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Bicycle Garage Sale - Saturday 6 December 2008, 8am-12pm
Sunday, November 16, 2008

83 Jervois St, Deakin

Road, Track, MTB, BMX, Triathlon

Big range of high quality used bikes, parts and accessories on offer: bikes, wheels, frames, saddles, lights, stems, bars, clothing, etc, etc, etc

Space available to set up your own stall (free) to sell your used bikes, parts, etc - the more the merrier! More than 200 people typically visit our bicycle garage sale so it's a great opportunity to offer quality used bikes, parts and accessories directly to interested buyers.

Contact Peter Taylor on 6281 2012 (ah) or 0439 829 200

Junior Series
Thursday, November 6, 2008

The first junior series race was held on Saturday 1 November at Uriarra Homestead as part of the ACT Championships.

Four juniors competed over 13 kms and in a closely fought out sprint Lachlan Porter held out fast finishing Sam Sautelle and Jericho Genders-Dibden.  Seven year old Paul Genders-Dibden proudly completed his race for 4th place. 

The current point score is:

All juniors (regardless of club) who participate will win a prize at the end of the series.  Medals and or trophies will be awarded for the top 5 places.

Points for the series are awarded as follows:

Next race is on 22 November at Uriarra Homestead and it is a Time Trial.

See the Canberra Cycling Club and Vikings Cycling Club Websites for more details.

End of season BBQ & AGM
Monday, November 3, 2008

What: End of year celebration, including a range of awards (point score winners, hard nut award & many more), to be followed by the club AGM.

When: Sunday 14th December 12 noon

Who: All Vikings members & their families

Where: Weston Park

Cost: Free BBQ & soft drink/water/juice.

BYO: Alcohol

Anyone who wants to help out with organising this event, please let me know, your input would be most welcome. Please RSVP to vanessajhamilton@gmail.comor 0430 228 766 & indicate any dietary preference (yes we will be catering for vegetarians but we'd like to know how many to expect!).

Finally, please consider whether you would like to join us on the committee for 2009. We anticipate a number of vacant positions & in general can always do with more hands/minds/ideas. Please feel free to talk to any of the current committee members (Simon Claringbold, Graeme Drew, Braham Hart, Dale Inabinet, Mark Stevenson, Lee Sheather & Vaness Essam) to find out more. We meet once per month (currently the 1st Tuesday) at the Vikings Club in Greenway. The meetings are always interesting & by being involved you can actually shape the direction of your club - consider it :)

Hope to see you there.

Vanessa.

Stromlo Ladies Night - Results are to hand!
Thursday, October 23, 2008

Check out the results here.

Vikings 2008 club road race champions
Sunday, October 19, 2008

Vikings 2008 club road race champions:

Grade A
1	Michael	Matthews
2	Brent	Miller
3	Simon	Niemeyer
Grade B
1	Josh	Conry
2	Mike	DeBoer
3	Jason	Quayle
Grade C
1	Chris	Drew
2	Ben	Long
3	Mark	Stevenson
Grade D
1	Adrian	Keough
2	Tim	Geoghegan
3	Steven	Callahan
Grade E
1	Matty	Menz
2	Matthew	Larkin
3	Adam	Chapman
Grade J
1	Sam	Sautelle
Grade WB
1	Sue	Powell
2	Lee	Sheather
Grade WC
1	Shridevi	Vasudeva
2	Meredith	Hutchison
3	Lyn	Vasudeva

Press Release: Stromlo Ladies Night
Saturday, October 18, 2008

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As an exciting opening to the summer racing season, the Vikings Cycling Club will be hosting the first annual Stromlo Ladies Night on Wednesday 22 October at Stromlo Forest Park. This will be a full evening dedicated to women’s criterium racing, from complete beginners to elite A grade riders. Event organiser, Simon Dwyer, says the event reflects the growth in local women’s cycling in the past two years, and is a way of displaying to the public just how good our local female talent is. “We expect this to be a great night for riders and spectators, and we hope it will be the first of a regular annual event,” Dwyer said.

The Vikings Cycling Club would like to see more women racing so from 5:30pm there will be a come 'n' try event, open to all women and girls from 14 years upwards, with any type of standard upright bike including hybrids and mountain bikes. This will be twenty minutes of basic skills to familiarise those new to the sport with riding safely with others on the Stromlo track.  They can then test their new skills on the track with a group time trial around the track.

The A grade race is expected to be a fast and hotly contested event, with some of Australia’s most talented up and coming women competing. Riders of the calibre of Myffy Galloway will be up against Chloe Hosking, winner of the last two Tour de Femmes and a member of Australia’s team for the world juniors. According to Hosking, “The fields here in Canberra are just as strong as at interstate events. The races are always tough and provide a great base for the upcoming criterium season. It's fantastic to see that there is a night of racing purely for women, rather than just being a support event for the men.” Dwyer expects that, “the racing will be fast, aggressive and exciting! Spectators at Stromlo Forest Park have a terrific view of the whole track, so viewers will be able to see the whole race unfold.”

