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RROTY 2024 Current Standings (8 Rounds completed)
Rank Rider Races First Second Third Fourth Fifth Signs Points Pts/Race Last 5 Rounds 1 BOURKE Dene 6 1 0 0 1 0 1 40 6.6667 3,SIGNS,7,6,4 2 FERRIS Pat 6 0 1 1 1 1 1 37 6.1667 10,3,4,13,2 3 BRENNAN Shaun 5 1 1 0 1 1 0 35 7 9,2,5,14,1 4 WILKINSON…
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Billy O’Mara: 2008 Nemingah – Nundle Champion
We’re not quite sure what happened, but somehow the handicapping gods smiled on Billy Mara, giving him a golden opportunity to win the 2008 Nemingah – Nundle road race. When the starting order was announced, we were all surprised to hear Billy’s name called out with the 5 minutes from “go” group. What was going…
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NSW Masters Championships Results
PORT MACQUARIE 17th and 18th May 2008. Seven Armidale cycling club members and families headed to Port Macquarie for the NSW Masters and Criterium Championships which was held 15 kilometres south of Port Macquarie on long and short courses which provided good racing conditions. The road race is held on an old section of the…
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Round 1 to the young generation
The first race of the Club Championships was held on Long Swamp Road on Saturday 10 May. The popularity of the course saw a big turnout, with everyone keen to tackle two full laps so they could ride both of the big hills twice.
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Coonabarabran – Gunnedah 2008
Coonabarabran – Gunnedah will be held this year on Saturday 28 June. Details in this flyer.
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Nemingah – Nundle 2008
Tamworth Cycle Club will be holding the Nemingah – Nundle handicap on Sunday 25 May. There will be 3 races this year including the usual 100km, a 40km, and a 10km for juniors. More information in this flyer.
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Road race places (20, 40 & 100km)
Complete listing of places and times for the 20, 40km and 100km races are shown below.
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Armidale Road Race Carnival Results
Armidale riders took out the major prizes in the Club’s road race carnival held on Sunday 4 May between Mount Yarrowick and Bundarra. Wilfried Keller was a popular winner of the main race of the day, a 100km handicap. Well known for his willingness to attack at all costs (he has been known to attack…
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Club racing 3 May 2008
On a windy day and with most riders saving themselves for the road race carnival the next day there were no standout times in the junior time trial … with the exception of Clancy Rowlands and Emma Swan both of whom were competing for the very first time! Clancy recorded a very good 2:42 on…
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John Dewhurst Trophy returns to Armidale
Geoff Straub continued his excellent form to take out the John Dewhurst Memorial Handicap Road Race on Sunday 27 April. Starting off the scratch mark, Geoff also took the prize for the fastest time, showing that he is one of the strongest riders in the region at the moment.
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Club racing 26 April 2008
Six of ten starters recorded PB’s in the junior time trial, including the Allen brothers, Lasse Mikkelsen, Kyle O’Hara, Rita Brisset and Roberta Thompson (well … it was Roberta’s first ride, so she’ll only get faster from here!).
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Thoughts on club rides
This post comes from Wilko. Prepare to be challenged(!), and feel free to add comments on this issue. With many years associated with the Armidale Cycling Club I do think we may be losing some direction in what has made this Club special – and that is the real strength in a Club is not…
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Accident prevention
In a period of just over 12 months, there have been 8 serious accidents within our club, with 10 riders injured badly enough to be out of action for lengthy periods. This represents a substantial increase on the previous year. Of these accidents, one was an incident with a car and another involved a mechanical…