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Issue 6– December 2011

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Cameron Meyer winning 2011 Be Active Cycle Instead Tour De Perth

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News from the CEO

Welcome to the December edition of Omnium, which this month contains a full wrap of the 2011 Be Active Cycle In-stead Tour de Perth, recipients of our 2011 Cycling WA Sports Star and Road Rider Series Awards, plus a great piece on local legend Bill Darby and a profile of Albany Cycle Club. I hope you enjoy the read! This time of year often prompts a pro-cess of reflection and evaluation, and as I look back on 2011, I see it as a year of milestones reached. January saw Health-way come back on Board as a major partner to the sport in the shape of nam-ing rights partner to our Bike Skills Pro-gram and the 2011 Be Active Cycle In-stead Tour de Perth and we’re in discus-sions regarding an expansion of their support in 2012. The first half of the year also saw the re-establishment of our High Performance Programs and the ser-vicing and support of our State Teams. Related to this is the terrific support we receive from the Department of Sport and Recreation & Lotterywest, without whom we would not be able to provide the range of services and support that we do. New partnerships were established with SportFM, who continue to provide us with an excellent vehicle to promote the sport on a weekly basis, Wanneroo Maz-da, the Active After School Communities Program, the RAC, the Physical Activity Taskforce, SDERA, the Department of Education, the Amy Gillett Foundation, VE Graphics and the Shire of Kalamunda, all of which not only benefit Cycling WA, but also our clubs and members, and will I hope turn into mutually beneficial long

term partnerships. One of the most ex-citing partnerships was with AustCycle, as part of our Be Active Cycle Instead Bike Skills Program, our coaches deliv-ered programs to over 350 people in the second half of the year, which was a great result and one which will expand significantly in 2012 The conclusion of the Governance Re-view Process, subsequent amendments to the WACF Constitution and recent Board Elections, was a significant mile-stone, and one which should provide the sport with a stable base in the coming years. Most recently, it was tremendous-ly pleasing to see the re-birth of the 2011 Be Active Cycle Instead Tour de Perth out in the beautiful surrounds of Perth’s hills. It was a great 3 days, and an event upon which we will build in 2012. In summary, much has been achieved in 2011, but we are conscious there is still much to do, and 2012 will bring with it some more exciting challenges. In clos-ing I would like to thank all our mem-bers, clubs and the hundreds of volun-teers that give their time so tirelessly to make our sport what it is, you do an amazing job! Finally to my team at the office, congratulations and thank you for all the hard work, dedication, support and commitment, I am extremely fortu-nate to work with such terrific people. Enjoy your cycling, ride safely and enjoy this edition of Omnium. Best wishes, Garry Chandler, Cycling WA CEO

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Tour de Perth 3

Local legends: Bill “Duck” Darby

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Club Profile: Albany Cycle Club

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National Junior Road Champion-ships

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Road Rider series 18

Austcycle 20

And more...

Highlights this issue:

Have a fantastic Christmas and a healthy and prosperous 2012.

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C Grade Start

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Meyer claims first Tour de Perth gold

After three intense days of racing in the beautiful Shire of Kalamunda, nothing was going to put a stop to Cameron Meyer’s endeavour to take his first Tour de Perth win. After four years of placing second in Perth’s most prestig-ious road racing event, the 2011 Be Active Cycle Instead Tour de Perth proved to be the year for home grown local cycling hero Cameron Meyer (Helena Valley).

Meyer, reaching the top of the podium in all three stages of this year’s Tour de Perth, was not alone in his quest for gold. Anthony Giacoppo (Balcatta) put up a strong contest working with Cameron to gain a strong lead in the Friday evening Criterium event, but in a burst of power Cameron gained a lead on Giacoppo to take the win. Adam Semple (Bibra Lake) and Travis Meyer (Helena Valley) battled it out for third place with Semple taking the Bronze.

Stage two saw the Elite Men’s Road Race take place on the following morning of Saturday 26th November. With a strong field contesting the Elite Men’s category the Meyer gave it his all in the last few kilometre’s to break away tak-ing the win, with Anthony Giacoppo, Stephen Hall (Bibra Lake) and Adam Semple chasing from behind. Giacoppo again took out second place with Hall in third in the pun-ishing 104 km event.

The final day finished in Tour de France style with a Time Trial up the iconic Zig Zag circuit in Kalamunda. With the impressive views of Perth city from the hills, cyclists in all grades pushed hard to succeed and finish off the final stage of the Tour. 2011 National Time Trial Champion Cameron Meyer had some effort to put in to secure his first place position and that he did, finishing the 9.27km Time Trial in a time of 15 mins and 34 seconds. Younger brother Travis Meyer came close in the Time Trial with a time of 16mins 06 seconds to take the second place in this event.

In accepting the champions trophy Meyer paid tribute to the quality of the field and was clearly delighted with his first Tour de Perth victory in what was a demanding 3 days of racing. The General Classification saw Meyer take out first place, with Giacoppo second and Adam Semple nar-rowly edging out Travis Meyer to take 3rd place on the po-dium.

Cycling WA CEO Garry Chandler was delighted with the event, returning to the Hills in 2011 "we were blessed with such a strong field in this year’s race" he said "Having Cam-eron participate in his hometown tour is a tremendous

bonus for us, and he showed why he is one of the world’s best in a dominating performance across all 3 stages of this year’s tour."

