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09/11/2009 Race Results for last night's racing (9/11/2009) available now.
03/11/2009 Race Results for last night the 2nd November are now posted.
26/10/2009 Race Results for last night are available now. The rain stayed away and conditions were fast.
20/10/2009 Race Results for the first crit of the 2009 - 2010 season available now.
10/10/2009 Results Summary for the Australian Masters; see the News page.
05/10/2009 Australian Masters Championships Photos and race reports coming soon...
03/10/2009 New Photo Set Images of the 2009 Presentation Day are available now on the Gallery pages. Thanks to Jason Lindsay for these.
28/09/2009 John Vedris Memorial Results and Pics Results now available (2nd place TBA) plus a few new pics also - on the Gallery pages.
28/09/2009 Cannondale CAAD 8 New classifieds bargains. Check em out.
27/09/2009 John Vedris Memorial 2009 Pictures available now on the gallery pages by Tony Mulhal. Race results to come soon.
25/09/2009 Volume vs. Race Specificity Another informative Joe Friel training article...
22/09/2009 Need a Bike? Check the classifieds for a deal.
21/09/2009 Welcome to the new Penrith Cycling Club website. Please adjust your bookmarks and note the new email addresses for club correspondence (see footer). A big thankyou to our new Sponsor THE CHOCOLATE ROOM
17/08/2009 Tour of August Photo Gallery See the Gallery pages for a new set of images shot by Peter Feraud.
04/08/2009 New PPCC Logo and Clothing Designs See the News page for the proposed designs.
02/08/2009 John Vedris Memorial Race The date has been changed to the 27th September.
02/08/2009 The Tour of August PPCC will host a stage of the race on the 16th August.
12/07/2009 Need a Bike? John Meldrum has kindly offered one of his old bikes for anyone who may need it. See the News page.
11/07/2009 New Classifieds check em out now.
05/07/2009 Race Results for today, Sunday 5th July now available. 73 riders turned out which isn't a bad effort for an early Sunday morning in the middle of Winter.
23/06/2009 Club Championships 2009 Results available now. There were two races on the day, the results of the other one can be found on the News page.
21/06/2009 Race Results for 14th June available now. Also, the Club Championship results will be published soon. Briefly, Eddie Salas took it out from Peter Milostic and Sean Brunt in a bunch sprint after quite a wet 90km.
21/06/2009 Race Results for 14th June available now. Also, the Club Championship results will be published soon. Briefly, Eddie Salas took it out from Sean Brunt in a bunch sprint after quite a wet 90km.
20/06/2009 PPCC Road Championships Attention: Regarding the Penrith Panthers Cycling Club Championships on June 20th. While this race is primarily for PPCC members, riders from other clubs may enter this race, but cannot win prize money. As well as the main 90km Club Championship Race the
17/06/2009 Results for last Sunday's Club Racing coming soon...
16/06/2009 NSW TTT Bronze Medal PPCC Team 1 scored 3rd place in the ALL AGE category at the NSW TTT Championships on Sunday, See the News page for results of the other 2 PPCC teams who entered.
06/06/2009 NSW TTT Championships PPCC has three teams entered. See the news page for a list of riders. Good luck to all who entered for next weekend.
01/06/2009 Sydney Champs 2009 7 medals for Penrith riders; 3 Gold and 4 Bronze. See the News page for a report.
30/05/2009 Race Results for Sunday 31st May available now.
26/05/2009 Sydney Championships 2009 If you're racing, please acquaint yourself with the map on the News page.
19/05/2009 NSW Masters Road Championships PPCC masters riders represented the club at Moruya last weekend and scored a total of 9 medals including 2 gold, 2 silver and 5 bronze. See the News page for a wrap-up.
02/05/2009 Race Results 3rd May are available now. A good turn out for the second road race of 2009. This one went in the reverse direction and from all reports, most riders enjoyed it.
30/04/2009 Penrith Riders Open Results Looks like Penrith has some climbers amongst its ranks of flatlanders! See the News pages for recent results of both the NSW Hillclimb Championships and the NSW Elite-U19 Criterium Championships and Junior Sydney Grand Prix (U15-U17).
25/04/2009 Free Cycling Videos See the News page.
09/04/2009 Brett Cottee reports on his round Australia ride see it on the News page.
04/04/2009 Race results of the first road race of the 2009 season available now plus results of the last crit. of the series (30th March).
31/03/2009 At last, the road racing season begins this Sunday at the Regatta Centre, 8 am start, sign on by 7.45.
29/03/2009 Series Awards - Important News We’ll be doing the Series awards on Monday night just before the final race – at 6.15pm. That way we won’t have to do the awards in the dark! So, (1) please get there early, and (2) check the Pointscore on the website because we won’t accept any protest
27/03/2009 The Days Before Betty - were full of saddle sores, metho, fags and dishes in the sink. Percy's fountain pen has been getting a workout again.
27/03/2009 Final points scores are up - any discrepancies let us know ASAP - before Sunday night!
09/03/2009 Great Australian Bike Ride Brett Cottee, one of our club members and active club organisers, is supporting very worthwhile cause, the Australian Rotary Health fund. Brett is helping to raise funds through the Great Australian Bike Ride,for further information see the News page.
04/03/2009 Junior Track rider wins Silver! Our Junior Track riders have been busy.....see the Juniors page
26/02/2009 Latest Criterium results available now
21/02/2009 Monday night Criterium results in - better late than never!
06/02/2009 RTA Meeting Re. Penrith Bicycle Facilities A State driven RTA initiatove is investigating ways of getting more people out on their bikes in Penrith. A meeting will be held this Wednesday 11th Feb. If you have any ideas/comments re. bicycle facilities, see the News page for more info.
20/01/2009 Hector Salas Memorial race results available now.
17/01/2009 Handicap Racing After continued requests, Percy vents his spleen regarding handicap racing; which used to be the main diet for road racers a couple of decades ago.
07/01/2009 Race Results for Monday 5th January available now.
30/12/2008 Pointscore series 2 and CA membership The 08/09 summer Series 2 starts on 5th January. This is the first race of the new Membership year, and you’ll need to have proof of membership in order to race. (or pay a day licence fee, or renew on the day).
  • If you have renewed before 25
19/12/2008 Alex Simmons Benefit night JL Rathbone, Micaela Hogan and Eric Neumann represented the club at this event. Read a wrap-up on the Juniors page.
19/12/2008 Annual Handicap Next Monday 22nd December with prizes of wine and puddings!
19/12/2008 Club Membership We have a new page which details club membership fees and categories. Follow the link on the left of the page. (CLUB RELATED -> Club Membership)
09/12/2008 Latest Criterium results for 8th December available now.
09/12/2008 Cody back in Oz The current global financial situation is having an impact on professional sport, read Cody's latest diary entry.
03/12/2008 Latest Criterium results updated
19/11/2008 Percy is Back! Yes that's right. For appreciators of fine literature, the pen of Percy hits the page again. He was around quite a lot in Shane Park days and used to write interesting anecdotes and observations of our sport in the occasional newsletter. He's an old man n
13/11/2008 Claim your Place Riders: Please remember to claim your place following the finish of your race on Monday nights.
11/11/2008 Race Results updated and point scores sorted....
05/11/2008 Cody gets set for 2009 and checks out a few weddings on the way. See his diary pages.
28/10/2008 Race Results and pointscore updated for the 27 October...
24/10/2008 Summer Track Season at Lidcombe Oval For all riders, 6 years to Masters. Please see the News page for details.
20/10/2008 Monday 20th October: Results just in for the first of the summer Criterium at the Regatta Centre.
21/09/2008 Results for Sunday 21st September are available: This was the last race of the winter season, racing begins again on the 20th of October.
11/09/2008 No Racing at Oakville this weekend
10/09/2008 Cody reflects on another season in the US and is in the market for a new team... See his diary page.
08/09/2008 Jayme Paris breaks World Record See the News page for a link to the full story. Congratulations Jayme from the PPCC!
01/09/2008 Ollie Holding riding high See the Junior's page for a report on this up and coming young rider.
31/08/2008 VEDRIS MEMORIAL MASTERS HANDICAP is on this Sunday 7th September, Regatta Centre 8am start.
18/08/2008 Race Results for the Tour of August Stage 3 at the Regatta Centre are now available.
17/08/2008 Junior State Titles Congratulations to Trent O'Neil, Alex Wagner, Chad Doering, Eric Neumann and Simon Cottee for their fine efforts. See the Junior pages for a wrap up.
17/08/2008 Note slight calendar change: No racing on 30th August.
10/08/2008 ITT Results are available on the News page.
03/08/2008 BC Superweek Tall tales and true, with pictures. See Cody's diary for his report on BC Superweek.
31/07/2008 Catching Waves and Tee-ing Off Cody gets a mid-season break and provides some legal advice. Check out his diary...
