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Road Race Report / 11th Running of the Hurt on Dirt Classic – 17/04/2021

« on: April 17, 2021, 11:09:01 PM »

Round 4 of the 2021 Renshaw’s Pedal Project Road Series -  Hurt on Dirt Classic

Raced on the tough Guestinthorpe Loop, the Hurt on Dirt Classic is regarded as one of the more prestigious cycling events on the local Bathurst Cycling Calendar. It’s a tough course which includes a number of dirt sections resulting in some great cycling action.

First held in 2011 the A Grade event has an impressive honour roll with Craig Hutton the leading rider in the record books going into this year’s event with 3 wins ahead of both Dean and Blair Windsor with 2 wins each.
Hutton continuing that success in 2021 defeating Simon Hickey, Nick Barrett and Mark Windsor with promising young rider Cadel Lovett rounding out the top 5 ahead of Jack Cannon and Stuart Renshaw

The pace was on in B Grade with the front trio of Steve Bennett, Ray Thorn and David Reece lapping as quick as the top grade late in the race. Reece launched an attack late in the race only to have both Bennett and Thorn catch and past him on the dirt section with Bennett taking the win. Will Lesh and Tony Shaw chased the trio home to finish in 4th and 5th placings.

Blue Mountains rider Phillip Stapleton was an impressive winner of C Grade with Damien Bennett and Rod Esdaile finishing in the major placings. Next was Robert Stephen, Wayne Powell, Darren Fenton and Cam Crump with Charlotte Lovett 8th in the grade and the top placed female rider on the day. Rounding out the top 10 was Michael Robinson and Peter McKinnon ahead of Ebony Robinson who was the second best female rider on the day.

Kevin Bell continues to dominate D Grade, he defeated Lachlan Crump and David Hyland with Peter Hickey and Will Jeffress rounding out the top 5 ahead of Peter Tutty. Cathy Adams continued her good form finishing 7th ahead of Marian Renshaw and Robyn Partridge.

RESULTS-
Round 4 of the 2021 Renshaw’s Pedal Project Road Series – 2021 Hurt on the Dirt Graded Scratch Races
A Grade – 1Craig Hutton 2Simon Hickey 3Nick Barrett 4Mark Windsor 5Cadel Lovett
B Grade – 1Steve Bennett 2Ray Thorn 3David Reece, 4Will Lesh 5Tony Shaw
C Grade – 1Phillip Stapleton 2Damien Bennett 3Rod Esdaile 4Robert Stephen 5Wayne Powell
D Grade – 1 Kevin Bell 2Lachlan Crump 3David Hyland 4Peter Hickey 5Will Jeffress
Top Female - 1Charlotte Lovett 2Ebony Robinson 3Cathy Adams 4Marian Renshaw 5Robyn Partridge

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Road Race Report / Round 3 Renshaw’s Pedal Project Road Series - The Screamer

« on: April 10, 2021, 07:38:36 PM »

2021 Renshaw’s Pedal Project Road Series – ROUND 3
Round 3 of the 2021 Renshaw’s Pedal Project Road Series today in Bathurst with 4 separate grades racing on the 20kms Screamer Course.
Round 2 winner Simon Hickey again took out the A Grade jumping clear at the end of the race to defeat Mark Windsor and Jack Cannon.
Steve Bennett was aggressive right from the start in the B Grade race and after breaking clear with Ray Thorn then made the winning move with Bradley Rayner. Bennett winning from Rayner with Ray Thorn defeating David Reece and Tony Shaw in the sprint for third followed in by Will Lesh.
C Grade came down to a sprint finish with Glen Carter defeating Damien Bennett Rob Stephen and Wayne Powell with Jille Harris the top female rider on the day in 5th place ahead of Michael Robinson and Josh Ryan.
D Grade was again won by Blue Mountains rider Kevin Bell who just hung on to defeat the fast finishing Peter Hickey Brooke Tuynman. Fourth place taken by Cathy Adams with David Hyland rounding out the top 5 ahead of Rosemary Hastings and Steven Cox who performed well in his first race start. Next in Robyn Partridge Tracey Robinson, Lara & Scott Allen and Marian Renshaw.

