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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