MMBCC News - 4 October 2011

Hi everyone,

The calendar is out (see item two below). But first - the Mountain Bike Enduro is on this weekend and it should be fantastic so have a look at the details and enter &/or spread the word.

 

Mountain Biking

3 HOUR MTB ENDURO... YOU CAN DO IT!!
3 hour pairs race - faster rider paired with slower rider. Come along for a fun day and bring the kids too!

Spectators welcome (including the skinny wheeled variety) - cheer us along and stick around for the BBQ afterwards!
Any profits will be donated to this year's Relay for Life fundraising effort.

Sunday October 9th, Riflebutts Road Reserve
Register by Thursday Oct 6th - text Tom on 0428 327 763

•    Kids race (45 min) - arrive by 11.45am for a 12pm start
•    Adults race (3 hr) - arrive by 1.00pm for a 1.30pm start
•    Bring a chair for the post-race BBQ!

See the Mountain Biking page for race details and the list of cool prizes that will be drawn on the day - click here.

FIRST DIRT CRITS SPRING SEASON RACE
Postponed to Monday October 17th (so your legs can have a well deserved rest!)
Calendar pdf - click here.

 

Road Racing

Back to the calendar, there's a fair bit of the usual info on page two. Note that Di Condie is now the handicapper and you need to SMS her 0438 513 355 before 8pm on Wednesdays to enter EXCEPT for this week where you need to SMS me 0428 50 34 37 as she's away!
Calendar pdf - click here.
Road Racing page - click here.

 
Other bits
There was a bit of stuff in last weeks news, so if you missed it - click here.…and Bruce H is doing the Benalla Bike Hike 120 on Sunday (9 Oct) http://www.bbbhride.org.au/ He has space for two passengers.

Looking forward to seeing you all out there,

 

Cheers, John.
www.mmbcc.org.au



MMBCC News - 27 September 2011

Hi Everyone,

 

Road Racing
The road series starts next Thursday (6/10/2011). It's a graded scratch. Whitfield Rd. 21km.
Duty : Lisa Fricke, Ian Conrick,Tina McDonnell
Commissairre: Sharron Jones, Tim Ross
Entries (until Di returns to John as usual SMS on 0428 50 34 37 by Wednesday 8pm)
Dinner after at The Mansfield Hotel.
 
Hopefully before too long we will have a full calendar up and running.

ALSO - With racing starting again soon, I think this should be compulsory reading for all!
The two little videos give a really good explanation of how to ride smoothly in a bunch.
http://www.cyclingtipsblog.com/2011/09/know-the-wind/

 

MTB 3 hour Pairs Enduro
Sunday 9 October 2011 - MMBCC 3 hour Pairs Enduro -
Riflebutts Road Reserve, Mansfield
Kids race (45 minute duration) – Registration: 11:45am   Race Start: 12:00pm
Adults race – Registration: 1:00  Race Start: 1:30pm

Awesome prizes that everyone will have a chance to win.

See the Mountain Biking page for more details - click here.

Don’t forget to stay on afterwards for the BBQ too! 4:30pm onwards

Bunchride Finder
Bruce has added Mansfield to the Bunchride Finder web site. You can find the link in out Useful Links page - CLICK HERE.

 

Ride to Work Day
Mansfield Shire Council and Mansfield District Hospital are again joining forces to support the annual Ride to Work Day which this year is taking place on Wednesday 12 October.
There are two ride options offered that cater for all levels of cyclists, both road and mountain bike, departing from the Produce Store at 6.30 am for a group ride:
Route 1 – for Roadies, a distance of approximately 15 kms circling the town which can be ridden at any pace or just join in along the way; or
Route 2 – for Mountain bike riders, a leisurely ride at your own pace out and back along the rail trail.

The Produce Store has again offered to donate all proceeds from coffee sales to the Mansfield District Hospital and any additional funds that we may raise through our own fundraising will also go to this great cause.
Registration is free, there are lots of great prizes up for grabs and it also helps improve bike facilities across Australia. Click Here for more details.

 

That’s all for now.
Cheers, John.
www.mmbcc.org.au

 

MMBCC News - 20 September 2011. UPDATE

Hi Everyone,

 

UPDATE - Congratulations to Shannon and Narelle on the arrival of RUBY LEE RADEMAKER. Born Sat 17 Sept at 3.5kg. "Both girls doing exceptionally well, even father doing ok; each grandfather has turned into a gooey, emotional mess! (First grand-child for both!)"

 

Challenge Ride Times

Mark has worked up a Challenge Rides Time section on the website and it looks great. Well done Mark.

You'll find Tom and Steffan are having a ding dong battle for the Up Buller time of the season. Check it out HERE. (one of them left a little present for the cleaners on the finish line apparently).


Road Riding

The executive are meeting next week to finalise the spring calendar with an eye to starting the season on Thursday the 6th October for road and Monday the 10th for MTN.

Bruce has forwarded me a link on bunch riding and it's an amusing read as well as making some important points with the road season not far away.

http://www.cyclingtipsblog.com/2011/09/the-lost-art-of-the-group-ride-2/


Blackburn Cycling Club - Eildon Race

<start email>
Blackburn Cycling Club is putting on a couple of races in the next few weeks and we would like to extend an invitation for other clubs to join in.  

Firstly the Damian McDonald Memorial Road race will be held on Sunday 25 September in Eildon.  This race offers a rare opportunity for some decent climbing in a road race.  
This race is now on Sunday 25th September, starting at 11am in the centre of the Eildon township. Blackburn CC are proud to be hosting this Combine/Regional road race in memory of BBN Life Member Damian McDonald, who tragically lost his life in the Burnley Tunnel explosion.
The race winds firstly though the picturesque flat lands around the Eildon area and then up through the notorious Skyline hill climb before, what some argue is Victoria's most impressive finish line, a possible sprint atop the Eildon Dam wall.
This race will also constitute Blackburn's Club Championships, though is open to other Club members. Hence, the race will be ridden in Categories, similar to CCCC's recent Club Champs.

Start-line:
Utah Place, Eildon.
11am, staggered starts in Categories.

Finish-line:
The Spillway, Pinnager Rd,
Eildon Dam Wall, Eildon.

Registration/Entries:
Reg. desk open from 10am - 10.45am on the day.
Online entries preferred - provide a volunteer in advance for a 50% discount

Distance:
100km - Elite Men, U23M, JM19, MMAS 1-3
73 km - Elite Women, U23W, JW19, WMAS, MMAS4+
48km - JM17, JW17, J15M
27km - JW15, J13/11 (youngsters ride under control 13km, with riding marshalls)
See brochure below for course maps.

Cost:
$10 - juniors J17 and under
$20 - aged above J17

Volunteers:
Please assist this event, by volunteering to either drive lead/follow cars, marshall, or help at Start/Finish lines.
Please contact the race committee: racing@bbn.org.au

Further Links:

Flyer (click link)
Course Details (click link)

Web Updates: bbn.org.au
Twitter: @bbnCC_Racing
Facebook Event Page


The next race we are holding is the 1:20 Time Trial.  This will be on 2 October at 9am starting from Mountain Hwy, The Basin.   The current record for the 6.7km from the Basin to Sassafras is 13:01 set by Trent Lowe.  
The 1:20 is used as a measure of fitness by many cyclists in melbourne and is also hugely popular for just blowing the doors off your mates on a Sunday morning.  The opportunity for a timed race comes along once a year and we would be delighted to see lots of riders along to have a crack at a PB.  
To enter the 1:20 HILL CLIMB CHAMPIONSHIPS, email the club (raceentry@bbn.org.au) with the following details: Full Name, Male/Female, Club, CA/CV Licence Number, Racing Category (on your licence), Mobile Number, the names of two similar riders and recent results (to assist the handicapper).

Regards,
Ross Hamilton

<end email>

 

All Terrain Cycles

This from Shannon:

Get in store today for you chance to get the 'Gift of Gear' when your purchase a 2011 Specialized Road or Mountain Bike

Check out this link to see what FREE gear you can get.

We also have Test Saddles to try out free for those having trouble on the longer rides, and NOW back open 6 days a week.

(03) 5775 2724
www.allterraincycles.com.au

 

Facebook page

...and don't forget the Clubs Facebook page (moderated by Uschi and Shannon). http://www.facebook.com/groups/110542298985223/

 

 

Cheers , John.

www.mmbcc.org.au



MMBCC News - 20 September 2011

Hi Everyone,

 

Challenge Ride Times

Mark has worked up a Challenge Rides Time section on the website and it looks great. Well done Mark.

You'll find Tom and Steffan are having a ding dong battle for the Up Buller time of the season. Check it out HERE. (one of them left a little present for the cleaners on the finish line apparently).


Road Riding

The executive are meeting next week to finalise the spring calendar with an eye to starting the season on Thursday the 6th October for road and Monday the 10th for MTN.

Bruce has forwarded me a link on bunch riding and it's an amusing read as well as making some important points with the road season not far away.

http://www.cyclingtipsblog.com/2011/09/the-lost-art-of-the-group-ride-2/


Blackburn Cycling Club - Eildon Race

<start email>
Blackburn Cycling Club is putting on a couple of races in the next few weeks and we would like to extend an invitation for other clubs to join in.  

