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End of Year Charity Race
Oakwood Rd (8/12)
Entries are open for this Sunday’s Charity Race on the Oakwood Road in Balhannah (Sunday 8 December). Entries will be donated to a local charity, so come along and race for a good cause!

******We will be putting on a sausage sizzle after the race, so be sure to hang around and join in the fun!******

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Oakwood Road is another classic course featuring a number of short, sharp climbs that in isolation aren’t much to write home about, but when strung together in a race get significantly more difficult as each lap passes.

Add to that a number of enjoyable descents, the course makes for a great morning of racing.

If you haven’t raced before or aren’t familiar with the lingo, a Kermesse is a graded race on a short course (typically less than 10km) and can be thought of something in between a criterium and road race. For our purposes and without getting too complicated, it’s a road race on a short course. So while the distances are similar to our road races, you just do more laps.

– Entry is $25 (+ transponder hire), with proceeds being donated to a local charity
– We have grades for all abilities and skill levels, from the incredibly fast to the not-so-fast. All welcome.
– Short course (G Grade) option is now available.
– Free trial races are available.
– You don’t need to be an AHCC member to race with us, just an AusCycling license holder.

We would love for our members to get behind Cycling-Inform, one our key club sponsors and support these great rides. Tell your cycling friends and family!

Cycling Inform – Epic European Cycling Tours

EPIC PYRENEES and ITALY CYCLING TOURS 2025 – Cycling-Inform and Sierra Sports & Tours.
Sierra Sports & Tours and Cycling-Inform are pleased to present two packages for cyclists wanting to crush the most epic cols in France and mountain passes in Italy. We’ll kick things off with a 10 day Spanish and French Pyrenees cycling adventure before moving immediately to Italy for 10 days to conquer the Dolomites and Stelvio National Parks. The tour groups will be capped at 15 riders to keep the experience intimate and to provide excellent support to all our guests. You can join either of both Tours.

Epic cols in France Tour – From San Sebastian to Toulouse – 10 Days – 650-855 km of riding – 13,00 – 21,000 vertical meters of climbing.
Numerous climbs, including Col du Soulor, Col du Spandelles, Hautacam, Luz Ardiden, Tourmalet, St-Jean, Larra-Larrau, Col de la Pierre St Martin, Col du Marie Blanque, Cirque de Troumouse, Cap d’Lon and Col d’Aubisque.

Epic Italy Alps Tour – From Kranjska to Lake Como – 10 Days – 605 – 830 km of riding – 14,000 – 18,350 vertical meters of climbing
Enjoy amazing bucket list climbs, such as, Vrsic Pass and Mangart Saddle (Slovenia), the Sella Ronda (Pordoi, Sella, Gardena & Campolongo), Passo Giau, Passo Falzarego, Passo Fedaia, Passo dello Stelvio, Passo Gavia and Passo Mortirolo.

For more information, download the itinerary or to answer any questions you may have, please click here: Cycling Inform – Epic European Cycling Tours

The next AHCC “She Rides On” bunch ride is on 1st December 2024 in the Adelaide Hills! We have our “usual” flat monthly ride too – on 15th December – see my separate post (soon to be published) for info on that ride.

On the 1st December we are riding the Club’s Oakwood Road course – this is a short circuit course & we’ll use re-groups to stay together. Like our flat ride our Hills ride is suitable for women who are members of AusCycling (any Club) riding in cleats on a road bike with some road & bunch riding experience. We enjoy coffee together afterwards too. We’d love your company ..especially if you’d like to “come-&-try” our race on this course on the following Sunday 8th December. I’ll be in G grade that day helping out as a mentor rider for anyone who is new to racing with AHCC or hasn’t raced this course before or in recent times.

Full ride details and registration for 1st December ride are on StackTeam App…search for “She Rides On Adelaide Hills CC”.

If you have any issues with Stack Team App or would like more details about the ride on 1st December, or about riding with me at our race on 8th December, please contact me, Margaret Boylan, at margaret@firstprinciplescoaching.com.au or on 0427 701 658

All AHCC Members are invited to join us for the 2024 AGM on Monday 11 November at the Stirling Hotel at 7pm.

Dinner at the Stirling Hotel from 6pm. If you would like to attend for the pre-meeting dinner, please email Dave at president@adelaidehillscc.org.au so we can book you in.

–How about joining us on the Club Committee–

We would like to see the club progress postively into the future! We need willing and enthusiastic people on the committee, to help steer the club into the future for the enjoyment of all AHCC Members. All the great events the club runs, dont happen without great volunteers, putting their hand up to help. So please consider joining us on the committee, and even better, volunteering at our events. It will be greatly appreciated!

If you’d like to find out more, contact Dave at president@adelaidehillscc.org.au and we can have a chat about what’s involved

Join us in Mt Torrens for the SA Masters & U19 State Road Championships, hosted by Adelaide Hills Cycling Club!

Alongside the SA Masters and U19 State Road Championships, AHCC will also be holding regular racing for non-masters categories to make the most of having the road closed! All are welcome to join us at Terlinga Rd! Final combinations of Masters categories and additional grades will be dependent on entries in each grade.

Get your entry in here –  SA Masters & U19 State Road Championships – Terlinga Rd – EntryBoss

The next Adelaide Hills club “She Rides On” ride is scheduled for 29th September 2024

Our rides are fast becoming popular, so we’d love to have you along for the ride.

Full ride details and registration are on our Team app….Look for “She Rides On Adelaide Hills CC”

You’ll need to join this Team App group to register to ride – if you have trouble with that or would like more information about the ride, please contact Margaret Boylan on 0427 071 658. You can also contact Margaret at margaret@firstprinciplescoaching.com.au