cycling wa omnium issue 1 december 2010

It is with great pleasure that I welcome you to the first edition of Om‐nium, which I hope you will enjoy. Our goal with this publication is to provide our members with news, views and articles of interest from the world of cycling, covering everything from elite WA athlete profiles, hints and tips from some of our best coaches, reviews and previews of events, club and volunteer profiles to promotional offers from some of our partners. I’m sure you’ll find it an interesting and informa‐tive read, and we’d wel‐come your feedback on content for future edi‐tions. At the office things are as busy as ever. The team is very active in relation to the opera‐

tional demands around events support and member services, as well as looking further forward at ways and means of improving the range and quality of ser‐vice we provide for 2011. Claire South has slotted into her role as Operations Coordinator very smoothly and is already proving an asset to the organization, and our Operations Manager Toby Hodgson continues to work tirelessly in the support of the sport in WA. On my desk at the mo‐ment are a number of projects including the re‐establishment and structure of our talent identification and ath‐lete development pro‐grams, initiatives related to the marketing and promotion of the sport and events in WA, and the establishment of the

new umbrella organiza‐tion that will be charged with holistically repre‐senting the sport and activity of cycling in the state as a result of the recommendations con‐tained in ‘Community of Cycling Report’ released last year. Following the recent AGM and the planned implementation of rec‐ommendations arising from the Governance Review Project there are certainly plenty of initia‐tives and projects on the ‘radar’ over the coming six months that will see us move closer to realiz‐ing the huge potential of our sport, and I look forward to sharing that journey with you as we progress. Best wishes, Garry Chandler Cycling WA CEO

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C y c l i n g WA

Issue 1- December 2010

Athlete Profile: Cameron Meyer

2

Come and Try day 5

Chevron Australia ‐Perth International Grand Prix

6

Festival of Sport 7

Coach Profile: Darryl Benson

8

The Official Word 10

Club Profile: Roues de Chaudes Club de Cyclage

11

2010 WAIS Athlete of the Year

12

Sports Star Awards 13

Calendar 14

Inside this issue:

www.wa.cycling.org.au

Claire South caught up

with Cameron just be‐

fore the Perth Interna‐

tional Grand prix for a

short chat.

Who is your coach?:

Matthew White ‐ Direc‐

tor of Garmin Transi‐

tions and Darryl Benson

‐ Head Cycling Coach at

the Western Australian

Institute of Sport.

When did you first start

cycling seriously? Was it

a family interest? I

started competitive cy‐

cling in 2001 at 13 years

of age. My school ran a

mountain bike program

and a result I received a

free pass to the Midvale

Speeddome. I went to

use the pass and I found

I really enjoyed cycling

at the track and so it all

started from then.

Was there a ‘eureka’

moment when you re‐

alized you were good

enough to have a ca‐

reer in the sport? Yes, I

think when I won three

Junior World Titles in

2006. I was very happy

with the results. It built

up my confidence in my

cycling ability and I

started think I could go on

to achieve even greater

results.

How competitive is the

relationship with Travis?

We work really well to‐

gether as team mates in

all respects ‐training and

racing.

Athlete Profile: Cameron Meyer

© Racey Images Richard Smith m: 0412 859 132

Armadale Criterium 13th November 2010 Ian Hills © Photo Images m: 0427 657 050 e: [email protected]


What are your

short and longer

term goals? My

short term goal

would be going to

the London Olym‐

pics and winning a

gold medal. In the

long term I would

like to ride the

Tour de France

and one day win a

stage.

What do you en‐

joy doing away

from the bike?

Any other sporting

skills? I love to play golf,

go to the movies and go

out for coffee with

friends.

Do you get much time

to visit friends? No, I’m

only in Perth for about 5

weeks of a year so it is

hard to find time to visit

friends and family.

Who is your sporting

hero? Shane Kelly, even

though was a sprinter he

is a very inspiring ath‐

lete. He competed in

five Olympic Games and

was competitive at each

one.

What’s the best thing

about being a world

class touring athlete?

You get to see the

world, many different

countries and experi‐

ence many different cul‐

tures. And the worst?

The worst thing would

have to be the hours

spent on flights and liv‐

ing out of hotels.

What advice would you

give to aspiring young

riders? Enjoy your cy‐

cling, it’s a hard sport

but if you show commit‐

ment, dedication and

the will to achieve your

best, you can achieve

your goals.

