| 07/09/10 | Bikes De Ver Road Time Trial Aggregate Series - Up to date aggregate results for the Bikes De Ver Road Time Trial Aggregate Series have now been posted on the Bikes De Ver Road Time Trial Aggregate Series Flyer link on the BBN website. |
| 05/09/10 | Round 5 - Bikes De Ver Road Time Trial Aggregate Series - Kew Boulevard - Round 5 of the "Bikes De Ver Road Time Trial Aggregate Series" is on this Sunday 12th September at Kew Boulevard. If you want to race you will need to pre-enter by emailing (raceentry@bbn.org.au) pre-entries close on Friday the 10th September at 7.30pm. read More |
| 05/09/10 | Committee Meeting this Wednesday - Just a reminder that there is a committee meeting this Wednesday the 8th of September at the BBN clubrooms and starts at 7.30pm. All members are welcome to attend. |
| 04/09/10 | Club & Regional Road Champs - BBN Club Championships - With the Bureau of Meteorology forecasting floods & the worst weather Victoria has seen in over 15 years, riders who travelled down to Modella for the Club & Regional Road Championships got a nice surprise and were rewarded with a warm but windy afternoon. BBN would like to thank the Carnegie Caulfield Cycling Club for running this event, to see winners of the BBN Club Road Championships results see results. |
| 04/09/10 | Alex Morgan At The Nationals - A disappointed Alex Morgan finished 5th in the Time Trial on Friday. In pouring rain he fell 10ks in the Road Race, but toughed it out for the next 60ks with bent bars and stem to finish. Alex's Dad Brad patched him up & he is in good spirits and is keen to ride the Crit tomorrow. |
| 01/09/10 | aboc Summer Sprint Series 2010/2011 - Dates for the aboc Summer Sprint Series for 2010/2011 are now confirmed, so all you Sprinters lock these dates into your diaries. There is a practice day on Sunday the 3rd of October between 1.00pm to 4.00pm. To see all Summer Sprint Series. read More |
| 30/08/10 | All The Best Alex Morgan - This weekend Alex Morgan will be representing Victoria as part of the junior state team this weekend at the Australian Junior Road Championships in Canberra. He is racing in the Road Race, Individual Time Trial and Criterium. From all of your friends at BBN we wish you the best of luck Alex. |
| 29/08/10 | Regional Road Championships This Saturday - The BBN Club Road Championships is this Saturday 4th September, incorporated into Carnegie Caulfield’s Club and Regional Championship Race, over the hilly Modella circuit. read More |
| 24/08/10 | CSV Open At Newstead - Four Blackburn riders made the trip to Newstead last Saturday for the CSV Open Time Trial. It was originally scheduled as the fourth round of the Open TT Series, which began with the Blackburn race in May. read More |
| 16/08/10 | Cancelled Damian McDonald Eildon Race - The Damian McDonald Memorial Road Race & Blackburn CC Championships that was scheduled for the Eildon area on Sunday 19th September has been cancelled due to difficulties in obtaining the required permits. The BBN Club Championship race will now be on Saturday 4th September, incorporated into Carnegie Caulfield’s Club and Regional Championship Race, over the hilly Modella circuit. read More |
| 15/08/10 | Photo's From Round 4 Of The Bikes De Ver Aggregate Time Trial Series - Many thanks to Leanne Cole for braving the wet & windy conditions to take these magnificent photo's. We encourage you to purchase the photo's that you like and ask that you respect the relevant copyright laws. To view the photos click on; http://www.leannecole.com/Photography/20100815-ktt/titlepage.html |
| 15/08/10 | Results For Round 4 Bikes De Ver Time Trial Aggregate Series" - Results are now up for todays Round 4 "Bikes De Ver Aggregate Time Trial Series". To view the results see results. Also a big thank you to the following BBN members who stood up and assisted today. read More |
| 13/08/10 | Round 4 Bikes De Ver Time Trial Aggregate Series" Start Times - Start times for round 4 of the "Bikes De Ver Time Trial Aggregate Series" are now up. Please ensure that you give yourself plenty of time to register, collect your number & pay. You will need to be at the start line 5 mins before you are due to race. If you miss your start time you will not able to get another start time. You need to have pre-registered for this event, we will not accept walk up entries on the day. To view you start time. read More |
| 09/08/10 | Round 4 - Bikes De Ver Road Time Trial Aggregate Series - Kew Boulevard - Round 4 of the "Bikes De Ver Road Time Trial Aggregate Series" is on this Sunday 15th August at Kew Boulevard. The long range forecast for Sunday looks pretty good & its going to be a big field going by the number of entries already. read More |
| 09/08/10 | Committee Meeting This Wednesday - There is a committee meeting this Wednesday the 11th of August at the BBN clubrooms starting at 7.30pm. All members are welcome to attend. Thank you. |
| 07/08/10 | Women's Cycling at Blackburn - Well the state of women's cycling (or at least the level of interest) at Blackburn is great! Just wanted to give you an update on where we (ie. the "Blackbirds"!) are at. read More |
| 01/08/10 | Bikes De Ver Aggregate Time Trial Series - Round 3 Results are now up for todays Round 3 of the "Bikes De Ver Aggregate Time Trial Series". To view the results see results. |
| 31/07/10 | Eildon Post-Mortem Wed 4 August - To all, a personal invitation to the Eildon Review Mtg this Wed 4 August 7.30 at the club - pizza will be provided to warm a chilly night. For more information. read More |
| 31/07/10 | Round 3 Bikes De Ver Time Trial Aggregate Series" Start Times - Start times for round 3 of the "Bikes De Ver Time Trial Aggregate Series" are now up. Please ensure that you give yourself plenty of time to register, collect your number & pay. You will need to be at the start line 5 mins before you are due to race. If you miss your start time you will not able to get another start time. You need to have pre-registered for this event, we will not accept walk up entries on the day. To view you start time. read More |
| 27/07/10 | Bikes De Ver Road Time Trial Aggregate Series This Sunday At Kew Boulevard - Just a reminder that the next "Bikes De Ver Road Time Trial" is on this Sunday 1st August. If you want to race you will need to pre-enter & the cut off is Friday the 30th July at 7.30pm. Your start time will be posted on BBN's website before 12pm on Saturday. Hope to see you on Sunday. |
| 24/07/10 | Friday Night DISC - We're Back On Folks - Almost 6 months to the day after an accident at DISC resulting in some severe injuries, Janine Muir has returned to the track tonight. After a few cautious laps Janine took the first steps to regain her confidence and got out for some great laps before rolling turns with Jake Kelly. Fantastic effort! |
| 23/07/10 | Volunteers for Kew TT's & Junior Enhanced Training Sessions - The third and fourth rounds of the Bikes De Ver Aggregate Series require volunteers to run, plus the club is once again offering "Junior Enhanced Training Sessions. For more information. read More |
| 19/07/10 | aboc Tour de France Night This Thursday - aboc is having its second & and final TdF watching night this Thursday evening from 10pm. $5 gets you some tucker and a big screen to enjoy the last big mountain stage where the tour will be won. |
| 14/07/10 | Blackburn CC at the BOQ Eildon Junior Tour - What a weekend for the Blackburn Juniors! With a 50% increase in the number of attendees at the Tour, Blackburn also provided many more riders than we’ve had in the past. A whopping 31 juniors and their families travelled to Eildon and Thornton over last weekend to race and assist in this growing event. For a full report. read More |
| 13/07/10 | Final Teams For The "Victorian Clubs Road Teams TT Championships" This Sunday 18th July - Final teams are now in for the "Victorian Clubs Road Teams TT Championships" which is on this Sunday 18th July. Keep an eye on the CSV website as they normally publish the start times 1 or 2 days beforehand. Good luck to everyone racing and most importantly have fun. To view the teams. read More |
| 12/07/10 | No Committee Meeting This Week Due to last weekends massive effort with the Eildon Jnr Tour there will be no committee meeting this month. So the next committee meeting will be on Wednesday the 11th of August. On behalf of the committee I would like to thank everyone who helped out on the weekend, it was a great event and we have received lots of positive feedback from riders, parents, local community, local police and members from other clubs. |
| 08/07/10 | Final Duty Roster For Eildon Junior Tour Sunday 11th July The Final Duty Rosters for the Eildon Junior Tour are now complete, but we are still looking for volunteers, if you can help email (etoc2010@optusnet.com.au). To view Sundays roster see attached flyer |
| 08/07/10 | Final Duty Roster For Eildon Junior Tour Saturday 10th July AM & PM The final Duty Rosters for the Eildon Junior Tour are now complete, but we are still looking for volunteers, if you can help email (etoc2010@optusnet.com.au). For Saturday morning see attached flyer --> For Saturday afternoon see attached flyer --> see attached flyer |
| 06/07/10 | Clincher Campagnolo Shamal or Gippieme Road Wheels Alex Morgan would like to know if anybody has a pair (or just front) of clincher campagnolo shamal or gippieme road wheels that he could borrow for the national time-trial championships being held at the start of September? If you have anything & could help him out please contact him at (alexmorgan417@gmail.com) |
| 06/07/10 | Amended Teams For The "Victorian Clubs Road Teams TT Championships" on Sunday the 18th July - The amended Teams for J13 to J19 for the "Victorian Clubs Road Teams TT Championships" on Sunday the 18th July are now finalized. To view the team selections. read More |
| 04/07/10 |
BBN Teams For The "Victorian Clubs Road Teams TT Championships" on Sunday the 18th July -
Teams for J13 to J19 have been selected for the "Victorian Clubs Road Teams TT Championships" on Sunday the 18th July. If for
some reason your circumstances have changed and you cannot make it, please contact |
| 04/07/10 | Congratulations Alex Morgan - Alex Morgan today won the U/17 Canberra Tour that was held this weekend. This is a sensational effort as there were over 80 riders competing from all over Australia. Well done Alex from all of your friends at BBN. |
| 02/07/10 | Duty Roster For Eildon Junior Tour Sunday 11th July Duty Rosters for the Eildon Junior Tour are now complete, we are still looking for volunteers, if you can help email (etoc2010@optusnet.com.au). To view Sundays roster see attached flyer |
| 02/07/10 | Duty Roster For Eildon Junior Tour Saturday 10th July AM & PM Duty Rosters for the Eildon Junior Tour are now complete, we are still looking for volunteers, if you can help email (etoc2010@optusnet.com.au). For Saturday morning see attached flyer --> For Saturday afternoon see attached flyer --> see attached flyer |
| 02/07/10 | The Bank of Queensland/BBN CC Eildon Junior Tour / Entry Extension & Updates - There’s so much going on behind the scenes, at the moment – putting the final touches on what will be an incredible event. The Tour de France is about to start, and so is the Eildon Tour...the organising committee are hoping for a final, last effort from two bunches of people. Eligible junior riders & volunteers. read More |
| 30/06/10 | This Sundays Club Ride This weeks club ride will leave the BBN club rooms at 7:30am, heading directly up Burwood Hwy, to Belgrave, via Emerald, Monbulk, Sassafras, down the 1:20 & back to clubrooms via Mountain Hwy. We might even stop for a coffee at the Black Kettle if we have time. |
| 29/06/10 | A Blackburn Story – Tony Chandler (MMAS5) - It’s been a big weekend of racing, just gone. With many of our own Club members off racing around the State. I asked Anthony (Tony) Chandler how his recent form’s been and received a great response. It’s a terrific insight into where a bit of inspiration, dedication and training can take you in this great sport. Tony will ride for BBN in the upcoming CSV Club Teams TT & entered his first bike-race seven years ago. Thanks for sharing this with us, Tony. read More |
| 29/06/10 | Photo's From Round 2 Of The Bikes De Ver Aggregate Time Trial Series - Photos from last Sunday's Bikes De Ver Aggregate Time Trial Series are now available. Many thanks to Leanne Cole for braving the wet & chilly conditions to take these magnificent photo's. We encourage you to purchase the photo's that you like and ask that you respect the relevant copyright laws. To view the photos click on; http://www.leannecole.com/Photography/20100627-ktt/titlepage.html |
| 27/06/10 | Bikes De Ver Aggregate Time Trial Series - Round 2 Results are now up for todays Round 2 of the "Bikes De Ver Aggregate Time Trial Series". To view the results see results. |
| 27/06/10 | Thankyou's for the Bikes De Ver Aggregate Time Trial Series - Round 2 - Following the successful Series opener in May, another strong field (85 riders) took advantage of perfect (if a little chilly) conditions, despite a night of torrential rain and wind. read More |
| 26/06/10 | Bikes De Ver Time Trial Aggregate Series" Start Times - Start times for the "Bikes De Ver Time Trial Aggregate Series" are now up. Please ensure that you give yourself plenty of time to register, collect your number & pay. You will need to be at the start line 5 mins before you are due to race. If you miss your start time you will not able to get another start time. You need to have pre-registered for this event, we will not accept walk up entries on the day. To view you start time. read More |
| 25/06/10 | Sunday Club Ride This weeks club ride will leave the BBN club rooms at 7:30am with a direct ride to the "Bikes De Ver Time Trial Aggregate Series" For details call Paul Parlevliet 0411 076 285 |
| 24/06/10 | "Bikes De Ver Time Trial Aggregate Series" this Sunday With the issues we have had with the website earlier this week the Racing Committee has decided to extend the pre-entry cut-off until 8am on Saturday. Worst case we will publish the start list on the web by 5pm on Saturday, but will try & have it up earlier.Thank you. |
| 23/06/10 | "Bikes De Ver Time Trial Aggregate Series" this Sunday - Just a reminder that the "Bikes De Ver Time Trial Aggregate Series" is on again this Sunday morning at Kew Boulevard. Please Note that you must pre-enter by emailing (raceentry@bbn.org.au) Pre-entries close Friday the 25th June at 7.00pm & your start time will be published by 12noon Saturday the 26th June. For more information. read More |
| 22/06/10 | BBN Website Temporarily Off-line - The BBN website has been down for some routine maintenance, apologies for any inconvenience caused & thank you to everyone who emailed & called us telling us it was down. |
| 18/06/10 | BBN Masters Club Rides Leading Up To Vic Clubs TTT - Group rides have been scheduled for Masters on Sunday mornings leading up to the Club Teams Time Trial. If you have registered to ride with Blackburn in the TTT please join your club mates in a ride leaving the club rooms at 8:00am starting this Sunday morning. The first few rides will be 60-70km along Springvale Rd to Beach Rd, turning around at Blackrock to return on the same route. All riders are welcome with an average pace of 30-35kph expected. We are hoping to also schedule Saturday rides and also to change the route for later rides to include the Dandenong's Ranges. For more information contact Paul Parlevliet on 0411 076 285. |
| 11/06/10 | Golden Trout Hotel Eildon Dinner - Blackburn Cycling Club (EildonTourOrganisingCommittee) has made a tentative booking for dinner for the Saturday night, 10th July, 6pm of the Eildon Junior Tour (u13-u19) at the Golden Trout Hotel, Motel 1 Riverside Dr, Eildon( Next to the Eildon Community Centre). If you wish to attend this wonderful chance to join our all fellow Club members socially to discuss the fantastic days riding by our Blackburn riders over a great meal at a venue that is sponsoring our tour, then could you please email; (rsantaga@bigpond.net.au) with your name and numbers attending |
| 10/06/10 | Eildon Canteen - We need People to make soup, cakes & slices for The Eildon Junior Tour on the 10th & 11 July 2010. We also need helpers in the canteen. read More |
| 08/06/10 | Information Evening - Due to a number of enquiries from new members, an informal information evening, discussing the Club, how it works & who’s involved etc, for more information. read More |
| 08/06/10 | BBN Equipment - Do you have any BBN stuff in your garage/in the boot/under the bed(!) With a hectic racing schedule coming up, and great demands on the Clubs resources, we need all the equipment we can get. Could any members who have in their possession equipment belonging to the Club, please contact the race committee (racing@bbn.org.au) to arrange to have it collected. |
| 08/06/10 | Victorian Club Teams Road Time Trial Championships **Reminder** - A reminder that the cut off for team selection for the Victorian Club Teams Road Time Trial Championships is on the 13th of June, for more information. read More |
| 08/06/10 | Traffic Controllers Course This Saturday - This Saturday the 12th of June there is another Traffic Controllers Course. There are a few spots available and this TC course will be held at Damiens new facility in Ringwood and starts at 8.00am. If you are interested please email (raceentry@bbn.org.au) to book a spot. |
| 07/06/10 | Committee Meeting this Wednesday - Just a reminder that there is a committee meeting this Wednesday the 9th of June at the BBN clubrooms and starts at 7.30pm. All members are welcome to attend. |
| 01/06/10 | Eildon Junior Tour Meeting & Update - The next Eildon Junior Tour meeting will be this Wed 2 June 6.15-7.15pm at Anthony Dent's place - email etoc2010@optusnet.com.au for the address. For more information. read More |
| 28/05/10 | Prize Money For Last Weeks TT & Victorian Club Teams Road TT - CSV will be processing & sending out cheques for all prize-winners from Sunday's CSV event. BBN will prepare cash envelopes for prize-winners in the Combine event & endeavour to have them distributed prior to the next TT, on June 27. The Victorian Club Teams Road Time Trial Championships is not far away for more information. read More |
| 27/05/10 | Missing Numbers From Last Sundays TT - There were quite a few numbers that were not returned to the entry table last Sunday. For those who still have their number we ask if you could return it or post it to Blackburn CC, PO Box 43, Blackburn, 3130. |
| 26/05/10 | Thanks To "Bean On The Run" - BBN would like to thank Bean On The Run for supporting last Sundays TT, they kept all riders and spectators warm with coffee, muffins & cold drinks. We look forward to them being at our next event & thank them for their donation |
| 26/05/10 | Bikes De Ver Road Time Trial Aggregate Series - Kew Boulevard - Well, the rumours are correct. read More |
| 25/05/10 | Eildon Tour Mtg 2 - Tomorrow Wed 26 May 7.30pm At BBNe Clubrooms - The 2nd Eildon Junior Tour Meeting is on tomorrow night Wed 26 May 7.30pm at the clubrooms. All welcome. Hope to see you there. |
| 25/05/10 | Bikes De Ver Time Trial Series Round 1 - Round 1 of the Bikes DeVer Time Trial Series was held last Sunday. BBN would like to thank all of the volunteers who helped out on the day, it was a particularly long day due to CSV having their Open event on as well. Apologies for the delay in getting the results posted, but they are up now, see results. |
| 22/05/10 | TT's This Sunday - Please note the planned start time for the CSV Open ITT is 8.30am and each rider will go off in 30 sec intervals. The BBN ITT & Pairs TT will immediately follow the CSV event & each rider will go off in 30 sec intervals. Please make sure you give yourself plenty of time to pay & collect your number & transponder. |
| 22/05/10 | Starting Orders for CSV Open Kew TT - To view the starting orders for CSVs Open TT on Sunday. read More |
| 22/05/10 | Starting Orders for Kew TT (BBN ITT & Pairs) - Please note that the BBN club event will follow the CSV Open TT. To view the starting orders for BBNs ITT & Pairs TT this Sunday. read More |
| 21/05/10 | Siemens Junior Racing Photos of the races Sat. 15th May 2010, thanks to Wayne Arazny, can be seen on our Membership/Photos page, or directly from this link. We had one new starter on the day, Heath Parrott. Welcome to the club Heath! |
| 20/05/10 | Duty Roster For Kew This Sunday Thank you to the people who responded & have volunteered to help out this Sunday. To view the duty roster see attached flyer |
| 18/05/10 | News From Last Weeks AGM - We had a pretty good turnout at last weeks AGM....Most of the positions that were up for re-election there was no change, but BBN would like to welcome Christine Cochrane as our new Treasurer, Wayne Arazny & Roger Cochrane joins our Racing Committee. On behalf of all the Committee & members of BBN we would like to thank Fiona Tibballs for all her hardwork & for the many hours she spent as Treasurer over the past 14+ months. |
| 17/05/10 | Kew/Yarra Boulevard Time Trial This Sunday - This Sunday the 23rd of May is a massive day for our club with the return of our popular Kew Boulevard TT Series. Please note that there are 2 separate events (CSV Open & BBN Club Event) For more information on how the day will run read More |
| 10/05/10 | Committee Meeting & AGM This Wednesday - We have our committee meeting & AGM this Wednesday the 12th of May starting at 7.30pm. Please note that all positions except President are up for re-election on Wednesday evening. |
| 09/05/10 | Jnr. Eildon Tour info for all members - Meeting Wed 12 May(before AGM) - We are calling for support and assistance from our members for the upcoming Eildon Junior Tour (J13-J19) on Sat 10th July - Sun 11th July. A brief meeting will be held to convene an organising committee on Wed 12 May, 6.30-7.15pm (ie prior to the AGM) at Café Oggi, 1 Lakeside Drive, East Burwood. For more information read More |
| 04/05/10 | Calling for Volunteers for BBN's Winter Road Season - Last week we published the new Winter Calendar. In order to run these races, the Club requires members (or their parents, in the case of juniors) to volunteer at least twice during the course of each road season. We're calling for volunteers for the following events in our 2010 Winter Road Season. read More |
| 04/05/10 | State Hill Climb Championships - Congratulations go to Caitlin Ward & Alex Morgan who both won State Gold Medals on Sunday & are now the U/17 State Hill Climb Champions! Well done from all of your friends at BBN. |
| 02/05/10 | Warburton Race Accident Follow-up - BBN would like to wish the following riders a speedy recovery from accidents they received in yesterdays Warburton race. Rob Doyle who crashed before the race commenced dislocated his shoulder & was released from Maroondah Hospital yesterday. There were 3 riders that crashed in D Grade, Deb Cust who was taken by ambulance to hospital, x-rays revealed no breaks, just severe bruising, she was released from hospital last night. Lyle Talbot who had severe abrasions to his hands, knuckles & hips was taken to hospital by a friend was bruised & sore, but in good spirits. Matt Dean who had one severe elbow abrasion & minor leg scratches was okay as well. Thank you to Brian Harwood for ringing those people today to check on how they were getting on. |
| 01/05/10 | Warburton Road Race Results are now up for todays race at Warburton, 85 riders competed in near perfect conditions. A full report will be available soon, but special thanks need to go to Brian Harwood & Richard Stringer who came through with the permit yesterday afternoon! For the results see results. |
| 30/04/10 | Warburton Race This Saturday - Confirming that the Warburton race will definitely go ahead tomorrow....we had permit issues, but they arrived this afternoon. A reminder that the Race will start at 12pm & registrations will open at 11am at Warburton Caravan Park & entries close at 11.45am. |
| 29/04/10 | No DISC Racing This Friday Night - Due to races at Warburton and elsewhere this weekend, there will be no Fast Friday Track Racing @ DISC this Friday night. |
| 27/04/10 | Well Done Brent Nelson - Congratulations to Brent Nelson who won B Grade of the Great Doherty Tour of the Southern Grampians last weekend. Brent won stage 1 then had to defend his lead over the next 2 stages and did a power of work covering various attacks throughout the rest of the tour. Brent is in great form at the moment,he won the Victorian Omnium a few weeks ago with some fantastic times in the 200m, 1k & 2k TT & Pursuit. Blackburn had a good representation at the Great Doherty Tour of the Southern Grampians, when the results are available from CSV we will post the results link. |
| 26/04/10 | Warbuton Road Race Map & Profiles To view the route for this Saturdays Warburton race see attached flyer & to view the profiles see attached flyer |
| 25/04/10 | Warburton Road Race On Saturday 1st May - Next Saturday the 1st of May is our 1st Road Race for the Winter season. The Warburton Road Race will start at 12pm (not 9.00am as previously advertised) Registrations will open at 11am at Warburton Caravan Park & entries close at 11.45am. For more information read More |
| 25/04/10 | Siemens Junior Racing Will not be held next week 1st May 2010 as the club is staging races at the Warburton Cycle Fest. Yesterday's racing saw another great turnout of 25 riders despite the threat of rain More |
| 21/04/10 | Junior Success At Alpe d'Buffalo National Mountain Climbing Championships - The club had 13 riders compete at the Alpe d’Buffallo Junior National Mountain Climbing Championships last weekend. For a full report read More |
| 18/04/10 | Siemens Junior Racing With superb weather, 21 of our junior members competed in the first of our Siemens Junior Racing events for 2010. The days results, personal bests and aggregates points have been posted on our Results page. We welcome Oliver Senese as a new member and thank all the parents who so willingly helped out. Racing will be on again next week (24 April) despite the long weekend. All welcome (including riders from other clubs!). Enquiries: Alan Barnes 97205879(hm)/94856030(wk) |
