SWCC GROUP RIDES BUNBURY

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1 'The state government through the Department of Sport and Recreation and Lotterywest is a major sponsor of South West Cycle Club. Sport and recreation builds stronger, healthier, happier and safer communities' Thursday 24th July 2013 President Jo Moore SWCC web site POSTAL ADDRESS : PO Box 1208 Bunbury address for club matters: admin@southwestcycleclub.com.au MEMBERSHIP DETAILS SWCC GROUP RIDES BUNBURY Sat. rides start at the Entertainment Centre and finish with Dome Sat 6.30 am Group 1 Ride average ride speed 36-37km/hr 50 km Sat 6.30 am Group 2 Ride average ride speed approx 34km/hr 50 km Sat 6.30 am Group 3 Ride average ride speed approx 32km/hr 50 km Sat 6.30 am Group 4 Ride average ride speed 28km/hr 47 km Mon 5.45 am Laura St Australind Hill session Tues 5.45 am Hastie St/Ocean Dr car park med.pace 40km Benesse Wed 5:45am E Centre 60k easy pace Ironstone Benesse Thurs 5.45 am E Centre 45 km Faster & medium rides E Centre Benesse Thurs 5.45 am Eaton Home Hardware Fri 5.45 am Henty Rd loop 60km easy pace E Centre Benesse BUSSELTON Tues/Thurs 5:30am from The Goose 45km ride approx 32/33kph Saturday 6:30am Goose carpark. Varying levels catered for contact busseltoncycleclub@gmail.com COWARAMUP All leaving from Cowaramup Post Office Saturday 7:00am Sunday Margaret River 7:00am Also a girls ride leaves from Margaret River Cycles at 9:00am on Thursday morning MEMBERSHIP A Recreational Licence will enable riders to participate in any of the SWCC group rides, and it is the rider s responsibility to obtain a licence from the club. Join ON LINE now!!! Membership is required to participate in all of the club s TT s and other races on the calendar. Livelighter Ferguson Valley Cycle Challenge and Development Series Reminder that the 5 week rider development series starts next Sunday 4th August 9am Bunbury Entertainment Centre. This is a great chance for juniors and adults to get started in road cycling in a supported safe environment with ride leaders and club coaches taking the group through basic bike fit and safety, group riding skills, riding in traffic and basic bike maintenance. If you know anyone who would like to give cycling a go please promote this opportunity to them and it would also be great to have some of our experienced riders help out with the series again. A great way to give back to the club! And..all participants are automatically entered in the draw to win a fantastic new road bike or other great spot prizes from our supporters Fitzroy Cycles and City

2 Upcoming SW Cycling Eventures 10am Sunday 28th July SWCC Pile Rd Hill Climb Championships The club hill climb champs are on again with the chance to test your fitness on one of the most picturesque courses around. The 7km TT offers something for everyone and is not a pure hill climb but it is a chance to see how your form is going for the upcoming Collie Donnybrook. There will be a shorter junior distance from the brewery for the under 13 riders. Register online at: For this event line entries are not a problem however, so if you don t get enough rides in this week with the weather you can still decide on Sunday morning to give it a go!! Warm up lap of Valley 8am from Dardanup Hall for those who want to get a few more km s in. Join us back at the Dardanup Pub for lunch after the event. Livelighter Dardanup Tour Entries now open for Livelighter Dardanup Tour. Come and enjoy the spectacular Ferguson Valley and be in with the chance to win a coveted Golden Gnome!! Format similar to last year with a 39km individual road stage followed by a Team Time Trial or option of just doing the 39km Team Time Trial on a silver license. Great opportunity for teams competing in the upcoming Satalyst Tour of Margaret River to get some training in and refine their teamwork. Get your teams together or enter as an individual and we will team you up in your nominated category. Visit for more info or to register! Today we race!!

3 2013 Collie Donnybrook Keep your kilometres up for the upcoming Collie Donnybrook. Reminder that you need a race license for the main event but there are discounted 6 month Gold memberships on offer at present that are great value. This event is the chance to honour SWCC s Darren Strudwick who taught us the meaning of being passionate about cycling and who was a great champion on and off the bike and he will be in the hearts and in the pedal strokes of all the SW riders competing in this classic event. L2L "Around the Bays, Great Ocean Road, Three Peaks Challenge, all iconic Australian rides at last WA has an iconic ride of its own." From the Naturaliste Lighthouse on the Northern tip of the Cape riding 120km to the Leeuwin Lighthouse on the Southern tip, Lighthouse to Lighthouse is one of the most scenically spectacular rides on the Australian Cycling Calender. Sunday October 13th 2013 Entries are now open Check out the event website: And see how you can not only get involved in riding this iconic event but also in supporting the SJOG Foundation, a worthy cause.