30/07/2008 Junior Canberra Tour 5 riders represented PPCC including Micaela Hogan, Trent O'Neil, Chad Doering, Alex Wagner and Eric Neumann. Read a report on the Junior pages.
30/07/2008 Brand New Ryan Bailey Track Bike for sale. See the classifieds.
30/07/2008 Gold at the NSW ITT Congratulations to Pete Milostic for his gold medal ride at the NSW ITT championships on Sunday. He put nearly 2 and a half minutes into the second place rider. Congtaulations also to Scott Parslow who scored a Silver in the MMAS1 category and Graant Bene
30/06/2008 Amanda with nerve-piriformis problems Read Amanda's latest report, this time from Canberra where she is recovering from injury. All the best Amanda!
27/06/2008 Southern Cross Open and Junior Metros Read the latest report of the adventures of our Junior riders.
16/06/2008 Club Champiomship 2008 Has been run and won, again by Eddie Salas. See the race results page for full results and report.
16/06/2008 Tamworth Junior Tour Eric Neumann finished 4th on GC, see the Junior's page for a report and some pics.
16/06/2008 New Calendar Dates Marconi CC have confirmed their race dates at the dragway for August 2, August 16, September 6 and September 20.
15/06/2008 Cody finds his legs at Philly week Read his latest diary entry.
04/06/2008 Metros Photos See the gallery pages for some images of the Sydney Championships taken by Kellie Milostic.
04/06/2008 Jayme Paris Comedy Night Fundraising Event Please see the News page for how to take part in this fund raising event for Paralympian Jayme Paris.
04/06/2008 Goulburn Junior Open Simon Cottee, Eric Neumann and Ollie Holding represented PPCC, read a brief report with photos from Julie Edwards on the Junior's page.
02/06/2008 Race Results for Sunday 1st June available now.
02/06/2008 Sydney Championships The Sydney Championships resulted in 2 gold, 4 silvers and 2 bronze medals for PPCC masters riders. Congratulations to all who competed and to the medal winners. See the News page for a list of medallists.
27/05/2008 Keiran 2nd at Ken Dinnerville Congratulations to Keiran Kelly for his 2nd place at Ken Dinnerville on Sunday.
21/05/2008 Eric Neumann 5th in Tour of Wagga Eric finished 5th on GC in the Junior Tour of Wagga. See the Junior's page for a report and some photos.
21/05/2008 Walter Legend This year Walter Machado has won the MMAS7 National Road race, MMAS7 National criterium, the MMAS7 State Road race and MMAS7 State criterium championship. Congratulations Walter from everyone at the club!
21/05/2008 NSW Masters Road Championships Last weekend at Port Macquarie, PPCC riders proved we are a force to be reckoned with in Masters categories. We scored a total of 4 Golds, 3 Silvers and 2 Bronze Medals. Congratulations to Walter Machado, Graant Bennet, Mick Sales, Eddie Salas, Adam Skalk
14/05/2008 Pinarello Prince for sale. See the classifieds!
11/05/2008 Tour de Georgia See Cody's diary for his wrap up of the race.
01/05/2008 More Master's results Congratulations to Walter Machado for his GOLD medal ride in gthe MMAS7 race and to Graant Bennet for Silver in the MMAS6 road race.
22/04/2008 Walter Machado Gold, Eddie Salas Silver, Scott Parslow Silve Congratulations to Walter, Eddie and Scott for their efforts at the Australian Masters Championships today and yesterday. Walter won the MMAS7 criterium and Eddie came in 2nd for the Silver medal in the MMAS3 race. Scott placed 2nd in the MMAS1 ITT yester
14/04/2008 Amanda rugs up "Fortunately for us it only really sleeted on us for about a kilometer of the whole race and whilst some of the Europeans stated that it had even been warm, I would prefer to think of it as rather fresh..." See her diary page.
08/04/2008 Amanda makes the cut Amanda Spratt made the winning group of 15 riders in the Women's Tour of Flanders, but unfortunately had a fall at the base of the Muur (about 20km before the finish). She was not able to get going quickly again, and subsequently limped in at about 7 min
31/03/2008 NSW Junior Track Championships Congratulations to Eric Neumann who was the only PPCC rider to take part in the State Junior Titles (U13s) at Dubbo on the weekend. Read a report on the Juniors pages.
31/03/2008 Rider Grades 2008 You can view your grade for the 2008 winter road season by going to the points page and clicking the 2008 Winter Road link.
31/03/2008 Race Results for the last race of the 2007-2008 crit season available now. No points awarded for this one.
31/03/2008 Nice dogs Cody celebrates the end of the training camp and would like to say that he is not Willo.
17/03/2008 Cody Sets up his Tent Read Cody's latest installment in his diary pages.
17/03/2008 Hunter Region Track Open Eric Neumann was the only rider to represent Penrith CC. Read the report with pics on the Juniors page.
16/03/2008 JL Rathbone wins Austral Wheelrace JL has taken out the 2008 110th Austral Wheelrace and also one of the evening's preliminary events - in fine style! See the News page for a link to the story.
10/03/2008 Race Results for 10th March available now.
28/02/2008 No racing next week due to the National Rowing Championships.
25/02/2008 Canberra Tour Cancelled The Canberra Tour will not take place in 2008. Unfortunately the Canebrra Cycling Club have been unable to find a race director for this year's event.
18/02/2008 Summer in Canberra Amanda faces the torture of lactate testing and time in the altitude house. See her diary for the latest update from the women's Australian Road Squad.
17/02/2008 New Classifieds Looking for a quality, near new race bike. Check the classifieds...
17/02/2008 Jittery Joes Kick off in 2008 An early season report from Cody in 'sunny' California. See his diary.
11/02/2008 Race Results for Monday the 11th February now available.
05/02/2008 Another World Record for Jayme Jayme broke her own 500mTT World Record last night at the National Track Championships in a time of 46.611. Congratulations Jayme on behalf of all PPCC members. See
05/02/2008 PPCC Riders at Tour Down Under See the News pages.
05/02/2008 TCR Advanced Team Mobile - T-mobile magenta for sale. Dura Ace equipped, see classifieds page.
03/02/2008 No racing tonight Racing is cancelled due to the heavy rain fall received and expected throughout today.
30/01/2008 Jayme Paris - Young Citizen of the Year Jayme Paris was announced 2008 Young Citizen of the Year for Blacktown City at the Mayors Australia Day Lunch on Saturday.
22/01/2008 Hector Salas Memorial Race has been run and won. Congratulations to all winners. Thanks to the event sponsors; Eddie Salas Cycles, Blaxland Cycles and Apollo Bicycles, and to all participating riders as the money raised totalled $1008 - this will be donated to the Cancer Council.
19/01/2008 Volume or Intensity? The old conundrum. Joe Friel sheds some scientific light on the question in the Training section.
18/01/2008 Race Results for the 2 races we've had so far are now available. Sorry for the delay.
17/01/2008 Hector Salas Memorial Criterium Championship Monday 21st January 2008. Start 6.30pm at the Regatta Centre Penrith. Entry $10. Grades A -E plus Junior Skills. Prizes donated by Eddie Salas Cycles, Blaxland Cycles and Apollo Bicycles. All entry money donated to the Cancer Council.
16/01/2008 Cody's Back in the US of A. Read his latest diary entry.
16/01/2008 NEW PPCC ADDRESS NOTE: The URL for this site has changed. Please adjust your bookmarks to www.penrithpantherscc.com Please see the News page for more info.
17/12/2007 ACT State ITT Peter takes his 18th state title. See his diary page for a wrap up of his ride in the ITT championships at Canberra.
17/12/2007 Race Results for the last crit of the first pointscore series now available.
11/12/2007 John Vedris Memorial has been run and won. Congratulations to Brad Boyton, a member of the E grade bunch which stayed clear to the end.
04/12/2007 Peter Breaks Course Record Congratulations to Pete Milostic who broke the ITT course record out at Calga on Sunday. See his diary page for a wrap-up.
04/12/2007 Race Results from last night available now.
26/11/2007 Race Results from 26th November available now.
19/11/2007 Race results for last night available now.
19/11/2007 NSW Junior Track Metros Chad Doering and Eric Neumann represented the club at the recent track metros. A report on their fine efforts is on the Junior page.
19/11/2007 Peter's wrap up of October 2007 Sorry for the late posting of this article... includes Tour of Tassie, State TTT and Lindon - number one.
12/11/2007 Race Results for 12th November available now.
07/11/2007 Jayme Paris Report See the News page for a wrap-up of Jayme's exploits att he Worlds. Congtaulations Jayme from the PPCC.
06/11/2007 Race Results for Monday available now.
31/10/2007 Photos of the State TTT Taken by Kellie Milostic. See the News page.
31/10/2007 2008 Affiliation Fees See the News page for details on fee structure for 2008.
29/10/2007 NSW TTT Championships The State TTT Championships ran last Sunday on the toughish 43km Calga course. Penrith had 3 teams entered and our results were 1 Gold and 1 Silver. See News page for a wrap-up.