| 12/04/10 | Committee Meeting this Wednesday / Siemens Junior Experience / AGM - There will be a Committee Meeting this Wednesday the 14th of April starting at 7.30pm. The main focus of this weeks meeting will be to finalize our Winter Race Program which you can view on http://www.bbn.org.au/calendar/2010WinterProgram.html Please note that majority of the BBN events are finalized, but we are just waiting on CSV & other Combines to confirm their dates. Once this is done we will email you a copy of the Race Calendar so you can easily print . Also the Siemens Junior Experience starts again this Saturday the 17th April at 2pm. Finally, our AGM will be on Wednesday the 12th May at 7.30pm. |
| 09/04/10 | Congratulations Caitlin Ward - Caitlin Ward has been accepted into the National Talent Identification & Development program! Well done Caitlin from all of your friends at BBN. |
| 07/04/10 | Alex Morgan Invited To Join VIS - Congratulations go to Alex Morgan who has been accepted into the VIS under a full Cycling scholarship! Well done from all of your friend's at BBN, we are all very proud of you. |
| 06/04/10 | Round 6 aboc Summer Sprint Series - Round 6 of the aboc Summer Sprint Series is this Sunday the 11th of April & is the final track race at BBN for the 2009/2010 season. There are still spots available, to enter email Carl on (sss@aboc.com.au) For more information see the following weblink.http://sss.aboc.com.au/rounds/round-6 |
| 05/04/10 | Eildon Junior Training Camp, Sunday 28th March - Thursday 1st April 2010 - Another successful parent lead Training camp for Junior riders was held at the Rubicon Outdoor Centre, just outside Thornton, Victoria.read More |
| 03/04/10 | Leongatha Junior Experience 2010 - The leongatha Junior Experience is on again for 2010. For more information on this popular eveny read More |
| 03/04/10 | For Sale INEXA C1 Carbon Road Bike - BBN member Robin Misso is selling his INEXA C1 Carbon Road Bike. For information and to see photo's read More |
| 01/04/10 | Junior State Criterium Championships - A number of BBN junior riders ventured to Castlemaine last Sunday to race in the State Criterium Championships read More |
| 31/03/10 | No Racing at DISC This Friday - There will be no racing at DISC this Friday the 2nd of April due to it being Good Friday. Friday night racing will resume again on Friday the 9th of April. |
| 22/03/10 | Last Track Meeting At BBN for 2009/2010 Season - This Saturday the 27th of March is our last track meeting at Blackburn velodrome for the 2009/2010 season. The racing this weekend will be a Scratch race, Handicap and a Motor Pace to finish. It would be great to see as many of you as possible, there will also be a BBQ and a few laughs, so why not bring the family to cheer everybody on! Hope to see you on Saturday. |
| 19/03/10 | Craig Barrett Racing in Al-ain - Last weekend Craig Barrett raced in raced in Al-ain (located United Arab Emirates) flying Blackburn Cycling Clubs flag in the European Handbike Circuit. For more information read More |
| 19/03/10 | Early Success For BBN Riders At Aust Junior Track Champs - Blackburn has enjoyed early success at the Australian Junior Track Championships that are being held at DISC. For more information read More |
| 17/03/10 | aboc Summer Sprint Series Date Change - Please note that round round 6 of the aboc SSS has been re-scheduled to Sunday the 11th of April. |
| 16/03/10 | 2010 Australian Junior Track Cycling Championships- The DISC Velodrome will be host to the best young cyclists from all states and territories as they contest the 2010 Australian Junior Track Championships from this Thursday 18th March to 20th March. For more information see weblink. http://cycling-victoria.informz.net/cycling-victoria/archives/archive_196182.html |
| 07/03/10 | Committee Meeting this Wednesday - There is a committee meeting on Wednesday the 10th of March at the BBN clubrooms starting at 7.30pm. All members are welcome to attend and a light supper will be provided. |
| 07/03/10 | Wednesday Night Training - Please note that Simon Quicks Wednesday night training has now finished for this summer. |
| 03/03/10 | Mansfield Criterium The friendly town of Mansfield is running a Criterium on Saturday the 13th March for all grades. Some big prize money is up for grabs. For more information see attached flyer |
| 02/03/10 | Liz Randall Breaks WMAS8 1 Hour World Record - She did it!! Congratulations to Liz Randall who broke her own 1hour WMAS8 World record last night at DISC. With an average speed of 37.25kms an hour and 149 laps it wasn't all smooth sailing with a "hunger flat" & cramping. To read more read Liz's BLOG. http://onehourrecordattempt.blogspot.com/ |
| 02/03/10 | Round 5 aboc Summer Sprint Series - Round 5 of the aboc Summer Sprint Series is this Sunday the 7th of March. There are still spots available, to enter email Carl on (sss@aboc.com.au) For more information see the following weblink.http://sss.aboc.com.au/rounds/round-5 |
| 01/03/10 | 2010 Australian Junior Track Cycling Championships- The DISC Velodrome will be host to the best young cyclists from all states and territories as they contest the 2010 Australian Junior Track Championships from this Thursday 18th March to 20th March. For more information see weblink. http://cycling-victoria.informz.net/cycling-victoria/archives/archive_196182.html |
| 01/03/10 | Next Saturdays Racing & Club Champs - Take 2 - With last Saturdays racing being cancelled due to rain, please take note of the start time for the Club Championships Scratch Race & Saturdays race program. For more information.read More |
| 28/02/10 | U/17 Team Pursuit Australian Record Broken - Last night at Revolution 6, Alex Morgan & his Victorian team mates Evan Hull CCCC, Jack Cummings CCCC & Tom Hamilton CCCC broke the U/17 3000m team pursuit Australian record! This will send a message to the other states before the Nationals next month & and the boys are hoping to go faster in their quest for an Australian title and a gold medal. Fantastic effort boys! |
| 24/02/10 | This Saturday 27th February / Club Champs - Just letting you know what is happening this Saturday the 27th February. Racing will start at 2.00pm sharp and first up will be the Club Championship Scratch Races. For the starting order & changes to program.read More |
| 21/02/10 | No Training At DISC This Friday - There will be no training at DISC this Friday the 26th February due to the Sid Patterson Grand Prix. |
| 17/02/10 | WMAS8 World Hour Record - Blackburn's very own World Champion Liz Randall will be attempting to break the WMAS8 World hour record on Monday March 1st at DISC at 5.30-6.30 pm. Everyone is welcome to come along to DISC to give her encouragement & to cheer her on. You can also follow her progress on http://onehourrecordattempt.blogspot.com/ |
| 13/02/10 | Club Track Championships 20/02/10 & 21/02/10 - As per the race calendar next Saturday the 20/2/10 & Sunday the 21/2/10 will be our Club Track Championships.For more details.read More |
| 09/02/10 | Eildon Junior Camp - Expressions of interest - Once again, following the highly successful camps of previous years, Blackburn Cycling Club and Quickcycle Coaching are pleased to announce another 2010 March camp at the Rubicon Outdoor Centre, just outside Thornton, Victoria.For more details.read More |
| 09/02/10 | Victorian Club Teams Track Championship Photos - Photos for the Victorian Club Teams Track Championships have now been posted. Again many thanks to Leanne Cole for being our photographer for both days, there are some fantastic shots. Photos are available to purchase, we ask that you respect the copyright laws. To view photos and for more information on how to buy click on http://www.leannecole.com/ |
| 09/02/10 | Victorian Club Track Teams - Juniors Report - The Junior Club Team Championships on Sunday 7 February confirmed Blackburn’s prominence in both team disciplines on the track, with one quarter of all teams representing us. We also demonstrated our depth by fielding multiple teams in several categories. For more details.read More |
| 07/02/10 | Committee Meeting this Wednesday - There is a committee meeting on Wednesday the 10th of February at the BBN clubrooms starting at 7.30pm. All members are welcome to attend and a light supper will be provided. |
| 07/02/10 | Congratulations Brent Nelson - Blackburn's Brent Nelson was one of the successful quartet in Victoria winning the U19 Men's Team Pursuit at the Australian Track Championships in Adelaide. (Other team members were Harry Crothers-Bade, Oliver Le Grice & Shaun O'Callaghan) Brent also Finished 8th in the 25km Points Race Final. Also a special mention goes to Tyler Spurrell who finished 4th in the U19 Scratch race at the same event. |
| 06/02/10 | Brunswick Track Open & Victorian J11 & J13 Track Championships - Some of our younger juniors performed well in the Victorian J11 & J13 Victorian Track Championships held in conjunction with the Brunswick Track Open at DISC on Saturday the 30th January. For more details.read More |
| 05/02/10 | No Track Racing At Blackburn This Saturday - Due to the Victorian Club Teams Championships at DISC this weekend, there will be no racing at BBN. Good luck to everyone competing at the Club Teams! |
| 05/02/10 | Vic Club Teams Championships - Update - Sorry for any confusion, but CSV have confirmed that the Team Sprint will be first not Team Pursuit as perviously communicated. This is for all teams from J11 through to Elite & Masters. Still plan to get there well before 10am if you are in the Team Sprints to warm up. |
| 04/02/10 | Vic Club Teams Championships - Update - For the J19, Elite & Masters CSV will be starting with the Team Pursuits first instead of Team Sprints. Racing starts at 10am, so everyone riding in the Team Pursuits should be at the track well before 10am to setup/ warm up. |
| 04/02/10 | Final Teams For Vic Club Teams Track Championships - The final teams for J13 through to Elite & Masters have now been selected for the Victorian Club Teams Championships on Saturday the 6th & Sunday the 7th of February. Congratulations to those of you who have made the teams and most importantly we hope you enjoy the day. The days racing starts at 10am the program usually starts with Team Sprints followed by Pursuits. To see teams.read More |
| 01/02/10 | Round 4 aboc Summer Sprint Series - Just a reminder that round 4 of the aboc Summer Sprint Series is this Sunday the 7th of February. There are a few places left, to enter email Carl on (sss@aboc.com.au) For more information see the following weblink.http://sss.aboc.com.au/rounds/round-4 |
| 30/01/10 | Australia Day Madison Carnival Photos - Photos for the Australia Day Madison Carnival are now available. Many thanks to Leanne Cole for being our photographer for the day and for putting them up on her website. Photos are also available to purchase as well, to view photos and for more information on how to buy click on http://www.leannecole.com/ |
| 28/01/10 | Tomorrows Training at DISC Please note that tomorrow night at DISC is training for the Vic Club Teams Champs for J19, Elite & Masters. Friday the 5th of February will be training for Juniors (J13 to J17) |
| 28/01/10 | Best Wishes For Janine Muir The club would like to wish Janine Muir a speedy recovery after a fall at DISC last week. Get well soon Janine from all of your friend's at BBN. |
| 27/01/10 | Changes For Vic Club Teams Track Championships - Please note that the selection panel needed to make some minor changes to some of the junior teams. To see amended changes.read More |
| 25/01/10 | Teams For Vic Club Teams Track Championships - The teams from J13 through to J19 have been selected for the Victorian Club Teams Championships on Saturday the 6th & Sunday the 7th of February. Congratulations to those of you who have made the team, the Elite & Masters teams will be selected soon. To see the teams for J13 to J19.read More |
| 21/01/10 | No Racing This Saturday 23rd January Due to our Australia Day Madison Carnival on Australia Day there will be no racing this Saturday. See you at the track on Tuesday! |
| 20/01/10 | Victorian Club Teams Track Championships *Final Reminder** Teams for the Victorian Club Teams Track Championships will be announced 2 weeks prior so the cut off date for those who are interested will be next Thursday the 21st of January at 8pm. See attached flyer |
| 19/01/10 | Australia Day Madison Carnival - The Australia Day Madison Carnival is one of Blackburn Cycling Clubs premier events. It promises to be a huge day, with lots of fun & exciting races. There will be support races for all grades (A to F Grade) & everyone is welcome. For more details.read More |
| 19/01/10 | 2010 Victorian Junior Track Cycling Team The Victorian Junior Track Cycling Team has just been announced & congratulations go to Alex Morgan (JM17) Emerson Harwood (JM17) Caitlin Ward (JW17) Jonathan Dent (JM15) & Emily Apolito (JW15) for all making the state team. Well done from all of your friend's at Blackburn. |
| 18/01/10 | 2009 Victorian Junior Track Championships Last weekend some of Blackburn's juniors competed at the Victorian Junior Track Championships held at DISC. Congratulations to Emerson Harwood who won Gold in the JM17 in the Sprint. Alex Morgan who won 2 x Silver in the JM 17 Pursuit & Points Race. Caitlyn Ward who won Bronze in the JW17 Scratch, & 4 Silvers medals in the TT, Sprint, Pursuit & Points race. Pierce Connor won Bronze in the JM15 Points Score & Emily Apolito won Gold in the JW15 Time Trial & Silver in the Sprint. For a full report, results & photo's go to http://www.vic.cycling.org.au/default.asp?Page=36170 |
| 17/01/10 | Todays Sausage Sizzle At Bunnings A big thank you to everyone that turned up to help out at todays sausage sizzle at Bunnings.... it was a very successful day. A big thank you to Kathleen Osborne & family who were there all day which is really appreciated. The Osbornes cooked & sold so many sausages today, it will be at least 6 months before they will be able to eat them again! |
| 16/01/10 | 2010 Victorian Senior Track Team Congratulations to Brent Nelson (JM19) & Tyler Spurrell (JM19) for making the Victorian Senior Track Team. Well done from all of your friends at Blackburn. |
| 14/01/10 | Victorian Club Teams Track Championships *Reminder** Teams for the Victorian Club Teams Track Championships will be announced 2 weeks prior so the cut off date for those who are interested will be next Thursday the 21st of January at 8pm. See attached flyer |
| 12/01/10 | Junior Success At Jayco Track Aggregate Series Congratulations to our 3 x JM17 riders who made it a clean sweep of Series 1 of the Jayco Track Aggregate Series. Alex Morgan 1st, Emerson Harwood 2nd and Mitchell Barry 3rd . Alex Morgan also won the Don Fairless perpetual shield at Shepparton for the most outstanding Junior 17 rider. Well done guys! |
| 11/01/10 | BBQ at Bunnings This Sunday- Volunteers Needed We are fortunate to have another Bunnings booking & are looking for volunteers to assist Kath Osborne & family run a Fund Raising BBQ at Bunnings this Sunday the 17th January at Bunnings, Whitehorse Rd.in Nunawading. The purpose of the BBQ is to raise funds for the purchase of a new fridge & carpet for our clubrooms. Time Slots: 8am-11am (3 volunteers) 11am-1pm (4 volunteers) 1pm-4pm (3 volunteers). To book a slot contact, Kathleen Osborne, Mob: 0439 959 627 / Hm: 9756 7640 Email (kathy_os@netspace.net.au) |
| 31/12/09 | Committee Meeting this Wednesday - There is a committee meeting on Wednesday the 13th of January at the BBN clubrooms starting at 7.30pm. All members are welcome to attend and a light supper will be provided. |
| 31/12/09 | Victorian Club Teams Track Championships Please see attached flyer regarding the Victorian Club Teams Track Championships which is on the Saturday the 6th February & Sunday the 7th of February which is a month earlier than it normally is which leaves us with limited time for practice. Please make sure that you register you interest asap and we will send out further information on training sessions soon. See attached flyer |
| 23/12/09 | Merry Christmas & Happy New Year - The Committee at BBN would like to wish its members a Merry Christmas & fantastic 2010. Thank you for your continued support throughout the year & ride safely. 2010 will be a big year for our club & we have an exciting racing program coming soon. |
| 17/12/09 | Novice/Skills Track Training The last of the Thu night sessions for 2009 will be tonight 17 Dec 2009 (weather permitting). We will recommence on the Thu 14th January 2010. |
| 17/12/09 | Emerson Harwood Wins Junior Austral - A big congratulations go to Emerson Harwood who won the Junior Austral last night at Hisense arena! This is a fantastic result Emerson & we look forward to hearing all about it on Saturday. Special mentions go to Hayden Eynaud who also made the junior final, plus Aaron Eynaud & Brent Nelson who both made the final of the seniors final that was won by Ben Sanders. |
| 16/12/09 | Family Day & Christmas Break Up On Saturday - This Saturday the 19th of December will be our last track day for 2009 as we have a 3 week break over the Christmas and New Year period. The racing this weekend will be a Scratch race, Christmas Handicap & a Points Score to finish. We hope to see as many of you as possible and why not bring the family along as well. There will be a BBQ throughout the day, plus some nice prizes for the winners of the Christmas Handicap. Hope to see you on Saturday. |
| 15/12/09 | Funeral details for Lorraine Collings - The funeral service celebrating Lorraine's life will be held on Monday December 21st, at Bunurong Memorial Park. 790 Frankston Dandenong Rd, Bangholme (Melways 128 A5) Commencing at 1.15pm. |
| 14/12/09 | The Passing of Lorraine Collings - The Blackburn Cycling Club would like to express its deepest sympathy to the Carnegie Caulfield Cycling Club & and the Collings family with the passing of Lorraine Collings on Sunday the 13/12/09. Lorraine was a Life Member and Handicapper of the CCCC, she was well known & much loved in our small cycling community. Our hearts & thoughts go out the Collings family & our friends at CCCC. We will publish the Funeral arrangements when they are available. |
| 07/12/09 | Track Has Been Repaired - Good news......Just letting you know that there was some repair work done to our track late on Sunday afternoon. The main area of concern that was around the 65m mark has also been fixed. The Council visited the track today and are happy with the work that has been done. They informed us that they have applied for Capital Works funding to have an Engineering assessment done to understand what is going on and ensure the long-term condition of the track. Hope to see you all there on Saturday! |
| 07/12/09 | A New Addition To The Leaper Family - Congratulations to Tom & Jo Leaper on the safe arrival of Fletcher Orlando Leaper, who was born on Saturday the 5th of December at 1.40pm & weighing 2.74kg. Best wishes from all of your friend's at Blackburn. |
| 07/12/09 | This Saturdays Race Program - With the postponement of the Bessie Poole Handicap last week, this Saturdays racing program (12/12/09) will be Scratch race, Bessie Poole Handicap & a Kierin. |
| 07/12/09 | Committee Meeting This Wednesday - There is a committee meeting this Wednesday the 9th of December at the BBN clubrooms starting at 7.30pm. All members are welcome to attend and a light supper will be provided. |
| 03/12/09 | Change To This Saturdays Racing - Just a quick note to let you know that the Bessie Poole Handicap that was scheduled for this Saturday will be postponed until the 12th of December. Also, there has been alot of concern from our members about the current condition of our track, we have contacted the Council and have given them the quotes which give a detailed breakdown on the cost and type of repairs needed. They are aware of the issue and we are pushing to try and have this resolved as soon as we can. Once we know what is happening will communicate it to you. Please note that there will still be racing on Saturday, but the program will be modified. Thank you. |
| 02/12/09 | "Fast First Friday" Racing at DISC - Just a reminder that our next "Fast First Friday Racing" at DISC is this Friday the 4th of December.(Note: There will still be racing at Blackburn velodrome this Saturday afternoon) For more details on this Friday.read More |
| 30/11/09 | Results From Victorian Metropolitan Track Championships - Last weekend many of our trackies competed in the Victorian Metropolitan Track Championships at DISC. There were some fantastic individual results and many personal bests achieved. Congratulations to everyone that competed, we hope that you are happy with your efforts and gained valuable experience. To see the final results click on http://www.vic.cycling.org.au/?Page=35764 |
| 27/11/09 | 2010 2XU Australian Madison Championships - The 2010 2XU Australian Madison Championships, presented by Brunetti, will be held at DISC on Friday 18 December. To find out more information click on this link. http://www.vic.cycling.org.au/default.asp?Page=35747 |
| 27/11/09 | Only 4 More Track Meets Before Christmas - There are only 4 more track meetings until the Christmas break & 2 of those are handicap days. The Bessie Poole handicap on Saturday December 5th is one of the clubs premier races with trophies awarded to each of the winners of the three divisions & sponsored by the Poole family. The Christmas handicap is a fun day for all the family & includes novelty races. Riders are encouraged to enter for both these days and for the normal race days in between & to enjoy the BBQ after the Christmas racing. |
| 17/11/09 | New Arrivals - Congratulations to Barry (The Wizard) & Kylie Woods on the safe arrival of Benjamin James who was born on the 4/11/09. Also Daniel & Emma Nelms are proud to announce Raphael Albert who was also born last week. Well done from all of your friend's at BBN. |
| 12/11/09 | Road Safety Night at DISC - On Friday the 20th of November BBN are running a Road Safety Night after training at DISC. For more information.read More |
| 11/11/09 | Training at DISC this Friday - Due to a re-shuffle of the World Cup Training Sessions for visiting teams, the indoor DISC velodrome is available for Blackburns regular training session at DISC, this Friday evening. This means that Blackburn members have three opportunities to practice on the boards (Fridays 13th, 20th, 27th November), prior to the Metro titles over the weekend of the 28/29th November. If you would like to bring some training partners down contact richardstringer@smartchat.net.au (or mobile 0425 352 745) to book a block of track time. There are at least two blocks available. Just $10 per rider, and warm-up starts at 6.30, with the lights going out at 9.30. Hope to see you there, Richard. |
| 11/11/09 | Committee Meeting This Wednesday - There is a committee meeting this Wednesday the 11th of November at the BBN clubrooms starting at 7.30pm. All members are welcome to attend and a light supper will be provided. |
| 07/11/09 | Blackburn's Inaugural "Fast First Friday's" Track Racing at DISC - A small, but very enthusiastic contingent benefited from a diverse session of strong, safe racing on Friday night. Results are now up results, See here for the race report.read More |
| 06/11/09 | aboc Summer Sprint Series In Ride Magazine - Do yourself a favour a purchase a copy of this issues Ride Magazine. In the "Caffeine Culture" section there is an excellent article on the aboc Summer Sprint Series with some great promotion of our club & some terrific photo's. In the "Bikes From The Bunch" there are photo's & interviews with Carl Brewer, Emily Apolito, Barry The Wizard Woods plus some other regular trackies at BBN. |
| 06/11/09 | Track Handicaps published. You can find the current track handicaps posted under racing. We will be posting handicaps by Wednesday and riders who wish to have their allocated handicap reviewed for the following weekend can do so by sending an email to the handicapper @ bbn.org.au. |
| 02/11/09 | Fast First Friday Racing At DISC - Something new for all you "Track" riders.....Blackburn will now have track racing at DISC once a month (the first Friday of every month) starting this Friday & will continue until April. Note: There will still be Saturday Track racing at Blackburn velodrome on Saturday afternoons.read More |
| 31/10/09 | Prize Money For D, E & F Grades - Starting next Saturday the 7th of November, there will now be prize money for D, E & F grades for this years 2009/2010 Summer track season. The cost of entry will change from $2.00 to $5.00. There will be a discount for families, with the 4th family member receiving free entry. |
| 28/10/09 | Women's Omnium Championships - Brunswick CC is once again running the Victorian Women's Omnium Championships. Please also note the change of date - however, entries are now open. It's a great friendly environment & because it's the day after World Cup, many of the top international riders are going to drop in - so a great opportunity to have a chat with the top girls in the world. (Rumour has it the UK superstars will be riding) Grades include Juniors, Elite and Masters. See attached flyer |
| 26/10/09 | Congratulations Tom Leaper - Tom Leaper is in fantastic form at the moment, Tom rode in the 261km Melbourne to Warrnambool Cycling Classic on Saturday where he made an early break after 10kms & contested in all the sprints throughout the day to win the KOM & 2nd place in the Sprint Titles. He also finished 3rd overall in the Vic 200km Title & was 6th overall in the race. Fantastic effort Tom! |
| 26/10/09 | UCI World Masters Track Championships - Congratulations to Liz Randall who won Gold in the 500m ITT, Gold in the 2000m Individual Pursuit & Silver in the 5000m Scratch Race (Women's 65-69) Steve Martin also finished 4th in the 30km Points Race Final (Men's 35-39) Well done from all of your friend's at BBN. |
| 25/10/09 | aboc Summer Sprint Series - Round 2 of the aboc Summer Sprint Series starts this Sunday the 1st of November. Once again entries are now full, but you are more than welcome to come to the velodrome at BBN and watch and cheer everyone on. Match Sprinting is spectacular to watch and there is a quality field competing in this event. For more information see the following weblink.http://sss.aboc.com.au/ |
| 23/10/09 | Club Presentation Night 2009 Our Presentation Night has now been booked for Saturday the 14th of November. Tickets must be pre-booked & we will need bookings & money within the next 2 weeks. See attached flyer |