Firstly the Damian McDonald Memorial Road race will be held on Sunday 25 September in Eildon.  This race offers a rare opportunity for some decent climbing in a road race.  
This race is now on Sunday 25th September, starting at 11am in the centre of the Eildon township. Blackburn CC are proud to be hosting this Combine/Regional road race in memory of BBN Life Member Damian McDonald, who tragically lost his life in the Burnley Tunnel explosion.
The race winds firstly though the picturesque flat lands around the Eildon area and then up through the notorious Skyline hill climb before, what some argue is Victoria's most impressive finish line, a possible sprint atop the Eildon Dam wall.
This race will also constitute Blackburn's Club Championships, though is open to other Club members. Hence, the race will be ridden in Categories, similar to CCCC's recent Club Champs.

Start-line:
Utah Place, Eildon.
11am, staggered starts in Categories.

Finish-line:
The Spillway, Pinnager Rd,
Eildon Dam Wall, Eildon.

Registration/Entries:
Reg. desk open from 10am - 10.45am on the day.
Online entries preferred - provide a volunteer in advance for a 50% discount

Distance:
100km - Elite Men, U23M, JM19, MMAS 1-3
73 km - Elite Women, U23W, JW19, WMAS, MMAS4+
48km - JM17, JW17, J15M
27km - JW15, J13/11 (youngsters ride under control 13km, with riding marshalls)
See brochure below for course maps.

Cost:
$10 - juniors J17 and under
$20 - aged above J17

Volunteers:
Please assist this event, by volunteering to either drive lead/follow cars, marshall, or help at Start/Finish lines.
Please contact the race committee: racing@bbn.org.au

Further Links:

Flyer (click link)
Course Details (click link)

Web Updates: bbn.org.au
Twitter: @bbnCC_Racing
Facebook Event Page


The next race we are holding is the 1:20 Time Trial.  This will be on 2 October at 9am starting from Mountain Hwy, The Basin.   The current record for the 6.7km from the Basin to Sassafras is 13:01 set by Trent Lowe.  
The 1:20 is used as a measure of fitness by many cyclists in melbourne and is also hugely popular for just blowing the doors off your mates on a Sunday morning.  The opportunity for a timed race comes along once a year and we would be delighted to see lots of riders along to have a crack at a PB.  
To enter the 1:20 HILL CLIMB CHAMPIONSHIPS, email the club (raceentry@bbn.org.au) with the following details: Full Name, Male/Female, Club, CA/CV Licence Number, Racing Category (on your licence), Mobile Number, the names of two similar riders and recent results (to assist the handicapper).

Regards,
Ross Hamilton

<end email>

 

All Terrain Cycles

This from Shannon:

Get in store today for you chance to get the 'Gift of Gear' when your purchase a 2011 Specialized Road or Mountain Bike

Check out this link to see what FREE gear you can get.

We also have Test Saddles to try out free for those having trouble on the longer rides, and NOW back open 6 days a week.

(03) 5775 2724
www.allterraincycles.com.au

 

Facebook page

...and don't forget the Clubs Facebook page (moderated by Uschi and Shannon). http://www.facebook.com/groups/110542298985223/

 

 

Cheers , John.

www.mmbcc.org.au

MMBCC News - 6 September 2011

Hi everyone,


SURVEY
The Social / Recreational Rides sub-committee are currently planning their upcoming summer calendar. But before it's finalised, they'd like to know more about what you think.

This link will take you to a short, six question survey. It will only take you a few minutes. Please complete it by Friday 9 September. 

The results will be used in the next club calendar.

We've had some good feedback already BUT IT CLOSES THIS FRIDAY so please have your say:

 http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/DTCQYH7

The preparations for our road calendar are proceeding with the opening race planned for Thursday 6th October.


Mountain Biking

Shannon Rademaker, Yully Arnold, Laurie Harding, Uschi Steedman, John Eisner and Anthony Bock met last Friday so discuss a few issues with the Rifle Butts reserve. The passion and momentum for refining the tracks and infrastructure out there is impressive. There's a lot of work to go , working with the DSE and with consideration of other users, but in the end it will be (an even more) awesome, MTN venue. Well done.

 

Up Buller

Well done again to Tom MacMunn. He's broken the hour barrier up the hill (59'45"). We're in the process of getting this done better on the website.

Send in your times and we'll post them - Remember the start is the first blue marker just after the toll booth at Mirimbah and the end is the final blue marker immediately before the main intersection in front of the clock tower in the village - great training for the season.

BREAKING NEWS

- Steffan : 60’25”.

 

Winter Road Race Series

Race report and points from Saturday.
Results of race:

Winter Road Series - race 6

1. Di Condie - 50.062.
2. Tony Morris - s.t.
3. Geoff Jones - s.t.
4. Tony Williams - 50.11
5. Darren Bakker - 50.48
6. Bruce Halket - s.t.
7. Mauro Brega - s.t.
8. Andrew Pettenon - 50.51
9. Tom MacMunn - 51.04
10. John Lithgow - 51.15
11. Tim Ross - 52.12

…and this from Bruce as a summary of the race:

Condie wins final race ... Bakker does enough to take series
 

The sixth and final race of the Mansfield Mt Buller Cycling Club Winter Road Series saw 11 riders line up at the start line on a beautiful, still, sunny afternoon on Saturday the 27th of August. The still conditions meant the outmarkers were favoured to take the win.

First away were Tony Morris and Di Condie as the Limit group off 10 minutes. They were followed by Tony Williams and Geoff Jones off 8 minutes; John Lithgow off 4.30; Tim Ross off 3.30; series leader Darren Bakker and Andrew Pettenon off 2 minutes and Scratch saw Mauro Brega, Tom MacMunn and Bruce Halket start last.

The big movers early were Jones and Williams who made up the two minutes to Condie and Morris by half way. Condie was dropped by the three blokes in her new group but dug very deep to hang on for the tow back into town.

Further back, Ross was caught by Bakker and Pettenon before the turnaround and this enabled them to stay away from Scratch until three quarter distance. The group of six finally managed to catch the lonely Lithgow just before the finish but they made no impression on the leaders.

Up the front, Jones was the diesel on the front, doing most of the work. This allowed Condie to 'sit-on' to the finish. She timed her sprint to perfection, taking the win from Morris with Jones in third. Williams didn’t contest the sprint, content to take fourth, just five seconds further back. 

Bakker managed to get over his domestiques, Halket and Brega, to take fifth. Halket rode fastest time of 40.48. 

The seven points for Bakker’s fifth place meant he finished on 59 for the series win, ahead of Tony Williams on 49. Brega finished thrid on 37 ahead of Morris and Halket tied on 36.

Many thanks to our volunteers and officials: Jenni, Annie and Ray. Many thanks also to the new club handicapper, Di Condie, for organising the Winter Series. The winter races saw a consistent entry list of about 10 each fortnight and a really high standard of racing. Hopefully these ‘hard’ club members will reap the rewards of their winter training with strong results in Spring and Summer. (Yes, that’s a little ‘dig’ at all the ‘soft’ MMBCC members who don’t ride much in Winter!)

 

Upcoming Recreational Rides

Fruit Loop Shepparton on Sept 18 - http://www.fruitloopride.com/
Amy's Gran Fondo on Sept 18 - http://www.amygillett.org.au/gran-fondo
Kelly Country Classic, Glenrowan on Nov 13  - http://www.kellycountryclassic.com.au/home/

 

Amy Gillet Foundation National Bike Safety Campaign update

In July, we reached out to the bike-riding community through our Bike Movement campaign to help raise vital funds to build our next bike safety awareness campaign following the continued success of the “A Metre Matters” message.

Over $25,000 has been raised so far by hundreds of new and existing supporters of the Foundation who share our commitment towards a safer bicycling culture. We'd like to thank each of you who have donated so far.

We have commenced a review of campaign concepts with government and bicycling stakeholders nationally, and look forward to sharing our progress over coming months. 

We would appreciate your continued support in sending the link to www.bikemovement.org.au to your friends, colleagues and family.

 

Cheers, John.

 

 

John Eisner.
President

Mansfield Mt Buller Cycling Club Inc.
t : 0428 503 437
e : mansfield@guardianpharm.net
w : www.mmbcc.org.au



MMBCC News - 29 August 2011

Hi Everyone, well done to Di for taking out round six of the winter series.
We've got a few links below to some upcoming events and a survey for some feedback.
The preparations for our own calendar are proceeding with the opening race planned for Thursday  the 6th of October.
Tom MacMunn has thrown down the gauntlet and recorded an up Buller time of 1:01:00. Send in your times and we'll post them.  Remember the start is the first blue marker just after the toll booth at Mirimbah and the end is the final blue marker immediately before the main intersection in front of the clock tower in the village - great training for the season.
The Social / Recreational Rides sub-committee are currently planning their upcoming summer calendar. But before it's finalised, they'd like to know more about what you think.
This link will take you to a short, six question survey. It will only take you a few minutes. Please complete it by Friday 9 September. 
The results will be used in the next club calendar.
<a href="http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/DTCQYH7">Click here to take survey</a>
Race report and points from Saturday. Results of race:
Winter Road Series - race 6
1. Di Condie - 50.06
2. Tony Morris - s.t.
3. Geoff Jones - s.t.
4. Tony Williams - 50.11
5. Darren Bakker - 50.48
6. Bruce Halket - s.t.
7. Mauro Brega - s.t.
8. Andrew Pettenon - 50.51
9. Tom MacMunn - 51.04
10. John Lithgow - 51.15
11. Tim Ross - 52.12
......And this from Bruce as a summary of the race:

Condie wins final race ... Bakker does enough to take series

 

The sixth and final race of the Mansfield Mt Buller Cycling Club Winter Road Series saw 11 riders line up at the start line on a beautiful, still, sunny afternoon on Saturday the 27th of August. The still conditions meant the outmarkers were favoured to take the win.