4 Club Helmets!! We have been able to secure a fantastic discount on the must have Mojito Kask helmet. This helmet not only looks great and matches our club colours, it also has a super comfortable fit and a high visibility rating with the bright orange rear section. Crank n Cycles are supporting SWCC members with a great offer of $200 per helmet (RRP $249), $190 for SWCC Race Team representatives. A bulk order of helmets (11 medium and 5 large) will be arriving in the second week of August Contact Erik at Crank n Cycles today to reserve yours. This is a great deal and you don t want to be the one to miss out!!..and if you really want to look the part.lyndon Miles has also found a very special supplier of "Orange and Black" Oakley Radar sunglasses that look fantastic. (Direct from China) The cost for these are $30 a set with 5 lenses, cloth and case. If anyone would like a pair please contact Lyndon lyndon.miles@gmail.com We have a range of club cut SWCC Jerseys available for purchase and also a heap of club socks. Please contact Jo to grab any of these. We will be organising further orders of jackets / vests / knicks for those who missed out and are keen to look as good as the cool kids who have the full outfits!!

5 How good do the new race team kits look!! South West Cycle Club Race Team Stay tuned for details of the upcoming team launch which will double as a fundraiser for our aspiring juniors. The team will be targeting the upcoming Collie Donnybrook and it will be great to see SWCC join forces to work together at a state level. SWCC Racing Team is now on Facebook. Like the page to follow team activities and eventures.. Today We Race!!!

6 Bindi - Natural Sports Hydration Free from artificial colours, flavours, sweeteners and preservatives. Sponsors of the SWCC Race Team Bindi is a complex carbohydrate sports drink mix with maltodextrin and fructose to improve endurance performance. It has electrolytes to optimise hydration by aiding the rapid rehydration of fluid. There are awesome natural flavours and a natural plant sweetener. Nothing artificial; just clean energy that absorbs well and tastes great. Bindi can be ordered online at and enter the code COLLECT4FREE for free pickup in Busselton or Bunbury Maltodextrin and fructose complex carbohydrate formula Quickly absorbed and easily digested 5.4% CHO mix Higher sodium to drive carbohydrate and fluid absorption Potassium and magnesium for nerve and muscle function No artificial colours, flavours, sweeteners or preservatives Choose from two natural flavours: Zesty Lemon and Lime or Juicy Berry 14 serves per tub each 30g serve is mixed with 500ml of water Created in Busselton WA and Australian made Join us on Facebook We are excited to welcome Bindinutrition on board as a sponsor of our SWCC Race team and a supporter of the SWCC. Bindi is a natural product that is a great alternative to other sports drinks. Belinda will be at the upcoming Dardanup Tour event with samples to try.

7 2013 Margaret River SWCC Junior Camp So many positives out of last weekend s junior camp in Margaret River and weekends like that remind us what a fantastic club we have with so many great people who contribute to it. We are developing a real camaraderie and partnership with Midland Cycle Club and following on from the trip to the track, it is so good to develop this link with another great club. Hats off to Graeme Adams for the enormous amount of work he put in organizing the camp and making sure everything ran smoothly. Graeme takes his role as junior co-ordinator seriously and has been an enormous asset to the junior program this year. In the background he is ably assisted by people like Robbie Commons, Dean Armstrong, Leonie and Andrew Lanigan and others who with no fuss get in and make things happen. None of us had any doubt the food at the camp was going to be first rate, but Sue Dechaneet lived up to and exceeded all expectations with her catering. Unbelievable effort and you would go a long way to find someone who would give up there time and put back into the club like Sue has. Many thanks to Suzanne, Maggie and Leonie for their assistance in bringing it all together on the weekend. Huge thank you to Jeff Greenfield and Jenny Brown for giving up their time and being prepared to share their huge wealth of experience and knowledge with the kids. Much appreciated. It was great to see the guys in the race kit out supporting the camp and thanks to Soeren, Lyndon, LJ and Mike for coming out on the Sunday. It is all about supporting a pathway for people to take their cycling to whatever level they wish and having senior role models to help with this is fantastic. Many thanks also to Regan Pye from Prime Industrial for his generous donation to the camp which enabled Graeme to reward some of the special efforts over the weekend. Best wishes for a speedy recovery to Melyssa Flynn and Nat Commons who both had mishaps but who should be back out cycling again in no time. And lastly huge thanks and congrats to all the juniors who participated. The SWCC can be very proud of this next generation coming through not only for the way they ride and their enthusiasm but also for the way they conduct themselves both on and off the bike. A great bunch of kids!!