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Warragul Cycling Club Chosen for Documentary Film

Posted on February 6, 2013 by Webmaster

Media Release – Friday 2 February, 2013

The Warragul Cycling Club has been chosen by Melbourne based film makers, Waterbyrd Filmz, as the setting for a 75 minute documentary on Club Cycling in Australia.

After interviewing several metropolitan cycling clubs Waterbyrd Filmz chose Warragul Cycling Club due to its inclusive and welcoming nature, its diverse membership which spans all age ranges, its wide service offering of recreational, road and track cycling activities, and it’s passionate Committee who operate the Club on a voluntary basis.

The magnificent rural location and beautiful landscapes were a contributing factor and will feature prominently in the documentary.

The film makers vision is to show the audience the passion and motivations of ordinary Club Cyclists in Australia and to inform the general public about the organisation required to organise and run a multi stage road cycling event. With professional cycling receiving adverse media in recent years, this documentary will highlight the grass roots of what is a beautiful sport.

The documentary will follow six local Club Cyclists as they train for and race in the 2013 Gippsland 3 Day Tour, and event which occurs on the June long weekend. The documentary will and also follow the organising Committee behind the event as they deal with the various stakeholders involved in running an event on public roads.

Filming commences on February 1, 2013 and will be completed following the Gippsland 3 Day Tour in June.

Warragul Cycling Club is a great growth story, with greater than 50% increase in members in the past year. Warragul has an exceptionally large participation of women due to passionate community members driving this growth, which has resulted directly in Warragul achieving the third highest growth in women joining a cycling club in Victoria in the 2012 year.

Given the catchment areas of the large metropolitan Clubs in comparison to the Warragul Cycling Club this statistic is outstanding.

The Committee and Members of the Warragul Cycling Club are extremely pleased to promote Warragul and West Gippsland, its Club Members and its environs in such a unique way.

Please contact Jayman Prestidge of Warragul Cycling Club on 0417 118 804 or Nickolas Bird of Waterbird Filmz on 0419 101 572 should you require further information.

Jayman Prestidge
President
Warragul Cycling Club Inc

A pdf of this press release can be found here.

Waterbyrd Filmz was founded in 1997 as a corporate and educational video production company. Our clients over the years have included Deloitte Consulting, Toll Logistics, Blockbuster, Village Roadshow, Airservices Australia and state and federal government departments. Over the years, Waterbyrd Filmz has grown and diversified into many different areas including television and cinema commercials, documentaries and narrative works.

Today Waterbyrd Filmz’s focus is on developing and producing documentaries, factual television series and narrative films.

Tags: 3 day tour, committee notification

Gippsland 3 Day Tour Wrap Up

Posted on June 13, 2012 by Webmaster

Brenton Jones took out the tour for the third year in a row in what began as a wet tour and ended in sunny conditions.

This year the race began and ended on the same course at Willow Grove – great for the climbers, not so much for the flat road lovers.

Warragul again won the teams classification. We had a over 20 riders contesting the tour across all the grades.

A Grade Wrap

Brenton Jones won all four stages, though he had to share with Daniel Gaffa on stage four due to a dead heat. Jarryd Jones came 2nd in stage three and four.

BJ won the sprint comp and the KOM. JJ came 3rd in the sprint comp.

Only 15 minutes separated first from last overall.

For a more complete A Grade summation, check out BJ’s blog.

B Grade Wrap

Had B grade been decided on time rather than points, things would have been interesting with breaks winning all mass starts. The bunch was happy for one or two riders to set the pace for the most part and only perked up when sprint or KOM points were on offer. No one appears willing to do much in the way of chasing until the final stage.

Cyrus Monk was the best performed, coming in second place overall. Cy also bagged the sprint and KOM competitions. Leigh Hauxwell claimed third overall and in the KOM. Paul Yeatman came second in the sprint comp.

Hauxwell came second in stage one. Paul Yeatman was the best Warragul time trialist, but could only manage a third. In stage three, a two man break saw Warragul bag some points and a late four rider break allowed Yeatman to claim first from Rob Monk.

Stage four was a little slower than stage one and here, Charles Davine claimed second.

For a stage by stage review of B grade, check out Paul’s blog.

C Grade Wrap

Jayden Manintveld is one to watch out for with a second overall and a second in the KOM.

Stage one saw Graeme Patrick claim third. Manintveld came second in the TT and also in the final stage.