| 19/10/09 | Jayco Herald Sun Tour Support Events - Well done to Tom Leaper who won the Jayco Herald Sun Tour Support event on Saturday. With one lap to go Tom attacked from his breakaway group of 6 who had lapped the field to win. The Blackburn Brighstar/Bicycle Superstore Team came in 4th overall with good support from Adam Cobain & Matt Davis. Youngster Gavin Sittampalam also put in a solid performance. Also congratulations to Tony Chandler won made it a big weekend for Blackburn by winning the Masters support race To see the results click on http://www.vic.cycling.org.au/?Page=35336 |
| 19/10/09 | VSCC 09 - State Final Results - Blackburn junior riders achieved fantastic results at the VSCC State Finals last weekend. Congratulations to Angus Flood who won Gold in M13, Alex Morgan who won Gold in M17 & Caitlin Ward who won Silver in W17. For a list of the full results & photos from the day, click on http://www.vic.cycling.org.au/default.asp?Page=35354 |
| 18/10/09 | Results From Damian McDonald Memorial - Results from todays Damian McDonald Memorial have now been posted. results A great day of racing in perfect conditions as well as a strong field made it an enjoyable day. A special thank you to all of the volunteers who made the trip down to Lang Lang and helped out on the day, without your help this event would not have been possible. |
| 15/10/09 | No DISC Training This Friday & Damian McDonald Memorial Update - Due to a big weekend of racing there will be no training at DISC this Friday night, but training will be back on from the 23rd & 30th of October. Just a reminder that the Damian McDonald Memorial is on this Sunday, we are still looking for volunteers, if you are racing and have a family or friend that can help out please contact Richard Stringer on 0425 352 745 or on (richardstringer@smartchat.net.au) |
| 15/10/09 | Damian McDonald Memorial - Now open for E Grade - Just a reminder that the Damian McDonald Memorial Road Race is on this Sunday. Also it has been decided to run an "E" Grade Road Race as well which will be approximately 28kms.Entry fee for E Grade will be $15.00, you can pre-enter by emailing (raceentry@bbn.org.au) or you can enter on the day. Start time for E grade will be around 9.00am. |
| 11/10/09 | Committee Meeting This Wednesday - There is a committee meeting this Wednesday the 14th of October at the BBN clubrooms starting at 7.30pm. All members are welcome to attend and a light supper will be provided. |
| 07/10/09 | 2010 Membership Renewals - 2010 membership renewals are now available on-line...Please note that for new members, on-line membership will be available from the 16th October. To renew your membership click on the following link https://members.cycling.org.au/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Member_Services1&template=security/login.cfm&CFID=35104&CFTOKEN=80526091 |
| 07/10/09 | Track Is Back! - Just a reminder that this Saturday the 10th of October is the start of our Track Season!! For our new members or riders from other clubs, registration is open from 1.00pm and racing starts at 2.00pm sharp. This weeks races are Scratch, Points Score & Elimination. Hope to see you there. |
| 07/10/09 | Damian McDonald Memorial At Lang Lang - Is named in honour of Blackburn Cycling Club Champion Damian McDonald who tragically lost his life in the Domain Tunnel disaster in 2007. The Damian McDonald Memorial will be held on Sunday the 18th of October, for more details see; http://http://www.bbn.org.au/membership/DamianMcDonald.html |
| 05/10/09 | 2009 Track World Cup Volunteers Wanted Don't miss your chance to be part of the action at the 2009 Track World Cup on November 19 to 21. All volunteers receive an event shirt, meal pass & an opportunity to stay & watch the racing once your shift is finished. If you are interested fill out the. attached flyer |
| 05/10/09 | A "Meter Matters" - The Amy Gillett Foundation has a new campaign called "a Metre Matters" which is aimed at motorists encouraging them to leave more space on the road for cyclists. The AGF is in the process of producing a television commercial which will be screened towards the end of the year. For more information, visit the Amy Gillett Foundation website. http://www.amygillett.org.au/a-metre-matters?utm_medium=email&utm_source=Email%20marketing&utm_content=84961963&utm_campaign=A+Metre+Matters+_+dhidlh&utm_term=more information |
| 04/10/09 | Cadbury Discount Card - We now have a discount card for Cadbury and we can get 5kg boxes of breakfast bars for $15 plus lollies and other products. When the newsletter comes through we will send it out to all members. Orders, delivery and payment can be made at track on Saturdays by contacting Judy Flood. |
| 03/10/09 | Club Working Bee - A big thank you to everyone that helped with todays Working Bee. It was great to see so many people turn up for our big Spring clean. The clubroom now look great in preparation for the start of our track season. |
| 03/10/09 | 2010 Membership Information - 2010 licence fees are now available by clicking on the Membership tab, please note that we encourage on-line membership for renewing & new members as this is the quickest way to get your licence & removes alot of the administration of the club. On-line membership should be available on the 16th of October, details will be available soon. |
| 02/10/09 | aboc Summer Sprint Series - Just a reminder that round 1 of the aboc Summer Sprint Series starts this Sunday the 4th of October. Entries are now full, but you are more than welcome to come to the velodrome at BBN and watch and cheer everyone on. Match Sprinting is spectacular to sport to watch and there is a quality field competing in this event. For more information see the following weblink.http://sss.aboc.com.au/ |
| 02/10/09 | Novice/Skills Track Training As daylight savings starts this weekend (4th Oct), the Novice/Skills Training will commence this coming Thu evening. In view of this, and that there is a working been on this Sat, the Sat skills session will not be held. |
| 01/10/09 | Working Bee This Saturday - Just a reminder that we have a Working Bee this Saturday starting at 11.00am. This is your chance to have the clubrooms looking great before the start of track season next weekend. |
| 30/09/09 | Eildon Training Camp #3 - a roaring success - with an outstanding turn-out from Junior riders and parents, the recent Camp was conducted with a warm spirit and further developed the skills, endurance and expectations of our younger members and what they can achieve. To see a great report and photos from James and Andrew Moffat read. More |
| 30/09/09 | 1:20 TT Gets Coverage On CycleSportNews - Last Sundays TT at the 1:20 has received a write up on CycleSportNews. See read click on http://www.cyclesportnews.com/aus/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4362&Itemid=48 |
| 30/09/09 | Photo's From The Black Kettle Regional Hill Climb & Club Championships - Jarrod from JXP Photography has now put his photos from last Sundays TT at the 1:20 on his website. Prints start from $5.00ea which is a really good deal, just a reminder that these photo's are copyrighted and it is illegal to copy them. To view the photo's click on these weblinks http://www.jxpphotography.com.au/blackburn_cc_1_in_20_time_trial_(1).html and on http://www.jxpphotography.com.au/blackburn_cc_1_in_20_time_trial_(2).html |
| 29/09/09 | 1:20 Regional & Club Championships Hill Climb - Last Sunday 48 riders braved the cold, wet & windy conditions to compete in the 1:20 Regional & Club Championships Hill Climb starting at the Basin & finishing at Sassafras. Results are now up results, a full report will be available soon. Blackburn would like to thank "The Black Kettle Tearooms" for sponsoring this event. Also thanks to "JXP Photography" for taking the photo's, there will be more photo's available soon, but for a sneak preview.read More |
| 28/09/09 | Ride To Work Day - To support Ride To Work Day on Wednesday the 14th of October the Knox City Council are hosting a free community breakfast along the Blind Creek Trail in Wantirna South, just behind Knox City Shopping Centre from 7am to 9am. For more details, visit http://www.knox.vic.gov.au/travelsmart |
| 26/09/09 | 2009 to 2010 Track Fixture - Our 2009 to 2010 Track Fixture is now available by clicking on the racing tab or by click on racing |
| 20/09/09 | Black Kettle Regional Hill Climb & Club Championships - The "Black Kettle Regional Hill Climb & Club Championships" is on Sunday the 27th of September. You can pre-enter by emailing (raceentry@bbn.org.au) or you can register on the day. Please note that registration, number collection & start time will be at the Black Kettle Tearooms which is at the top of the mountain (1/351 Mt. Dandenong Tourist Road) between 8.15am to 8.45am. Once you have your number & start time you will then need to roll down to the start at "The Basin" near the shops. There is ample parking at the top of the mountain at Sassafras, plus the Salvation Army carpark at The Basin will also be open. We ask that you do not park at the shops at The Basin as a few of the local shops at the Basin complained that we are taking up all their customer car parking spots. There will be a tent set up in the park at the Basin for those people who want to warm-up and leave their windtrainers. Presentations will be in the park at Sassafras, the Blackburn Cycling Club I would like to thank Julie and her husband at the Black Kettle Tearooms for sponsoring this great event. Please make sure you buy a coffee or brunch from them. |
| 18/09/09 | Last Siemens Junior Racing for 2009 will be held this Sat 19th Sept 2009. 1:45pm for a 2:00pm start. Parents are encouraged to bring their bikes, and a BBQ will be held. All welcome. Please come and support the young juniors of our Club. Thanks Alan. |
| 17/09/09 | Proposed Training Sessions At DISC - Blackburn CC are currently proposing to run training sessions at the Darebin Indoor Sports Complex in Thornbury.read More |
| 17/09/09 | Pre-Season Working Bee - Is there something at the Clubrooms that you've been dying to get fixed? - come along, lend a hand and your advice! Members are asked to come along to help freshen up the club-rooms and surrounds for the upcoming Summer of Track. BYO hand-tools, power tools, garden implements, barrows, paintbrush, rollers etc...When - Saturday the 3rd of October - Start - 11.00am. Also we are in need of a Licensed Electrician and Plumber, if you can help please contact Rob Monteath (0401 699 413) or Richard Stringer (0439 102 023). |
| 17/09/09 | J-Cycle Development Clinic (Track Cycling Skills) - This popular skill development clinic is once again being held during the school holidays at the Blackburn velodrome.read More |
| 15/09/09 | Racing At Crib Point Cancelled - Please be advised that this weeks race at Crib Point has been cancelled. Chelsea & Peninsula CC apologize for any inconvenience caused. |
| 13/09/09 | Committee Meeting this Wednesday - Last weeks committee meeting was cancelled at the last minute & has been rescheduled to this Wednesday the 16th of September at the BBN clubrooms & starts at 7.30pm. A light supper will be provided & all members are welcome to attend. |
| 13/09/09 | Results From Todays Criterium At Casey Fields - A small but eager field braved the wet conditions at Casey Fields at this mornings Criterium. To everyone's surprise, there was no wind which made it pleasant for racing. Results have now been posted, see results For a full listing. Also, a big thank you to the volunteers who helped out today. |
| 11/09/09 | Victorian Masters RTT Results - Malcolm Powell and Martin Lama made the trip north up the Hume Highway to Wangaratta last Sunday to compete in the fifth and final round of the Masters RTT Series, which also doubled as the Victorian Masters State RTT Championships.read More |
| 09/09/09 | Regional Winter Criterium Championships - Cancelled - The Regional Winter Criterium Championships advertised for Saturday the 12th of September at Casey Fields has been cancelled. Our Criterium on Sunday the 13th of September is definitely on. Starting at 9.00am, first up will be B & D Grades and there will be a separate event for beginner/novice's. A & C Grades will start at 10.00am. Registrations will be open from 8.15am. |
| 08/09/09 | Criteriums This Weekend - This Sunday the 13th of September Blackburn is running another Criterium at Casey Fields. Starting at 9.00am, first up will be B & D Grades and there will be a separate event for beginner/novice's. A & C Grades will start at 10.00am. Registrations will be open from 8.15am. Also on Saturday the 12th of September at Casey Fields is the Winter Criterium Championships which is a Regional event by age category. Start time is 1.30pm. |
| 07/09/09 | September Committee Meeting - This Wednesday the 9th September is our next Committee Meeting starting at 7.30pm, all members are welcome to attend. |
| 06/09/09 | Results From The Club & Regional Road Championships - The Blackburn Cycling Club would like to thank Carnegie Caulfield Cycling Club for once again hosting the Club & Regional Road Championships at Modella on Saturday. For results for Blackburn riders see results For a full listing of the results see the results on Carnegie Caulfield website click on http://www.carnegiecycling.com.au/?c=Reports&p=M_Report_db&rid=2220 and a big thank you to the volunteers who helped out today. |
| 03/09/09 | Siemens Junior Racing Will not be held Sat 5th Sep as the Club and Regional Road Championships are on (see news item below). The Championships will cater for J11 and up. Distances: J11/J13 - 14km with hill climb, J15 1 lap Modella, 40km). Parents (particularly J11/J13s) may wish to call me (Alan - 97205879hm/94856030wk) to discuss whether its suitable racing for your child, thanks. |
| 31/08/09 | Victorian Schools Cycling Championships For The East Metro Zone - Last Thursday the 27th of August a number of our junior members went extremely well at the Victorian Schools Cycling Championships for the East Metro Zone held at METEC in Croydon. To see the results see.read More |
| 30/08/09 | Club & Regional Road Championships This Saturday - Just a reminder that the Club & Regional Road Championships is this Saturday the 5th of September at Modella. Details are on the Carnegie-Caufiled website http://www.carnegiecycling.com.au/?c=Calendar&view=list#Event1312 Please note that the results on 5th September (Modella) & the 27th September (1:20 Hill Climb) will determine the Club Road Champions for 2009. Trophies will be awarded to the first BBN rider to finish, with medals to second and third. These apply for all Men/Women, Boys/Girls, in all racing categories, as indicated on your 2008/09 CSV licences. Good luck to everyone. |
| 24/08/09 | Blackburn Junior To trek The Kokoda Track - Good luck to Blackburns J15 rider Jack Flood as he embarks on a huge personal challenge to hike the Kokoda Track in Papua New Guinea. Jack and his mates have been in intense training for over 6 months now, so feel well-prepared for the once-in-a-lifetime adventure. As part of the buildup they have spent time with past and present soldiers of the 39th Battalion, whose members fought on the Track in WWII. Appreciating the history will no doubt spur on the boys. Jack flies out to Port Moresby in 2 weeks; the trek is expected to take 8-9 days. The best wishes of your club go with you, Jack. |
| 23/08/09 | Todays TT At Kew Boulevard - 56 riders competed in todays TT at Kew Boulevard, although a little windy this did not have an affect on the times as some excellent times were recorded. Results have now been published results Also a big thank you to the volunteers who helped out today. |
| 20/08/09 | Alan Dorin's New Lead-Out Man - A belated congratulations to Alan & Caroline Dorin who are the proud parents of Samuel Dorin......Samuel was born on the 14th of August weighing in at 8lbs 15 ounces. Both Mum and Samuel are doing very well, congratulations & best wishes from all your friends at Blackburn. |
| 16/08/09 | Kew Boulevard TT This Sunday - Our next Time Trial is on again this Sunday the 23rd of August at Kew Boulevard. This will be a graded event....to avoid any queues or delays we recommend that you pre-register by emailing (raceentry@bbn.org.au) or you can turn up on the day. Pre-entries will close 7.30pm on Friday the 21st of August. Registrations on the day will be open from 8.00am and will close at 8.45am for a 9.00am start. Hope to see you there. |
| 10/08/09 | Alan Dorin Wins The Lenny Hammond Handicap - Congratulations to Alan Dorin who won the Lenny Hammond Handicap on Saturday run by the Carnegie Caulfield Cycling Club. This is a great effort as Alan has had major back surgery that has kept him off the bike for many months. Well done Alan, its great to see you "back" in winning form again. |
| 10/08/09 | August Committee Meeting - This Wednesday the 12th August is our next Committee Meeting starting at 7.30pm, all members are welcome to attend. |
| 03/08/09 | Lost Rollers & Jumper - There were some rollers and a blue jumper left behind after yesterdays Criterium at Casey Fields. Both items are now in the Blackburn Clubrooms. If they are yours call Rob on 0401 699 413. |
| 02/08/09 | Todays Criterium At Casey Fields 56 Brave riders braved the tough windy conditions at Casey Fields this morning. Results have now been published results Also a big thank you to the volunteers who helped out today. |
| 30/07/09 | BBN Riders make debut in State Selection - Following outstanding results in the recent Junior Road Aggregate Series and Championship Races, first year JM17 star Alex Morgan and JW15 rider Bridgette Thomas have earned selection onto the Victorian Junior Road Team. We wish both of you all the best for the upcoming Australian Championships in Canberra, September 11 - 13, and hope your preparation running into the event is fruitful. Well Done!" |
| 29/07/09 | Bunnings Sausage Sizzle - Kathy Osborne has organized another sausage sizzle at Bunnings Vermont South on Saturday the 22nd of August. We need help with cooking and serving so any help would be appreciated. If you can help please contact Kathy on (kathy_os@netspace.net.au ) |
| 28/07/09 | Victorian Junior Road Championships - Congratulations to Brent Nelson who won Gold (Mens 19/100km) and Caitlin Ward who won a Silver (Womens 17/35km) at the Victorian Junior Road Championships at Wangaratta on Sunday. Well done from all of your friends at BBN. |
| 27/07/09 | Victorian Junior & Handcycling IRTT Championships - Congratulations to Gavin Sittampalam (Silver - M19) Alex Morgan (Silver - M17) Angus Flood (Silver - M13) & Garry Connor (Silver - Handcycling C) who all preformed well at the Victorian Junior & Handcycling IRTT Championships at Wangaratta last weekend. Well done from all of your friends at BBN. |
| 27/07/09 | Criterium This Sunday - This Sunday the 2nd of August Blackburn is running another Criterium at Casey Fields. Starting at 9.00am, first up will be B & D Grades and there will be a separate event for beginner/novice's. A & C Grades will start at 10.00am. Registrations will be open from 8.15am. Hope to see you there. |
| 26/07/09 | Todays ITT At Kew A smaller than normal field turned up this morning to race in perfect conditions at Kew Boulevard. Results have now been published results Also a big thank you to the volunteers who helped out today. |
| 23/07/09 | Eildon Junior Training Camp, Sunday 20th Sept - Wednesday 23rd Sept 2009 - As promised, following the highly successful camp in April, Blackburn Cycling Club and Quickcycle Coaching are pleased to announce another 2009 September camp at the Rubicon Outdoor Centre, just outside Thornton, Victoria. With something to offer every rider, beginners, intermediate and those within the Club either on or near to State Representation, a full program of cycle training and instruction will be valuable preparation for the upcoming Track Season and beyond. They're a lot of fun, too! As convenors, Richard Stringer (richardstringer@smartchat.net.au) and Rob Santagada (rsantagada@bigpond.net.au) are requesting feedback from those interested in attending. read More |
| 21/07/09 | Results From Club Teams Championships - In extremely windy conditiions the following BBN teams won medals in last Sundays Club Team Championships. JM 17 - Gold (Trevor Spencer, Alex Morgan, Liam Dove & Stephen Cousins) JB 13 - Silver (Kurt Santagada, James Moffatt & Angus Flood) JM19 - Silver (Mark Sylvester, Tyler Spurrell, Brent Nelson & Gavin Sittampalam) Elite Men - Bronze (Daniel Nelms, Tom Leaper, Stefan Kirsch & Matt Davis) For a full list of results go to http://www.vic.cycling.org.au/site/cycling/vic/downloads/Results/2009/Victorian%20Club%20Teams%20Road%20Time%20Trial%20Championships.pdf There are also photo's available by clicking on http://www.aeonphoto.com.au |
| 20/07/09 | Kew Boulevard TT This Sunday - Our next Time Trial is on again this Sunday the 26th of July at Kew Boulevard. This will be a graded event....to avoid any queues or delays we recommend that you pre-register by emailing (raceentry@bbn.org.au) or you can turn up on the day. Pre-entries will close 7.30pm on Friday the 24th of July. Registrations on the day will be open from 8.00am and will close at 8.45am for a 9.00am start. Hope to see you there. |
| 19/07/09 | Eildon Junior Tour Thank You - To everyone involved in the Eildon Junior Tour and on behalf of the Eildon Tour organizing committee, Anthony Dent has written a short note to say thank you. For more details. read More |
| 14/07/09 | Tour de France Nights - aboc is running its second TdF watching night on Sunday the 19th of July from 10pm at the BBN clubrooms. Cost is $5 to attend which pays for all the popcorn you can eat and other munchies. For more details. read More |
| 13/07/09 | July Committee Meeting - This Wednesday the 15th July is our next Committee Meeting starting at 7.30pm, all members are welcome to attend. |
| 10/07/09 | Teams For The Club Teams Road Championships - The following people will be representing our club at the at Club Teams Road Championships on Sunday the 19th of July at Miners Rest. For more details on the teams. read More |
| 04/07/09 | Congratulations Brian Harwood! - Our very own Brian Harwood last night won the "2009 Volunteer of the Year Award". Brian has been instrumental in the development of all cycling events at the Blackburn Cycling Club & has been a big part of the junior development programs. Congratulations Brian & also to his wife Judy for this award, it is well deserved. On behalf of all the members we thank you for the time & effort you have given to our club. |
| 04/07/09 | 2009 Tour de France - Good luck to the 7 Australians competing in this years Tour de France which starts tonight in Monaco. (Cadel Evans,Michael Rogers, Mark Renshaw, Stuart O'Grady, Brett Lancaster and Matthew Lloyd & Heinrich Haussler). SBS has all stages live as well as a highlights package starting at 7.15am & 6.00pm. |
| 02/07/09 | Eildon Junior Tour & Regional Road Race - A big weekend coming up for the Blackburn Cycling Club, riders and volunteers. We wish all of the riders the best of luck and most importantly, have fun! For more details please. read More |
| 02/07/09 | Siemens Junior Racing Will not be held Sat 4th July as we are running the Eildon Junior Tour. We will be back at Siemens the following Saturday (11th July). |
| 29/06/09 | Perfect Conditions Reward Riders at 1:20 Hill Climb - At 7.30am on what was to be a beautiful, sunny Winter's morning, the fog started lifting from the shops and parkland at the base of the 1:20 hill climb. For the 70+ competitors who defied the forecast, it was to be a rewarding TT in the cool, still conditions, with many posting great improvements from the race last year. A field of fifteen A-Grade riders struggled to find the legs which Jono Lovelock (HAW) again produced, posting a 13:45, a full 10 seconds clear of his winning time in September 08. Young BBN star Alex Morgan recorded what can only be described as an astonishing time of 14:13, paring more than 2 minutes off his last posted time. Luke Fetch (Mornington) worked valiantly to come in 14 seconds behind Morgan to place third fastest of the day. Other notable mentions go to the Spencer Clan (Jason, Trevor and Gary), who took prizes across two Grades, and riders Parleviet, Chandler, Drury and Will Thomas, all at the top of C Grade, posting times to challenge the leaders in B Grade. A special thankyou to The Basin Cafe, who requested to encourage the younger winners with additional prizes. Well done to J13's David Koroknai (CCCC) and Courtney Paige-Field (CCCC), and J15's Liam Hood (Brunswick) and Bridgette Thomas (BBN) for their excellent efforts. It was great to see the race well supported by Blackburn riders, with over half of the entries flying the BBN colours. With three more races of the BBN TT Series to go, refer to the website for updated information and entry details...BTW. In amongst the fog at the start, was Arnaud Domange. We thank Arnaud, who later positioned himself further up the mountain to take some great shots of many riders. Check out the pics at www.arnauddomange.com.au. http://www.arnauddomange.com.au/1%20in%2020%20Time%20Trial%20June%202009.html |
| 28/06/09 | The Basin 1:20 Hill Climb ITT The results are available from our Race Results page. Please - if you have any queries or corrections please email us. And again, thankyou to all the volunteers who assisted. |
| 25/06/09 | Eildon Junior Tour - Last Chance to Enter - All Blackburn juniors are encouraged to enter our event, the 2009 Eildon Junior Tour on July 4-5. Enter on line at the CSV website; entries close June 28. Blackburn seniors are encouraged to enter the simultaneous Regional Road Race on July 4. Pre-entries are strongly encouraged. Thanks to the many members and friends of Blackburn who will assist at the event. Please ensure you know when you are rostered on and the time and place to meet for your briefing.If you have been missed, please advise the club asap - more volunteers are needed. |
| 25/06/09 | Time Trial This Sunday - Just a reminder that we are running a TT this Sunday the 28th June at the 1:20 at the Basin. This will be a graded event, to avoid queues or delays we recommend that you pre-register by emailing (raceentry@bbn.org.au) or you can turn up on the day. Pre-entries will close 7.30pm on Friday the 26th June. Registrations on the day will be open from 8.15am and close at 8.45am for a 9.00am start time. |