“The worst thing

would have to be

the hours spent on

flights and living

out of hotels.”

Cameron’s dates: Oceanias Australia World Cup, Melbourne

TasmaniaLaunceston Criterium

Davenport Wheel Race

Australian Road Nation‐als

Tour Down Under World track Champs

You’re still only 22, but

what have been some of

the highlights of your ca‐

reer so far?

Achieving 4 senior track

world titles, winning 3 gold

medals at the Common‐

wealth Games and com‐

pleting the Giro d'Italia in

2010.

Any low points? I had two

shoulder reconstructions in

2009 and was out of train‐

ing for about four months

from July till November. I

thought I was going to

come back and not be able

to compete at the highest

level. But it turned out it

wasn’t as bad as I had

thought. I have good sup‐

port from my family,

friends, coaches also sup‐

port staff which enabled

me to get back on track

with my goals.

most everyone. Using the power of 9 data‐bases, some radio pro‐motion on the radio, and 21 keen volunteers, 49 participants and their guardians had a great day trying out equip‐ment. Our aim was to help people have a go, ride a bike and steer them to‐wards further participa‐tion.

One of our great devel‐opment projects has been the “Come and Try day‐ Cycling for all abilities" on Saturday 6th November 2010 at George Burnett Park, Karawarra, 9am to 12 noon. With the assistance of 9 organisations who promote cycling for people of all abilities we had a fantastic showcase of equip‐ment suitable for al‐

From Cycling WA we would like to thank eve‐ryone involved for there great work. Thankyou to: Pedal and sports toys, Over 55s Cycling Club, Technical Aid Dis‐ability , WA Tandem Ad‐visory Council, WA Dis‐ability Sports Associa‐tion, Rocky Bay – Getabout, Wheel Chair Inclusion WA, Therapy Focus, the Centre for Cerebral Palsy .

Cycling WA Come and Try Day- Cycling for all abilities- Saturday 6th November 2010

Cycling WA helps Mountain Bike trailblazers

Since 2007 Cycling WA has assisted Perth Mountain Bike Club and the WA Mountain Bike Association build tracks in WA. With Lotterywest fund‐ing in 2007 of $35,000 and 2009 of $75,000 the money has been devel‐oping Lane Pool and Kalamunda tracks. .

Department of Conser‐vation plus a dedicated group of track builders and mountain bikers have carved out some great trails. Key players in this has been John Carney, Murray Wynne, and of course Lotterywest Grant Officer Steve Hammond.

Cycling WA’s role has been in promotion of the trail building, and conducting basic grant administration. We salute the trailblaz‐ers in this fantastic pro‐ject and look forward to faster downhills and more trails for all abili‐ties


Race. The crowd roared as the men pushed them‐selves in a strong sprint finish and Meyer defeated WA cyclists Steve Hall (second) and Michael Freiberg (third) with a time of 11min 24seconds.

Commonwealth Games gold medalist Michael Freiberg continued his win‐ning streak achieving gold in the Men’s 20km Pointscore against Cana‐dian cycling star Zac Bell, who came in second with Meyer close behind in third.

Germany brought their

best and posted some great results and performances on the night, up against our top Western Australian track cyclists Josie Tomic, Sarah Kent and Melissa Hoskins. The female endurance rider Elke Gebhardt from Ger‐many took out the Women’s 7.5km Scratch Race winning with a time of 9min 31sec. Kent fared the best of the Australian cy‐clists finishing sixth.

Seventeen year old Midland Cycle Club member Jessica Allen produced a great dis‐play when she took on top riders from Germany and USA in the Women’s 15km Pointscore race coming away with a bronze medal.

Chevron Australia - 2010 Perth International Track Cycling Grand Prix on Saturday November 21, 2010.

The Midvale Speeddome was a sell out as Perth’s sports fans turned out in their thousands to witness some of the world’s best track cyclists in action at the Chevron Australia ‐ 2010 Perth International Track Cycling Grand Prix .

A strong field of interna‐tional endurance and sprint cyclists took to the track against our home grown heroes on Saturday bringing some great results for WA’s own Cameron Meyer, Scott Sunderland and Michael Freiberg.

Meyer proved too fast in the Men’s 10km Scratch

Ian Hills © Photo Images m: 0427 657 050

Lithuanian cyclist Simona Krupeckaite showed the crowd why she is a number one cyclist when winning the Women’s 8 Lap Keirin and Womens Sprint.

