News & Race Reports

Report Kees Glorie Handicap

The Kees Glorie Memorial Handicap, the opening race of Albany Cycle Club's 2023/2024 season was held on 16th December in ideal conditions. The race, named for club member, Kees Glorie, who was tragically killed while out riding, attracted a record field including...

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ACC 2023 – 24 Season Has Begun!

   ACC 2023-24 Season Has Begun! Our first two club events have been well attended and very successful. Seven teams participated in the team time trial on the popular Elleker-Grassmere loop on 2nd December. Twenty-five participants began the holiday season with the...

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Kees Glorie Memorial Race Sat 16 December 23

Kees Glorie Memorial Race Sat 16 December 23

WHERE: Great Southern Grammar. Nanarup Rd, Kalgan.TIME: 6.30-6.45pm registration for a 7am start. (Please be on time to help our handicapper)COST: $5 ACC RACE members; $10 others.   On Saturday morning, December 16 at 7am WA's best little cycling club welcomes...

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Elleker Graded HCP Report – 26 Aug 2023

Elleker Graded HCP Report – 26 Aug 2023

Albany Cycle Club’s final race of the season attracted a large contingent of riders. Separated into NRS, Continental, Pro-Continental and World Tour groups, the same objective united all riders – get to the line first. Using a graded handicap format which featured...

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Albany Community Bank Grant

Albany Community Bank Grant

FUNDING GRANT FROM ALBANY COMMUNITY BANK TO IMPROVE FIRST AID RESPONSE FOR ALBANY CYCLE CLUB Thanks to generous funding support for The Albany Community Bank Albany Cycling Club has been able to purchase a new  fully loaded back-pack first aid kit and send two...

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Southern Ports Grant

Southern Ports Grant

FUNDING GRANT FROM SOUTHERN PORTS AUTHORITY TO SUPPORT ALBANY CYCLE CLUB Club records and race results will be more easily collated by the Albany Cycling Club courtesy of funding from the Southern Ports Community Investment Program. Club president Brett Dal Pozzo said...

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Scottsdale Slam Handicap – 22 July 2023

Scottsdale Slam Handicap – 22 July 2023

The Scottsdale Slam.  A 44-kilometre roller coaster in the picturesque hills of Denmark. From the start line the course climbs for roughly 16 kilometres; gentle at first but towards the end there’s a real sense of Little Red Engine:  I think I can, I know I can. ...

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Redmond Gravel Handicap – 8 July 2023

Redmond Gravel Handicap – 8 July 2023

Pristine gravel roads that resembled Swiss tarmac and even with winter now having rolled up its sleeves and got on with the job, there were only a few small patches that resembled the formative stages of Swiss cheese - such were the glorious conditions for the Albany...

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Narrikup Spencer Road Handicap – 10 June 2023

Narrikup Spencer Road Handicap – 10 June 2023

Narrikup "McLaren* Cup" HCP The colosseum of nature. None of this soft as butter, hermetically sealed, air conditioned, temperature controlled indoor stadiums offering a confected sporting experience. Nothing beats the primacy of athletes wrestling with nature; riding...

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RALPH FLOWERS HILL CLIMB – 27 MAY 2023

RALPH FLOWERS HILL CLIMB – 27 MAY 2023

Another Hill Climb Champs with a featured pic of the podium trio - winner Brett Dal Pozzo, second place very close behind Vince Bascombe and a stirling third place to Ryan McLaren. There followed another HILLAPALOOZA, to warm down, our plucky climbers, joined by a few...

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NULLAKI HANDICAP – 20 MAY 2023

NULLAKI HANDICAP – 20 MAY 2023

Ingredients: One glorious day, twenty odd bike riders, some curious cattle, a 16% watt bomb climb. Instructions: Combine, stir thoroughly, wait for ninety minutes and you have the makings of an awesome event, the first race on the new Nullaki course for the Albany...

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40km Time Trial Yellanup Road – 1 April 2023

40km Time Trial Yellanup Road – 1 April 2023

Congratulations to our new 40km TT champion, Brendan Holmes, on achieving fastest solo time in his debut ride with Albany Cycle Club. (The club handicapper has taken note!) And chapeau to the amazing Jenny Sammons, fastest female, who rode her fastest ever 40km and...

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KOSCIUSZKO CHALLENGE 6 MARCH 23

KOSCIUSZKO CHALLENGE 6 MARCH 23

KOSCIUSZKO CHALLENGE – 6 MARCH 2023 Mount Kosciusko. The Southern Woodlands ascent. Feared and revered. An icon in Australian climbing folklore. Having survived the bunyip infested lakes that surround base camp, climbers then have to negotiate 2228 metres of vertical...

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KEES GLORIE HANDICAP – 17 DECEMBER 2022

KEES GLORIE HANDICAP – 17 DECEMBER 2022

Saturday 17th December saw the running of the first handicap road race of Albany Cycle Club’s 2022/2023 season, The Kees Glorie Memorial handicap. Dating back to 2009, the race is held in honour of ACC member Kees Glorie who was tragically struck and killed while out...

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