29/10/2007 Olympic Park Criteriums Last weekend (20/10/07), Eric and Ollie represented Penrith Panthers in the u13B and U15M in the Sydney Olympic Park Junior criterium. Eric came 1st in his division and Ollie finished with the bunch in his race. The pace was fast and furious with Ollie r
28/10/2007 Summer 2007-2008 Criteriums Begin 5th November, sign on by 6PM.
20/10/2007 Jayme Paris takes World record Jayme has just attended UCI paracycle world cup in France and broke the 500m ITT record. A short wrap-up is on the News page.
20/10/2007 Race Results for Sunday 21st October available now.
15/10/2007 Tame Ducks and Scrap Iron Pushers A Cycling History of the Penrith & Blue Mountains Regions: Volume 1, the Pre-War Era. This book has been compiled by Kim Aubrey and traces the history of cycle racing in the pre-war era. A valuable contribution to the history of our sport in our region. Y
09/10/2007 TTT Training on 14th TTT Training on 21/10/2007: leaving Gloria Jeans at Windsor at 8am. Bring aero bars and race wheels etc.
03/10/2007 TTT Training This Sunday is the first hit out for those interested in trying out for the State TTT to be held on the 28th October on the Calga course. The bunch will leave the Regatta Centre at 8am Sunday so please be ready to go at 8 and bring your aero bars. The
03/10/2007 Cody reflects on his year with Jittery Joes, see his diary complete with attractive photo.
24/09/2007 Annual General Meeting All club members are more than welcome to attend the Annual General Meeting at Panthers this Wednesday night to be held in the Woodriff Room 1, Panthers World of Entertainment, Mulgoa Rd, Penrith. All official positions will be vacant so your vote would b
24/09/2007 Athlete Testing Now's a good time to asses fitness and begin planning for the summer criterium season. A series of fortnightly tests will help establish how the program is going. On a longer term basis, less frequenct testing, bi-annual for example, can provide valuable
24/09/2007 Peter takes a break between Tours Peter reflects on the Tour of the Murray before heading South to the Tour of Tasmania. See his diary for an update.
19/09/2007 Interview with Amanda See the news page for a link to cyclingresults.net where you can read a recent interview with Amanda Spratt.
19/09/2007 NSW Team TT Championships We are looking for riders to represent the club at the State TTT Champs. Please send an email to eddiesalascycles@people.net.au if you are interested. Training for the event will most likely be on Sunday mornings and there's 5 weekends left before the eve
10/09/2007 Club Divisional Championships were held last Saturday at the Horsley Park road course. Results are shown on the News page. Note that these results are combined with those for LACC.
04/09/2007 Vedris Memorial Unfortunately there was a mix up regarding the start time for last weekend's Vedris Vets race and other scratch races. The race will be re-scheduled for some time in early December and the club extends its apologies to all who turned up last Saturday and
04/09/2007 Bonjour from Cody. Check out his latest diary entry.
28/08/2007 Race Results for last Sunday 28th August available now.
26/08/2007 Peter's busy... Read his diary entry about Muswellbrook, the Timbercorp series, Victorian Championships Grand Prix etc..
26/08/2007 Tour of August 2007 Congratulations to Paul Connor, Richard Hudson, John Clain, Trent O'Neill and Lillian Kusk for their fine efforts in the recent Tour of August. See the NEws page for a link to the full results.
09/08/2007 Amanda has a thorny time in Germany Read her latest diary entry...
05/08/2007 Update to Juniors at the State ITT Simon Cottee rode the TT in JB11 he had a day that he will long remember. He rode the correct course, but the officials had set the course incorrectly so Simon and a rider from Bathurst were given an estimated time.
04/08/2007 Amanda finds form See Amanda's latest diary entry detailing her ride in the Thueringen-Rundfahrt 6 day tour with fellow Australian team members Katie Mactier, Sara Carrigan, Carla Ryan, Candice Sullivan and Josie Loane.
01/08/2007 Race Results for Sunday the 29th now available.
01/08/2007 Tour of August Details See the news page for the latest info.
01/08/2007 NSW Junior ITT and RR Four of our younger riders competed at the NSW ITT and RR champs at Bargo. Thanks to Julie Edwards for the report and photo - see the Juniors pages.
01/08/2007 Tribute festival to Hector Salas See the News pages for information regarding this tribute to 'Cacho'
19/07/2007 Race Results for last Sunday the 15th are available now.
17/07/2007 3 new rider diary entries Cody, Peter and Amanda have sent in new diary entries. Check them out.
29/06/2007 Amanda's back in Italy and off to altitude training. See her latest diary entry.
27/06/2007 No racing at Horsley Park this weekend There is no racing at Horsley Park this weekend as the calendar suggested previously.
23/06/2007 Race Results for Sunday 24th June available now.
23/06/2007 Club ITT Champs Photos A huge new gallery of images taken by Sue Hoffman of the club ITT championships. See the Gallery page.
13/06/2007 Photos of the Club ITT Championships Lisa Turner and William Walker have sent in some excellent images of the club ITT champs at the Regatta Centre last weekend. See the gallery pages and thanks to Lisa and William.
13/06/2007 Results for the ITT Available on the news page now
13/06/2007 Cody eats cheese for 255km Check out his latest diary entry
12/06/2007 Calendar Updates Pleae note racing this Saturday is NOT at Landsdowne as reported earlier. It's at Dunc Gray velodrome, hosted by LACC.
30/05/2007 Goulburn Junior 2 Day Tour Julie Edwards reports on this race where we had 6 young riders entered. Congratulations to Ollie Holding and Eric Newmann in JB13, Chad Doering JM15/B, Trent O'Neil and Ben Stork JM17/B, and Zara Doering JW17 for your efforts! See the Juniors pages for t
30/05/2007 Jayme Paris at the National Track Championships We have an update on Jayme's progress thus far in 2007, see the News page. Also check out www.cyclingnews.com
28/05/2007 Photos from the Sydney Champs See the gallery pages
26/05/2007 Peter Sharpens the Sprinting Legs Read his latest diary entry about the Sydney Championships.
26/05/2007 Sydney Championships 2007 A successful day for Penrith riders at the Sydney Road Championships with 3 gold, 6 silver and 2 bronze medals. Congratulations to all riders. See results and reports on the News page.
25/05/2007 Cody puts in some quality van time Check out his diary for the latest installment from the land of Rick Bobby Joe Sue and dollar per litre petrol. Global warming? Nah...
20/05/2007 Club Championship 90km Race results available now and some excellent images taken by Lisa Turner - see the Gallery pages for these.
15/05/2007 Sydney Metros at the Regatta Centre 40 PPCC riders have entered the metros this year! This must be an all time record for open entries from PPCC. Good luck to all riders.
14/05/2007 Penrith Riders Clean Up Some good team riding by Penrith riders out at Horsley Park on Saturday with Sly Zust, Jason Lindsay and Graant Bennet breaking away with A. Nother. Sly won the sprint with Jason 2nd and Graant 3rd.
11/05/2007 New Rider Diary Entries Cody has a rough time but eventually finds some form and Peter completes his set of Oceania medals.
05/05/2007 2nd and 3rd at Colnago Cup Mitch Stock and Paul Connor took 2nd and 3rd respectively at the Colnago Cup open this morning. A report of the A grade race is on the news pages. Also we have the results from club racing held at the Regatta Centre this morning.
04/05/2007 Ride of Silence 84
30/04/2007 Race Results for the first race of the road season are available now. Note: there is no official pointscore but a points table will be shown on the site for your own records.
29/04/2007 Canberra Tour There's a report of the C grade racing at Canberra on the News pages.
24/04/2007 Junior Metros Julie Edwards writes about the efforts of 2 of our up and coming junior stars; Eric Neumann and Ollie Holding. See the Juniors page.
20/04/2007 Amanda rides the classics Amanda tells of the Tour of Flanders and the upcoming Fleche Wallone. See her diary.
16/04/2007 NSW Hill Climb Championships 11 Penrith riders represented the club last weekend at Bathurst and came home with 2 medals. See the News page for a wrap-up.
16/04/2007 Snow and Punctures Cody tells of the US open and provides some lessons in US grammar.
11/04/2007 Canberra Teams Event The Canberra Tour this year includes a teams competition for all grades. A minimum of 3 riders are required for a team. If you'd like to be part of a PPCC team, email techsupport
07/04/2007 Updated road calendar see Calendar page
06/04/2007 Billy Caldwell On Wednesday Billy Caldwell (one of our members) was hit by a car whilst out training. He is currently recovering in Liverpool Hospital, our best wishes and thoughts are with him
31/03/2007 Dubbo Track Open Congratulations to Eric Neumann and Ollie Holding for their fine effort at the Dubbo Track Open recently. A brief report and photo can be seen on the Juniors page.