First away were Tony Morris and Di Condie as the Limit group off 10 minutes. They were followed by Tony Williams and Geoff Jones off 8 minutes; John Lithgow off 4.30; Tim Ross off 3.30; series leader Darren Bakker and Andrew Pettenon off 2 minutes and Scratch saw Mauro Brega, Tom MacMunn and Bruce Halket start last.

The big movers early were Jones and Williams who made up the two minutes to Condie and Morris by half way. Condie was dropped by the three blokes in her new group but dug very deep to hang on for the tow back into town.

Further back, Ross was caught by Bakker and Pettenon before the turnaround and this enabled them to stay away from Scratch until three quarter distance. The group of six finally managed to catch the lonely Lithgow just before the finish but they made no impression on the leaders.

Up the front, Jones was the diesel on the front, doing most of the work. This allowed Condie to 'sit-on' to the finish. She timed her sprint to perfection, taking the win from Morris with Jones in third. Williams didn’t contest the sprint, content to take fourth, just five seconds further back. 

Bakker managed to get over his domestiques, Halket and Brega, to take fifth. Halket rode fastest time of 40.48. 

The seven points for Bakker’s fifth place meant he finished on 59 for the series win, ahead of Tony Williams on 49. Brega finished thrid on 37 ahead of Morris and Halket tied on 36.

Many thanks to our volunteers and officials: Jenni, Annie and Ray. Many thanks also to the new club handicapper, Di Condie, for organising the Winter Series. The winter races saw a consistent entry list of about 10 each fortnight and a really high standard of racing. Hopefully these ‘hard’ club members will reap the rewards of their winter training with strong results in Spring and Summer. (Yes, that’s a little ‘dig’ at all the ‘soft’ MMBCC members who don’t ride much in Winter!)

Upcoming Recreational Rides
Fruit Loop Shepparton on Sept 18 - http://www.fruitloopride.com/
Amy's Gran Fondo on Sept 18 - http://www.amygillett.org.au/gran-fondo
Kelly Country Classic, Glenrowan on Nov 13  - http://www.kellycountryclassic.com.au/home/

Amy Gillet Foundation National Bike Safety Campaign update

In July, we reached out to the bike-riding community through our Bike Movement campaign to help raise vital funds to build our next bike safety awareness campaign following the continued success of the “A Metre Matters” message.

Over $25,000 has been raised so far by hundreds of new and existing supporters of the Foundation who share our commitment towards a safer bicycling culture. We'd like to thank each of you who have donated so far.

We have commenced a review of campaign concepts with government and bicycling stakeholders nationally, and look forward to sharing our progress over coming months. 

We would appreciate your continued support in sending the link to www.bikemovement.org.au to your friends, colleagues and family.

Cheers, John.

MMBCC News - 25 August 2011

Hi All,

We are looking at placing all relevant news on the web site once a week when we start our Summer racing. Hopefully this will occur on Mondays provided the web site manager doesn't sleep in!!

Please email any news, information or ideas to me at mansfield@guardianpharm.net

Please also check that you are signed up for the updates feed (on the right of the page) if you want to keep up with late changes/messages etc.

Below are some news items of the week.

 

Cheers,


John Eisner.
President Mansfield Mt Buller Cycling Club Inc.
T : 0428 503 437
e : mansfield@guardianpharm.net
w : www.mmbcc.org.au

____________________________________________________________________
GreenEDGE Gerrans

Simon Gerrans holds a unique place in cycling history as the only Australian winner of a stage at all three grand tours and will form part of another piece of history as a member of the inaugural GreenEDGE Cycling team in 2012.

For more information and to continue reading this story, please click the link below:

www.greenedgecycling.com/news/greenedge-gerrans

____________________________________________________________________

 

Hanover ConnectEast Ride for Home

        

It’s time for Tour de EastLink!

The Hanover ConnectEast Ride for Home returns on Sunday, 13 November 2011.

Join me in riding non-stop along EastLink from Ringwood to Frankston and back, while supporting a great cause, to help Hanover break the cycle of homelessness.

This is a great opportunity for your club’s cyclists to ride on Melbourne’s smoothest and safest motorway in a completely traffic-free environment.

There are three categories within the 75km Challenge Ride:

Team Challenge Time Trial – teams of up to 10 members (minimum 6) working together on the open road to complete the 75km course in the best possible time.

    75km Personal Challenge Ride

Individual Challenge – a chance for individual riders to test themselves against the clock.

Gerro’s Personal Challenge – join me on an untimed ride from Ringwood to Frankston and back.

Last year the 75km Team Challenge Time Trial was won by Croydon Cycleworks in 1:45:32, and Joseph Krusec took out the individual 75km event in 1:56:43. Is Mansfield Mt Buller Cycling Club up for the challenge?

It would be fantastic if you could please promote this event within your club via your website, newsletters, emails and social media channels.

Entries are now open at www.rideforhome.com.au and I encourage riders to not delay in registering.

I look forward to seeing you out on EastLink on November 13.

Regards,

Simon Gerrans

Ride for Home event ambassador
2011 Tour of Denmark winner

MMBCC News - 17 August 2011 AGM UPDATE

Hi Everyone,

 

Annual General Meeting

Thanks to all those who attended the AGM on the 11th and for the apologies. We’ve got a good executive committee with a few new faces – Katie Moore as secretary and myself as president with Bruce Halket taking on the vice president’s role, Tim Ross as treasurer, and Di Condie returning to the road handicapper position.

As noted at the AGM, a big thanks to the previous exec and the subcommittees , in particular Bruce, who have enthusiastically steered the club into a healthy position.

It’s my hope that the club will continue to be the vehicle for fun, social, grass roots, cycling events. 

In the next few weeks the subcommittees will be constructing the spring event calendar and we’d welcome any feedback on the proposed events and any thoughts on what the club could be doing. There is a message section below or you can email me at mansfield@guardianpharm.net  or phone 0428 50 34 37. Please also check that you are signed up for the updates feed (on the right of the page) if you want to keep up with late changes/messages etc.

I’ve attached the minutes (Click Here) as well from the AGM  for your reference.

 

MMBCC makes the news...
MMBCC is working with ABC Open to produce a series of short films about people in our club. The films will be produced by local community members under the skilled guidance of ABC Open Regional Producer Benj Binks.
Once complete the stories will appear on the ABC Open website and there's even a chance they'll screen on ABC TV... A great way to highlight what a fun, social and diverse club we are!

Other ABC Open  projects will include regular race blogs posted by club members and photos that capture 'What I love about my sport'.

How can you get involved?
You can get behind the camera, help with interviewing, editing, writing, take some happy snaps... Or you can get your smiling face up on the big screen (if you convince us you've got a good story to tell!)
The project is a great chance to improve your movie-making and photography skills with the help of a professional (for free!).

'Lights, camera and ... action!' ... The first workshops
The first skills workshop with ABC Open will take place on Wednesday August 31st at 6:30pm. (Stay tuned for location details.)
A full day of interviewing and filming is then planned for Saturday September 3rd.

To get in on the action simply call Uschi Steedman on 0427 849 777 or email uschi@positivemoves.com.au .
If you know of other people who are NOT club members but you think they'd be interested - then please feel free to invite them to get involved. Anyone in the community is welcome to participate in creating the stories.

 

Cheers,

John Eisner.
President
Mansfield Mt Buller Cycling Club Inc.
T : 0428 503 437

e : mansfield@guardianpharm.net
w : www.mmbcc.org.au

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(PREVIOUS UPDATE BELOW - 6 AUGUST 2011)

 

G'day Everyone!

 

Today's 3-hour MTB Enduro POSTPONED

Due to today's inclement weather, the race has been called off and a new date will be announced very soon! 

 

Annual General Meeting

The club's AGM will be held at The Produce Store on Thursday 11 August. 6pm for nibbles and the M2M presentation, followed by dinner and the AGM.

Is there anything you'd like placed on the agenda to be discussed? Let me know - bruce@bikevents.com.au - before Tuesday the 9th please.

 

Want to learn how to make films?

Benj Binks, the local Producer from ABC Open is about to start a project titled On the Ball which looks at Australia's obsession with sport. He is keen to work with sporting communities in Mansfield and give them the skills to create videos, write blogs, and take photos. Participants will learn from Benj in a series of workshops the skills of recording, editing and sharing stories. The theme for the videos is 'local legends', and there are also ways to get involved through photography. We are also looking for people to write blogs about riding in the region.