Scott Sunderland (WA) took on the German male riders

in the Men’s 8 Lap Keirin and with a tight finish man‐aged to hold the lead win‐ning gold against Robert Forstemann and Rene En‐ders from the German sprint team.

German riders continued to prove their talent with

Stefan Nimke winning gold on both the Men’s Sprint and Men’s Sprint Flying 200m. Sunderland was close behind gaining silver medals in these events for

his efforts.

Perth Festival of Sport Criteriums, Roues De Chaudes de Cyclage, Sunday 21st November 2010


The weather was overcast and humid with no wind early. The open was held in slight drizzle with a variable cross breeze. W o m e n ’ s R a c e : Fifteen women started a very attacking race and the class of the German national endurance track team showed through with Made‐laine Sandig breaking away with local rider Sarah Hol‐lands early on. In the latter third of the race the German rider attacked Sarah and managed to get away and soloed to victory. Two other German riders broke out of the bunch and got across to Sarah with a few laps remain‐ing. Sarah showed her class to come in for 3rd behind Lisa Brennauer and ahead of E l k e G e b h a r d t . M a s t e r s r a c e : Eleven starters participated in a brutal race of 30 min‐

utes. Sam Smith and Andrew Brieley attacked hard and consistently to decimate the field straight from the gun. Sam and Andy rode together for 20 of the 30 minutes ahead of a good chasing group of Brett Stapleton, Fenton Moran and Chris Glasby. Marty Depiazi was a further half a lap down ahead of a decimated bunch. Sam out sprinted Andy for the win but the chase group started jockey‐ing for position and in the move of the day Marty caught them on the bell lap and immediately attacked and held on for third. S u p p o r t R a c e : Twelve riders started the support race. A small group got away fairly early but Troy Coulthard got the diesel en‐gine going to close it down. Attacks continually went but got shut down straight away. Finally Theo Yates rode hard to get away off the front to take a fairly comfortable win. The remaining bunch settled in to sprint for the minor places. Will Heath used his strong sprint to take 2nd over Craig Johns in 3rd. M a i n R a c e : In blustery and wet condi‐tions an exceptional field of 17 elite riders gathered to contest this prestigious race. It took no more than 2 laps to see that a special

group was going be dictating terms here. Sam Davis, Logan Calder, Michael Fitz‐gerald, Matt Irvine and Brad Linfield broke away and formed a race‐winning break. The wind was up and the main field simply disinte‐grated in this 50 min smash fest. Several riders fell in the slippery conditions, none more so than Brad Linfield who after taking a lap out rejoined the break and went on to finish second behind Sam Davis in a tightly fought sprint. Logan Calder was T h i r d . Thanks: sponsors Steadyrack, Sports Massage and Physiotherapy, Cranked Café, the commis‐saires, officials and volun‐teers for their time and ef‐fort. A special thank goes out to The City of Perth and TriEvents for putting on the Festival of Sport and The Great Perth Bike Ride. We hope to be able to run the race again next year. Conclusion: The general feedback is the event was well run and inci‐dent free. Overall numbers where affected by the Great Perth Bike ride and the fact riders don’t particularly like this course, although the weather conditions were very benign for the first three races.

Sam Davis, Logan Calder,

Michael Fitzgerald, Matt

Irvine and Brad Linfield

broke away and formed a

race‐winning break..

We asked Darryl to give us a few words on his pas‐sion, for cycling. Tell us how you got here? Introduced to the sport competitively at the age of 10 following my father's footsteps, made my 1st State Team at 14yrs, won my 1st National Champion‐ship at 16yrs old, repre‐sented my country 1st at 21yrs old. I raced professionally in USA and Europe in the 80's and enjoyed a good mix of Track, Criterium and Road racing with biggest focus on the Track as an all‐rounder with good sprint‐ing ability... needed to fo‐cus as an allrounder to cut out a living in the sport, racing Sprint events, Madi‐sons, 6 Days, Points and Scratch events that domi‐nated that era in Australia winning both the Austral and Westral Wheelraces in Australia and victories in USA and Europe cutting out a decent and enjoyable career for that era‐ .a very different era to today ! I turned my focus to coaching after nagging knee/back injury forced early retirement...started as a Club Coach, assisted Henk Vogels Snr as a State Track Coach from 1989 onwards and developed to where I am now as WAIS Head Cycling and State Team Coach. Was Assis‐tant National Paralympic Coach from 2000‐2004