| 21/06/09 | Todays Criterium At Casey Fields With a great turn up of 65 riders at Casey Fields on Sunday 21st June, The Blackburn Cycle Club extends its thanks to Doug Reith, Liz Randall, Russell Poole & Rob Santagada for the smooth running of the event. The results have now been published. Also, there was a jacket left behind, Doug has kindly offered to drop it off at the clubrooms tomorrow. Thank You. |
| 15/06/09 | Criterium This Sunday - Just a reminder that we have a Criterium this Sunday the 21st June at Casey Fields. Starting at 9.00am, first up will be B & D Grades and for beginner/novice's. A & C Grades will start at 10.00am. You can pre-register early by emailing (raceentry@bbn.org.au) or you can turn up on the day, registrations will be open from 8.15am. |
| 08/06/09 | June Committee Meeting - This Wednesday the 10th June is our next Committee Meeting starting at 7.30pm, all members are welcome to attend. |
| 08/06/09 | Short Sleeved Club Jerseys - We have just received a shipment of short sleeved club jersey's, cost is $100. If you want to buy one contact Rob on 0401 699 413 to organize a time to try on or collect. |
| 05/06/09 | Victorian Clubs Teams Road Championships - There has been alot of interest in the Victorian Clubs Teams Road Championships which is a team Time Trial. For more information.read More |
| 02/06/09 | Victorian Clubs Teams Road Championships - This years Victorian Clubs Teams Road Championships is on Sunday the 19th of July. For those wanting to ride in this event you will need to let the club know of your intentions by the 21st of June. The teams will we announced on the 5th of July which is 2 weeks prior and riders will be notified plus the teams will be posted on the club website. If you have any queries or have an interest in riding, please email your name and age category to (raceentry@bbn.org.au). |
| 29/05/09 | Northern Combine 3 Day Tour - The Northern Combine is running a 3 day tour over the Queens Birthday weekend (6th, 7th & 8th June) Entries close tomorrow, for more details see; www.northerncombinecycling.org |
| 26/05/09 | Photo's From Sundays ITT - Many thanks to Arnaud Domange Photography for these wonderful photo's of Sundays ITT. |
| 26/05/09 | CSV NEWS: 2009 Victorian Masters Series - For the 2009 Road Season, CSV has introduced a graded 20km IRTT Series for A, B, C, D Grade for masters riders. Four events events will make up the IRTT series, with the Victorian IRTT and ROAD championships to end the series. Promoted by CycleSport Victoria and Wangaratta and Castlemaine Cycling Clubs, prizemoney will be awarded at the end of the series.read More |
| 25/05/09 | Time Trial Series Kicks Off Strongly - The first of five time-trial events posted a season-opening record on Sunday, with almost 100 competitors representing ten Victorian Clubs, with a healthy contingent from the Northern Combine posting excellent results. A well-behaved field enjoyed the benefits of a large proportion of pre-entries, to ensure prompt and clear notification of their race-time. Riders appreciated this certainty, and used the pre-race window to warm-up and prepare themselves for what is known as the "Test of Truth" - a very personal race, against the clock. Accordingly, results for all grades indicated significant improvements on last years times. Only two seconds separated Hawthorn duo Shane Miller and Jono Lovelock at the head of A-Grade, while another great result was posted by Blackburn youngster Alex Morgan, well clear of the B-Grade field. With the June ITT being held at Melbourne's iconic Hill-Climb venue (The 1-in-20 course at The Basin) cyclists will be able to "bookend" their road season, and gauge their improvement in hill-climbing, by competing in the season-closer in late September. Numbers at the 2008 ITT Series grew steadily with each race, and organisers strongly encourage competitors to pre-enter each event, which guarantees a seeded place in the appropriate grade. |
| 24/05/09 | Kew Boulevard ITT 24-May-2009 Thankyou to all who fronted and rode the first race of our ITT Series for 2009 - and a special thanks to Richard Stringer and all the volunteers! The results have now been published and if you have any queries please email us. We also seek (constructive:) feedback as we are always looking to do better. Thanks. |
| 18/05/09 | Kew Time Trial This Sunday - Just a reminder that there is a TT this Sunday the 24th May at Kew Boulevard. Start-time is 8.30am, you can pre-enter by emailing (raceentry@bbn.org.au) or by turning up on the day. |
| 18/05/09 | May Committee Meeting - This Wednesday the 20th May is our next Committee Meeting starting at 7.30pm, all members are welcome to attend. |
| 14/05/09 | Ararat Junior Tour & Hand Cycling Series - We would like to wish all our juniors riders and Hand Cyclists the best of luck at the Ararat Junior Tour & Hand Cycling Series which is on this Saturday and Sunday. Please ride safely, but most importantly have fun! |
| 08/05/09 | Committee Meeting Change - Please note that our next committee meeting will be on Wednesday the 20th of May and will start at 7.30pm. Everyone is welcome to attend. |
| 02/05/09 | Sausage Sizzle At Bunnings - Last Saturday a few of our juniors parents manned the sausage stall at Bunnings at Nunawading and raised close to $2,000. This is a great effort and the club thanks them for making their time available to support our club. |
| 01/05/09 | Siemens Junior Racing Winter season starts Sat 9th May 2009. 2:00pm start (entries from approx 1:40) at Siemens, Mountain Hwy, Bayswater. Thanks again to Siemens for allowing us the use of their facilities for 2009. Enquiries: Alan Barnes 9720 5879. |
| 29/04/09 | Volunteers For Winter Race Program - As you are all aware the BBN road racing season is upon us. In order to run our races smoothly we need Volunteers for all events. Please follow the link to see the races that will need ample volunteers and the approximate numbers required.read More |
| 29/04/09 | Marysville Lake Mountain Bushfire Relief Ride - This is just to clarify any confusion even though we have it on our website......CycloSportif not Blackburn is running the Marysville ride this weekend. We originally had the Damien McDonald Memorial Regional Race scheduled for this weekend, but decided to defer it until October and promote the Marysville ride. Blackburn encourages all its members to support this fantastic fund-raising event. |
| 27/04/09 | Eildon Tour - Blackburn will host the 2nd Eildon Junior Tour on Saturday 4th and Sunday 5th July 2009. Racing will centre around Thornton and Eildon. Your club needs you to volunteer or help plan the event, for more information click here. |
| 25/04/09 | Last Weeks Annual General Meeting - At last weeks AGM John Nicholson was again voted in as President and Brian Harwood is now Snr Vice President. Some of the new positions are Fiona Tibballs (Treasurer) Richard Stringer (Race Committee Chairperson) Anthony Dent (Chairperson Sponsorship/Fund-raising) Jamie Goddard and Jason Plowman (Racing Committee). For a full listing of the BBN committee, click on the contacts tab. |
| 25/04/09 | Todays Results at Casey Fields - 45 riders braved the strong winds at Casey Fields today which was our first race of the Winter Road Season. To view the results, click on the results tab. |
| 25/04/09 | Avanti Track Bike Raffle - Congratulations to Leah Paterson from Brunswick Cycling Club who won the Track bike raffle that was drawn at Casey Fields today. Many thanks to Avanti Plus for donating this magnificent bike! |
| 24/04/09 | ANZAC Day Criterium - Just a reminder that our winter race season kicks off tomorrow with a Criterium at Casey Fields. You can pre-register early by emailing (raceentry@bbn.org.au) or you can turn up on the day, registrations will be open from 1.15pm. B & D Grades, plus a beginner/novice session will start at 2.00pm sharp and A & C Grades will start at 3.00pm. Hope to see you there. |
| 21/04/09 | BBN Juniors At Pre-Road Season Training Camp - Late report through on the very successful Eildon Junior Training Camp, at Rubicon, during the recent school holidays. Special thanks to Judy Flood, Simon Quick, all parents, support riders, drivers and presenters (Liz, Rob and Mark) for making it all possible. Keep in mind that the second Junior Training Camp will be held in the first week of the September holidays, and given the feedback from this one, there will be even more numbers there. Mark it in you calendars, as places are limited. In the meantime, read more about the April 09 camp.read More |
| 19/04/09 | Blackburn Cycling Club AGM This Wednesday - Just a reminder that our Annual General Meeting is on this Wednesday the 22nd of April at the BBN clubrooms and starts at 7.30pm. The positions of President, Vice President, Treasurer, Race Committee Chairperson and Club Captain will all be up for re-election. A light supper will be provided and everyone is welcome to attend. |
| 18/04/09 | ANZAC Day Criterium - Winter Season Kick Off - Our first winter race for the season kicks off next Saturday the 25th April with a Criterium at Casey Fields. You can pre-register early by emailing (raceentry@bbn.org.au) or you can turn up on the day, registrations will be open from 1.15pm. B & D Grades, plus a beginner/novice session will start at 2.00pm sharp and A & C Grades will start at 3.00pm. Hope to see you there. |
| 09/04/09 | aboc Spin Sessions for 2009 - The first aboc Spin Session for 2009 is this Tuesday the 14th of April. The same setup as last year, BYO bike, trainer,bowl, fork and $10. aboc will provide the food, music and 'entertainment'. Starting at 7pm sharp so get there around 6:30pm. Please let Carl know(carl@aboc.com.au )if you're coming so he can make sure he has enough pasta. |
| 07/04/09 | April Committee Meeting & AGM - The next committee and Annual General Meeting will be the 22nd of April starting at 7.30pm. A light supper will be provided and everyone is welcome to attend. |
| 05/04/09 | Victorian Masters Track Championships - A small number of Blackburn Masters raced at the Victorian Masters Track Championships at DISC on the 22- 23rd of March all producing great results and quite a few PB's. Well done to Patrick Dougherty (Silver in M7+ Scratch, Bronze in Sprint, TT & Keirin) Elizabeth Moore (Silver in W1 Pursuit & Bronze in Keirin) Mick Thomas (Silver M4 Keirin) John Lewis (Bronze in M7+ Pursuit & Scratch) Ben Schofield (Silver in M3 Sratch) Martin Lama (Gold in M2 Scratch) To see all of the results click read More |
| 02/04/09 | Blackburn Cycling Club Winter Program - Our Winter Race Program has now been posted on the web, you can get to the link by clicking on the "Racing" tab. Our first event is a graded Criterium at Casey Fields on ANZAC Day the 25th of April, we would love to see all our members and other club members ride. Also, please note that our traditional Damien McDonald Memorial race at Lang Lang has been pushed out to October due to the Marysville Lake Mountain Bushfire Relief Ride which is on the 3rd of May. |
| 02/04/09 | Bontrager Summer Sprint Series Round 6 -
This Sunday the 6th of April sees Round 6 and the final round of the Bontrager Summer Sprint Series. For the Bontrager
Summer Sprint Series, there are 30 places available, you can pre-enter by emailing Carl Brewer
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| 24/03/09 | Australian Junior Track Cycling Championships - Emily Appllito, Caitlin Ward and Adele Sylvester had excellent performances at the National junior track titles in Adelaide. All three qualified for the sprint with Caitlin finishing fifth and Caitlin and Adele collecting fourth in the team sprint, missing out on a medal by three tenths of a second. Well done girls! |
| 24/03/09 | Emerson Harwood Wins Jayco Track Aggregate Series! - Congratulations go to Emerson Harwood who won the M17 Aggregate Track Series, which is a season long race series, more impressive was the fact he was able to perform well at all the events. Well done Emerson its great to see that your hard work this year has paid off for you. For more information click on http://www.vic.cycling.org.au/?Page=32203 |
| 24/03/09 | Juniors Results The Victorian Club Teams Championships - The Blackburn are the number one in the state, topping the medal tally with 4 Gold 4 silver and 2 bronze medals. Gold medal riders were Emily Applito, Brigdette Thomas, Adele Sylvester, Caitlin Ward, Briony Cole, Kurt Santagada, Angus Flood and Kyle Muir. For a list of the results see the CycleSport Vic results |
| 24/03/09 | Seniors Results For The Victorian Club Teams Championships - Apologies for the delay in getting the results up....our seniors riders performed admirably at the Vic Club Teams Championships with a creditable 3rd place overall. With an overall medal tally of 5 (1 Gold, 3 Silver and 1 Bronze) everyone had a great time and it was great to see everyone cheer on and offer encouragement to their fellow team mates. For a list of the results see the CycleSport Vic results |
| 15/03/09 | Discounted Club Winter Vests - Get ready for winter and buy a club winter vest. They will be on sale this Saturday the 21st of March which is also our last track day for the season. The vests are $70, (these would normally retail for over $120 at most bike shops) to check what sizes are available and what they look like read More |
| 14/03/09 | Ralf Gmehling. We are all saddened to hear of the death of Ralf Gmehling - a loved and respectived member of the cycling community who had an enormous passion for the sport. Ralf was a racing member and coach at Blackburn for many years and later at Eastern Vets. Our condolences to his family and loved ones. Funeral: Thu 19th, 10:00 AM at Tobin Brothers Reflection of Life Chapel, 816 Doncaster Rd, Doncaster (cnr D'Arcy St). |
| 12/03/09 | Masters and Elite Teams. Following yesterdays team announcement we have further refined the selection to indicate the riders and reserves for Elite and Masters groups. Following previous years the Teams may change on race day depandant on injuries or other circumstances. Should 3 Teams for the Masters is not accepted we would include a second Elite Teams Sprint team. More |
| 11/03/09 | This Weekends Victorian Clubs Teams Championships - This is just a reminder that this weekend is the Victorian Clubs Teams Championships at DISC. Please note that Saturday the 14th is Elite Men, Elite Women, Men 19, Women 19, Masters Men & Masters Women. On Sunday the 15th is Under 17 and below. The start time for both Days start at 10.00am, the venue will be open from 8.30am for warm ups on both days. Good luck to everyone competing and have fun!For the list of teams read More |
| 10/03/09 | March Committee Meeting This Wednesday - Just a reminder that there is a committee meeting this Wednesday the 11th of March at 7.30pm. Everyone is welcome. |
| 02/03/09 | Traffic Controllers Course - On Saturday the 18th of April there will be a Traffic Controllers course at the Blackburn clubrooms. So the running of races can be shared more evenly between members we urge as many people as possible to apply for the course. The Certificate of Attainment in Traffic Control, which you gain from the course, can be used for employment opportunities outside of the cycling club. If you are interested in doing this course, please email (raceentry@bbn.org.au) asap. |
| 01/03/09 | Money Owing For Club Championships - There are a few members that have not paid their entry fee for the Club Championships. If this could be paid by next Saturdays race day the club would appreciate it. |
| 01/03/09 | Australian Masters Games - Congratulations go to Martin Lama and Ben Schofield who both won silver medals at the recent Australian Masters Games in Geelong. Martin won silver medals in the MMAS2 2,000m Pursuit and the 18km Road ITT in windy conditions. Ben won silver medals in both the MMAS3 2,000m Pursuit and 500m Time Trial. Well done to both of you! I am not aware if there were any other Blackburn members racing in these games, if there were and you want to share with us please email (newsitem@bbn.org.au). |
| 27/02/09 | J Cycle/Skills Training This Saturday - Just a reminder that the J Cycle/Skills Training session this Saturday will be conducted between 9.00am to 11am. Any queries, please contact Brian Harwood 0418 359 964. |
| 25/02/09 | Club Championships Change - Please be advised that there has been 2 x changes to this weeks Club Championships; 1) All JW17 races scheduled for this Saturday have been postponed and will be held on Saturday the 7th of March during our regular track program. 2) All JM19 entrants that turned up last week and were ineligible due to the 3 race policy, will be able to race this Saturday, but no Club Championship medals will be awarded. Also, to avoid congestion prior to the Club Championships this Saturday the J Cycle/Skills Training session will be conducted between 9.00am to 11am. Any queries, please contact Brian Harwood 0418 359 964. |
| 24/02/09 | Bontrager Summer Sprint Series Round 5 -
This Sunday the 1st of March sees Round 5 of the Bontrager Summer Sprint Series. For the Bontrager
Summer Sprint Series, there are 30 places available, you can pre-enter by emailing Carl Brewer
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| 20/02/09 | Message From CSV Regarding The Hell Ride - Behaviour by some riders in the Hell Ride will destroy Beach Road cycling. It is time to act now so that the image of cycling is not trashed again. To see the full article click on http://www.vic.cycling.org.au/?Page=32000 |
| 16/02/09 | Tour of California - Blackburn's Fabio Calabria is racing alongside the worlds greatest cyclist's in the Tour of California. For the Prologue results click on http://www.velonews.com/results/87774 |
| 15/02/09 | Next Weeks Club Championships - The Club Championships will be held over the next 2 weeks...please note that the start time for the next 2 weeks will be 12.00pm. The following events will be run. Saturday 21/2/09 1) Sprints 2) Time Trial for J15 ages and under only 3) Points Score. (Please note that J15 age groups and under will not race in the Points Score). Saturday 28/02/09 1) Pursuits 2) Time Trials 3) Scratch Race (Scratch race for all age groups) |
| 15/02/09 | Bushfire Appeal - Yesterday we raised $623.00 for the Bushfire Appeal which will help assist individuals, families and communities affected by the devastating bushfires last Saturday. The money will be given to the Red Cross and the club would like to thank everyone who attended yesterday and generously donated. |
| 12/02/09 | Bushfire Appeal & Saturdays Racing - The committee have received many calls and emails from our members asking what we can do to raise money for the Bushfire Appeal. We have decided that all race entry fees for this Saturdays racing and prize money will be donated to the Red Cross Bushfire Relief Appeal. There will also be a donation tin/box available at the registration table. For this Saturday only, the race entry fee for D, E & F grades will be $5.00ea. We hope that all our members can show their support by making Saturday a huge day. |
| 09/02/09 | February Committee Meeting Reminder - Just a reminder that there is a committee meeting this Wednesday the 11th of February at 7.30pm. Everyone is welcome. |
| 08/02/09 | Victorian Bushfires - The Blackburn Cycling Club and its members extend their sympathy to the communities affected by the bush fires in outer Melbourne. Our club and its members have raced and trained in this area for over 60 years and feel a strong affinity to this area. We extend our deepest condolences for those that have lost family members and to assist the community to rebuild, we strongly encourage our members to contribute to one of the relief funds for these communities. John Nicholson President |
| 06/02/09 | 2009 Australian Junior Track Championships - Congratulations to Naomi Pinto, Brent Nelson and Gavin Sittampalam who all won medals at the Australian Junior Track Championships in Adelaide. Naomi won a silver medal in the Womens U19 Sprint Final and Brent and Gavin both won a bronze medal in the Mens U19 4,000m Team Pursuit Final. |
| 05/02/09 | This Saturdays Track Racing - The current forecast for this Saturday the 7/2/09 is 43 degrees. The committee has decided that if the forecast on Saturday morning is for 35 degrees or more, the racing will be cancelled. |
| 04/02/09 | Training for Elite & Masters for Clubs Teams Championships - If you are an Elite or Masters rider and want to be considered for the Clubs Teams Championships in March, training is on Monday evenings at Blackburn from 6.30pm to 8.30pm until the Club Teams Championships are on. Training for the Juniors started tonight, but please see training times as the juniors will alternate between Blackburn and DISC. |
| 28/01/09 | This Weekends Racing at Blackburn -
This weekends racing is going to be another huge one!
On Saturday we have a Scratch race, Elimination, and Motor Pace races, there is also extra prize money
up for grabs thanks to aboc Cycle Coaching.
On Sunday sees Round 4 of the Bontrager Summer Sprint Series.
For the Bontrager Summer Sprint Series, there are 30 places available, you can
pre-enter by emailing Carl Brewer |
| 22/01/09 | No Track Racing This Saturday - Just a reminder that there is no track racing this Saturday due to the Australia Day Madison Carnival on Monday. Its going to be a huge day on Monday and there are plenty of support races for A to F grades as well. |
| 19/01/09 | Well Done Girls! - Congratulations to Adele Sylvester, Caitlyn Ward (both JW17) and Emily Apolito (JW15) who have been chosen to represent Victoria at the Australian Junior Track Championships on the 19th - 21st March in Adelaide. This is the first time that Blackburn have had 3 girls selected for the Nationals which is fantastic effort! |
| 17/01/09 | Australia Day Madison Website - Many thanks to Carl Brewer who has constructed a special web-site for our Australia Day Madison Carnival on the 26th of January. To view it click on;http://adm.aboc.com.au/ |
| 17/01/09 | Australia Day Madison Fixture - The Australia Day Madison Carnival starts at 10am.....The feature race is the Madison, but there are support races for A to F grades. (Scratch, Handicap, Elimination & a Team Sprint) There will be a minimum of 3 races per rider. |
| 16/01/09 | Congratulations to Emerson Harwood! - The results from Series 1 of the 2008/2009 Jayco Track Aggregate Christmas Carnival have now been posted on CSV's website and our very own Emerson Harwood came 2nd in the M17 section. Well done Emerson, its great to see that all of your hard working is paying off. For more information.read More |
| 13/01/09 | 2009 Victorian Club Teams Championships Blackburn will once again be entering teams in the Victorian Club Teams Championships at DISC on Saturday 14th March and March 15th. (The Elite and Masters will be on the Saturday 14th and the Juniors will be on Sunday the 15th) All Blackburn members with current racing licences are eligible for selection. For more information and training times.read More |
| 12/01/09 | Australia Day Madison Time Change - Please note that there was an error in the Summer Track fixture in relation to the start time of the Australia Day Madison on the 26th of January. The start time will be 10.00am, not 2.00pm as originally published, this has now been corrected. There will be support races on the day, they will be posted in the next few days. |
| 12/01/09 | January Committee Meeting Reminder - Just a reminder that there is a committee meeting this Wednesday the 14th of January at 7.30pm. Everyone is welcome. |
| 01/01/09 | Victorian Junior Track Team Announced - Congratulations to Brent Nelson, Naomi Pinto and Gavin Sittampalam who have all made the Victorian Junior (U19) Track Team! From all your friend's at Blackburn, we wish you all the best for the 2009 season. |
| 22/00/09 | Message From CSV Regarding The Hell Ride - Behaviour by some riders in the Hell Ride will destroy Beach Road cycling. It is time to act now so that the image of cycling is not trashed again. To see the full article click on http://www.vic.cycling.org.au/?Page=32000 |
| 21/00/09 | Tour of California - Blackburn's Fabio Calabria is racing alongside the worlds greatest cyclist's in the Tour of California. For the Prologue results click on http://www.velonews.com/results/87774 |
| 30/12/08 | Echuca Moama Junior Cycling Carnival - The Echuca Moama Cycling Club are holding a Junior Carnival on the 10th and 11th of January. For more information.read More |
| 24/12/08 | Merry Christmas! - The committee would like to wish all Members and their families a Merry Christmas and a happy and safe New Year. Please take care out on those roads and we will see you all in 2009! |
| 22/12/08 | Future Stars Series - The following members deserve recognition for being selected for the Future Stars Series. Adele Sylvester and Caitlyn Ward, JW17. Ed Osborne, Emerson Harwood and Alex Morgan JM17 were selected to contest the Future Stars events to be run as part of the Revolution series at Hisense Arena. All riders acquitted themselves well in the first round at the Melbourne Cup on Wheels. The second round will be conducted in conjunction with the Austral Wheelrace, Saturday 14th February. |
| 21/12/08 | Australian Youth Olympics - Congratulations to Naomi Pinto who has been selected to ride in the Australian Youth Olympics in Sydney on the 14-18 January 2009. From all your friend's at Blackburn we wish you the best of luck. |
| 17/12/08 | No Change To Saturdays Program - Please note that there will be no change to this Saturdays program. Racing starts at the normal time of 2.00pm sharp, there will be a Scratch race, Christmas Handicap followed by a Progressive Points Score. |
| 17/12/08 | Junior Women's JW15 Wheelrace - Off a mark of 90m Emily Apolito last night stormed home to win the Junior Women's JW15 Wheelrace today at the Hisense arena as part of the Melbourne Cup on Wheels. Well done Emily, this is a fantastic effort! |
| 02/12/08 | 2008 Metro Track Championships Last weekend saw many of our regular Track riders compete in the "Metro Track Championships" at DISC. It was a busy program held over Saturday and Sunday and our Juniors, Elite and Masters riders did Blackburn proud. To see all the results.read More |
| 02/12/08 | This Weekends Racing at Blackburn -
This weekends racing is shaping up to be a huge one!
On Saturday we have a Scratch race, Bessie Poole Handicap & Motor Pace races,
there is extra prize money up for grabs thanks to aboc Cycle Coaching.
On Sunday sees Round 3 of the Bontrager Summer Sprint Series.