Claiming Silver in all three stages of this year’s B Grade event proved to be enough for Luke Vitler (Mundaring) to claim the Men’s B Grade title. Local rider Robert Power (Gooseberry Hill) claimed the Gold in the B Grade Men’s Time Trial in a time of 16 mins 44 seconds bumping him to second place in the overall standings. Hilton McMurdo (Duncraig) put in a huge effort to take out the Gold in both the Criterium and Road Race for this cate-gory although not taking part in final stage. Third place was taken out by Brendon Men-ey (Scarborough) who maintained a con-sistent Bronze medal placing across all three stages.

Cycling WA young guns pedalled their way to a podium finish with 2011 Junior U15 National Criterium Champion Matthew Jackson (Landsdale) taking the win in the C Grade Men’s Category. Jackson claimed the Gold in both the Criterium and Road Race at this years Be Active Cycle Instead Tour de Perth. Reece Tucknott (Boya) pushed out some fantastic results across the Tour with podium finishes in all three stages and an overall Silver Medal. Jai Hindley (Mindarie) came through with the goods to win the final Time Trial stage with a time of 17 mins and 50 seconds, pushing him up to Bronze medal position overall.

There was also a great effort from the female entrants at this year’s Be Active Cycle Instead Tour de Perth. Racing with the C Grade Men, Bella King (Subiaco) claimed the title for first female over the line in the Criterium race. Liz Leyden (Scarborough) put in an amazing effort in the Satur-day Road Race to finish near the front of the bunch in the Men’s C Grade ride, taking the overall Road Race title for the female cate-gory, with Tian Beckett (City Beach) in se-cond and Dianne McAuliffe (East Fremantle) in third. Overall Time Trial results for the females saw Elissa Wundersitz (Bassendean) take the Gold with Beckett in Silver and McAuliffe in Bronze.

2011 Be Active Cycle Instead Tour de Perth report

Reece Tucknott, Matt Jackson Darcy Pirotta-C Grade Road Race

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A huge thank you goes out to all the volunteers, without them the this event would not be possible. Also thank you to our sponsors and partners for your support in making the 2011 Be Active Cycle Instead Tour de Perth a success. Finally thank you and congratulations to all the clubs and competitors who took part in this event, we hope you enjoyed it!

2011 Be Active Cycle Instead Tour de Perth Results - www.tourdeperth.com click here

Photos - Tony Lendrum Photography, Sprint Photography, Lloyd Smith Photography.

Overall mens Elite:

A Giacoppo 2nd, C

Meyer 1st, Adam

Semple 3rd

Tian Beckett, Liz Leyden, -

Mens Elite Criterium

Reece Tucknott, Matt Jackson Darcy Pirotta-C Grade Road Race

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Nigel Barley, 3rd best in the world, from WA ! Reece Tucknott and the Winner Matt Jackson -C Grade Road Race

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Cycling WA got an anonymous email telling us that Bill Darby would be a great Local Legend. So we followed it up and, he was such a nice guy . Bill is definite-ly a local Legend, helping and inspiring everyone with his love of cycling. How did you get into sport? I was very much the “nerdy academic’ kid at school and only really got inter-ested in keeping fit and any form of competitive sport once I started working with a fit group of people in my mid-twenties. I started off spending quite a bit of time in the gym, playing various team sports and trying things as diverse as competition shooting and skydiving. I used to throw myself into a sport for 3 years, learn as much as I could about it and if it was going ok I might extend it for a couple of years, otherwise move on and try something completely different. In the past 25 years I have com-peted in 17 different sports at anything from local to international level, but have only ever been an “enthusiastic amateur”. How did you get into cycling? In 1996 a transfer at work meant I worked alongside a keen triathlete. It was-n’t long before I decided to try the swim – cycle – run thing myself. I really enjoyed it and in typical fashion I was soon travelling around Australia and overseas to compete in events. Unfortunately, I swim like a rock and run like a turtle so I always struggled to do as well as my relatively strong cycle leg indi-cated I could do. I worked at the 2000 Sydney Olympics and watched all the Track Cycling events. I especially remember the German Team Pursuiters breaking the 4:00minute barrier for the first time. I went to the Speedome at Midvale on my return from Sydney and I was hooked! I remember crashing my hire bike on the first night, trying to ride the top of the banked corner at slow speed I nearly took out a couple of future Australian Olympians as I slid down the track in a crumpled heap. Luckily I have never crashed on the track in the 11 years since!!

From the track my interest in cycling spread to other disciplines. I have since competed in road races, time trials, various mountain bike events, cyclocross and even mountain bike orienteering both locally and overseas. Who has been your inspiration in cycling? I have been guided a lot by Rick Churchill who has expertly built and fitted most of my bikes and who took me through triathlon to track and road cy-cling. I have a lot of respect for good riders who know their craft and how to enter-tain as well. People like Stuart O’Grady who is a true “hard man”, Nino Schur-ter the amazing Swiss MTB World Champion and track sprinters Ryan Bayley and Shane Perkins really motivate me. For inspiration it’s hard to go past the talented athletes produced by Darryl Benson and the WAIS program like Travis and Cam Meyer, Luke Durbridge, Michael Frieburg, Holly Williams and Bella King. They are all amazing cyclists, lovely people and great ambassadors for the sport. But on a regular, weekly basis I really enjoy training and racing with the jun-iors from the WAIS, Talent ID and Development Squads. I draw a lot of enthu-siasm from them, their endless energy and their desire to learn. Your high points?