including Sydney and Ath‐ens Games, took on the role as WAIS Head Cycling Coach in 2001 and was National Junior Sprint Coach 2005‐7. I was called up for various National duties as needed/available, such as National Senior Track Team coach for Cali, Columbia World Track Cup in December. Who Have you worked with? I enjoyed working with a lot of good Athletes in both Able Body and Multi‐Disability disciplines (too many to mention them all)and helping develop them from Juniors into Senior ranks.....started with the likes of Darryn Hill, Darren Harry, Graham Sharman, Irek Wloch in the pre‐WAIS days with strong focus on Sprinters but also with a young Eddy Hollands, Tim Willing and Kirk Kichin etc in early days of Track en‐durance & road. As WAIS Coach helped feed Peter Dawson, Cameron Meyer, Travis Meyer, Luke Dur‐bridge into National Track and Men's U/23 Road pro‐grams from U‐19's... . Josie Tomic, Sarah Kent into AIS Women's Track Endur‐ance ,,, supported Ryan Bayley when WA duties needed, Scott Sunderland and Kristine Bayley from Juniors to AIS Sprint squad...Mel Hoskins, Bella King, Holly Williams, Jose‐phine Butler & Jason Hollo‐way to Junior World cham‐pions or medallists as well as supporting Michaela Anderson and Michael Freiberg in my role at WAIS working with their individ‐

ual coaches ...plus a very exciting current group of WAIS Juniors and Seniors all earning their way to‐wards National selections. What are the highlights of your time as a coach? Travelling the world to see our Austra l ian & WA Athletes rise up to such an incredibly com‐petitive standard...and put us on the Cycling map. To witness our new crop of talent win more World Junior and Senior medals in the past 5 years than all our entire history com‐bined. Ryan Bayley and Peter Dawson winning WA's first ever Olympic Gold med‐als... in Athens 2004 Knowing there are alot more highlights leading to 2012 & 2016. :‐) Any sage advice to give to young emerging elite ath‐letes ? Don't demand what you haven't yet earned. Listen and learn, be guided....and take the steps necessary to earn eliteness. Enjoy your Cycling and develop the passion 1st ...and the sportsman‐ship needed to be a true champion...the rest fol‐lows. Earn your stripes and be respectful to oth‐ers...,be patient .....trust your instincts. Stay clean....and do it the right way (most important ad‐vice ) !!!!! There are limited chapters in your life to be extraordi‐nary and achieve...plenty of chapters to be ordinary or head down another pathway...make it count while you can !!!

Coach profile: Darryl Benson

Since 2005 WA Ath‐letes have won 40 medals at the Jun‐ior U/19 World Championships on Track and Road....20 Gold ! In the last 2 years WA Athletes have won 12 medals at Senior World Track Champi‐onships...7 Gold ! Luke Durbridge is the youngest ever U/23 medal winner on the Road earning silver in the Time Trial...replacing Fa‐bian Cancellara who exactly 10 years ago earnt the same medal and result as a 1st year U/23 !

The ‘Best of the West’ in 2010……some key milestones….


Travis Meyer – Road Race Champion at the Australian Road Championships…bronze medallist in the individual pursuit and silver in the team pursuit at the National Cham‐pionships in Adelaide Luke Durbridge – second place in the U23 TT at the Australian Road Champion‐ships. Teams up with Travis Meyer to win Gold at the UCI World Cup Track Event team pursuit…..wins silver in the mens points race and silver in the team pursuit at the Na‐tional Track Championships in Adelaide…. Sarah Kent teams up with Josie Tomic to win Gold in the Team Pursuit at Bei‐jing….Wins first national championship title in the indi‐vidual pursuit in Adelaide…. and bronze in the om‐nium….wins gold in the team pursuit at the UCI World Championships in Denmark… Michael Freiberg – claims silver in the mens scratch race and team pursuit at the National Tracks in Ade‐laide….gold & silver medal win‐ning perform‐ances at the Commonwealth Games… Scott Sunderland wins Silver in the Team Sprint in Beijing…..gold in the men’s keirin and bronze in the men’s sprint at the National Championships in

Adelaide….double gold and silver medal winning per‐formances at the Common‐wealth Games… Anna Meares wins gold in the 500m TT at the Track World’s in Copenhagen… Josie Tomic – winning per‐formance in the U23 Time Trial at the Australian Road Championships. achieves a 3rd place in the individual pursuit at the National Track Champi‐onships….second place in the omnium….silver in the points race….and teams up with Melissa Hoskins and Sarah Kent to win gold for WA in the team pursuit…. wins gold in the team pursuit at the UCI World Championships in Den‐mark… Jessica Allen – competes at U19 National Road Champi‐onships and secures selection for the National Women’s Road Team for the World Championships in Italy….

