Last Saturday afternoon saw the start of the Peel District Cycling Club winter racing season at the Motorplex. In the morning, the club held training sessions for juniors and women at the same venue, under the watchful eyes of former professional Graeme Brown. A number of those riders raced D grade, while the rain was …
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Race Report – the Ring – Mandurah Foreshore 3 February 2019
Sunday afternoon saw criterium racing take over the Mandurah foreshore with the first round of the Ring series. With the American national track cycling visiting Perth, Men’s A grade had a truely international flavour, with five American riders including two who had won the American National Criterium Championships on multiple times, lining up. The Americans …
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Race Report – SWCC criterium Stratham 1 February 2019
Last Friday saw seven members of the Peel Districts Cycling Club race with members of the South West Cycle Club at their regular Friday evening criterium in Stratham, south of Bunbury C grade was a very entertaining race (at least for the spectators) with two Peel riders constantly attacking. One rider would attack, the bunch …
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Race report – Club Criterium Championships – Alumina Way 27 January 2019
The final race of the Peel Districts Cycling Club summer criterium series is the Club Championships. Which also sees the awarding of the Lara Devenish Memorial Trophy for the most combative rider.across all grades. Clint Hort made his intentions known from the end of the first lap of D grade when he attacked, the end …
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Race report Hopeland TT 13 January 2019
Last Sunday morning was the fourth race in the Peel Districts Cycling Club’sTime Trial series. What was unusual for the morning was the strong southerly, reminiscent of the old Wednesday afternoon races. Which saw riders pushing into the wind for 8 kilometres, some struggling to hold 30 kilometres an hour in parts. Before turning for …
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Race Report Alumina Way criterium 6 January
Peel District Cycling Club first race of the year was at the Alumina Way criterium circuit in Rockingham last Sunday. With only rider in E grade, Simon Stolton, his challenge was to try and hold on to D grade for 25 minutes and one lap, E grade race length. With a couple of early attacks …
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Race report – Pinjarra Criterium 16 December 2018
The Peel District Cycling Club returned to the Pinjarra Industrial Estate last Sunday for the fourth race in their Summer Criterium Series. The last race in Pinjarra saw heavy rain, this time it was a strong southerly wind, which made the back half of the course challenging. Simon Stolton was the only racer in E …
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Race Report – Alumina Way Rockingham 9 December 2018
Last Sunday saw the Peel District Cycling Club take to the Alumina Way circuit in Rockingham. With most of the juniors racing the Junior State Track titles, it was the veterans of the club racing E grade Starting with D grade Simon Stolton and John Mogg stayed with the bunch for seven laps of the …
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Race Report – Pinjarra Criterium 25 Nov 2018
Peel Districts Cycling Club Pinjarra Industrial Estate criterium last Sunday started in overcast conditions. The State Track titles and the forecast of rain kept the numbers down, particularly in E grade. With only two starters John Mogg and Vanessa Baker. The pair started with D grade to give them some protection from the wind. The …
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Race report – Smeaton Way Criterium – 18 November 2018
Sunday saw criterium racing return to Rockingham, with racing at Smeaton Way. The A grade field was exceptionally strong considering it was only a club race, with Stephen Hall returning to Australia after successful racing season in both Europe and the the US for the last six months. Theo Yates winner of two stages of …
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