RESULTS Round 3 of the 2021 Renshaw’s Pedal Project Road Series – 20km Screamer Course
A Grade – 1 Simon Hickey 2 Mark Windsor 3 Jack Cannon, Stuart Renshaw DNS
B Grade – 1 Steve Bennett 2 Bradley Rayner 3 Ray Thorn - David Reece, Tony Shaw, Will Lesh, Scott James DNS
C Grade – 1 Glen Carter 2 Damien Bennett 3 Robert Stephen - Wayne Powell, Jille Harris, Michael Robinson, Josh Ryan, Phillip Stapleton DNS
D Grade – 1 Kevin Bell 2 Peter Hickey 3 Brooke Tuynman - Cathy Adams, David Hyland, Rosemary Hastings, Steven Cox, Robyn Partridge, Tracey Robinson, Lara Allen, Scott Allen, Marian Renshaw, Peter McKinnon DNS

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Road Race Report / Bcc Easter Handicap - 40km

« on: April 04, 2021, 07:57:09 PM »

Bcc Easter 40km 3Roads Handicap - Sunday, April 4, 2021
Bathurst cycling club held its Easter Handicap on the weekend over a 40km course that included the tough Quarry Hill climb at the half way point. A very motivated Rosemary Hastings was the early leader setting a solid pace from the start. She was chased by the 26min markers with both David Hyland and Cathy Adams working smoothly in the early stages making Gary Theiss (22min) task to catch the pair very difficult.
Middle Markers Darren Fenton and Aleks Krajer (off 11min) had the experience of Rob Stephen and Glen Carter in their bunch and where making ground on the leaders however the 8:30 group of Tim Roebuck, Geoff Short, Brad Rayner and top female cyclist Ella Falzarano (of the Giant Racing Team) had started fast and had them in their sights.   
The backmarkers where handicapped into 4 groups lead by Ray Thorn, David Reece, Tony Shaw and promising young Orange rider Josiah Cooke off 4:30; with the 3minute group of Nic Barrett, Alexander Onus and Mark Windsor starting fast to catch them as soon as possible. Top class age grouper Jeremy Ryan had them insights from the start off 2min while course record holder Will Hodges looked to have a very tough assignment form the scratch mark.
Having won more NSW State Road Rider of the Year category awards that any other rider in Bathurst History Rosemary Hastings was proving very difficult to catch and still held a big lead at the top of quarry hill. David Hyland had broken clear of Adams on the climb and now separated the pair where battling to catch Hastings.
At the back of the field local champion Will Hodges have been held up and lost any chance of figuring in the finish however Jeremy Ryan had  caught Windsor and Barrett who had also caught the 4:30 minute bunch and they were finishing very fast.
But it was the hard riding Rosemary Hastings that held on for a great victory with David Hyland taking second. Heart Break for Cathy Adams caught by the backmarkers less than 100m from the finish with Jeremy Ryan, Mark Windsor and Ella Falzarano sprinting home to round out the top 5; Dave Reece rubbing salt into the wounds catching Adams right on the finish line to take 6th place.
Former club champion Bradley Rayner, Josiah Cooke and Nic Barrett rounding out the top 10 ahead of Glen Carter Darren Fenton, Rob Stephen Tim Roebuck and Tony Shaw.
Fastest Time in the race was set by Jeremy Ryan (58min 30sec) ahead of Mark Windsor and Nic Barrett, while fastest female was the very speedy Ella Falzarano (1:05:01) from Cathy Adams and race winner Rosemary Hastings.

RESULTS – BCC Easter Handicap: 1Rosemary Hastings(33min) 2David Hyland(26min) 3Jeremy Ryan(2min) 4Mark Windsor(3min) 5Ella Falzarano(8:30) 6David Reece(4:30) 7Cathy Adams(26min) 8Bradley Rayner(8:30) 9Josiah Cooke(4:30) 10Nic Barrett(3min)
Fastest Time - 1Jeremy Ryan 58:30 2Mark Windsor 59:30 3Nic Barrett 1:00:09
Fastest Female - 1Ella Falzarano 1:05:01 2Cathy Adams 1:22:32 3Rosemary Hastings 1:28:01
E grade 24km enticer – 1Tracey Robinson 2Robyn Partridge

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Road Race Report / Re: NEW Course - College Road Loop

« on: April 02, 2021, 09:40:58 PM »

Another Record for Will Hodges:
With the Bathurst Cycling Club using a new course on the weekend, a new lap record was up for grabs and as expected it was Will Hodges that recorded the fastest lap time on the new College road Loop Course.

In Winning A Grade Hodges recorded a lap time of 11min 35sec on the last lap of the 4 lap race to establish the fast time on the new course. Hodges was more than 20seconds faster than the other competitors in the event with only Mark Windsor, Jack Cannon and 2nd placegetter Jeremy Ryan breaking the 12min barrier.