For the Bontrager Summer Sprint Series, there are 30 places available, you can
pre-enter by emailing Carl Brewer |
| 24/11/08 | Elizabeth Randall Named Female Masters Cyclist Of The Year! - Blackburns Elizabeth Randall was named the Female Masters Cyclist of the Year winning gold medals at the Masters World Championships in the Masters 7 division with wins in the 500m time trial and the scratch race (60-64 years).read More |
| 23/11/08 | Change To Saturday The 29/11/08 Race Program - Due to Saturdays race program being cancelled due to rain, it has been decided to run the same program (Scratch Race, Elimination & Round 2 of the Kierin Series) next Saturday the 29th and cancel the original program that was listed. |
| 19/11/08 | New Club Clothing - We have a new supply of club clothing (jerseys, knicks & skin suits) which is now stored at the BBN clubrooms. If you are interested in purchasing, please ask one of the committee members and they will be able to help you. |
| 17/11/08 | Thanks to Richard England - A belated thank you to Richard England for making the time to speak to over 30 juniors and parents at last weeks training session. Also thanks to Brett Curren. (The man with all the contacts!) for arranging the visit. |
| 17/11/08 | Track Bike/Equipment For Sale - Tim Clarke who has recently moved up to Mt.Beauty is selling his track bike and equipment. For more details on what he is selling.read More |
| 17/11/08 | 2008 Great Doherty Tour Photos - Blackburn Cycling Club would like to thank Laurie Lovelock for taking photo's of the 2008 Great Doherty Tour and letting us post on our website. To view photo's.read More |
| 16/11/08 | 2008 Great Doherty Tour - Thank you - A special thanks to all of the volunteers who helped with last weekends "Great Doherty Tour". Running an event like this requires a huge amount of support from our members and friends. There is also a massive amount of work behind the scenes that goes unnoticed and we thank everyone for their time and showing everyone the Blackburn spirit. |
| 10/11/08 | Richard England To Attend This Wednesday Nights Training - International cyclist Richard England who some of you met at our Presentation Night on Saturday will be attending this Wednesday nights training session (12th of November) at BBN, between 5.00pm to 7.00pm to give a small talk about international cycling and will be available to offer Training Tips, advice and general Q&A's about cycling....All members are welcome to attend. |
| 06/11/08 | Swap Meet On The 8th Of November - Just a reminder that there will be Swap Meet this Saturday the 8th of November, bring all your good quality second-hand cycling gear and clothing to BBN. For more details.read More |
| 01/11/08 | Liz Randall Gets Nominated For The 2008 Victorian Sports Awards - Liz Randall who recently won Gold at the World Masters Track Championships in both the Scratch and TT has capped off a stella year by being nominated for the 2008 Victorian Sports Awards. Liz has been nominated for "Victorian Masters Athlete of the Year". Fantastic effort Liz and good luck! For more details see http://www.vicsport.asn.au/Page.aspx?ID=108 |
| 29/10/08 | The Great Doherty Tour Roster - . The Great Doherty Tour roster is now complete, see attached. Please note that there are 3 tabs for each of the 3 stages. Please check to see if you are rostered on. listed here. All enquiries to Brian Harwood on 0418 359 964. |
| 29/10/08 | Swap Meet On The 8th Of November - There will be Swap Meet on the 8th of November, bring all your good quality second-hand cycling gear and clothing to BBN. For more details.read More |
| 28/10/08 | On-Line 2009 Membership Renewals - Cycling Australia have advised that the on-line membership renewals is now up and running. We would like to encourage all members to renew their memberships on-line. |
| 28/10/08 | Bikesportz "Sales Position Notice" - Bikesportz imports who are based in Braeside are looking for sales staff. If you would like a future in the bicycle industry, this may be the job for you.read More |
| 23/10/08 | Richard England To Ride For Team Amore e Vita - McDonalds - Blackburn's Richard England will ride for Team Amore e Vita – McDonald's in 2009. Richard has had an outstanding year and we congratulate him on his efforts.read More |
| 22/10/08 | Steve Martin Wins Bronze At The UCI Track Masters World Championships! - Well done goes to Steve Martin who won a bronze medal at the UCI Track Masters World Championship on Sunday. This is a sensational effort considering Steve did not get the preparation he would have hoped for, he was really sick with tonsillitis and a bad fever for 2 weeks just prior to the Championships. Awesome effort Steve and we look forward to hearing all about it and seeing your medal on Saturday. For the results.read More |
| 21/10/08 | Results For Last Weekends Schools Championships -
The results for the Schools Championships on Saturday the 18th of October are now up on CSV's website. For all the results click on http://www.vic.cycling.org.au/?Page=18843 |
| 16/10/08 | Victorian Schools Cycling Championships - Good luck to all our juniors that are riding in the VSCC's this weekend good. We hope that you all ride well and most importantly have fun! |
| 15/10/08 | Track Season Is Back! - Blackburn's Track season kicks off this Saturday. We have a wonderful and exciting Summer ahead with a new events added to our program. Entries will be open from 1.00pm for a 2.00pm start. Hope to see you there! |
| 13/10/08 | October Committee Meeting Reminder - Just a reminder that there is a committee meeting this Wednesday the 15th of October at 7.30pm. Everyone is welcome. |
| 11/10/08 | Jayco Herald Sun Tour - Blackburn has two members riding in the Jayco Herald Sun Tour which starts tomorrow. Richard England who is riding for the Virgin Blue Australian National Team and BBN Brightstar rider Fabio Calabria who is riding with Team Type-1. Good luck to both of you and all the other rider's competing. |
| 11/10/08 | Naomi Pinto Achieves Selection Into The NTIDS - BBN member Naomi Pinto has achieved selection into the National Talent Identification Squad under the coaching of Hilton Clarke. Naomi trained under Simon Quick prior to being selected for the N.T.I.D.S. Naomi features with the other 7 selected riders in the Sept/Oct edition of Bicycling Australia Magazine on page 86-89 titled "Australian Cycling Idol". There was only one other woman selected into the squad. A fantastic achievement! Naomi has been cycling since she was 5 years of age. She is about to sit her Year 12 exams then off to Oceana's in Adelaide in November. Her aim is to represent Australia in the Junior World Titles next year. Reported by Jude Flood (a very proud aunt) |
| 09/10/08 | Tour Of Tasmania - Our very own Richard England who is a former Club Captain/Australian Champion and current member of the US based pro-team Bissell had some podium finishes last week at the Tour of Tasmania. Well done Richard! Also BBN/Brighstar team member Stefan Kirsch competed in this event as well and all reports rode strongly. |
| 09/10/08 | More On The UCI Track Masters World Championships- Also riding at the World Masters Championships next week are Steve Martin who is a regular Saturday track rider at BBN and Liz Randall who is the current Road World Masters Champion. Plus friends of BBN Karen Munro, Stuart Vaughan and John Hunt who are regulars at our track season. Best of luck to all of you! |
| 09/10/08 | Sam Vainikka Off To The UCI Track Masters World Championships- Good Luck to Matti (Sam) Vainikka who travels up to Sydney this week to compete in the UCI Track Masters World Championships which starts next week. Sam will be competing in the M70+ 500m ITT, from all your friends at Blackburn we wish you all the best and we look forward to hearing all about it when you return. If there are any other Blackburn members competing, please keep us updated by emailing newsitem@bbn.org.au. |
| 08/10/08 | Track Season 10 Days Away! - A reminder that our Summer Track Season starts on Saturday the 18th of October. We would love to see some of our new members and road riders at the Track. |
| 08/10/08 | October Committee Meeting Postponed - Apologies for the late notice, but tonight's committee meeting has been postponed to next Wednesday the 15th of October at 7.30pm. |
| 07/10/08 | Results From Last Weekends Racing - Blackburn had good representation at Glenvale and St.Kilda Criteriums last weekend. Our juniors continue to improve. Nick Bird reports.read More |
| 07/10/08 | Round 1 Of The Bontrager Sprint Series Sold Out! - Build it and they will come...Over 30 riders enjoyed near perfect conditions for the first round of the Bontrager Sprint Series.read More |
| 06/10/08 | Brunetti Women's Coffee Club Ride - Don't miss the opportunity to take part in this great women's cycling event. read More |
| 06/10/08 | October Committee Meeting - A reminder that the next committee meeting is on this Wednesday the 8th of October starting at 7.30pm. All members are welcome to attend. |
| 05/10/08 | Racing Skills/Novice Training - Starting this Thursday the 9th of October at 6.00pm our Skills/Novice Training is back for another Summer. This training is aimed primarily at riders new to Track racing, Club bikes are available to hire. |
| 03/10/08 | On-Line 2009 Membership Renewals - Cycling Australia have just advised that they won't be able to process on-line memberships until the 27th of October. |
| 03/10/08 | Southern Vets To Change Affiliation To Cycling Australia - At a special general meeting on Monday night, Southern Vets members voted overwhelmingly to change affiliation from the Australian Veterans Cycling Council to Cycling Australia. Nick Bird reports.read More |
| 02/10/08 | Eildon Training Camp Review - As part of Blackburn's commitment to its junior development, a training camp was organized by Brian Harwood around the Eildon area. The juniors that attended had a great time, Will Thomas reports.read More |
| 02/10/08 | 2009 Licences Now Available! - Members can now go into CSV's website (http://www.vic.cycling.org.au/) and renew their membership on-line. We encourage all members to renew on-line as your membership will be processed much faster and will allow our club to re-direct its resources and save on administration costs. Also, from mid October new members will be able to join on-line as well which is fantastic news. |
| 01/10/08 | What A Huge Week It's Been For Michael Stringer - Its been a big week in cycling for Michael Stringer. After burning up the roads at the Eildon Training Camp last week, Michael won the 1:20 J13 Hillclimb Championship on Sunday. Our spies have now spotted him training at DISC with Shane Kelly on Wednesday.read More |
| 29/09/08 | A Great Day At The 1:20 Hill Climb ITT - A fantastic turn-out of 83 riders enjoyed near perfect conditions at yesterdays Time Trial at the 1:20. Results are up in the results section. For a full report on the day.read More |
| 28/09/08 | Bontrager Summer Sprint Series Practice Day - Next Sunday the 5th of October is round 1 of the Bontrager Summer Sprint Series.(Graded Match Sprinting Round Robins open to Adult and J19 riders) Yesterdays practice session gave everyone the chance to practice their flying 200's and match spinting. Carl Brewer reports.read More |
| 24/09/08 | Regional TT This Sunday The 28th Of September At The 1:20 - This Sunday Blackburn is hosting a Regional Time Trial at the 1:20 (the Basin). There are great cash prizes for Elite, Juniors, Masters and Women up for grabs. Registration time is at 8.00am for a 9.00am start. You can also pre-register for this event by emailing raceentry@bbn.org.au before midnight Thursday. Everyone is welcome. |
| 23/09/08 | Media Release : A More Inclusive Combine - As the Melbourne road season concludes, race organisers are reflecting on what types of races are run and how they do it.read More |
| 23/09/08 | Repairs To Our Velodrome - A special thanks goes to Whitehorse City Council who have approved to have our velodrome repaired so our track is safe for summer. Also thank you to our President John Nicholson and ABOC'S Carl Brewer for following this through and making it happen. |
| 22/09/08 | The Final Winter Le Tour Cycles Blackburn Cycling Club TT A Huge Success - A big thank you goes to all of the volunteers who have helped make this event a huge success over winter. Over 80 riders turned out for the last of the winter Time Trial series. Nick Bird Reports.read More |
| 18/09/08 | Summer Track Fixture 2008 to 2009 - Our Summer Track Fixture is now available, you can find it by clicking on the racing tab. A copy will also be posted to each member soon. The duty roster for the Summer Track Season will be updated soon. |
| 16/09/08 | Change To This Saturday's Criterium At Casey Fields - Carnegie Caulfield Cycling Club have changed this Saturday's Criterium at Casey Fields to a "Regional Winter Criterium Championships" event. Start time is at 1.30pm with entries taken from 12.30pm. |
| 16/09/08 | ITT At Kew Boulevard This Sunday - Just a reminder that the BBN Le Tour Cycles Time Trial series is on this Sunday the 21st of September, rain, hail or shine. Late entries accepted on the day before 8.45am, we would prefer that you pre-enter by emailing raceentry@bbn.org.au before midnight on Thursday. (No entries accepted after 8.45am as we are aiming for a 9.15am start) Come and give it a try A to F Grades and great prizes supplied by Le Tour Cycles. If you are a parent of a junior racing, you get to race the TT free. This offer is only applicable for South Eastern Combine (Carnegie, Blackburn, Chelsea and Peninsula members) But you do need a valid race licence. A coffee Cart will also be there! |
| 15/09/08 | Crib Point Race Results - Chelsea Cycling Club hosted an outstanding event at Crib Point last weekend. Nick Bird Reports.read More |
| 14/09/08 | Brightstar/Bicycle Superstore Cycling Team Open Call For Riders - Nominations are now open to all Elite Male and under 23 riders interested in riding in the 2009 team series with the Brightstar/Bicycle Superstore Team. For more information.read More |
| 13/09/08 | 20th Sep 2008 - Final Siemens Event - BBQ and break-up - 1:00PM Start - ALL WELCOME The last of our Siemens Junior Racing events for 2008 will be on the Sat 20th Sep 2008. We hope to see our Blackburn Brightstar Bicycle Superstore Team in attendance, as well as QuickCycle coaching, and many parents and older juniors/seniors as well! Please come and show your support for our juniors and participate in our final event for 2008. Please note that we expect to start an earlier than usual (at 1:00PM). |
| 12/09/08 | Change to Next Weeks Time Trial At Kew Boulevard . Next Sundays TT (21st of September) will be run as a graded event. You can pre-enter prior to midnight Thursday by emailing raceentry@bbn.org.au. For more information on the grading see.read More |
| 12/09/08 | Presentation Night 2008 . Tickets are now on sale for our Presentation Night on the 8th of November. Tickets must be pre-booked and we have organized a fantastic deal. For more information. read More |
| 09/09/08 | New Club Clothing. Nick Bird has just placed a new order for more club clothing. Ordering details will be on the web soon, but in the meantime if you need clothing please. read More |
| 09/09/08 | Castlemaine Cycling Club Combine Road Race. Castlemaine Cycling Club invites all Blackburn members to their Combine Road Race to be held on Saturday the 20th of September. For more information and entry details. read More |
| 08/09/08 | September Commitee Meeting - The next commitee meeting is on this Wednesday the 10th of September starting at 7.30pm. All members are welcome to attend. |
| 03/09/08 | Club Regional Road Championships - Results for BBN members are now up. Thank you to Carnegie Caulfield for hosting this event. |
| 02/09/08 | Belated Congratulations - A belated congratulations go to Caitlin Ward who won the gold medal in the U15 Southern Zone Championships a few weeks ago. Well done Caitlin! This means that Blackburn will be well represented in the finals in October. |
| 31/08/08 | Blackburn Has A Double World Champion! - Liz Randall this week won both the World Masters Road TT and RR Championships in St. Johann in Tyrol. This is a sensational effort Liz and we cannot wait to hear all about it. She is now on a weeks holiday in Flanders and will attempt to ride the cobbles before returning home the week after. You can read more about Liz by going to her website. (http://onehourrecordattempt.blogspot.com/) |
| 29/08/08 | News Hot Off The Press - Our Blackburn Juniors did extremly well at the Eastern Zone VSCC finals - GOLD went to JW13 Emily Apolito, JW15 Jodie Dundas, JM15 Alex Morgan, JW17 Kym Dundas and JM17 Gavin Sittampalam giving BBN 5 golds from the 8 on offer, with top 3 finishes from - JM13 Michael Stringer, JW13 Anna Osborne, JW15 Krissy Dundas, JM17 Aaron Eynaud. The junior racing categories were full of BBN juniors who performed well with top 10 placings to Angus Flood, Pierce Connor, Adam Pendlebury, Mitchell Burden, Luke Wylie, Tyler Spurrell, Will Thomas, Ed Osborne, Tim Joiner, Daniel Pendlebury, Andrew Christie and Callum Gordon, with other BBN riders all doing there best on the day in very strong fields. Congratulations to Alan Barnes, Simon Quick and Carl Brewer, and all of the people who give so much of their time to our junior programs, for cultivating so much talent. Results will be on the CSV's website soon. Thanks to Sue Dundas for the report. |
| 28/08/08 | Reminder about Regional Road Championships at Modella - The Regional Road Championships are on this Saturday, BBN is offering Club Championship medals who place in their relative positions. Good luck to everyone and thanks again to CCC for hosting this race. |
| 25/08/08 | A Reminder To All Members - This Saturday we have the Regional Road Championships at Modella which CCC is hosting. Blackburn is offering Club Championship medals to all Blackburn riders who place in their relative divisions in the club division of the regional championships, places up to bronze for all divisions. So come and have a try. We want to see as many Blackburn members there as possible. Thanks CCC for hosting this great road race. |
| 22/08/08 | Happy 50th Birthday Alan! - Our Vice President Alan Barnes is 50 years young today! From all your friend's at Blackburn Happy Birthday, we hope you have a wonderful day! |
| 21/08/08 | Blackburn Le Tour Cycles TT : A Regional Combine Success. Almost 60 riders are consistently participating in the BBN Le Tour Cycles Time Trial. Nick Bird reports.read More |
| 20/08/08 | Anna Meares - You are a champion! - Congratulations to Anna Meares who won the Olympic Silver medal last night in the Women's Sprint. It was a truly inspirational performance and comeback from serious neck and back injuries 7 months ago. Anna's ride last night will go down in history as of one of the greatest sporting moments in Australian sport. |
| 11/08/08 | ITT At Kew Boulevard This Sunday - Just a reminder that the BBN Le Tour Cycles Time Trial series is on this Sunday the 17th of August. Entries close at 8.45am sharp, you can also pre-enter by emailing raceentry@bbn.org.au before 7.30pm on Thursday. |
| 10/08/08 | August Commitee Meeting - The next commitee meeting is on this Wednesday the 13th of August starting at 7.30pm. All members are welcome to attend. |
| 05/08/08 | 2008 Victorian Junior Road Team - Congratulations go to both Gavin Sittampalam and Brent Nelson who have both made it into the Victorian Junior Road team! They will compete at the Australian Junior J15/17 Road Championships in Canberra in September. |
| 02/08/08 | Bakers Delight "Top Sporting Grant" - Bakers Delight are giving sporting clubs right across Australia the chance to receive a $2,500 Top Sports Grant. With the purchase any Savoury Scroll at Bakers Delight, you will get the chance to nominate our club. Every nomination goes into a draw to score a Top Sports Grant. So hurry into Bakers Delight as you've only got until the 20th of August! |
| 02/08/08 | National Talent Identification & Development Squad - Congratulations go to Naomi Pinto for being accepted into the National Talent Identification & Development Squad. Naomi has been a member of Blackburn Cycling Club and QuickCycle Coaching for the past two years since coming to Melbourne from Wagga Wagga to attend boarding school at St Catherine's. Naomi gained a silver in the W19 Sprint and gold in the W19 500m TT at the last Victorian Track Titles. She went on to gain 5th in the J19 500m ITT at the Nationals. Naomi's parents have both been on the Committee of Wagga Wagga CC and were major co-sponsors of Wagga Wagga and Blackurn. The Pinto family have been generous in their support of Blackburn junior riders. A number of our riders have stayed at the Pinto home while attending the Wagga Wagga Junior Tour. They have also donated funds for Junior Development at Blackburn. We wish Naomi every success with her place on the National Squad and hope she can drop in to BBN to inspire the younger and maybe some of the not so younger riders when t ime permits, between training and study. |
| 01/08/08 | Eildon Regional Road Race Cancelled - The Eildon Road Race that was scheduled for next Sunday the 10th of August has been cancelled. The main reason was that we could not get enough volunteers to run this event safely and our first concern has always been the riders safety. Our apologies go out to everyone that have trained for this event. |
| 01/08/08 | Former Mayor of Whitehorse Passes Away - It is with sadness to hear that Bill Bowie passed away on the 25th of July. Bill assisted the club on many occasions and made alot of goods friends. Our thoughts are with the Bowie family. |
| 25/07/08 | Le Tour Cycles TT on August 17 - The first rider is expected to leave between 9am and 9.15 am. On the day entries close sharp at 8.45am. You can pre-enter by emailing raceentry@bbn.org.au. Entry fees for riders who register prior to midnight on Thursday prior. U19 and upwards $10 and $5 U17 and down. On the day entries U19 upwards $12 and $6 U17 and down. To give the officials time to arrange starting order etc., late entries i.e. after 8.45 am, will be taken, but those riders will be started after the U15 Men and attract an extra $3 penalty regardless of category, which will go directly to extra prize money for the U11/U13 group. ORDER OF STARTING: (1) A grade Women (2) A Grade Men (3) U11/U13 Men & Women (4) B Grade Men (5) B Grade Women (6) Masters Men 1/2/3 (7) Masters Men 4/5/6/7 (8) U19 Men (9) Masters Women (10) U19 Women (11) U17 Men (12) Hand Cyclists (13) U17 Women (14) U15 Women (15) U15 Men. Make sure you are ready to start when called, as riders will be timed from their allotted starting time. I-pods are not permitted. Prize moneys: (all categories) 1 starter $20 (providing finish within 1 minute of winner one grade lower. Hand cyclists within 3 minutes of fastest U13/U11) 2-6 starters $25 (winner only) 7 starters 1st $25 2nd $15 No 3rd Prize 8+ starters 1st $25 2nd $20 3rd $15 The distance for one lap is approximately 10km. A grade men and A grade women will have two laps, all other categories one lap. |
| 24/07/08 | Funeral Details For Ted Lane - The funeral for Ted Lane is on Monday the 28th of July at 3pm in Rosebud, Jetty Rd. The Herald Sun will have more details in the next few days. |
| 22/07/08 | Ted Lane Life Member- It is with sadness that Life Member Ted Lane passed away yesterday morning. Ted was instrumental to our club back in the 70's & 80's and had many roles over the years, he was the club handicapper for many years as well as being an active committee member. Our deepest sympathy goes out to the Lane family. Funeral details will be posted soon. |
| 21/07/08 | Results For Vic Clubs Teams TT Championships- Blackburn achieved some impressive results at yesterdays Victorian Club Teams TT Championships at Miners Rest. 1st - JM17 Team of Gavin Sittampalam, Brent Nelson, Mark Sylvester and Tyler Spurrell. 3rd - JB13 Team of Pierce Connor, Angus Flood, Michael Stringer and Jonathon Dent. 3rd - JM15 Team of Alex Morgan, Mitchell Bueden, Luke Wylie and Adam Pendlebury. 3rd - JM19 Vaughan Allan, George Sutton and Dale Reith. 3rd - Elite Women team of Liz Moore, Heidi Buntrock, Fiona Spargo, Kate Kelly. 3rd - Elite Men team of Tom Leaper, Matt Davis, Stefan Kirsch and Rob Regester. |
| 15/07/08 | Clubs Teams TT Championships This Sunday - Just a reminder that all riders competing in this Sundays Clubs TT Championship will need to bring their licence or receipt as CSV will not allow you start without one. Also it is expected that all riders wear the club uniform. |
| 14/07/08 | BBN Team For Vic Clubs Teams TT Championships- U13Men - Pierce Connor, Angus Flood, Michael Stringer and Jonathan Dent U15Men - Alex Morgan, Michael Burden, Luke Wylie and Adam Pendlebury U17Men - Gavin Sittampalam, Brent Nelson, Mark Sylvester and Tyler Spurrell U19Men - Vaughan Allan, George Sutton, Dale Reith and Daniel Pendelbury Elite Men # 1 - Tom Leaper, Matt Davis, Stefan Kirsch and Rob Regester Elite Men # 2 - Andrew Rolland, Barry Woods, Luke Petrie and Ross Hamilton Women - Liz Moore, Heidi Buntrock, Fiona Spargo, Kate Kelly |
| 14/07/08 | Eildon Junior Tour Report - It is such an exciting time to be a part of the Blackburn Cycling Club. This was evidenced by the great Team of Junior Riders, parents and helpers (volunteers with no kids of their own racing), who turned out at Eildon for our First Junior Tour. As I sat on the Turn- Around point for the 11/13 Time Trial I was ecstatic to see so many Blackburn Riders pushing themselves for their best time possible. The two additional Road Races also meant that all involved slept well last night. Ed & Anna Osbourne, Emily Apolito, Angus Flood, Jonathon and Catherine Dent, Will and Bridgette Thomas, Mitchell Burden, Emerson Harwood, Luke Wylie, Adam Pendlebury, Alex Morgan, Caitlyn Ward, Mark and Adele Sylvester, Gavin Sittampalam, Brent Nelson, Patrick Tibballs, Alex Santigada, Chris Perkins, Tyler Spurrell, Pearce Connor and Trevor Spencer all rode brilliantly and did Blackburn proud. Thank you to all of you for your efforts. Well done to everyone involved and thanks for a Great Week-Ends racing!!!! |
| 13/07/08 | Eildon Junior Tour - Thank You The club would like to say thank you to all the helpers and volunteers who worked at the Eildon Junior Tour over the weekend. It was a wonderful team effort which made the Junior Tour a huge success. A special mention must go to Brian Harwood for all of his time and hard work that he has put in over the past few months to make this event happen. |
| 10/07/08 | Eildon Junior Tour - Good luck to all juniors that are participating in the Eildon Junior Tour this weekend. Our juniors have been training really hard for this grueling 2 day event. Ride safely and most importantly have fun! |
| 09/07/08 | No Siemens Racing this Sat 12th July as the club is running the Junior Tour at Eildon. |
| 09/07/08 | Blackburn Riders Dominate at Modella- Last weekend Carnegie Caulfield Cycling Club hosted a fantastic Road Race at Modella with perfect weather conditions for cycling. Aaron Eynaud from our JETS program continues his good form with a great win in D grade, Masters rider Andrew Jordon continues to enjoy the hills with a 2nd place. JETS rider Adam Pendelbury, who continues to improve with each ride came in 3rd. In C grade Hamilton Mack was the strongest on the day, followed closely by Tyler Spurrell who came in 3rd. Well done to JETS rider Mark Sylvester who did extremely well in his first road race and was in contention for 1st place at the finish line. Dale Reith was also there sprinting at the and was also in contention. In B grade Brent Nelson was too good, awesome effort Brent. In A grade, Tom Leaper was far too strong in the hills and won comfortably. Congratulations to Tom and the Blackburn Brightstar team who have had an outstanding season so far. Also well done to coach Simon Quick, the JETS program has really started to show some great results already in such a short time. Summer applications for the JETS program are now being taken and you don't need to be a Blackburn member to join. For further information, email Brian Harwood on harwoodbj@bigpond.com |
