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2024 Anzac Day 25 Details

Enter now for our our annual ANZAC Day 20/25 State Silver event at Lakeside (ANZAC Day - Thursday 25th April). Racing will be conducted in 16 grades. AusCycling age groups and gradings will apply with separate Juniors, Men's and Women's races.

The feature races will be the ANZAC Day 20 (20 laps for women) and ANZAC Day 25 (25 laps for men).

Over $5000 in prizemoney - It will be a great day of racing - excellent trophies and prizemoney.
 
Details/Enter Now - ANZAC Day 20/25 - Thurs 25th April 2024
 
Many thanks to our HWCC Life Member, Mick Wilkinson for assisting with sponsorship again!






 

2024 Battle of the Aarses postponed till April 6th


Our commissaires have done a track inspection and the Nundah track won't be safe to race on tomorrow. We'd postponed the event provisionally to April 6th. Entries will carry over to that date. Any riders who can't make this date can scratch (cancel) their entry with a refund.

Australian Junior Track Series Round 3 (Adelaide) - Race Report

To cap off the Australian Junior Track Series, Ethan Lang made the trip down to a scorching hot Adelaide Super-drome to represent Hamilton Wheelers in what would be his comeback race after breaking his collarbone at junior road nationals in September. One week after surgery Ethan began a solid eight-week block of indoor training that resulted in a very impressive improvement in FTP (fitness). So, despite missing three months of JETS track training at Anna Meares Velodrome Ethan was confident of a good showing in Adelaide.

The first day of racing incorporated the national omnium championships. Ethan easily qualified for the championship event by scoring a point in the first sprint of his points race heat placing him in the top 20.

The omnium championship was hotly contested by the best U17 track riders in Australia. For Ethan, it was a to be a lesson in training specificity and reacquainting himself with shoulder-to-shoulder U17 track racing. After a long, hard day of racing, when other riders were beginning to fatigue, Ethan started to find his legs. In the final event of the omnium, the points race, Ethan was back to his usual ways, attacking, bridging gaps and being competitive in the sprints.

In the evening after his four omnium events, Ethan had “the sorest quads he has ever experienced”. Not at all unexpected considering he hasn’t raced on the boards since April 2022 and has had less than an hour of training on his track bike since then. Ethan can now appreciate the unique power and strength you gain from pushing a single gear around a velodrome. No wonder our Aussie track riders do so well in road events too.

The second day of racing saw more improvement again as Ethan became more confident onthe track bike. Although the results sheet doesn’t reflect it, it was a great outcome for him. In the series, we had 4 juniors representing the Hamilton Wheelers with Porter White
leading our U17 men in 24 th overall. Lachlan Walters was not far behind in 27 th and Ethan brought home the back of the pack in 43 rd . Meanwhile, Harrison Dowling took out 30 th in the U15 men. Our U17 Men will also be training hard now having been selected to the QLD junior track team to compete at nationals in April.



Alexandra 'Bubsy' Larsson National XCC MTB Champ

Congrats to Bubsy Larsson who won gold at Thredbo in the U17 XCC (Cross Country Short Course) championship race and silver in the XCO (Cross Country Olympic) race. 

Full results at https://my.raceresult.com/233159/







photos - Jason Larsson

How to pin on your number

Here is the correct way to pin on your number for races with Hamilton Wheelers. We use a camera directly in line with the finish. This means you number must be clearly visible directly from side on.
  • Pin you number across your ribcage (not on your back) when leant over in a sprint position
  • Make sure it's on the correct side - right side for normal direction Nundah, left side for most road courses and reverse crits
  • Check to make sure the number isn't folded over
  • You can angle the number so it's vertical when leant over
  • Extra pins are available if you need to make it more 'aero'
  • 'My mate did it for me' is not a good excuse!
  • Don't forget to claim your places straight after the race
Volunteering at the finish line is a good way to see who can and can't pin a number on!

Can you read all these numbers?

Annual Presentation Awards 2022

Our annual awards ceremony was held at the clubhouse after racing on Saturday.


Club Champions:


A Grade Male Andrew Friebe

B Grade Male Michael Archer

C Grade Male Zack Wilson

D Grade Female Juliana Rowan

D Grade Male Arthur Puie


F Grade Bob McIntyre

[No photo sorry]
U13 BOYS Harrison Dowling


U13 GIRLS Rio Pender

[No photo sorry, racing at AJTS]
U15 BOYS Lachlan Walters



Club Champions (with a few stand-ins!)
 