Ella Falzarano was very impressive recording a very fast 12:25 lap early in the event when she lost contact with the bunch and had to chase back on; she not only recorded the fastest female time for the new course, but also the B Grade record time ahead of Steve Bennett who recorded 12:54 to be the fastest B grade male. C Grade winner Tim Roebuck setting the C Grade record.

see more at-
https://www.strava.com/segments/27844596

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Road Race Report / NEW Course - College Road Loop

« on: April 02, 2021, 03:23:11 PM »

College Road Loop Scratch - Friday, April 2, 2021
The Bathurst Cycling Club has hosted 4 separate Graded Scratch races on a new course which started and finished in the Bathurst Bicycle Park over the weekend.

Local champion Will Hodges dominated the A Grade race breaking clear to win solo, top class rider Jeremy Ryan winning the sprint for second ahead of Mark Windsor and Jack Cannon.

David Reece attacked on the hills each lap and looked set to win B Grade when he and National level cyclist Ella Falzarano broke clear on the final lap. However the Peloton caught them in the closing stages and it was former A Grade champ Steve Bennett that counter attacked and got clear for an impressive win. Ella Falzarano was the top female rider on the day finishing second in front of Steven Scott and Ray Thorn, with David Reece an unlucky 5th ahead of Tony Shaw. Another former A Grade champ Bradley Rayner was the next to finish in front of Rod Esdaile and Scott James.

Bad luck for Darren Fenton on the first lap of the C Grade race breaking a chain. In the end it was Tim Roebuck that was too strong and took the win in C Grade ahead of the very promising Ebony Robinson. The very experienced Robert Stephen taking third ahead of Toireasa Gallagher; with Peter McKinnon next, ahead of Donna Scott and Michael Robinson.

New rider Josh Ryan had a great start with the club, winning his first race. Ryan defeated Kevin Bell and Cathy Adams with Peter Hickey and Rosemary Hastings rounding out the top 5 ahead of Robyn Partridge and Tracey Robinson

RESULTS
A Grade 4laps - 1Will Hodges 2Jeremy Ryan 3Mark Windsor
B Grade 4laps - 1Steve Bennett 2Ella Falzarano 3Steven Scott
C Grade 3laps - 1Tim Roebuck 2Ebony Robinson 3Robert Stephen
D Grade 3laps - 1Josh Ryan 2Kevin Bell 3Cathy Adams

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Road Race Report / Re: 2021 Dave Scott/Dave Carroll Memorial Triathlon

« on: March 28, 2021, 08:13:33 PM »

Honour Roll:
Carroll/Scott Memorial Triathlon Winners:

2006-07 Richard Hobson
2007-08 Richard Hobson
2008-09 Richard Hobson
2009-10 Richard Hobson
2010-11 Richard Hobson
2011-12 Nathan Bankovic
2012-13 Nick North

2013-14 (Long Course event added to Program) 
Long Course Men - 1Nick North 2Josh Stapley 3Tom Hanrahan
Long Course Female - 1Lucy Hobson 2Petrina Adams 3Danielle Pearson.
Short Course Men - 1Mark Windsor 2Dwayne Currie 3Daniel Schoenmaker
Short Course Women - 1Emily Watts 2Stacey Fish 3Brianna Adams

2014-15 (Both Long Course & Short course options)
Long Course Men - 1Nick North 2Josh Stapley 3Mark Windsor
Long Course Women - 1Emily Watts 2Peta Cutler 3Vanessa Bennett
Short Course Men - 1Daniel Schoenmaker 2Andrew Knox 3Pat Dallimore
Short Course Women - 1Letitia Ackary 2Phoebe Kiel

2015-16 (Short Course again identified as the Carroll/Scott Memorial Race)
Carroll/Scott Memorial Trophy Men - 1 Nick North 2 Mark Windsor 3 Thomas Hanrahan
Carroll/Scott Memorial Trophy Female – 1Stacy Fish 2Brianna Adams 3Caitlin Lovett
Long Course winners: Male- Ian Glen / Female: Kate McCarthy

2016-17
Carroll/Scott Memorial Trophy Men - 1Nick North 2Dean Windsor 3Josh Stapley
Carroll/Scott Memorial Trophy Female - 1Emily Watts 2Danielle Patterson 3Emma Dasey
Long Course winner - Tim Scott

2017-18 Not Run – Traffic Permission Problems

2018-19
Carroll/Scott Memorial Trophy Men - 1Nick North 2Josh Stapley 3Mark Windsor
Carroll/Scott Memorial Trophy Female - 1Hollee Simons 2Kirsten Howard 3Danielle Patterson
Long Course winners: Men - Nick Hosking / Female - Peta Cutler

2019-20 Not Run – Covid19

2020-21
Carroll/Scott Memorial Trophy Men - 1Jack Reen 2Mark Windsor 3William Kelly
Carroll/Scott Memorial Trophy Female - 1Hollee Simons 2Kerry Maloney 3Ashleigh Corby
Long Course winners Male - Tim Miller / Female - Natasha Lindsay

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Road Race Report / 2021 Dave Scott/Dave Carroll Memorial Triathlon

« on: March 28, 2021, 03:25:47 PM »

Dave Scott/Dave Carroll Memorial Race
Bathurst Triathlon club held it main Trophy race of the year today, the Dave Scott/Dave Carroll Memorial Race.