The Vikings expect this to be a great night and the first of a regular annual event. The cost for the night is $5 for all riders, including the come 'n' try session.  Events are scheduled as follows:

5:30pm Come ‘n’ try event 20 minutes
5:50pm Women's B – 30 minutes plus 2 laps
6:30pm Women's C – 20 minutes plus 2 (with come ‘n’ try riders)
7:00pm Women's A –  40 minutes plus 2

Prizes include cycling knicks, jerseys and jumpers, bags and local bike shop vouchers. All riders are requested to arrive in plenty of time to register so that the races can all run on schedule.

For further information contact the race director, Simon Dwyer.
Email: simonadwyer@yahoo.com.au
Mobile: 0406 745 488

Stromlo Ladies Night - Prizes to give away!
Wednesday, October 1, 2008

Stromlo Ladies Night, Wednesday the 22nd Oct

Criterium Team Options for 2008-09
Monday, September 15, 2008

Criterium Team Options for 2008-09

Team riding and racing is the ultimate, and the crit season these days is based around teams. It gives a bike race so much more depth and gives you more cards to play. The only thing more satisfying than winning a race is knowing that your hard work set up a win for a team mate!

Are you looking for a crit team this season? Here are some options. The season is coming up quickly so make sure you get your name down soon!

1.      Team Thialtra: currently with a core group at the Women’s C/Women’s B grade level. But, if any men (particularly in the lower grades) would like to be in this team then we’d love to hear from you. We’d also love to hear from any novice graduates from 2006 and 2007 who’d like to again be a part of Team Thialtra. Don’t forget that a Women’s C/Novice grade will be running on Thursdays, before the SuperCrit. Team Thialtra is open to members of any club. Jersey: Thialtra (blue jersey). Read all about Team Thialtra from previous years: http://www.vikingscycling.org.au/features/?IntContId=967&IntCatId=27.

2.      Team Vikings: for riders at any level. Jersey: Vikings CC jersey (so this team is for Vikings members). Team Vikings is aiming for the crit season, then afterwards it will be a team decision where to go - do you want to build something bigger? Be the next V-Mobile or MACT? In the early stages we'll help you out with guidance, a bit of coaching and some direction. The V-Mobile team will be there to provide support, too, both practical and otherwise.

Contact Simon Dwyer (0406 745 488) simonadwyer@yahoo.com.au if you’d like to be involved in either of these teams!

3.      Masters ACT Cycling: for Masters riders at any level (turned 30 or older from October 1^st 2008). Jersey: MACT CT jersey. We will have MACT teams in all grades. Ride for fun with the MACT, being a member of any CA affiliated club. However to be a registered MACT CT rider for open events you must be a Vikings CC member. The team is less structured than 1 or 2 above, we rely on members to organise rides via the MACT CT blog. We have members ranging from the lower grades right though to people training for the World Masters Championships. We will even put a development squad together for younger members. Contact Simon Claringbold (0416 090388) simon@inforail.com.au for information regarding MACT CT. More here: http://mactcycling.blogspot.com/

Further details about the crit season:

Wednesday nights (run by CCC): http://www.canberracyclingclub.org.au/event_details/?IntCatId=22&IntContId=820

Thursday nights (run by Vikings): http://www.vikingscycling.org.au/news/?IntCatId=20&IntContId=1143

Women's C grade criteriums
Monday, September 15, 2008

Women's C/Novice WILL now be running before the SuperCrit on Thursdays, starting the day after the Wednesday Evening Crit season, ie 30th October. The WC season will run for a minimum of three weeks, before we reasssess attendance - if it's good we continue on.

WC racing will comence at 5:45pm sharp, Thursdays at Stromlo Crit Circuit. The race will be 15 minutes plus 2 laps. $5 entry fee.

Contact Simon, race director, for any further details.

SuperCrits: now starting 9th Oct!
Friday, September 12, 2008

Now commencing early, from Thursday the 9th October, the Vikings Cycling Club are proud to present a new night of Criterium Racing throughout the  2008/2009 Summer Calendar. SuperCrit Thursdays are an exciting night of full distance racing aimed at riders who enjoy a longer event.

The race distance will be a minimum of 45 minutes in the opening weeks, however once the daylight holds out longer the race will be increased to 60 minutes duration.

This race is a single category event that allows any riders (regardless of specific club gradings) to race together.

Racing will commence at 6.30pm sharp every Thursday at the Stromlo Forest Park Criterium Circuit.  Race entry fee $10. Registration will  close at 6.25pm so make sure you  get there early!

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