The Parklands circuit is not your typical criterium circuit at close to 4km long and with a short sharp hill, it is more like a short road circuit. The race is still carried out at the frantic criterium pace, though with the climb, the winner often from a lone attacker or from small group. The …
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Race report – Motorplex 30 November 2014
The criterium racing returned to the Kwinana Motorplex. Which offers a number of different circuits to race. The circuit used on Sunday included a sharp turn followed by a short climb up the narrowest section of the course. This proved challenging for the handcarts who where racing with the Peel District Cycling Club for the …
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Race Report – Criterium Smeaton Way 23 November
The criterium season started last Sunday at Smeaton Way, Rockingham. The south westerly was going to make the racing challenging, as you raced toward the finish line you turned in a strong headwind. Which was going to make it a difficult day for any breakaways and riders who liked to start the sprint early. The …
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Race Report Dwellingup Handicap
The final Peel Districts Cycling Club road race of the season was a handicap race from Dwellingup to Pinjarra and return. The third group of riders, contained the 1st and 2nd in the previous Dwellingup handicap, under 15 riders Lachlan Connan and Jordan Dawson, were put into difficultly with their restricted gearing on the rapid …
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Race Report – President’s Handicap Wandi 4 October 2014
Last year Ken Portman at the age of 76 finished last in the President’s handicap. This year he and two of his compatriots from E grade started 20 minutes before the next group, which was a one lap advantage for this trio on the bumpy 8 kilometre Wandi Course. The trio completed their first lap, …
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Race report, Pinjarra Classic and the State Junior Road Race Championship, 21 September 2014
The biggest races of the year for Peel District Cycling Club, the Pinjarra Classic and the State Junior Road Race Championship were run in the toughest conditions for cycling heavy rain and high wind as storm front move through on Sunday morning. The climb to Dwellingup was significant in all grades of the classics and …
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Race Report – Club Championships Dog Hill 13 September 2014
The club championship, saw the biggest field of club members this season. The beautiful weather would of helped, though for some an extra lap of the course for all grades in the club championships was going to be testing. A grade was an aggressive race, with a number of attacks and riders getting dropped. On …
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Serpentine 6 September 2014
With other races on the weekend and inclement weather, the number of riders was well down from usual. While the threat of heavy rain may of keep some riders away it was the strong winds that had a major impact on the racing. With a third of the course into a strong 40 kilometre an …
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Race Report Wandi 23 August 2014
Spring came early to Wandi with plenty of sunshine and warm weather, though an unseasonal strong westerly which made racing challenging. The first race was junior race, which was won by Taj Redjwell with Ethan Clark second. In the first couple of laps A grade quickly split in to two groups and while riders moved …
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Race Report – Collie Donnybrook Return Classic
Twenty riders from Peel Districts Cycling Club, traveled down to Collie for the 89th Collie to Donnybrook Cycling Classic. Which had a record breaking field of 184 riders race the 106 kilometres from Collie to Donnybrook and return. The race is a handicap and gives amateur riders of all skill levels a chance to race …
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