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Feb 15 2021
Race Report – Alumina Way 14 February 2021
Sunday saw the last race at the Alumina Way circuit for Peel Districts Cycling Club summer criterium season. The circuit is fast becoming a favourite amongst racers with its’ wide open roads and flowing corners. E grade stuck together for most of their twenty five minute race, with two laps to go Campbell McDowell attacked and …
Feb 03 2021
Race Report – Smeaton Way – 31 January 2021
With the State Track Championships on and riders preparing for the National Road Championships next weekend, the race dynamics were different from the usual at the Peel Districts Cycling Club criterium race at Smeaton Way in Rockingham last Sunday. This was most noticeable in A grade, with the complete absence of the VeloFit team who …
Jan 17 2021
Race Report – Pinjarra 17 January 2021
Last Sunday saw the Peel District Cycling Club race at the Pinjarra Industrial Estate criterium circuit for the third and final time this season. As usual the wind played a role in the race as did the heat in later grades. The first grade away was E grade. Kit Boulton took the Fleet Cycles Mandurah …
Jan 04 2021
Race report – Alumina Way 3 January 2021
Peel Districts Cycling Club’s first race of the year was at Alumina Way last Sunday. While the wind was a factor in the earlier races of the 2020/21 Summer Season. Sunday’s 30 kilometre an hour plus easterly was the strongest and most challenging of all. With a wide difference in ability in E grade, you …
Dec 20 2020
Race Report – Smeaton Way 20 December 2020
Last Sunday saw the final race of the year at Smeaton Way, Rockingham for the Peel District Cycling Club. Which was fitting, as this seasons racing was made possible by the support of City of Rockingham. In E grade new rider Sophie McPhail earned a promotion to D grade, by riding away from the field. …
Dec 06 2020
Race Report Pinjarra Industrial 6 December 2020
The Peel District Cycling Club raced at the Pinjarra Industrial Circuit last Sunday. With three other cycling events last Sunday, the numbers were down in A and B grade. However, C and D grade which are the grades for new rides saw similar numbers to last week in Rockingham.
Gina Moohan and her grand daughter Kristeen Hapi racing E grade
Nov 29 2020
Race Report Alumina Way 29 November 2020
The Peel District Cycling Club second race of Summer Criterium Series which is supported by the City of Rockingham, was at Alumina Way in Rockingham last Sunday. The course is in a quiet industrial area with wide smooth roads that leads to fast racing. The only technical element of the course is the final corner …
Nov 17 2020
Race Report – Smeaton Way 15 November 2020
The Peel District Cycling Club Summer Criterium Series which in proudly supported by the City of Rockingham commenced at Smeaton Way in Rockingham last Sunday. One new initiative this season is prior to racing, a free 30 minute coached skills training session for new racers, potential racers and any cyclist who wants to improve their …
Oct 18 2020
Hilly TT race report – 18 October 2020
The Hilly Time Trial is the traditional end of the Peel District Cycling Club’s winter road race season. The race starts with a climb out of Serpentine Dam and continues to climb and descend all the way along Kingsbury Drive to the Monastery before turning around and heading back to the dam for the finish …
Oct 04 2020
Race Report Peel Classic 4 October 2020
Sunday was the major event of the Peel District Cycling Club calendar, the Peel Classic. This year returning to the Jarrahdale circuit last use, almost 20 years ago. Starting in Jarrahdale with a fast 6 kilometre descent, before turning on to the South West Highway for a windswept bumpy 10 kilometres. Before turning onto Kingsbury …
