes for Women Road
Race
Laura took out
the Women's equivalent of the Mens prestigious Grafton to
Inverell this year by winning the 160km Womens Grafton to
Glen Innes road race. There were plenty of Road Women
of the year points on offer which should see Laura shoot
even further ahead in the Road Woman of the Year series.
Last year RBCC rider Peter MacDonald took out the Mens
Grafton to Inverell and Laura has backed it up with a win in
this year's Womens event. Congratulations Laura.
Great work from all your team mates at Randwick Botany. |
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18 Sept, RBCC v Sydney CC
HILLCLIMB CHAMPIONSHIPS WATERFALL (Results)
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CONGRATULATIONS
SHAUN HIGGERSON NATIONAL CLUBS U23 ITT CHAMPION |
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Shaun represented Randwick Botany at the National Elite Clubs
Road Cycling Championships at Mooloolaba on the Sunshine Coast,
between Saturday 3rd September, 2005 - Sunday 11 September,
2005. Shaun took the gold medal in the ITT and came second in
the 145km road race. Full results,
click here. SBS has coverage of the event scheduled
for 11am on 25 September 2005.
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CONGRATULATIONS
SHAUN HIGGERSON TOUR OF TASMANIA WINNER |
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RBCC member Shaun "Higgo" Higgerson
won the tour's opening stage from Launceston to Grindelwald and
held the yellow jersey for the entire length of the Tour. Full
story courtesy of cyclingnews.com,
click here. |
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BRYAN MARTIN
REMEMBERED AT HEFFRON |
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At the completion of racing on
Saturday 13 August, a small group of RBCC oldies gathered to
scatter Bryan Martin's ashes on his beloved Heffron Park
circuit. A remembrance ride has been
organised in Qld on Sun 28 August......more |
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FINAL ROUND OF RBCC 2DAY
TOUR CONTESTED AT INTERNATIONAL REGATTA CENTRE, PENRITH LAKES. |
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The RBCC Two day Tour consisted of 4 stages this year, a
time trial, two criteriums and a 55km road race (all
handicapped). For the first time ever we held the road
race on the 5 kilometre circuit around Penrith Lakes at the
International Regatta Centre. It was an absolutely
glorious day with not a breath of wind, nor a cloud in the
sky. The Regatta Centre staff were fantastic.
Some 24 members contested the event. Those who did
enjoyed the venue immensely.
To see pictures, results, story,
click here.
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CONGRATULATIONS TO RANDWICK BOTANY's LATEST STATE CHAMPS |
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2005 ELITE WOMENS
STATE CLUB TEAM TIME TRIAL CHAMPIONS |
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1. Emma James
2. Brittany Orr
3. Laura Bortoluzzi
4. Tanya Newton |
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2005
MASTERS 2-4 STATE CLUB TEAM TIME TRIAL SILVER MEDALISTS |
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1. Pat Naughton
2. John Boles
3. Mark Arnold
4. Mark Robertson |
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2005
ELITE MEN STATE CLUB TEAM TIME TRIAL BRONZE MEDALISTS |
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1. Shaun Higgerson
2. Josh Marden
3. Chris Jenkins
4. Nathan Page
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Full story and more pictures
here.
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VALE AMY
GILLET
"The executive
committee and members of the Randwick Botany Cycling Club are
deeply shocked and saddened by the tragic events in Germany. We
extend our condolences to Amy Gillett's family and friends and
hope Katie Brown, Lorian Graham, Kate Nichols (Katie and her dad
Kevin are well known by club members and regulars at Heffron
Park opens), Alexis Rhodes and Louise Yaxley make a quick
recovery."
Click here to view and add your tributes to the girls on
cyclingnews.com
You never think that
it could happen to you and then last November it happened to me.
It's happening to far too many riders. As cyclists we have
all lost or had friends seriously injured in confrontations with
motor vehicles. I think Cadel Evans summed it up most
aptly when interviewed at this years Tour de France, "I don't
think words can do anything. I don't know how many people have
to get killed before society realise how dangerous motor
vehicles are. I feel sorry for the girls, their friends and
family. Very sorry."