Soldiers Honour Handicap Winner: Peter Allonby
 
Ted Alexander Handicap Div 1 Winner: Kate Morgan
 
Ted Alexander Handicap Div 2 Winner: Neve Parslow


Frank Papp Div 1 Memorial Handicap Winner: Peter Oddson
 
Frank Papp Div 2 Memorial Handicap Winner: Lachlan Walters
 
Eric Hawkins Memorial Race: Zach Gilmore (L'ceston)
 


Most Improved Rider: Kim Rasker

 


Most Improved Junior: Quinn Findlay

 
Presidents Award awarded to the following 5 volunteers:
Paul Dahl/Stu Morrison - mowing
Darryl Baker - Chief Commissaire duties
Kim Flesser - newsletter
Jenni Eason - clubhouse catering
Marshall Cusworth - floods cleanup, container removal


Volunteer of the Year: Mick Young

Aggregate Score Winner: Wayne Wilson




Life Membership Award: Gary Alcorn


Life Time Achievement Award – Mick Wilkinson



Century Riders

Volunteers random draw prize.
1st Prize Ben Wilcox - One year free membership
2nd – Leah Roberts – smaller prizes
3rd – Chris Jefferies – smaller prizes



Cash Cow Random Draw Winner $450 Paul Newman





2022 Club Championship

Each year our club championship is conducted over three different disciplines to determine who is the best overall rider. The overall winner in each grade or division is awarded the coveted Club Championship jersey. Gold, Silver and Bronze medals are awarded for the winners of each event.

The three events were:
  • Criterium - Sat 6th Aug Nundah  - Results
  • Individual Time Trial - Sat 27th August Woongoolba - Results
  • Road Race  - Sat 10th Sept Elimbah - Results

2022 Club Championship Results

Overall Results and Club Champions

A Grade Male ANDREW FRIEBE
B Grade Male MICHAEL ARCHER
C Grade Male ZACK WILSON
D Grade Female JULIANA ROWAN
D Grade Male ARTHUR PUIE
F Grade BOB MCINTYRE
U13 BOYS HARRISON DOWLING
U13 GIRLS RIO PENDER
U15 BOYS LACHLAN WALTERS

CHAMPIONSHIP RULES

Separate categories were conducted for male and female riders in each HWCC grade division. Junior club championships are the exception as they are conducted in Age divisions for U9, U11, U13 and U15, U17. Male and Female riders start together but seperate points are awarded. U17 riders start with C grade but seperate points are awarded.

Riders remain in their grades for the whole championship unless absolutely necessary - if riders move up a grade they will carry half their points over.

Due to schedule constraints with COVID and poor weather Junior Jerseys were awarded based on the Criterium round only.

Club Championship Points
1st    10 + Gold Medal
2nd    6 + Silver Medal
3rd    4 + Bronze Medal
Start  1
Finish 1
Peform roster duty at Club Championship event 2pts
Commissaire at club Championship event 4 pts

A special Club Champion jersey is awarded to the rider in each category with the highest aggregate points and who has competed in all of the three club championship events. There must be more than one rider, in each championship event, in the category for a jersey to be awarded. In the event if a tie, the winner is determined by the greater number of highest places. If required after this the ITT time will decide the winner.

Hamilton Elite Team - QRTS Report  23/24 July 2022

 
The Hamilton Wheelers Elite Team (sponsored by Joseph Hughes Accounting) tackled the tough courses near Gympie last weekend in Round 2 of this year’s series.

Many thanks again to Joe Hughes Accounting for assisting the club with generous sponsorship of our HWCC Elite Team.
 
The team suffered massive withdrawals caused by Covid and illness but were able to put a team of 5 into the 2 days of racing in Round 2 of the QRTS. What a job they did for themselves and Hamilton.

Stage 1 was a 95 km undulating windy course at Imbill where the average speed was 39.79 km/hr.
Ren Bao Tsen was 15 th overall 19 secs down on the winner with Liam Farrell was 21 st , Jordan Mann 22 nd , Ben Wilcox 33 rd and Zack Wilson 34th.
The day finished with a showcase sprint up the main sprint with Ben Wilcox spectacularly destroying his rear mech (and skilfully staying upright) to conclude an interesting day’s racing.

Stage 2 saw the race move to Kandanga with an TTT in the morning and a road race in the afternoon. The team performed well in the TTT coming 7 th overall down 1.55 to a very strong Tandem Co Team.

The afternoon road race was a VERY testing hilly affair of 94 km with the pack being decimated by the nature of the course and the strong front riders. Your team performed magnificently with Ren Bao Tsen being in the lead pack all day and finishing in 11 th place (st) as the eventual winner. Jordan Mann was 21 st Liam Farrell 29 th Ben Wilcox 31 st and Zack Wilson 35 th . This was a TOUGH day but your team performed very well and this experience will stand them in good stead for Round 3 the Battle on the Border.
 
Currently the team sits in 6 th place in the team’s category and hopefully more riders will have recovered and be able to complete in Round 3.
 

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