The Male Event was won by National Age Long Course Triathlon Champ Jack Reen with another national champ Mark Windsor second with the inform William Kelly third. Rounding out the top 5 was Mick Stapley and Tyler Johnson.

In the Female Race defending champ Hollee Simons again won defeating very promising rookies Kerry Maloney and Ashleigh Corby who continue to impress. Another newcomer to triathlon Katie Windsor was 4th with Brigette Evans rounding out the top 5 in the Trophy race.

A full program of junior and Long Course Triathlons were also held on the day. The Male long course was won by Tim Miller who continues to improve after a sickness, he defeated Gavin Borg and Andrew Conroy while Natasha Lindsay defeated Anna Blackie and Barb Hill in the Female long course event

Male Scott/Carroll Memorial Race RESULTS
1Jack Reen (38:04) 2Mark Windsor (39:28) 3William Kelly (40:58) 4Michael Stapley 5Tyler Johnson

Female Scott/Carroll Memorial Race RESULTS
1Hollee Simons (43:31) 2Kerry Maloney (46:44) 3Ashleigh Corby (48:58) 4Katie Windsor 5Brigette Evans

Long Course Club Race RESULTS:
Male - 1Tim Miller (57:06) 2 Gavin Borg 3Andrew Conroy
Female - 1Natasha Lindsay (1:10:57) 2Anna Blackie 3Barb Hill

See official Results -
https://my.raceresult.com/167286/results?lang=en

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Road Race Report / Round 2 of the 2021 Renshaw’s Pedal Project Road Series (2Rds Course)

« on: March 21, 2021, 02:35:22 PM »

2021 Renshaw’s Pedal Project Road Series
Round 2 of the 2021 Renshaw’s Pedal Project Road Series today in Bathurst with 4 separate grades racing on the 25kms TwoRoads Course.
2020 Bathurst Time Trial champ Simon Hickey won the A Grade event defeating Nic Barrett, Jack Cannon and Mark Windsor in the sprint with Blue Mountains rider Ian Grant taking 5th place in front of Stuart Renshaw who had mechanical problems during the event.
Steve Bennett attacked early in the B Grade race but the field came back together for a sprint finish which David Reece won from Ray Thorn and Tony Shaw with young gun Cadel Lovett and Steve Bennett rounding out the top 5.
Damien Bennett made it two from two in the second round of the C Grade series when he defeated Rob Stephen and Phil Stapleton with Glen Carter nursing an injury in fourth
D Grade was the biggest field of the day and featured some aggressive racing with Blue Mountains rider Kevin Bell and young Charlotte Lovett breaking clear in the event to fight out the finish, with Charlotte an impressive winner. Strong riding David Hyland chased the pair home in 3rd place with Peter Hickey and Cathy Adams rounding out the top 5, in front of Brooke Tuynman, Rosemary Hastings, Lara and Scott Allen with Bec O’Connor taking 10th place in front of Lithgows Robyn Partridge

Round 2 of the 2021 Renshaw’s Pedal Project Road Series
25km Two Roads Course
A Grade – 1Simon Hickey 2Nic Barrett 3Jack Cannon 4Mark Windsor 5Ian Grant
B Grade – 1David Reece 2Ray Thorn 3Tony Shaw 4Cadel Lovett 5Steve Bennett
C Grade – 1Damien Bennett 2Rob Stephen 3Phil Stapleton 4Glen Carter
D Grade - 1Charlotte Lovett 2Kevin Bell 3David Hyland 4Peter Hickey 5Cathy Adams

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CycleSafe Bathurst Discussion / Calling for Assistance to compile statistics on Bathurst cycling

« on: March 17, 2021, 01:27:08 PM »

Calling for Assistance to compile statistics on Off-Road Cycling Paths usage in Bathurst:

The first of the RMS Western Region Bicycle Forums took place around 2009. One of the Session that happen annually at this forum was the discussion on stats and figures on Cycling Accidents and other cycling matters in the region. Josh Parkin (Leader Network Optimisation Planning) has often lead this discussion and it spurred me into attempt to keep my own local figures, specific to the Bathurst region. 

Some of the details I tried to monitor have been local cycling accidents, local cycling event participation, numbers of riders on local bike paths, numbers of commuters riding to work/study.

