Contact: Leigh Thompson Secretary BRCC
Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it (preferred contact)
Phone: 03 5157 9321 (leave message if unanswered)
Mobile: 0439 033 099 (SMS preferred)
Postal: 250 Clifton West Road, Bairnsdale, VIC 3875

Current Summer Rides
Saturday 7am rides (40-50km) from the water tower. Return to Bairnsdale about 8:30am. Followed by coffee at Crave. Usually around 15 cyclists
Wednesday 6:15pm ride (25km) from the racecourse is back on again.
6am rides from Wy Yung oval (bridge) are on Tuesday - Friday
  Tue: to end of bitumen on Waterholes Rd
  Wed: to end of bitumen on Bullumwaal Road
  Thu: to end of bitumen on Orrs Road (hill reps for keen riders)
  Fri: to end of bitumen on Waterholes Rd (slower riders ride)
Tuesday: 8am rides from Spotlight Carpark to Paynesville 9am. Return 10am for coffee
Track racing at the Sale velodrome Thursday evenings with Wellington CC.
Check with Wellington beforehand.
Sunday rides – check about these on the Saturday 7am ride
Caffeine Cruisers Saturday 8am from rear of courthouse and Thursday evenings to Nicholson via rail trail.

Wheels to Walhalla - Monday 2nd January 2012
AUDAX 100 km Wheels to Walhalla at 9am 2 January 2012
  Start: Carpark of Australian Securities and Investments Commission
         14-22 Grey Street Traralgon VIC 3844 (Opposite K-Mart)
 Course: Traralgon, Tyers, Rawson-Walhalla Road, return Tyers, Glengarry & Traralgon.
Contact: John Laszczyk Tel: 03 51262262 Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
  Entry: $10 (members) $20 (Non members)

  Start Elevation: 48.6m     Maximum Elevation: 463m
             Gain: 766m                Descent: 766m

              Distance             Elevation   Grade
Category  Start      End  Length    Min  Max     Avg
   3      8.9km   14.8km   5.9km    65m   279m   3.6%
   5     41.8km   44.0km   2.2km   274m   340m   2.9%
   4     50.8km   55.4km   4.8km   263m   422m   3.4%

Train Timetable:
Depart: Bairnsdale 6:45am Arrive: Traralgon  8:09am (2min to get bikes off)
Depart: Traralgon  2:31pm Arrive: Bairnsdale 3:59pm
  Fare: $21.60 return if paid before 2012 (Fares go up 1Jan12) Concession ½ price

BRIGHT SOCIAL WEEKEND - Friday 18th - Sunday 20th November

Places are filling for this weekend. Contact Chris Dungey or Warren Meade (at Bicycle Passion) to reserve and pay for your spot.
Accommodation in the 40 bed lodge is $45 per person per night. Other accommodation and dining options area available in Bright.
Friday night meal is planned to be a pasta night (pasta provided, BYO sauce). Saturday night meal is planned to be a BBQ (BYO everything).

Ride options are still to be determined but could involve any of the following:
Mt Buffalo (approx. 71 kms, approx. to Dingo Dell cafe, main climb is 23 km @ 4.8%)
Mt Beauty return (over Tawonga Gap, approx. 61km, two main climbs - 9.9km @ 4.9% out, 8.5km @ 6.0% return)
Rail Trail to Myrtleford (approx. 62 kms return, flat)

There may even be a ride option on Sunday for those daring enough to tackle the ascent of Mt Hotham (approx. 54 kms, three main cllimbs - 10.6km @ 6.88%, 3.2km @ 3.9%, 11.2km @ 4.4%))

PRESIDENT'S HANDICAP - Saturday 29 October, 2.00pm, Swan Reach
In very wet, windy and generally trying conditions, results to hand are:

1st     Linc Kelly
2nd     Simon Anderson
3rd     Al Campbell
4th     Ian Johnson

ONLINE MEMBERSHIP NOW AVAILABLE
Cycling Australia (CA) advise that the registration renewal system is up and running. CA members should have received a username and password. New members go to http://www.cycling.org.au/default.asp?Page=43895&MenuID=Membership%2Fc20013%2F43895
Renewing members go to https://secure.memberdesq.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=main&OrgID=4912
2012 BRCC Membership Fees
Category                Fee
Elite Men/Women, M23   $269
Masters <65            $218
Masters >65            $131
M19 / W19              $218
J17 / J15              $131
J13 / J11 / J9         $ 65

CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS

TIME TRIAL CHAMPIONSHIP

WINNER:     STUART DERHAM
RUNNER UP:  LINC KELLY
THIRD:      GARY JACKSON

ROAD RACE CHAMPIONSHIP (OPEN)

WINNER:     STUART DERHAM
RUNNER UP:  MARC BOUTEN
THIRD:      SIMON ANDERSON

ROAD RACE CHAMPIONSHIP (VETERAN)  

WINNER:     AL CAMPBELL
RUNNER UP:  CHRIS DUNGEY
THIRD:      KEN PORTER

ROAD RACE CHAMPIONSHIP (WOMEN)  

WINNER:     BLANCHE EVANS

ROAD RACE CHAMPIONSHIP (JUNIOR)

WINNER:     TOM DELLER

HILL CLIMB CHAMPIONSHIP (OPEN)

WINNER:     STUART DERHAM
RUNNER UP:  ASHLEY HIGMAN
THIRD:      MARC BOUTEN

HILL CLIMB CHAMPIONSHIP (VETERAN)

WINNER:     WARREN MEADE
RUNNER UP:  KEN PORTER
THIRD:      AL CAMPBELL

HILL CLIMB CHAMPIONSHIP (WOMEN)

WINNER:     BLANCHE EVANS

HILL CLIMB CHAMPIONSHIP (JUNIOR)

WINNER:     TOM DEERY