| 08/07/08 | Attention Senior BBN Riders- We need riding marshals for the up and coming Eildon Junior Tour. We need four riders for Saturday and four on Sunday. This is great training and you will be helping the Blackburn Eildon Junior Tour. The marshals will ride J11, and J13 road races. Help the club and also get some training in. Please contact Brian Harwood on 0418 359 964. |
| 05/07/08 | No Committee Meeting In July- Due to the Eildon Junior Tour next weekend there will be no committee meeting this Wednesday the 9th of July. The next committee meeting will be on the 13th of August at 7.30pm. |
| 03/07/08 | ITT At Kew Boulevard This Sunday- Just a reminder that the BBN Le Tour Cycles Winter Time Trial Series is on this Sunday 6th July. The forecast for Sunday is perfect. Entries close at 8.45am sharp. (Melway Ref 2D F11) See you there! |
| 03/07/08 | Tour de France - Good luck to all 9 Australians competing in this years Tour de France starting this Saturday night. Can last years runner-up Cadel Evans go one better this year? Can Robbie McEwan win his 4th Green jersey or will it be Stuart O'Grady or Baden Cooke? The next 3 weeks are going to filled with excitement and many sleepless nights. Go Aussies! |
| 30/06/08 | School Holiday Training - The Jets/QuickCycle Group invite any Blackburn Junior Riders, J19 and under to join them for School Holiday training sessions over the next 2 weeks. Mondays 6pm Disc. Tuesdays 8am at Aldi Ferntree Gully. Wednesdays 8am Disc and 6pm BBN Clubhouse (Ergo).Thursdays 8am Ringwood Clocktower Friday 4/7 9am BBN Clubrooms-Heart Rate test, Saturday 5/7 Modella (Hilly), Sunday 6/7 Kew Blvd ITT, Friday 11/7 Ringwood Clock Tower. |
| 29/06/08 | Clubs Teams Time Trial in Ballarat - Attention riders: WE NEED YOU for the up and coming Teams Time Trial on Sunday July 20th at Miners Rest. If you are able to ride and help us compete in this important event, please email the club urgently raceentry@bbn.org.au or phone the club mobile on 0407 308 755. Juniors, Masters, Elite Men and Women, we need you all. You don't need to be a fantastic cyclist, just able to ride as a team and have fun. We need Blackburn to be represented. Please assist. |
| 27/06/08 | Eildon Junior Tour - A reminder to all BBN junior members that the Eildon Junior Tour on the 12th and 13th of July is fast approaching. Entries close this Sunday the 29th of June, you can enter on-line on CSV website. There is over $1,500 worth of prizes to be won! We would like all eligible BBN members to enter this event. Come and give it a go, just come and race and have some fun! If you have any queries, please contact Brian Harwood on 0418 359 964. |
| 26/06/08 | Cadel Evans On Tour - On Sunday the 29/06 at 12.25pm SBS are showing "Cadel Evans on Tour". This special traces Cadel's life and career and goes through the events that led him to become the first Australian in 104 years to make it onto the Tour de France podium. |
| 23/06/08 | JET's Scholarship For Junior Girls - Blackburn Cycling Club JETS Programme Junior Scholarship. Are you a female cyclist under 15? Would you like to have a level 2 coach help you? Participate in fun and challenging training rides with kids your own age? Meet other kids your own age who have similar goals and values? Then look no more! Blackburn Cycling Club is offering two scholarships to female cyclists for the up and coming summer Blackburn Cycling Club JETS Programme. The JETS programme (Junior Enhanced Training Sessions) features track, road and spin sessions and a custom made cycling programme for written for you. The scholarship will cover all the coaching fees for the term and the athletes will get a free HOT DESIGNS JETS kit valued at $200. You don't need to be a superstar; but you do need to have motivation and a strong training ethic. This is not designed for road OR track riders, but rather riders who want to give both areas of cycling a go. You do not need to be a Blackburn Cycling Member to join the JETS programme or to be eligible for the scholarships, however you will be expected to race some of the track season with Blackburn over summer. Applications close July 30th. Applications via email to Brian Harwood Blackburn Cycling Club JETS Programme harwoodbj@bigpond.com. In your application: We would like you to answer the following questions: 1) How did you begin cycling? 2) What do you most like about cycling? 3) What do you dislike about cycling? 4) What rider inspires you and why? 5)How many days a week do you currently ride? |
| 23/06/08 | For Sale - Bianchi Road Bike - Frame size is 54cm $1,350 ONO. For further enquiries contact Dale Reith on ph: 9802-6814 |
| 21/06/08 | Next aboc Dinner - There are still some spots available for the next aboc dinner on Tuesday the 22nd of July at the Urban Retreat Cafe in East Doncaster. Stuart ("V-Train") Vaughan is this months guest speaker and he has a great story to tell. You can book on line on http://www.aboc.com.au/events-container/july-2008-aboc-dinner |
| 21/06/08 | Traffic Controller Course - We are still looking for volunteers to attend the Traffic Controller Course on Saturday the 5th of July. The response so far has been really disappointing considering the club is willing to pay for this. Please contact Brian Harwood if you are interested on 0418 359 964. Preference will still be given to those available to volunteer at the Eildon Junior Tour. |
| 20/06/08 | Waterbyrd Filmz Presents "Cycling The Challenge" - On the 19th of June Waterbyrd Filmz released Cycling The Challenge, a film designed to promote the sport of cycling to kids. Cycling The Challenge was produced in collaboration with Melbourne's Blackburn Cycling Club, a small cycling club based in the Eastern suburbs of Melbourne. Documentary Filmmaker Nickolas Bird, whose work has included documentary films for the ABC, said the film shows that kids can have fun, train hard and enjoy the many challenges that cycling has to offer. The film has two quality options on Youtube and Bird said he would prefer net viewers to watch Cycling: The Challenge in higher quality. The film took over a month to produce, and is presented by former World Sprint Champion John Nicholson. It also features soundbite interviews from kids who love cycling, and features footage of cyclists on the road, track and at spin sessions at Blackburn's Burwood training facility. John Nicholson said today, "that it is an ideal time to release the film, given the approaching Tour de France and Beijing Olympics which will again showcase the sport." For DVD copies of the film, please contact Waterbyrd Filmz on 03 9416 3944. Cycling The Challenge was funded by Waterbyrd Filmz and is not available for sale but can be used by any organisation wishing to promote cycling. The film is available online at: http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=CAv5RzgfHP8&feature=user |
| 20/06/08 | Victorian Club Teams Championships - Any riders interested in riding in the Club Teams Championships please contact raceentry.org.au or contact Doug Reith on ereith@hotmail.com |
| 20/06/08 | Shepparton Junior Tour - A number of the clubs juniors will be in Shepparton this weekend for the 2nd stage of the Junior Tour. We wish all juniors competing the best of luck and we look forward to reading your achievement's next week. Ride safe and have fun! |
| 19/06/08 | Victorian Club Teams Road Time Trial Championships - Event date, Sunday 20th July. Venue: Miners Rest. A perfect hit out one week before the Victorian Junior IRTT and Road Championships. Selection criteria for J11-J17 riders will be: best performed riders in the State Aggregate Point Series conducted at Ararat, Shepparton and Eildon. No time trial bars are allowed. RIDERS MUST REGISTER THEIR SELECTION INTEREST AT raceentry@bbn.org.au before Friday 11th July, 2008. |
| 19/06/08 | Le Tour Cycles To Sponsor Blackburn Winter Time Trial Series - Blackburn Cycling Club's Winter Time Trial Series will now be called The BCC Le Tour Cycles Time Trial Series. The sponsorship deal will allow Blackburn Cycling Club to give out more prizes to riders and hopefully attract more entries for the next three TTs, which already is proving to be a successful addition to the eastern combine road season. For further information regarding the BCC Le Tour Cycles Time Trial Series, please contact Blackburn Cycling Club's Race Director Brian Harwood on 0418 359 964. |
| 19/06/08 | Some Stats From Last Sundays Eastlink Race - - 280 riders were registered for the ride. - Of these 280 riders there were: 47 A grade, 62 B grade, 75 C grade, 71 D grade, and 25 U17 (D grade included all the female racers). - Of the 280 riders there were: 83 Carnegie Caulfield, 50 St.Kilda, 29 BBN, 18 Hawthorn, and various other clubs made up the balance. - Of the BBN riders there were: 4 A grade (1 no result), 8 B grade, 6 C grade, 7 D grade (3 no result) and 4 U17 (1 no result). - The winning time was 1:30:05:93 set by Sean Finning. - Other BBN A grade placings were: Tom Leaper 7th with 1:31:08:45, Matthew Davis 13th with 1:31:11:13 Andrew Rolland 19th with 1:31:14:61 - Had it not been for the transponders fitted to the bikes it would have been a nightmare for line judges as 0.26 seconds covered the first three finishers. - And then there were 94 riders that crossed the finish line in the next 1:00 minute. - The first placed female, Lisa Rosan, at 1:31:17:20 would have placed 22nd in A grade. - The first B male would have placed 8th in A grade. - The first C male would have placed 11th in A grade, and 4th in B grade. - The first D male would have placed 21st in A grade, 20th B, and 17th in C grade. - The first U17 male would have placed 15th in A grade. - Thanks to Merv Tracey for this information. |
| 18/06/08 | FURTHER Modella results from the weekend- Other riders to do well at Modella include Dale Reith 9th in C grade, Will Thomas - who had been the biggest aggressor in the hills - 4th in D grade , Luke Wylie 6th in D grade and great to see Rob Wylie hit the road at Modella in D grade also. |
| 17/06/08 | Well Done Andrew! - In only his second race, Andrew Jordan finished a strong second in D grade at Modella last Saturday. Well done Andrew, its great to see that your hard work is paying off. |
| 16/06/08 | Blackburn Winter Time Trial Series Martin Lama had a great ride in the Masters section at our ITT series yesterday taking victory. Liz Moore, Heidi Buntrock and Kate Kelly also road very well dominating the womens' B grade section in the TT with Liz coming second and Hedi and Kate not far behind; excellent preparation for the upcoming Teams Race ladies. Aaron Eynaud rode strongly in B grade Mens. In A grade mens Gavin Hicks and Daniel Hopper both road strongly with Daniel getting a second. Talented juniors boys, Luke Wylie and Emerson Harwood both continue to ride very well and road very strongly, with young Luke sprinting to the finish, and both setting a good riding rhythm during the TT. Beginner Adele Sylvester continues to improve and we look forward to seeing where this rider can take her cycling! Please note: All juniors are encouraged to wear their Blackburn jersey at ALL cycling events. The Blackburn Time Trials will continue over winter. The next event is schedule for July 6 . Entries close at 8:45am Melways 2d f11. |
| 16/06/08 | BLACKBURN JUNIORS PLACE AT CCC MODELLA Two Blackburn juniors placed at the difficult Modella course over the weekend. We had a victory in D grade and a second place in C grade. An excellent result for the riders and for Blackburn. Boy these kids are improving! JETS star Aaron Eynaud had an awesome ride in D grade at Modella taking a victory. Obviously our JETS programme is working! He also rode a PB at the Blackburn Winter Time Trial Series on Sunday. Tyler Spurrell seems to have settled into C grade, coming second at Modella. Excellent ride Tyler! Russell and Brent Nelson also had strong rides in a fast B grade at Modella; well done boys! |
| 12/06/08 | News Flash - 2008 Great Doherty Tour To Include All Riders! Brian Harwood, Race Director of Blackburn Cycling Club is on a mission. A mission to make a cycling Tour event appealing to rider's of all abilities. Today Blackburn announced that it will add D grade and E grade to its highly successful Great Doherty Tour scheduled for November 2008. "The course is still tough, including Death Valley and the 1:20 Time Trial at the Basin, but why shouldn't cyclists who don't have 20 hours a week for training be excluded from finishing a Tour like this. Just to complete the Doherty is an achievement in itself", said Brian. "There will still be great prizes, which the Doherty has a solid reputation for", he also said. Blackburn is expecting over 40 riders to enter each of the new grades. Riders who think they are eligible to ride these grades are urged to consider the Doherty for their November calendar. If you have any questions, you can email Blackburn Cycling Club Great Doherty Tour on doherty@bbn.org.au. John Nicholson, former world sprint champion and Blackburn Cycling Club president, believes cycling has changed a great deal recently and there are many riders who would love to ride the Doherty event but have always felt they were excluded, because there wasn't grading suitable for them. "We want the Doherty to be inclusive, this is Blackburn's mission", he said. Blackburn Cycling Club also advises to keep an eye on the web for some training tips for D and E grade riders who wish to ride the Tour, this will be on the Blackburn website soon. |
| 12/06/08 | Nicko The Radio Star. Yesterday on Radio 3AW our very own John Nicholson was the sports trivia question. |
| 12/06/08 | Thank you aboc. A big thanks to Carl Brewer from aboc for supplying the food at last nights committee meeting. |
| 09/06/08 | Committee Meeting- Have your say....The next committee meeting is this Wednesday the 11th of June at 7.30pm at the BBN clubrooms. All welcome. |
| 03/06/08 | Traffic Controller Course- We are looking for Traffic Controllers and the club is willing to pay for you to do the course! If you are interested and are available on Saturday the 5th of July to attend this all day course, please contact Brian Harwood on 0418 359 964. Preference will be given to those who are available to volunteer at the Junior Tour in Eildon in July. |
| 02/06/08 | Results from the Ararat Junior Tour- On the 31st May and 1st June, a few Blackburn Riders ventured to Ararat for the Annual Junior Tour. The event certainly gave our riders some ups and downs. (literally) In the Under M17A Gavin Sittampallam and Brent Nelson both finished in the top 5 placing in the GC- which with the standard of the field was absolutely spectacular. Unfortunately both were involved in the crash at the final sprint in the last Road Race and needed treatment for some nasty abrasions. In the M17B Grade Aaron Eynaud rode extremely well. He did a PB in the Time Trial and rode well in the bunch in the second Road race. Unfortunately a puncture 20kms in the first Road race side-lined him, but as usual Aaron kept on riding. In W15 Caitlyn Ward came up triumphant in B Grade and rode extremely well. In the words of Ian Maher, Caitlyn rode so well that she will be in A Grade for the next open. In M15 again there were some ups and downs. Alex Morgan rode a great Time Trial and secured a position in A Grade along with Mitchell Burden. Unfortunately only 10kms into the first Road Race Alex crashed and badly cut both his knees. Brad tells me that Alex was willing to jump back on the bike, but was just too injured. Unfortunately for Alex that was the end of his week end. Luke Wylie had a crash on the Turn around in the Time Trial and this cost him some valuable time that may have cost him a position in A Grade. Luke went on to finish 7th and 9th overall in both Road Races which secured him Third Place in B Grade. Mitchell Burden rode extremely well in his first Open in A Grade and enjoyed the experience. Pierce Connor in M13 rode very strongly indeed continuing from his 2nd place in the Metros. Pierce finished 6th overall, however the difference between 2nd and 7th was measured only in seconds. Well done again Pierce. All in all the Blackburn riders all performed well. It was great to see Alex Santigada from our Jets programme ride extremely well in M17B Grade. Alex finished all races and rode with great form and consistency. Well done Alex. |
| 02/06/08 | Vic Club Teams TT Championships- The Club has scheduled a Junior try out/ training session for the Victorian Club Teams Time Trial Championships (Sun July 20th).Time: 9am. Date: Saturday 7th June. Location: 3730 Ballarto Road, BAYLES. The session is specifically aimed at Juniors, male and female. Any seniors are most welcome to join in. We will then compete at Modella in the afternoon. Please contact Brian Harwood 0418 359 964 with enquiries. |
| 29/05/08 | Well Done Dominic!- Congratulations also must go to Dominic McGrath who won C grade at Crib Point last Saturday. Fantastic result Dominic from all your friends at BBN. |
| 29/05/08 | Blackburn Team Has A Win! - Last weekend the Blackburn Brightstar Bicycle Superstore team had a fantastic win at Crib Point! Coming off Tom Leapers and the BBN team's results at Philip Island last week, the boys went to race at Crib Point on Saturday. Showing the results of true teamwork, Stefan, Matt, Tom and Andrew worked together to achieve the win. Congratulations to Stefan Kirsch who finished 1st and to Matt Davis who finished 3rd. This weekend sees the boys hit out at Preston Mountains Classic. |
| 28/05/08 | Eildon Regional Road Race New Date - The new date for the Eildon regional road race will be Sunday the 10th of August. The racing fixture will be updated soon and there will be regular updates, but please mark this date in your calendar. |
| 28/05/08 | BBN 2008 Compulsory Duty Roster- now posted at the roster link. As we provide cycling races for our members and the region, we need members to volunteer their time to provide safe, enjoyble racing to all participants. We have therefore introduced this roster to cover the various roles required on race days, further info - Brian Harwood 0418 359 964 or Nick Bird - 0419 101 572. |
| 20/05/08 | Eildon race this weekend POSTPONED- Due to the double booking of this date with Crib Point, BBN wishes to advise all riders that the seniors racing scheduled for Sat 24/5 at Eildon has been postponed to a date to be decided. Information regarding the new date will be published on this website soon. |
| 18/05/08 | Thanks- to Carl and ABOC for providing supper for the AGM, much appreciated by the assembled few. |
| 16/05/08 | Reminder Kew Boulevard TT- this Sun 18th May 9am. Check calendar for details, all riders welcome. If you are able to come and help on the day please contact the club on 0407 308 755. |
| 16/05/08 | Metro Road Championships- Good Luck to all BBN riders competing in the Metro championships 17/5 at Newstead near Castlemaine. |
| 11/05/08 | BBN's Brightstar / BSS Team @ Phillip Island Teams Race. Awesome day of racing at phillip island! Tom Leaper came second in the sprint, third in the KOM and won the sprint competition overall. The team rode brilliantly to finish third overall. |
| 08/05/08 | Kew Boulevard TT-Sun 18th May 9am. We are again holding TT's at the Yarra Blv in Kew once a month from the 18/5 - check calendar for details, all riders welcome. If you are able to come and help on the day please contact the club on 0407 308 755. |
| 02/05/08 | Siemens Racing - Bikes If you would like to borrow one of the club bikes for use at Siemens, please arrange with Alan Barnes - ph 97205879 before 11am Sat. |
| 02/05/08 | Casey Fields Cranbourne-- Sun 4th May 9am. Regional racing all ages and grades, commencing with Juniors first. All Eastern Region club members welcome. Further info John 0407 308 755. |
| 02/05/08 | Siemens Jnr racing-- Sat 3rd May 2pm at the Siemens site Mountain Hwy Bayswater. Once again Siemens is allowing us to conduct junior road racing (road bikes) at their Bayswater complex. Please park in the RHS carpark and enter via the security gatehouse, further info at the link this page. |
| 02/05/08 | Thank-you- To all the volunteers who helped make the Damian McDonald Lang Lang race a great safe event, without volunteer helpers we would be unable to run such races. If any member has not yet volunteered to do a duty please contact Brian Harwood 0418 359 964 to discus putting yourself on the roster. |
| 26/04/08 | BBN Annual General Meeting- to be held 7.30pm 14th May 2008 in the E. Burwood clubrooms, all welcome. All committee positions vacant, except for President (2 yr term), nominations taken on the night. Normal general meeting to be held in conjunction with the AGM. |
| 24/04/08 | Damian McDonald Memorial Race Lang Lang Classic- This Sunday 27th April 9am Lang Lang Primary School. Pre entry at raceentry@bbn.org.au by 9pm Thurs 24/4 $15 payment at start table otherwise $20 on the day. Volunteer helpers still needed contact Brian Harwood o418 359 964. |
| 24/04/08 | More Results- Aust Schools Cycling Cup : Many of our BBN juniors competed in this event held at Yarra Bvd 23/4. What a great (but tiring) days racing was had by all competitors. BBN rider Bridgette Thomas was a stand out on the day when representing Emmaus College she combined with 3 girls from Penleigh Essendon Grammer to take out the overall yellow jersey for females and the inaugural Peter Bartels Perpetual Trophy in a time that was one second ahead of 2nd place. Great work Bridgette! The team of Norwood/Viewbank with Kym, Jodie, Krissy Dundas and Emily Apolito came 6th overall, with Krissy coming a very creditable 6th in the B road race. In the male teams Emmaus College 13th overall with Aaron Eynaud, Will Thomas, Alex Santagada, Liam Dove, Patrick Tibballs and Mt Waverley S.C. 20th with Michael Godfree, Luke Spence and Ryan Wellings all performed creditably in the very strong field. |
| 24/04/08 | Recent Results- Provincial Series : After a series of 3 events run over several months BBN riders have achieved some great overall results. Womens B grade 1st Fiona Spargo - MMAS4 1st Aaron Field, 4th Guy Green, 7th Anthony Chandler. A grade 15th Tom Leaper, B grade 16th Anthony Peacock, 21st Wayne Evans, C grade 7th Jason Spencer, Womens A grade 10th Kathy Watt, MMAS3 17th Jeff Shaw, other BBN riders gaining points in the series were Peter Shanahan, Adrian Sinnattand Andrew Rolland. Well done to all of you. The series included the Mt William "King of the Mountain" Classic in Nov, the Mt Hotham ascent of Tour of Bright in Dec, and the Mt Baw Baw Classic on Saturday 19th April.-> |
| 24/04/08 | Recent Results- Festival Of Cycling : The BBN BSS/Brightstar Team had its first hitout for 2008 at Albert Park on 20/4. Competing in the Vic Open Teams TT C'ship the team of Tom Leaper, Matt Davis, Andrew Rolland, Jamie Goddard and Stefan Kirsch finished 4th overall in the classy field, then later in the day they backed it up with a 7th in the Teams Kermesse. In the B grade Teams Kermesse Barry Woods in the CSV team came 2nd - a great result as he is known as a trackie!, also Andrew Smith in the Terra Firmer team was 3rd. In the U15 race Emerson Harwood was 4th with Luke Wylie 6th. In the MMAS crit Steve Martin had a two way battle to come home 2nd, with Brett Curren 13th. From all reports the festival and racing was a great day for cycling.-> |
| 09/04/08 | J13 State Championships- Congratulations to Emily Apolito for becoming JG13 State Champion in the Flying 200 and ITT on Sat 5/4 at DISC. Capping off a great day Emily also competed in the scratch race where she came 2nd. Other riders from BBN also competed and we shall post their results soon. |
| 09/04/08 | BBN JETS- This winter BBN will be running a JETS (Junior Enhanced Training Sessions) programme. Information will be available on this website soon, in the meantime please contact Brian Harwood on 0407 308 755 or Email jets@bbn.org.au for information about JETS. |
| 09/04/08 | TREK SUMMER SPRINT SERIES Well done to Jeremy McLay on taking out the TSSS and winning the Trek T1 frame. Special thanks to Carl Brewer and his band of friendly helpers for running a very entertaining series of events. Read Carls round up of the day at www.sss.aboc.com.au |
| 08/04/08 | Cyclovia- Sydney Road, Brunswick, will host the second-only Cyclovia Sunday 13/4. It will be held along Sydney Road and will give non-motorised traffic (walkers, skaters, cyclists, joggers etc.) the chance to experience Sydney Road without cars, especially great for kids and people nervous around traffic. Cyclovia means life to the streets, and last year it was great fun. The 2008 event features a free breakfast, bike fixing and valet parking. Want to know more? Go to www.cyclingpromotion.com.au for various resources. |
| 04/04/08 | Thank-you- To the the Thursday night novice/skills group, lead by Alan Barnes, who cleared the track and clubrooms of many branches and leaves after the strong winds on Weds. |
| 03/04/08 | Reminder Club Champs- starts this Sat at 10AM, for ITT, Pursuit and Scratch Championships for all ages. Pre entry for those who haven't done so at raceentry@bbn.org.au to avoid a $10 late entry fee. |
| 03/04/08 | TREK SUMMER SPRINT SERIES BBQ- As a thank-you to all, after the finals of the last round of the TSSS Sun 6/4, Carl and ABOC are going to be throwing a free BBQ as part of the presentations and celebrations, for all riders, TSSS volunteers, spectators and helpers from the regular Blackburn track season. So for a great days racing and BBQ come down to the E.Burwood velodrome from 12pm. |
| 03/04/08 | TREK SUMMER SPRINT SERIES- Round 6 this Sun 06/04 at the E.Burwood velodrome from 12pm. AS this is the 6th and last round of the sprint series for 2008, there is bound to be some fast paced action on the day. Currently there are three riders on the same no. of points so it's anyones race to win the major prize of the Trek T1 track frame. All senior and J19 riders welcome, even if this is your first go at TSSS. Format: graded match sprint series with at least 3 grades each day, $10 entry fee, prizemoney awarded. Proudly supported by Trek and presented by BBN and Aboc Cycle Coaching. Further info at www.sss.aboc.com.au |
| 03/04/08 | Aust Jnr Track Titles - In Sydney from 27-30 March BBN JM17 rider Gavin Sittampalam represented Victoria for the 2nd year in a row. Together with 3 team mates, in the JM17 Teams Pursuit, Gavin was able to claim a bronze medal. Riding against the Wa team the Victorians were able to power ahead and win by 2 sec's. Congratulations go to Gavin on a great effort at the championships. |
| 03/04/08 | Vic Masters Results - After a long weekend of racing at the Vic Masters Titles last weekend, the following BBN riders have had great results- Bill (William) Crawford MMAS5: Sprint- Silver, ITT- Bronze, Scratch- 7th. Steve Martin MMAS2: ITT and Scratch - Silver, Pursuit 4th. Karen Wiggins WMAS3: ITT- Bronze, Scatch- 4th, Sprint and Pursuit- 5th. |
| 29/03/08 |
Sunday 30th March - Club Points Championship
Scheduled start: 2:00 pm.
