with only a few races left on the calendar, there is limited opportunity to get that racing fix before christmas time. the golden spokes event will be a fast flat race held around the champion lakes rowing course down towards armadale.
there are three main events – open men’s, open women’s and support men’s. unlike last year, mike will not have to suffer the indignity of having young melissa drop him on the final run towards the line. a day licence can be purchased if you do not have a full racing licence and want to give it a crack.
registrations close next tuesday but you can register online here.
it is an early start, with the open men hitting the circuit at 7:30. the track grand prix is the night before, so maybe a strong coffee is on the cards first thing in the morning.
more info can be found here.
this event will be run by the southern districts cycle club and they have asked me if there are any volunteers that can help out on the day. we are looking for about 4 people and the tasks will not be too onerous. it means that you will have to get there a bit early, but the benefit is that you can park on the island near registration, while everyone else will have to park a good 1/2 km away. this is a good opportunity for us as a club to learn how to run an event so that we can look at running some in the future. please let me know via the comments if you are available to help. you don’t have to be racing and you can even be a partner of a rider. they just need some extra hands.
I plan on racing Mens Support, would be great to get a few of us there as a team.
I have entered for Support race.
Support race Spud?
Thought you were stepping up? 🙂
I am thinking I have to try out the OPEN Milarky, been about a year since I did a road race (Joondalup where I lost some skin)..
I’ll be entering the support race.
I’ll be there too!
…was aiming to do support race and help do the team thing…just found out I have to work that day…bugger
I will be there, Open for me.
Ill putting up a cubby house for my daughter as its her Birthday… Sorry
I’ll probably try to help out the sprinters any way I can in the Support Race. It’s a nice course to ride on even if it doesn’t have any hills.
I’ll be there, happy to help out an SPR sprinter.
I just entered too. 80km is right on my limit, but it sounds like there will be a few wheels to suck!
I have just entered the support race. let me know if you need a spr jersey for the event.
email to – southperthrouleurs@perthcycling.com.au
I’m in too just put my entry for the support
Entered… Women’s Open
8 people in the mens support! Very cool! Whats the weather looking like?
I’m in too should be good