| 06/12/04 |
Richard England gets Track World Cup selection
Young Richard continues steadily on his rise up the ranks with his selection
to represent Australia in the next World Cup series event coming up in
Los Angeles, 10-12 Dec 2004.
Congratulations Richard - and all the best of form!
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| 06/12/04 |
Melbourne Cup on Wheels: Barry Woods 4th.
Contratulations to Barry Woods on finishing 4th in the Melbourne Cup on Wheels off 90m! Well done also to Marc Prutton and Kain Nunn for making the final: they were the lone outmarkers and had a lot of work to do to try and keep the field at bay.
Louise Bourke - in her first foray into the open women's racing on the
board track - put in a mature and smart race to ensure a good bunch finish in
both her races. Watch out for her in the future!
Roving Reporter.
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| 28/11/04 |
Graham Woods - 2004 Clubmember of the Year.
Congratulations to Graham Woods for winning the Clubmember of the Year Award
voted on by members at our 2004 Presentation Night.
Graham is a worthy winner having been a non-competive member for many years
(at least 5 according to my records) for the sole purpose of assisting the
club and club members.
Although Graham is known by most as the rider of the motorbike pacing riders at training and track racing, Graham regularly attends all club meetings
and assists at all club track races. A quiet modest man who only ever speaks
well of others, Graham is extremely liked and well respected by all.
Congratulations Graham!
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| 22/11/04 |
Tabatha Cole and Liz Randall nominated for Australian Cyclist of the Year
.
Congratulations to both Tabatha and Liz for their great results at the World Masters this year, and for their being nominated for this years
Cyclist of the Year
award.
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| 22/10/04 |
Richard England severely injured in fall
Our best wishes to Richard for a full and speedy recovery after a fall put
him out of this years Herald Sun Tour. For details see the
Herald Sun Tour page
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| 20/10/04 |
Summer Club Track Races and Grades
The committee has passed a resolution which will see us try some changes to the entry fees and grading for our summer track races.
All riders will be graded by the handicapper into one of 6 grades (A to F),
based on their ability.
Riders in A, B and C (the typical senior grades) will pay entry fees as
per normal and compete for prizemoney.
Grades D, E and F have free entry and will not compete for prizemoney.
For handicap races, riders in grades A, B and C (division 1) will compete in
one race (typically 6 laps) and riders in grades D, E and F (division 2)
will compete in another handicap (typically 3 laps).
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| 18/10/04 |
3rd Come and Try Day
A very successful day again with a total of 30 riders participating - but sorry - no pictures this time (Rowan was at the horse races!).
If you wanted to try out and missed the Come and Try Days - the Thursday
Novice/Skills Sessions start 4th Nov. Come and have a go!
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| 17/10/04 |
Richard England in the Herald Sun Tour
Richard recently hit one of his goals by getting a ride in this years Tour.
But not only that - he has finished the 4th stage at Portarlington
in
3rd place
moving him into 8th place overall - and 3rd in the Australian Based Rider competition!
For all the latest and detailed results see the Herald Sun Tour web site.
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| 17/10/04 |
2004 Melbourne to Warrnambool
A belated congratulations to our Blackburn members that completed this years
299+km event:
Richard England - 9th,
Richard Reid - 53rd (and 3rd in D grade),
Steve Martin - 54th,
Marcus Prentice - 71st,
Carl Brewer - 73rd,
Trevor Cameron - 76th.
A mammoth effort by all. Well done!
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| 06/10/04 |
Come and Try!.
The first of the
2004 Come and Try
days was a great success - thanks to all those that helped and attended
[ photos ]. Don't miss the next two - on the 9th and 16th Oct!
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| 04/10/04 |
Junior Equipment Restrictions. (J17 and below)
The ACF Technical Regulations have been amended (Rule 3.9.03.3) and will be
effective from 1st Oct. Rule 3.9.03.3 now reads:
"For all events wheels shall comply with UCI Regulation 1.3.018 with the sole exception that construction of the rim shall exclude the use of composite fibres (Carbon, Kevlar, Aramid and similar fibres)".
My interpretation is that the 28 spoke and 30mm rim depth limitations have been lifted - and the rim material type restriction added - however please read the regulations yourself and if you have any doubt contact the ACF.
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| 16/09/04 |
Tabatha Cole and Liz Randall - Silver medalists at the World Masters (so far).
Liz took the Silver in the Women's 50+ 500m ITT in a time of 42.908 and Tabatha
finished 4th in the 35 - 39 500m ITT in a time of 40.421. In the Women's 30 - 39 Sprint Tabatha qualified 3rd in the flying 200m with a time of 12.854!