We need to change the
public's perception of cyclists. We need for the drivers
of motor vehicles to understand how vulnerable cyclists are in a
confrontation with a motor vehicle and we need to educate
drivers to be vigilant and more aware of cyclists on our roads.
Perhaps a good start
is via a great initiative I came across recently started by
Steven Southwell and that is the Watch for Cyclists bumper
sticker. It would be great if every cyclist had one of
these on the back of their vehicle. Full details are
available on the website at:
www.watchforcyclists.com. This initiative is a non
profit operation and all proceeds goes into production of the
products and advertising of the iniative.
-- John Buckton
President & Webmaster RBCC.
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2005 NSW CLUB TEAM TIME TRIAL CHAMPIONSHIPS.
RBCC/FRF
have 10 teams entered in the State Team Time Trials. The
teams are now finalised ..............more
If you wish to be inspired, check out the teams/photos/report
on last year's event..............click
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WHERE's DAVE
TREACEY ? |
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Finally got to the bottom of this mystery.
It appears that most of the internet cafes in Europe are not
smoke free and hence Dave won't go near them. Appears
that he finally found a smoke free one in Gent, Belgium and
finally sent us a report and some pictures too.
Sponsors take note, I have photographic evidence that Dave
raced and placed in the Tour of Malta whilst riding his
RBCC/FRF club kit........(lots)
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CONGRATULATIONS TO
OUR LATEST STATE CHAMPIONS |
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Randwick Botany/FRF rider Laura
Bortoluzzi, took out the NSW Elite Women's 20km
Individual Time Trial at Calga on Sunday 19 June 2005.
Laura scorched over the 20kms in 28:29:56. Laura is
now running second behind Leonie Aisbett in the NSW Road
Woman of the year competition. Congratulations from
all your club mates Laura. |
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To see results on Cycling NSW website,
click here. |
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Congratulations also to RBCC/FRF's Josh
Marden who took third place behind Peter Milostic and Big
Troy Glennan in the 43km Elite Men's in a "sub hour"
time of 59:48:45. As a result of this placing,
Josh is now leading the Cycling NSW Roadman of the Year
series. Given his current form he should be a strong
contender for a National Title in two and a half months.
Congratulations also to fellow RBCC/FRF Elite squad members
Nathan Rollason and Chris Jenkins who came 6th & 7th
respectively in the U23 Mens division, with Rollo being the
biggest improver taking over 5 mins off his last year's time |
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MEGA
SOCIAL EVENING |
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Meet the New members night. On Friday evening 17 June we are
having a Trivia night at the Yarra Bay Sailing club. It
will be a great social occasion and opportunity for new members
to meet the oldies. Should be a great night with good
food, few drinks and a lot of laughs. Open to all members and
friends. We would like you all to come. RSVP before
10 June. Full details
here........ |
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RBCC JUNIOR
OPEN SAT 14 MAY |
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The RBCC Junior Open was a great
success.
Click here for results. |
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CONGRATULATIONS
LUKE DAVISON & LAURA BORTOLOZZI |
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Congratulations to Luke Davison, Junior U15 Men Cyclist
of the Year for 2004. Left, Luke receives his award
from Kerry Ruffels, President of Cycling NSW.
Congratulations to Kerry who was voted in on 12 April 2005
about 15 mins prior to this photo being taken.
