HEFFRON CX 2023 pics
HEFFRON CX 2023 pics
Track Masters bring home GOLD!
HEFFRON CX is back
Round 1 of the 2023 AusCycling NSW/ACT CX Series sees the return of Cyclocross to the mounds and sand of Heffron Park on SUNDAY, 14 May, with special prizes up for grabs for all mothers who race!
HEFFRON CX has quickly become one of the club's biggest racing events. I warmly invite you and your friends watch (and participate) in the fun of CX. We've got a DJ, beers, coffee, food, drones, fantastic photographers, plus lots of cyclocross.
Changes to Saturday Heffron racing
Club Championships points update
The 2022 Club Champions of the one-lapper, Fiona Kwok and Jack Bennett. Will you be the champion in 2023?
The next round of our Club Championships will be held on Saturday, 13 May as an Individual Time Trial at Heffron Park - our traditional one-lapper.
After the first round on 27 February with a reverse Heffron crit, all future rounds at Heffron will be open to Randwick Cycling members only. We've been fortunate to secure a second ITT round of our club championships at the International Regatta Centre, Penrith on Saturday, 22 July 2023, supported by Penrith Cycling Club.
In the meantime, here's our points results:
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Alex CHUBB = 10
Mathieu BRENAUD = 8
Allan SMITH = 6
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Robbie ALLEN = 10
Tom HYDE = 8
Dwain HESP = 6
Dan VANOLINI = 4
Sean BLOCK = 2
Nick JOHNS = 1
Michael PFEFFER = 1
David DANG = 1
Jessica MACKILLOP = 1 (also first femme)
Tom MALCOLM = 1
Alastair WYATT = 1
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Simon GAUDIN = 10
Jake EMBRY = 8
James ELLIOTT = 6
Adrian YAZBECK = 4
Andrew YANG = 2
Leeza FUZI = 1 (also = first femme)
Darrin TUCKER = 1
Aidan GREENWOOD = 1
Lily FASAN = 1 (also = first femme)
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Joachim BOURELY = 10
Bayley McGARRY = 8
Paul SEROV = 6
Andy STEWART = 4
Isabella NEWELL = 2 (also first femme)
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Josh WESTMORELAND = 10
Emily HONKE = 8
Brayden and Hugh in Europe
In February 2023, Randwick Cycling awarded grants to both Brayden Bloch and Hugh Harvey to further develop their cycling careers in Europe. These once-off grants follow on from the support that the club provided to Kaide Morrissey in 2022 to participate in the Team NovoNordisk Talent ID Camp in Florence, Italy; and Antoine Gizardin-Pradeau, who was supported to race in Belgium and France in 2018 and 2019.
Brayden writes:
If you don’t know me, I’m Brayden Bloch. I'm a 19 year-old who has been cycling with Randwick Cycling since I was a kid. I went through the Heffron Park Junior Cycling Academy training program that Andrew Logan ran on a Saturday afternoon when I was younger. It was a great way for me to learn and start racing.
I’ve been racing on Saturdays ever since. I went from Heffron racing to doing Junior state-wide racing on to Nationals over the years to where I am today.
“This year I have decided to take my cycling to the next level, so I have moved to Girona, in Spain and I’m currently racing on a Spanish team called Equipo Oleka. ”
The team is a great team to be a part of because everyone is super friendly and has great atmosphere to be part of on and off the bike. This year, one of the team’s objectives is to support and develop U23 riders which means I get a lot of race days and the older riders are willing to teach me how to race in Europe. Being in Girona also gives me opportunities to train and spend time with many world tour riders as well.
