DUBBO Cycle Club will this weekend host the NSW Under-9 to Under-13 Track Championships and Dubbo Track Open after the event was rescheduled due to extreme heat in mid-February.
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Cycling NSW and the Dubbo Cycle Club opted to postpone the event in February due to the extreme temperatures which exceeded 44 degrees and the club expects ideal-racing conditions for this weekend’s competitions.
Riders in the under-9, under-11 and under-13 age groups will contest the NSW Junior Track Championship individual time trial, scratch race and sprint derby, while senior riders will tackle the Dubbo Track Open, which includes the Cliff Hazell Memorial Wheelrace.
Young guns Georgia Farr, Imogen, Makayla, Jessica and Zac Fuller, Emily and Trent Hines, Isabelle, Louis and Tom Russell, and Tom Williamson will fly the Dubbo Cycle Club flag at the Junior State Championships.
Senior riders Danny Barber, Jason Canobie, Haydon Carroll, Lachie Clark, Chris Couper, Darryl Cumming, Tim Dawson, Dylan and Kurt Eather, Luke Ensor, Jason Farr, Sam Fitzgerald, Zara and Haylee Fuller, Sarah Gordon, Mitch and Tim Hines, Alex Russell, Mike and Heather Ticehurst, Darrell and Brodie Wheeler and Bill Williamson will ride the Dubbo Track Open.
Eather brothers Dylan and Kurt, as well as Danny Barber and Haylee Fuller will be one to watch after starring at the National Junior Track Championships last week.
The nominations for the event have been largely unchanged, though a number of riders, including NSW kilometre time trial champion Harry Carter and Oceania team pursuit gold medallist Tom Bolton will by-pass the Dubbo carnival due to commitments at the Cycling Australia National Track Championships.
World Masters Track Champion Renee Covington, recent multiple national under-17 track champion Ashlee Jones, and World Masters Track medallists Darryl Thorncraft and Graham Peadon head up a strong line-up of riders for the senior carnival.
The Cliff Hazell Memorial Wheelrace, this year sponsored by Northern Region Couriers, will again be a hotly contested race this this time around and will also likely be a fast and exciting affair with a number of talented riders expected.
The senior carnival includes a number of races for the senior riders, with two scratch races, a handicap race, a Wheelrace qualifier and a keirin all contested on a bumper card of racing.
The Junior Track Championships for the under-9 to under-13 riders gets underway at No.1 Oval from 2pm on Saturday afternoon, while the senior carnival commences at 4pm.
Racing for the junior state aspirants continues on Sunday morning from 9am, with riders contesting the individual time trial state championships.
