UPDATE

Toby has been doing a bit of calling around looking at some of the options for getting a number of club riders up to Kalgoorlie for the weekend. Obviously the EGCC has organised a deal with flights and bike transport, but that can make for an expensive weekend. Toby has found a 12 seater mini-van rental, that accounting for petrol and trailer hire (for the bikes), could get the cost down to considerably less than the flying option. Plus, you’d get to have an SPR ROAD TRIP!

However, we’d need some firm commitments from people before we get started on organising all of this. So, I’ve bumped this article to the top of the list again to see if we can get a show of hands of people who are keen. Remember, there’s $40,000 up for grabs, so it could be a very lucrative weekend’s ride if you’re on form.

Let us know if you’re keen in the comments.

– Jordan

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The Menzies Classic is coming up early June (4th -5th).  CWA has been in touch and asked if we could help promote the event.  And for good reason!!  The Eastern Goldfields Cycling Club has put in a tremendous amount of effort to retool the traditional event and make it into a 2 event sensation!  This two day event is now called the GMF Health Goldfields Cyclassic.

To peak you interest and lure you into reading on consider this point alone – over the 2 day event there is over $40,000 prize money on offer!

The Goldfields Cyclassic will be a two stage handicap race across the Goldfields from Kalgoorlie-Boulder to Menzies and on to Leonora taking you across the historic landscapes of the Western Australian Goldfields.
Each component of the event will be run as an individual race. Each rider will be assigned a finish time as the time after the lead rider crosses the line and the time the rider crosses the line for each race. The times for each race are added together to give a total time behind the race leader for a final Cyclassic position.
Ladies will race in the appropriate handicap grade and are eligible for the main line honours in each race as well as designated ladies prizes.
Although each stage is too far for a junior race, we wish to include juniors in this historic race and hence we have laid on a relay race to cover the complete distance. U17 will be able to complete a 2 person relay with stages of approximately 65km each for the Menzies Classic and 51km each for the Leonora Golden Wheels. The U15 race will be a 4 person relay dividing the distance into 35km for the Menzies Classic and 25km for the Leonora Golden Wheels. Teams can be girls or boys.
The Weekend Enthusiasts who do not whish to race, but wish to be included in this exciting event, may enter the Community Challenge Ride and enjoy the achievement of completing the course.
To make the logistics for the rider very simple there is a package weekend which will include flights from Perth and return, two races, overnight accommodation with race dinner and awards night, entertainment in Menzies on Saturday and transport as necessary.  The prices are reasonable as the flights organized are only around $250 return with additional costs for accommodation and meals etc.

I for one applaud EGCC for the effort they have put into organizing this event and for being brave enough to try something new.  Good luck to them and I hope as many SPR people as possible make the effort to support the event.

Event Information: here

Register: here