Gary Connor, the dad of one of our Kelly Cycle Coaching athletes, Pierce Connor, has been a great role model as a wheelchair motivational speaker and a true advocate about how to overcome adversity. Gary became a paraplegic after falling off a ladder at only 21 years of age. Gary hasn’t ever let the wheelchair stop him or slow […]
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Kelly Cycle Coaching had 3 athletes compete in the Trans Hajar Mountain Bike race in Oman. This was a tough 4 day mountain bike race, made harder by the extreme heat, arid terrain and the quality of the field. Our Kelly Cycle Coaching athletes were excited to see a few ex pro European cyclists show up making it an even […]
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Kelly Cycle Coaching athletes, Lisa Jackson and Jessica Laws competed in the Victorian Masters Track Championships last weekend. Here is Jess’s report on how the weekend unfolded. Race Report Jess Laws – Victorian Masters Track Championships February 2012 The decision was made to compete at this event for a few different reasons. I wanted to see how I was going […]
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One of Kelly Cycle Coaching’s U17 athletes Steve Carroll has been progressing well in his various sporting endeavours. He comes from a triathlon background and is making the transition to cycling. In the last few weeks Steve has: finished 7th in the State Omnium Championships in Shepparton finished 7th in the U15-U19 Gatorade Triathlon in Melbourne on Sunday, and competed […]
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Kelly Cycle Coaching has 3 athletes about to embark on the epic TransHajar Mountain bike stage race being held in Oman. Youcef Cummings (Brother of Mark Cummings), Lake Arapakis and James Power (who all reside in Oman) commence racing today. This event is tough and we wish our athletes all the best as they battle the sand, dust and heat […]
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Kelly Cycle Coaching had some good representation in the A and B grade Australian Day Madison event held by Blackburn cycling club last week. Aaron and Hayden Eynaud are pictured (below) on their way to taking a lap and winning the B grade event. Ben Andrews (first year U17) also competed in this event and did well against a strong […]
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Tour Down Under Several of our athletes headed to the TDU this year to do a hilly block of training but also to compete in the support criteriums. Kelly Cycling athletes who competed included: Maddy Cardillo, Mark Kelly, Ben Andrews, Liam White and Nick White. The coaches, Bob and Helen, were also over there, enjoying the sweltering heat, along with […]
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Kelly Cycle Coaching had 2 elite women participate in the Bay criterium events. Jessica Laws raced on Day 1 whilst Carley McKay started Day 2. Here is what Jess had to say about her bay criterium experience. Bay Criterium – Stage 1 – Jessica Laws If someone had told me a few of months ago I would have had a […]
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Day 2 bay crits report – by Michael Hale On day 2 of the jayco bay cycling classic it was the eastern park stage which was approximately 2 kilometers in length in the geelong botanical gardens, everyone knew that this day was going to be the hottest day of racing out of the four stages. The day started off with […]
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Jayco Bay Crits – Day 3 Portarlington – report by Liam White The weather for the Portarlington, stage 3 was a big relief for most riders after the previous day’s weather of just under 40 degrees. Portarlington was known as the toughest stage and a lot of the boys, including myself wanted a bigger and better performance after pulling out […]
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