28 Jul 05

Gunning TTT weekend

Steam put on a good showing in our distinctive orange at the weekend - with many members, old time racers and those new to racing, making the trip to Gunning to make up the teams. Luckily it dawned fine on the day, after we all had a great carbo loading feast made by Mark and the boys the night before, and it did briefly warm up before the wind came up. Not much to recommend as far as Gunning goes, however Gary did tell me that the lone coffee shop actually made a good coffee. Luckily for Peloton and Steam members, we had our very own Saeco coffee machine in the tent along with as much race food and drink as you could need.

The Steam teams all performed very creditably with the girls taking out a silver. Unfortunately one of our team members had a bad cold and for some reason suffered on the downhill with a tailwind and came good on the uphill into a ferocious head wind. Work that one out. Special mention has to go to the elite boys who put in a great effort in their 80km time trial. Johnny "the Shoe" Chuo hung on for dear life as Ben and Pete G motored on through. The elite field is highly competitive and is usually taken out by the pro or semi pro elite men - well done to our boys for having a great go.

And the other teams did their best on a very windy day on an undulating course - all agreeing that we could do with some more team time trialling practice as it's not nearly so easy as the Discovery Channel team makes it look in the Tour. Congratulations to everyone for taking part and thanks to everyone who turned up and raced for the club. We are already planning next year's event. Special thanks must go to Mark Rowling from Turramurra Cyclery and his handy helpers for putting together a great dinner, breakfast and mechanical support as well as BBQ on race day. Most of us felt like pro riders with the all the support available.

Place	Competitor	Club / Sponsors	Time	Cat
1	URQUHART, Alison	Eastern Suburbs CC	00:37:32	WMAS2
2	BECKER, Therese	Peloton/STEAM	00:38:22	WMAS2
2	MURRAY, Anna	Peloton/STEAM	00:38:22	WMAS2
16	CHUO, John	Peloton/STEAM	02:13:07	Elite Men
16	FEAIN, Peter	Peloton/STEAM	02:13:07	Elite Men
16	GALVIN, Peter	Peloton/STEAM	02:13:07	Elite Men
16	HOWARD, Ben	Peloton/STEAM	02:13:07	Elite Men
9	PEGLEY, David	Northern Sydney CC	00:33:16	MMAS2
13	GORMAN, Robert	Peloton/STEAM	00:34:17	MMAS2
13	LEE, Warren	Peloton/STEAM	00:34:17	MMAS2
13	SUTHERLAND, Greg	Peloton/STEAM	00:34:17	MMAS2
13	VANOLINI, Daniele	Peloton/STEAM	00:34:17	MMAS2
21	CORRENT, Marco	Peloton/STEAM	00:37:43	MMAS2
21	HARRIS, Colin	Peloton/STEAM	00:37:43	MMAS2
21	MATHIESON, Muir	Peloton/STEAM	00:37:43	MMAS2
21	TRINCA, Michael	Peloton/STEAM	00:37:43	MMAS2
2	RUSSELL, Paul	Peloton Sports Inc.	00:34:40	MMAS5
10	SOLOMON, David	Peloton Sports Inc.	00:36:52	MMAS5
14	KNUTSON, Rodney	Peloton/STEAM	00:40:18	MMAS5
14	MARKS, Allan	Peloton/STEAM	00:40:18	MMAS5
14	WHITE, Keith	Peloton/STEAM	00:40:18	MMAS5
14	LEAHEY, Gary	Peloton/STEAM	00:40:18	MMAS5

Julie Graham and Lisa Springer also put in a great effort to compete and race hard with just a 2 woman team. Congratulations to Alison in 1st, as well as Anna and Therese, and Paul in 2nd.

Saturday - 6:30am start from the coffee van in Centennial Park for a steady 60km ride to Sutherland and back. There will be 2 groups. Back in the park latest by 9am. For those that want more, there will be a Steam contingent at Heffron in the afternoon : D and E grades start at 2pm and A,B and C grades at 3pm. Come and support your fellow Steamers if you don't want to race yourself.

Sunday - 6:30am start from the coffee van for Waterfall and back - 90km total. There will be two groups leaving.

Remember to let Rod know if you want to come to the Bowral weekend on 27th/28th August. We need to finalise numbers so will need to know if you are interested. There will be a deposit payable in a couple of weeks to secure your spot. 160km ride from the Park to Bowral via Macquarie Pass and then 3 course dinner at the Royal Hotel round the fire in the evening. 40km recovery ride in the morning before getting bussed back to Sydney.

Club membership renewals

My name is Brad Hector and I am a university student and amateur triathlete at Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga. In December and January of this year, i will be undertaking and event called Tri For A Wish, which is a triathlon to be completed solo by myself involving a swim from Rottnest Island to Perth, cycling from Perth to Melbourne and running from Melbourne to Sydney within 40 days to raise much needed funds for the Starlight Foundation.

This year over 600,000 children are expected to be hospitalised across Australia, and the Starlight Foundation aims to reach every one of these children. Unfortunatley their resources only allow them to reach approximately 200,000 children, or less than one-in-three. The Starlight Foundation receives no government funding and only receives funds from the genorosity of the community and events such as Tri For A Wish. The aim of Tri For A Wish is to raise the $5,000 required to grant a wish for a seriously ill child. Currently there are over 500 children on the waiting list for this once in a lifetime opportunity.

I am hoping that you can circulate the attached information sheet or this email amongst your triathlon clubs members, or perhaps include a brief description of the event and the website in a club newsletter or similar as I expect the most generous support to come from the triathlon community.

I am also interested in accomodating people who may wish to accompany me for a day of the event either on their bike or on foot. Although there are no guidelines set for this as yet, I would be interested in hearing expressions of interest to determine whether people would be interested in participating. Tri For A Wish also provides sponsorship opportunities to all sizes of business so if you have any business contacts you think may be interested in a sponsorship opportunity, please contact me so that a sponsorship proposal can be forwarded.

Please do not hesitate to contact me directly on 0425 287 094, or via return email if you would like to discuss Tri For A Wish.

Yours in sport

Brad Hector

Tri For A Wish

www.triforawish.com

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All funds raised go towards putting smiles on the faces of seriously ill children and their families.