Being named “2011 Winter Track Cyclist of the Season” recently was a real highlight. After 2 years battling injury and illness it was great to have a consistent season, race hard and score 14 wins and 10 places from the 30 rac-es I contested.

Recently being a finalist in the “WA Police Sports Star of the Era” cele-brating the past 25 years of competing in Police & Emergency Service Games & open events worldwide.

Winning 3 gold & 1 silver medal on the track at the 2005 Australian Mas-ters Games.

2006 National Masters Champion and 2007 State Open Champion (Mountain Bike Orienteering).

Anytime I get to ride in the Westral Wheelrace final. (I love that race!!). Your low points?

Being knocked off my Time Trial bike by the Course Marshall on a motor-bike at the 2007 World Police & Fire Games.

Mis-counting the number of laps in the cyclocross race at the same event only to come in 4th by a wheel.

Frequent injury rehabilitation over the years has taken a lot of valuable time from me. I stopped counting at 15 injuries to my back alone from crashes and trauma at work and various sports. What do you enjoy about cycling? I am fortunate to be able to do a bit of many things really. Through the week I may be lucky enough to get to the track twice for training and / or racing. I usually manage to squeeze in an MTB ride under lights or a night ride through the city, a Saturday morning group ride with SPR and Sun-day is either an ATTA Time Trial, a triathlon or a hills MTB ride. I do each of these because I really enjoy them, I have a different group of friends at each discipline and I get a good mixture of hard competition and just plain relaxing fun! Probably the best though is the competition in B Grade at the Track, racing the Junior Men and the faster Women. It’s tough, close and exciting racing and I feel lucky to be able to be part of it. Your future in sport? I am now firmly entrenched as a “trackie” – I really enjoy the speed, tactics and entertainment of racing on the track, so I will keep doing that for a quite a while yet. I am toying with the idea of another attempt at Masters Nationals and Worlds in 18 months (the year I turn 50). However, there are several big mountains calling my name from far distant countries and I have the burning desire to see just what my battered old body is capable of at altitude. I reckon I have a couple more peaks left in me yet.

Local Legends: Bill Darby

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Cycling WA got an anonymous email telling us that Bill Darby would be a great Local Legend. So we followed it up and, he was such a nice guy . Bill is definite-ly a local Legend, helping and inspiring everyone with his love of cycling. How did you get into sport? I was very much the “nerdy academic’ kid at school and only really got inter-ested in keeping fit and any form of competitive sport once I started working with a fit group of people in my mid-twenties. I started off spending quite a bit of time in the gym, playing various team sports and trying things as diverse as competition shooting and skydiving. I used to throw myself into a sport for 3 years, learn as much as I could about it and if it was going ok I might extend it for a couple of years, otherwise move on and try something completely different. In the past 25 years I have com-peted in 17 different sports at anything from local to international level, but have only ever been an “enthusiastic amateur”. How did you get into cycling? In 1996 a transfer at work meant I worked alongside a keen triathlete. It was-n’t long before I decided to try the swim – cycle – run thing myself. I really enjoyed it and in typical fashion I was soon travelling around Australia and overseas to compete in events. Unfortunately, I swim like a rock and run like a turtle so I always struggled to do as well as my relatively strong cycle leg indi-cated I could do. I worked at the 2000 Sydney Olympics and watched all the Track Cycling events. I especially remember the German Team Pursuiters breaking the 4:00minute barrier for the first time. I went to the Speedome at Midvale on my return from Sydney and I was hooked! I remember crashing my hire bike on the first night, trying to ride the top of the banked corner at slow speed I nearly took out a couple of future Australian Olympians as I slid down the track in a crumpled heap. Luckily I have never crashed on the track in the 11 years since!!

From the track my interest in cycling spread to other disciplines. I have since competed in road races, time trials, various mountain bike events, cyclocross and even mountain bike orienteering both locally and overseas. Who has been your inspiration in cycling? I have been guided a lot by Rick Churchill who has expertly built and fitted most of my bikes and who took me through triathlon to track and road cy-cling. I have a lot of respect for good riders who know their craft and how to enter-tain as well. People like Stuart O’Grady who is a true “hard man”, Nino Schur-ter the amazing Swiss MTB World Champion and track sprinters Ryan Bayley and Shane Perkins really motivate me. For inspiration it’s hard to go past the talented athletes produced by Darryl Benson and the WAIS program like Travis and Cam Meyer, Luke Durbridge, Michael Frieburg, Holly Williams and Bella King. They are all amazing cyclists, lovely people and great ambassadors for the sport. But on a regular, weekly basis I really enjoy training and racing with the jun-iors from the WAIS, Talent ID and Development Squads. I draw a lot of enthu-siasm from them, their endless energy and their desire to learn. Your high points?

Being named “2011 Winter Track Cyclist of the Season” recently was a real highlight. After 2 years battling injury and illness it was great to have a consistent season, race hard and score 14 wins and 10 places from the 30 rac-es I contested.