My first race was Vuelta Guadalentin which was a three-stage race, and it was great tour to start off my racing here in Spain. Last weekend I raced Trofeo LoLo Sanroma which was a two-stage race. This had several of the best Spanish teams which use the race to test their riders for the upcoming Spanish cup events. The first stage was 123km; I raced well trying to get away in the last couple kilometres, but the pace was too high so just finished in the bunch. The second stage was 166km, there was 20-km section of super narrow roads with mostly dirt and rocks. The hardest part was that every corner of that section we were doing 800-1000 watts out of them. At the end of that road, we got to the bottom of the KOM (7km at 6.8%) when I made a select group of 20 riders over the top of the climb. We then rode hard all the way to finish with only a few riders that were able to get back on after the KOM. I finished 8th on the stage and 3rd U23 so I was super happy with this result.
“If all goes well next year, I will make my way up the ladder into a bigger team and return to Europe. Thanks to Randwick for all their support in the past and currently giving me!
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Hugh, aged 18, last week signed with Gepla-Watersley R+D Road Team, one of the leading amateur U19 development teams in Europe with a proven track record of developing fantastic riders on and off the bike.
Hugh arrived at the awesome Watersley Sports & Talentpark facility, located just outside of Sittard in The Netherlands, where they provide everything that a young sportsperson needs to develop and grow as an athlete and individual.
Whilst his racing program is not yet finalised, he expects to be busy. His first race is Omloop van Schijndel on March 5. Hugh shared that he’s looking at being one of the sprinters in the team, that are pictured above, second from right.
He plans to be overseas until October and is using this experience to develop his skills and experience as a bike racer.
We wish both Brayden and Hugh the very best over the coming European summer and look forward to hearing news of their progress.
Road Nationals 2023 achievements
Over 15 members of Randwick Cycling represented the club at the recent Road Nationals.
Without doubt, the biggest achievers were our women. In the Women’s Masters 120 Team Time Trial, Fiona Kwok led the team of Audrey Braun, Renee Heinrich, and Anna Murray to victory 🥇, blitzing the opposition by a margin of 2:35:95 with a sub-60min result at an average speed of 33.51 km/h. In the Women's Masters 120 Criterium (Club Teams), Fiona, Renee and Anna combined to claim another victory 🥇 in very blustery conditions.
Meanwhile, the men also made the podium. In the Men's Masters 150 Criterium (Club Teams) of Russell Menzies, Chris Ling, Danielle Vanolini and Matt Glanville were 2nd 🥈in a hotly contested event. In the Man’s Masters 150 TTT, the team of Daniele, Sean Bloch, Russell (injured a few days earlier), and Chris came in 3rd 🥉 in a time of 48:27.51.
Individual gold medals were awarded to both Fiona Kwok 🥇 and Chris Ling 🥇 for their outstanding performances in the Individual Time Trials. Fiona, racing in the WMAS4 division, claimed victory at an average speed of 34.69km/h. And Chris, racing in the MMAS5 division, also won at an average speed of 44.13km/h over the course, faster than the MMAS4, 3, 2 & 1 divisions!
In the Elite division, Steve Mayers competed in the road race, and Jack Bennett and Phil Lucas were in the crit - both supporting Caleb Ewan (Lotto DSTNY). Steve rode well; however, to keep the track clear for the exciting finish, won by Luke Plapp (INEOS Grenadiers), Steve and others were pulled from the course towards the last few laps. A good effort, Steve.
In a first for our club, Trevor Murphy, competed in the ParaMB road race, piloted by Hugh Harvey on a tandem. Trevor and Hugh beat the winning time of last year, however, it was not enough to make the podium of this year - and just missed out with 4th place. Trevor said,
“Hugh and I make a great team on the tandem and I’m really proud of our results. We made some significant gains from 2022, but the competition was fierce this year. Another year of training, with more tandem race experience and we’ll be back on the start line in 2024, both stronger and faster."
Brayden Bloch (racing in Rauland colours) and Will Heffernan (in his first outing with NRS team, CCache Par Küp) both competed in the 139km road race. Will finished in 19th place and Bayden in 22nd. Showing good signs for the future, Will and Brayden finished 2nd and 3rd respectively, both in their first year of the U23 division. Brayden finished 33rd in the U23 ITT and was 'super happy' with his overall performance. Brayden will soon be heading to Europe and hopes to continue his fine form.
