News Shorts - 31 August

**Irish Grand Lap @ 26 Aug - Simon Lempriere (BiciSport Pilu Racing) completes the lap of Ireland raising $$ for charity.**

**BiciSport @ NSW Masters Championships @ Canberra @ 23 Aug - Cat Haines (BiciSport Pilu Racing) wins Womens W5 category**

**BiciSport @ West Head Interclub @ 23 Aug - Dudley Hoskin (BiciSport Happy Wheels) wins the Masters category**

**BiciSport @ West Head Interclub @ 23 Aug - Dudley Hoskin (BiciSport Happy Wheels) right of picture**

**BiciSport @ West Head Interclub @ 23 Aug - Matt Coy (BiciSport Pilu Racing) right of picture**

**BiciSport @ West Head Interclub @ 23 Aug - Matt Coy over the finish line**

**BiciSport @ West Head Interclub @ 23 Aug - Matt & Dudley after the finish**

**BiciSport @ Dunc Gray Velodrome @ 21 Aug - David Browne (BiciSport Happy Wheels) goes podium (of sorts)**

**Heffron Park Retro Day - leave your carbon & disc brakes at home**

**Frans Verbeek (RIP) …. one of the very few to challenge Eddy Merckx when it really mattered. RIP Frans**

**Frans Verbeek was a dairy farmer before he became a very talented professional cyclist and carried the nickname of the “*Flying Milkman*”**

BiciSport Special Events

The events, races, cyclosportives or gravel listed in Special Events receive direct BiciSport support by way of personnel to assist on the day.

For further information go to the Special Events Section on this website

2026 -

* Masters National Road Championships (Yandina + Noosa, Sunshine Coast, Qld)

* Dirty Dish Gravel (Parkes, NSW)

* Gears & Beers (Wagga, NSW)

* Sydney Spring Cycle (over the Sydney Harbour Bridge)

* Bowral Classic (Bowral, NSW)

* BiciSport Bright Training Camp (Bright, Vic)

* Tour of Bright (Bright Vic)

RACING THIS WEEK

Sept 5 & 6
- Illawarra Two Day Tour (Dapto, NSW)
Sept 6
- Lansdowne Park (Waratah Masters)

TRAINING Rides THIS WEEK

Every Mon/Wed/Fri Mornings @ 8.15am

# Centennial Park Molteni Masters @ Centennial Park - Meet at the corner of Parkes Drive/Grand Drive at 8.15am and do CP laps until 9.30am then coffee at Spruce Goose Cafe.

Every Tues/Sat/Sun Mornings

# Depart Shark Park carpark near Cronulla @ 9.30am for Kurnell & return

Tues 2 Sept

# Homebush Bay Promenade @ Armoury Cafe Newington @ 10.30am - depart from the Armoury Cafe carpark. Laps of Homebush Bay. Contact MOR on 0417 403 244

Tues 1 Sept & Thurs 3 Sept

# Waratah Peloton @ pass the corner of Yulong Ave & McCarrs Creek Rd Terrey Hills

Faster group departs @ 7.50am (don’t be late)
Slower group departs @ 8.00am (sharp … don’t be late) for Akuna Bay, top of McCarrs Creek Rd climb at 8.40am, then direction Duffys Forest, then return Terrey Hills shops @ 9.15am then to St Ives for coffee

# Centennial Park Lower Loop from 5.30am to 7.45am

Thurs 3 Sept

# Belgian Waffle Ride @ Spruce Goose Cafe @ Centennial Park @ 10.30am for CP laps

# Hurstville Oval Velodrome @ 7pm @ 100 lapper on either road bikes or track bikes

Sat 5 Sept

# BiciSport Coffee @ McCarrs Restaurant & General Store @ McCarrs Creek Rd Terrey Hills @ 9.30am