Western NSW Cycling

Bathurst Cycling Clubs 2015 Anzac Memorial to R Honeyman

This podcast was released in 2015 for the Bathurst Cycling Club Anzac Day Memorial to 1914/15 Bathurst Cycling Champion H.G. Honeyman. Former UCI Contract rider Blair Windsor joins us for a discussion on members of the local cycling community that made the supreme sacrifice for their country. Specifically R.G. Honeyman who served in the amazing 7th Light Horse Regiment and would be sent into the action in Egypt. RG Honeyman lost his life and was buried in the International ZagaZig Cemetery, (Ismailia War Memorial Cemetery). 

Bathurst Cycling Club Anzac Day 2020 Podcast

Since 2014 world war veterans who were part of the local cycling community have been honoured by the Bathurst Cycling Club at the Anzac Day Trophy Race, with the race named after them. Although in 2020 the Coronavirus has stopped cycling across the world, the Bathurst Cycling Club Memorial will still continue this Anzac Day with Mary Phillips Robertson of the Royal Army Medical Corps to be honoured. This Podcast will take the place of the memorial ceremony which normally takes place at the Bathurst Cycling Club House before the Anzac Race..

Alex Fulcher OAM MBE - Interview Part 1

CNSW Heritage Commission Podcast No 4 – “Alex Fulcher OAM MBE” Interview Part 1

The second of our NSW Legends Interviews is with Alex Fulcher. CNSW Heritage Commission Chairman interviews Fulcher on his long rein as NSW President and his State and National Coaching Success; also his excellent cycling career with the League of Wheelman.

Podcast includes – 1961 Goulburn to Sydney, 1963 Mercury Tour of Tasmania, 1978 & 1982 Com Games, Tour of the West, 84 Los Angeles Olympic Games.

Opening Run of the 1896 NSW Road Cycling Season

Podcast - Opening Run for the 1896 NSWCU Road Cycling season (and the end of Zimmerman amazing 1895/96 Summer Track Season).

CNSW Heritage Commission recently received an inquiry on a NSW Cyclist Union Trophy that has been handed down through the Daley Family for over 120years.

The Trophy was for the Opening Event of the 1896 Road season, (and obviously the closing event of the 1895-96 Track Season). This trophy is very historically significate as this is one of the most important times of Australian Cycling. In the summer of 1895-96 the world's best cyclists came to Australia, and as a consequence cycling became more than a pastime but a huge business down under, with public interest rivalling any of the high profile sports in Australia at that time.

Zimmerman & Martin (USA), Harris (England), Porta (Italy), Pither & Boyd (NZ) some of the internationals that gave cycling in Australia worldwide credibility. (It should be noted it took weeks for these great athletes to sail to Australia).

Yet ironically this trophy is for an event with a social and participation focus, reminding us that cycling is a very diverse activity and not simply the domain of the fastest & strongest. This Trophy also symbolises the difference between the Union (Amateurs) and the League (Pro’s) and the difficulty we have to establishing Australian Cycling History with these two Administration bodies co-existing for around a century.   

For the record - J A Daley defeated Mr J B Holdsworth to win this amazing trophy, and we should take the time to recognised Mr Holdsworth’s remarkable career as an Cycling Administrator in NSW. I am told Holdsworth is the first life member of CNSW spending decades in NSW Cycling Management Positions.     

In Podcast 1 we discuss the Trophy, yet we plan to release a second podcast to further discuss the cycling events in Sydney in March 1896 when the trophy is stated as being awarded.

 

NSW Cycling Club Premierships History

NSW Cycling Club Premierships Podcast (“Celebrating 90 Years of Team Time Trial”)

By CNSW Heritage Commission.

More recently referred to as the Cycling NSW Team Time Trial Championships, these titles where first held in 1902 and continue to be one of the sports biggest promotions today.

In 2018 Cycling NSW will celebrate 90years of using the Teams Time Trial format to find the champion club of NSW, with both the Pros & Amateurs swapping to a Time Trial in 1928 from a Mass Start Points Score Format.

Colin Wilkinson - 1958 Commonwealth Games to the Future

Australian Road Cycling Representative Colin Wilkinson tells us about the 1958 Commonwealth Games and gives us an insight into Amateur Sport. But when he tell us about his nephew Justin JKS Savage, a modern day Professional Gamer in the USA we see the massive changes in elite sport in the last 70years.

Colin Wilkinson – St George Cycling Club, 1958 Commonwealth Games - Cardiff Wales.

Justin JKS Savage - Australian professional Counter-Strike Global Offensive player

Part 1 - Ray Godkin OAM Story

Ray Godkin has been recognised by Cycling Australia in the Hall of Fame for his contributions to cycling for more than 30 years. This Podcast talks to Ray of his own cycling career and then his journey to one of the world’s great cycling administrators.  

Ray Godkin - NSW Cycling Federation President, Australian Cycling Federation President, President of the Oceania Cycling Confederation, Vice President UCI ….

Tim Guy & Ben Hill in Japan with Ljubljana Gusto Xaurum

Today we catch up with Tim Guy as he flys out of Australia to meet up with his UCI Continental Team Ljubljana Gusto Xaurum ahead of a 3 day tour in Japan. Tim talk about fellow NSW / ACT rider Ben Hill and his inspirational story to return to the race after a terrible fall in China.

Waratah Masters Cycling Club’s Erik Mather Cup

This Podcast is on the Waratah Masters Cycling Club’s Erik Mather Cup, and features NSW cycling legend Barry Robins. Current club president Ian Jackson talks about both Eric Mather (1966 -2011) and Barry Robins (1934-2018) and the Club which was formed in 1994 to carry on the traditions of cycle racing at Homebush Bay.

Tim Guy's UCI Continental Team Ljubljana Gusto Xaurum

UCI European Continental Team Ljubljana Gusto Xaurum has an Aussie Connection..

NSW cyclist Tim Guy of Orange (who lives in Albury & is a former Bathurst Cycling Club Member) has ensured his place in the new Slovenian continental team Ljubljana Gusto Xaurum by becoming one of the sponsors.

Guy switched hats from a Bike Rider in the team to an Australia Company (Head Crack) Co-owner to become involve in the initial negotiations for the formation of the UCI Registered continental team.

The following Podcast takes up the story.