as i mentioned before, the dardanup open is on this weekend down in….dardanup.  this is just a bit passed bunbury and is run by the south west cycle club.  there is an “a” grade (100km), “b” grade (72km) and a “c” grade (60km) being run as well as a participation event (24km or 39km) so there is pretty much something for everyone.

now, we need to support this event for 2 reasons.

firstly, we have a very good relationship with south west as their club is very similar to ours (ideology and rider-type) so we can see that they are also trying to grow the sport.  we are also in direct competition with them as far as memberships are concerned.  even though we have cracked the 200 member mark, they have managed to stay ahead of us and are growing as well.

secondly, the gauntlet has been thrown down after the pinjarra race, to see who is the “better” club.  by this we are looking at having a small “inter-club championship” within the dardanup open whereby the first spr or swcc rider to cross the line in each grade receives a perpetual trophy.  this is returned back to next years dardanup open to again see the “better” club.  there has also been some “sledging” happening as this challenge has already been mentioned in the south west newsletter where we were refered to as “kermits”. 

so, support the south west club, as they go to the effort to put on this event, and also support spr as we kick some southwest butt.  we also need to come up with a good nickname for these guys if they are going to keep referring to us as kermits.  mexicans, perhaps???  but maybe that is offensive to real mexicans. 🙂

flyer for the event can be found here and registration here.

participation event info can be found here and registration here.

registrations need to be in by midnight tuesday and day licences are allowed in “b” and “c” grade.  add to the comments below if you are coming and see you down there in the spr tent.