The first workshop is happening at MACE on Wednesday August 10 from 6-8pm. Please bring along any relevant equipment you have as well as ideas of local legends in the Mansfield bike riding community or footy community who you think would make a good story.

Please register your interest for this project with me on bruce@bikevents.com

 

Road Race next Saturday

Don't forget to get your entry into Di via SMS on 0438 513 355 by 8pm this Friday.

In case you didn't get there, Darren Bakker got up again for his second win of the series! On a windy day which was likely to favour Scratch, Bakks and Tim Ross rode really well to take a comfortable win. There's a rumour going around that Tim put in an awfully big effort to help Darren; he tried so hard that there was a little bit of a spew afterwards. Either that or it was some sort of strange celebration gift for Darren!

 

Wangaratta Spring Series

Really fun series of road races in Wangaratta, starting on Saturday 13 August. As we're an invited club, you can enter with an MMBCC road membership, even if it's not an Open licence. For more details visit - http://www.wangarattacyclingclub.com.au/home/?page_id=12

A Wangaratta rider, Alex Meyland, is shortly going overseas to compete in the World MTB Championships. The WCC committee want to assist Alex with the cost of his travel and have decided to donate the first race of the Spring Series to him, this will mean that all income from entries on the day will be passed to Alex with no prize money paid. The Wang Cycling Club hope that you will support this and wish Alex the very best in his competition and the committee hope to see as many people there as possible either racing or supporting the racing.  

 

Victorian School Cycling Championships update

With many thanks to Fiona Greenway, here are some results from last Tuesday.

In the novice section:

Lachy Opie - 1st

In the racing section:

Kirra Hunter - 1st

Mitch Greenway - 3rd

Racers who finished 1st, 2nd or 3rd qualify to ride in the Crits on Sunday 16th October before the Herald Sun Jayco Tour. So we'll see Lachy, Kirra and Mitch in Melbourne in October! Congratulations!

Good luck to Mitch who is also racing in the VSCC state mountain bike finals on Sunday 28 August!

 

Rail Trail news

Construction Update

It is so exciting to see the new and repaired bridges being worked on along the trail. The bridges through the Yea flood plain and over the Yea River are near completion and look great. This will be a fantastic ride with over 320 metres of rebuilt bridges.

Some people have been wondering if the trail is heading to Yarra Glen from Yea,down the Melba Highway, no it isn’t. The trail follows the original train line which veers left across the Yea River then on to Cheviot Tunnel and Molesworth.

Once the Yea River bridge is finished the construction crew will move onto the Goulburn River bridge then through the flood plain towards Cathkin.

Pavement construction is going well, despite the wet weather, with chert now laid past Cathkin to Eglington Cutting and Yarck. The sub base is in place from Tallarook to Homewood and Eglington to Alexandra but is not yet ready for use as granitic sand is to be placed on top, this will form the final surface.

Although it is tempting to have a ride or walk on the trail it is very much a construction site. It is impossible to isolate the areas that are under construction therefore we would ask everyone to refrain from entering the trail area.

Did you know?

The Tallarook plateau and Strathbogie plateau are the birthplace of the sport of rogaining or 24 hour cross country navigation. With the generous co-operation of many land owners the sport was developed in the 1970s. The sport spread around Australia in the 1980s and is now active in 30 different countries. Neil Phillips and Christine Arnold organized the first rogaining championships in May 1979, centered around the town of Tallarook.

More information about rogaining can be found at www. rogaine.asn.au

 

Tour of Denmark

As I type this, Simon has taken the leaders yellow jersey in Denmark!

 

GreenEdge Cycling

The new Australian WorldTour Team (we hope) this week announced their first signings - http://www.greenedgecycling.com/news/rising-stars-join-greenedge

With HTC HighRoad folding - http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/htc-highroad-disbands-after-failed-sponsor-search - and their riders looking for teams, there's every chance GreenEdge will be a force in year one! It appears the rumour mill is working overtime on who they've already signed - http://www.cyclingtipsblog.com/2011/08/green-edge-thread/

 

That's all for now … see you out there. 

Cheers,

Bruce Halket.

 

President

Mansfield Mt Buller Cycling Club Inc.

16 Reynolds Street

Mansfield  Vic  3722

T: 03 5775 1169

M: 0419 533 120

W: www.mmbcc.org.au



MMBCC News - 17 August 2011 AGM UPDATE

Hi Everyone,

Thanks to all those who attended the AGM on the 11th and for the apologies. We’ve got a good executive committee with a few new faces – Katie Moore as secretary and myself as president with Bruce Halket taking on the vice president’s role, Tim Ross as treasurer, and Di Condie returning to the road handicapper position.

As noted at the AGM, a big thanks to the previous exec and the subcommittees , in particular Bruce, who have enthusiastically steered the club into a healthy position.

It’s my hope that the club will continue to be the vehicle for fun, social, grass roots, cycling events. 

In the next few weeks the subcommittees will be constructing the spring event calendar and we’d welcome any feedback on the proposed events and any thoughts on what the club could be doing. There is a message section below or you can email me at mansfield@guardianpharm.net  or phone 0428 50 34 37. Please also check that you are signed up for the updates feed (on the right of the page) if you want to keep up with late changes/messages etc.

I’ve attached the minutes (Click Here) as well from the AGM  for your reference,

Cheers,

John Eisner.
President
Mansfield Mt Buller Cycling Club Inc.
T : 0428 503 437

e : mansfield@guardianpharm.net
w : www.mmbcc.org.au

_____________________________________________________________________________________

(PREVIOUS UPDATE BELOW - 6 AUGUST 2011)

 

G'day Everyone!

 

Today's 3-hour MTB Enduro POSTPONED

Due to today's inclement weather, the race has been called off and a new date will be announced very soon! 

 

Annual General Meeting

The club's AGM will be held at The Produce Store on Thursday 11 August. 6pm for nibbles and the M2M presentation, followed by dinner and the AGM.

Is there anything you'd like placed on the agenda to be discussed? Let me know - bruce@bikevents.com.au - before Tuesday the 9th please.

 

Want to learn how to make films?

Benj Binks, the local Producer from ABC Open is about to start a project titled On the Ball which looks at Australia's obsession with sport. He is keen to work with sporting communities in Mansfield and give them the skills to create videos, write blogs, and take photos. Participants will learn from Benj in a series of workshops the skills of recording, editing and sharing stories. The theme for the videos is 'local legends', and there are also ways to get involved through photography. We are also looking for people to write blogs about riding in the region.

The first workshop is happening at MACE on Wednesday August 10 from 6-8pm. Please bring along any relevant equipment you have as well as ideas of local legends in the Mansfield bike riding community or footy community who you think would make a good story.

Please register your interest for this project with me on bruce@bikevents.com

 

Road Race next Saturday

Don't forget to get your entry into Di via SMS on 0438 513 355 by 8pm this Friday.

In case you didn't get there, Darren Bakker got up again for his second win of the series! On a windy day which was likely to favour Scratch, Bakks and Tim Ross rode really well to take a comfortable win. There's a rumour going around that Tim put in an awfully big effort to help Darren; he tried so hard that there was a little bit of a spew afterwards. Either that or it was some sort of strange celebration gift for Darren!

 

Wangaratta Spring Series

Really fun series of road races in Wangaratta, starting on Saturday 13 August. As we're an invited club, you can enter with an MMBCC road membership, even if it's not an Open licence. For more details visit - http://www.wangarattacyclingclub.com.au/home/?page_id=12

A Wangaratta rider, Alex Meyland, is shortly going overseas to compete in the World MTB Championships. The WCC committee want to assist Alex with the cost of his travel and have decided to donate the first race of the Spring Series to him, this will mean that all income from entries on the day will be passed to Alex with no prize money paid. The Wang Cycling Club hope that you will support this and wish Alex the very best in his competition and the committee hope to see as many people there as possible either racing or supporting the racing.  

 

Victorian School Cycling Championships update

With many thanks to Fiona Greenway, here are some results from last Tuesday.

In the novice section:

Lachy Opie - 1st

In the racing section:

Kirra Hunter - 1st

Mitch Greenway - 3rd

Racers who finished 1st, 2nd or 3rd qualify to ride in the Crits on Sunday 16th October before the Herald Sun Jayco Tour. So we'll see Lachy, Kirra and Mitch in Melbourne in October! Congratulations!

Good luck to Mitch who is also racing in the VSCC state mountain bike finals on Sunday 28 August!

 

Rail Trail news

Construction Update

It is so exciting to see the new and repaired bridges being worked on along the trail. The bridges through the Yea flood plain and over the Yea River are near completion and look great. This will be a fantastic ride with over 320 metres of rebuilt bridges.

Some people have been wondering if the trail is heading to Yarra Glen from Yea,down the Melba Highway, no it isn’t. The trail follows the original train line which veers left across the Yea River then on to Cheviot Tunnel and Molesworth.

Once the Yea River bridge is finished the construction crew will move onto the Goulburn River bridge then through the flood plain towards Cathkin.

Pavement construction is going well, despite the wet weather, with chert now laid past Cathkin to Eglington Cutting and Yarck. The sub base is in place from Tallarook to Homewood and Eglington to Alexandra but is not yet ready for use as granitic sand is to be placed on top, this will form the final surface.