28/03/2007 Presentation Night Pics We have some pictures of the presentation night which were kindly taken by Trish Smith. See the Gallery pages.
24/03/2007 Looking for a cheap high quality race bike? Check out the classifieds
15/03/2007 New Rider Diary Entries Cody reports back from America where he is beginning to settle in and Peter Milostic tells of the Gladiator criterium.
12/03/2007 Race Results for last night the 12th March avaialable now.
12/03/2007 IMPORTANT! There will be no racing on the 26th March as previously reported here. The last race is next week (19th March) which is the last race of the summer and the last race of the pointscore series for this summer. Also next week is the 2006 presentation night -
12/03/2007 PPCC Team 3rd at Gladiator Criterium See the News pages. Thanks to Peter and Kellie for the report and pics.
05/03/2007 Race Results for 5th March Available now.
26/02/2007 Draft 2007 Road Calendar The racing season is about to begin and we have a DRAFT calendar available on the calendar page.
26/02/2007 2007 Racing License Fee Structure Please check out the recently updated license fee structure for this year.
26/02/2007 Race Results 26th February Available now.
26/02/2007 On Trail of Wheel Hero David Nelson plans to ride around Australia on a single speed bicycle in the spirit of his hero, Francis Birtles, whose motto was 'chance it'. See the News page for the article.
26/02/2007 Gladiator Criteriums LACC introduce a new concept in racing. See the News page for info and flyer.
19/02/2007 Road Racing Tactics I'm adding articles to the Training pages on road racing tactics. There are 2 new articles which I hope will be of some assistance/interest to newer riders. This is designed to assist new riders in understanding what can often be a bewildering notion. If
19/02/2007 Lindon breaks the hour for 20km Read Pete Milostic's latest diary entry for the full story
19/02/2007 Race Results for 19th Feb Available now. The wet conditions made racing a bit tougher than usual and added another dimension to the usual Regatta Centre style race. 77 riders turned out which was pretty good considering the rain.
12/02/2007 Medal Haul at National Track Champs Hearty congratulations to Jayme Paris, Andrea Beer, Amanda Spratt, JL Rathbone for their medal haul at the recent National Track Championships. Read the full report on the news pages.
11/02/2007 Racing cancelled for 12th Feb Due to heavy rain, racing at the Regatta Centre has been cancelled for tonight (12/2/2007). See you next week!
06/02/2007 Aussie Track Titles and Clarence St. Cyclery Cup Read this report from Graeme Spratt on the fine performances of our riders and the upcoming Aussie Titles - see the News page.
06/02/2007 Packing his Bags Cody packs and gets ready to head off to Jittery Joes. See his diary.
31/01/2007 Photos of the Hector Salas Memorial Race are available in the gallery pages now. Thanks to Lisa Turner for these.
31/01/2007 Vale Allan Fuller Allan Fuller, club member, passed away last weekend. The club offers its most sincere condolences to Allan's family and friends.
29/01/2007 MTB and Road Nationals Pete Milostic heads South and rediscovers his passion for stump ploughs. Read about it in his diary.
29/01/2007 Race Results from tonight (29/1/2007) are now posted. Please try and write your name legibly on the sign on sheet as I'm sure there are some mispelt names in the pointscore table. Send an email to tech su
22/01/2007 Hector Salas Memorial Race A fitting tribute to an old mate with bumber numbers in all grades and BBQ and presentation afterwards. Thanks to all who turned up, raced hard and contributed a total of $1749.25 to the Cancer Council of NSW. Thanks to all sponsors of the event: Coca
15/01/2007 Race Results for 15/1/2007 available now
12/01/2007 Australian Elite Mens and Womens Championships Amanda Spratt placed 5th and Pete Milostic 10th in the ITT event. Congratulations to both riders.
09/01/2007 Race Results for 9/1/2007 available now
06/01/2007 Criterium series 2 begins tomorrow night (8/1/12007) at the Regatta Centre. Sign on by 6.00pm.
06/01/2007 Hector Salas Memorial Race You are invited to remember our mate Hector Salas - a wonderful character, father and friend. Join us for some fast racing and support the Cancer Council of NSW. Sign on by 6pm for a 6.30pm start. Flyer
18/12/2006 Race Results 18th December Available now.
12/12/2006 Regatta Centre Results 11th December Available now on the race results page.
12/12/2006 Penrith Riders at State Track Titles Penrith riders performed well at state track titles last weekend. Jayme Paris broke world record in 500m time trial in the AWD dvision. J-L Rathbone 2nd time trial 1.04.7 sec and 3rd Sprint. Amanda Spratt 2nd in Ind pursuit and 3rd Scratch race. Andrea
12/12/2006 Monday 18th December Will be the last racing until the 8th January 2007.
04/12/2006 RaceResults for criterium racing on 4th December available now. Also the pointscore table has been updated.
27/11/2006 Racing on 27th November Results for criterium racing on 27th November available now. Also the pointscore table has been updated. We have a report from the Anthony Rappo criterium, where Penrith riders scored well throughout the grades; see the news pages.
20/11/2006 Racing on 20th November Results for criterium racing on 20th November available now. Also the pointscore table has been updated. If there's any discrepancies please send an email to tech support.
13/11/2006 Race Results for criterium racing on 6th November available now. Also the pointscore table has been updated. If there's any discrepancies please send an email to tech support.
06/11/2006 Race Results for criterium racing on 6th November available now. Also the pointscore table has been updated.
04/11/2006 Milostic's Little Big News A big congratulations to Kellie and Peter Milostic on the birth of their new team member! See Peter's Diary page for the story...
23/10/2006 Walter wins Olympic Boulevard Crit Race report on the News page.
23/10/2006 How Old Are You in Athlete Years? Read Dirk Friel's latest article regarding "Athlete Age". This is a good read especially for older riders! See the Training pages.
23/10/2006 Criteriums for 2006-2007 Summer An updated calendar reflects local criterium racing between now and Christmas. More events will be added when they come to hand. Basically, Marconi is on every Tuesday night beginning next Tuesday 31/10/2006 and LACC has 2 crits per month - one at Dunc G
18/10/2006 Monday Night Criterium Racing begins on November 6th. Sign on by 6pm at the Regatta Centre.
15/10/2006 Race Results for Sunday 1th October are now available. Results and report for the John Vedris Memorial Handicap are available on the News pages.
10/10/2006 Gordo Recently crowned Australian Marathon National Champion Craig "Gordo" Gordon took out the Adrenalin World Solo Championships in the USA on the 7th October. In doing so, he beat Chris Eatough who has won the event for the last six years straight. See cycl
10/10/2006 New Team for Cody Cody looks forward to a new U.S. team for 2007. By the sounds of his latest diary entry, he's already brushing up on his Americanisms.
24/09/2006 The Goulburn 2006 Gale force winds and heat decimate the field. Read Pete Hackney's account on the News pages - some pics too.
23/09/2006 Grafton to Inverell 2006 Pete Milostic consumes 800 calories and burns 7000. Read his race wrap-up in his diary pages
23/09/2006 Local Racing - Club Annual Handicap and Regatta Centre There is a brief race report of the annual club handicap held at Oakville on the news pages. Also, results from Regatta Centre racing on Sunday are available on the race results pages. Photos available on the gallery pages.
13/09/2006 Divisional Championships 2006 Results on the News page
11/09/2006 Race Results for last Sunday the 10th Sep are now available.
06/09/2006 Tour of the Murray Read Pete Milostic's diary for a brief wrap-up and some pics.
05/09/2006 Divisional Championships This Saturday will see the Club Divisional Championships run at Horsley park in conjunction with Lidcombe Auburn CC. For details on race distances etc please go to the
28/08/2006 Coota Classic Congratulations to Paul Connor for placing third in the Cootamundra Classic. Paul also placed 3rd in Div 2 at Kurrajong so things are looking good for him at the state titles. See the news page for a race report.
23/08/2006 Ray Potter wins Ray won the Division 4 event at Kurrajong last weekend. Congratulations Ray. Paul Connor also produced a classy last minute move in the Division 2 race and held off a very fast moving bunch for 3rd place. In Division 3, Darren Edwards found his legs again
23/08/2006 Back from Victoria Peter Milostic's back for a short visit then off again to Cootamundra then the Tour of the Murray. See his diary for the latest updates and pics.
14/08/2006 State TTT Championships Cancelled Please see the NSW Cycling Federation web site for their list of reasons
13/08/2006 Team Time Trial Training This Saturdays team time trial meeting will be at 9am, Gloria Jeans Café, 3/70-72 George St Windsor. This session might be 40km long as the distance for the event has been lengthened
13/08/2006 Race Results for 13th August at the Regatta Centre now available
13/08/2006 New Deals See the classifieds for deals on Colnago, Campag and Giant bikes and gear
07/08/2006 Team TT Training For the teams time trial there are sufficient numbers for Mens Masters 2-4 to have hopefully 2-3 teams. There will be 2 training sessions and from that teams will be sorted. The first will be this Sunday 13 August at 8 am at the corner of Castleraigh Rd &
07/08/2006 Veteran Tattersalls' Cup Rider Read Peter Milostic's diary entry about the race...
