News Shorts - 2 March

Michael O'Reilly

1 March 2020

West Head Road Race @ 1 Mar - Both Graham Cockerton & Rolly Delaytz took excellent wins at West Head. Well done lads.
Waratah Masters @ ECR @ 1 Mar - Peter Verhoeven rode well in Masters A2 grade and David Cooper & Ian Grainger rode well in C grade both for a top 10 finish. Peter Verhoeven is setting himself up nicely for the upcoming National Masters Track Championships in Brisbane

Its with sadness to report the passing of Paul Garrity. Paul was a long time member of the Canterbury CC (based near Wiley Park in Sydney’s south west), then a member of the Bankstown Sports Club CC and resided near Elanora Heights and could be seen pedalling up McCarrs Creek Road towards Terrey Hills most weekends. For many years Paul raced all of the country races promoted by CyclingNSW, most notably the Grafton to Inverell Classic and the Goulburn to Sydney Classic. Paul is the father of well known northside cyclist Ian Garrity (who himself won the Goulburn Sydney Classic).
The service in memory of Paul will be held on Wednesday at Anne Wilson @ Mona Vale @ 12noon (corner Barrenjoey Rd & Darley Street). (by MO’R)

2 Mar - Heffron Park Criteriums
- Heffron Park concludes 24 March after another great season
7-8 Mar - Tolland Road Races (Wagga)
- Peter Budd & Frank Signor do their thing
8 Mar - Lansdowne Park (Waratah Masters), Loop the Lake Cyclosportive (NSW Lake Macquarie), Strade Bianche (Siena Italy)

New Special Events have been added & updated on the BiciSport website which includes -

Eastern Creek Raceway (Masters)
- Several weekends to choose from during 2020
Wagga (Tolland) Weekend - 7 & 8 March
- Traditionally the first event on the NSW Open Winter program.
  - Peter Budd & Frank Signor from Griffith lead the BiciSport charge at Tolland
Strade Bianche (Siena, Italy) - 8 March
- Mike Lawson gets dirty around Tuscany
Bathurst to Bathurst Weekend - 14 & 15 March
- The premier weekend on the NSW calendar with criteriums on the Saturday in central Bathurst and a new B2B course on the Sunday
Winter Special Events - now updated
- BiciSport in Flanders - 23 March to 19 April
- Orica Kermesse (Kurri Kurri) - 28 March
- Tour of Brisbane - 3-5 April
- Australiasian Masters Road Championships (New Zealand) - 10 April

Motor traffic conditions are now HEAVIER with the NSW School term in full swing

* Note -

Roadworks
- Forest Way (at Forestville) … taking longer to resolve than the AusCycling fiasco
- Mona Vale Rd (Kimbriki Tip to Mona Vale) … road widening has commenced with a completion date of 2022.

All group rides are cancelled if wet

3 & 5 March - Waratah Peloton @ pass the corner of Yulong Ave & McCarrs Creek Rd Terrey Hills @ 8.05am for Akuna Bay, top of McCarrs Creek Rd climb at 8.40am, then direction Duffys Forest, then return Terrey Hills shops @ 9.15am then to St Ives for coffee
4 March - Wise Monkey Cafe Gruppetto @ Berowra Railway Station @ 7.30am for 60k to Calga & return
5 March - Happy Wheels Waterloo Ride @ 6.00am @ Happy Wheels bike shop at Waterloo. Chairmans Ride @ Centennial Park @ 11.00am @ Spruce Goose Cafe
7 March - BiciSport Coffee at Miramare Sandstone Cafe (enter off Myoora Rd) @ 9.30am