The Committee held it’s monthly meeting on Tuesday 8th, following are some of the notes from the meeting: A local Warnbro school is wanting to start an informal bike maintenance and skills class on Tuesdays. They have already obtained equipment and spares, and are looking for someone with a bit of time and expertise to …
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Couple More Marshalls Required
We need a further 4 Stop/Go Batt volunteers for us to be able to run an accreditation course. This course is 4 hours long and will be run on a Saturday morning in Rockingham. Without this qualification we will not be able to run races which commence on April 26th. People attending this course will not …
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Race report – Criterium Championships 30 March 2014
Grey skies and drizzle greeted the large turn out for the Peel Districts Cycling Club Criterium Championships at Smeaton Way Rockingham. In addition to the prizes for top three club members in each grade. There were prizes courtesy of Bikeweek and Port Kennedy Cycles for a prime lap in each grade. A prime lap is …
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WestCycle Survey Results
Here are the results following a survey WestCycle conducted recently about cycling in WA. The results outline the suggested future of all forms of cycling in Western Australia from now until 2020. Please read through and check it out. And if you have any further ideas or comments get in touch with WestCycle. http://www.westcycle.org.au/images/pdf/Our_Bike_Path_FINAL.pdf
Get Active Rockingham
The City of Rockingham has developed a new program titled ‘Get Active Rockingham’ which will run during the month of April 2014. ‘Get Active Rockingham’ is designed to provide a unique opportunity for Rockingham residents of all ages, to experience a wide variety of local and fun recreational activities in a safe environment and to …
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Race report – Motorplex 23 March 2014
Now with extra corners and added wind A new course with extra corners and a much stronger wind than usual at the Motorplex made it a race of attrition for everyone. Individual riders could not attack and ride away. Instead they raced in ever smaller groups. As riders tired, they let the gap grow to …
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Race Report Motorplex 16 March 2014
In a final hit out before the Tour de Perth, a number of Perth best cyclists took to the Motorplex including Travis Meyer formerly Orica GreenEdge now Drapac Racing and 6 riders from the Perth based Nationa Road Series team Giant Satalyst. Which was going to make it hard day in the saddle for the …
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Race Report Parklands 9 March 2014
Roadworks lead to new course and new challenges Due to unscheduled road works, the regular Parklands course was too dangerous to race. So a new course was devised using most of the regular course with hotdog turns at either end. Removing the dangerous section, but including the short climb loved by some riders and hated …
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Next Kit Order
I need to quickly open up for another kit order to fulfill some missing sizes, if you would like to order some which I don’t already have then please contact me before Wednesday. -Mark
Committee Meeting Notes – March
The PDCC committee held it’s monthly meeting on Tuesday 11Mar14 at the Gary Holland centre in Rockingham. Items discussed were: A reminder to all members that if an ambulance is required during any race all races (in all grades) will be stopped. The Peel Junior Tour will now be held at the Motorplex on …
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