07/08/2006 Cody's been round the World and back again Read his latest diary entry about the Tour of China, the NSW State Titles and the Tour of Gippsland
07/08/2006 Amanda completes the Giro Read Amanda's latest diary entry regarding her recent efforts in the Giro
07/08/2006 New gear for sale Check the classifieds for some classic Colnago/Campagnolo buys...
01/08/2006 Vale Hector Salas It is with deep regret and sorrow that the Salas family announce the passing of Hector Salas.

Hector was well known and liked dearly by many of the cycling fraternity both here and overseas.

A cyclist himself Hector rode in Uruguay for m

30/07/2006 Amanda completes the Giro Read Amanda's latest diary entry regarding her recent efforts in the Giro
28/07/2006 New gear for sale Check the classifieds for some classic buys...
26/07/2006 Oakville this weekend is on, start time: 2pm.
17/07/2006 Watch the tour at Panthers In the spirit of le tour de France there will be a number of us going down to Panthers on Tuesday night to watch stage 15, GAP to L'ALPE D'HUEZ. This stage is full of big climbs finishing with L'ALPE D'HUEZ which would have to be one of the hardest an
17/07/2006 Race Results for July 16th now available
17/07/2006 2006 State Team Time Trial If you are interested in being part of one of the Panther's Teams for this event please send an email to techsupport@penrithpanthers.cc. There are a number of categories and we will list
02/07/2006 Gallery Photos There's a new set of pics from racing at the Regatta Centre on June 18th, a different view.
02/07/2006 Cody's Canadian Trip see his diary for an update
27/06/2006 NSW ITT Championships Peter Milostic took out the State ITT on Sunday for the 6th time! Rob Brewer scored bronze in MMAS4 and Kim Parslow Silver in MMAS5. See the News page for results of all our riders and Peter's diary for a wrap up and some pics
17/06/2006 Race changes Please note that racing on 24th June was to be at the Equestrian Centre but will now be held at the Dragway, hosted by Marconi CC.
17/06/2006 Racing on 18th June Results now available.
06/06/2006 Club Annual ITT Championships Results on the News page now.
04/06/2006 Mud and Misery in the British Isles More tales of woe from our overseas correspondent Cody.
29/05/2006 Amanda's French Escapades Read about her latest tour, one of the hardest women's races around...
29/05/2006 Club Championships 2006 We have the results available now on the race results page. Also some pics courtesy of Kellie Milostic in the gallery pages
24/05/2006 CycleOps 12 Hour Enduro Peter and Kellie Milostic find out they don't need a marriage counsellor after all. See Peter's diary for details...
14/05/2006 Avanti Series Race #1 A grade race report and results on the News page
09/05/2006 Photos from Masters Nationals We have some pics from the Masters Road races on the gallery pages. Race report on the news page.
09/05/2006 Amanda prepares for Tour de L'Aude Read her diary for the latest update from OS
01/05/2006 Race Results from Oakville Sat 29th April are available now
30/04/2006 U19 World C'Ship Selection Race - Canberra Penrith had 3 riders competing this year – Ben Dyball, Nicholas Spratt and Aaron Brewer. Read about their exploits on the News page.
29/04/2006 News and Training Pages Changes The articles on training that were on the News page have now been placed on the Training page.
27/04/2006 New Rider Diary Entries Amanda writes about her first 2 weeks in Varese Italy with the Women's Road Squad (AIS) and Cody reports on the Canberra Tour and beyond.
27/04/2006 New Training Articles Two articles on Ibuprofen and Maximum HR available now on the News page.
19/04/2006 PPCC Team Kit Opening Sale has been extended to the end of May so get in and grab a bargain. See the Clothing page.
06/04/2006 Training Q and A Saddle sores and heart rate issues, see the News page
03/04/2006 Eastern Creek Racing 1st April we have some pictures from Saturday 1st April. See the gallery pages, thanks to Kim Aubrey for these.
29/03/2006 Codys stacking bricks... see his diary
28/03/2006 Looking for Fluid Trainer see Classifieds page...
28/03/2006 2006 Winter Road Calendar has been updated on the calendar page. It is still a DRAFT at present but looks like there's plenty of racing on.
27/03/2006 2006 NSW Hill Climb Championships Penrith ended up with 1 Gold, 2 Silver and 2 Bronze Medals. See the News page for results and the gallery pages for a few photos of the day
26/03/2006 The Winter Road Season Begins If you'd like to view your present grading with the club for the Winter 2006 Road Season then go to the points page. NOTE: there is no pointscore for this year's road season.
25/03/2006 Racing on Monday 27th March Racing is on as usual on Monday night but the pointscore has finished. This will be the last crit of the season.
20/03/2006 Race Results for the last race of the summer crit season are available now. The pointscore table is also finalised.
20/03/2006 Draft WInter 2006 Program A rough looking draft is available on the news page
17/03/2006 Race Results for 13th March available now.
01/03/2006 Looking for a bike? There are 2 excellent deals to be had on the classifieds page. Save yourself some money, check 'em out
28/02/2006 Race Results for Monday 27th Feb are available now
24/02/2006 Team Clothing Our new FRF - PENRITH PANTHERS team clothing will be available this coming Monday - 27th February. Bring your money with you, see prices on the Clothing page.
20/02/2006 Cody borrows a tractor and goes and ploughs a paddock near Lithgow. Read all about it in his diary.
13/02/2006 New PPCC Clothing Prices are available on the Clothing page. There is a special opening sale until 3st May, check it out!
13/02/2006 Race Results for 13th Feb are now available
07/02/2006 Mt Isa is on again see the News page for a flyer
07/02/2006 Race Results for 6th Feb are now available
30/01/2006 Race Results for 30 Jan are now available
26/01/2006 Masters Racing this weekend Waratah Vets are racing at Eastern Creek Raceway on Sunday 29th Jan. It’s a 2hr race for A grade starting at 7.15 am.
22/01/2006 New Team Kit, 2006 Nationals and The Bay Series Our new FRF - PENRITH PANTHERS team clothing will be available soon. See the Clothing page. Also Pete Milostic and Cody Stevenson have new diary entries regarding the Bay Series and The Nationals.
13/01/2006 Race Results 9/Jan/06 now available Did you place 5th in B grade? Please contact Jim Stokes to claim your place and points.
13/01/2006 Congratulations to Amanda Spratt & Peter Milostic 5th for Amanda in the Women's time trial at the Auatralian Titles and 6th for Peter in the Men's Time trial.
29/12/2005 Need a new helmet? See the classifieds for this excellent condition Giro Atmos helmet
23/12/2005 Amanda interview Amanda Spratt is featured at cyclingnews.com with an interview - see cycling news
12/12/2005 Racing on 12th December Results and pointscores have been updated.
11/12/2005 New Team, New Start Cody has a new team for the new year. See his diary for an update.
09/12/2005 NSW Masters Criterium Championships 2005 A gallery of images has been added to the Gallery page and a report is available on the News page
05/12/2005 Update your email address I have deleted around 20 email addresses from the club email database due to emails continually bouncing back. I suspect many people are switching to broadband and now have new email accounts. If you have changed it recently, please send it to me at
05/12/2005 Racing on 5th December The Results have been posted and pointscore tables updated. There are no race reports, if you would like to contribute, please send one to techsupport@penrithpanthers.cc. Also, please
29/11/2005 Race Results for this week Last night saw record numbers with 143 senior riders and 13 junior riders signing on. Results available now on the race results page. Also check your points are OK. Thanks to Steve Moon, Mark Sheppeard and Graeme Spratt for contributing race reports for t
21/11/2005 Race Results for this week available now on the race results page. Also check your points are OK. Note: the weekly sprint primes are a week by week event, and don't have a total pointscore prize.
14/11/2005 Race Results for Monday 14th November The results for last night's criterium racing have been posted. The points table for the first series, which runs until christmas, is also now active so please check your points to make sure everything's OK. If you're points are not correct, let us kno
09/11/2005 De Bortoli Tour Pete Milostic wins this Victorian race
07/11/2005 Racing License fees 2006 are due The license fees are due for 2006, please see the fee structure on the News page
07/11/2005 Crit series 1 begins The results for last night's criterium racing have been posted. The points table for the first series, which runs until christmas, is also now active so please check your points to make sure everything's OK. If you're points are not correct, let us know a
29/10/2005 Marconi Summer Races See the news page for details and flyers regarding the Anthony Rappo Criterium and also their sumemr crit series at the dragway
24/10/2005 Pete Milostic returns from Melbourne to Warnambool Distance: 300km, Time: 7h.40min, Avg Spd: 38.9kph... See PM's Diary
24/10/2005 Race Results and Photos for 23rd October See the race results page and also the gallery pages
22/10/2005 Peter Milostic returns from the Herald Sun Tour Read Pete's latest diary entry about this year's race
14/10/2005 Muswellbrook Track Carnival 2005 Get the flyer on the News page
14/10/2005 Important! If you ride your bike in the Blue Mountains, please see the News page for information regarding a survey that the Blue Mountains Council are doing in order to make their roads more cycling friendly
05/10/2005 Annual Club Handicap Results are up on the race results page - see archives for 24/9/2005
05/10/2005 Victorian Championships See Pete Milostic's diary for a report and some pics on his win in the ITT...