A reminder that as a specific Masters Men Points Race is not scheduled, Masters riders may compete in the Elite Mens Race (for the title of Elite Mens Points Champion). See Club Championship Rules This invitation also extends to the J19 Men. |
| 29/03/08 | Other changes to Club Championships because of todays rain - With qualifying for the Elite Mens Sprint and Mens Masters 2 and 3 Sprints having taken place, we have had to re-schedule the finals to: MMAS 2 and 3 - Sunday 30/3 at 1pm BBN track. Elite Men - 11am Sunday 6/4, prior to Trek Summer Sprint Series, at the BBN track. |
| 29/03/08 | Club Championships - Day 1: As a result of the rain that came thru from 11.15am at the track we have had to reschedule a large part of todays program. The PURSUIT event for all categories has been put onto the program for the 5th April, due to this change the program for the 5th April will be ITT, Pursuits and Scratch, with a start time of 10am. If you have not already pre-entered please do so at raceentry@bbn.org. |
| 22/03/08 | Junior Cycling Report from Week Ending 16th March, 2008 - a report from Rob Wylie on different events on a busy weekend. read More |
| 20/03/08 | CSV Club Teams Championships - A result left off the first notice - JM15 also won silver in the pursuit, for a BBN teams tally of 15 medals in total. |
| 19/03/08 | CSV Club Teams Championships - BBN entered 12 teams in the Pursuit and 15 teams in the Sprint events. On a 40 degree day, with the oppressive conditions inside DISC, all riders appiled themselves to the task ahead. The final tally was 5 Gold: sprint- J13G, J17W, EliteM. Pursuit- EliteM, EliteW. 4 Silver: Sprint- JM19, EliteW. Pursuit- JW15, JW17. and 5 Bronze: Sprint- J15M, WMAS, J13 BBN1, J17M BBN1, J19M, which includes a clean sweep by the Mens Elite team in both events. Thanks to all participants, parents and helpers. Full details at CSV website and in the next newsletter. |
| 19/03/08 | Club Championships - Entry fees of Adult $10 per event or $20 per series, Juniors $5 per event or $10 per series payable on the day. Pre-entry for all riders riding in the BBN Club Championships is required at raceentry@bbn.org.au by the Thursday night preceding the event,late entries on the day incur an extra $10 fee. |
| 19/03/08 | CSV VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR AWARD - David James, Blackburn member and coach. Congratulations to David who assisted CSV wherever he could in 2007/08, the award ceremony was held Friday 14th March as part of the Vic Cyclist of the Year. See the report at CSV website. |
| 15/03/08 | Blackburn Teams for the Victorian Teams Championships. The full list of categories are listed here. Please check start time and the time you need to be at the DISC velodrome. Make sure you are at the velodrome in time thank you and good luck |
| 13/03/08 | 110th Austral Wheelrace - Sat 15 March 7pm. Good Luck to all BBN riders riding at the Austral carnival at Vodaphone, for a great nights cycling head down to vodaphone and watch the entertainment and support other club members. |
| 12/03/08 | Winter Roster- Attached to the last newsletter, sent to all members via email, were the proposed dates and places for the winter events BBN will be hosting in 2008. As we rely on ALL members to volunteer to man these events we would ask you to send to raceentry@bbn.org your preferred dates for duty. Each member is usually required to perform at least 2 duties during each season. If we do not get volunteers for all positions by the stated cut-off date we have no choice but to assign members to the unfilled duty roster positions. You can also add your name to the list posted on the clubrooms door. |
| 12/03/08 | Club Championships - Pre-entry for all riders riding in the BBN Club Championships is required at raceentry@bbn.org.au by the Thursday night preceding the event. An entry fee (t.b.a.) will be payable, payment to be made to the entry table, late entries on the day incur an extra $10 fee. |
| 12/03/08 | Best wishes- for a speedy recovery to Jonathon Dent J15 who recently broke his collarbone while training for the teams championships. |
| 12/03/08 | Baby News- Congratulations to Jo and Tom Leaper on the birth of their first child, Cooper, Tom our BBN Team Captain and Jo the Teams Manager will be very busy for the next few months. |
| 12/03/08 | J11/13 BBN Club Championships Points Race. As we have checked our constitution and there is no listing for a J11/13 points race club championship - or any age group other than seniors- we therefore will not be holding a championship for this event - we apologise for any inconvenience this may cause. |
| 12/03/08 | CSV Club Teams Championships - Sun 16 March. All riders riding in BBN Club teams will be required to pay a $10 fee per event, this is to cover the teams entry cost. Please see your team co-ordinator who will collect the fee on Sunday. |
| 08/03/08 | Schedule Change for J11/13 BBN Club Championship Points Races. As the recently introduced State Titles for J11/13 at DISC clash with our clubs points race championship we have decided that the normal points races, scheduled for Sat 15th March, will now include the J11/13 points race Club Championships so that BBN J11/13 riders can participate in the State Titles. Please confirm your entry in the club champs by emailing raceentry@bbn.org,au |
| 08/03/08 | CSV Club Teams Championships Sun 16 March. All riders riding in BBN Club teams need to be wearing a BBN Club Jersey, either your own or borrowed, as this is a Club Teams event other jerseys will not be acceptable. Club clothing is available to purchase from the clubrooms on Sat from 2pm or by contacting Jamie Goddard on 040 068 6353. Please note times for the championships are Juniors from 9am, Seniors from 1pm - this is a change from previous years. |
| 07/03/08 | Committee Meeting- 7.30pm Weds 12 March in the clubhouse at the East Burwood Velodrome. |
| 05/03/08 | ABOC Sprint Series BBQ. Carl would like to extend an invite to everyone that's helped at any of the summer track racing to a BBQ/party at the end of the last round of the TSSS (Sun april 6th). This is to thank and reward the people who've helped run the TSSS for this season. |
| 03/03/08 | TREK SUMMER SPRINT SERIES-- During Sundays warm weather another thrilling round of the Trek Summer Sprint Series took place at the E.Burwood velodrome. For anyone interested in cycling, this unique format of racing is proving to be very exciting with quality riders and many close finishes. Carl Brewer and his band of helpers have put together a fast paced day of action that is well worth the visit. The next and final round for 2008 will be the 6th April so mark it in your diary to come down and support the series. A report of sundays racing can be read at the link this page or www.sss.aboc.com.au. |
| 28/02/08 | DISC Training- This Monday night 3/3 at DISC, Teams training will take place, Juniors 6.30pm, Seniors 8pm please check the calendar link. There is a $5 fee payable for all attendees at DISC. For further info ph. 0407 308 755.. |
| 28/02/08 | BBN Club Championships- As our Club C'ships will be held towards the end of March we would like to remind all members that if they wish to compete, then in fairness to all regular track participants, that the clubs track championships will be only open to those members that have participated in a minimum of 3 club general (Sat) race days. |
| 26/02/08 | Vic Jnr U11 and U13 Track championships- Brunswick C.C. will be holding on April 5th 2008, the U11 and U13 Victorian State Track Championship at DISC. These C'ships will provide U11 and U13 riders with the opportunity to compete against each other in three disciplines:500m Time Trial, 2000m Scratch Race, Timed Flying 200m. Points will be awarded across all events with the competitor that achieves the highest aggregate total to be awarded the State Championship Title for that age group for both boys and girls. For more information please contact Sheryl Vicino at sheryl.vicino@telstra.com or 0411 456 026. |
| 26/02/08 | Extra prizemoney- - The regular Blackburn track racing this Sat has a bonus prizemoney pool, this will happen for every BBN track raceday that happens on the same weekend as a round of the Trek Summer Sprint Series. This Saturday, weather permitting, from 1pm for warmup, racing starts at 2pm. Thank-you to Carl Brewer and ABOC cyle coaching for the generous addition to the prize pools.. |
| 26/02/08 | TREK SUMMER SPRINT SERIES-- Round 5 this Sun 02/03 at the E.Burwood velodrome from 12pm, All seniors and J19 welcome : graded match sprint series with at least 3 grades each day, $10 entry fee, prizemoney. Proudly supported by Trek and presented by BBN and Aboc Cycle Coaching. Further details click on the link this page or www.sss.aboc.com.au. |
| 19/02/08 | Kathy Watt Cycling - Mountain Training Camp at Bright 7-10th March, 2008. Kathy Watt Cycling will hold a 4 day Training Camp at Bright over the Labour Day weekend from the 7th-10th March. It is open to cyclists of varying abilities from recreational to racing cyclists. More |
| 17/02/08 | DISC Training- This Monday night 18/2 at DISC Teams training will take place, Juniors 6.30pm, Seniors 8pm please check the calendar link. There is a $5 fee payable for all attendees at DISC. For further info ph. 0407 308 755. |
| 17/02/08 | Aust Track Champs- BBN rider Naomi Pinto put in a strong performance in Sydney to be 5th in the W19 Sprint, riding in the Victorian colors she raced against the best in Australia, well done Naomi. |
| 17/02/08 | Discount Card- BBN members can now pick-up a Bicycle Superstore discount card from the clubrooms, the card entitles all members to a discount when making purchases at our sponsor - Bicycle Superstore- Nunawading shop. Limited number available. |
| 16/02/08 | BBN juniors at the Inaugural Junior Austral- Sat 23 Feb. Come and see BBN junior riders competing in a series of events at DISC with the best in the state, the feature event will be the Junior Austral Wheelrace, for tickets contact Cyclesport Victoria. |
| 15/02/08 | Club Clothing- If you are interested in purchasing any of the club clothing - knicks, jerseys, vests, arm and leg warmers, club polo's - please contact Jamie Goddard on 040 068 6353. |
| 15/02/08 | Womens News- The Geelong Womens Tour Feb 21-22 and Geelong Womens World Cup Feb 24 will feature two of BBN's Elite women, Monique Hanley racing with the VIS in the Womens Tour and Kathy Watt in Lotto-Belisol colors in both the Tour and the World Cup. In conjunction with the World Cup there will be a Wheels on Waterfront Festival featuring rides and activities at Steampacket Gardens, Waterfront Geelong. See the website at www.geelongworldcup.com for information. |
| 15/02/08 | Vic Jnr Track Team- After a hectic weekend of competition at DISC, Gavin Sittampalam J17 was named in the Victorian Team to compete in the Junior Australian Track Titles to be held in Sydney on 27-30 March. We wish him well in the championships. |
| 15/02/08 | Junior Results- Over the weekend of 2-3 Feb the Victorian Jnr Track Championships were held with some impressive results achieved by BBN juniors. Gavin Sittampalam : Scratch-Gold(Echuca), Pursuit-silver, TT-bronze, Sprint-4th. Emerson Harwood : Points-bronze, Scratch-bronze(Echuca),Sprint-5th, TT-7th, Pursuit-8th, also competing with PB's in their events - Ed Osborne, Tyler Spurrell, Luke Wylie, Will Thomas, Adam Pendlebury and Mark Sylvester. |
| 15/02/08 | Date Change for Committee Meeting- The February Committee Meeting will now be held on Wednesday 20th Feb at 7.30pm in the clubhouse at the East Burwood Velodrome. All Welcome. |
| 12/02/08 | URGENT NOTICE- The Committee Meeting scheduled for 13/2 has had to be postponed a week until the 19/2 at 7.30pm in the clubhouse at the East Burwood Velodrome. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause. |
| 06/02/08 | Congratulations- to Monique Hanley who has been chosen in the team Type 1 Us Pro Team developement squad, Monique a stalwart of BBN and friend to all riders is much deserving of this and we wish her well in the US this year. Read more about her plans for 2008 in the next newsletter. |
| 06/02/08 | Track Roster- Attached to the recent members newsletter was a copy of this months track roster, please check it to see if you are down for a duty, if unable to attend please try to get someone to take your place as we rely on volunteers to run the racing. For further info ph. 0407 308 755. |
| 05/02/08 | TREK SUMMER SPRINT SERIES- An exciting Round 4 took place on Sun 3/02 at the E.Burwood velodrome, read the report at the link this page or www.sss.aboc.com.au. |
| 05/02/08 | Club Track Teams Training Update- Junior training with Simon Quick Wednedays 13/2,27/2 and 12/3 - J15 and below 4.30pm and J17 and above 6pm at BBN track. Senior training with Vyvian Hirons Mondays 11/2, 25/2,and 10/3 - 6.30pm at BBN track, training at DISC as per 2008 calendar. |
| 05/02/08 | Committee Meeting- 7.30pm Weds 13th Feb in the clubhouse at the East Burwood Velodrome. All welcome. |
| 01/02/08 | Club Track Teams Training- begins Monday 4th Feb at DISC. If you wish to be considered for a position in a team for the CSV club teams championships you need to attend training sessions both at DISC and the East Burwood Velodrome. Juniors and Seniors training times are different so please check the link, there is a $5 fee payable for all attendees at DISC. For further info ph. 0407 308 755. |
| 31/01/08 | Extra prizemoney- The regular Blackburn track racing this Sat has a bonus prizemoney pool, this will happen for every BBN track raceday that happens on the same weekend as a round of the Trek Summer Sprint Series. This Saturday, weather permitting, from 1pm for warmup, racing starts at 2pm. Thank-you to Carl Brewer and ABOC cyle coaching for the generous addition to the prize pools. |
| 31/01/08 | TREK SUMMER SPRINT SERIES- Round 4 this Sun 3/02 at the E.Burwood velodrome from 12pm, graded match sprint series with at least 3 grades each day, $10 entry fee, prizemoney. Proudly supported by Trek and presented by BBN and Aboc Cycle Coaching. Further details click on the link this page or www.sss.aboc.com.au. |
| 30/01/08 | St Kilda C C change of racing times- As from 27th January 2008, SKCC will be racing B & D Grade together at the usual time of 8.45am and A & C Grade will race together at 9.45am not 8.30am as previously. E Grade and A & B Women's is unchanged at 8am.This decision has been made in the interests of safety as they continue to get bigger numbers in each of the grades. |
| 29/01/08 | Womens Madison Results - 1st Team Type 1 - Monique Hanley and Carly McCoombe(BND), 2nd Red Team - Karen Wiggins and Melzy Feltham(BRW), 3rd Blackburn - Jane Barnes and Kym Dundas. The girls took to the track very determined and although Type 1 was in front all race, the other teams still had them in their sights. Type 1 was the stronger and won well from the other two teams who battled it out with a line sprint at the end with Red team just pipping a fast finishing Jane Barnes of BBN. Well done to the girls for giving it a go in the hot conditions. |
| 29/01/08 | Senior Results After winning Gold in the W19 TT and Silver in the W19 Sprint Naomi Pinto has been chosen to represent Victoria in the Australian Track Championships to be held in Sydney Feb 4-10. The club wishes her well in Sydney. |
| 29/01/08 | Good Luck to all BBN juniors riding in this weekends Vic State Titles at DISC. |
| 27/01/08 | Thank-you- To some special sponsors of the Australia Day Madison - The Local Village Garage, Tiltaway, Wizard Plumbing, Adin Robinson, John Roberts, Bicycle Superstore Nunawading and Mike Goldie, Also thanks to all our helpers on the day (you know who you are), but special thanks to Pat Dougherty and Brett Curren for all their work in the centre. |
| 27/01/08 | Australia Day Madison run and won- After a very hot Jan day the final order in the Australia Day Madison was 1st Le Tour, 2nd Haw, 3rd BBN, 4th Premium, 5th Wheels in motion, 6th Fujitsu, 7th Type 1, further details to follow. Support and Womans Madison results soon. |
| 18/01/08 | Reminder for Australia Day- Pre-entry interest required for Support Races A-F as well as the Mens and Womans Madison on Australia Day, please send an email with your details to raceentry@bbn.org.au by 7pm Thurs 24th Jan. Payment to be made to the entry table, late entries on the day incur an extra $10 fee. |
| 18/01/08 | Road Closure- A friend of BBN has notified us that the Heidelberg Kinglake Rd is closed to all traffic until 25th Jan. Previously they were letting some cyclists thru but not any longer. Please alert other cyclists to the closure - recently a Swiss guy rode 100km via Toolangi to discover that he had to go the long way back home. |
| 11/01/08 | Club Roster for Australia Day Madison- A roster has been posted on the door at the clubrooms for the Australia Day Madison please make time to have a look for your name. If unable to help on the day please contact Brian on 0418 359 964. |
| 08/01/08 | Calendar Changes 2008- Due to a calendar error, the club teams track training has been rescheduled to start Feb 12 at the BBN track not mid Jan as originally published. Club Teams Track Champs will be held Sun Mar 23 9am at DISC. The calendar changes are displayed at the clubrooms and will be published under calendar here soon. |
| 08/01/08 | Womens Madison- A reminder to any ACF female riders that we will be holding a Womans Madison as part of our annual Australia Day Madison event. If interested please contact the club via Email at raceentry@bbn.org.au. To read details of Monique Hanley's report on the Maryborough Womans Madison see www.vic.cycling.org.au/News/latestnews.htm#womensmadison . |
| 27/12/07 | Bay Cycling Classic- 2-6 Jan, Watch out for Richard England, no.8 in the mens elite race, riding in the Jayco/Bianchi/VIS team colors and also Monique Hanley, no.13 in the womens elite race, riding in the Volvo team colors. This is a great chance to see 2 of our best riders in action competing with the best in Australia. For race details and locations go to www.jaycobayclassic.com.au |
| 27/12/07 | Racing- Many BBN riders will be competing in the Victorian and Tasmanian Xmas Track Carnivals this week and we wish them well and good luck. |
| 27/12/07 | Novice/Skills class- Resumes 6pm Jan 3 2008 with coach Alan Barnes at the East Burwood Velodrome, all those new to track cycling and those who wish to develop their skills welcome. Racing Licence or RideIt Licence required. See training and membership links for further details. |
| 24/12/07 | J Cycle Class- For all those aged 10-15 thinking of trying track cycling, Coach Simon Quick will be running the J-Cycle introduction to track cycling program from 10am 14th-18th Jan at the East Burwood Velodrome, behind Nunawading Basketball Stadium, cost $60. Click on the link at right for all the details. |
| 24/12/07 | Australia Day Madison with $1000 prize pool. The Blackburn C.C. proudly presents its Annual Australia Day Madison 10am Jan 26 2008 at the East Burwood Velodrome. Mens team entry $50, Support Races for A-F $10. This year we will be holding a special Womens Madison - tag team style, sling if able - $20 entry. Come along from 10am and join in the fun and watch some grest madison racing. Pre-entry interest required with names and team colours to raceentry@bbn.org.au by 7pm Thurs 24th Jan. Payment on the day, late entries incur an extra $10 fee. |
| 24/12/07 | Xmas Break The club would like to wish everyone a safe and happy festive season and reminds you that the next track meet will be the 5th Jan 2008 so please bring your new licence or receipt to enter. |
| 22/12/07 | Xmas Handicap Run and Won. After two delays we were finally able to run 2 Handicaps on Sat. The twice postponed (3 divisions) Christmas handicaps were changed due to inclement weather which again kept quite a few riders away. As only 14 riders were ready at the start time, one 3 lap handicap covering all grades was decided on, results were 1st Dale Reith, 2nd Dino Apolito, 3rd Alan Barnes. After the arrival of several more riders, and the track drying up, we then held the 2nd handicap for D/E/F which was won by Patrick Tibballs, 2nd Liam Dove and 3rd Merv Tracey. The A/B/C race was started but when rain began again it was abandoned after one lap. The rest of the days programme was cancelled. Although rain again hampered our day we made the most of it with a sausage sizzle - which helped to keep everyone warm (thanks Bev!)- Xmas carols to put us in the festive mood, and a musical treat from Jamie H and Karen. Thanks to everyone for all their help and attendance. |
| 20/12/07 | NEWS FLASH- The weather gods have again rained on our parade, so we have had to RESCHEDULE the BBN Xmas Handicaps once more. This time we have moved them to 12.30pm on SAT 22/12- heats dependant on no.s, E/F, C/D then A/B - as a prelude to the CCCC invitational track meet. Some great hampers, put together by our own Jane Barnes, are on offer as the prize for first BBN rider in each division. To allow us to have an idea of numbers for the night could all those wanting to take part please email Doug Reith, Club Handicapper, at raceentry@bbn.org.au with their details and grade by 9pm Friday 21/12. |
| 20/12/07 | Metro Track Results- Many BBN riders competed in the Metro's held at the weekend with great results. Emerson Harwood, Steve Martin, Kate Kelly, Julie Warren, Gavin Sittampalam to name a few were all medalists. Full results to follow soon. |
| 20/12/07 | Xmas handicap- A small soggy but happy group of BBN members braved floods and monstrous traffic jams to get to the track this evening. Although unable to take part in any racing, they kept themselves amused with xmas carols and well fed with sausages in bread. Thanks to all those that made it and a special mention to Adin Robertson for using his culinary skills with the barbie. |
| 20/12/07 | Licence Renewals- Just a reminder to all members that from the 1st Jan 2008 you will require a 2008 licence to participate in all racing and training. The on-line licensing system at www.cycling.org.au is now available. If your age category is incorrect, please contact the CA office on (02) 9644 3002 between 9am-5pm Mon to Fri before you do the renewal. |
| 15/12/07 | Christmas Handicap this Sat 15/12 RESCHEDULED- Due to Sat being a complete washout, it has been decided to hold the BBN Christmas Handicap on Thursday 20/12. Scheduled start time is 6pm for E/F followed by C/D, A/B with heats depending on no's. Warm ups before each race. To allow us to have an idea of numbers for the night could all those wanting to take part please email Doug Reith, Club Handicapper, at ereith@hotmail.com with their details and grade by 9pm Monday 17/12. |
| 15/12/07 | Novice Skills class 20/12 CANCELLED- due to rescheduling of the BBN Christmas Handicap. The Novice/Skills Class will resume after the Christmas break at a date to be advised in early Jan. |
| 15/12/07 | Refrigeration Mechanic needed. The clubrooms fridge is in desparate need for a complete service, if any of our members is a refrigeration mechanic and would be able to do the work could they please contact the club on 0407 308 755 to arrange a time. |
| 14/12/07 | Christmas Handicap this Sat 15/12- Everyone welcome to come join in some pre-christmas track racing. The main event will be the Xmas handicaps featuring 3 divisions. Can 'The Wiz' make it 2 from 2, or will the frontmarkers take up the challenge?. Come along and join in the fun, spectators most welcome - Santa hat optional!! |
| 12/12/07 | Good Luck- To all BBN riders competing in this weekends Metro Track Championships at Disc. |
| 11/12/07 | Bessie Poole H'cap- A large field of riders came to the track on Sat for the Bessie Poole H'Cap, after 2 heats in each division, the final results were Barry Woods 1st Div 1, Pat Dougherty 1st Div 2, Patrick Tibballs 1st Div 3. A big thank-you to Russell Poole for donating extra prizes to the winners and being on hand to present the trophies. Full results in results section soon. |
| 11/12/07 | Results- Several BBN members travelled to Shepparton at the weekend to take part in the inaugural Scotty's race to honour the memory of Scott Peoples tragically killled in 2006. Great rides from the following : Andrew Rolland 2nd, Michael Taffe 8th, Taigh Banson 9th in B Grade, Richard Read 5th C Grade, with a couple of our track boys Barry 'The Wiz' Woods (39th - coming off a win in the Bessie Poole H'Cap Sat) and Brett Curren(42nd) having a hit out in the C Grade Open, Richard England also took part. |
| 11/12/07 | Results- Tour of Bright. Many BBN members were able to complete the recent Tour Of Bright with top five finishes from Tom Leaper(A), Aaron Field(MAS4/5), Kathy Watt(WA), Fiona Spargo(WB), Richard Read 2nd MAS2/3 sprints, Guy Green 1st MAS4/5 Sprints, Andrew Rolland 6th B KOM, Aaron Field 5th MAS4/5 KOM, Fiona Spargo 2nd WB KOM, Kathy Watt 1st TT. |
| 06/12/07 | Club Track Champs- The Committee has decided that in fairness to all regular track participants that the clubs track championships will be only open to those members that have participated in a minimum of 3 club general race days. This has always been part of the clubs constitution but has recently been re ratifed for 2008. |
| 06/12/07 | Bessie Poole Handicap this Saturday- This Sat see's the Bessie Poole Handicap being held at the East Burwood Velodrome. There will be 3 divisions for the race: A-B, C-D and E-F. Normal entry fees apply, trophies to be presented. All riders welcome. |
| 04/12/07 | J-Cycle starts this Sat 8 Dec.- For all those aged 10-15 thinking of trying track cycling, Coach Simon Quick will be running the J-Cycle introduction to track cycling program from this Sat (4 sessions of 2 hrs). Click on the link at right for all the details. |
| 30/11/07 | Bicycle Film Festival- December 5th-9th, feature films, art shows, street parties and more. To win a free pass, granting the bearer free entry to any of the screening sessions at the RMIT Capitol Theatre plus free entry to the opening night party valued at $60. All you have to do is email info@ambiguoushorse.com with the name of one of films in the Melbourne screening program (found at http://bicyclefilmfestival.com/2007_site/melbourne/) |
| 30/11/07 | Trek Summer Sprint Series Rnd 3- With clearer skies forecast, Round 3 should get underway without a hitch. We hope to have a bumper number of riders attend as it is a great hit out for those wanting some practice in the Match Sprinting arena and Metro Champs are soon. Entries from 11:30-12:30pm, Flying 200's will be done between 12:00 and 1:00pm. Please click on the link this page for further info. |
| 30/11/07 | Bonus Prizemoney this Sat 1 Dec- This Saturday sees "Bonus Prize Money" thanks to Carl Brewer from ABOC. So please get to the BBN Velodrome from 1:00 pm for registration and warm up, racing from 2:00pm, all CA licence holders welcome to enter. |
| 29/11/07 | Committee Meeting- 7.30pm Weds 5 Dec in the clubhouse at the East Burwood Velodrome. All welcome. |
| 28/11/07 | Liz Randall sets new Australian Record- BBN member Liz Randall, set a new Australian Best Time for the Hour Record in the WMAS 60-64 age category, Overcoming mid-race cramps to complete 37.5km in the hour. Randalls experience as a multiple world masters champion on both the road and track, along with the calm lap split feedback provided by her infield team of David James(BBN) and Lawrence Maskill helped her to refocus for the final minutes. Spurred on by a huge support crew who cheered at every passing in the 150 lap attempt, Randall rallied in the final laps to secure a new Australian Best Time for her age category."The crowd was fantastic, just fantastic", said Randall"I could hear them all around the track and they made a difference". Randall believes the experience of her first attempt will bode well for a shot at the World record. "I think in my next attempt - and there will be a next one - I will be asking my coach to give me longer efforts because I really dont think my training efforts were indicative enough of the discomfort you are going to go through". See CSV website for full report. |
| 23/11/07 | BBN Juniors- Gavin Sittampalam and Julie Warren have been invited to compete in the future stars section of Revolution 1 at Vodaphone on Sat night, the club wishes them the best of luck for a great night. |
| 22/11/07 | Revolution 1 Sat 24 Nov - You saw them at the Commonwealth games, you've seen them at the olympics, now see them at Vodaphone Arena, come and see Bayley, Meares, French, Kersten and more, see stars of the future in action, tickets available at www.ticketek.com.au. |
| 21/11/07 | Great Vic Bike Ride several members will be all geared up in the club colors to help promote the club and upcoming J-cycle courses. Go up and have a chat, you might get the info you need. |
