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PIP's OFF TO BEIJING!

Philippa (Pip) received the Pierre de Coubertin Award from The Rockhampton Grammar School last year. This also allowed her to apply to be a representative of Australia in the Olympic Youth Camp in Beijing. She was selected out of over 400 recipients of the Pierre de Coubertin in Queensland in the past 2 years, to be the Queensland female representative. This allowed her to then be selected as the Australian female representative for the Olympic Youth Camp. Pip and Nick Barnier (ACT rower - male representative) are now going over to Beijing on the 4th August to participate in the Olympic Youth Camp activities. Those being; the Opening Ceremony, Torch Relay, walk the Great Wall, see the Forbidden City, and participate in many cultural activities. They have also been invited to attend the Australian Team Reception in Beijing with guests Kevin Rudd, Prime Minister of Australia and MC, Channel 7's Bruce McAvaney.
see Philippa's Hall of Fame Page.....

Rockhampton Cyclists succeed in Metro Championships

Rockhampton Cyclists dominated at the Metropolitan Road & Criterium Championships in Brisbane last weekend (31st May,1st June, 2008). Rockhampton Cycling Club's Michael England won the Elite Men's Tripleplay Team Wear 115km road race , and placed 2nd in the Elite Men's Ctiterium. Michelle Jennings won both the Masters Womens Road Race (46km) and the Masters Womens Criterium. Michelle's daughter, Taylah Jennings was 1st in the Under 15 Female Criterium, and 2nd in her road race (23km). Jackson Toole won the Under 15 male criterium, Brock Solis was 1st in the under 17 male road race (69km), and 4th in the U17 criterium. Ian Johnston placed third in the Senior Men's Criterium, and Kelly Smith was 4th in the under 17 female criterium. The event was held on Saturday and Sunday at the Murarrie Criterium circuit, and the road race was at Mt. Alford on the outskirts of Brisbane.

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GEAR RESTRICTIONS!!! All junior riders would be aware that they have gear restrictions placed on them. Please ensure that you/your child has the correct rollout on his/her bike as the Commissaires will be enforcing these restrictions. 1st May, 2008

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End of Road Season Dinner The management committee has decided to have an end of season dinner to mark the finish of the road season. It will be held on the evening of the last road race, September 13th, at The Criterion Hotel, Quay Street, Rockhampton. Bookings are essential, and there are limited places available, so make sure you have a place by contacting the secretary, Janiene Huff. The cost is $25.00 per person. 20th April,2008

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World Masters' Gold

Russell Tucker has won gold in the 40-44 years Points Race at the World Masters' Track Championships in Sydney. Check out the Cycling News website for results and photos.

Cameron Jennings Wins Stage 5 - 2007 Herald Sun Tour

In what has been an exciting week for the Rockhampton Cycling Club, Cameron Jennings has won Stage 5 of the 2007 Herald Sun Tour. The win came at the end of a three-man breakaway in the closing kilometres of the stage from Mt Beauty to Wangaratta, with Cameron outsprinting his opponent in the last couple of hundred metres. The stage win is Cameron's first professional win and well-deserved.

Junior Sportsperson of the Year

Phillipa Hindmarsh has been named the 2007 Junior Sportsperson of the Year at the annual presentation dinner on Friday 19 October. Phillipa clinched the title after her State, National and International track cycling representative duties and performances.

World Masters Track Championships

Two Rockhampton cyclists have won medals at the World Masters Track Championships in Sydney. Damian Harris won the Silver medal in the 30 - 34 years 1000 metre Time Trial and Russell Tucker also won Silver in the 40 - 44 years 3000 metre Individual Pursuit.

Junior National Road Cycling Championships

Rockhampton club member Kelly Smith represented Queensland at the recent Junior National Road Championships in Canberra. Kelly continued her excellent form to win Bronze in the Under 15 Women's Criterium and a closely contested fourth in the Road Race. The Road Race decision required a lengthy examination of the photo, the result was so close. Gladstone rider, Duran Stander also competed in Canberra in the Under 17 Men's division.

