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The past few weeks have been extremely encouraging in regards to the Saturday morning road rides and the growing numbers of participants.

With the hot weather now on our doorstep it has been suggested and agreed by members of the group that we change the start time of the ride to 7am for the next few months.

Remember if you know of anyone that has 2 wheels and are looking for a ride then please pass on information about the ride and the change of time and encourage them to come along.

A reminder to all that Saturday morning rides are designed to cater for all levels of riders from beginners to national champions (yes Mark rides with us). We all go out together and come home together. This is an out and back ride where riders will get a chance to ride at there own pace before meeting at a certain point and riding slowly back into town together.  If you are just learning or looking for some help starting out there are also some handy riders with experience and knowledge who are more than happy to help get you started and provide advice.

The most important part of the ride is the finish where we stop for coffee (or thickshakes, whatever floats your boat!) at Macca's and chew the fat about whats happened for the week.

We look forward to seeing you outside Crankin Cycles over the coming weeks at 7am on Saturday mornings. See you there!McCafe 2

Good to see another great turn up at the Monday night time trial in trying windy conditions.

Once again don't forget for safety reasons to bring your tail light if participating.

Also don't forget the SWCC are riding the time trial course on Wednesday evening.

See you for the group ride Saturday at 8am or back at the time trial on Monday night at 6pm.

This weeks result are:

Rider

Start

Clock

Actual

Tash

0

36.23

36.23

Andrea

1

34.23

33.23

Karen

2

35.07

33.07

Harry

4

33.18

29.18

Grant

5

37.09

32.09

Banjo

6

34.05

28.05

Steve

8

35.27

27.27

Peter

9

35.28

26.28

Eric

11

35.20

24.20

alt

Warm and windy conditions for this afternoons time trials.

It was good to see some new riders and many were excited by Stephens new Stork!

Thanks to Greg for the time keeping and remember going forward that riders will be expected to ride with tail lights for safety reasons.

This weeks times for the 16km time trial were:

Rider

Time

Peter

26:18

Stephen

27:48

Banjo

28:24

Andrew

28:57

Karen

33:10

Andrea

33:48

Tash

36:14

Pearce takes top sports award

Nov. 15, 2012

 

Sports star of the year

J.L. Mumme Sportsman of the Year Stephen Pearce with one of his seven bikes and the award he won last Friday.

He was acknowledged for his achievements at the presentation of the awards last Friday night.

The Shire of Collie acknowledged him for qualifying for the World Masters Games, being a finalist in every wheel race at the Tasmania Christmas Carnival, winning the points score race at Launceston, the Armadale Masters criterium, and the Albany Club handicap races.

Pearce could not attend the award because he was at a friend’s wedding in Tasmania.

He received a text at the wedding from his training partner, Mark Paget, telling him he had won. Pearce was “a bit blown away at first”. He had thought that Paget, who had been nominated, would win.

Pearce thanked his wife for “letting him train”, Stephen Italiano for helping him with motor pacing, and Collie Motorplex’s manager, Simon Sterner, for allowing him to train at the motorplex.

He also thanked the Collie community for being so welcoming when he first moved here in 2009. He had found that cyclists from across the country assumed he would be a formidable opponent when they realised he was from Collie.

“People say ‘oh Collie, you must be a strong rider!’ It’s got a reputation for being strong in cycling,” Pearce said
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