| 21/11/07 | The Great Doherty Tour- More BBN results: GC A Grade - 1st Tom Leaper.B Grade - 2nd Wayne Evans, 3rd Andrew Rolland, 7th Jamie Goddard. C Grade - 1st Jason Spencer, Eq 2nd Adrian Sinnatt & Brian Devlin, 6th Manuel Lawrence, 7th Vaughan Allan. MMAS1 - 3rd Steve Martin. MMAS4 - 1st Guy Green, 2nd Aaron Field, 5th Anthony Chandler. Well done to all our riders. Full results on link this page. |
| 20/11/07 | J Cycle Class click on the link to get info about the junior introduction to track cycling course we are about to start Sat Dec 8th. |
| 19/11/07 | Great results for BBN riders in The Great Doherty Tour. After suffering thru the heat at Death Valley Sat and the downpour Sun morn BBN riders Tom Leaper A Grade, Jason Spencer C Grade and Guy Green MAS4+ all won the GC for their grade. A fantastic effort considering the conditions. Other rider results to follow. |
| 19/11/07 | THANK-YOU to all the voulunteers who came and helped with The Great Doherty Tour. Although we had extreme weather, both heat and rain, the event was very well managed with your help and we would like to extend to everyone the committee's thanks. |
| 16/11/07 | The Great Doherty Tour- There will be a drinks/feed staion at the top of the hill climb on Stage 2. Any competitor may station a partner there to hand out drinks, signs will be placed to alert riders to it coming up and also to designate the start/end of the feed zone. |
| 16/11/07 | The Great Doherty Tour- Stage 1 at the 1in20 will start at 9am. Grades will start in the following order - Masters4+, Masters 1-3, C Grade, B Grade, Women, A Grade. Start times for all riders will be available at this website later this evening. |
| 15/11/07 | VOLUNTEERS still needed - for The Great Doherty Tour Stage 2 (2 people) at Yarra Glen Racecourse and Stage 3 (3 people) Brand Drv, Thomastown, If you are able to help out please contact Brian Harwood on 0418 359 964 asap. |
| 11/11/07 | Committee Meeting this Wednesday Nov 14th from 7.30pm in the clubrooms. All members welcome. Guest speaker CSV's Developement Manager Luke Mason. |
| 11/11/07 | No track training this Weds Nov 14th other sessions available see website under training. |
| 11/11/07 | Good Luck to all our riders competing in the Oceanic Championships in New Zealand this week. |
| 11/11/07 | Best Wishes from the club for a speedy recovery to Rob Register and Stefan Kirsch. We are all sure we will see you on the bike again soon. |
| 11/11/07 | The Great Doherty Tour this weekend Nov 17/18. We still need volunteers to help stage the event, if you are able to volunteer please call Brian on 0418 359 964. |
| 11/11/07 | No track racing this Sat Nov 17 as we are holding The Great Doherty Tour this weekend. |
| 10/11/07 | Hour Record Attempt- BBN's own Liz Randall will be attempting to break the One Hour Masters World Record for WMAS7 on Nov 26th at 5.30-6.30pm at DISC. The task- to circle around a 250m track for 60 minutes as many times as possible in one hour, the plan being to aim for 152-160 laps. This is an official attempt monitored by the UCI (the international cycling union). Liz would really appreciate your support and most of all your loud vocal encouragement. So put it in your diaries to come and support Liz. |
| 10/11/07 | Online licence renewals. The on-line licensing system at www.cycling.org.au is now available. Licences renewed on-line will be valid until December 31, 2008. If your age category is incorrect, please contact the CA office on (02) 9644 3002 between 9am-5pm Mon to Fri before you do the renewal. Cycling Australia is conducting a random draw Aust wide, and one member will get their payment refunded. |
| 08/11/07 | Great Doherty Tour- ENTRIES EXTENDED to NOV 11, entries via CSV. Sat 17-Sun 18 Nov. Categories: M19, W19, Men, Women, Masters. Start: Sat 17th - 9am: 1in20 TT. 2pm: Road Race, Yarra Glen Race Course. Sun 18th 9am: Crit, Brand Drive Thomastown. |
| 07/11/07 | Scotty's Race The inaugural 'Scotty's Race' will be held Sunday Dec 9th, 118km graded scratch race. Come, ride and help pay tribute to the spirit of Scotty in the inaugural Scott Peoples Memorial road race, a day that promises to be a classic event. Grades A,B,C and woman. See CSV website for details, entries close Dec 2. |
| 04/11/07 | Track Training Schedule for 2007/2008 The details on our Track Training page have been updated for the current 2007/2008 season. Coaches - please check and confirm the details are correct. Riders, please review and make use of the services on offer! |
| 02/11/07 | The regular Blackburn track racing this Sat has a bonus prizemoney pool, this will happen for every BBN track race that happens on the same weekend as a round of the Trek Summer Sprint Series. This Saturday, weather permitting, from 1pm for warmup, racing starts at 2pm. |
| 01/11/07 | TREK SUMMER SPRINT SERIES - Round 2 this Sun 4/11 at the E.Burwood velodrome from 12pm, graded match sprint series with at least 3 grades each day, $10 entry fee, prizemoney. Proudly supported by Trek and presented by BBN and Aboc Cycle Coaching. Further details www.sss.aboc.com.au. |
| 01/11/07 | Normal Track Racing this Sat, Reg from 1.15pm, Racing starts 2pm. All riders welcome. |
| 29/10/07 | Skills/Novice Training session - Starts this Thursday 1/11 6-8pm thru to end of daylight saving, come along and learn the skills of track cycling, new participants welcome. |
| 29/10/07 | Melbourne to Warrnambool Results - After riding 299km in 30 degree heat and battling strong winds BBN riders had a great day. RICHARD ENGLAND came 4th overall in a tight sprint to the line. BBN/BSS Team Captain TOM LEAPER had a fantastic day winning the KOM crown, came 2nd in the sprints and 11th in A grade. ANDREW ROLLAND 6th C Grade and ADRIAN SINNATT 15th D Grade, excellent results for our riders in one of the most difficult races on the calendar. |
| 27/10/07 | Whitehorse Sports Awards- Recently the club nominated Alan Barnes as Volunteer of the Year and Gavin Sittampalam as Junior Athlete of the Year. At the awards ceremony 24/10 Gavin was a fianalist in his category, while Alan jointly WON Volunteer of the Year for 2008. We would like to congratulate both of them on their achievements in 2008 and their recognition by The City Of Whitehorse. |
| 26/10/07 | Club Clothing - If you are interested in purchasing any of the club clothing - knicks, jerseys,arm and leg warmers, club polo's - please contact Jamie Goddard on 040 068 6353. |
| 26/10/07 | Results - Herald Sun Tour Teams and Womans Crit Sat 20/10, In very sunny and warm conditions Tom Leaper finished 5th in the teams crit and Monique Hanley finished 9th in the womans crit held as a prelude to the main event. |
| 25/10/07 | Due to the cancellation of Siemens Jnr Exp- normal track racing will be held this Sat 27/10, reg from 1.15pm, 2pm start. All welcome. |
| 25/10/07 | Upcoming Events- Trek Summer Sprint Series BBN velodrome 12pm Sun 4th Nov, open to all licenced riders. Go for a look and show your support. Great Doherty Tour 3 stage road series 17-18 Nov, entries thru Cyclesport Victoria, volunteers still required contact Brian on 0418 359 964. |
| 25/10/07 | World Masters Track Championships- Liz Randall 4th in the time trial and the pursuit - riding against younger woman in her events. John Lewis 5th in the TT, midfield in the scratch, 8th in the sprint. Alan Sanford ex BBN won a silver. Friend of BBN Stuart Vaughan won gold in the pursuit. A magnificent effort from all riders, well done to all our members who competed. |
| 21/10/07 | Presentation Night - What a great time had by all, Richard England and teammate Scott (USA) made a special appearance, Nicho was presented with his World Championship Frame now specially mounted, Alan Barnes given a special award by the Siemens Jnr Program, Brett Curren fluffing several times a particular young girls name, Nathan doing a great job organising everything, Rowan with his fantastic video highlights, Jo Leaper announcing the 2008 BBN/BSS team .... it goes on and on, a full report to come in the newsletter. |
| 21/10/07 | Siemens Jnr Experience CANCELLED - unfortunately the 2 day Siemens Jnr Experience to be held on 27-28 October has had to be Cancelled, normal Sat racing open to all riders will be held in its place on sat 27 Oct at the East Burwood velodrome. Further info on 0407 308 755 |
| 17/10/07 | Buy, Swap and Sell- this Sat 20th Oct from 1pm. Bring all your unwanted, unneeded and unloved bits and pieces down to the track and Swap, Sell, and Trade with all manner of Velophiles and Roadites. Grab a bargain or swindle a deal. Watch or take part in the track meet A,B,C grade $10, D,E,F grade $2. |
| 14/10/07 | Victorian Schools Championships - this Sat 20th Oct, many of the clubs juniors will be racing in the finals at Toms Block, Kings Domain from 8am as a prelude to the Herald Sun Tour and the Melbourne Cycling Festival. This is a great chance to see the stars of the future if you are able to attend, good luck to all competitors. |
| 14/10/07 | World Masters Track Championships - we wish all our members competing the best of luck in Sydney from the 16-21 Oct. |
| 14/10/07 | Richard England in the Herald Sun Tour - following on from a stage win in the Tour of Tasmania Richard England and his U.S. team mates will be racing in the Bissell - Priority Health Team in this weeks Herald Sun Tour. If you get to watch any of the racing keep an eye out for him. |
| 04/10/07 | Presentation Night - 20th Oct at the East Burwood Sports Club, so far the response to attend has been very poor.We need to know now if you will be attending so everyone please contact Nathan by email at nate_dog@bigpond.com asap to book your place. If there is a lack of interest from members then the night will have to be cancelled. |
| 03/10/07 | 2008 Licences now available small fee increase for 2008, check www.vic.cycling.org.au for further details. CA online system available from 1st Nov. |
| 03/10/07 | Black Kettle Tea Rooms 1 in 20 - results available in results section of this website, thank you to all club helpers for your support on the day. |
| 25/09/07 | Kew Boulevard TT- Sunday 7th Oct, all CSV licensed riders may enter, registration from 8.15am, start 9am, cost $10. |
| 25/09/07 | TREK SUMMER SPRINT SERIES- Presented by BBN and Aboc Cycle Coaching - 1st Sunday of the month Oct 07-Apr 08 (excl. Jan 08) at the East Burwood Velodrome, graded match sprint series with at least 3 grades each day, $10 entry fee, prizemoney, daily aggregate prize and an aggregate prize of a Trek T1 track frame for the highest pointscorer through the series proudly supported by Trek. Further details www.sss.aboc.com.au |
| 23/09/07 | Regional/Club ITT Championships - Results now available on this website. Thank-you to all club helpers for making it a safe event. |
| 22/09/07 | Track Season - to start Sat 13th Oct. We will soon be posting the calendar on this website, so now is a good time to get out your track bikes and give them a spin in the sun, entry fee: $10 for A/B/C graded riders (most going back out as prizemoney); $2 for D/E/F graded riders (no prizemoney). |
| 22/09/07 | Weekend results - Buy,Swap and Sell Meet- another date for the diary, Oct 20th at the East Burwood Velodrome, bring all your unwanted, unused and unloved bike bits and pieces to the track during the regular racing 2-4pm and set up on the grass with all your goods. While you're there consider taking part in some of the events being held. This is a good chance for anyone to watch the racing and pick up a bargain in the process, All Welcome. |
| 22/09/07 | Presentation Night - Oct 20 at the East Burwood Sports Club, put this date in your diary as it's sure to be a fun filled night, further details to follow. |
| 19/09/07 | Siemens Junior Racing - has now finished for 2007, Sat 24th Sept we will be at the East Burwood Velodrome introducing junior members from Siemens to track cycling 2-4pm all welcome. |
| 19/09/07 | Weekend results - Sat: Final winter Crit, Casey Fields - A Grade, 1st Tom Leaper. C Grade, 1st Dale Reith. D Grade, 1st Woman Christine Ervin. Sun: Bay to Bay Classic- A Grade 110km, 4th Tom Leaper. B Grade 110km, 2nd Jamie Goddard, other results to follow. |
| 13/09/07 | Regional TT - Sunday 23rd September Steeles Creek (Mel 266 J10), Elite 2 laps, J15 and under approx 9kms, Cost $15 seniors, $5 juniors. Registration 8-8.45am, Start 9am. |
| 11/09/07 | Are you the fastest on the Mountain- The Black kettle Tea Rooms (Mel 66 F10) presents the 1 in 20 Hill Climb (Mel 65 G8) 30th September. $1000 prizemoney, $15 Seniors, $5 Juniors, registration 8-8.45am, start 9am. Presentations afterwards at reserve opposite The Basin shops. |
| 11/09/07 | Liz Randall- WMAS rider took out the Victorian Divion 3 Womans IRTT Masters Title at the weekend, a great ride resulted in a time of 19.22.10 to win the gold medal, Well done Liz. Other BBN riders results - Malcolm Powell Men 7/8 4th IRTT and 6th Road. Steve Martin Men 1/2 4th IRTT and 7th Road. Stefan Kirsch Men 1/2 11th Road. Friend of BBN - Gary Conner (Pierce's dad) came 2nd in both the Vic Handcycling Mens HC C IRTT and Road categories held in cojunction with the masters champs. |
| 09/09/07 | Guy Green takes SILVER in the UCI World Masters Road Championships - Austria Guy Geen, one of our club's most supportive and competitive members, placed second in the Masters 4 division - on the same time as the winner, 5 seconds ahead of a 112 field of riders. Full results are on the cycling news website. Well done Guy - what a fantastic ride! |
| 06/09/07 | Results - Vaughan Allan (J19) took out the final handicap of the season at Modella on Sept 1st. Brent Nelson (J17) finished just behind Vaughan to place 3rd, Tom Leaper (ELITEM) set the fastest time for the day with a time of 1.55.11 for the 78kms, Well done to all BBN riders who competed. |
| 05/09/07 | The next committee meeting is Weds Sept 12th at the club rooms at the East Burwood track, Start 7.30pm all welcome. |
| 04/09/07 | Results from the Sept Kew Boulevard TT have been posted in the results section of this website. |
| 04/09/07 | We wish all our masters members good luck in this weekends Victorian Masters IRTT and Road Championships. |
| 01/09/07 | Kew Boulevard T.T. this Sunday 2nd Sept, all CSV licensed riders may enter, start time 9am, cost $10. |
| 01/09/07 | This weeks Green Guide has our very own Alan Dorin (BBN Treasurer) featured on page 23 in the Livewire article, nice photo Al!! If able check it out and let Alan know next time you see him. |
| 31/08/07 | State Schools Championships - many BBN juniors competed in the recent south and eastern zones, several won their age group and many gained a top 3 placing allowing them to go on to the State Final on the 20th October, See CSV website for reports and photo's. |
| 29/08/07 | Shepparton Cycling Club would like to invite all riders to take part in the inaugural 'Scotty's Race'Sunday Dec 9th, to celebrate the life of Scott Peoples tragically killed in Dec 2006. Grades A,B,C and woman. See CSV website for details and entries. |
| 15/08/07 | Recent Results - BBN rider Matthew Davis finished strongly to place 5th (provisional) in the Rob Vernon Memorial Handicap held on the 11th August, riding with the scratch riders he was able to make his way through the field after 112km to finish with the leaders in 5th spot. See CSV website for other BBN riders results. |
| 11/08/07 | Results from the Kew Boulevard TT held on August 4th have now been posted in the results section of this website. We apologise for the delay but have recently experienced some technical difficulties that have now been resolved |
| 10/08/07 | Congratulations and good luck to Martin Vcelka who has been chosen in the Australian Team for the Para-Cycling World Championships being held in France on the 19-27 August. |
| 09/08/07 | Siemens junior racing continues every Sat 2-4pm at the Siemens site on Mountain Hwy Bayswater. New participants welcome, please call the club on 0407 308 755 for further information. |
| 09/08/07 | The next committee meeting will be at 7.30pm on the 15th August at the clubrooms, all interested parties are welcome to attend. |
| 09/08/07 | Congratulations to J17 member Gavin Sittampalam on being selected in the Victorian Junior Road Team. Gavin rode well over the course of several junior events to be selected for the team and he now competes in the Australian Junior Road Championships at the end of this month in Canberra. We wish him all the best for the Road Race and Time Trial at the championships. |
| 09.txt/08/07 | We have recently received new club clothing. If interested in purchasing any items please contact Jamie Goddard on 0400 686 353. |
| 09/08/07 | Recently we have received an order of new club clothing. If you are interested inpurchasing any items please contact Jamie Goddard on 0400 686 353. |
| 04.txt/08/07 | We have recently received a new batch of club clothing. If you are interested in purchasing any of the clothes please contact Jamie Goddard on 040 068 6353. |
| 28/07/07 | Just a reminder the next Kew Boulevard Time Trial is Sunday 5th August, all riders welcome. If you are able to come and help on the day please contact the club on 0407 308 755. |
| 27/07/07 | Congratulations to all of our members that were able to compete in the Club Road Teams Championships at Ballarat on the 22nd July. Bronze Medals were awarded to the J19 Team of - Vaughan Allan, Dale Reith, Luke Petrie, Jamie Holland - and also the Mens Elite Team of Matt Davis, Jamie Goddard, Byron Davy and Rob Register. |
| 15/07/07 | Teams for the Club Team's Championships - next weekend 22 July 2007. Please check (more at end of line) which contains the riders entered for the different categories. If you are unable to come please call the club mobile number or email info@bbn.org.au. If you believe that could have been included please call us. More |
| 06/06/07 | Siemens Junior Racing Will not be held Sat 9th June (Sat of long weekend) - but will be back on the following weekend (16th June) |
| 29/05/07 | Monique Hanley racing for charity in the RAAM . Monique will be riding in the "Team Type 1". The RAAM (Race Across AMerica) starts in Oceanside California and ends in Atlantic City New Jersey. Good lunk to Monique on the ride. |
| 28/05/07 | Siemens junior racing back on this coming Sat the 2nd June - 2:00 PM Bayswater. |
| 20/05/07 | De Bortoli Tour Dinner with Phil Anderson Saturday evening - 26th May 2007. A fantastic opportunity to hear from one of Australia's most successful riders of the pro scene in Europe. Please register your booking via info@bbn.org.au or 0407 308 755. Price includes a two course meal, coffee and biscuits - $60 per head ($50 tour volunteers), $30 for children. Dinner starts at 7pm - and and finishes at 10. Please see the attached flyer for details. (tour volunteers - $50 per head) |
| 17/05/07 | Cycling Documentary Nicholas Bird who directed the ABC documentary 'Vivian Bullwinkel:An Australian Heroine' is producing a documentary on Australian cycling history. If you know a lot about Blackburn's history, have archive photos or film footage, please contact Nicholas at Waterbyrd Filmz via the email address below or on 9416 3944.. |
| 14/05/07 | Successful First outing for the new BSS-BBN Team The new Bicycle Super Store- Blackburn Race Team had a very good day at Phillip Island on Saturday afternoon, finishing 14th in the A grade event against some of the best teams in Victoria. Considering this team has never ridden together before it was a fantastic effort. There were many positives during the race to show that the team has a bright future. This included having riders up the front all of the time and some attempts to bridge the gap to the breakaway. Stay tuned as this team builds up to become ultra competitive into the future.. |
| 11/05/07 | 2007 Website Changes The committee has decided to replace the current website with a new, all singing, all dancing one. This process has started, and will hopefully be completed in the next few months. In the meantime, some of the proposed changes will be trialed on the current site. This will include updates to information that is currently posted. If you have problems loading pages, find broken links or would like to contribute information, please email the club at info@bbn.org.au. |
| 11/05/07 | 2007 AGM Run and Won There was a fantastic turnout at the 2007 AGM on Wednesday night from all members. As a consequence, (or was it good pre-planning orthe excellent food supplied by ABOC catering?) there has been a dramatic increase in members on the committee. Thanks to everyone who attended and volunteered their time to help the club in the coming 12 months. More |
| 11/05/07 | Request for input Nickolas Bird (Blackburn's new PR Officer) is designing a membership pack for new members. This pack will aim to remove the difficulties and answer the myriad of questions that many of us had when it came to joining a new club. Questions like, what to do in preperation for a race, what type of races, training rides and other useful information will be included. If you have any ideas to contribute to this, Nick would love to hear from you. Please email him directly at nick@mediaproductionhouse.com.au. |
| 07/05/07 | More outstanding results. Kathy Watt has had a great outing at the 2007 Oceana Road Championships in Queensland over the weekend. She finished 2nd in the time trial and won the road race.A truly oustanding effort..I hope we can all race that well as we get older! Also Richard England, riding in the Gila Tour in the US for Priority Health, finished 2nd in stage 4 and 43rd overall agains a class field. see www.cyclingnews.com for full results. |
| 07/05/07 | AGM This Wednesday Night. A reminder that the club AGM is on this Wednesday, 9th May, at 7:30pm at the clubrooms. Please come along and hear what the club is planning to achieve strategically and how everyone can help to ensure that the club continues to thrive. (Hot?!!) Finger food will be provided. |
| 07/05/07 | Thanks Again. A quick note passed on from all the riders to the Volunteer helpers at Lang Lang-> thanks for your efforts to ensure we had a safe days racing. It was much appreciated. The club would like to echo these thanks to all our volunteers, for not only Lang Lang, but all our races and events around the club.Your help ensures that Blackburn continues to succeed. |
| 04/05/07 | Blackburn will be entering the new "Victorian Super Series". The club is in the process of starting a Blackburn Team to compete in the Series. Riders who are interested and have not already expressed interest in being part of the Team please email info@bbn.org.au. We intent to work with Bicycle Super Store to build the Blackburn Team into one of the best in the State. The first race will be the Philip Island event on the 12th May and judging by Tom Leapers performance at Lang Lang we must be in with a chance. |
| 30/04/07 | Tom Leaper wins Lang Lang.. Tom Leaper tore apart the high class A grade field on saturday, winning solo by four minutes from Andrew Stalder and the rest of the breakaway. An outstanding effort by any measure- the fact that Tom, ex Navigator Pro rider, 2x Giro de Italia rider, has only been back on the bike since the start of track season says a lot about his ability. Well done Tom. Other results to be posted soon. |
| 24/04/07 | Recent top 5 results from around the traps. There have been some outstanding results by Blacburn road riders in the past weeks- here is a brief summary: Tour of Coleraine= Women, Kathy Watt, 5th;B Grade,Stefan Kirsch,5th;D grade, Adrian Sinatt, 2nd, Doug Reynolds, 5th; Baw Baw Classic=B Grade, Anthony Peacock, 3rd;C grade, Adrian Sinnatt, 4th; State MAS and JUN Criterium Titles= Steve Martin,MMAS1, GOLD;MMAS8, Malcom Powell, GOLD; U19Men,Tim Joiner 5th; Tour of Georgia (USA)= Richard England, riding for Priority Health, 6th in stage 7 and 11th in stage 6, 91st overall. Well done to these riders and all of the other club riders who entered these races, A fantastic effort! |
| 23/04/07 | Siemens Junior Racing - will not be held on the Sat 28th April as we are staging the regional road races at Lang Lang (at which racing for juniors is not available). We will be back at Siemens the following week (the 5th May). |
| 19/04/07 | Siemens Junior Racing - starts Sat 21 Apr 2007 1:30 PM at Siemens Bayswater - for a 2:00 PM start. If you want to borrow a club bike please ring John on the club phone 0407 308 755. If a bike is needed the current plan is meet him at the clubrooms at 1:00 Sat morning - but please ring first. Please park in the eastern car park (to the right of the security office) and wait at the Security office for a club official to check you in. |
| 10/04/07 | Track season wrap-up. A great turnout saw an entertaining days racing for the last official track race of the season. A big thankyou to all of the riders, parents, friends, helpers, judges and canteen staff for a wonderful season. After the presentation of the club champions medals for 2007, some special presentations were made and need to be acknowledged: 1st Prize Handicapping and Bell Ringing: Doug (Reith), 1st Prize Commentary Team and Race Organizing: John Nicholson, 1st Prize Derny Riding: Graeme (Woods) , 1st Prize Bike Mechanic: Merv! Well done and thank you! |
| 10/04/07 | Damien McDonald laid to rest. A very emotional funeral for Damien was held at St Johns Southbank on Thursday 5 April. The standing room only service was attended by hundreds of his friends, family, colleagues and associates. The turnout was a strong reflection on how popular and friendly he was as a person. Blackburn was represented by our president, John Nicholson and Rowan Geddes. To ensure Damien's cycling efforts are not forgotten, and to remember a life member of Blackburn, a perpetual trophy in his honour has been proposed to be awarded for winning the annual Lang Lang road race. More details will follow once this is confirmed. The 2007 Lang lang race will be on the 28th of April. We encourage all members and riders to support this event and pay tribute to one of our own. |
| 10/04/07 | Steve Martin wins a bagfull at the Australian masters games. Riding MMAS1, Steve Martin had an excellent championship outing, winning 1 bronze and three Silver medals. He also finished with a 4th in the individual pursuit on the track. Well done Steve! Other riders performances will be posted as we hear about them.... |
| 25/03/07 | Burnley Tunnel Crash claims life of Damien McDonald This morning we discovered that one of the three killed in the Burnley Tunnel disaster was Damien McDonald - a life member of the Blackburn Cycling Club. Damien was a member of Blackburn during the years when he won gold in the Road Teams Time Trial at the Commonwealth Games in Canada (1994) and represented Australia in the Road Race at the Atlanta Olympics. Our heartfelt condolences to his wife, family and friends. |
| 24/03/07 |
End of season BBQ - Sat 31st March
To celebrate the end of a great track season we invite all members and friends
to the track on Sat 31st March for a BBQ and to witness/support our final day
of summer racing.
The BBQ (sausages/burgers) will be on the club,
the canteen will be open for drinks. If you would like to bring something
to supplement the BBQ please do so! Racing starts 2:00PM. BBQ will fire up during the afternoon 4'ish. More |
| 09/03/07 | More Blackburn results from Leongatha Carnival. Great wins for Ed Osborne in the 800mt and 1200mt handicap finals in the J15 and Luke Wylie taking 3rd in the 1200mt final. The Blackburn team sprint team took 3rd and Luke took 2nd in a composite team. In the Womens J15 events Kristan Dundas won the 3lap scratch race and took 2nd in the sprint with Jodie Dundas 3rd in both events. Brent Nelson won his B grade scratch race in the J17s. Monique Hanley took 4th in the Elite Womens handicap. read More |
| 06/03/07 | Jammie Goddard 2nd in Leongatha Wheelrace. Jamie Goddard takes 2nd place in Leongatha wheelrace, more results to come! |
| 02/03/07 | Leongatha Bus filling up---- a few seats still available!. There are still a few seats available on the bus to Leongatha on Saturday. If you would like to join the chaos and fun that is the (now) annual Blackburn Bus Trip to a track carnival, this is your chance. Parents, friends and riders welcome. Simply turn up at the clubhouse saturday ready for a 10:30 am departure. Don't forget your bike...or helmet...or shoes...or seat...or sunscreen..or... |
| 08/01/00 | Womens Madison- A reminder to any ACF female riders that we will be holding a Womans Madison as part of our annual Australia Day Madison event. If interested please contact the club via Email at raceentry@bbn.org.au. To read details of Monique Hanley's report on the Maryborough Womans Madison see www.vic.cycling.org.au/News/latestnews.htm#womensmadison . |