News & Race Reports
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
Lowlands Gravel Bash – Impulse Cycles Dirty Thirty – 5 August 2023 Lowlands Gravel Bash: Impulse Cycles Dirty Thirty race – Aug 5 2023 (3 min read) Back in the day, there was a colonial longface known as Hanrahan who had an unusually pessimistic...
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...
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 –...
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....
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...