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General News
Good luck to all the riders taking part in the Scott 24 this weekend. Special mention to Pete Hamilton and Mark Thompson Dion Blair who will be competing in the Solo Championship event !
Presentation Night & 50th Anniversary Dinner
Sat 2nd November 2008 at Tradies, Gymea
Tickets are now available from Endeavour Cycles the Clubhouse or from John Peters for the Sutherland Shire CC 50th anniversary presentation night. Existing, old members and friends and family are welcome to attend. There are also some great prizes to be won courtesy of Endeavour Cycles and TWE.
Club Tour - Bundanoon Oct 25 & 26
The Hill Climb Champs is on the 25th Maquarie Pass (11.00 Start) on the way to Bundanoon. Followed by Festivities and refreshment at the Bundanoon hotel. $50 deposit can be made with John Peters, Troy Glennan or George/Joe at Endeavor Cycles
Twilight Criterium Racing Every Friday!
Twilight racing returns on friday 10th October
$10 EOL visitors welcome.
5.40 C Grade
6.00 B Grade
6.30 A Grade
MTB Short Course XC- Waratah Park
First Race Nov 5th
Due to race commitments we have postponed the first race until Wednesday 5th November. We will then will again run the series on the first wednesday of each month
See the MTB page for more details
Sat 6th Sep 9am - 1pm
Thanks to the Southern Cross members Phil Kelly, Ian Drinnan and Andrew Brookfield assistance from the driver Ken Cridland on the Protech Plumbings mini excavator we now have most of the footings for the verandah. Stay tuned for the date of theWheelbarrow races (full of concrete).
For Sale: Shimano Dura Ace Race Wheels with Continental GP4000 tyres, 18 mths old, Less than 1000kms - No cluster $650 ONO
Call Aiden 0415 625 181
Membership 2009
Online renewals for existing members can now be made from Oct on the ACF website. New members or those not able to access the system will have to use the manual forms, see the membership page for more details. New licences for the 2009 season are valid from October 1st 2008 so you can get 15 months coverage.
Endeavour Cycles now has the SSCC gilets (windstopper vest) in stock at $69.
SSCC 2008 Club and Open Program is here
2008/2009 Entertainment Book now... it is the best Book ever.
Sutherland Shire Cycling Club is raising funds by selling the 2008/2009 Entertainment Book. Selling for $65, $12 from the the sale of each Entertainment Book will go to the club.
Entertainment Books contain hundreds of 25-50% off and two-for-one offers from popular restaurants, cinemas, hotel accommodation, the arts, and sporting events. There truly is something for everyone with high value offers from Avis, Warner Bros. Movie World, Crown Towers, Hamilton Island, and many more including local Sutherland Shire restaurants and cafes such as Fix Cafe, Little Italy, Thai Rim Nam, Wokstar and Bella Costa Italian Restaurant.
To find out more about the 2008/2009 Entertainment Book, email your order to Alison Anderson (alison.anderson@bigpond.com) or phone (0409 383 003).
Welcome to TWE Wheelsets
Thanks to Specialist Wheelbuilder Greg Ryan for providing SSCC with spare 9 and 10 speed Shimano and Campagnolo wheelsets for use in Club events and as neutral spares during the open Twilight Criterium events. You can contact Greg on 0405 123 153 or by Email.
Metro
If your not into MTB racing but just enjoy getting out into the bush then “Metro” is for you. Metro have been operating for over 10yrs and bring a more ‘social’ side of MTB riding to the club rather than just competitive riding so if you are looking for a friendly and not too challenging start to MTB riding this is the place
Upcoming Events
MTB Events
For all your MTB DH, 4x, XC action throughout NSW check out the NSWMTBA Site Calender here
and now enter Online .
See the MTBA Calender here
MTBA NEWS JAN 08
For full details of WORKING Week Event Dates go to http://www.brightorangeevents.com
The online voting campaign for the Crocodile Trophy ticket is in full swing – the MTB Grand Prix is the official partner event of the Crocodile Trophy (happening end of October, hardest MTB race in the world in QLD – http://www.crocodile-trophy.com). We are giving away one free ticket, valued at $2,400 – currently 3 contestants can be voted for, including Craig Gordon (24H Solo World Champion 2006, from Wollongong), Garrett Sherman (works at Bike Addiction) and Naomi Hansen (from QLD).
By voting on www.burningtrails.com you can win yourself 1 of 4 free entries to the Yellomundee MTB GP:
Yellomundee MTB Grand Prix 2008
October 4-5
In true Grand Prix style the weekend will be spent with a “Free-practice” opportunity on Saturday and, based on rider feedback, “Qualifying” & “Racing” stages on the Sunday. The event is fully catered with camping option, and a 3-course dinner, hot breakfast, lunch and endless snacks.
This event will be a lot of fun for the seasoned racer and the perfect opportunity for first timers to get into racing. For those who have never really participated in a mountain bike race before and always wondered what it was like, the event organisers are planning the track with hosting Western Sydney MTB Club to include easier options for newbies (teams of 3 & 4) and possibly a longer, more challenging circuit for solo riders and duo teams. Let’s spread the racing bug!