Monthly Club Meeting - 11 September

The next monthly meeting of the club will be held on Tuesday 11 September commencing at 7.30 p.m. at the velodrome clubhouse. The Rockhampton Cup on Wheels will be high on the agenda. All members welcome to attend.

Tour Stage 4

This Saturday's racing is both the 2007 Individual Time Trial Championships and Stage 4 of the Tour. Club Championships placegetters will receive their awards prior to the finish of the Road Season. Time Trials will be run on the Ridgelands Road with A, B and C Grades doing 25km against the clock, D doing 20km, E 15km and F 5km. Riders will start at 1 minute intervals. Aero bars and other approved TT equipment may be used. Helmets must carry the Australian Standards sticker. Gearing and equipment should comply with the technical regulations set down by Cycling Queensland for Junior riders. Tour riders and other members are all eligible to compete.

Tour Stage 3 Update

There will be a reduction of distances for both C and D Grades for this week's racing. C Grade will now race 45km (2 laps of Brown's Lane) and D Grade, 30km (1 lap of Brown's Lane). This change has been made after reviewing the mix of riders in these grades at the present time.

Chocolate Drive

The Chocolate Drive which was coordinated by Liz Hogg has been completed. However, there are still proceeds from several crates of chocolates which are now overdue. Please contact Liz Hogg so this fundraising venture can be properly finalised.

Criterium - 4 August - Rosella Park, Gracemere

A second criterium will be held at Rosella Park Estate, Gracemere on Saturday 4 August. The tentative schedule is as follows:

2.00 p.m. - F Grade – 10 minutes + 2 laps

2.00 p.m. - E Grade – 15 minutes + 2 laps

2.20 p.m. - D Grade – 20 minutes + 2 laps

2.45 p.m. - C Grade – 30 minutes + 3 laps

3.15 p.m. - A + B Grade – 35 minutes + 3 laps

If there are sufficient numbers, A & B will race separately, with A Grade starting a lap behind B Grade.

Rosella Park is on the right just out past the Warraburra School (Ranger Street - Johnson Road) at Gracemere.

Unclaimed Prizemoney

There is an accumulation of unclaimed prizemoney from both Track & Road Season racing. Prizemoney unclaimed at the close of racing on July 21 will be allocated to the prize pool for this year's tour which commences on July 28. The following riders have unclaimed prizemoney.

Emily Hunt, Bridget Mallory, Robert Bell-Booth, Lachlan Capern, Stefanie Hopes, Scott Fraser, Quentin Lawrence, Steve Deaves, Ben Dascombe, Noel Crosbie, Ian Carswell, Warren Carr, Desrae Cameron, Troy Archer, Harvey Mitton, Shane Powell, Chris Roche, Melissa Ricks, Errol Rosenblatt, Adam Sykes, John Welfare, Andrew Whiffen, Tyler Wright, Bill Legg, Sharon Kearney, Jack Johnson, Matt Jenkin, Grant Tidbury, Dylan Nankinvell.

2007 Queensland Junior Road Championships

The Rockhampton Cycling Club hosted a very successful Queensland Junior Road Championships event on 23 / 24 June. Young riders braved some dismal conditions for Saturday's Time Trial and Road Race at the Capricorn Coast, but the bright winter sunshine returned for Sunday's Criterium at Rosella Park, Gracemere. The Rockhampton Club is grateful to Cycling Queensland for the opportunity to host this year's event.

Our own top peformers were Kelly Smith with two gold medals in the Under 15 Women's Road Race and Criterium, both races ending in a bunch sprint of seven riders. Harry Rassie took the silver medal in the Under 19 Men's Time Trial. Unfortunately Harry suffered mechanical problems in the Road Race and was forced to withdraw. Josh Edwards won the bronze in the Under 19 Men's Criterium.