Although it is tempting to have a ride or walk on the trail it is very much a construction site. It is impossible to isolate the areas that are under construction therefore we would ask everyone to refrain from entering the trail area.

Did you know?

The Tallarook plateau and Strathbogie plateau are the birthplace of the sport of rogaining or 24 hour cross country navigation. With the generous co-operation of many land owners the sport was developed in the 1970s. The sport spread around Australia in the 1980s and is now active in 30 different countries. Neil Phillips and Christine Arnold organized the first rogaining championships in May 1979, centered around the town of Tallarook.

More information about rogaining can be found at www. rogaine.asn.au

 

Tour of Denmark

As I type this, Simon has taken the leaders yellow jersey in Denmark!

 

GreenEdge Cycling

The new Australian WorldTour Team (we hope) this week announced their first signings - http://www.greenedgecycling.com/news/rising-stars-join-greenedge

With HTC HighRoad folding - http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/htc-highroad-disbands-after-failed-sponsor-search - and their riders looking for teams, there's every chance GreenEdge will be a force in year one! It appears the rumour mill is working overtime on who they've already signed - http://www.cyclingtipsblog.com/2011/08/green-edge-thread/

 

That's all for now … see you out there. 

Cheers,

Bruce Halket.

 

President

Mansfield Mt Buller Cycling Club Inc.

16 Reynolds Street

Mansfield  Vic  3722

T: 03 5775 1169

M: 0419 533 120

W: www.mmbcc.org.au



MMBCC News 6 August 2011

G'day Everyone!

 

Today's 3-hour MTB Enduro POSTPONED

Due to today's inclement weather, the race has been called off and a new date will be announced very soon! 

 

Annual General Meeting

The club's AGM will be held at The Produce Store on Thursday 11 August. 6pm for nibbles and the M2M presentation, followed by dinner and the AGM.

Is there anything you'd like placed on the agenda to be discussed? Let me know - bruce@bikevents.com.au - before Tuesday the 9th please.

 

Want to learn how to make films?

Benj Binks, the local Producer from ABC Open is about to start a project titled On the Ball which looks at Australia's obsession with sport. He is keen to work with sporting communities in Mansfield and give them the skills to create videos, write blogs, and take photos. Participants will learn from Benj in a series of workshops the skills of recording, editing and sharing stories. The theme for the videos is 'local legends', and there are also ways to get involved through photography. We are also looking for people to write blogs about riding in the region.

The first workshop is happening at MACE on Wednesday August 10 from 6-8pm. Please bring along any relevant equipment you have as well as ideas of local legends in the Mansfield bike riding community or footy community who you think would make a good story.

Please register your interest for this project with me on bruce@bikevents.com

 

Road Race next Saturday

Don't forget to get your entry into Di via SMS on 0438 513 355 by 8pm this Friday.

In case you didn't get there, Darren Bakker got up again for his second win of the series! On a windy day which was likely to favour Scratch, Bakks and Tim Ross rode really well to take a comfortable win. There's a rumour going around that Tim put in an awfully big effort to help Darren; he tried so hard that there was a little bit of a spew afterwards. Either that or it was some sort of strange celebration gift for Darren!

 

Wangaratta Spring Series

Really fun series of road races in Wangaratta, starting on Saturday 13 August. As we're an invited club, you can enter with an MMBCC road membership, even if it's not an Open licence. For more details visit - http://www.wangarattacyclingclub.com.au/home/?page_id=12

A Wangaratta rider, Alex Meyland, is shortly going overseas to compete in the World MTB Championships. The WCC committee want to assist Alex with the cost of his travel and have decided to donate the first race of the Spring Series to him, this will mean that all income from entries on the day will be passed to Alex with no prize money paid. The Wang Cycling Club hope that you will support this and wish Alex the very best in his competition and the committee hope to see as many people there as possible either racing or supporting the racing.  

 

Victorian School Cycling Championships update

With many thanks to Fiona Greenway, here are some results from last Tuesday.

In the novice section:

Lachy Opie - 1st

In the racing section:

Kirra Hunter - 1st

Mitch Greenway - 3rd

Racers who finished 1st, 2nd or 3rd qualify to ride in the Crits on Sunday 16th October before the Herald Sun Jayco Tour. So we'll see Lachy, Kirra and Mitch in Melbourne in October! Congratulations!

Good luck to Mitch who is also racing in the VSCC state mountain bike finals on Sunday 28 August!

 

Rail Trail news

Construction Update

It is so exciting to see the new and repaired bridges being worked on along the trail. The bridges through the Yea flood plain and over the Yea River are near completion and look great. This will be a fantastic ride with over 320 metres of rebuilt bridges.

Some people have been wondering if the trail is heading to Yarra Glen from Yea,down the Melba Highway, no it isn’t. The trail follows the original train line which veers left across the Yea River then on to Cheviot Tunnel and Molesworth.

Once the Yea River bridge is finished the construction crew will move onto the Goulburn River bridge then through the flood plain towards Cathkin.

Pavement construction is going well, despite the wet weather, with chert now laid past Cathkin to Eglington Cutting and Yarck. The sub base is in place from Tallarook to Homewood and Eglington to Alexandra but is not yet ready for use as granitic sand is to be placed on top, this will form the final surface.

Although it is tempting to have a ride or walk on the trail it is very much a construction site. It is impossible to isolate the areas that are under construction therefore we would ask everyone to refrain from entering the trail area.

Did you know?

The Tallarook plateau and Strathbogie plateau are the birthplace of the sport of rogaining or 24 hour cross country navigation. With the generous co-operation of many land owners the sport was developed in the 1970s. The sport spread around Australia in the 1980s and is now active in 30 different countries. Neil Phillips and Christine Arnold organized the first rogaining championships in May 1979, centered around the town of Tallarook.

More information about rogaining can be found at www. rogaine.asn.au

 

Tour of Denmark

As I type this, Simon has taken the leaders yellow jersey in Denmark!

 

GreenEdge Cycling

The new Australian WorldTour Team (we hope) this week announced their first signings - http://www.greenedgecycling.com/news/rising-stars-join-greenedge

With HTC HighRoad folding - http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/htc-highroad-disbands-after-failed-sponsor-search - and their riders looking for teams, there's every chance GreenEdge will be a force in year one! It appears the rumour mill is working overtime on who they've already signed - http://www.cyclingtipsblog.com/2011/08/green-edge-thread/

 

That's all for now … see you out there. 

Cheers,

Bruce Halket.

 

President

Mansfield Mt Buller Cycling Club Inc.

16 Reynolds Street

Mansfield  Vic  3722

T: 03 5775 1169

M: 0419 533 120

W: www.mmbcc.org.au

MMBCC MTB News 5.8.11

3 Hour Enduro - Tomorrow!

Entries have closed for the MMBCC 3hr Enduro tomorrow.  Riders have been paired by the handicapper with the aim of having some close racing.  Handicapping was based on results from the Autumn series as well as a little discression - no correspondence will be entered into.

The trail is in fantastic condition and the few showers predicted tomorrow might just help to settle the dust.

The start list is below:

Gez McHugh Kian Lerch-Mackinnon
Andy Setchell Jason Parker





Foley Lachal Mick Durham
Euan Friday Dave Moore





Dan MacMunn Shannon Rademaker
Kirra Hunter Tina McDonell





Jo Wall
Yully Arnold
Katie Moore Garryn Hoffman





Cam Lachal Tom MacMunn
Deb Hunter Ben Annear

 

Registration closes at 12:30 at the Riflebutts Rd Reserve.  Rider briefing at 12:45.  Race Entry is $10.  BBQ afterwards.  Bring a bike, chair, spares, water, food etc.  There will be toilets but no showers.  Please park outside the gate at the reserve entry - we will need the area inside for transition and tents.  Anyone who would like to come up for a look - we would love to see you.

MMBCC MTB News 28.7.2011

Trailwork Afternoon

For those of you not racing in the 4th round of the MMBCC Winter Road Series - 2pm Botanic Park Mansfield, entries by SMS to Di Condie 0438 513 355 by 8.00pm Friday - there is a trailwork afternoon to get the Reserve ready for the MMBCC 3hr Enduro next weekend.

When:  Saturday July 30th – 2:00pm

Where:  Riflebutts Rd Reserve

Why:  So the trail is in tip top shape for the inaugural MMBCC 3hr Enduro

Bring:  Rakehoes and other digging tools, Whippersnippers, Mowers, Bikes (we should get a ride in).

There isn’t that much work to do - a bit of whippersnipping, a little bit of scratching and some marking of the track.   It would be great to get a good crew together so that we can knock it over quickly, plan for next weekend and then go for a ride.

Bocky has been looking at the weather forecast for next week and is concerned about the amount of rain predicted.  There will be a post next Friday night announcing teams and any last minute race information.  If we need to postpone the race due to the weather (and the potential damage to the track) it will happen then.

Entries have started to roll in.  There are some more great prizes added to the list, including a summer lift pass for Mt Buller.  Have a look here on Friday 5th August for start lists for both the kids and adults races (it might be late).

