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Handicap and Teams Day at Gosling: short race report

A great morning out in Gosling for the Handicap and Teams Event. While the temperature was high teens, the water was not and so a duathlon of 400m run | 6km internal bike | 1.2km run. Mick Lockyer was our handicapper again and spread the field. Scratch marker Judy kicked off at 9.01am and a […]

Smashing success in Junior gala afternoon @ Gosling – 14 Oct

A terrific Junior skills afternoon was run at Gosling Creek this afternoon. Run by Mel Ashton-Garard, she had the group of 50 juniors split up into smaller groups and Jessie, Abby, Charlotte, Tom, Ben, Ethan and Mel took them through run and bike skills before a short, non-competitive duathlon at the end. Next junior skills […]

Volunteer Update for Oct and early Nov

Hi Piranhas, A volunteer update – Dave and Megan will be at rego desk this Sun (15/10) to seek volunteers to help out for some of the events below coming up in Oct and Nov: 14 Oct: Junior Gala Afternoon Truck in: we have volunteers in place to truck equipment from Lake Canobolas to Gosling […]

Ready to race in October (times updated Wed 11 Oct)

Hi Piranhas, Lots on in October: go to our events calendar on the octc.org.au website to see details. In summary: Sat: 14 Oct 2:15-4:30pm Junior Gala Afternoon 1 @ Gosling Creek Sun: 15 Oct 8:30 – 11am Annual Handicap and Teams Relays @ Gosling Creek Sun: 22 Oct: BikeFest 9am – 12pm @ Moulder Park […]

Group road cycling this summer

Dear OCTC members, Welcome to Daylight Savings. This time of year always brings two things, magpies and more riders on the road! We can’t do much about the magpies, but as we do each year, the following provides some information about the Club sanctioned rides and a reminder of some bunch riding etiquette. For everyone’s […]

Season 17/18 has begun

A successful duathlon and breaking the ice on Sun 24 Sep signalled the start of season 2017/18. There were good numbers across the board for our four duathlon events on Sunday morning at Gosling Creek and great to see friends from Bathurst come over to join the Piranhas. Thank you volunteers and parents for a […]

Break the Ice this Sunday

Welcome to season 2017/18! This is our traditional season opener with a club duathlon, followed by the annual ‘Break the Ice’ to celebrate the start of a new season. All members, visitors, families and newbies are welcome. Introduce yourself at the rego desk and we will help steer you for an enjoyable morning. Pls arrive […]

Welcome to season 2017/18…it’s all about Gosling

Hello Piranhas and welcome to season 2017/18!   It is now Spring…hooray. Great to know our first event for the season will be later this month with our traditional season-opening duathlon on Sun 24 Sep. It will be followed by ‘Breaking the Ice’ which is a dunk in Gosling Creek to celebrate the start of […]

Congrats Junior Piranhas

Triathlon NSW announced last week their athletes for the NSW Development Program for season 2017/18 and lots of Junior Piranhas are in there. Congratulations to these super six: Talent Identification Program: Abby and Jessie Dean, Charlotte Simmons and Rory Thornhill Emerging Talent Squad: Lauren Kerwick and Connor Whitley Apart from receiving development opportunities through metropolitan & […]