02/10/2005 Victorian Championships Pete Milostic takes out the ITT with an average speed of 47.56kph
29/09/2005 Racing tomorrow Marconi are racing at the Eastern Creek dragstrip tomorrow (Sat 1/10/2005)...
27/09/2005 The Goulburn Some photos are available in The Gallery pages
25/09/2005 Race Results for 25/9/2005 See Race Results page
23/09/2005 Annual Handicap This Saturday at Oakville - Penrith and Parramatta combined.
21/09/2005 A long day in the saddle Peter Milostic recounts a very long day at Grafton. See his diary pages.
15/09/2005 News from our (Senior) Junior riders at the Worlds See the latest report on the News pages
12/09/2005 Club Nationals PM's back and has added some pics and a diary entry
10/09/2005 Regatta Centre Race Results are up now for Sunday 11/9/2005. There were some riders whose names I'm not sure of so if your name is spelt incorrectly, email me and let me know so I can fix it up.
08/09/2005 Aussie Titles - Sunshine Coast Pete Milostic won a bronze medal in the ITT event. See cyclingnews.com for full results.
05/09/2005 Goulburn to Camden Is anyone doing Goulburn to Camden? If so, there are a couple of riders who would really appreciate a lift - of course driving and petrol can be shared. Please email: techsupport@penrithp
05/09/2005 Tattersalls Cup Race 3 Pete Milostic has some misfortunes - read his latest diary entry
28/08/2005 World Junior Track and Road Champs Amanda is back in Oz. Read her report of the World Championships in her diary pages
24/08/2005 Tour of Tassie Read PM's latest diary entry
20/08/2005 Regatta Racing today Results and report for A grade are up, remaining results to come soon hopefully. See the gallery pages for some images courtesy of Kim Aubrey and her new lens. Thanks to Andrew Docking for volunteering for race keeping duties.
14/08/2005 Tour of Hungary Read Cody's account of this race in his diary pages
13/08/2005 Racing on 14th August A pretty chilly 2.5 degrees C on Sunday morning didn't keep the die-hards away. Results are on the race results page now
09/08/2005 Tour of Gippsland Peter has finished 3rd on GC in round one of this series after a fine break away on the last stage. See his diary for a report and CyclingNews.com for full results.
08/08/2005 Smithy! Jeff Smith has won a silver medal at the World Masters Games road Race in Canada last week, in the 55 - 59 years age group
08/08/2005 Amanda OS Amanda Spratt is riding well in Italy. She has won a Regional Time Trial Championship race and is looking forward to the start of the Worlds this week.
07/08/2005 Pete Milostic - Tour of Gippsland Peter has finished 3rd on GC in round one of this series after a fine break away on the last stage. See CyclingNews.com for full results.
06/08/2005 Club Divisional Championships 2005 Penrith achieved good results: 1st, 2nd and 3rd in MMAS 2-3, 1st in MMAS 4-5, 2nd MMAS 5-6, 3rd Elite Men and more - results on the News page. For some photos, see the Gallery pages.
01/08/2005 Masters State Road Medals Kim Parlsow and Jimmy Ryan both won medals (Bronze and Silver) at the State Masters Road Titles in Wagga on Sunday. We had 5 riders representing the club on the weekend: Kim Parslow, Jim Ryan, Peter Hackney, Anthony McDonald and Mike Stacey. There's a
25/07/2005 NSW TTT Pics See the News page
25/07/2005 PM News Read Pete Milostics account of the NSW TTT on his diary pages.
24/07/2005 Another PPCC State TT Gold Medal This year we have 5 NSW gold medals for time trialling. This includes the Hill Climb Champs, ITT Champs and now another one - the TTT where Eddie Salas, Rob Brewer, Kim Parslow and Andrew Payne combined to take out the Gold at Gunning yesterday.
22/07/2005 PPCC Riders Achievements The achievements page has been updated. Check out the latest results from our riders. Eddie Salas is obviously hitting some good form judging by his recent efforts.
07/07/2005 Cody's not in the box yet Read his latest diary entry...
27/06/2005 Mudgee Weekend 2005 Read PM's report in his diary. Another report and some pics are also available on the News page.
23/06/2005 Cody's back on track Read his latest diary entry
21/06/2005 Another State Champion in the club Amanda Spratt took out the JW19 State ITT on Sunday and clocked a faster time than the Elite Women's winner as well
19/06/2005 Race Results 19th June See the Race Results page
18/06/2005 Pete Milostic wins NSW ITT Championships Read all about it on his diary apges...
11/06/2005 Masters TTT Hit Out At the Regatta Centre 8am sharp on Monday morning. Bring aero bars and big lungs. We'd like to see how many teams we can put together for the State TTT Championships.
09/06/2005 Individual TT Champs See the results on the Race Results page
31/05/2005 Amanda makes the World's Team Read Amanda's report of the final selection race at Mooball in her diary pages. The 3 days of racing was the second and final event from which a team to represent Australia at the Junior World Championships was chosen
28/05/2005 New Gallery Pics Finally the images from the Sydney Championships at Heffron Park are up. We only have photos from the MMAS2/3 and MMAS4/5 races. Thanks to the team photographer (Kim Aubrey) for these.
25/05/2005 Track Bike for Sale See Classifieds
23/05/2005 Racing last Sunday 78 starters and 5 grades, not bad for the Winter season. Maybe it's the slightly later start that appeals. Results are on the race results page.
20/05/2005 Wanna see Le Tour? Yellow Jersey Adventures offers 1,850 mountain km over 14 days, 37+ Major Cols, Ride stages 10, 11 and 12 of the 2005 Tour, Watch the Col du Galibier Stage...
16/05/2005 Intensity The ins and outs of training intensity by Joe Friel, see the News page
11/05/2005 Penrith Juniors at the Wagga 2 Day Tour Our Juniors have achieved some fine results, see the Junior pages
09/05/2005 Amanda's Tour Read Amanda's report of the Canberra Tour in her diary pages.
07/05/2005 Sydney Championships 2005 A preliminary report is available on the News page. We have some good pics of the MMAS3/4 and MMAS4/5 races to come...
04/05/2005 Great Dane! "sleeping like a puppet that has no puppetier..." Cody takes a nap.
01/05/2005 Club Championships Results See the News page for a report and results. Pictures on the Gallery pages. The results for D and E grades are listed on the Race Results page
27/04/2005 mm Nice Crash Cody takes a spill. Thanks for the lovely pics Cody...
27/04/2005 Club Champs 90km this Sunday 1st May, 8am Regatta Centre. Be there! There will also be racing for the usual C, D and E grades for those who don't want to race the Championship event.
23/04/2005 Eddie wins Avanti Series 1 Eddie Salas won the 35 - 45 A grade Avanti Series race at Eastern Creek on Sunday with a fine solo break. Results
21/04/2005 Racing, Training, Training, Racing... 7 hour training rides, chicken fajita and girl friends, not necessarily in that order. See Cody's diary.
18/04/2005 Cody's back Read his first 2005 report from OS on his diary page
17/04/2005 Amanda wins 2005 Canberra Tour Amanda Spratt won the A grade women's event at this year's Canberra tour. A summary and report of the tour appears on the News page. Photos on the gallery page
14/04/2005 Club racing this weekend is at Oakville NOT the Dragway.
12/04/2005 Don't forget the Rider's Forum!
12/04/2005 Pete Milostic wins NSW Roadman of the Year Read Peter's latest news on his diary page
11/04/2005 New Item for Sale Looking for a Junior race bike? See Classifieds section.
11/04/2005 Amanda Wins Bathurst Women's Tour Amanda Spratt won the 'Bathurst Subaru' Women on Wheels 2 day Tour after finishing second to Kate Nichols last year. Spratt sealed her win with a mighty climb on the mountain dirt section to break clear of main challengers Leonie Aisbett and Kate Nichol
06/04/2005 2005 NSW Hll Climb Championship Results See News page...
03/04/2005 Bathurst Weekend April 2005 The 2005 road season kicked off at Bathurst with the State Hill Climb Championships on Saturday and the Blayney to Bathurst road race on Sunday. See the gallery page for some pics. A report on the C grade race is up on the News page. Results to come...
24/03/2005 Australian Masters Road Championships Results can be seen at http://www.vic.cycling.org.au
15/03/2005 The 2005 Winter Road Calendar is now complete but please check regularly for possible last minute changes!