A talk by RMS Head Office’s Brad Donaldson (Sustainable Transport), in 2013 further highlighted the importance of these figures as he explained the RMS had battled to get specific figures on safety and participation, as general bicycle movements across recreation commuter competition.. etc had been difficult to compile.

This was the case with my own figures with the methods a bit haphazard - The accident figures where simply compiled from keeping my eyes open while been active in the cycling community. The Cycling Commuter levels simply evaluated from counting the number of bikes parked at a number of locations around the city. Path usage by simply counting the numbers on the path when going for a jog. These numbers where simply added to a spread sheet on my computer which sadly didn’t connect too any extra auxiliary day on locations and conditions.

However a talk by Steve Martin at the forum on measuring cycling activity on Strava Heat maps suggested that simply adding the figures to a Strava recording as a note will add metadata for location, time, conditions… etc for my records and therefore making the stats more worthwhile. In fact now I am keen to open up this data capture to others to widen the monitoring of cycling activity in the region. You just need to have a Strava login, a Smartphone and a bit of time to go for a walk or ride on one of our bike paths.

Method:
Simply record your journey on the Strava App. and then add the numbers of other users you counted on a section of bike path in the comments field (Tip-I change the sport to Hike to be able to select out all the activities with comments). Now I generally count and record the number of people while on the path for around 12min while running in one direction. However worth remembering the data will be presented as the number of users on a section of Path at that point in time, which means that you are moving while counting and counting users travelling in both directions, so ensure you do not count users twice or waiting to long to record path users as it is supposed to be a snapshot. You can count while stationary but more on that later.

Evaluating the Data.
I like to have a minimum of 5 recording in a set period eg Christmas Holidays.
Now there are 2 methods currently being investigated:-
No1 - Divide the number recorded into the distance travelled in Kilometres to get users per kilometre..
However I prefer No2 -- Identify a section of path (eg Knowles Path approx 1.4km) and record the numbers on that piece of path.

What do you count?
At a minimum I count total users and divide them into Pedestrians and Cyclists. I also like to divide cyclists into Adults and Kids (mainly to indicate Recreational vs Training). I also have started identifying if Adults are carrying a bag or panniers and even types of bike but there is only so much you can remember.

What to do with the Data:
Please send any data or inquires to CycleSafeBathurst – you can simply email to cyclesafebathurst@gmail.com
Hoping to hear from you - Mark Windsor (Vice President CycleSafeBathurst).

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Road Race Report / Re: 2021 Bathurst Cycling Classic - B2B Weekend

« on: March 14, 2021, 02:42:56 PM »

General Classification
Maybe the best ever result for the local riders in the history of the Bathurst Cycling Classic with Emily Watts winning the Womens Division 1 and another former Bathurst rider Vanessa Benett also in the Top10. Three locals in the top 10 in the Mens Divisions, Bathurst Resident Tom Bolton riding a great race to finish runner-up overall to top international rider Ben Hill and both Will Hodges and Junior Luke Tuckwell again showing plenty of potential finishing in the top 10 overall in Division 1. Craig Hutton also riding well in the top grade after focusing on his Mountain Biking this year.
Locals also performing well in the other Divisions - Jeremy Ryan (7th) and 29th Stuart Renshaw (29th) in Division 2 while David Reece (13th) Bruce Hutton (24th) in Division 3.
Bathurst riders also on the podium in the RIDE Category included - Nicholas Barrett (2nd) and  Jack Cannon (3rd) in the 100km B2B; and Tour De France star taking a bit of time from his other commitments to win the Renshaw Pedal Project Hill Climb with Mark Windsor 2nd.
Others locals to finish in the Top 50 of the 100km B2B Ride included - Illana Jones 49th overall in the Womens Ride Category - then John Roberts (14th) Steven Scott (18th) Ian Glen (43rd) Tony Barlow (44th) James Byrne (40th) Bruce Goddard (50th) in the Mens 100km Ride.
Just behind then included- 96th Mick Foran 144th Neville Krahe 159 Bryce Stacker 161 Alan Cattermole 185 James Tayler 186 Sam Forbutt 195 Tin Huynh 214 David Taylor 284 Bruce Weal 312 Greg Ryan 357 Christopher Jones.. super efforts by all in the conditions and all other finishers
Then of Course we have the unluck ones including Josh Ryan Shane Smiles and Andrew McGrath who slipped in the wet on Mt Panorama and had to withdraw, Andrew has always rode very well in the B2B and disappointing that he had to withdraw when we where all expecting a good time.