Recently being a finalist in the “WA Police Sports Star of the Era” cele-brating the past 25 years of competing in Police & Emergency Service Games & open events worldwide.

Winning 3 gold & 1 silver medal on the track at the 2005 Australian Mas-ters Games.

2006 National Masters Champion and 2007 State Open Champion (Mountain Bike Orienteering).

Anytime I get to ride in the Westral Wheelrace final. (I love that race!!). Your low points?

Being knocked off my Time Trial bike by the Course Marshall on a motor-bike at the 2007 World Police & Fire Games.

Mis-counting the number of laps in the cyclocross race at the same event only to come in 4th by a wheel.

Frequent injury rehabilitation over the years has taken a lot of valuable time from me. I stopped counting at 15 injuries to my back alone from crashes and trauma at work and various sports. What do you enjoy about cycling? I am fortunate to be able to do a bit of many things really. Through the week I may be lucky enough to get to the track twice for training and / or racing. I usually manage to squeeze in an MTB ride under lights or a night ride through the city, a Saturday morning group ride with SPR and Sun-day is either an ATTA Time Trial, a triathlon or a hills MTB ride. I do each of these because I really enjoy them, I have a different group of friends at each discipline and I get a good mixture of hard competition and just plain relaxing fun! Probably the best though is the competition in B Grade at the Track, racing the Junior Men and the faster Women. It’s tough, close and exciting racing and I feel lucky to be able to be part of it. Your future in sport? I am now firmly entrenched as a “trackie” – I really enjoy the speed, tactics and entertainment of racing on the track, so I will keep doing that for a quite a while yet. I am toying with the idea of another attempt at Masters Nationals and Worlds in 18 months (the year I turn 50). However, there are several big mountains calling my name from far distant countries and I have the burning desire to see just what my battered old body is capable of at altitude. I reckon I have a couple more peaks left in me yet.

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Over the years The Eddy Hollands Bicycle Services Team has built a strong reputation in the Australasian region as a friendly, competitive and professional team. Since 2010 the team has been invited to numerous races in the Asian region and now aims to ramp up the efforts in 2012 with the aim of developing talents of athletes in Australia and Asia and combine them with the skills and experience of our more senior riders with both Australian and European experience. These sorts of things need to start at the ground level and thanks to some local sponsorship in 2010 from Red-star Equipment and Mondo Travel, the team has been able to grow in WA and stabilise themselves as a competitive team who are also in the process of gaining recognition on the Asian Continental Circuit. In 2012 Eddy Hollands Bicycle Ser-vices will welcome Onsite Rental Group and L7 Solutions who have decided to become a part of the

growing team and support EHBS’s aim of developing the athletic capa-bilities of junior riders so that they can reach their potential. While the team itself is still very young, they have enjoyed some out-standing results from Tour of Indonesia 2010 and 2011 – The team is currently racing from Jakarta to Indonesia where Eddy Hollands himself won the first stage, wearing yellow for stage 2. Unfortu-nately with a big crash at the finish line of Stage 2, the team took a beating and lost some of their mojo for the following day. Stage 3 how-ever, saw Eddy secure 5th place after staying away in a break for over 100km Tour of East Java 2010 and 2011 – In 2010, Eddy Hollands himself, who professes not to be climber, gets 2nd place in the KOM category Tour of Poyang Lake 2010 – Thanks to the fast legs of the teams Russian

Sprinter, EHBS claimed 4 stage wins and 2nd overall in team GC, giving WA Junior Riders Will Heath and Matthew Irvine the Asian Racing experience Tour of Thailand 2011 – the EHBS sprinter Sergey Kudenstov of Russia managed a 2nd place on stage 5. Tour of Camsur in Philippines 2011 – As a non-UCI Tour, EHBS was per-mitted to give our 19 rider Dylan Spiby some Asian Racing experience. A very successful tour with the team coming home with 5 stage wins (including one from Dylan himself). Tour of Brunei 2011 – The team proudly wore the Green Jersey, won by our Indonesia rider, Heksa Praset-ya Follow the team, click here

Eddy Holland Bike Service Team—Asian Continental Circuit

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2011 Cycling WA State Junior Road Team a personal perspective– Shannon Sherwin

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As a second year U15 who only started in this sport last year, it was big thing going off to my first National Road Championships. I had known since about April or May that I wanted to go whether I was part of the State Team or not. I worked so hard for months using Nationals as my focus and the hard work really paid off when I did make the Team. When we received our new kits, I was excited to try mine on and see myself in the black and gold colours of Western Australia. It was the final boost of confidence I needed be-fore heading East. I arrived in Shepparton a day later than most of the Team, missing the first ride around the road course. The next day the rest of the Team went out to ride the time trial course while we latecomers headed off to do the road course. I knew I was in Shepparton but my legs were still in Perth. My impressions of the road course were mixed. I was told it was flat but it definitely wasn’t, however, the hills were not the hardest I have ever come across. I was really looking forward to the road race because it was my kind of course. The Criterium was something different! We were told that it would be an uphill finish but in the few days before racing, the Commissaires had second thoughts about how safe it was. They were thinking about changing the direction of the race because of the deep gutters and the road narrow-ing later deciding a downhill finish was more dangerous and left it as it was. The Championship began with the Individual Time Trial. I was the first rider up for WA and I was sandwiched between two Victorian girls, to my surprise they weren’t as intimi-dating as I expected. Wearing the State kit made me feel like I belonged there and I was worthy competition. The course

