[ Pickering Brook Road Race results below. Rapha Women’s 100 rescheduled. Juniors doing Ballidu. Nationals EOI. Kit order closes this weekend. Public Holiday ride. And some sad news on the TOMR front. Daniel ]
Midland Pickering Brook Road Race #1 — After the bad weather and cancellation of Peel’s road race, the Midland race was well supported, including nearly 30 SPR members (through not everyone racing in green!).
Kudos to the eight SPR members who podiumed on the day 💚
- 🏆 A Grade – Jarred Anderson
- 🥉 Womens A Grade – Kate Bonner
- 🏆 Womens B Grade – Rebecca Kelly
- 🥉 Womens B Grade – Alejandra Rojas Jordan
- 🥉 C Grade – Paul Prottey
- 🥈D Grade – Marcus Van Dalen
- 🥉 D Grade – David Morley
Let me know if I missed anyone, and check out some photos below (more on Facebook here and here).
📸 Photo credit to Black Smudge Photography
Road Nationals 2026 SPR EOI — It seems like only yesterday that we were celebrating and wrapping up Road Nationals 2025, but it is coming around again. Last year we felt like the club left things a little late so we are getting in early this time around.
Please follow the link below to register your interest in riding the in the Nationals with SPR. This will give us time to get teams organised in all of the events and you plenty of time to ensure you have kit 🙂
The Road Nationals will be hosted in Perth from 7 – 11 January 2026:
- Team Time Trial (Clubs), Wednesday / Thursday 7 – 8th January
- Masters/Club Criterium (Team), Northbridge Friday 9th January
- Steadyrack GranFondo (individual), Sunday 11th January
If you think you might like to participate/compete, please register your interest going via this EOI:
And don’t forget, the kit shop is open on the Mayeur website for orders.
Rapha Women’s 100 — All the details last week and on the Facebook but please note that this has been rescheduled to Sunday 5 October in deference to the less than friendly weather on the cards for the original date.
Get involved!
Any questions feel free to get in touch with SPR Chicks Co-ordinator Claire Tyrrell at women@southperthrouleurs.com.au cktyrrell@gmail.com.
SPR @ TdU 2026 — The Santos Tour Down Under is on again – a fabulous festival of all things cycling held in Adelaide from 16-25 January 2026.
Events include:
- Longer Women’s race 394.6km over three days with all 15 WorldTeams participating
- Men’s 758.9km race over six days including triple ascent of Willunga Hill
- Double ascents of Corkscrew Road for both women’s and men’s races
- New final stage in Stirling for the men’s race
- Return of the inner-city prologue for the Men’s race
- Car park climb
- Get to meet some of the professional cyclists
If you are interested, we can link you to others who are considering going via this EOI:
Tour de Cowaramup 2025 — The TdCowaramup is on again Sunday 12 October 2025; multiple distances/climbs and funds going to support local communities and charities.
Start/ finish: Juniper Estate
Organized by the Perth Integrated Events Team (PIET). Register via link below; three distances 60km (piccolo), 85km (medio) and 130km (gran) – $130 till 30th September, $155 thereafter.
We have accommodation for three nights at the Leeuwin Apartments as per last year, cost $110 pp; in Friday 10th October out Monday 13th October, shorter stay if preferred for the same price. The price increase follows a recent review by the provider after many years with no price increases.
Please contact Carol or Danielle via comdev@southperthrouleurs.com.au for further queries.
Racing this weekend – If you want to race, or get in on the action watching others race, read on.
2. State Senior Road Championships (5/Oct, hosted by PDCC)
3. WCMCC Chidlow B – Graded Road Race – Winter Season 2025 (5/Oct)
4. MCC Midland Traders 100 (26/Oct)
Juniors Ride — As mentioned previously I organised a group ride in Ballidu on Sunday to ride the 40km gravel event. There was a group of SPR juniors last year who did it and we really enjoyed it, apart from the flies that were very annoying!
Details about the ride are as follows: https://ballidugravel.com.au/rides/
The aim is to ride the “yes you canola” event. Ballidu is about 2.5 hrs north east of Perth. The ride starts at 1pm and we can do a day trip to Ballidu.
If your child is interested but you cannot accompany her/him I and the other parents will be happy to assist.
For this reason, there will be no ride on Saturday.
From the Ride Coordinator — At SPR, we encourage riders to have a degree of self-sufficiency to cover: punctures, loose bolts, etc, that may arise whilst on a group ride.
In addition, regular bike maintenance by an expert does more than just keep the bike running smoothly. It can prevent accidents caused by loose parts, brake-failure, cracks, gears slipping or chains dropping. Have your bike checked, or do it yourself if you have the knowledge, experience and the tools.
Saturday 27th September
- Ride starts under the Narrows (cityside) at 5:30am
- Early lap – earlybird 40.93km spr special
- All rides start at Coode St carpark at 7:00am
- Development group (*) – novice shelley 36.06km spr saturday
- Transitional 1/2 (*) – Trans Reverse River 40.58km SPR Saturday
- Fast, Main – Alexander Drive 50.47km SPR Saturday
- (*) Please note that our Ride Leaders will adjust the composition and route for Development, Transition and Main 4 to suit people and conditions on the day.
Sunday 28th September
- Rides start at Coode St carpark at 7:00am (WINTER TIME)
- Rides start at Coode st carpark at 7:00am (WINTER TIME)
- Development group – coffee ride
- Short Hills (Social) – Zig zag, Hummerston 71.79km SPR Sunday
Monday 29th September
- Ride starts under the Narrows (Sth Perth side) at 5:30am
- All rides start at Coode St carpark at 7:00am
Tuesday 30th September
- Ride starts under the Narrows (city side) at 5:30am
Wednesday 1st October
- Ride starts under the Narrows (Sth Perth side) at 5:30am
Thursday 2nd October
- Ride starts under the Narrows (city side) at 5:30am
Friday 3rd October
- Ride starts under the Narrows (Sth Perth side) at 5:30am