After losing her first heat Tabatha won the repecharge
and continued her winning form until the final where she placed 2nd to take the Silver medal. Congratulations Liz and Tabatha!
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| 31/08/04 |
Liz Randall wins World Masters Road Race and ITT.
Liz is dominating her age category (WMasters 6) in St Johann, Austria
having won the ITT by a margin of 1:09.55 and the Road Race by 5min.
Congratulations Liz!
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| 31/08/04 |
Kathy Watt wins both the state womens Road Race and ITT.
Kathy has again demonstrated that she is still one of the best women cyclists by
taking two Gold medals at the Vic State Titles.
Also proving a worthy competitor with a creditable 8th place was Audrey Quick.
Congratulations also to Adrienne Lang who won the Silver medal
in the WMasters ITT.
In the Elite Mens competitions, Richard England and
Jamie Goddard both represented the club and Le Tour cycles in the ITT
with Richard finishing in 6th and Jamie in 17th. Richard also competed in the Road Race finishing 10th. Congratulations all.
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| 03/08/04 |
Blackburn takes GOLD in the State Club Teams Champs
.
This years State TTT were well represented with 6 teams from Blackburn.
2 Junior teams tackled the challenge, and an ever reliable Masters Men's
team rode hard as usual.
Unfortunately our usually formiddable men's team was absent this time
- but will surely be back next year to show their strength.
The day undoubtedly belonged to the women of Blackburn who fielded 3 teams
(including the first ever Womens Masters team) and ran away with the
Gold by a margin of 2min 24s.
Congratulations to Kathy Watt, Audrey Quick, Rachel Rademaker
and Kirsty Bortolin (team #1) on a fantastic ride - and to coach Simon Quick for building our women's ranks to such a level.
A great show of committment and team spirit was displayed by not only those who rode the event, but also parents and partners who drove the 4 1/2 hours round trip. Lucklily the weather was good! Thanks to all that participated and made sure that Blackburn had a strong presence.
For full results visit the
CycleSport Results page.
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| 02/08/04 |
BBN Newsletter is back!.
Thanks to Richard Knight and contributors - the BBN newsletter
(after a substantial break) is back - and the
July Issue (412kb PDF) is now available.
If you did not receive the newsletter in either your email or letterbox please
let the secretary know.
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| 06/07/04 |
Richard England wins the 'Green Jersey' comp in the
Fitchburg-Longsjo Classic
, a 4-Stage tour in the US. Richard took the sprint competition (
Verge Sprint Points Series) with 230 pts while second place took just 90 pts!
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| 19/06/04 |
Tour or Korea - final reports from Richard England on the two final stages ... MGZT finishing in 3rd!
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| 16/06/04 |
Tour or Korea - more from Richard England.
Email from Richard - working his butt off for the sake of his team - with his team leader Karl Menzies 4th in the GC ...
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| 15/06/04 |
Tour or Korea - by member Richard Enland.
Richard has acquired a spot on the MGZT team competing in the Tour of Korea (Jun 12-20, 2004). Here is his 'informal' email on his experiences so far ...
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| 17/05/04 |
NEW CLUB CLOTHING!
Available for order NOW.
Thats right, we have, at long last, new club clothing! Short and Long Sleeve tops, Shorts - for both for women and men, Vests, Arm Warmers, Skin Suits - all available for ordering NOW. Those that put an order in by the 9th June will be in a draw to win a Siemens Mobile Phone, or a new 2004 Club Short Sleeve Jersey!
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| 14/05/04 |
More success at the Australian Track Nationals ...
Following the posting of the last news item some other results were brought to my attention - namely the success of Martin Vcelka in the LC2 events! Martin took GOLD in both the 1000m ITT and the 4000m Pursuit and SILVER
as a member in the team sprint. Congratulations Martin and my apologies for not
recognising your accomplishments on the last news item along with the others.
Also
Tabatha Cole steered Christine Fisher to take the SILVER in the Womens Tandem. They qualified fastest in 12.24 seconds just 0.14 seconds off the world record.
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| 08/05/04 |
Australian Track Nationals.
Congratulations to our BBN members that competed at the recent track Nationals!
Both Richard England and Tabatha Cole were in the medals with Richard taking SILVER in the 4000m Individual pursuit and SILVER with the Vic State Team in the 4000m Teams Pursuit.
Tabatha's discipline and focus has see her move quickly up the ranks over the three short years she has been in cycling to win the GOLD in the Womens Masters SPRINT and SILVER in the ITT!
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| 07/04/04 |
2004 State Criterium Championships
.