Isabella King secures selec‐tion for the 2010 World Jun‐ior Champs…wins 2 Gold, 1 Silver and 1 Bronze medal at the National Track Champion‐ships…. Holly Williams becomes a triple Gold Medallist at the National Track Champion‐ships in Adelaide…selected for the Australian team to compete at the Worlds…. Michaela Anderson wins a silver and bronze in the indi‐vidual pursuit and scratch race respectively at the Na‐tional Tracks….. Claire McLean double gold winning performance at the Para Cycling Road Champion‐ships on the Sunshine Coast… Nigel Barley wins gold and silver medals at the Austra‐lian Para Cycling Road Cham‐pionships.

2009 Tour De Perth Ladies race start with J.White Commissaire

The Official Word: A short profile on Janet White

sible for riders. While in Canberra I be‐came involved in the ACT Federation as Sec‐retary, then Treasurer and I also went away with State Teams as Team Manager. As the boys grew up we spent most weekends at the track or out on the roads around Can‐berra when we were not away at Junior Road Tours in NSW or in Sydney at Track Car‐nivals. In 1999 became a Na‐tional A Grade Commis‐saire when I did my course in Perth. What has been exciting for you? Highlights as a Commis‐saire have been my ap‐pointments to: 2004 World Track Champion‐ships – Melbourne VIC; 2006 Commonwealth Games – Melbourne VIC; 2008 Women’s Road World Cup – Gee‐long VIC; 2008 Chief Commissaire Australian Junior Road Champion‐ships – Canberra ACT; 2010 World Road Championships – Gee‐long VIC; 2010 Track Test event for the Com‐monwealth Games – India What is a Commis‐saire? The role of a Commis‐saire is to make sure that the riders and pro‐

moters abide by the rules and racing is held in a safe environment. Sometimes it is better to issue a warning and explain to a rider what they have done wrong than issue a penalty, if the rider continues to break the rules then a penalty is appropriate. Common infringements issued are fines, relega‐tions, and disqualifica‐tions. Riders can also have their licences sus‐pended if the offence is bad enough. Can you share some advice for the riders? Riders can make a Commissaire’s role eas‐ier in a few ways, bring their licence to an event, obey the road rules as well as the race rules, appreciate the work put into organis‐ing the event and not abuse the volunteers when something does‐n’t go their way. Any parting words? Officials are always needed, you don’t have to be able to race a bike to be Commis‐saire. Racing at any level should not take place unless there is a Commissaire present. At Club events a lot of parents are already doing the work of a Level 1 Commissiare but have not formalised

IJanet White a familiar face around the start linespoke to us after her trip to Delhi. How did you get here Janet? I became involved in cy‐cling in 1990 when my husband and 2 sons joined Canberra Cycling Club. The club held Sat‐urday morning coaching/skill sessions for Junior and asked for assistance from the parents that attended. Over the time the boys attended these sessions I did anything from using a stopwatch, holding a stop sign, judg‐ing, changing flat tubes to yelling encourage‐ment to riders. When the boys starting racing on Saturday afternoons I again went along to help. In 1992 I became a State Commissaire (level 2), back then there was no Club (level 1). I pro‐gressed to being in charge of Club racing and making sure that every‐thing was as safe as pos‐

Club profile: Roues Chaudes Club de Cyclage by President Daniel O’Donoghue

Coming Events for RCCC www.roueschaudes.com.au Champion Ststem Criterium Series Race 2- December 12, 2010 8:00 am - 11:00 am @ Technology Park, Brodie Hall Drive, Bentley RCCC AGM/ Members Christmas Party December 12, 2010 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm @ Cranked Cafe, Leederville Champion Ststem Criterium Series Race 3- January 30, 2011 8:00 am - 11:00 am @ Technology Park, Brodie Hall Drive, Bentley

at Tech Park Bentley. This was a great success with 100 riders taking part across four grades. Any characters in the club? We have a few, notably, Stephen “Stevie Boy” Far‐ran, recognised far and wide for his ability to talk non stop for the length of any bunch ride. He is also more than willing to lend advice (wanted or not) on subjects as diverse as re‐placing a tube to training techniques. How you first got involved in the sport ? I got involved through a friend. I had an old Peu‐geot steel bike with down tube shifters and was rid‐ing it to lose weight and get fit. He invited me along to the original Riders Choice Saturday bunch ride. We rolled out of Leederville and I asked him where we were going. He said “down to Freo and back along the south side of the river”. I said “bullshit, no one rides that far”. We were coming back up Thomas St and I almost had to get off and walk, I was shattered. These days a loop of the river is a warm up. What rides and races do you do? I’ve been a little lazy this year but the usual rides for our members are Tuesday