Overall RESULTS -    
Division 1 Men - 1st Ben Hill 128 2nd Tom Bolton 123 3rd Daniel Luke 117 4th Samuel Hill 116 5th Luke Cridland 104 6th Tom Chester 97 7th Benjamin Dyball 71 8th Will Hodges 70 9th Tom Lynch 63 10th Luke Tuckwell 54

Division 1 Women - 1st Emily Watts 140 2nd Gina Ricardo 133 3rd Eline Smit 102 4th Chloe Heffernan 97 5th Paula Schulz 95 6th Haylee Fuller 89 7th Jennifer Darmody 88 8th Katie Banerjee 88 9th Lucie Fityus 78 10th Vanessa Benett 75

Other Divisions & local results-
Division2 Men - 1st Brayden BLOCH (Others - 7th Jeremy RYAN 29th Stuart RENSHAW)
Division 3 Men - 1st Adam HARTARD (Others - 13th David REECE 24th Bruce HUTTON)
Division2 Women - 1st Erin CHAMBERLEN
Division3 Women – 1st Jasmine LAMONT

Overall RIDE Category 100km B2B:
MALE - 1 Andrew Hellmich 2:43:37.56 2 Nicholas Barrett 2:43:45.76 3 Jack Cannon 2:43:46.20
FEMALE - 1 Megan Scott 2:58:38.40 2 Eloise Warren 2:59:27.29 3 Shaneen Marshall 2:59:55.28
Others locals included - Illana Jones, John Roberts, Steven Scott, Ian Glen, Tony Barlow, James Byrne, Bruce Goddard, Mick Foran Neville Krahe, Bryce Stacker, Alan Cattermole, James Tayler, Sam Forbutt, Tin Huynh, David Taylor, Bruce Weal, Greg Ryan, Christopher Jones

Overall RIDE Category Renshaw Pedal Project Hill Climb:[/b]
MALE - 1st Mark Renshaw Bathurst 8:34 2nd Mark Windsor 3rd Michael Troup
FEMALE - 1st Anna Murray 10:51.75 2nd Jemima Paxton 3rd Helen Springer

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Road Race Report / Re: 2021 Bathurst Cycling Classic - B2B Weekend

« on: March 14, 2021, 02:29:02 PM »

DAY 3 - 2021 Bathurst Cycling Classic – 100km B2B Road Race.

Emily Watts and Gina Ricardo put on a great race in the 2021 Bathurst Cycling Classic B2B Stage with only millimetres between them at the end of 100km of racing.. Local cyclist Emily getting the win to give her back to back B2B wins!! 

It was a great battle in the Division1 Mens Category with Bridge Lane taking on Oliver Racing for the Stage.  Sam Hill jumping first and held a small gap to the finish to hold out Oliver’s Tom Bolton for the win. Ben Hill’s third place giving him the overall win,

Bathurst Cycling Classic B2B Stage3 Result

MALE:
Division 1 Men – 1st Samuel Hill 2:27:59, 2nd Tom Bolton 3rd Ben Hill
Division 2 Men – 1st Bob Brace 2:43:01, 2nd Brayden Bloch 3rd Ben Treble   
Division 3 Men – 1st Ross Bowles 2:58:00, 2nd Adam Hartard 3rd Matthew Passerini

FEMALE:
Division 1Women - 1st Emily Watts 2:58:58, 2nd Gina Ricardo 3rd Nicole Wilson
Division 2 Women - 1st Erin Chamberlen 3:04:42, 2nd Sheryl Rotondo 3rd Joan Kuhrmann
Division 3 Women - 1st Jasmine Lamont 3:19:51 2nd Dominique Henry 3rd Anna Watt

Overall RIDE Category:
MALE – 1st Andrew Hellmich 2:43:37.56 2nd Nicholas Barrett 2:43:45.76 3rd Jack Cannon 2:43:46.20
FEMALE – 1st Megan Scott 2:58:38.40 2nd Eloise Warren 2:59:27.29 3rd Shaneen Marshall 2:59:55.28

Official Results --
https://my.raceresult.com/161375/results?lang=en

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Road Race Report / Re: 2021 Bathurst Cycling Classic - B2B Weekend

« on: March 13, 2021, 11:16:42 PM »

Tour de Cure Bathurst Cycling Classic Criteriums
Local Bathurst resident Tom Bolton started one of the favourites for the Div1 men’s event at the 2021 Tour de Cure Bathurst Cycling Classic Criteriums in the Mt Panorama pit Complex and didn’t let down his Oliver’s Racing Team winning an entertaining racing from former national junior representative Stephen Cuff. Ben Hill moved into the overall lead in the Div1 Mens tour finishing 3rd in the stage.
Emily Watts continued her brilliant form in the womens Div1 race again defeating Sydney Uni Velo team mate Gina Ricardo with the pair building at nice buffer over the field in the race for the overall.