was quite short but challenging. It started with a false flat that became a hill but also made it a fast finish back into town. I was happy with how I performed in the time trial. I finished about midfield which was a good result considering it was the biggest field I had ever competed in. WA did very well on that day earning four medals. Day two was the road race which was the one I was most looking forward to. Once again it was a large field compared to what we are used to in WA. In the past, we have been known as “soft” because we were easy to push around and weren’t experienced in holding our ground. This year we went out there to change that perception and show a pres-ence in every category. The girls in my race were very ag-gressive and it was good experience. I was pleased to hang in until then end, not letting any breaks get away and be part of the sprint finish. In all grades the black and gold stood out even though we were one of the smallest teams. The day finished on a high with the U17 boys and our first gold medal. Day three and the whole team were out to the Criterium course early to support our U17 boys through the qualifying heats. They all managed to avoid any crashes and make it through to the final later in the day. The U15 boys were also successful taking out our second gold medal, the third one going the way of the U17 boys. In my race I felt strong and like I was cruising but with five minutes to go to the end my race finished. I got caught up in an unfortunate crash and considering the hit my bike and helmet had taken, I came out without a scratch. The front runners used it as an opportunity to split the group and only ten of the twenty-six

starters finished the race. This was disappointing because I think I could have finished in the top six. Overall it was an amazing experience and I feel privileged to have been given the opportunity to represent my State so early in my cycling career. I loved being part of the team and racing against some top riders. I have learnt so much about riding in a bunch and being self-sufficient with my preparation. Of course we still couldn’t do it without the parents who brought us over there and support us in our training as well as our coaches who gave up their time to advise us and guide us through the experience. Thank you to all the team supporters both in Shepparton and back home in WA and my fellow team mates. Shannon Sherwin RESULTS TIME TRIAL Kelsey Robson – Silver (U17 Women) Tian Beckett – Bronze (U17 Women) Matthew Jackson – Silver (15 Men) Sam Welsford – Silver (U17 Men)

ROAD RACE Matthew Jackson – Silver (U15 Men) Michael Storer – Bronze (U15 Men) Jackson Mawby – Gold (U17 Men)

CRITERIUM Matthew Jackson – Gold (U15 Men) Sam Welsford – Gold (17 Men)

Event results link, click here

Cycling WA Media release, Click here

Photos Michelle Sherwin

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2011 Cycling WA State Junior Road Team a personal perspective– Shannon Sherwin

2011 Cycling WA State Under 17 and Under 15 Road Team Under 15 Girls Tahlay Christie (Hamilton Hill) Jessica Sellar (Woodvale) Shannon Sherwin (Padbury) Under 17 Girls Molly Booker (Mnt Lawley) Emily McRedmond (Rockingham) Tian Beckett (City Beach) Kelsey Robson (Tapping) Under 15 Boys Darcy Pirotta (Swan View) Matthew Jackson (Landsdale) Alex Rendell (Mnt Hawthorn) Under 17 Boys Sam Welsford (Woodlands) Theo Yates (Rockingham) Reece Tucknott (Lesmurdie) Jackson Mawby (Connolly) Coach Andrew Jackson (Landsdale) Mechanic Ben Maher (Duncraig)

As a second year U15 who only started in this sport last year, it was big thing going off to my first National Road Championships. I had known since about April or May that I wanted to go whether I was part of the State Team or not. I worked so hard for months using Nationals as my focus and the hard work really paid off when I did make the Team. When we received our new kits, I was excited to try mine on and see myself in the black and gold colours of Western Australia. It was the final boost of confidence I needed be-fore heading East. I arrived in Shepparton a day later than most of the Team, missing the first ride around the road course. The next day the rest of the Team went out to ride the time trial course while we latecomers headed off to do the road course. I knew I was in Shepparton but my legs were still in Perth. My impressions of the road course were mixed. I was told it was flat but it definitely wasn’t, however, the hills were not the hardest I have ever come across. I was really looking forward to the road race because it was my kind of course. The Criterium was something different! We were told that it would be an uphill finish but in the few days before racing, the Commissaires had second thoughts about how safe it was. They were thinking about changing the direction of the race because of the deep gutters and the road narrow-ing later deciding a downhill finish was more dangerous and left it as it was. The Championship began with the Individual Time Trial. I was the first rider up for WA and I was sandwiched between two Victorian girls, to my surprise they weren’t as intimi-dating as I expected. Wearing the State kit made me feel like I belonged there and I was worthy competition. The course

