- Traffic Controller Training
- Road Racing is Coming
- Crit Reminder – Membership and Regrading
- International Women’s Day
- Next Race – Stromlo Crits
- NARRABUNDAH TRACK RACING
- Race Report – Crits
- Upcoming races requiring volunteers – race calendar can be found here
Traffic Controller Training
Members, the club is desperately short of qualified event traffic controllers (ETCs) to help run our road racing program. We’re also seeking to expand our small pool of NSW-qualified ETCs. This would enable us to return to race at classic sites like Dog Trap Road, Gunning and Cooma.
If you’ve enjoyed racing with the club over the years, or if you’re a new member who wants to experience the joy of racing on the open road, please support us by volunteering to do the ETC course.
The club will pay for the costs of the course. You will receive a nationally-recognised qualification and new skills. Volunteering with the club as an ETC will also get you generous race credits.
At this stage, our course provider MBA (ACT)/Admire runs the course over three days during the week. However, if we have enough interest, we will seek to negotiate a weekend course so members do not have to take leave from work.
Please respond to committee@crmcc.org.au.
Road Racing is Coming
We have received approval for our 2026 Road Racing calendar. We have just made the first few races active in the RMS Calendar and available for entries. Please remember we need volunteers for these events to go ahead. If you are available and willing to help out, please fill in your details here Volunteer Spreadsheet or email committee@crmcc.org.au
Please pencil in the following dates to your diaries:
Sunday 9am 22 March 2026 – Graded scratch race between Smith’s Road and Apollo Road
Sunday 9am 29 March 2026 – Time Trial starting and finishing at Lookout Hill
Saturday 9am 18 April 2026 – Handicap at Apollo Road with a summit finish!
Crit Reminder – Membership and Regrading
If you are planning on racing Crits in 2026, please note the following updates on membership and grading:
Membership renewal
This is a reminder that you will need to renew your club membership before you will be able to race.
To renew membership online, please go to https://capitalregionmasterscyclingclub.org.au/membership/ and follow the instructions under: “Steps for renewing your annual membership”.
Once you have renewed, a member of the committee must manually update the RMS to make you active, so please note the following time cut-offs to allow this to happen:
- If you are a Crit Season Pass holder, please ensure that you renew your membership before 12:40 tomorrow. You will not immediately be shown as an entrant, but this will be updated by us before the race.
- If you enter races individually, please ensure that you renew your membership before 10am tomorrow. This is to allow us to update you in the system and get back to you in time to be able to enter before the normal 12:40 cut-off.
Criterium Regrading
As previously communicated in the Bleat (https://capitalregionmasterscyclingclub.org.au/2025/12/crmcc-weekly-bleat-08-december-2025/), we have completed a regrading exercise that is intended to improve the spread of racers across the grades.
Before racing, please check to see if your grade has changed and if so ensure that you attend the correct race.
New grades can be found at: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Phf94jPvGo7OA_4nG71MfhY8oj5ePTz4/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=102624606282391619796&rtpof=true&sd=true
Note: We will not be able to make any changes to individual grades on the day. Going forward, grades can be discussed with Rob our handicapper at: handicapper@crmcc.org.au
International Women’s Day – 8th March 2026
International Women’s Day is fast approaching! Shirley-Anne Taylor has put her hand up to be the contact person for planning and getting involved in the event. Speak to her on Tuesday evenings or email the committee and we will put you in touch.
If you’re interested in getting involved or would like to know more, we’d love to hear from you. Just speak to one of the committee members or mail us at: committee@crmcc.org.au
Next Race – Crits at Stromlo Forest Park – Tuesday 03 March 2026
Please note, the D/E/F/G timeslot also holds the Women’s specific criterium grade (20mins) to foster participation and confidence in riding on the Stromlo Forest Park criterium track. Perfect for women and non-binary riders who are looking for an introductory ride or those that prefer cycling in a smaller group.
Race registration cut-off is 12:40pm. Cost is $10.
You need to register by looking up the calendar entry in the RMS https://rms.crmcc.org.au/calendar
You must wear your CRMCC assigned race number to race.
Late registrations will be assessed by committee@crmcc.org.au and if allowed, a late fee of $10 will be applied.
If you are unregistered and show up to the crit track, you must convince a committee member (not the Race Director) of your club member financial status for insurance purposes, before being allowed to participate.
All riders are required to sign on before their race start.
We will be running an entry chute, where riders are called 1 by 1 onto the circuit in numerical order of sign-on.
Please remember to check the RMS Calendar for race times each week now that we are back to rotating all 3 time slots.
NARRABUNDAH TRACK RACING – THURSDAY 05 March, 5.30 PM
The Program for Thursday is as follows:
5.30pm – 6.00pm: Warm-up and free practice.
6.00pm – 6.20pm: 8-lap graded scratch race.
6.20pm – 6.50pm: 2-lap handicap (Omnium event 4).
6.50pm – 7.10pm: 8-lap snowball.
7.10pm – 7.30pm: Italian pursuit.
Spare Track Bikes
We have several spare track bikes if you wish to try track racing. Note that you will need to bring your
own pedals. You may need to pump up tyres (we will have a pump available) and adjust saddle / bar
position. You will need to check over the bike for safety purposes. Although we will assist as far as
practical, equipment safety and providing tools for fitting / adjustments is your responsibility.
Attendance
Please register your attendance at https://rms.crmcc.org.au/calendar?5021932
Each race will cost $10, or purchase the season track pass at $80.
NARRABUNDAH TRACK RACING RESULTS – THURSDAY 26 FEBRUARY
The session races and place getters were as follows:
8-Lap Scratch: (A1 Grade) John Paul De Sousa. (A2 Grade) Alison Hale, Sarah Stephens, Chris Chant,
Ben Davis. (B Grade) Ken Birch, Frank O’Sullivan, Graeme O’Neill.
200m Fly (Omnium Event 3): (A1 Grade) John Paul De Sousa (13.80s). (A2 Grade) Chris Chant
(14.11s), Sarah Stephens (14.22s), Ben Davis (14.25s), Alison Hale (14.82s). (B Grade) Frank O’Sullivan
(14.82s), Ken Birch (16.40s), Graeme O’Neill (16.56s).
2-Lap Handicap: Frank O’Sullivan, Sarah Stephens, Ken Birch, Chris Chant, Alison Hale.
Italian Pursuit: Winner Team 1 (John Paul De Sousa, Ben Davis, Frank O’Sullivan, Graeme O’Neill).
Season Point Score:
John Paul De Sousa (253), Alison Hale (232), Ken Birch (203), Ben Davis (199), Phil Coulton (192), Chris
Chant (178), Graeme O’Neill (150), Sarah Stephens (110), Jess Laws (85), Dave Buckley (75), Craig
Kentwell (69), Ian Drayton (63), Frank O’Sullivan (61), Paul Angelatos (18), Conan Liu (15).
Omnium Point Score
Ben Davis (15), John Paul De Sousa (15), Ken Birch (15), Chris Chant (10), Frank O’Sullivan (9), Phil
Coulton (7), Alison Hale (7), Sarah Stephens (5), Graeme O’Neill (4).
Race Report – SFP 24 February 2026
Unfortunately, we don’t have a race report from last week at this stage. Please enjoy Ian’s photos below in the meantime.
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.
CRMCC Committee
President – David Parker
Vice President – Dave Buckley
Secretary – Michael Fawke
Treasurer – Mark Vardy
Handicapper – Rob Langridge