D Grade Wrap

Clint Wilson lead the Warragul charge with a first overall and second in the sprint and KOM points. He also won stage two and four and came third in stage three.

Andrew Gordon won the opening stage from Paul Kennedy.

Race Program

Stage 2 Time Trial Results

2012 3 Day Tour Results (pdf) – 2012 3 Day Tour Results (MS excel)

Photos

Stage 1 (Jaymar Imaging)

Stage 2 (Actionpactpix)

Stage 2 and 3 (Jenn Davies)

Stage 3 (Actionpactpix)

Stage 4 (Jenn Davies)

With some fine performances over the weekend, the handicaper will have fun with this weekend’s Cloverlea handicap.

Tags: 3 day tour, combine

Gippsland 3 Day Tour Wrap Up

Posted on June 14, 2011 by Webmaster

14/06/2011

Congratulations to Brenton Jones who won the A grade event for the 2nd year in a row.

Congratulations to the following place getters in 2011 Gippsland 3-Day Tour:

A Grade:
1st: Brenton Jones (Warragul Cycling Club) in 6:50:06
2nd: Daryl Anderson (Warragul CC) +3:27
3rd: Kane Walker (Warragul City CC) +3:40

B Grade:
1st: Jarryd Jones (Warragul CC) with 77 points
2nd: Gerome Bechez (Latrobe City CC) with 56 points
3rd: Stuary Derham (Bairnsdale & Riviera CC) with 46 points

C Grade:
1st: Cyrus Monk (Warragul CC) with 63 pts
2nd: Aaron Wain (Wellington CC) with 54 pts
3rd: George Tambassis (Warragul CC) with 49 pts

D Grade:
1st: John Taylor (Latrobe City CC) with 95 pts
2nd: Benjamin Stein (Warragul CC) with 85 pts
3rd: Mathieson Jenkin (Warragul CC) with 61 pts

Teams:
1st: Warragul CC with 67 pts
2nd: Latrobe City CC with 37 pts
3rd: Leongatha CC) with 21 pts

Thanks to those who voluntered. Full race results here.

Manflu saw the early retirement of Jayman Prestidge, and tonsilitis took our Paul Yeatman.

Photos by the LCCC here.

2011 3 Day Tour Guide (pdf)

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Tags: 3 day tour, combine

Gippsland 3 Day Tour Wrap Up

Posted on June 15, 2010 by Webmaster

12/06-14/06/2010

Congratulations to Brenton Jones who won the A grade event. B grade saw some fast riding and a Shady Creek course record. C grade saw James Lalor win third and Steve Muggeridge won the ITT, besting some B graders. Warragul also won the Teams event so well done to all out team members.

A grade wrap:

Brenton Jones 1st – 2nd stage 1, 3rd stage 2, 1st stage 3

Kane Walker DNF

Darryl Anderson DNF

B grade wrap:

Thomas Sander DNF

Geoff Thomson 12th (+0:03:43) - 2nd Stage 4

Jarryd Jones 13th (+0:03:43) – better hide from the handicapper riding like that!

Paul Yeatman 24th (+0:25:34) – arggghhh, my legs, my legs

C Grade wrap:

James Lalor 3rd – 2nd stage 3, 1st stage 4

Rob Monk 5th (playing possum)

Steve Muggeridge 8th

Joe Patrick 11th

Neil Walker = 12th

Matthew Kennelly = 12th

Jason Dastey = 12th

Charlie Davine = 22nd

Chris Jones = 22nd

Besides that, enjoy the following photos of the weekend.

Wcc At the 3 Day Tour

A grade results // B grade results // C grade results // Team Results

Judith Cahill of the Wellington Cycling Club also has photos from this

event. Actionpactpix is where you can see these.

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Tags: 3 day tour, combine, photos

Warragul Cycling Club Performs Well @ 3 Day Tour

Posted on June 8, 2009 by Webmaster

06/06 – 08/06/2009

James Henry took out second in A Grade in 6:43:57 (+0:01:51) and third in the sprint competition. Kane Walker came third in the A grade KOM and 8th overall (+0:14:11). Brenton Jones won the final sprint and came forth overall (+0:02:59).

Paul Yeatman was the best in B grade (in sixth in a time of 5:19:55 (+0:02:16). Callan Barker came eighth (+0:02:40), Thommo came 17th (+0:04:08) and Darren Williams came 20th (+0:04:54).

Rob Monk came first overall in C grade and also won the sprint competition. Simon Baxter third overall and first in the KOM with Rob Monk third. Jarryd Jones came forth overalll. James Lalor came 12th.

