Author: Armidale Cycling Club

  • Everesting Royal National Park

    Everesting Royal National Park

    If you like a good challenge for a worthy cause then get down to Sydney on September 10th and join the world’s first mass participation Everest cycling event to raise funds for Cancer Council. Participants can choose one of 3 events as a solo rider, an EVEREST 8848 (solo full Everest, 235km), EVEREST 4424 (solo half…

  • Self-Leveling Scratch Racing

    Self-Leveling Scratch Racing

    The first scheduled club scratch race for a long time seemed attracted good numbers again on Saturday, particularly from the MTB fraternity who are fast-becoming a regular and welcome part of weekend racing. Fitting for such a race, there was a good deal of head-scratching at the start trying to work out how to appropriately…

  • Round 14 – Long Swamp

    Round 14 – Long Swamp

    Younger club members were very much in evidence today and they took out the top three places in a well contested and competitive 30km handicap over two laps of the hilly Long Swamp course. 26 riders took advantage of perfect calm and sunny winter racing conditions and the bigger mid-race groups combined well to keep…

  • Hunter Junior 2 Day Tour

    Hunter Junior 2 Day Tour

    Congratulations to Armidale riders Sam King and David Cook who both raced at the Hunter Junior 2 Day Tour last weekend in the U17 category, competing in all three events – the 10k ITT, 60k Road Race and a 25min + 3 lap criterium. Both the ITT and road race were raced in very tough…

  • Round 13 – Dangarsleigh

    Round 13 – Dangarsleigh

    It was literally blowing a gale on Dangarsleigh this afternoon and with temperatures only just nudging double figures the turn-out of 16 riders for the 30K handicap was something of a surprise. It was Josh Denham’s inaugural race duty day and he coped well with natures challenges, presumably concreting-in most of the signs in order…