Round 3 of the Pedla Crossfire Cup was as good as CX racing gets! The rain over the previous week meant that the course was muddy, but the sunny day meant that it was still fun to race. The return to Mulch Hill on a course expertly mapped out by Troy was a massive hit, and we're sure to come back again next year!
'Olives and Kitty Litter' WOW! What a great day of racing in the Adelaide Parklands! We were stoked to break the 150 entrant number by Friday night and thrilled with the huge number of juniors on the start line. The future of cyclocross in South Australia is looking brighter than ever! It was great to return to the iconic Ityamai-Itpina / King Rodney Park aka 'Olives and Kitty Litte'r with its undulating and feature packed landscape that delivered some great racing for the riders and spectators alike.
What a race, what a venue at Cross Keys BMX and Unity Park!
A stark contract to last year with riders enjoying shorts and T-shirt weather, on a fast and flowing course that got grippier as the day went on. Both Women's and Men's current Elite Aussie Champs were victorious in their respective events with Bec Locke (Vic) and PACC's Tommy Chapman (main pic c/ Turn8 Photo) looking like he did it easy. J19's were won by Maddie Wasserbaech (PACC) in a breakthrough 'cross win for her, and James Stamp (Brunswick CC).
We've reached the end the three-race Gritty City Critty race series filling in the gap in regular criteriums. We hope you're gee'd up for more!
Gritty City Critty finally was treated to some summer-type weather with dust, rather than water ingress testing out the club's timing equipment this week. Skids all round!
Another ripper day out in the west Park Lands of the City of Adelaide for the second round of the 2022 Crossfire Cup - and the first day of a double header, with Sunday's final State Series Round to use the same course in reverse.
The Auscycling CX 2022 State Series kicked off in Port Adelaide CC's home turf, right on the waterfront at Joyce Snadden Reserve, Saturday 14th May 2022. Thenks to the City of Port Adelaide Enfield for helping secure a last-minute venue change which yielded a course that had every surface type imaginable, from lush turf, a bog patch, pavers, road, and super deep sand and slipper pine needles - and racing right on the banks of the Port River. Port Adelaide CC was supported by the AusCycling crew with the required road closure and barriers giving us a rare road section to race upon. As we'd hoped, the Port dophins did finally make a brief appearance during the Women's Races!