15/03/2005 Race Results Archive Just a small update: the links for the archives in the race results page now appear as a menu instead of a long list. This will be done on all pages where there are archives - eventually. Also, remember you can SEARCH the archives (on the race results pag
15/03/2005 Roadie Translations See the News page for this article
10/03/2005 SMITHY! Cleans up. Jeff Smith won 4 gold medals at the recent State Track Titles. He won the Time Trial, Sprint, Pursuit and Scratch Race Championships.
03/03/2005 Gunning Vets 2 Day Race The ACT Veterans club is organising this new event which fits in between the Blayney-Bathurst and Canberra Tour Weekends in early April. Check it out.
03/03/2005 2005 PPCC Road Program The 2005 program is available as a draft version. See the Calendar page.
03/03/2005 Last Criterium The last race of this pointscore will be 14/3/2005.
01/03/2005 10 Ways to Get Faster on the Bike Check out this new training article on the News page
28/02/2005 WELCOME! to all new members of Penrith Panthers Cycling Club (about 45 new members this summer). Be sure to 'Register' with the web site so you receive the latest email news and race updates.
28/02/2005 Racing on 28/2/2005 Race Results, sprint score and points scores have been updated.
21/02/2005 Need a coach? Check out Mick Chapman's site via the new link on the right of the page.
21/02/2005 Racing Schedule There will be racing next week (28th Feb) but not the week after (7th March). The last race of the pointscore will be the 14th March and there will be a BBQ and presentation afterwards. Results from last night (21/2/2005) have been posted.
14/02/2005 Racing on 14/2/2005 The pointscore and sprintscore tables have been updated and also race results are posted.
08/02/2005 Australian Track Championships Penrith Panthers cyclists JL Rathbone and Amanda Spratt have been selected in the Australian team to contest the World Junior (under/19) Track Cycling Championships in Vienna, Austria (August 2005). This follows outstanding performances last week at t
08/02/2005 Racing on 7/2/2005 The pointscore and sprintscore tables have been updated and also race results are posted.
06/02/2005 Sprint Score, Point Score and Race Results You can now view the Weekly Sprint Prime Pointscore via the "Sprints" link at the top of every page. E grade results have been added to the "Race Results" Page and a separate E grade pointscore table has been added to the "Points" page. At this earl
01/02/2005 Pointscores and Race Results The pointscores and race results for E grade and also the priem competition is being slowly added to the site and will be up shortly. Thanks for your patience - MS
27/01/2005 PM News Peter winds down from yet another season - check out his last diary entry for the season
22/12/2004 Pointscore 1 Finale The last race of pointscore series 1 was Monday 20th December. Check out the final placings and the race results. See the news page for an Excel spreadsheet showing actual final placings.
15/12/2004 New Pics Check out the gallery page for some images of crit racing on Monday 13th December - courtesy of Jason Lindsay
13/12/2004 State Juniors Track Glory JL Rathbone and Amanda Spratt scored some fine results at the State Track Titles last weekend. See the latest Criterium Chronicle for these results or the Achievements and News pages on this site
13/12/2004 New Criterium Chronicle The Chronicle didn't get to press last week but we have one this week, check it out
28/11/2004 Junior Women Amanda Spratt has taken out both the Junior Women's Cyclist of the year for both road and track at the Darling Harbour Convention Centre last Friday night for the Australian Cyclist of the Year awards - see the latest Criterium Chronicle (29-11-200
25/11/2004 Unweight those pedals New training article by Dirk Friel, see the News page
24/11/2004 Results from 22/11/2004 Results and pointscore have been updated
24/11/2004 Classifieds New quality bargains added to the classifieds section
24/11/2004 PPCC Achievements 2004 It's worth taking a look at the Achievements page to see the results obtained by our riders at open and International events throughout the year. It's a pretty impressive indicator of our club's strengths.
20/11/2004 Anthony Rappo Memorial Race Photos Check out the gallery page for some pics of this event
15/11/2004 Crits are the go in Sydney's West See the latest chronicle on the News page or via the link above plus the results from racing on the 15th on the Race Results page. 112 riders signed on to race last night showing that bike racing is alive in the West!
12/11/2004 New Training Article Reflecting on the year's training and results can reveal important information...
10/11/2004 Criterium Chronicle 8th November, 2004 Get your latest updates and criterium news from the Chronicle. Please go to the News page to download or view it
02/11/2004 Want some cheap gear? The classifieds have been updated with some good looking bargains - shoes, glasses and bikes!
01/11/2004 The Crits have started See the results of the first night of crit racing for the 2004-2005 season
28/10/2004 Classifieds New items for sale, check em out in the classifieds
26/10/2004 Suntour 2004 Peter is back from the Suntour and is heading off to NZ next. Read his diary for the latest
18/10/2004 More Pics New gallery of photos from Old Wallgrove Rd last Saturday 16th October added - courtesy of Jason Lindsay
17/10/2004 Masters State Titles Gallery A new set of pics has been added, this time of the MMAS4 and MMAS5 road races on the 10th October, 2004
14/10/2004 NSW Masters Championships Congratulations to Arthur Driver, Mick Sales and Graant Benett who all scored Bronze medals last weekend at the NSW Masters Championships
10/10/2004 Melbourne to Warrnambool The new race distance of 300km proved testing. Read Pete Milostic's diary account of the race.
10/10/2004 NSW Masters 3 State Road Tiles New images of the Masters 3 road race. See the gallery pages.
07/10/2004 Elite Rider Diary Updates Ever wondered what it would be like to ride a World Championship? Read Amanda's diary for her first hand report. Also Cody slips back into 'normal' life after another year OS.
04/10/2004 Lactic Acid Friend or Foe? See Joe Friel's latest article on the News page
29/09/2004 Get some sleep! Check out Joe Friel's latest article on the News page
29/09/2004 World Championships 2004 Amanda has won a bronze medal in the ITT and scored ninth in the road race. Check out CyclingNews for full results and report
26/09/2004 Oakville Annual Handicap The annual handicap was run at Oakville last Saturday and combined with Parramatta CC. See the Gallery page for some pics of the race. Results to follow.
22/09/2004 Amanda Diary Amanda completes her last race before the World's and finishes 2nd. See her diary for a full report on this race
21/09/2004 Grafton to Inverell Pete Milostic finds the teams aspect of the race ends in some negative style racing but good results for the team in the end. See his diary for a report.
21/09/2004 New Training Article We have a new article by World renowned Joe Friel on intensity training for a "quick fix". See News page.
15/09/2004 More Trophies for Amanda Amanda has sent another Italian race report. Check it out in her new diary.
12/09/2004 Club Nationals Pete Milostic and Sean Brunt won the TT Pairs race by over 3 minutes! Pete continued his run of form with a win in the ITT by 1.30 over second place and a 3rd in the road race and also a 3rd in the criterium. See Peter's diary for a brief report.
08/09/2004 Cody mixes it with the big boys Cody gets in a break at Midden Zeeland with Thor and finds riding at 60kph a bit tough.
06/09/2004 Tour of Sunraysia Read Pete Milostic's wrap up of this race in his diary
06/09/2004 Amanda 3rd in her 1st Italian Road Race Amanda has placed 3rd in her first Italian Road Race during her lead up to the World Road Championships. See the NEWS page for her Italian report
04/09/2004 Vedriss Memorial Cup Pics See the gallery page for pics of racing at the Regatta Centre on 5/9/04.
04/09/2004 Merksem Mayhem New diary entry from Cody
01/09/2004 Improve your Hill Climbing New article by Dirk Friel, see the News page
30/08/2004 Tattersall's Cup 5 and Vic State Road Titles Pete's been travelling again. Read his latest wrap up of these events in his diary
28/08/2004 Regatta Centre Pics See the gallery page for pics of racing at the Regatta Centre on 29/8/2004.
28/08/2004 New History Story added "Cyclists should not leave their machines about town at night with no one in charge. Some few weeks ago one was taken to pieces and parts of it stolen. The police ‘arrested’ a bike on Wednesday night that had been left for sometime by the owner. We didn’
22/08/2004 Penrith-Parramatta Open For a report on the Divsion 2 race see the News page. Photos on the gallery page!
19/08/2004 Tattersall's Cup Race 4 Read Pete Milostic's latest report in his diary
18/08/2004 News Feed We now offer a news feed. Anyone can integrate our local news as it appears on this page into their site. See the news feed page - link at top left
16/08/2004 NSW TTT Champs Congratulations to our U19 team who won a bronze medal
14/08/2004 Oakville Pics Photos of racing at Oakville have been added to the Gallery page. Are you there?
13/08/2004 1906 Bathurst to Sydney, 133 Miles "Ramsley had the misfortune to lose his right arm and must have had a rough time riding his machine with one hand on the greasy rough roads." See History page for this story.
