The Ring criterium series returned to Smeaton Way circuit in Rockingham last Sunday with the largest number of riders to date. Over 230 took to the circuit, it could of been more, but numbers were capped per grade for safety reasons. It was the strongest men’s A grade field seen at Smeaton Way, with Travis …
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Race Report – The Ring #2, Smeaton Way, 27 November 2106
The Ring Criterium Series came to the middle of Rockingham. The coastal wind, the wide open roads and sweeping corners the Smeaton Way circuit made it very different conditions from the previous week and it was expected to make breakaways more difficult. In the under 13s race, it way very similar to the previous week …
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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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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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Race Report: Lara’s Race, Smeaton Way, 7th February 2016
Last Sunday saw the second running of the annual Lara Devenish Memorial Race for D grade. Lara was a friendly (but fierce) D Grade club member, who took her own life in August 2014. The race coincided with fund raising activity for Lifeline, which raised almost $1000. Which included a raffle for a number of …
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Race Report – Smeaton Way Criterium 13 December 2015
Last Sunday saw some international glamour as three members of the Lithuanian womens’s track development team raced in Peel Districts Cycling Club A grade criterium at Smeaton Way in Rockingham. These young women all under 19 years of age, currently enjoying a training camp in Perth, made a major impact on the race and outperformed …
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Race report – Smeaton Way Criterium 29 November
Criterium racing returned to the centre of Rockingham, with the Peel District Cycling Club racing a modified Smeaton Way circuit on Sunday morning. The change from the circuit that had be raced for the past few seasons was the inclusion of Beale Way, adding two more corners to the circuit and making the turn onto …
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Race report – Club Criterium Championship – Smeaton Way, 29 March 2015
The final race of the criterium season, the Club Championships was held on Sunday at Smeaton Way in Rockingham. For once the weather did not play a part with very little wind. In an evenly matched E grade Luke Steele out sprinted Harry Maude for the win. In D grade, the younger riders attacked on …
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Race Report, Smeaton Way Rockingham, 22 March 2015
The junior race, saw 7 riders face a challenging lap of the full course at Smeaton Way. With crosswinds on the main and back straights and a solid headwind on the short straight in between, making it difficult for all riders. Dakota Ramos managed the winds the best and rode away from her rivals to …
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Race report Smeaton Way 14 December 2014
Smeaton Way is fast flat circuit. It is a difficult course for a breakaway to succeed, though that does not stop riders from trying, most races result is a bunch sprint. In the junior race Joshua Aston won with first time racer Dakota Ramos second. E grade last week was a race of attrition, losing …
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