Brief Results -
Division 1 Men - 1st Tom BOLTON Dulwich Hill – Olivers, 2nd Stephen CUFF Penrith CC - Avantias, 3rd Ben HILL Canberra – BridgeLane
Division 1 Women - 1st Emily WATTS Sydney Uni Velo Club, 2nd Gina RICARDO Sydney Uni Velo Club, 3rd Nicole WILSON Sydney Uni Velo Club   
Division 2 Men - 1st Brayden BLOCH Randwick Botany, 2nd Robbie ALLEN Randwick Botany, 3rd Maximilian CYRESZKO St George
Division 2 Women - 1st Peta BRILL Vikings, 2nd Erin CHAMBERLEN Randwick Botany, 3rd Joan KUHRMANN Manly Warringah CC
Division 3 Men – Naturalised due to fall
Division 3 Women -1st Dominique HENRY Sydney, 2nd Jasmine LAMONT Central Coast, 3rd Anna WATT Inverell

See Full Results at -
https://my.raceresult.com/161375/results?lang=en

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Road Race Report / 2021 Bathurst Cycling Classic - B2B Weekend

« on: March 13, 2021, 11:15:20 PM »

King & Queen of the Mountain:
DAY1 - The Renshaw Pedal Project Hill Climb - Mt Panorama:

Sam Hill has settled all debate on who is the Cycling King of Mt Panorama with a blistering climb up the mountain in the 2021 Renshaw Pedal Project Hill Climb on Friday (12/03/2021). Hill stopped the clock at an eye watering 6min 45.07sec to defeat his brother and defending NSW Hill Climb champ Ben Hill who also broke the 7 minute barrier on the course starting at the Mt Panorama finish line to the middle of Brock Skyline.
 
For around One and Half decades the Mt Panorama back roads have been used for the CNSW Champs however in 2021 the weekends hill climb was moved onto the motor racing circuit to a course used by the local cycling club and cycling promotor Martin Whitely as far back as the 1970s.

In recent times local cycling professionals have swapped fastest times up the famous motor circuit on the GPS monitoring app Strava with Tour de France star Mark Renshaw recording six & half minutes up the climb in 2013 in front of a group of spectators to set what was believed to be the fast climb up the Mountain. This segment is shorter than the weekend’s event, so a quick check of Strava confirms that Sam & Ben along with a number of the other riders in the top 10 have all bettered Renshaw’s Strava time.

But of course these Strava Time are unofficial records at best; for a record to be official it should be recorded in a race or championship; and by an independent timing authority.

Many of the local climbing records where on much shorter courses however in 1986 the Mt Panorama 600 promotor Martin Whiteley contacted NSW cycling federation to hold the 1986 Hill Climb Championship on the famous motor circuit as a warm up to his Mt Panorama 600 cycle race. The Hill climb was won by English Professional Denis Lightfoot who broke 7 minutes (6m 51.67) up the mountain in what was considered the fastest official climb up Mt Panorama. Sam Hill’s 6min 45.07sec on a longer course clearly now the fastest cyclist to ride up Mt Panorama.

So what of the Female Record? Although Olympic gold medallist Kathy Watt road the Martin Whiteley event and it credited with the lap record there was no female times for any female to the top of the mountain from a standing start. Obviously then Emily Watts 8:26.21 set in the Renshaw Pedal Project is fastest time officially recorded up Mt Panorama by a female.

So Sam Hill and Emily Watts are the true King and Queen of Mountain on the Mt Panorama motor racing circuit, and possible the King and Queen of the Mountain overall, as their times are obviously faster than the other record times on the other courses used in the past.. 
 
Results – 2021 Renshaw pedal Project Hill Climb – Mt Panorama 12/03/2021

Division 1 Men - 1st Samuel Hill Tamworth 6:45.07   
Division 2 Men - 1st Brayden Bloch Randwick Botany 7:53.85
Division 3 Men - 1st Malcolm Taylor Randwick Botany 8:51.00     
Ride Category Men – 1st Mark Renshaw Bathurst 8:34

Division 1 Women - Emily Watts Sydney Uni Velo 8:26.21    
Division 2 Women - 1st Erin Chamberlen Randwick Botany 9:43.80
Division 3 Women - 1st   Jasmine Lamont Central Coast 11:21.54
Ride Category Women – 1st Anna Murray Randwick Botany 10:51.75

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General Discussion / Re: Bathurst Cycling Classic Competitor numbers down in 2021

« on: March 12, 2021, 12:12:11 AM »

MORE HISTORY --
Bathurst the Home of Cycling in NSW.
Pioneer James Rutherford’s old home is at the top of the first hill on the Bathurst Cycling Classic B2B course.
And I expect the spirits of the Rutherfords will be cheering the riders over the top of the hill as he was involved in the first bicycles in NSW and maybe also the first bicycle race in the 1860s..