AND...well done Cadel.  Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights were the most compelling sport I have ever seen. 

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MMBCC MTB News 20 July 2011

1st MMBCC 3 hour Pairs Enduro - Saturday August 6th 2011.

Exciting news - we have the first MMBCC 3 hour Pairs Enduro on Saturday August 6th 2011

Details are on the Mountain Biking tab (in ride & races) on the web site - click here

Riflebutts Road Reserve, Mansfield

Kids race (45 minute duration) – Registration: 11:45am   Race Start: 12:00pm

Adults race – Registration: 1:00  Race Start: 1:30pm

 

Awesome prizes that everyone will have a chance to win, including:

And many more!

 Click on poster or click here for a larger copy

Don’t forget to stay on afterwards for the BBQ too! 4:30pm onwards. More details - Click here

        _____________________________________________________________________

WORKING BEE

On Saturday July 30th there will be a trail working bee at 2:00pm.  We will also need to sit down then and look at what needs to be done to make the race run smoothly (timing, course marshals, tents etc).   Please come along on the 30th.  Katie and Tina and Yully have put heaps of effort into getting this race up and running and we need a bunch of people to help out on the day to make it a success.  If there is anyone who would like to help out then please get in touch with Tom – 0428 327 763. 

        _____________________________________________________________________

 

SIMON GERRANS

Great interview on SBS - follow this link. http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/news/31643/Gerrans-driven-for-last-Tour-chances

...and another here. http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/gerrans-eyeing-gap-and-pinerolo-to-stretch-his-legs

 

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MMBCC News - 14 July 2011



G'day Everyone!


Road Race this Saturday
Don't forget to get your entry into Di via SMS on 0438 513 355 by 8pm Friday.


In case you didn't get The Courier after the last race, here's what happened …
Race two of the Mansfield Mt Buller Cycling Club Winter Road Series saw 10 riders line up at the start line on a sunny afternoon on Saturday the 2nd of July. With a stiff northerly breeze, Scratch was favoured to win the handicap race, held on the Whitfield Road, from the Botanic Park out to Sawpit Gully Road and back.
First away was Tony Morris as the Limit group off 12 minutes. He was followed by Madam Handicapper Di Condie and Tony Williams off 9 minutes; Deb Hunter, Darren Bakker and last minute entry Steve Flew off 6 minutes; Rob Greenway on his own off 3 minutes and Scratch saw Mauro Brega and Bruce Halket joined by Josh Hopwood for his first race since summer.
The big movers early were Hunter, Bakker and Flew. They worked well into the wind and caught the outmarkers early. However, Flew’s recent holiday to Europe and lack of training eventually told and he was dropped near Bridge Creek.
Further back, Scratch knew they were in trouble even before the turnaround. Hunter and Bakker had turned and were well on their way back to town when the groups passed each other. By the time Scratch did get to halfway, they’d only eaten up two minutes of the six minute handicap.
Hunter and Bakker continued to team brilliantly - Hunter doing the hard yards up the hills, Bakker taking the soft option, powering down them.
Power won out over finesse in the end ... Bakker taking the sprint for his first Mansfield win ever!
The race for the last step on the podium rewarded Rob Greenway for a great ride, mostly on his own. He was caught by Scratch at about 3/4 distance, then didn’t miss a turn and won the sprint!
Halket rode fastest time of 42.51. Bakker’s time of 52.17 (corrected to 46.17) showed Bakks and Deb had maintained almost half their initial advantage. A truly great ride!  
Many thanks to our volunteers and officials including Jenni, John and George.
The next race of the Winter Series will start at the Botanic Park on Saturday 16 July at 2pm. Entries to Di via SMS on 0438 513 355 by 8pm Friday 15 July.

Annual General Meeting
The club's AGM will be held at The Produce Store on Thursday 11 August. 6pm for nibbles and the M2M presentation, followed by dinner and the AGM.
Between now and then, please have a think about what you'd like to see the club doing and perhaps even what YOU can do to help.

Wangaratta Spring Series
Really fun series of road races in Wangaratta, starting on Saturday 13 August. As we're an invited club, you can enter with an MMBCC road membership, even if it's not an Open licence. For more details visit - http://www.wangarattacyclingclub.com.au/home/?page_id=12

Relay For Life
Leonie is helping organise the Mansfield Relay for Life. Here are a few details:
October 8th & 9th this year
Sat 12noon to Sunday 12noon at the Mansfield Showgrounds
the event is to raise awareness & support for cancer sufferers & carers, and anyone else effected, plus raise $ for Cancer Research
teams walk/ride horses around a circuit (2 different ones naturally) at the showgrounds for 24 hours
the walkers walk around the inside perimeter of the main showgrounds arena
there will be activities set up around the area as well
for more info on the RLF itself go to www.relayforlife.org.au
She's also come up with some ideas for the bike club:
register a team, and/or:
run a stationary relay in the centre of the main arena, in the middle of the walkers
set up a stationary relay in the area near the entertainment marquee & other activities
set up some cycling-based activities for kids and participants whilst they are not actually walking/riding
any or all of these options in any permutation is possible
it is not absolutely necessary for the teams to do their activity for the entire 24 hours
perhaps some cyclists may want to walk during the night rather than ride, like the horseriders do??
organising a circuit for mountain bikers to ride around might be a challenge due to the horses, however if this is the preferred option for at least some of the time, I am happy to take this to the committee as I think if we separate the 2 groups well enough it could be possible.
If you're interested, email Leonie McLaughlin  or call 0417 598 220.

Tour de France
As I type this, the first day in the Pyrenees has begun. Go Cadel! Go Simon! And … Go Johnny Hoogerland!
Is anyone interested in an evening of TdF viewing on Friday night the 22nd, the night of the final night in the Alps and the climb up Alpe d'Huez? Maybe the club should organise something. Let me know if you're keen.

That's all for now … see you out there.
Cheers,
Bruce Halket.

MMBCC News - 30 June 2011

G'day Everyone!

 

ABC Open in Mansfield

ABC Open is a new initiative with the national broadcaster which will produce, curate and publish local contributions from ABC regional audiences. The Goulburn Valley's Open producer is Benj Binks and working with members of the community, they have contributed to One on One: Change, Now and Then, Portrait of a Stranger, One on One: Goulburn Valley Refugees and My Anzac Day.

Benj is about to start a project titled On the Ball which looks at Australia's obsession with sport. He is keen to work with the Mansfield Mt Buller Cycling Club and the Mansfield Football Netball Club.

There are three projects that club members, team fans and multimedia enthusiasts can get involved in.

1.     The Insider. Members of the clubs write weekly blogs about life in the club. This includes the game, behind the scenes, training and other club relevant news. The blogs will be hosted on Benj's blog.

2.     This is why I love my sport. Submit a photograph that shows why you love your sport. Give it a title and write up to 200 words - it might be simple 'Sunday. 5pm. Mud central' or can explain what's happening in more depth.

3.     Local Legends. Video stories about locals who are icons in your sport. The videos will be 2 - 3 minutes long and will profile individuals.

To create these stories, Benj is seeking people with an interest in creating multimedia stories that incorporate photography, video and audio. Participants will learn from Benj in a series of workshops the skills of recording, editing and sharing stories about sport in Mansfield.

Benj will be giving a presentation to interested people on Tuesday July 12th at the Mansfield Football Clubrooms from 6 - 7pm.

To register your interest, please contact Uschi Steedman on 0427 849 777.

For more information Benj Binks. 03 5420 4008, 0427 185 639, binks.benj@abc.net.au

 

Road Race this Saturday

Don't forget to get your entry into Di via SMS on 0438 513 355 by 8pm Friday.

 

M2M Bingo

The Bingo this coming Monday is off! Not 'going off' but cancelled.

 

Annual General Meeting

The club's AGM will be held at The Produce Store on Thursday 11 August. 6pm for nibbles and the M2M presentation, followed by dinner and the AGM.

Between now and then, please have a think about what you'd like to see the club doing and perhaps even what YOU can do to help.

 

Relay for Life - MMBCC team?

Leonie is helping organise the Mansfield Relay for Life. Here are a few details:

  • October 8th & 9th this year
  • Sat 12noon to Sunday 12noon at the Mansfield Showgrounds
  • the event is to raise awareness & support for cancer sufferers & carers, and anyone else effected, plus raise $ for Cancer Research
  • teams walk/ride horses around a circuit (2 different ones naturally) at the showgrounds for 24 hours
  • the walkers walk around the inside perimeter of the main showgrounds arena
  • there will be activities set up around the area as well
  • for more info on the RLF itself go to www.relayforlife.org.au

She's also come up with some ideas for the bike club:

  • register a team, and/or:
  • run a stationary relay in the centre of the main arena, in the middle of the walkers
  • set up a stationary relay in the area near the entertainment marquee & other activities
  • set up some cycling-based activities for kids and participants whilst they are not actually walking/riding
  • any or all of these options in any permutation is possible
  • it is not absolutely necessary for the teams to do their activity for the entire 24 hours
  • perhaps some cyclists may want to walk during the night rather than ride, like the horseriders do??
  • organising a circuit for mountain bikers to ride around might be a challenge due to the horses, however if this is the preferred option for at least some of the time, I am happy to take this to the committee as I think if we separate the 2 groups well enough it could be possible.
  • If you're interested, email Leonie McLaughlin <wileonie@bigpond.com>  or call 0417 598 220.