A fantastic number of competitors turned out for the championships held at METEC
on Saturday 3rd April. Congratulations to all and our members who participated.
Richard England proved himself again as one of the States top riders finishing
in second place to take the Silver medal in the Elite Mens event.
Kirsty Bortolin, defending her title from last year, placed third in the Elite Womens event. Have a look at the pictures courtesy of David de Gama. Note also that these and past pictures can be
found via a link under Membership.
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| 05/04/04 |
2004 Senior and Masters Club Track Championships
Were complete on 27th/28th March - with the Scratch Race, Sprints and Points Race having been postponed from their scheduled date in December due to poor
weather and controversial rulings on the points race.
The rescheduled date in March gave Nicko and Alan time to examine the UCI
rule book down to the last detail! And it was a good job they did!
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| 30/03/04 |
Australian Madison Championships - what an event!
On the 20th March the Australian Madison Championships were held at
Vodafone Arena as part of the last track open of the season.
It was one of the closest events with the entire crowd rising out of their seats
as the competitors approached the last sprint.
The leading two teams in the race were on the same lap and only separated
by a few points - the last sprint, worth double points, would decide the winner!
Congratulations to all those that competed at the meet,
and Richard England, Andrew Steele and Steve Martin for taking on the best in
the Madison.
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| 21/03/04 |
BLACKBURN wins GOLD in the State Club Teams Pursuit Title & Richard England wins the State Scratch Race
A day of great success on Saturday 20th March when BBN hosted the state teams championships and the state scratch race titles. Congratulations to our number one team for their great win and to Richard for winning the State Scratch Race.
Thanks also for all those who helped with the running of the day - from Tom down at the lap numbers to the Reith family manning the canteen & BBQ!
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| 05/11/03 |
BBN E-Newsletter. The Sept/Oct issue is now out.
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| 29/10/03 |
Club policy on awarding places in competitions.
As a result of some discussion and debate on this topic
(see August E-Newsletter and news article of the 03/09/03) the executive committee have passed some changes to the policy.
The changes will be in affect for this coming 2003/2004 Track and Road seasons.
In short, only two entries in a category will be required to stage a race for that category and medals will be awarded to the first 3 finishers regardless of entry numbers.
The new policy is detailed under Club Championship Competition Rules and will be in affect for the coming 2003/2004 Track Season.
Please note that the awards to be presented at the coming presentation night are based on the
old policy as it stood at the time of the 2002/2003 Track and 2003 Road Championship events.
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| 28/10/03 |
Lisa Friend - Whitehorse Junior Athlete of the Year!
At the Whitehorse Sports Awards on the evening of Friday the 24 Oct 2003,
Lisa was presented with the Junior Athlete of the Year award.
Lisa has competed since she was 10 years of age and has displayed great
sportsmanship and respect to other competitors and officials and is
extremely modest of her success.
During the 2003 year Lisa collected a total of 22 medals
(11 Gold, 10 Silver and 1 Bronze) from the Metro, State and National titles.
The Blackburn Cycling Club was proud to nominate Lisa for this award and to have
her as a member. Congratulations Lisa!
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| 15/09/03 |
BBN wins 2 Silver Medals at the State Club Team Time Trials.
In extremely strong windy conditions our Women's team took Silver despite starting the event with only 3 team members.
They finished the 40KM course in the time of 1:08:39,
1m 20s behind St Kilda who had the winning time of 1:07:19s.
Congratulations to Audrey Quick, Celine Hepworth and Emily Phillips.
BBN was one of few teams to field two Elite Mens teams and our team of
Richard England, Andrew Steele, Steve Martin and Rob Regester took the Silver
medal 1min 06s behind Brunswick who won in the time of 1:28:58 for the 60KM.
Congratulations also to our second team (results of minor places not yet known)
of Jamie Goddard, Richard Knight, Kain Nunn, Trevor Cameron and Carl Brewer (reserve and vehicle driver). Thanks also to coaches Simon Quick, Brad Robins and
John Nicholson.
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| 31/07/03 |
DE BORTOLI TOUR OF THE YARRA VALLEY.
For a superb report on the event we thank Malcolm Sawford. And don't forget to look at the
tour web site
for photos and results.
Thanks again to all riders, volunteers, officals, sponsors and the communities of Yarra Glen and Healesville.
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| 08/06/03 |
De Bortoli Tour of the Yarra Valley.
Soon to be posted: a dedicated web site bringing you all the latest
information on the 2 day tour (19th/20th July)
proudly sponsored by
De Bortoli Wines
and hosted by the Blackburn Cycling Club.