was quite short but challenging. It started with a false flat that became a hill but also made it a fast finish back into town. I was happy with how I performed in the time trial. I finished about midfield which was a good result considering it was the biggest field I had ever competed in. WA did very well on that day earning four medals. Day two was the road race which was the one I was most looking forward to. Once again it was a large field compared to what we are used to in WA. In the past, we have been known as “soft” because we were easy to push around and weren’t experienced in holding our ground. This year we went out there to change that perception and show a pres-ence in every category. The girls in my race were very ag-gressive and it was good experience. I was pleased to hang in until then end, not letting any breaks get away and be part of the sprint finish. In all grades the black and gold stood out even though we were one of the smallest teams. The day finished on a high with the U17 boys and our first gold medal. Day three and the whole team were out to the Criterium course early to support our U17 boys through the qualifying heats. They all managed to avoid any crashes and make it through to the final later in the day. The U15 boys were also successful taking out our second gold medal, the third one going the way of the U17 boys. In my race I felt strong and like I was cruising but with five minutes to go to the end my race finished. I got caught up in an unfortunate crash and considering the hit my bike and helmet had taken, I came out without a scratch. The front runners used it as an opportunity to split the group and only ten of the twenty-six

starters finished the race. This was disappointing because I think I could have finished in the top six. Overall it was an amazing experience and I feel privileged to have been given the opportunity to represent my State so early in my cycling career. I loved being part of the team and racing against some top riders. I have learnt so much about riding in a bunch and being self-sufficient with my preparation. Of course we still couldn’t do it without the parents who brought us over there and support us in our training as well as our coaches who gave up their time to advise us and guide us through the experience. Thank you to all the team supporters both in Shepparton and back home in WA and my fellow team mates. Shannon Sherwin RESULTS TIME TRIAL Kelsey Robson – Silver (U17 Women) Tian Beckett – Bronze (U17 Women) Matthew Jackson – Silver (15 Men) Sam Welsford – Silver (U17 Men)

ROAD RACE Matthew Jackson – Silver (U15 Men) Michael Storer – Bronze (U15 Men) Jackson Mawby – Gold (U17 Men)

CRITERIUM Matthew Jackson – Gold (U15 Men) Sam Welsford – Gold (17 Men)

Event results link, click here

Cycling WA Media release, Click here

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Club Profile : Albany Cycle Club - A short history

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The Albany Cycling Club was formed in the early 1900's by a group of en-thusiasts who wanted to share their passion for riding in our beautiful ar-ea. It has continued through the years, developing and changing as needed, but the passion and the ca-maraderie remains, as of coarse does our stunning scenery. We believe that our weekly rides offer some of the best cycling courses in the state. Every Thursday morning, at 5.30, cy-clists ride from the Bay Merchants Cafe, along a course that takes in the outskirts of Albany, the serene rural area of Robinson Rd where mists rise through the Karri trees, and the har-bour with stunning views of the sun rising over King George Sound. After the climb up Mount Clarence, we fi-nally coast back to Bay Merchants for a well earned coffee. There are also club rides on Sundays, 7.00am from Bay Merchants; Tuesdays, 5.30am from Albany Plaza, and Saturdays 7.00am from Bay Merchants.We have riders from throughout WA who, as visitors to our area, enjoy the Albany experience, and we warmly welcome newcomers on any ride. Our weekend social rides vary de-pending on weather conditions how-ever there is always somewhere to go that showcases the areas scenery.

The ride to Frenchmans Bay around Princess Royal harbour is a favourite as are the areas of Two Peoples Bay and Nanarup as long as you don’t mind a few hills. The club has steady membership of around 60-70 each year, some race competivley, others just join for the social aspect. Race days are well or-ganised, the club has purchased a state of the art timing system which is fantastic especially when there is a big bunch sprint finish. The race season consists mainly of handicap

races with a five race championship series involving a timetrial, criterium, hill climb, long course and short course. These are contested in age categories with trophies awarded to each champion at the end of the year. The club has a committee of eight with each person having a specific

role encompassing handicapper, me-dia liaison, traffic management plans, arranging trophies, race day co-ordination and the worst job of all arranging marshalls. Fortunately with the computerised timing system we dont need as many as we used to! Finally well done to our competitors in the recent Tour De Timor mountain bike marathon. Kea Mumford, Greg Newton, Murray Thornton and Mark Luscombe must all be a bit crazy but you cant question there toughness. In particular Greg who rode with broken ribs on the last day! Also congratulations to Greg Connell and Kea Mumford who qualified for the recent Master World Road Cham-pionships in Belgium. Greg made the trek over and did the club proud in his age group.

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Each year Cycling WA members put in the hard yards at a series of events that span the calendar year. The 2011 Be Active Cycle Instead Road Rider Series aims to award those cyclists that compete year round and consistently achieve among their category. Cycling WA also recognises those who have made signifi-cant achievements in the sport each year through the Cycling WA Sports Star Awards. Categories for these spe-cial awards include WA Sports Star and WA Junior Sports Star, International Sports Star and Junior Sports Star as well as Cycling Team of the Year, Coach of the Year and Service to Sport.

The presentations for both of these series of awards were given at the 2011 Be Active Cycle Instead Tour de Perth which took place on the 25th – 27th November 2011 in the Shire of Kalamunda. Overall Tour de Perth Champion Cameron Meyer (Helena Valley) also took out the Cycling WA International Sports Star of the Year Award. Meyer was in dominating form over the week-end, taking gold in all three stages of the 2011 Be Active Cycle Instead Tour de Perth.