While all the Rockhampton riders put in a terrific effort in their respective divisions, some worthy of note were Duran Stander who finished fifth in the Under 17 Men's Road Race, and Josh James who rode extremely well in the Under 19 Men's Criterium. In the second last lap, Josh sacrificed his own chances with a huge turn on the front to get Josh Edwards back in contact with a small breakaway group before the bell lap. Josh James also finished fourth in the Under 19 Men's Time Trial. In other results, Alex O'Dea was fourth in the Under 15 Women's Criterium, Josh Edwards finised fifth in the Under 19 Men's Road Race and Brian McLeod was seventh in the Under 19 Men's Time Trial. For full results, visit http://www.qld.cycling.org.au/new/pdf/2007_results/junior%20road/Results.htm

Congratulations must go to Event Director Stefan Smith (and Roxanne, behind the scenes) for the meticulous preparation of every aspect of both day's racing. The weekend ran smoothly and safely and the facilities available to our club for the event really set a benchmark for such events.

It would also be appropriate to recognise the Livingstone Shire Council and their squad of Traffic Controllers who did a first class job ensuring the safety of riders, and who braved the elements for the entire day. A big thankyou to the Principal and school community of Farnborough School for the great facilities at our disposal on Saturday. Also thanks to RoadTek for the provision of the variable message boards advising motorists of cyclists on the road. Rydges Resort allowed us to use their facilities and were very accomodating and helpful in relation to our requirements. Thanks also to the developers of Rosella Park for supporting our request to use the estate for the Criterium and to the Rockhampton Traffic Branch for their assistance with the Police Permits. St John's Ambulance personnel provided a first class service across the entire weekend and fortunately were only called upon a couple of times to render First Aid.

Last but not least, thankyou to the large number of our own club members who helped out over the weekend. Every one of those tasks from commissairing to driving vehicles, putting out signs, manning corners, running the canteen, judging etc. was crucial to the safe and efficient running of the weekend's racing.

2007 National Road Championships

Rockhampton cyclists have excelled at both the Australian and New Zealand Road Cycling Championships. Glen Chadwick produced a superb ride to win the New Zealand Time Trial Championship and also placed fifth in the Road Race. Miles Olman won a bronze medal in the Australian Under 23 Time Trial Championship. Cameron Jennings recorded a top 15 finish in the Elite Men's Road Race. Lorian Graham finished in a remarkable 13th place in the Elite Women's Road Race after a long rehabilitation from the serious injuries suffered in Germany.

Anna Meares Breaks Own World Record

Our own Olympic cycling champion Anna Meares broke her world record for the 500-meter time trial Saturday, taking 0.008 of a second off the mark she set to win gold at the Athens velodrome in 2004. Anna set the new mark of 33.944 seconds to win the World Cup track cycling event at the Dunc Gray Velodrome in Sydney. Anna Meares also teamed with her sister Kerri to win the team sprint event over the German pair of Jane Gerisch and Dana Gloss.

2006 Pan Pacific Masters Games

Michelle Jennings has returned home with three medals after competing in the Pan Pacific Masters Games at the Gold Coast. Michelle finished 3rd in the Individual Time Trial, 2nd in the Road Race and 3rd in the Criterium.

Maryborough Masters Games

Several Rockhampton riders made the podium at the Maryborough Masters Games Road Cycling on 6, 7, 8 October. Matt Jenkin won Gold in his pet event, the Masters 3 150m Ramp Sprint with the fastest time of the night. Mark Dunlop won Silver in the Masters 4 17km Individual Time Trial in PB of 25 minutes 46 seconds. Des Cosgrove won Bronze in the Masters 4 Ramp Sprint and Silver in both the 65km Road Race and Kermese. Stefan Smith won Silver in the Masters 5 Ramp Sprint and Kermese. Rusty Hall won Bronze in several of the Masters 8 events. Other details will be posted when they come to hand. Michelle Jennings (Masters 2 Women) won Silver in both the Road Race and Kermese, Bronze in the Individual Time Trial and was placed 4th in the Ramp Sprint.

2006 - 2007 Track Season

The 2006 - 2007 Teack Season will commence on Saturday 14 October with a "Come & Try" afternoon followed by racing that night. Racing will then continue each Friday night, except for once-a month racing on the first Saturday night of each month. There will be no club racing on weekends of major carnivals in other centres e.g. Townsville, Maryborough. A Track Calendar has been completed and will be available soon on the website.