Available for download:
Press Release (PDF) and
Promotional Flyer (PDF)
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| 04/06/03 |
BBN E-Newsletter. The April/May issue is now out.
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| 26/05/03 |
Our Success Continues at the State Criterium Championships.
Congratulations to all who competed in the championships yesterday at METEC, and in particular to our members that won titles and medals!
Elite Women: Kirsty Bortolin, Gold
Elite Men: Barry Woods, Gold
Richard England, Silver
J15 Men: Sean Bourke, Silver
J15 Women: Lisa Friend, Silver
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| 15/05/03 |
Australian National Champions: Lisa Friend & Richard England!
Lisa made her mark during the National Junior U15 Track Titles taking the Gold in the 500m ITT, Silver in both the Sprint and Scratch, and Bronze in the 2000m Individual Pursuit. Lisa also qualified fastest in the flying 200m and won the 1 lap standing start ITT.
Richard, together with his state teammates won Gold in the Teams Pursuit. Richard has written an
enlightening report for us on his most exciting achievement to date, thanks Richard.
Congratulations to Lisa, Richard and all our representatives: Sean Bourke, Catherine Allen (qualified 3rd fastest in the flying 200m), Martin Vcelka and Rachel Rademaker.
For all the detailed results please see the Cycling Australia web site.
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| 15/04/03 |
Lisa Friend wins the Australian JW15 500m ITT. Congratulations to our Blackburn member Lisa Friend for her stupendous achievements so far at the Australian Junior Track Titles. Lisa won her ITT and has taken Silver in the 5km Scratch Race. I have also unverified information that Lisa has won the Bronze medal in the Pursuit. Stay tuned for more.
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| 08/04/03 |
Blackburn triumphs in State Teams Titles!
Elite Men win back to back Gold in the pursuit, Elite Women win two Gold,
and our Juniors win Silver and Bronze. What a day! Congratulations to all our riders and to our master coaches Simon Quick, Brad Robins and John Nicholson. Well done.
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| 07/04/03 |
More BBN members selected for the State Teams.
Congratulations to Rachel Rademaker, Catherine Allen, Richard England
and Martin Vcelka
for their great results at the State Championships and their selection into
the State Team to compete in the Nationals. Catherine had already clinched a spot in the team with her wins in the Sprint and ITT but the recent performances of Rachel and Richard in the state titles earned them their places.
Both Richard and Rachel won the Silver Medals in their
respective State Championship Scratch Races and also both managed to win the Bronze Medals in their respective Points Races!
The final list of our members selected for the State Team is:
Richard England, Catherine Allen, Rachel Rademaker, Lisa Friend, Sean Bourke and Martin Vcelka.
Martin is riding his first ever track season and has really been firing on all 1 and a half cylinders to earn his place in the LC2 category. We are proud to have him as a new club member.
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| 24/03/03 |
WINTER ROAD CALENDAR and ROSTER now available.
The Winter Road Calendar is now available and can also be accessed via the current summer calendar.
Please read the information related to the Club Roster for the winter season and get your preferences in as soon as possible.
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| 19/03/03 |
Congratulation to Lisa Friend and Sean Bourke!
The Club is very proud to have both Lisa and Sean selected by CycleSport
Victoria as team members in the 2003 Victorian Junior Track Team.
Lisa has dominated her category at the State Titles having won the Gold Medals in all events: the Scratch, 500m ITT, Sprint and Pursuit!
Sean was just out of the medals in the Pursuit (4th) but his consistent
riding has earned him a deserved place in the team.
Congratulations and recognition must also go to Simon Quick for his dedication as Lisa's coach and congratulations also to Brad Robins as coach of Sean and for his position as Coach for the Junior State Team.
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| 19/03/03 |
Blackburn members take more medals at the State Championships.
Medals in the Pursuit Championships were collected by Lisa Friend, Brett Curren, Russell Poole, Martin Vcelka and Rachel Rademaker. We had a bumper number of BBN members compete - no less than SIXTEEN! What a great effort by all.
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| 18/03/03 |
Austral 2003 - Martin takes 6th!
Congratulations to Steven Martin, who flew the BBN Flag high on Saturday night, finishing 6th in the Austral Final at Vodafone.
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| 11/03/03 |
England and Norton take 4th in the
Bendigo Madison!
Congratulations to BBN's Richard England,
who teamed up with Brad Norton
(VIS), to take a hard fought 4th place in the 200 lap
Bendigo Madison on Sunday night.
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| 09/03/03 |
Blackburn, Home of 7 Victorian State Championship Gold Medals!
The first leg of the Vic State Champs (Individual Time Trials and Sprints)
saw some fantastic individual efforts by Blackburn Riders.