 

Road bike for sale

Chris McKnight is a Canadian ski instructor who's back here for the winter. He's selling his road bike.

Giant TCR CO size small; full Dura-Ace, Mavic Kysrium SL (trainers) and 50mm Carbon Tubulars (racers)

If you're interested phone 0419 388 425 or email Chris McKnight <mckchristopher@gmail.com> for the full specs and price.

 

Rail Trail update

Construction Update

Construction is happening everywhere! From Tallarook to Alexandra to Maindample either trail construction or bridge construction is in progress. If you can’t see any evidence of that, well ... maybe there is a toilet being built in one of these sections.

Two different types of surface materials are being used across the trail to allow for shared access with walkers, cyclists and horse riders. Where there is sufficient room for horse riders to ride off the trail, the surface is a black chert which is often mistaken from a distance as bitumen. In areas where there is not enough area to accommodate horses off the trail, the surface will be granitic sand. From Yea to Homewood chert has been laid and most of this section can be seen from the Goulburn Valley Highway. The surface then changes to granitic sand back to Tallarook. Most of the trail heading west from Homewood cannot be seen from the highway as it travels through picturesque farm land skirting the Goulburn River to Tallarook. Most of the bridges have been rebuilt or are being rebuilt through this area including the King Parrot Creek Bridge which will be one of the highest and longest bridges when restored.

Work has commenced on the trail through the Yea flood plain and works on the bridges can be seen from the Melba Highway. Cheviot Tunnel has been sealed and cars will no longer have access to the tunnel, lighting for the tunnel is being investigated.

Wrights Earthmoving is working at Molesworth this week and it is hoped that the wet weather won’t hold up construction through what can be a very wet area.

A new toilet has been finalised at Maindample and several others are in construction including at Cathkin, Koriella, Trawool, Woodfield and Tallarook.

Plans for the Granite underpass are progressing well and works should commence on this beginning early August.

Disappointments

So far the project team has been delighted with the way the project is going “on time and on budget”, but the biggest disappointment is that trail bikes have been sighted on the trail and some damage has occurred in different spots. The rail trail is not and will not be open to motorised vehicles, which includes motor bikes of any description.

Local Laws officers and police will be pursing these riders and heavy penalties will be imposed on those caught.

 

That's all for now … see you out there. 

Cheers,

Bruce Halket.

 

President

Mansfield Mt Buller Cycling Club Inc.

16 Reynolds Street

Mansfield  Vic  3722

T: 03 5775 1169

M: 0419 533 120

W: www.mmbcc.org.au



(If you missed the last newsletter (two days ago!!) you can click on the link above - MMBCC News - 28 June 2011.) Ed.

MMBCC News - 28 June 2011

G'day Everyone!


Winter Road Series - round 1
Here's is the report on the first round of the Winter Series ...
The Mansfield Mt Buller Cycling Club kicked off its Winter Road Series with race one on the Whitfield Road on Saturday 18 June. Only six hardy souls braved the cold due to two late scratchings and an awful lot of soft members!
Handicapper Di Condie was very generous to Shannon Rademaker who started on his own as the Limit group off eight minutes. Four minutes later he was meant to be chased by Euan Friday and Darren Bakker. But Bakker had a ‘chronological malfunction’ and missed his start, meaning Friday had to set off alone. (Bakker finally started about one and a half minutes later.) The Scratch group was made up of Tim Ross, Mauro Brega and Bruce Halket.
This is the part of the article where the details of each rider’s effort is described; whereabouts the different groups came together; where and how the winner made his move. But here is a precis …
Shannon won.
He just rode along on his own and wasn’t see again until after the finish!
Scratch dropped Ross early but eventually caught Bakker at half way and Friday just after that. Brega won the sprint for second (and fastest time) ahead of Bakker and Halket.
Tim Ross’ effort again proved that three hard training rides in the preceding days isn’t the best preparation for a race. His preference for self-flagellation has earned him a new nickname - The Monk - after the mad albino in The DeVinci Code and Tim’s penchant for carrying a birch branch in his back pocket during early morning training rides!
Many thanks to our volunteers and officials including Di, Deb, Judy, Geoff and Tom.
The next race of the Winter Series will start at the Botanic Park on Saturday 2 July at 2pm. Entries to Di via SMS on 0438 513 355 by 8pm Friday the first of July. A random prize draw will be held at the end of the series - the more races you enter, the more tickets you’ll get in the prize draw. One of the many prizes is a full free entry (including jersey and knicks) into the 2012 High Country Cycle Challenge.

Don't forget - second race is this coming Saturday at 2pm! Entries via SMS to Di on 0438 513 355 by 8pm Friday.

M2M Bingo
Mark Ross and Michelle Condie have put their hands up to orgainse the bingo at the Golf Club on the 4th of July on behalf of the Murray to Moyne team.
Mark needs as many of you as possible to turn up and bring some friends otherwise we will not get any money!
Please drop something in to him at work for a hamper for the door and raffle prizes.
This will be our last fundraiser so please let's make the effort and turn up. Bingo starts at 8pm and if you want a meal you need to show up a bit earlier than that. Tell as many people as possible and if you have to drag them by the hair, Mark doesn't care … just get them there!
Contact Rossy on 0427 753 037.

Relay for Life - MMBCC team?
Leonie is helping organise the Mansfield Relay for Life. Here are a few details:
October 8th & 9th this year
Sat 12noon to Sunday 12noon at the Mansfield Showgrounds
the event is to raise awareness & support for cancer sufferers & carers, and anyone else effected, plus raise $ for Cancer Research.
Teams walk/ride horses around a circuit (2 different ones naturally) at the showgrounds for 24 hours.
The walkers walk around the inside perimeter of the main showgrounds arena and there will be activities set up around the area as well.
For more info on the RLF itself go to www.relayforlife.org.au
She's also come up with some ideas for the bike club:
register a team, and/or:
- run a stationary relay in the centre of the main arena, in the middle of the walkers
- set up a stationary relay in the area near the entertainment marquee & other activities
- set up some cycling-based activities for kids and participants whilst they are not actually walking/riding
any or all of these options in any permutation is possible
it is not absolutely necessary for the teams to do their activity for the entire 24 hours
perhaps some cyclists may want to walk during the night rather than ride, like the horseriders do??
organising a circuit for mountain bikers to ride around might be a challenge due to the horses, however if this is the preferred option for at least some of the time, I am happy to take this to the committee as I think if we separate the 2 groups well enough it could be possible.
If you're interested, email Leonie McLaughlin wileonie@bigpond.com  or call 0417 598 220.

Club kit
The new long sleeve winter jerseys, arm warmers and wind vests have arrived from Ventou. Plus we've also got loads of new club knicks in stock too!
If you'd like some club kit, please email Tim Tim.Ross@proactivetax.com.au and organise a 'fitting.' He'll be awake!

Traffic Managers
Traffic Controllers course is booked in for Saturday 20 August. The Shire will get back to me soon with venue (likely to be the Shire offices) and times.

Annual General Meeting
The club's AGM will be held, as usual, at The Produce Store in August. (The actual date will be confirmed soon.)
Between now and then, please have a think about what you'd like to see the club doing and perhaps even what you can do to help!

All Terrain Cycles VIP Sale
Shannon's flyer for his exclusive sale (Wed 29 June) is on the website now. Just click here.

Web Site Update
Don't forget to look at the updated events calendar on the website too. Click here.

That's all for now … see you out there.
Cheers,
Bruce Halket.

www.mmbcc.org.au

MMBCC News - 22 June 2011

G'day All,

Nicole and Tim Ross welcomed Benjamin Michael Ross into the world this morning at 7.30.
As Tim said, "Mother and baby doing well, father feeling faint!"
Congratulations from all the club.

Shannons flyer for his exclusive sale is on the website now (Wed 29 June). Just click on the picture.
Cheers,
Bruce.

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MMBCC News - 12 June 2011

G'day Everyone!

"Don't take life too seriously. You'll never get out of it alive." Elbert Hubbard


A lot to get through this time … take a deep breath and jump on in!

Winter Road Series

Di has put together a series of road races between this coming Saturday and late August - a series of 6 races; one every fortnight.
In the past, winter races haven't been all that well attended, so we're trying something a bit different to attract entries.
- All races start at 2pm on Saturday afternoon!
- All races start from the Botanic Park, will be about 30km long and will either finish back at the Botanic Park or on Graves Road.
- All races will be Handicapped. Entries to Di Condie via SMS on 0438 513 355 by 8pm Friday.
- If not enough racers enter, Di will SMS a cancellation to those that DO enter and we'll just go for our normal Saturday morning 9am ride. So spread the word!
- Two members have been rostered on for race duty. Check below and on the website - www.mmbcc.org.au - to see when it's your turn. All the normal rules on duty apply - if you can't do it yourself, you need to organise someone to do it for you.
Winter Road Series Duty Roster
June 18 – Deb Cook and Geoff Jones
July 02 – Dick Forrest and Rob Greenway
July 16 – Mauro Brega and Steve Plummer
July 30 – Darren Bakker and Tony Williams
August 13 – Tim Ross and Steve Flew
August 27 – Tom Thoburne and John Eisner
- There will be a random prize draw at the end of the series. If you ride three of the six races, you'll get an entry into the draw. Each extra race after that will earn you an extra ticket - so if you do all six races, you'll get 4 tickets in the draw (thanks to Narelle and 7 Peaks for letting me pinch the idea!) I'll speak to a few sponsors between now and September about prizes but the first one confirmed is free entry (including knicks and jersey) into the High Country Cycle Challenge.
Don't forget - first race is this coming Saturday at 2pm! Entries via SMS to Di on 0438 513 355 by 8pm Friday.