Road Season Thank You

On completion of the 2006 Road Season, there are many people to thank for their consistent effort in enabling weekly racing to take place. In particular, Ian Jennings, our Chief Commisaire, who has worked tirelessly to ensure our Commisaire roster was filled as well as being in charge of our Rockhampton Road Open and completing Commissaire duties at weekly racing. Ian has also added his vast experience to the day to day operation of the club. Also thanks to all the Club Commissaires on the roster for their professionalism in overseeing racing. Penny Olman has again taken the nominations each week, prepared the prizemoney, looked after the judging and passed on to me (the handicapper) the results to be prepared for the records and website. This is a difficult job and Penny has done it to her usual high standard. Other key club members include Stefan and Roxanne Smith, who did the lion's share of putting out signage as well as driving vehicles, officiating and Commissairing. John Phelan, club President, has led us very efficiently through the season. Owen Ronalds assisted with coordinating volunteers needed for weekly racing. If you helped out by manning a corner, driving a vehicle, putting out signs, taking nominations or doing any of the many other jobs that allow successful road racing, thank you. We will be putting a great deal of thought into the 2007 Road Season schedule in terms of courses which are safe and easy to manage, and also examining how many road races we can conduct given the increasing duty of care obligations we are obliged to meet.

2006 was a successful Road Season. We hope you have enjoyed the racing provided and look forward to your return next year.

Sarah Edwards -National Road Race Silver Medallist

Sarah Edwards has captured the Silver Medal at this year's National Under 17 Women's Road Race at the Sunshine Coast. Congratulations Sarah!

Rockhampton Cyclists Win 8 Junior Road Championship Medals

Rockhampton Cycling Club cyclists have had a highly successful Queensland Junior Road Championships in Clifton over the weekend with eight State Championship medals across the weekends 3 stages of racing.

Rockhampton’s stand out performer was Joshua Edwards who collected two silver and one bronze medal, claiming 3rd in the U19 Mens 20km time trial behind Darcy Rosenlund from Ffast Cycle Club (28.23.90) and Maryborough’s Malcolm Rudolph (28.36.28). Josh completed the course in 28 minutes and 54 seconds.

In Saturday’s road race, Edwards claimed silver in the 128km, 8 lap road race behind Malcolm Rudolph (Maryborough CC) with Ffast Cycle Club’s Darcy Rosenlund taking the bronze.IN Sunday’s 30 minute criterium, Edwards claimed his second silver medal of the Championship behind Tarquin Wallace (Balmoral CC) with Rosenlund again claiming the bronze medal.

In the U17 women, Sarah Edwards (18.48) claimed a silver medal in the women 10km time trail behind Jessy Byrnes from Kangaroo Point CC (17.59) and Anthea Clarke from the Byron Bay Freeriders (19.07).Fellow Rockhampton cyclist Philippa Hindmarsh just missed out on the bronze medal with a ride time of 19 minutes and 9 seconds.

Hindmarsh however picked up in Saturday’s 48km, 3 lap road race claiming the gold medal and the State U17 Road Race Championship ahead of Lucy Moseley (Balmoral CC) and Sarah Edwards (Rockhampton CC).Hindmarsh collected the silver medal in the U17 30 minute Criterium on Sunday behind Hayley Grant (Townsville CC).Courtney Dutton (Victor Broncos) claimed the bronze medal while Sarah Edwards just missed out on the bronze.

In the U17 mens 64km, 4 lap road race, Duran Stander claimed the bronze medal behind Thomas Richards (Ipswich CC) and Jackson Wardrop (Gold Coast Goldstars).

25 July 2006

Recent Activities

•We have been awarded a Sport and Recreation Queensland grant to conduct a Come & Try day and followup sessions. We plan to do this in October on dates to be confirmed. Many thanks to Alex Bright for the many hours that she put into this application.

•Alex has also submitted an application for funding for a camera and laptop for photo finishes.

•On 30 June we filed an application for funding from the AIS for Talent Search Funding. If successful we will be running a program similar to the 2003 Talent Identification program. The differences will be that we will be running this program, not the QAS and that this program will be open to existing members as well as new members between the ages of 13 to 23. This will be a significant achievement for our Club if we are awarded this funding as it normally goes to State organisations. Our strong management structure and our record on the road and track will be in our favour. Many thanks again to Alex who put the submission together and received letters of support from all areas of the sport including the Australian Cycling Head Coach, Martin Barras.