Martin Vcelka rode a very hot time in what I think was his first outing.
Lisa Friend and Catherine Allen continued on their merry ways,
surely booking State Team positions with strong wins in both the ITT and Sprint.
National Masters Champion, John Lewis also made light work of the opposition to win yet another State Medal - and Gold at that ...
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| 06/03/03 |
Stop the carnage : Part II. It seems Rowan missed the tales of a few of our other unfortunate BBN riders ...
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| 29/02/03 |
The BBN Accident list: Please stop its growth!
Rowan Geddes has tallied up the number of falls our BBN members have been involved in since the start of the year and reports on the disturbing trend.
Read Rowan's perspective on the stacks ...
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| 28/02/03 |
Leongatha Cycling Carnival 2003 - Another Big Blackburn Outing!
With some noticable BBN big guns absent, it was great to still see the
club perform so well.
The juniors again lead the way, with Lisa Friend and Sean Bourke putting
in a strong performance. Russel Poole showed that it is never too late to make
a comeback,
and even pipped yours truely in the scratch race!
Me, I won the Frontmarkers 800mtr wheelrace,
the first big win of my career.
Now I just have to defend it next year ... Row (Rowan Geddes).
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| 22/02/03 |
More Metros Results: BBN Juniors upstage our Seniors collecting 7 Gold and 3 Bronze!
News of our success at the Metros keeps rolling in.
Congratulations to Sean Bourke (4 Gold), Lisa Friend (3 Gold), and Louise Bourke (3 Bronze)
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| 20/02/03 |
Blackburn takes home a bag of medals from the Metros!
At the Metro Track Championships this last weekend,
our Blackburn women riders showed their strength in collecting 6 medals.
Their assault at the metros was led by Catherine Allen, Rachel Rademaker and Sally Robins who won gold in the Sprint, Pursuit and Scratch races respectively.
Congratulations to all the women who competed and to their coach Simon Quick.
Our Elite Men collected four medals: Andrew Steele and Steve Martin taking two silver, and Richard England collecting two bronze.
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| 06/02/03 |
Amendment to Rule 3.8.04 re spokes permitted on junior bikes. The type of spokes that are permitted for U17/U15 divisions has been amended. In essence spokes may now be of any gauge or shape, including bladed or aero spokes, provided that they are manufactured from metal.
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| 24/01/03 |
BBN E-Newsletter out now. The first issue of the
BBN E-Newsletter is now out. Please have a read!
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| 20/01/03 |
Our club riders at the Australian Road Championships. The Blackburn Cycling Club had a number of riders compete in the national road titles this last weekend. Congratulation to you all for taking up the challenge - and thank you Frank for the report.
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| 12/12/02 |
For Sale:
Training Rollers: TACX ECO TRACK. Excellent condition. $150.
Narre Warren (9705 2052). Ask for Kevin.
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| 12/12/02 |
 KICKAROOS win Trans-Tasman Scoot!. Is this the new direction of cycling? With Scooter Racing the latest prospect to become an Olympic Sport maybe we should be updating our equipment! See Team Photo and Press Release (pdf).
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| 03/12/02 |
Regional Grades now available on the web! As the first step in trying to make the grading of riders throughout the region more consistent and stable, grading lists have been posted on this web site. Blackburn members PLEASE check your grade and email us if you are not happy with the grade as listed. You can find the grades under the Racing menu.
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| 01/12/02 |
RICHARD ENGLAND wins the Melbourne Cup on Wheels!
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| 20/11/02 |
Track Bike for Sale.
A current member is selling his track bike at the great price of $600. It is a Raceline True Temper 53cm with Velocity Deep V Rims and is in excellent condition.
Please mail Steve, or phone 0418 510 515.
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| 04/11/02 |
A number of our Club riders took up the challenge to ride in what must be the the most challenging state open event: the TOUR OF BRIGHT. Our Club Captain Richard England shares his experiences.
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| 29/10/02 | From CycleSport Victoria: The age groups for all Masters Divisions have been updated for 2003.
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| 27/10/02 | Russell Poole, the Club's Vice President, took out the Le
Tour Cycles Roller Derby in a commanding fashion.
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| 20/10/02 |
BBN Club Champ Hit by Car.
Our current road champion, Steve Martin, was lucky to escape
with his life after being hit by a car on the 1 in 20. Steve writes
about this accident and his frightening experience.
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| 05/10/02 |
WELCOME to the new new NEW web site! PLEASE ALL HELP to keep this UP TO DATE. Although still under development I hope that what's here is current. If not - please let us know.
All comments and feedback to Alan
Barnes.
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