There is also some video of the stage 3 sprints here. To see the sprints from stage 4, click here.

Full detail of placings are not available.

To read the A grade results, how B grade unfolded from the webmaster’s eyes and how C grade unfolded from the winner’s eyes, follow these links:

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

Photos of the 3 Day Tour

The Warragul Contingent

2009 3 Day Tour Photos

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Tags: 3 day tour

3Day Tour – Stage 4

Posted on June 8, 2009 by Webmaster

08/06/2009

A Grade Results

1st: Brenton Jones, 2nd: Patrick Lane, 3rd: Andy McNab

KOM: Patrick Lane, Sprint King Nick Aitken

Nick Aitken won race in 6:42:06

How B grade unfolded (told from webmaster’s perspective).

60.28km / 1:34:57 / 38.1kph

1st: Ben Dowsett, 2nd: David Shanahan, 3rd: Jim Timmer-Arends

KOM: Eamonn Feely (23rd overall), Sprint King: Michael O’Connor (9th overall)

Jim Timmer-Arends won race in 5:17:43 (37.1kph overall with time bonuses)

The race began fast and got faster when we took out first left. I was the only rider on the correct side of the road for much of the trip along Boolara Churchill Road and Hazelwood Estate Road. This left me exposed in the wind so I spent much of the race tail ending (good that I could keep up basically riding on my own, bad I was wasting energy and had no trouble keeping up when in the bunch when they were on the correct side of the road). No energy for the KOM’s or sprints.

On lap two along Callan Barker took off after the sprint and was caught by the turn into Boolara Road. Pre-race the plan was to go with him. Along Hazelwood Estate Road there were lots of shenanigans with riders launching attacks only to ram their brakes on shortly thereafter. Dangerous.

I got dropped on final hill though I clawed my way back by the second corner after the KOM point – according to my computer I also hit my top speed at this point.

A group of 3 (including the overall winner, Jim Timmer-Arends) took off about halfway along Hazelwood Estate Road and no one seriously chased. I took off with 800m to go but died with about 200m to go (I was not expecting to stay away, but you never know).

At the end of the race I was in 6th place. Heading into the tour the plan was to finish top five. CURSES!

How C grade unfolded

1st: Rob Monk, 2nd: Jake Laine, 3rd: Paul Taranto

KOM: Simon Baxter, Sprint King: Rob Monk

Rob Monk won race on 40 points

Leongatha seemed to have a plan to send riders up the road, one at a time. I made sure our newbies got some experience at chasing them back. Jason Dastey and Jaymon Prestige did a great job as the domestiques chasing back the breaks.

We let Neil White from Leongatha who was well down on the GC, take the first KOM points and Jarryd beat Shannon over the top to get the three points for second. This mean Jarryd and Simon were equal leaders of the tour with Shannon one point behind them.

I was leading the sprint comp and if I could win the first sprint and Shannon get nothing I would have an unbeatable lead. When the next Leongatha rider went up the road I planned to jump across to him and hope we could stay away till the sprint which was about 10km away. Kevin Feely from Leongatha had come second in the time trial the day before so when he rode off the front I let him get 100 meters then jumped across as fast as I could.

I was pretty pleased when I looked behind and no-one was chasing. I expected Shannon to be closing the gap but it was all Warragul Orange, White and Blue on the front and they were doing nothing.

Kevin and I rode to the sprint swapping turns. As I started to sprint I heard his front tyre blow. He managed to roll over the line to get second but I had lost my breakaway partner.

I was tempted to sit up and wait for the bunch but I could not see them behind so I figured I may be able to stay away till the next KOM. Given I skipped the time trial yesterday it was time to do mine today.

I made it to the KOM on my own and collected 5 more points. When I looked back two Leongatha guys were on their way up the hill. I recognised one as Jake Laine the guy who won yesterdays time trial by a minute and the other guy was super strong too. The cycling gods were smiling on me today. These two were ideal breakaway companions. I rolled down the hill and waited for them to catch. We made a pact to work together until we were caught.

I won the final sprint which meant I’d collected 15 points on the road and was now the race leader. We continue in team time trial mode up the KOM for the final time. The bunch were closing on us now and our lead was probably 300 meters going over the top of the climb. We continued to work hard into the strong head wind and gradually the gap opened again. In the sprint for the stage I took the win and the final 10 points.

Some days everything just goes right for you.