International Junior Sports Star Jessica Allen (Doubleview) has had a tremendous year after claiming Gold in the Junior Road World Championships in the Time Trial, claiming two silver and a bronze medal at the Youth Commonwealth Games, as well as first place in the U19 Oceania Road Championship Time Trial and the U19 Track National Championships in the Points Race.

WA Sports Star Award winner, Nigel Barley (Parkerville), was recognised for his remarkable efforts in 2011. Nigel has been unbeaten at National Handcycling Champion-ships for the past 7 years and this year competed at the Paracycling UCI World Cup event in Sydney in May. Here he claimed silver in the Individual Time Trial, only second to the current World Champion Joel Jeannot (France).

WA Junior Sports Star and U19 Boys Road Rider of the Year award winner was Bradley Linfield (Dalyellup). Lin-field has had a fantastic year not only locally but also nationally as he earned a place in the Australian team that competed at the 2011 UCI Junior Road World Cham-pionships in Demark.

U15 rider Matthew Jackson (Landsdale) was a busy man on the podium at this year’s Tour de Perth taking out the U15 Boys Road Rider of the year awards and also putting in a massive performance to win overall champion in the C Grade Men’s category and the 2011 Be Active Cycle Instead Tour de Perth.

Cycling WA Coach of the Year went to Darryl Benson, Western Australian Institute of Sport Cycling Head Coach who has done an amazing job in developing athletes and transitioning them from state level to National and Inter-national competition.

Benson has also played a strong role in the development of the Cycling WA Team of the Year winners including Melissa Hoskins (Lesmurdie), Josie Tomic (Perth) and Bella King (Subiaco). The trio set a new Australian record in 3km Teams Pursuit at the 2011 SCODY Cycling Austral-ia Track Nationals. Tomic and Hoskins, joined by fellow female rider Sarah Kent (Duncraig) as well as the rest of the Australian team, will soon contest the second round of the UCI Track World Cup Series being staged in Cali, Columbia from 1 to 3 December.

Cycling WA announces 2011 Road Rider Series and Cycling WA Sports Star award

Brook Ramshaw Matthew Jackson Molly Booker Bradley Linfield South Perth Rouleurs Nigel Barley Cameron Meyer

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Brook Ramshaw Matthew Jackson Molly Booker Bradley Linfield South Perth Rouleurs Nigel Barley Cameron Meyer

Please see below for full list of the award winners. Cycling WA congratulates all award winners and nominees.

2011 Road Rider of the Year Awards Category Winner

U15 Girls Road Rider of the Year Brook Ramshaw -Gidgegannup

U15 Boys Road Rider of the Year Matthew Jackson – Landsdale

U17 Girls Road Rider of the Year Molly Booker -Mt Lawley

U17 Boys Road Rider of the Year Theo Yates – Rockingham

U19 Girls Road Rider of the Year Bella King – Applecross

U19 Boys Road Rider of the Year Bradley Linfield – Dalyellup

Masters Road Rider of the Year Michael Bonner – Lathlain

Champion Team Support Category South Perth Rouleurs

Champion Team Open Category Atomic Brooks

John & Betty Smith Female Road Rider of the Year Claire Aubrey - Maylands

John & Betty Smith Male Road Rider of the Year Bradley Hall - Como

2011 Cycling WA Sports Star Awards Category Winner

Cycling WA Coach of the Year Darryl Benson – Alexander Heights

Cycling WA Service to Sport Stan Fennell – Coodanup

Cycling WA Junior Sports Star Brad Linfield – Dalyellup

Cycling WA Sports Star Nigel Barley – Parkerville

Cycling WA Team of the Year Melissa Hoskins, Josie Tomic & Bella King

Cycling WA International Junior Sports Star Jessica Allen – Doubleview

Cycling WA International Sports Star Cameron Meyer – Helena Valley

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Reynolds in the semi final

Loop and Race start : Darren Goodwin

WA’s Claire McLean

The guy from Dalyellup, Bradley Linfield is setting the world on fire. Coming from South West Cycling Club , he has started to make his mark on the Inter-national scene– Go Bradley! Career Highlights 2011 3rd Track U19 National Team Pursuit 1st State U19 Criterium 2nd U19 Oceania’s Road Race 1st Pemberton Men’s A Grade Criterium 3rd Pemberton Men’s A Grade Road Race 2nd Peter Clark Classic Men’s A Grade Road Race 1st Tom Lowry Memorial Men’s A Grade 1st State U19 TT 1st Team TT Plan B Kalamunda 1st U19 National’s Selection Race 1st Stage 4 Tour of Gippsland NRS 2nd GC Tour of Gippsland NRS Australian Team Best Results 50th Coppa Piero Linari Italy 2nd overall, Young Rider 1st Rothaus Regio Tour Germany General Classification 1st, Young Rider General Clas-sification 1st Career Highlights 2010 1st U17 State TT 1st U17 State Road 1st U17 State Criterium 1st Pemberton U17 Road Race 1st Pemberton U17 Criterium 1st U17 Tom Lowry Memorial 1st Peel Junior Tour 1st U17 Dardanup Open 1st NDCC Junior Tour 2nd GC Junior Tour of Canberra 1st GC Junior Tour of Adelaide 1st U17 Pinjarra Road Race 1st U17 Collie to Donnybrook 1st SWCC Championships 4th National U17 Time Trial 5th National U17 Criterium 2nd GC U17 Tour of Southland New Zealand 2nd Riverside Drive Men’s A Grade Criterium 2nd State U19 Track Points Score Champion WA U17 Road Rider of the year