12/08/2004 Tattersall's Cup Race 3 Pete Milostic still leads the series after race 3. Read his diary for the latest report
10/08/2004 Around Australia in 56 days! Eugen Schilter from the Paramatta club is attempting to break the around Australia record. Check out his web site at www.aa56.net to follow his attempt
10/08/2004 More NSW Medals Our Juniors have ridden well at the recent State titles at Bargo. Justin Meindertsma came 2nd in the U13 ITT and Greg Beer won the U17 RR. Congratulations boys. Read Graeme Spratt's report in the 'News' page or the 'Junior's Page'
09/08/2004 Tamworth 2 Day Tour Peter Milostic finished 2nd overall, see his diary for a BRIEF! report
07/08/2004 New Gallery We have some pictures from racing at Wallgrove Road on 7th August, 2004. Check em out
05/08/2004 Tattersall's Cup Round 2 Read Pete Milostic's latest report in his diary
01/08/2004 Cody wins Cody Stevenson has won Stage 6 of the Tour of Hungary. See his diary for a full wrap up of the tour and cyclingnews.com for full report and p
31/07/2004 More Amanda Results Amanda has placed 4th in the Worlds 2000m Individual Pursuit with an average speed of 47kph
29/07/2004 25 Mile Springwood - Lawson - Valley Heights - Springwood Read about this classic race from 1935 in the 'History' pages
29/07/2004 Tattersalls' Cup Result See Pete Milostic's diary for his latest report
29/07/2004 We have a World Champion in the Club Amanda Spratt has taken out the points race at the World Championships. See the News page for results and cyclingnews.com for fu
26/07/2004 Can exercise make you sick? Recent studies have shown that heavy exercise combined with low carbohydrate intake could be a recipe for disaster. See 'News' page.
25/07/2004 Congratulations Amanda... Amanda Spratt has been selected to ride the World Championships. See the story in the 'News' page and also a report on the Canberra Women's Elite Tour
25/07/2004 Pete Milostic Wins NSW ITT Champs See Pete's diary for a report and also a report on his latest saga in China
18/07/2004 The Gallery A new set of images has been posted, see the Gallery page
17/07/2004 How long will it take you to recover from a hard bout of tra See latest training article on the News page
16/07/2004 The Belgian kermesse season has begun Read Cody's latest installment on his diary page
13/07/2004 Penrith's Cycling History We have a new section on the site, see the History link on the left for some interesting reading
12/07/2004 Recovery Drinks See News page for this article from Joe Friel
12/07/2004 Coonabarrabran to Gunnedah See Pete Milostic's diary for a brief report
06/07/2004 Mudgee Report See the News page for a brief report and some pics of the Mudgee Weekend 3rd July, 2004
06/07/2004 Training for the Working Athlete See this new article by Wes Hobson on the News page
05/07/2004 Le Tour Talk Why not join the discussion in the Forum on this year's tour? Is Lance in form?
03/07/2004 Intensity over Volume Sounds good to me. See this new article by Dirk Friel on the 'News' page
28/06/2004 Cody in Spain Check out Cody's diary for his report on the Circuito Montanes
28/06/2004 Muswellbrook Explorer Check out Pete Milostic's diary for his Division 1 race report, also see the pics on the 'Gallery' pages and a Divsion 2 report on the 'News' page! Re
24/06/2004 Regatta Scratch races this weekend This Sunday 27th June, we have scratch races at the Regatta Centre, the Vedris Memorial Race has been moved to 4th September
20/06/2004 Junior Metros and Southern Cross Open Congratulations to Brett Meindertsma for his Bronze medal in the J11 Metropolitan Road Championships on the 19/6/2004. Also performing well in the Southern Cross Open were Andrea Beer, Ben Trojko and Brent Jones. See 'Achievements' page
12/06/2004 Sydney Championships The Sydney Championships were held at Parramatta Park on Saturday 13th June. Congratulations to Jeff Smith who won his division - a good year for Smithy! See the Gallery page for pictures.
10/06/2004 Amanda one step closer to Junior Worlds Amanda Spratt has won the 1st selection race for the U19 Women's team for the Junior Worlds in Italy. She rode with the elite women beating the likes of Kathy Watt by breaking away alone. Not bad for a 16 year old! She has already been selected for the Ju
10/06/2004 Peter Milostic - "NSW Roadman of the Year" and named NSW Cyc Pete Milostic was awarded these two significant prizes at the NSW Cycling Federation AGM last week. Congratulations Pete
09/06/2004 Caffeine as an Ergogenic Aid New article by Joe Friel, see News page
01/06/2004 Peter has added a new diary entry Check out Pete Milostic's diary page for a wrap up of his results at the Tour of Perth
26/05/2004 Amanda wins again Congratulations to Amanda Spratt who won the NSW Criterium Championship U19 event at Dunc Gray Velodrome last Saturday 22nd May
26/05/2004 Friday night track racing is back Visit www.fnwtr.tk for more info
20/05/2004 Ken Dinnervile is Cancelled Race entry fee is transferrable
16/05/2004 Peter Milostic - 2004 Club Road Race Champion See the News page for a report and the Gallery page for some images. Full results coming soon!
12/05/2004 Great results from our trackies at the State C'Ships Check out the Achievements page
10/05/2004 New Cody Story Check out Cody's latest diary entry
06/05/2004 Club ITT Championship Results See the News page for full results
05/05/2004 Developing Force Excellent new article by Wes Hobson, see News page
05/05/2004 Updated Calendar Check the calendar as there has been a couple of updates, notably the date for the Kurrajong Classic
04/05/2004 Get well soon... Walter Machado had a fall on the last corner at the National Masters Crit. C'Ships and apparently has a punctured lung
27/04/2004 Cody has added a new diary entry Read about it in his diary, link at top right of page
23/04/2004 Jess Ridder has added a new diary entry Check out her latest installment from Italy
23/04/2004 Jim Ryan and Walter Machado victorious at the Nationals For a report, see News page. For results, go here
22/04/2004 Australian Masters ITT The National ITT C'Ships for Masters was run on Thursday 22nd April - see new photos in 'Gallery' section. Results
21/04/2004 Jess Ridder has added a new diary entry Check out her latest installment from Italy
20/04/2004 Smithy wins Gold Congratulations to Jeff Smith - Gold medal in MMAS 6 Individual Pursuit, Bronze in the Sprint and Bronze in the 20 lap scratch race at the National Track Championships. Also congratulations to Walter MAchado for his 4th place in the 20 lap scratch race.
18/04/2004 Rider's Diaries We have 2 diary pages - Cody Stevenson from Belgium and Jessica Ridder from Italy. See links top right
18/04/2004 Next Club Meeting, Monday 19/4/2004 All members welcome - Panthers Leagues club 8:00pm
24/03/2004 Club Road Program See the Calendar page for the program. Program is a draft at this stage.
21/03/2004 Orange to Bathurst The OTB event was ridden and won on Sunday 21st March. By all accounts it was a success and good to have a real road event on the calendar! See News page for a report and results.
26/02/2004 Back in Belgium! Cody's back OS now for another season in 2004. Check out his first posting for 2004 on his diary page. Link at top right of page.
23/02/2004 More Good Results From our Trackies Phil Stokes, Amanda Spratt, Greg Beer, Andrea Beer, Jeff Smith and Nicholas Spratt have put in some fine performances on the track recently. See the 'Achievements' page for results.
08/02/2004 AMANDA WINS! The standout performance from 9 Penrith riders, who journeyed South to sample the hills of the Canberra tour over the weekend of 7th - 8th February, was Amanda Spratt's victory in the Women's B grade race. Congratulations Amanda! See News page for report.
17/01/2004 Peter Milostic Silver Medal - National ITT Championships Peter has placed 2nd at the National Championships in Victoria. See 'News' page for race summary and Cycling News for the full story
04/01/2004 Live Penrith Weather We've added a live weather report to the right side of the page. The little picture shows the current Penrith weather and time - click it for a forecast
22/12/2003 Yes racing is on next week! the 29th December
18/12/2003 Christmas Barbeque There will be a BBQ and presentation after racing on Monday night 22nd December. Bring your family and friends along.
10/12/2003 The Latest World Cycling News You can get the latest news HERE! See the 'News' page for the latest 5 headline news stories - updated every 10 minutes!
02/12/2003 Another wet day... Monday the 1st December was wet AGAIN! but we still managed two combined races and it only rained for about half the race.
02/12/2003 Rain, rain go away... Another wet Monday but this time it did rain on the race. Still, good racing had by all.
02/12/2003 License Renewals Don't forget to renew your race license before the end of the year. Remember, no license, no race.
02/12/2003 Welcome to the new PPCC Web Site Hope you like it. Please register then you can use the forum and also add your times and a profile if you wish.
25/11/2003 Racing continues... Monday 24th was another wet day but a few riders turned up and were repaid with dry and cool racing conditions.
20/11/2003 Monthly meeting cancelled Due to unforseen circumstances, the monthly club meeting has been cancelled.
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