The start of the Peel Districts Cycling Club winter road season saw a record number of riders racing. In part due to a large number of juniors from the Midland Cycling Club. The youngest riders raced in E grade accompanied by chaperones for three laps of the 8.6km circuit. On the first lap, the grade …
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Race Report – Stan Gurney V.C. Memorial – 25 April 2016
Stan Gurney was a well known Western Australian cyclist who was awarded the Victoria Cross posthumously after being killed in action in El Alamein in 1942. Since 1943 the Midland Cycle Club have organised the Stan Gurney V.C. Memorial Bike Race. In recent years, it has been a criterium raced at the Midland Railway Workshop …
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Have your own MyLaps chip?
Just a quick request for those that have their own MyLaps chip already (members and frequent visitors). Can you please send your chip number to Roger (rkw@pdcc.asn.au) so we have a record at registration. This should speed up the registration process, and you don’t need to go and fetch your chip off your bike!
Race Reports Sunday 17 April
This weekend saw the close of the Peel District Cycling Club Sunday summer racing season with the Time Keepers Time Trial at Hopelands. It also saw the running of the toughest road race of the year, the Delirium 24 Hour race, host by the South West Cycling Club on a short 2.4 km circuit along …
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MyLaps coming to PDCC
The club has purchased a MyLaps timing system to replace our previous setup, hopefully we can start implementing it for the start of the Winter season on April 30th. For those not familiar with MyLaps, it allows you to: purchase your own personal timing chip use your chip at any club that runs MyLaps (ATTA, …
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Race report – Club Criterium Championships – Smeaton Way, 10 April 2016
The Peel District Cycling Club Criterium Championship coincided with the Midland 100 which included the State Under 19 Road Championship. So much to the relief of the older club members, the younger riders chose to start the road race season early and race in Gidgegannup rather than Smeaton Way criterium circuit in Rockingham. Over the …
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April Updates
A few small news updates for PDCC members and community: Reminder for those travelling to Sunday’s crit in Pinjarra that the Freeway Bike Hike is operating on southbound lanes of the Freeway until Thomas Rd. Those coming from far away lands may need to find an alternate route. We have opened pre-registrations for the Time …
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Race Report 20 March 2016 Parklands
Sunday was the last club race at Parklands for this season. Part of the circuit had just been resurfaced, which resulted in a light covering of stones the full length of the 400 metre climb. Which was going to mean a major change in tactics for some riders. You needed to follow the wheel tracks …
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Race report State Criterium Championships 19 March 2016 Tech Park
Last Saturday saw the running of the State Criterium Championships at the Tech Park in Bentley. Peel District Cycling Club was well represented in all junior, open and masters events and the results. The first races of the day was the under 13s. In the male race, after 5 laps in the bunch sprint Ashton …
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Race Report 13 March 2016 Smeaton Way
With the Grand Fondo World Series in Perth last Sunday with the chance to qualify for the World Championship in Perth in September. It was expected the numbers racing at Smeaton Way in Rockingham would be down. While the number of riders were down, particularly in A grade. There was good numbers in B, C …
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