• Crit Season 2026/27
  • Track Season 2026/27
  • Club Kit order update
  • Race Report – Club Champs
  • Upcoming races requiring volunteers – race calendar can be found here

Crit Season 2026/27

With the Criterium Season almost upon us it has been timely for the Committee to review several aspects of the club’s financial operations including the Criterium Season race entry fee, criterium season pass, and the volunteer credits. 

The committee has done this review noting that we are in a reasonably sound financial position, however we want to ensure the club can confidently operate with a financial buffer that can accommodate any financial risks that may come to fruition, as well as invest in infrastructure and operational improvements that can add value to member’s experience.

The changes below come at a time where we’re seeing increased costs to the club, including venue, first aid, and the investment in training to help with self sufficiency for the club.

Criterium Entry

This will be the third season where the season pass will be offered, with take up in previous years being quite strong. The strength of take up, along with the significant discount to a full season’s potential fees, has contributed to diluting the club’s revenue, necessitating the following changes.

The 2026/27 season pricing structure will be as follows:

  • Single race entry – $12 per race
  • Season Criterium Pass covering all standard Stromlo Criteriums – $156

These rates continue to represent very good value for money with 25 races planned for the season.

Volunteer Credits

The club’s ongoing success continues to rely on volunteers – without volunteers we can’t organise or run races.

By way of background, the club has used a financial incentive for members who volunteer for a number of years.  The previous process was to offer a honorarium, which was generally not taken up by all volunteers, and therefore did not create a significant financial burden on the club. 

Last year the club switched from offering the honorarium for volunteers to a race credits system which was automatically applied to members to use against any upcoming race entry fees.  The system provided a token reward for the volunteer’s time in helping run races.  In the first year operating the cost of this system has impacted the running costs of the club by more 50% more than the previous honorarium system ($2,000 in 2025 to $3,100 in 2026).  This is largely due to a concentration of members volunteering who then are able to offset their race fees through credits.  The key statistic on this issue is that only 60% of members who raced in the last 12 months have volunteered in that time.

The club will continue the race credits for the foreseeable future, however the amount per role will be adjusted. 1 credit will equal one standard race entry.

  • For open road races, Race Directors, ETCs and van drivers will receive 4 credits each, and marshals 1 credit.
  • For closed circuit races at SDTC, SFP, or Dairy Flat Road, Race Directors will receive 2 credits, van drivers (where required) will receive 4 credits, and marshals 1 credit.

Clubs like ours cannot operate successfully without the help of volunteers, and we encourage all members to meet the minimum volunteer commitment of 1 race per year to maintain your membership status in good standing. We are not unique in the challenges of getting volunteers in our sport, but as a committee we hope that the spirit of volunteerism can help the club thrive into the future.

Track Season 2026/27

Track racing will be back at the Narrabundah Velodrome on Thursday evenings for the 2026/27 season. We are working on getting all the Track season dates up in the RMS to allow entries.

Club Kit order update

Jimmy from MVMNT has advised us that production of our order is now complete! Shipping is in progress and delivery expected next week. Thanks for your patience. The kit will definitely be worth the wait!

Race Report – Club Championships

A warm and welcoming Spring afternoon greeted us at Uriarra Homestead. We could certainly tell Summer is on the way. There was also a bit of wind about to keep things interesting. 24 riders were spread across the various age groups with Shirley-Anne being our only female competitor. Unfortunately, two flat tyres would undo her championship bid. Our male riders started off in two groups, M1-M5 and M6-M10. However, after the gradual uphill rise to start proceedings, these groups quickly splintered into smaller groups when they came back down through the start/finish line. When they reappeared to complete lap one of three, Steve Crispin had decided to go solo off the front and ride his own race. Several small chase groups had formed behind led by Dan Lekhac, Marc Vroomans and Craig Lindenmayer. The next two laps would follow a similar pattern with Steve Crispin ticking along in time trial mode out in front, keeping very consistent lap times, and several small groups following, doing their best to work together in the somewhat windy conditions. All riders managed to successfully navigate the multiple Rapha bunches out on course, and before we knew it, we had our road Club Champions for the year! Please see a list of results below.

M2 – Victor Boumard

M3 – Daniel Lekhac, Ben Shillong

M4 – Andrew Murrell, Ben Copeland, Brendan Sears

M5 – Steve Crispin, Marc Vroomans, Craig Lindenmayer

M6 – Christophe Barberet, James Bennett, Andrew Lubbock

M7 – Chris Short

M8 – Mark Harris, Ian Preston, Bryan Holloway

M9 – Owain Tilley

M10 – Alex Sommariva

David Parker (race director)

Photos thanks to Ian Hutchings

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Upcoming races needing volunteers

Please self-register as a volunteer, where you can put your name down against those roles marked ‘Vacant’ in this Google spreadsheet. We will follow-up and confirm your volunteering with an email from committee@crmcc.org.au
Thank you to those members who have offered their services to fill roles so our races can run. https://rms.crmcc.org.au/calendar

CRMCC Committee

President – David Parker

Vice President – Dave Buckley

Secretary – Michael Fawke

Treasurer – Mark Vardy

Handicapper – Rob Langridge

E-mail committee@crmcc.org.au