Initially Cobb & Co was setup in Melbourne when four American businessman attempted to bring Wells Fargo and the Adams Express Co to Australia, this resulted in Freeman Cobb setting up a coach service to the gold field which proved very successful. James Rutherford then headed a syndicate that took over Cobb and Co when Freeman Cobb returned to the states to become the Senator for Massachusetts. Rutherford then expanded the business into the other states and moved to whole operations to Bathurst (which was situated at the bottom of William Street near the river).

In the 1860s Cobb & Co had opened up Australia with its rapid stagecoach transport system…. but interestingly Rutherford had also became aware of the bicycle movement and the local press report that Cobb and Co had invested in a Velocipede in the late 1860’s…

Indirectly James Rutherford was also involved in the creation of at least another of these bicycles as his Cobb and Co business had brought many top Blacksmiths to Bathurst and a local photographer Mr W R George contracted one of them to build him a Velocipede from a photo.

Mr George became an important figure in NSW cycling and is referred to as the father of Cycling in some publications as he became a top cycling official with the NSW Cyclist Union and the Sydney Bicycle Club, it is claimed that bike he built in Bathurst was considered as the first in the colony. There is talk also of a race of these Bathurst Velocipedes in the late 1860s which would make it one of the first bicycle races in the world and certainly in Australia, (although the first race in Australia is generally accepted to have been in Melbourne around this time).

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General Discussion / Re: Bathurst Cycling Classic Competitor numbers down in 2021

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Bathurst Cycling Classic B2B (and O2B) Honour Roll
The Development of the Bathurst Cycling Classic has been quite a journey as the event started as a race between Orange and Bathurst starting at Orange’s Jack Brabham Park and finishing on the outskirts of Bathurst adjacent to the Old Cattle Yards for the Keith Evans Challenge Shield. The start was later moved to Blayney and the Blayney to Bathurst Cyclo Sportif (nab B2B) would be established before starting and finishing in Bathurst for the Bathurst Cycling Classic. 
 
Orange to Bathurst Club Challenge (1990 – 1999)
1990 Rob Stephen… 1999 Mark Renshaw

Orange to Bathurst City Vs Country Challenge and O2B Cyclo Sportif
2000 – Michael Allotta Female Rosemary Hastings
2001 - Mark Windsor Female Toireasa Ryan
2002 - Kane Bennan Female Meg Windsor
2003 - Ben Isakson Female Jess Ridder
2004 - Andrew Carter Female Jess Ridder

B2B Cyclo Sportif / nab B2B / Bathurst Cycling Classic
2005 - Shaun Higgerson Female Amanda Spratt
2006 - Glenn Stojanow Female Judith May
2007 - Peter McDonnald Female Katie Jones /Judith May (Div1winner) *
2008 **Wave Start Andrew Crawley Female Megan Dunn
2009 - Dean Windsor Female Tanya Newton
2010 - Cameron Peterson Female Yoni Cross
2011- Philip Grenfell Female Myfanwy Galloway
2012 - Extreme-Men -Michael Curran  Female Janet Martin
2012 - Long Course- Men -Ben Kersten Female Sarah Roy
2013 - Michael Jaeger Female Sarah roy
2014 - Josh Berry Female Lynne Clarke
2015 - Troy Herfoss Female Lynne Clarke
2016 – Dylan Sunderland Female Lucy Bechtel
2017 - Dylan Sunderland Female Lucy Bechtel
2018 - Matthew Dinham Georgia Whitehouse *Confusion both events
2019 - Samuel Hill Female Rebecca Wiasak
2020 - Samuel Hill Female Emily Watts

Short Course
2006 - Tim Guy Blair Windsor Female Gail Johnston
2007 - Lachlan Morton Female Toireasa Ryan/Lindy Hou
2008 - Lachlan Morton Female Gracie Elvin
2009 - Stewart Campbell Female Winner - Gail Johnston
2010 - Steve Bennett Female Jodie Martin
2011 - Patrick Sharpe Female Jodie Martin
2012 - Bradley Heffernan Female Jodie Martin
2013 - Steve Bennett Female Lisa Keeling
2014 - Ryan O'Donnell Female Nicola Macdonald
2015 - Mark Windsor Female Nicola MacDonald
2016 – Stephan Cuff Female Chloe Heffernan
2017 - Stewart Campbell Female Kirsten Howard
2018 - Lincoln Hey Female Kirsten Howard
2019 - Luke Deasey Female Hollee Simons
2020 - Brayden Bloch Female Josie Talbot