All the info is on www.rockytrailentertainment.com
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Race News
10th October 2008 - Twilight Criterium at Waratah Park Sutherland
A Grade
1st Luke Cridland (Southern Cross / Côte d'Armor)
2nd Robert Cater (Randwick Botany)
3rd Kris Koke (Northern Suburbs)
Primes: Cater x2
B Grade
1st Tyrone Attard (Macarthur)
2nd Iann Russell (Sutherland)
3rd Clayton Butler (Macarthur)
Primes: Simon Andrews (Sutherland), Allan Turnbull (Sutherland)
C Grade
1st Liam Sweeten (Sutherland)
2nd Keegan Aitchison (Southern Cross)
3rd George Helou (Sutherland)
Primes: Liam Sweeten
4th Oct - Rained Off
27th Sep Waratah Park - Omnium + Mystery
A
1st Jim Moore
2nd Luke Dale
3rd Tony Unicomb
B
1st Stuart Newton
2nd Drew Turnbull
3rd Murray Walsh
C
1st Darian Wendt
2nd Karen Smith
3rd Ken Martin
20 th Sep Handicap 15 Lap (Top5)
1st + Fasterst
Luke Dale
2nd Daniel French
3rd Matt Hobbs
4th Paul McKenzie
5th Gary Libro
Grafton Inverell
Well done to Jim Moore , Paul Kean and Neil Thorburn for tacking this epic one day race although not in the money they are already preparing for next year.
6th Sep - Rain Stops Play !
30th - 20 Lap Scratch
A Grade
1st Aiden Lyons
2nd Paul McKenzie
3rd Ian Bradford
B Grade
1st Ed Helou
2nd Stuart Newton
3rd John Peters
C
1st Darian Wendt
2nd Col Poulton
3rd Ken Martin
NSW Teams Time trial - Calga Sun 24 Aug
Congratulations to the Mens’ Masters teams who competed on Sunday.
Paul Mckenzie, Steve Melrose, Tony Unicombe and Matt Hobbs who were only 2 secs off a bronze medal in the 2-4 category.
The MMAS5+ team of Neil Thorburn, Allen Turnbull, ,Gary Libro and Kevin Donovan (as Phil Loxley was sick) won the Bronze medal in their division
17th Aug - SSCC Club Road Champs - Don’s Farm Avondale -44km
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Name
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Division
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1
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Paul Mckenzie
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MMAS2 -1st
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2
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Allen Turnbull
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MMAS5 -1st
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3
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Paul Kean
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MMAS4 - 1st
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4
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Tony Unicomb
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MMAS4 -2nd
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5
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Mark Wall
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Elite - 1st
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6
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Gary Libro
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MMAS5 -2nd
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7
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Drew Turnbull
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Elite -2nd
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8
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Felicity Williamson
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WMAS2 - 1st
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9
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Neil Thorburn
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MMAS6 -1st
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10
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Daniel French
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Elite - 3rd
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11
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John Peters
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MMAS4 -3rd
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12
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Phil Loxley
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MMAS5 -3rd
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13
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Craig Hawkins
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MMAS5 -4th
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14
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Mark Nicholls
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MMAS9 -1st
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15
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Matthew Tabone
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MMAS2 -2nd
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16
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Alex Hood
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MMAS8 - 1st
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16
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Bob Knezevic
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DNF - Puncture
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Tour of Tahiti Aug 08
The BR Digital team (Luke Dale, Mark Wall, Ian Russell , Aiden Lyons, Billy Waugh and Marty Hoyle) had great success in Tahiti with Luke Dale winning 3 stages and winning the overall GC in the week long 8 stage tour.
Around the Club
Club Meeting
The SSCC meetings are normally held on the 1st Wednesday of each month at 7.30 pm at the SSCC Waratah Park clubhouse.
Sponsorship
If you are interested in sponsoring the club or an event then please contact me !
Clothing
The latest SSCC racing strip with the Endeavour/Lockwoood Couriers/Tradies sponsors on it will is available from Endeavour Cycles
Bib and Brace’ knicks ($90) and Shirt ($90) or combined bargain of ($170) also skinsuits at $150 and Vests (gilets) at $69 are now available. Please email George or call 9525 6673 at Endeavour.
This strip or plain clothing only must be worn if you are competing in open events. For club events no restrictions apply
Training
Bunch Ride - with the WYD soon apon us Sun 20th will see us leave the Sutherland P.O. at 6.30 for a ride to Wollongong and back (@11.30)
The normal ‘Social’ buch ride leaves the Caringbah Inn at 07:00 (GHD, Rocks, Kings Cross, Double Bay, Bondi Junction) and stop for coffee at ‘Robertos’ in Centennial Park @09:00 depart at 09:30 and be back at C’bah @ 10:45. We will be setting a pace that will be suitable for all riders but may need to split the bunch if we get too big and to allow the Hill Climbers to compete in the KOM after Kings Cross.
For those who enjoy a higher pain threshold the regular Sunday 6.30 bunch from the postoffice does the small park (RNP) regroups at the Sutherland Servo (dep 8.10) and them chaingang into town. Warning: This is a hard ride !
More Info
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