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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. Riders
competing in their registered club uniform may compete in any grade,
A, B, C or D, dependant on their ability as accessed by club
handicapper. Female
registered team members will be allowed to compete in B grade event.
Assistants required to facilitate racing - 2012 Marshal roster
NOW
PUBLISHED.
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CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR NEW STATE CHAMPIONS
Congratulations to all those who
competed at Bathurst last weekend but especially to our
women who had fantastic results in the NSW Hill Climbing
championships. Congratulations to Sarah Roy who
won the Elite Womens event, Sue Henry who took out the
Masters 2 Womens category and Anna Murray who won the
Masters 4 Womens Category. Congratulations girls.
Sarah was also first woman home in the Blayney to
Bathurst event. For full results of RBCC members
in the Blayney to Bathurst, see our
Facebook page. |
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ANZAC DAY
TRAINING RIDE |
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7am Wednesday morning. Randwick gates of Centennial
Park. Training ride to Cronulla via the Coluzzi route.
For those who want a little further distance there will be
the option of continuing on to Kurnell on the return loop home.
For the Really Hard men who just must do the Park. Then
why not start out with us at 7am and then when we turn to go to
Cronulla you can continue on to National Park, Wollongong or
wherever else you want to go. |
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CENTENNIAL PARK CHANGES WILL AFFECT ALL PARK USERS 24/7 |
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Centennial Parklands are
proposing radical traffic changes to Centennial Park which they say addresses
the blackspots (accident injuries) that they have been experiencing in
Centennial Park. The radical proposals include speed humps in the
Grand Drive adjacent to the children's cycle track and perhaps even more restrictive is a proposed 24/7, 20kph maximum
speed limit. Whilst we are 1000% behind any initiative that seeks to
ensure safety for Mothers and toddlers crossing the Grand Drive, we feel that
they should not even be crossing it at all. Quite frankly, the kids track
is in the wrong place. Cycle Centennial informed Centenial Parklands of
this some 10 years ago and even recommended an alternate location which ensured
safety for kids and adequate parking and access for parents.
This plan is ill
conceived and in a word selfish. To inconvenience all other park users on
a 24 hr basis to address the tiny window in terms of overall time when mothers
and kids attend the kiddies track. Para- athletes such as hand cyclists
will be unable to train in the park at all as I am informed that they are simply
incapable, because of their design, to negotiate over speed humps.
Ten years ago, a
consortium of user groups, including delegates from many of the Sydney cycling
and triathlon clubs, came together to address concerns over the last ill
conceived plan by Centennial Parklands which not only proposed speed humps but
also a contra flow bike lane. Cycle Centennial successfully demonstrated
that their plans were unsafe and many of these unsafe aspects were removed
from the traffic management plan. Cycle Centennial has once again convened
in relation to the latest proposals and will be once again making submissions to
Centennial Parklands in respect of the latest proposed traffic management
scheme.
Thank you to all
those who have sent in personal submissions to Centennial Parklands.
Centennial Parklands advise us that we will be informed of the outcome sometime
in May.
Cycle Centennial will
keep you up to date with issues:
http://cyclecentennial.org/
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2012 Club Assistance (marshal) roster
NOW
PUBLISHED. |
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Now all we need is a Marshal Co-ordinator. I have changed
the name to Club Assistance roster. Marshal roster was a
very misleading term. We call on members one Saturday per
year in the vast amount of cases to assist in facilitating
racing at Heffron. Unfortunately some people turn up 15
mins before racing to perform their "Marshaling" duty. The
job is MUCH Bigger than that. We need to ensure that the
track is safe and clear of rubbish and debris. We then
must deploy all the warning signs and witches hats around the
course and all this has to happen BEFORE our Juniors start at
2pm. Club Assistants need to attend and be in the club
golf cart at 1.30pm. At the completion of racing all the
infrastructure needs to be loaded up and brought back in.
Now you don't have to do this personally. You can set up
for instance and have your partner do the marshaling component
for you whilst you race. You can swap with someone else.
There are lots of options. All we want is for you to take
responsibility for your rostered day and ensure that the duties
are performed. My apologies for the short notice to the
first week people, Michael Bogoevski, John
Kempler & Peter Craig who are rostered next Saturday. |
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CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR TRACK TEAM (Again) |
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Congratulations to our Track Team who competed in the
National Masters Championships recently.
Riders: Gavin White, Dave Stevens, Michael Popplewell, Shaun
Colley
& Ian Aitkin.
Overall results for rbcc
Gav white - Gold Sprint (Nat Record), Gold TT, Gold Team
Sprint, Gold Team Pursuit (nat record)
Dave Stevens - Gold Pursuit (Nat Record), Gold Teams
Pursuit (Nat Record), Silver Sprint, Bronze Points.
