Last Saturday afternoon the Dog Hill circuit in Baldivis saw the start of the Club’s winter season with a record number of 112 riders across five grades. E grade with the smallest number of riders, quickly disintegrated. With Patrick Burnside riding away from the group to take the win and a promotion to D grade. …
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Race report – Serpentine 14 May 2016
Saturday afternoon saw over 100 riders take to the Serpentine course. E grade saw eight young riders and their chaperones take to the nine kilometre circuit for three laps. The pace of almost 30 kilometres an hour, saw a few riders dropped. So when the group turned on to Karnup Road for the final time …
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Race Report – Dog Hill 7 May 2016
Clear skies and a strong southerly greeted the riders at the Dog Hill circuit. The wind impacted on every race and each grade was different. With only two riders, E grade started with D grade. Unfortunately the D grade pace was too high and the pair had to work together to survive their 20 kilometre …
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Race Report Casuarina 30 April 2015
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 – Presidents Cup 10 October 2015 Casuarina
The final race of the road race season is the President’s Cup a handicap race, were everybody is racing over the same six laps of the 8.5km Casuarina circuit. Their start time was determined, by their race grade, with the intention of everybody finishing together. Last year, the race was won by 78 year old …
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Race Report – Pinjarra Classic 20 September 2015
Last Sunday saw the running of the Pinjarra Classic the premier race on the Peel District Cycling Club calendar. This year saw a record turn out of over two hundred riders competing across four grade as well as under 17 men and women races. A grade is the only grade which races two laps of …
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Race Report – Club championships Serpentine 12 September 2015
It was fine but very windy when the racing started last Saturday. The conditions were going to be tough, and it was expected most grade would finish in a bunch sprint aided by the strong tailwind down Karnup Road. Instead the wind managed to break every grade up and then the rain and later hail …
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Race Report – Dog Hill 5 September 2015
Last Saturday despite a forecast of rain and strong winds Peel Districts Cycling Club had the biggest turn out of the year with over 100 riders racing. Unfortunately with over 100 riders, there was only one E grade racer. Callum Milne, so he raced with D grade. Which was a fairly frantic race which saw …
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Race report Dog Hill 7 August
The strong wind and threat of rain, did not put off over seventy riders at Baldivis on Saturday. Including more than ten people taking advantage of a three day licence to try out road racing. While most of the grades had good size fields, E grade only had two junior riders and they had the …
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Race Report – Casuarina – 11 July 2015
The Casuarina circuit is fast becoming a favourite amongst club members and visitors with 100 riders racing last Saturday, including a incredible 37 in B grade. In A grade, it looked like a repeat of the last race here when Ryan Willmot and Logan Calder got away on the first lap. The pursuing bunch broke …
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