Narrows, the Wednesday A f t e r n o o n r i d e (Stockbrokers), Thursday morning Riders Choice, Saturday Riders Choice and Sunday Papa’s and of course holiday Papa’s (World Champs). What events are in the coming 3‐6 months? We have a busy calendar coming up: We are cur‐rently running the Cham‐pion System Criterum Se‐ries as our club criterium series with SPR. Grades D through A so there is something for everyone, particularly the beginners. We have a Gary Suckling circulating with D grade to give them some tips on racing techniques and bike handling skills so if anyone hasn’t race before and wants to try it out come on down and give to it a go. We also want to try and run club road racing this winter. We have an idea to get this up and running so watch this space. Who are your Local 'heroes' & volunteers ? Corey Freeman our club secretary who is a legend. Any other comments Daniel? Cycling is in a rebuilding phase in this state and it has a huge future. If you can’t add something posi‐tive then go and get in‐volved in another sport.

Roues Chaudes meaning ‘Hot Wheels’ in French was established in 2009 with the aim of providing Perth cyclist an array of activities both on the bike and off the bike. A little History & back‐ground of the club, The club was incorporated in the middle of 2009 and officially affiliated with the WACF in January 2010. Basically the foundation members identified that riders basically only joined clubs to get a license. There was no local cycling clubs offering activities beyond racing and train‐ing. Our club aims to also get members together off the bike, we have a strong social focus and we plan to continue to hold regular

social activities for our members go‐

ing forward. Our focus is also firmly on riding and we plan to put together a strong racing calendar. So far we have put on three open criteri‐ums and have just held the first of our combined club criteriums with South Perth CC


2010 WAIS Annual Din‐ner was Luke Durbridge (a Midland Cycle Club member), who was the winner of the WAIS Jun‐ior Athlete of the Year award. Durbridge won the road time trial at the Junior World Champion‐ships in Moscow in 2009. The 19 year old also added a bronze medal to his tally in the men's road time trial at the Commonwealth Games in Delhi 2010. Other nominees for WAIS Athlete of the year award included cyclists Josie Tomic and Sarah Kent. Michaela Ander‐son and Bella King also received nominations for the WAIS Junior Ath‐lete of the Year awards.

Meyer’s career high‐lights include achieving 4 senior track world ti‐tles, winning 3 gold medals at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi as well as com‐pleting the Giro d'Italia in 2010. Meyer could not accept in person due to com‐peting in the Oceania Track Championships (24 – 27 November) in Adelaide however was able to graciously accept the award via a video mes s a g e . Meye r thanked WAIS and his family and friends for their support and con‐firmed his future goals to compete in the Lon‐don Olympics. Another outstanding award recipient at the

It was an exciting night for cycling at the 2010 Western Australian Insti‐tute of Sport (WAIS) An‐nual Dinner held on Sat‐urday night November 27th 2010. The WAIS Athlete of the Year award is a major prize awarded by the Institute to one athlete each year and is presented at this annual dinner.

Achievements from the year usually determine who the winner of this honourable award is and this year’s winner Cam‐eron Meyer (Midland Cycle Club) could not be a more deserving recipi‐ent of the 2010 WAIS Athlete of the Year award.

Luke Durbridge

Meyer and Durbridge take two for two at the WAIS Athlete of the Year Awards.