Bronze Team Sprint.
Michael Popplewell - Gold Pursuit, Silver Points Race,
Bronze Teams Pursuit
Shaun Colley - Bronze Team Sprint
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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,
click here. |
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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CLUB SPONSORS
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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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the night,
click here. |
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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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CONGRATULATIONS WORLD CHAMPION DAVE
STEVENS |
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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
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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 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:
Full Story in
News
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
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COUNTRY
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GOLD
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SILVER
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BRONZE
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TOTAL
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USA
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19
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18
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11
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48
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Australia
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16
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10
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9
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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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45
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5
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1
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2
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8
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Canada
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5
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1
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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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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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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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0
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2
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Russia
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0
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1
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2
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3
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Netherlands
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0
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1
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1
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2
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Columbia
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0
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1
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0
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1
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The Randwick Botany Cycling Club is one of the oldest clubs in
Australia having been affiliated with the then, Cycling Union, in 1903. In
2003 we celebrated our Centenary year with our
Centenary Race day and Mega Dinner party. A strong social theme exists
between our considerable members. Year 2003 saw our membership swell
beyond 150 members. We have a new major sponsor for 2010, being Brennan
IT.
Our membership has exceeded expectations and has approaches 300
members as of late 2010. We are very lucky in that we are one of
only a few clubs with our own clubhouse. The clubhouse consists of an
administration area, kiosk, showers, toilets and shower facilities. The
clubhouse assists in facilitating the great social atmosphere of the club and
the great rapport and comradeship between the club members. It is great to
sit down after racing amongst friends, enjoying a tea or coffee and a sandwich
perhaps, and regaling friends with the highlights of the race. Sometimes
such stories seem more exciting than the Tour De France (especially from the
story teller's perspective).
The kiosk is well stocked with everything from tea and coffee to
soft drinks, sports drinks & ice creams and a range of food from basic
confectionary to fresh sandwiches. Every now and then we even put on a
barbeque.
The club caters for all types of rider who wishes to pursue the
sport of cycling in either a recreational or competive atmosphere. We
cater for the social rider through to the serious racer. We conduct
training rides, fun events, individual & team time trial events, hill
climbs, criterium and road racing events (click
here for more details). Racing is conducted on the
Heffron Park criterium
circuit every Saturday throughout the year in a safe and friendly
environment. To ensure your safety we have marshals situated around the
course who are in contact via two way radio. Accredited First Aid
personnel are on hand every week also.
2010 sees us with a very young but blossoming Junior membership, The club has
produced, International professional riders, World and Olympic champions.
We have 2 current UCI World Masters track champions in the club.
Why & how can I join Randwick Botany Cycle
Club ? For the answer to this question
click here.
If you live in and/or are looking for a club in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney
to facilitate your training or competition needs then look no further than the
Randwick Botany Cycling Club.
RACING
Entry Fees are Free for Juniors and $10 for Seniors..
YEAR ROUND RACING
Racing for juniors commences at 2pm most
Saturdays. (sign on no later that 1.45pm)
Racing commences at 3pm for A B C & D
grades. (sign on no later than 2.45pm).
We recommend that you join a club close to your home or work so
that it is not too greater distance from the start of a training ride and also
not far to go home after a long ride. Whilst we have plenty of members
outside these areas, we recommend that you choose the Randwick Botany Cycling
Club if you live and cycle in the Sydney Metropolitan area. If you are
looking for a cycling club in Sydney to facilitate your cycling in Sydney and
you live in any of the following suburbs then we recommend that you strongly
consider becoming a member of the Randwick Botany Cycling Club.
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Alexandria
Banksmeadow
Beaconsfield
Bellevue Hill
Bondi
Bondi Beach
Bondi Junction
Botany
Broadway
Bronte
Centennial Park
Chifley
Clovelly
Coogee
Daceyville
Darling Harbour
Darling Island
Darling
Point
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Redfern
Rose Bay
Darlinghurst
Darlington
Diamond Bay
Double Bay
Dover Heights
Eastgardens
Eastlakes
Edgecliff
Elizabeth Bay
Haymarket
Hillsdale
Kensington
Kingsford
Perouse
Little Bay
Lurline Bay |
Malabar
Maroubra
Maroubra Junction
Mascot
Matraville
Moore Park
North
Bondi
Paddington
Pagewood
Phillip Bay
Point Piper
Potts Point
Pyrmont
Queens Park
Randwick
Randwick North
Rosebery
Rushcutters Bay
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South Coogee
Surry Hills
Sydney
Tamarama
The Rocks
Ultimo
Vaucluse
Waterloo
Watsons Bay
Waverley
Woollahra
Woolloomooloo
Zetland
Phillip Bay
Yarra Bay
:La Perouse |
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