Congratulations also to Laura Bortolozzi who was awarded
in-absentia, the 2004 Roadwoman of the year award. Click on
photo for full size view. |
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CONGRATULATIONS DAVE TREACY |
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Congratulations to Dave Treacey who finished 3rd in the
International Tour Ta Malta. Dave is hopeful that this
excellent result will get him a berth on the Maltese team
for the Commonwealth Games. The Tour was covered by
The Times (timesofmalta.com). To read the story,
click here. Dave confirmed in an email to us on 12
April that he was meeting with the Maltese Olympic Committee
that date. We wish you every success Dave, and hope
that you are on the team. Good luck from all your
mates at Randwick Botany. |
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CONGRATULATIONS TO
OUR LATEST STATE CHAMPIONS |
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Randwick Botany rider Shaun Higgerson,
sponsored by MG XPower, took out the NSW Men's U23 State
Hill Climb Titles at Bathurst. This is third year in a row
for Higgo if I am not mistaken. Higgo clocked the
fastest time overall (including the Elite Men) up the
mountain in a 8 min 31. In fact Higgo won everything over
the weekend including the crit and the road race. |
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To see results on Cycling NSW website,
click here. |
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Congratulations also to RBCC's Josh
Marden who took second place to ex RBCC, rider Pete "The
Machine" McDonald, now of Caravello, who took Gold in the
Elite Men's division. Knew it was going to be close
between Higgo and the Machine with only 10 seconds
separating them with Josh only 11 seconds further behind
Pete. Will make for an interesting Jindabyne camp and
the Dead Horse dash next January. Even though Pete has left
RBCC, you might have noticed the close association of the 2
clubs in the uniform and the major sponsors. |
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TRACK SEASON
DRAWS TO A CLOSE |
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CONGRATULATIONS LUKE DAVISON
At the
on 26 & 27 Feb 2005, Luke had a great weekend as a first
year under 17 securing a third in the 500m Time Trial, a
second in the Mens 17
Sprints (loosing the 3rd of a best of 3 by
under 30cm). He partnered with Hunter Districts rider
Peter Lewis disguised in RBCC FRF colours and together
they narrowly missed the gold in the Madison.
Congratulations Luke.
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Congratulations to Chris White who took the Silver medal in
the
NSW Master
State Championships in Masters 5 division on 5
March, 2005. Congratulations to all those who
represented our club and our sponsor including Masters, Dean
Preddy & Crispin Arnell and Adriano Maradini and Benjamin
Elliot in the Juniors. |
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VALE BRYAN MARTIN |
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It is with great sadness that I inform you of the passing of
Bryan Martin. Bryan, a long time member of the
Randwick Botany Cycling Club who moved to Queensland several
years ago, impacted with a guard rail whilst riding his
bicycle a few days ago. The cause of the accident is
not known at this time. Bryan was revived at the scene
and was placed on life support. The life support
system was turned off on the afternoon of Saturday 26 Feb,
after his family had had a chance to visit him.
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In Searching through the
old photos of Bryan, it suddenly dawned on me that
the big lump of a lad next to him in this photo is
none other than our own Roger Crawford. Roger
reckons that this photo is most likely day two of
the Coonabarabran to Gunnedah to Tammworth (probably
in the 80's).
Bryan, Marty Millwood
and Roger travelled to numerous country races in
Bryans old milk truck. Bryan and Roger
were a formidable madison team and gave it to the
younger riders on numerous occasions. Roger
and Bryan were die hard track and road riders who
enjoyed their sport immensly. Roger, like many of us
at RBCC struggle to understand how such a competent
rider has been taken away from this world in such
tragic circumstances. We are all deeply
saddened by Bryan's passing. Indeed this
picture has saddened Roger greatly, however in time
I'm sure that it will serve to put a smile on your
face Roger, as you remember the happier times and
the great bloke that Brian was.
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Sadly he passed away in the
early evening of Saturday 26 Feb 2005. Bryan died doing something
that he loved and that was cycling. Bryan was involved in all
facets of the sport over the years including track and road and got very
involved in tandem road racing over the last few years. One of my
fondest memories was Bryan and his (female) partner coming underneath me
around one of the sharp corners (in the squircle) in a B grade
race at Heffron two-up on the tandem whilst wearing his trademark
"Stubbies" shorts (he would never wear knicks unless he had to).
Now that's something you do not see everyday. Our deepest
condolences to his family. He will be sadly missed by many of his
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GUESTBOOK:
Feel
free to share your memories, thoughts about Brian in our guestbook.
Thanks to Steve Hogg and Tanya Bosch who have both left messages.
Click here to go to our Guestbook. |
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