the uwct final was run last weekend in albi, france and a number of spr riders were over there to represent australia.  their results can be seen below, but from all accounts they certainly did the colours proud.  for those of you that don’t know, to be able to race at this event, you need to finish high enough at one of the qualification events from around the world.  the first one for the 2018 event is in 2 weeks time at amy’s grand fondo in lorne, victoria.  there is quite a large contingent of spr riders heading over to via for the right to race in green and gold.  next years final will be held in varese, italy on a course that looks downright mountainous.  bring it on.

ride leader sponsor – the ride leader sponsor for september is My Petite Sweets.  they specialise in cakes, cookies and deserts for all occasions.  please see the previous post for more details.

racing events and results – this weekend there are a number of events on.  cyclocross has 2 days of racing with both the state champs and the final round of the numbat cup.  the element series moves to york for another 2 days of racing with a hill climb, road race and criterium.  next week the element is at dwellingup for the peel classic and the following week there are a number of club riders heading over to lorne for amy’s grand fondo.  further afield the results from the very difficult uwct world champs in albi france have filtered across the interweb.  spr had a number of riders representing australia and the results are as follows.

• F40/44
  • 4th Amanda Nabi 02:41:09
  • 31st Kathryn Dines 02:51:27
• F45/49
  • 35th Vanessa Johnson 02:51:31
• M35/39
  • 80th Heiko Potzedt 04:11:38
• M40/44
  • 117th John Carnicelli 04:14:35
• M45/49
  • 97th Andrew Ballam 04:11:36
  • 255th Nicholas Churchill 05:08:30
• M50/54
  • 113th Thomas O’Neill 04:22:02
  • 193rd Julian Johnson 04:38:54
  • 303rd Andrew Williams 05:40:45

club van guidelines – to ensure that club property is used effectively, we have developed a guideline for van usage so that everything is above board.  it is a resource for the club to use and this means not just the committee members.  have a look at the previous post for more information.

entertainment books – there is a special offer on at the moment for anyone that purchases an entertainment book tomorrow (1 sept).  not only will you receive your book/app full of offers, you will also receive 2 event cinema e-vouchers.  basically, it will not take long for you to pay back the cost of the entertainment book.  check out the previous post for more details and links to registration.

thursday training ride – we implemented a new system of splitting the thursday group ride to keep the size manageable.    we think that we have come up with a good way of splitting the groups, but we need you to be honest about your own abilities.  have a look at the strava segment for the ride so you know where you sit.  there is nothing to stop you stepping up to challenge yourself, but this will at least provide a guide as to how much more challenging it will be.

saturday start locations – we have revamped the group start locations on saturday morning.  please have a look at the map so you know where your group will congregate.  this makes it easier for ride leaders to give you a briefing before the ride starts.  see the previous post for more details.

ride routes – spring is in the air.  well it will be tomorrow.  as we say good bye to winter we can hopefully see a few more nice riding days…starting with this weekend.

saturday 2nd september

ride starts under the narrows (cityside) at 5:30am

early lap – earlybird 40.93km spr special

all rides start at coode st carpark at 7:00am

development group –  novice shelley 36.06km spr saturday

transitional – trans reverse river 40.58km spr saturday

fast & main groups – south lake 51.99km spr saturday

ride starts under the narrows (cityside) at 5:30am

early lap – earlybird 40.93km spr special

all rides start at coode st carpark at 7:00am

development group – coffee ride

short – wlsh weir 62.23km spr sunday

long – wlsh weir kal 101.71km spr sunday

monday 4th september

ride starts under the narrows (sth perth side) at 5:30am

south stock 33.76km spr monday

tuesday 5th september

ride starts under the narrows (cityside) at 5:30am

spr tuesday 36.37km (river ride)

ride starts frasers ave at 5:45am

development group – interval training kings park

wednesday 6th september

ride starts raffles bike path at 5:30am

interval training – stock road repeats

thursday 7th september

ride starts under the narrows (cityside) at 5:30am

see previous post for ride groups

spr thursday 37.26km (cott & freo)

ride starts frasers ave at 5:45am

development group – interval training kings park

friday 8th september

ride starts under the narrows (sth perth side) at 5:30am

spr friday 42.01km (shelley)

friday training/recovery ride