•Many of you would already know that Alex has accepted a position as Development Officer with Cycling Queensland and will move to Brisbane at the end of July. We will miss her greatly, not only for all of the work that she does but also because she always has a smile and a laugh (except when she's climbing a hill!!)

•Anouska Edwards recently won the State Criterium Champuionship for women and Kate Porteous came third. Well done girls for keeping our club name on the winners' list. Grant Irwin, still a member of our club although he lives in Brisbane, was placed second in the men's event. Well done Grunter.

•Last weekend we ran the first Calliope to Biloela road race. It went very well with no safety issues and was well received by all of the riders. We plan to make this a feature of the road calendar.

•Bike Chicks has started with a good group of existing and new female members now participating in structured, supervised training. Congratulations to Anouska and Alex for getting this initiative going. Gavin Hopes and some other helpers are going to fill the gap that Alex leaves. Gavin knows a lot about cycling and is developing into a very good coach, but as far as being a "Bike Chick" goes......

•The Club Planning Sessions were held recently by a small group of committed club members. The plan from this will be available shortly.

Coming Events

•The Rocky Open will be on 15 and 16 July. Online entries are now closed.

•The Club has applied to Cycling Queensland to conduct the 2007 State Titles. At this stage CQ has received our application but deferred their decision.

•We will be applying for a date to conduct the Rocky Cup on Wheels 2007 in the near future. This is normally in late January.

•We have attended a meeting about holding a major criterium event in Rocky in November this year. United Sports Marketing would promote the event and it would be a qualifier for the Brisbane and Surfers Paradise crits for Elite riders. There would be support events for the other grades as well as a "mass participation" event. This is not settled yet but in the "ideas" stage.

•We will be starting work on our shaded warm-up area in the near future. Helpers need to manage the project.

As you can see there is a lot happening as well as running racing each weekend.

4 July 2006

2006 State Criterium Championships

Anouska Edwards from the Rockhampton Cycling Club has taken out the 2006 Queensland State Criterium Championship at the Nundah Criterium Circuit in Brisbane on Sunday 18th June. Edwards took line honours in the 30 minute race ahead of Kate Mercer from Balmoral Cycling Club and fellow Rockhampton Cycling Club member Kate Porteous of Gladstone.Both Edwards and Mercer are members of the Queensland Academy of Sport’s Womens Talent Search program, with Mercer a former QAS scholarship holder for rowing, now turned road cyclist. In the elite mens 60 minute criterium, Rockhampton Cycling Club member Grant Irwin, now relocated in Brisbane placed 2nd behind Jeremy Betts from Victor Broncos.Kangaroo Point’s Matt Wood placed 3rd.

World Track Championships

Anna Meares has won the Silver Medal in the 500 metres Time Trial at the 2006 World Track Championships. Miles Olman secured 10th place in the 15km scratch race in his debut at senior level.

Junior Track Championships

Congratulations to Phillapa Hindmarsh, Sarah Edwards, Ben Moore, Penelope O'Dea, Kelly Smith and Lachlan Capern who were selected to compete at Junior Track Championships in Perth.

Well Done to Sarah Edwards who won Bronze in the U17W Team Sprint, Ben Moore who won Bronze in the U17M Team Sprint and Phillapa Hindmarsh who won Gold in the U17W Sprint, Gold in the U17W Scratch Race and Bronze in the U17W Team Sprint.

Rockhampton Cyclists to State Championships

The Rockhampton Cycling Club will send down a thirteen strong squad to contest the 2006 Queensland State Track Cycling Championships at Chandler Velodrome in Brisbane next week.

The Championships; commencing on Monday 2nd January with the womens 500m Time trial and mens 4000m Teams Pursuit and standing 1 lap time trial will run through every night until Saturday 8th January. The championships will showcase Queensland’s finest track cyclists – all of whom will be vying for State Selection to contest the Australian Track Cycling Championships in Adelaide in February.