Club kit

The new long sleeve winter jerseys, arm warmers and wind vests have arrived from Ventou. Plus we've also got loads of new club knicks in stock too!
If you'd like some club kit, please email Tim <Tim.Ross@proactivetax.com.au> and organise a 'fitting!'

Last chance - subscribe to website updates

Don't forget, you can now subscribe to the club website and you'll be notified when a new newsletter has been posted.
To do this, go to www.mmbcc.org.au and type your email address in the box on the right and hit the button below it. (The top one is for the Latest News updates, the second one is for other special updates like a last-minute change of time or venue. You'll need to do one, then the other.) This will take you to the Blogtrottr website. They'll send you a message to the email address you entered. When you receive the Blogtrottr email, click on the link within it to confirm your subscription. And that's it!

Traffic Managers

Many thanks to all of you that have put their hands up for the Traffic Managers Course. I still haven't heard back from Deploy Management Services but I expect to hear back very soon about the course in August. So far, we have 16 members signed up. Plus Rotary has reserved six places too!
This should guarantee that the Tour de Flavour Criterium and Road Race can be held next March.

Annual General Meeting

The club's AGM will be held, as usual, at The Produce Store in August. (The actual date will be confirmed soon.)
Between now and then, please have a think about what you'd like to see the club doing and perhaps even what you can do to help!

Amy's Gran Fondo

If you haven't already heard about this, Amy's Gran Fondo will be held on Sunday 18 September along the Great Ocean Road. Sounds like it'll be really great!
http://www.amygillett.org.au/gran-fondo

Australian Masters Games

The 13th Australian Masters Games will be held in Adelaide from 7-16 October 2011 and will include road cycling and mountain biking.
To register or for more information about the Games go to www.AustralianMastersGames.com or call (08) 8409 1900.

Jeff Plant

I got an email from Jeff Plant in Canada the other day - here's what he's been up to with a mate of his; a bloke called Axel Merckx.
http://vimeo.com/24661338 and granfondoaxelmerckx.com
He said to say G'day to everyone in Mansfield!

Cycling Tips

Some of you know I'm a bit of a fan of a Melbourne-based website called Cycling Tips. Apart from the kit (which is just a little too Collingwood for me … anyone want to buy a jersey and wind vest?) it's a great site and has just been upgraded.
A couple of recent articles caught my interest and I thought you might like them too …
Here's an article on Lance's legacy - http://www.cyclingtipsblog.com/2011/06/the-armstrong-era/
Here's a very relevant one for Mansfield, on lycra in cafes - http://www.cyclingtipsblog.com/2011/06/cafe-etiquette-101/

More on the interwebby!

More rules on cycling (thanks Wil) http://www.cycling-inform.com/bike-skills/136-unwritten-rules-of-cycling-etiquette;
Plus here's a little scenario I suspect a few of you are familiar with … thanks Jock - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZZG-muxPNY

Finnan's Gift Fundraiser

You may have seen a recent episode on "60 Minutes" featuring aerial skier Olympian Alisa Camplin and her husband talking about the recent loss of their young son to congenital heart disease. You can read more about it (and see the episode) on www.finnansgift.com.au
Kate McDougall and Allison Walker (and the Mansfield Farmers' market) are hosting a morning tea to raise money for this foundation which will in turn purchase much needed equipment for the Royal Childrens' Hospital. Please come along on Wednesday 22nd June from 10am for a devonshire tea fundraiser. (Ed - See Other Events tab for more details).

Two in three blame unsafe roads for staying off their bikes

A national survey conducted by the Cycling Promotion Fund (CPF) and the National Heart Foundation of Australia has found more than 62% of Australians want to be able to ride a bike for transport, but road safety fears are keeping bikes in the shed and off the road.
The data released today at the Australian Bicycling Achievement Awards in Canberra found that while more than 60% of Australians have access to a bike, almost 70% were not considering cycling for transport in the near future, even though more than half of those would like to.
According to Stephen Hodge spokesperson for the CPF, the main reasons why people were not riding bikes were unsafe road conditions (46%); speed/ volume of traffic (42%); don’t feel safe riding (41%) and a lack of bicycle lanes/ trails (35%).
"With almost a quarter of all respondents believing that cycling is not a safe form of transport, there’s a lot more that governments can be doing to foster a safe cycling culture in our cities and towns,” said Mr Hodge.
“We want to see existing bike lanes connected to each other, dedicated bike lanes physically separated from motor traffic installed and a comprehensive road users education campaign to raise awareness and make cycling safer.”
Interestingly, of respondents who rode, more than 88% rode alone and less than 1% claimed to ride with more than two people, bucking the general perception that cyclists ride in big groups, taking over the road.
“Being active for transport – walking and cycling – has numerous health benefits for the individual and government. Being active for 30 minutes a day can reduce the incidence of heart disease by as much as half. In addition, it improves air quality and saves costs associated with private transport,” said Dr Lyn Roberts, CEO - National, Heart Foundation.
More than 80% of survey respondents believed that the Federal Government should be doing more to promote a cycle safe culture and 70% agreed that the Government should be doing more to encourage cycling to school.
More than 60% of those surveyed wanted the Government to do more to encourage people to ride a bicycle to work and to offer incentives to get more people to use bikes for transport.

More facts from the survey

Those who ride a bike for transport typically ride on quiet roads (48%) and alone (87%), significantly outweighing those who cycled on busy roads (15%).
The majority of respondents cycle due to health and exercise benefits (90%) obtained from cycling but were also likely to be influenced by the economic (71%) and environmental benefits (68%).
Fast Facts - General
In 2009 1.8 million Australians rode a bike (ERASS Annual Report, 2009)
There was a 33% increase in bike riding between 2001 and 2009 (ERASS Annual Report, 2009)
More than 50% of car trips in Australian cities are under 5km and 30% are less than 3km (Australian National Cycling Strategy, 2005) making cycling a theoretically viable alternative to car use.
Download CPF Media Release: Two in three blame unsafe roads for staying off their bikes,1st June 2011, (PDF, 53kb)
Riding a Bike for Transport 2011 Survey Findings (PDF, 143kb)
For more information please contact
Kirsten Andrews - Heart Foundation - Mobile 0413 777 404 or (02) 9219 2468
Stephen Hodge - Cycling Promotion Fund - Mobile: 0411 149 910

That's all for now … see you out there.
Cheers,
Bruce Halket.


MMBCC MTB Autumn Series Wrap

The final round of the Autumn Series was held at Riflebutts Road Reserve on Sunday.  Thirty one adults and fourteen kids raced the final round.  More than 60 riders raced during what was a fun and competitive 5 race series.  With $500 from ATC, a set of club kit and a pair of 2XU tights from Mansfield Gym on offer for places 1,2 and 3 there was tight competition.

Presentations were held at the Delatite Hotel on Sunday evening with Tom MacMunn, Kian Lerch-MacKinnon and Foley Lachal finishing the series 1, 2 and 3.  It’s great to see the young blokes really keen and riding really well (Kian and Foley did well too).   Full results can be accessed via the results page.

Kids who rode 3 or more races and adults who raced 4 or more times went into the draw for some other great prizes.  Darcy Bowker, Jackson Comben, Bella MacMunn and Ebony McNamara walked away with some great stuff from Shannon at ATC.  Kerren McNamara will be attending the Mansfield Gym over winter, Katie Moore willed her name to be drawn out for Pilates sessions and Dave Empy will have to get out on the road bike to train up for next years High Country Challenge. 

A massive thanks to our sponsors: Shannon at All Terrain Cycles, Bruce from the High Country Challenge, Steve from Mansfield Gym and Uschi from Positive Moves Pilates.  Please support these guys as they have been very generous with their support of the club. 

Thanks also to the trail fairies who have fixed up, adjusted, realigned and cleaned trails in the reserve and Parks Vic who have supported us in that.  We now have a fantastic network of fun, sustainable trails within 5 minutes ride of town.

Watch this space for a winter road series that is coming up soon and also for a one off 3 hour pairs MTB race in a couple of months.  More details to come…now where are those skis.

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MMBCC MTB - Presentations

Sunday June 5 - Delatite Hotel 6:30pm

Hi all,

Come and join us for dinner and presos at the Delatite on Sunday.  6:30pm gives us all time to have a shower and frock up - and we couldn't book the room until then.  Everyone is welcome.  If you are a club member but think dirt is dirty - still come along for a feed, a drink and a chat.

Results for Sunday 29th May can still be found on the MTB Results page.

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