On the
17th May 2009, the breathtaking Ferguson Valley will be the backdrop to the Dardanup Open – an exhilarating championship race touring up, down and around the hills of the Southwest, just 15 minutes out of Bunbury.
This year there is also support races for those that don’t want to mix it with the big boys in the open category. With the State road championships the following weekend, this will be a good warm-up race and will take in a few smaller climbs.
Alongside the State 100km Road Race Championship, South West Cycle Club have organised a 25km or 40km Participation Ride inviting cyclists of any level to get involved and have a go. All you need is a RIDE licence as a minimum and you can have a go for the minimal outlay of $10. This event will also be timed and allows people to get an idea of what road racing is like without it being a real race. Basically it is a smaller version of the Great Perth Bike Ride as it of a similar format.
As there will be others heading down for the open races, it would be a good opportunity to try out the event as you will have other SPR support on the day.
All event information including
a course map is on the CWA website
Nominations close Weds 13th May 8.30am (AEST)
Let us know in the comments if you are coming!
Race pack to follow next week.
I’m going and happy to share some transport for an early Sunday morning trip down…
I’ll be going too and nominating for the Support A race. Might be the only chance ever to ride an “A” race.
yep I will be going to and happy to go in convoy / grab a lift / share driving etc on sunday morning
Im thinking of staying in bunbury so I can sleep in sunday morning 🙂
dunno if I will be cheering or racing yet but 🙁
I’m going to do Support B 🙂
Taking the week off…sleep in/beach/eggs/paper/…..will be thinking of you all though….promise!
Money Paid for Senior A div. Looking forward to my favorite kind of riding….Hills.
i am with spud and michael in support a. looking to hide behind spud as much as possible.