In the elite women, the opening night of competition will showcase the best of Queensland’s female speed demons, with sisters Anna and Kerrie Meares contesting the elite womens 500m Time Trial. Alex Bright will round up the Rockhampton contingent in the time trial and will be out in hot pursuit of the leading female sprinter for the week; Mackay’s Chloe McPherson, the current World Junior Keirin Champion. McPherson will be the one to beat in the sprint series, the standing 1 lap time trial and the keirin.

A small but competitive field of women will take part in the endurance events, with Anouska Edwards representing Rockhampton in the 3000m Individual Pursuit and will be joined by Bright to contest the 10km scratch race and 25km points score. Edwards will have strong competition from Brisbane’s Liz Young.

In the men, the Championships will see the return of 2003 World Junior 1000m Time Trial Champion Wade Cosgrove, who has returned to the velodrome after time out of competitive cycling. Cosgrove will contest the sprints, standing lap and keirin.

Joining Cosgrove in the elite mens field will be Grant Irwin, Miles Olman, Lindsay McMaster and Jay Callaghan. In the sprints, Broncos Ben Simonelli will be one to watch while Olman will be the favourite in the elite mens 400m Individual Pursuit and Irwin a serious medal contender in the elite mens 1000m time trial.

The U19 men will also be a hotly contested field at this year’s Championships, with plenty of up and coming talent filling this field. Rockhampton will be represented by Joshua Edwards (endurance), Lachlan Plane (sprints), Jeremy Hogg (sprints) and Tyler Wright (sprints).

Edwards will be focusing on the endurance events for the State Championships; namely the 3000m Individual Pursuit, Scratch Race and Points Score. In the sprint events, Hogg, Plane and Wright will have stiff competition from the in-form Byron Davis (Kangaroo Point CC) and Maryborough talent Malcolm Rudolph.

The Championships commence at 4pm on Monday 2 January and will be excellent race preparation as the riders look towards the CQU Rockhampton Cup on Wheels on 20 – 21 January at the Kenrick Tucker Velodrome, Rockhampton.

Rockhampton Cyclists:

Elite Women – Alex Bright, Anouska Edwards, Kerrie Meares and Anna Meares (500m TT only)

Elite Men – Grant Irwin, Jay Callaghan, Lindsay McMaster, Miles Olman, Wade Cosgrove

U19 Men – Joshua Edwards, Lachlan Plane, Jeremy Hogg, Tyler Wright.

30 December 2005

The CQU Rockhampton Cup on Wheels has a live site on the hub of cycling news and events - cyclingnews.com. Check out the CQU Rocky Cup and view pics from the 2005 Cup as well as the latest information about our own 2 day cycling spectacular.

30 December 2005

CQU Rockhampton Cup on Wheels for 2006

Central Queensland University has confirmed it will continue as the major sponsor of the Rockhampton Cup on Wheels, the two day cycling spectacular run by the Rockhampton Cycling Club to be held at the Kenrick Tucker Velodrome, Rockhampton on 20th and 21st January 2006.

CQU joined forces with the Rockhampton Cycling Club in 2005 and this partnership for 2006 and beyond is a natural extension of relationships that has been building with the cycling community over several years.

The School has developed research linkages and industry collaborative scholarships with Queensland Cycling and the Queensland Academy of Sport. CQU and the Rockhampton Cycling Club have worked collaboratively in talent identification of junior emerging cyclists, which resulted in Phillipa Hindmarsh, a product of this program winning a National Junior U17 Sprint Title at the 2005 National Junior Track Cycling Championships in Melbourne earlier this year

Cycling-related research continues to be carried out in the community, with the most recent achievement involving the School of Health and Human Performance (HHP) Technical Officer, Greg Capern. Greg attended the HESTA (Health and Exercise Science Technologists Association) conference in Brisbane in November where he won the peer-reviewed best paper award for his work on "PACER - a remote heart rate monitor". This heart rate monitor is being utilised by nationally-recognised cycling coach, Ken Tucker of the Rockhampton Cycling Club as part of the training regime of his elite squad.

CQU student involvement also plays an important role in this relationship, with students taking practicum placements in event management during the lead up and during the event.

The 2005 Rockhampton Cup on Wheels attracted over 160 riders from across Australia from juniors through to Masters athletes.

30 December 2005