Coburg rider cleans up at the Metro Track Championships

New time for Sunday training rides from Coburg Clubrooms is 7.30am over the summer months.

New exciting Campbellfield criterium series starting November 8 running through to Christmas.  Lots of prize money up for grabs with new exciting racing categories.

For all details please see the Flyer

Next Club meeting:

Monday 6 October
7.30pm
Coburg Club rooms
Richards Reserve
Charles Street, Coburg

97th Coburg Club Championships - Results

1st Josh Ferrie 1hr 37:11min
2nd Paul Logan @ s.t.
3rd Tom McDonough @ 0:02
4th Phil Smith @ s.t.
5th Kevin Russell @ 0:22
6th Sam Lilley
7th Anthony Somers
8th Peter Ferrie
9th Michael Skerritt

DNF- Luke McDonough
DNF- Frank Harkins
DNF-Tim Ferrie

KOM sprint - Sam Lilley 

Report
Josh Ferrie won the Open Coburg Cycling Club road championship on Saturday13 September in a four man sprint from Paul Logan and Tom McDonough.

The race started at the Lancefield cafe with a 4km under control procession through the town and onto the open and very windy roads.  The big news of the day was the return of M5 competitor Kevin Russell who had just returned from 2 months of riding in Europe and Colorado. He looked fit and tanned and ready to go.  upon the race starting Luke McDonough was the first to test the bunch.  The only move to make any ground however was Frank Harkins who road off the front about 10km into the race.  Luke McDonough and Michael Skerritt joined the move and the trio held a couple of hundred metres lead for about 5km, before the Phil Smith lead bunch brought them back just short of the first turn into Don's road.

It was at this point that Peter Ferrie punctured and Tim (his brother) stopped to give him his wheel, thus ending the chances of the Ferrie brothers as neither was able to make contact with the lead group again, with Tim abandoning.  Luke McDonough and Frank Harkins felt the pressure and got dropped along Don's road.

Sam Lilley won the KOM sprint across the start finish line on end of lap one.  The lead bunch remained intact and contained, Josh Ferrie, Paul Logan, Tom McDonough, Phil Smith, Kevin Russell, Sam Lilley and Anthony Somers.

Dons road on the second lap proved too tough for Lilley and Somers and they dropped off.  The remaining 5, with Phil Smith doing the majority of work at the front were content to ride to the finish and leave the results to the fastest sprinter on the day.  This proved to be Josh Ferrie, the youngest rider in the field to take out his first title with the club.

Coburg Cycling Club Newsletter 12/9/08 (Microsoft Word Document)

Coburg Cycling Club AGM will be held on Monday the 27^th of October at the Coburg CC Club House on Charles St. Coburg

Everyone is invited to be there by 7pm for a 7:30 start

 The executive for the 2009 season will be voted for at the AGM.

Anyone who wishes to nominate for the executive should contact me on fharkins@bigpond.com or 0410 953 746

 All club members are welcome to come along and participate in the voting of the club executive for the coming year. There are some exciting prospects ahead for the Coburg CC in the near future. Participation from all members in these plans would be greatly appreciated. We hope to see many club members there.

If anybody has any further questions regarding the AGM or the club in general feel free to contact me via the methods mentioned above.

Thank you all for the season so far. We look forward to your participation in coming year.

Sunday Ride - Oaklands/Wildwood Loop Plus (Optional) Humevale Climb.
We'll be leaving clubrooms at 8am to head out to Oaklands Junction via Mascoma St, Melrose Dr, Mickleham and Somerton Roads.  MAP

We'll be cruising past the KFC on Melrose Dr at about 8.20am, if anyone would prefer to meet there.

We'll then gather at the aircraft viewing parking lot at around 9am - where, again, people can join us if they prefer.

We'll do one lap of Oaklands/Wildwood loop, returning to car park.  From the car park, folk can return home or they can join the next (optional) phase of the odyssey....

Those who wish to do so will ride back to Somerton Rd and over to Plenty Rd (via McDonalds Rd).  We’ll then head out to do the Humevale climb and, from there, return to the clubrooms (O’Hea Street Deli).

Distances:
From the clubroom out for a lap of Oaklands/Wildwood Loop and return (to the clubroom via airport) is just under 80K.  One lap of Oaklands/Wildwood Loop is about 32k.

 The clubrooms-Oaklands/Wildwood Loop-Humevale-clubrooms ride is about 140+k.

If you wish to join us, SMS or ring Simon on 0438 562 018 to let us know where and when you’d like to meet us.