Cycling WA Sports Star Awards

Cycling WA Road Rider Series 2010 “The John and Betty Smith Male Road Rider of the Year” 2010 Elliott Wells

“The John and Betty Smith Women’s Road Rider of the Year” 2010 Liz Leyden

2010 Cycling WA U19 Male Road Rider of the Year Matt Irvine

2010 Cycling WA U19 Female Road Rider of the Year Rebecca Mumme

2010 Cycling WA U17 Male Road Rider of the Year Bradley Linfield

2010 Cycling WA U17 Female Road Rider of the Year Kelsey Robson

2010 Cycling WA U15 Male Road Rider of the Year Sam Welsford

2010 Cycling WA U15 Female Road Rider of the Year Molly Booker

2010 Cycling WA Masters Road Rider of the year Mark Roberts

2010 “Cycling WA Champion Team”‐ Open Atomic Brooks Cycle Club

2010 “Cycling WA Champion Team”‐ Support Northern Districts Cycle Club

Cycling WA asked members to nominate the Sports Stars in our community and the following people were nominated: Cycling WA Sports Star: Cameron Meyer, Josie Tomic, Sarah Kent, Luke Durbridge, Michael Freiberg, Scott Sunderland. Cycling WA Junior Sports Star: Michaela Ander‐son, Isabella King, Holly Williams, Bradley Linfield, Reece Tucknott Final results were: 2010 Cycling WA Sports Star: Cameron Meyer 2010 Cycling WA Junior Sports Star: Isabella King 2010 Cycling WA Coach of the year: Darryl Benson 2010 Cycling WA Service to Sport: Murray Hall Presentations were made at the 2010 Armadale State Senior Criterium Champion‐ships on 13th November 2010.

Josie Tomic Holly Williams Michael Freiberg


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Interested in partnering with Cycling Western Australia? Described as the ‘new golf’, cycling as a sport and hobby has never been so popular and is regularly enjoyed by almost 400,000 Western Australians. These huge participation numbers combined with the achievements, media coverage and profile of world class champion athletes, including Anna Meares and Cameron

Meyer, means that there has never been a better time for potential partners and sponsors to become involved the sport. Partner and sponsor packages start from as little as $1,000 per year, which encompasses 12 months promotion on the front page of the Cycling WA website and additional promotional opportunities. Other packages include the opportunity to sponsor

our state teams, the 2011 Road Rider Race Series, or even the 2011 Tour de Perth, the state’s most prestigious cycling event. Whatever your require‐ments, call us to discuss how we can partner and promote your message, goods and services to the cycling community in Western Australia. Cycling WA, Cycling for all.

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

1st Saturday - New years day

2nd Sunday to 5th

Wednesday– Bay Criteri-ums, Victoria

3rd Monday Public Holiday

6th Thursday to 11th Tues-

day - Australian Open Road Championships , Victoria

14th Friday Summer Track

16th Sunday to 23rd Sun-

day - Tour Down Under - Adelaide

21st Friday Summer Track

26th Wednesday - Australia

Day Public Holiday

30th Sunday to Sunday 6th

Feb - Australian Track Championships (Elite, U19 & Para-cycling), DGV, Syd-ney

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16th Thursday - 19th Sunday

State track Championships

25th Saturday Christmas Day

27th Monday to 4th Tuesday

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Cyclemania

Advertising in Omnium

Cycling WA offers

recreational, family

and competitive cycling

membership, which

includes 24 hour

insurance ...to help you

get the most out of

your cycling.

Cycling Western Australia is the state's gov‐

erning body for the sport and is a member

of Cycling Australia, with affiliated clubs

spanning Albany to Kalgoorlie. Western

Australia has a rich history of success in

road and track racing, and the popularity of

cycling is increasing dramatically as a result.

Recent research suggests that almost

400,000 people regularly cycle within the

state, with cycling being described as the

'new golf'. Cycling WA offers recreational,

family and competitive cycling member‐

ship, which includes 24 hour insurance and

a range of additional benefits designed to

help you get the most out of your cycling.

For further details on membership please

contact us on 9328 3422, via e‐mail on

[email protected] or visit our website


Cycling WA PO Box 180

LEEDERVILLE WA 6903 180 Charles Street

WEST PERTH WA 6005

Phone: 08 9328 3422 Fax: 08 9228 8533

E‐mail: [email protected] www.wa.cycling.org.au

Want to promote your message, goods or ser‐vices in Omnium, the road, track and cycle read? For just $200 for a quar‐ter page and $300 for a half page (per edition) advertisement you can target the thousands of local cyclists in WA that receive a copy of Om‐nium to promote your business or special of‐fers.

Other packages are available including an annual subscription that will see your business receive a half page ad‐vertisement in every issue for just $1,200, representing a huge dis‐count of $600 on the standard rate per edi‐tion charge. Contact the team at Cy‐cling WA for more infor‐mation on this offer. 9328 3422 or e‐mail [email protected],au


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$300 Half Page

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