Bradley Linfield—2011 Cycling WA Junior Sports Star

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The Amy Gillett Foundation

WA’s Claire McLean

Cycling WA is pleased to have established the relationship with AGF, and with other WA bike riding organisations, looks forward to working with the Foundation on de-veloping some exciting initiatives in 2012, that will help promote the need for be-havioural and regulatory change when it comes to safety on our roads. Each year, an average of 37 cyclists are killed and over 9,000 are seriously injured* with thousands more incidents going unreported. The majority of these collisions involve a motor vehicle and most are preventable. For over ten years, bike sales have exceeded car sales with in excess of 1.1 million bikes sold per year. As more people turn to bike riding for recreation, health and transport benefits, it's high time an inclusive bicycling culture was embraced in Aus-tralia. Continued increased participation will actually make it safer to ride a bike. That's why we have ambitious aims. Our Mission is for: Safe Bicycling in Australia. Our Vision: Zero bike related fatalities The Amy Gillett Foundation commenced its work in 2006. Since then, with the help of the many supporters, we have made significant progress towards safer bicy-cling: The "a Metre Matters" campaign has reached over 3 million Australians so

far, helping to create increased awareness of bike riders on our roads. Leading accident research, to influence and change policy for building and

managing safer roads Equipping learner drivers with the know-how on driving with cyclists with a

national driver education program. Championing the issue of cycling safety with road authorities. Initiating a cycling trainer accreditation program to standardise training

methods nationwide. The introduction of a school education and awareness program in South Aus-

tralia currently being developed to provide national reach. We seek to highlight the importance of being responsible every time we head out on the road whether we're on two wheels or in four, or on foot. It's not rocket sci-ence, it something we can all do starting today - because everyone deserves to ar-rive home safely irrespective of their chosen mode of transport. Many individuals, companies, sporting and community groups and Government have been generous with their contribution and support of the AGF. The Amy Gil-lett Foundation thanks you for your generous support. www.amygillett.org.au *Australian Transport Safety Bureau – AIHW Injury Research and Statistics Series No. 38, 42 & 53 (2006, 2008 and 2009).

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Be Active Cycle Instead Bike Skills Program

It’s been a successful and rewarding first year of the Be Active Cycle Instead Bike Skills Program. Having only been running since July 2011, the program has grown to form a good foundation for its continu-ation and expansion in 2012. Cycling WA is thankful for the strong sup-port and partnerships that have been es-tablished in 2011. With the support of our key sponsor Healthway as well as the sup-port of the Physical Activity Taskforce, RAC, Department of Transport, Depart-ment of Education, SDERA, Travelsmart, the Active After-School Communities Pro-gram and LGA’s, the program has been successful in reaching over 350 partici-pants from children right through to adults. Working closely with our key partners, Cycling WA’s aim is to provide a centrally coordinated and nationally accredited bike education program that promotes safety and skills development for a healthy lifestyle. Highlights of this year have included the introduction of AustCycle in Australia. In May 2011, Cycling WA came on board as the largest Western Australian provider of AustCycle (the first nationally recognised bicycle education framework in Australia). Since this point Cycling WA has developed a network of around 20 AustCycle Teach-ers that service the Be Active Cycle In-stead Bike Skills Program. Schools have taken on the program with enthusiasm. Successfully run projects took place in the eastern suburbs sur-rounding the Midvale Speeddome right through to schools in the City of Wan-neroo as well as the central metropolitan area.

Our community based projects include Cycling WA’s partnership with the City of Stirling, which has seen our Be Active Cy-cle Instead Bike Skills program reach the City’s latest Women on Wheels programs that commenced in September this year. The programs are aimed at the adult fe-male population and are coordinated by City of Striling Travelsmart Officer Joanne Burgess with the support of AustCycle Teachers Beverley Scott, Debra Mayrho-fer and Mike Norman. The teachers have really enjoyed seeing the women’s confi-dence and enthusiasm in cycling grow as the programs have progressed with many of the participants now planning their own group rides. The City of Cockburn have also worked with the program to provide an Indige-nous Men’s cycling group. AustCycle Teacher’s Garry O’Neil and Emma Living-ston have been involved in developing the skills of this exercise group since Oc-tober this year giving them the skills and confidence to ride for exercise and in traffic environments. “As adult riders many had not been on a bike in decades, but they all had the determination, and courage, to show up to class each week committed to learning new skills - which they did very well” said AustCycle Teacher Emma Livingston. Exciting new programs will continue in 2012. For more information or to make a booking for the Be Active Cycle Instead Bike Skills Program please contact Cycling WA Development Manager Claire South on 08 9328 3422 or visit www.wa.cycling.org.au

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SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

5-8 January 12 National Senior Road

Champs 20 January 12 State Junior track

Champs 26-29 January 12 National Senior Track

Champs– Elite and U19

For more events– Interclub, Open and State Championships, click here

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Series 16 December 11 Christmas Wheel race 15—17 Dec. 11 National Track Madi-son, Omnium, Paracy-cling, Melbourne

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