In the Junior U19 Women's Road Race, on the 70km circuit around Mount Buninyong, in her first time at the Nationals, Alex Field scored a very respectable 14th place. In the Junior U19 Men's Road Race, on the 104km circuit and also his first time at the Nationals, Hugh Harvey was 20th, winning a 13-man bunch sprint the line, after the large breakaway. Hugh also competed in the Junior ITT and came in 14th, a little over 2mins off the winning time, as well as piloting for Trevor.
In the five-lap Gran Fondo, Chris Ling repeated his outstanding performance from 2022, and not only won 🥇 his 50-54yo Men's Race, yet with a time of 1:31:46, was the fastest rider across all age divisions (45-49, 40-44, 35-39, and 19-34yo)!! Also competing in the Gran Fondo were Daniele Vanolini, placed 9th in the 55-59yo division; Aécio Segundo, who was ‘very happy’ with his 16th place, in the 19-34yo division this year; and Sean Bloch, 18th in 50-54yo division, that was won by Chris.
Congratulations to EVERYONE who competed at the RoadNats23 and thanks to those who supported each member as they worked towards their goals. You have all done our club proud.
Photo credits: Randwick Cycling and RCPix
Tour of Sydney 2023
In partnership with Manly-Warringah and Waratah Masters cycle clubs, we're pleased to announce the return of the Tour of Sydney. The Tour will be held over three days on:
Friday evening, 17/2 = HART, St Ives
Saturday afternoon, 18/2 = Heffron Park, Maroubra
Sunday morning, 19/2 = Sydney Dragway, Eastern Creek
Each club will award prize money for each round, with equal prize money for women and men,. In addition, points will be awarded in each grade towards overall female and male winners with over $2,000 up for grabs over the weekend. In addition, you will have the opportunity to be crowned as the winner of the 2023 Tour of Sydney!
Entries for Round 2 at Heffron are now open and we encourage you to register at buncheur.cc/randwick-cc You will need to register on Buncheur separately for Round 1 & register on the day at Eastern Creek for Round 3. Please contact both Manly Warringah CC and Waratah Masters CC for details. Due to capacity restrictions at HART, the points series will apply for Divisions 1 to 3 only. Randwick Cycling is pleased to announce that we will run Division 4 & 5 races at Heffron, and Waratah Masters will run Grades D & E at Eastern Creek, however they will not contribute to the overall points series. Separate races for femmes will be run, subject to starting numbers and capacity limits at each venue.
Will you be the 2023 winner of the Tour of Sydney?
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The Tour of Sydney will comprise three criterium events held over three consecutive days.
Each club will host Division 1, 2 and 3 races for both femmes and men. The format of those races is at the discretion of each club (e.g., stand-alone races/divisions; combined races/divisions).
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Each hosting club reserves the right to assess each rider’s handicap and allocate a rider to compete in the allocated division / grade.
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Points will be allocated for femmes and men in each grade as follows:
1st place = 9 points
2nd place = 6 points
3rd place = 4 points
4th place = 3 points
5th place = 2 points
All other starters = 1 point
To qualify for series points, riders must compete in all three rounds. Clubs reserve the right to allocate series winners in the event that individual races cannot be held.
In addition, clubs may allocate BONUS points for Primes - giving you the opportunity to earn wildcard points!
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Division 1 Femmes and Men (each): 1st = $300; 2nd = $150; 3rd = $75
Division 2 Femmes and Men (each): 1st = $200; 2nd = $100; 3rd = $50
Division 3 Femmes and Men (each): 1st = $100; 2nd = $50; 3rd = $25
All prizes will be paid by EFT/PayID. It is the responsibility of the prize winners to make themselves known to club officials in order to claim prizes.
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Will be at the discretion of each club.
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All events will be conducted in accordance with AusCycling guidelines and regulations. Any additional regulations will be detailed on Buncheur for Rounds 1 & 2. Riders enter each event at their own risk. All riders are encouraged to read the following: