Join Alice Springs Cycling Club members for a morning of criterium racing at the Telegraph Station carpark.  6.30am sign on for 6.50am start. Criterium or Crit racing is conducted around a short circuit for a set time (usually 20min), plus a bell lap/s that make for some exciting sprint finishes.  This is a great spectator event as you can generally see the riders for the entire race. Juniors U13 15 mins + 1 lap; C Grade 20 mins + 1 lap; A & B Grade 20 mins + I lap. All riders require an All Race Auscycling licence to compete. https://www.auscycling.org.au/membership/race-all-discipline   This licence allows you to enter any cycing event or race including BMX,  MTB or Track. If you would like to try cycle racing you can obtain a free 4 week trial licence by registering at https://auscycling.tidyhq.com/public/membership_levels/cdeaa9a0f8f3   Conditions apply.  

Join Alice Springs Cycling Club members for a morning of criterium racing at the Telegraph Station carpark.  6.30am sign on for 6.50pm start. Criterium or Crit racing is conducted around a short circuit for a set time (usually 20min), plus a bell lap/s that make for some exciting sprint finishes.  This is a great spectator event as you can generally see the riders for the entire race. Juniors U13 15 mins + 1 lap; C Grade 20 mins + 1 lap; A & B Grade 20 mins + I lap. All riders require an All Race Auscycling licence to compete. https://www.auscycling.org.au/membership/race-all-discipline   This licence allows you to enter any cycing event or race including BMX,  MTB or Track. If you would like to try cycle racing you can obtain a free 4 week trial licence by registering at https://auscycling.tidyhq.com/public/membership_levels/cdeaa9a0f8f3   Conditions apply.  

Join Alice Springs Cycling Club members for a morning of criterium racing at the Telegraph Station carpark.  6.45am sign on for 7.00pm start. Criterium or Crit racing is conducted around a short circuit for a set time (usually 20min), plus a bell lap/s that make for some exciting sprint finishes.  This is a great spectator event as you can generally see the riders for the entire race. Juniors U13 15 mins + 1 lap; C Grade 20 mins + 1 lap; A & B Grade 20 mins + I lap. All riders require an All Race Auscycling licence to compete. https://www.auscycling.org.au/membership/race-all-discipline   This licence allows you to enter any cycing event or race including BMX,  MTB or Track. If you would like to try cycle racing you can obtain a free 4 week trial licence by registering at https://auscycling.tidyhq.com/public/membership_levels/cdeaa9a0f8f3   Conditions apply. (Telegraph Station entry gate will be locked at 6.40am)

Riders with an AusCycling “Lifestyle Licence” can join track training. An “All Disciplines Race Licence’ is required to participate in any races on the track. If you have never held an Auscycling licence and you are interested in trying track you can also take out a 4 week trial licence with Auscycling and attend a few sessions, prior to purchasing an appropriate ongoing licence. Visit AusCycling for memberships and Licences https://www.auscycling.org.au/membership Visit AusCycling for a 4 week trial licence: https://www.auscycling.org.au/membership/other/free-trial If you have any questions simply call: Mike Heyburn - 0413443270 - michael.heyburn@gmail.com Reg Hatch - 0409949343 - reg.hatch@hotmail.com   Minette Van Wyk – 0498370644 mvanwyk693@gmail.com

Riders with an AusCycling “Lifestyle Licence” can join track training. An “All Disciplines Race Licence’ is required to participate in any races on the track. If you have never held an Auscycling licence and you are interested in trying track you can also take out a 4 week trial licence with Auscycling and attend a few sessions, prior to purchasing an appropriate ongoing licence. Visit AusCycling for memberships and Licences https://www.auscycling.org.au/membership Visit AusCycling for a 4 week trial licence: https://www.auscycling.org.au/membership/other/free-trial If you have any questions simply call: Mike Heyburn - 0413443270 - michael.heyburn@gmail.com Reg Hatch - 0409949343 - reg.hatch@hotmail.com   Minette Van Wyk – 0498370644 mvanwyk693@gmail.com

Riders with an AusCycling “Lifestyle Licence” can join track training. An “All Disciplines Race Licence’ is required to participate in any races on the track. If you have never held an Auscycling licence and you are interested in trying track you can also take out a 4 week trial licence with Auscycling and attend a few sessions, prior to purchasing an appropriate ongoing licence. Visit AusCycling for memberships and Licences https://www.auscycling.org.au/membership Visit AusCycling for a 4 week trial licence: https://www.auscycling.org.au/membership/other/free-trial If you have any questions simply call: Mike Heyburn - 0413443270 - michael.heyburn@gmail.com Reg Hatch - 0409949343 - reg.hatch@hotmail.com   Minette Van Wyk – 0498370644 mvanwyk693@gmail.com

Riders with an AusCycling “Lifestyle Licence” can join track training. An “All Disciplines Race Licence’ is required to participate in any races on the track. If you have never held an Auscycling licence and you are interested in trying track you can also take out a 4 week trial licence with Auscycling and attend a few sessions, prior to purchasing an appropriate ongoing licence. Visit AusCycling for memberships and Licences https://www.auscycling.org.au/membership Visit AusCycling for a 4 week trial licence: https://www.auscycling.org.au/membership/other/free-trial If you have any questions simply call: Mike Heyburn - 0413443270 - michael.heyburn@gmail.com Reg Hatch - 0409949343 - reg.hatch@hotmail.com   Minette Van Wyk – 0498370644 mvanwyk693@gmail.com

Please register for catering purposes for the Alice Springs Cycling Club AGM and Awards Night Saturday October 28. 5.45pm for a 6.00pm start. WHERE: ASCC Clubrooms, Cameron St, Braitling WHAT TO BRING: A salad or dessert.  Drinks and BBQ supplied. All positions (President, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer and committee members) will be declared vacant.  You can nominate for one or more of these positions at the AGM, or in advance by writing or emailing the Secretary a letter signed by the nominated person and a seconder, and an indication that the nominated person is willing to stand.  Don't be shame to nominate yourself! Committee members must be at least 18 years of age.  Only people who have been members of the ASCC for at least 10 working days can vote. The order of business will be: (a) the consideration of the accounts and reports of the Committee; (b) the election of new committee members; (c) any other business And then its dinner and the annual awards night. Any questions - don't hesitate to ask.  Andrea Andrea Martin, Secretary ph 0457 313 356

Alice Springs Cycling Club AGM and Awards Night President's Report 2023 Saturday October 28. 5.45pm for a 6.00pm start. WHERE: ASCC Clubrooms, Cameron St, Braitling   ASCC President’s Report 2023 Acknowledgement of Country Gratitude for the ASCC Committee As usual, I’d like to thank the ASCC committee for their commitment and dedication to all things cycling over the last year. So much goes on behind the scenes to keep all aspects of the club running. We are all volunteers and people put in as much as their busy lives permit. While most are time poor, some go above and beyond to find a way to make things happen. I’d like to especially thank Andrea Martin (Secretary) and Laurie Berryman (Treasurer) who have each worked tirelessly to fulfill their respective demanding roles. Kathy Moylan has done an amazing job not just as Membership Officer, but also helping Veronica Gailey with marketing and promotions of club activities and events. Speaking of Veronica, taking on the role of compiling a regular newsletter is not one most people would relish, but she has done a fantastic job in keeping the cycling community informed, despite her increasing workload outside cycling. I am very appreciative of Ben Kaethner being back on the committee and especially his accepting taking on the responsibilities of road race/event coordinator, including compiling series and race results over the season and organising the awards. This was an additional role I was happy to relinquish this year, but given the amount of work that goes into the awards, I’m not certain that Ben shares the same level of happiness right now! Thanks also to vice-president Mike Heyburn, who has been the conduit with the Alice Springs Masters Games organisers, as well as being the mainstay of the track. Although work commitments have hampered their availability, both Richard Farrell and Adrian Basso have contributed when they can. Gratitude for Non-Committee Members There are many people who are not on the committee who also make valuable contributions throughout the season. Reg Hatch, the club coach spends much of his life at the velodrome watching over and encouraging both adult and junior riders. This year in particular, he has presided over a number of school students organised to have a series of sessions at the track. This is in addition to his usual track commitments. Russell “Rusty” North has been another loyal contributor this year again, organising and driving the bus back from Gran Fondos, and being the tail-end Charlie in driving behind the last rider at several other events. A number of parents have helped out in supporting not only their own children but others, and without you, we would not have the juniors in the first place, let alone at the track or other events. Note: voting for the Club Member of the year is still open! For those of you yet to vote, any of the names mentioned (along with several others) would be worthy recipients of the award. Safety As a cycling club, safety is paramount. It is the primary role of the commissaire for our races, but it is also every rider’s responsibility to ride in a safe manner. Despite this, we are still at the mercy of drivers. One of the things that we introduced this year was the purchase of two sets of cycling cameras for members to use to improve cycling safety. Accompanying this was the Bicycle Camera Usage Policy I wrote as a guide, including what to do when footage of an incident or near miss is captured. As I wrote in a recent newsletter, I sent footage of a near miss I captured on my camera to the NT Police who investigated the incident and gave the driver a caution. This result can only assist in promoting driver awareness and respect for two-wheeled road users. The committee will continue to pursue good relationships with the NTG and the Alice Springs Town Council regarding safety for cyclists. On the subject of safety, I am very excited to advise that the ASCC has been announced as a finalist in the NT Community Road Safety Awards. After the initial nomination, we made it through to the semi-finals and are now one of the three finalists in this category. These are adjudicated by Awards Australia, who since 1989 have been specialising in awards recognition programs on a state/territory and national level. The Community Road Safety Awards have been awarded since 2002 but only since 2020 in the NT. Club representatives have been invited to the gala dinner and award announcements to be held in Darwin on Friday 08 December. Although it would be amazing to win, just being selected as a finalist is a great achievement in itself, and a show of commitment that so many people have made to the club in ensuring safe events for our members. Stay tuned for further news! Supporting our Volunteers Clubs of all disciplines throughout Australia have been struggling for numbers of members and volunteers – it is certainly not unique to our club. The introduction of a paid allowance for event officials and key volunteers in recent years has no doubt assisted in providing a small incentive to assist, but we desperately need more help. We need more people to do the Commissaire training as there are precious few and the numbers are diminishing as people leave town or move away from cycling. This year we paid for eight members to do their Foundation Instructor Certificates, which is great. There is also support for members to do a first aid course if they volunteer. We are always looking at ways to increase our volunteer and official numbers, so please consider helping out or doing the Commissaire training, or let a committee member know if you have any ideas about how we can improve in this critical area. Attracting Junior Riders In addition to volunteers, we also are trying to encourage more junior riders. This is the engine room of our future and it is critical to the survival of the club that we get more juniors on board. For this reason, we recently made the decision to reduce junior club membership to $0. This year we had great success with the Come and Try sessions at the track, with good numbers from Centralian Middle School, Ross Park Primary School and the Scouts, but we could do so much more with additional volunteers. Thanks to our junior members for supporting this, especially Xavier Taig and Adam Duncum. In addition, extra thanks to Laurie and Andrea for their commitment to this program, as well as Aaron Hester, Mandy Hargreaves and Stu McDonell. Notably, several students continued to attend regular track sessions after the school’s series of sessions concluded. Asset Management Managing our considerable assets is an important job of the committee, particularly keeping the velodrome safe and clubrooms and grounds neat and in working order. This year we spent over $9000 getting the lines on the velodrome repainted, and Kym Hansen did a great job fixing and replacing the toilets in the velodrome area. One of our biggest positives is having track and some road bikes available for use by members and school groups, but keeping these well-maintained is a challenge we are still grappling with. We purchased a further 10 bike helmets for juniors this year. Visit to the ASCC by the NT’s Highest Official On Wednesday 12 July 2023, I had the pleasure of hosting His Honour Professor the Honourable Hugh Heggie PSM, (to use His Honour’s official full title; PSM being the Public Service Medal awarded in 2021), Administrator of the NT, together with his partner, Ms Ruth Jones and an entourage of others including an official photographer. They were in Alice Springs for the week and wanted to visit a number of organisations and a few sporting clubs, of which we were one. As Administrator, His Honour represents the Crown in right of the Northern Territory and performs a similar constitutional role to that of a State Governor and does not participate in the political process. The Administrator of the Northern Territory is the highest official on the Northern Territory’s Table of Precedence, and is therefore accorded priority over other officials such as the Chief Minister, the Chief Justice and the Lord Mayor. Joining me to welcome the guests were Elite Commissaire Mandy Hargreaves and coach extraordinaire Reg Hatch. It was great to have such knowledgeable people on hand to help convey the history of the club, its facilities and notable past riders. Both His Honour and Ms Jones are keen fitness and sports people who took great interest in our club and seemed to enjoy the tour of the clubrooms and the velodrome. While it was a relaxed atmosphere, we were all mindful of the strict range of official protocols we were required to follow regarding the visit, including how to address His Honour the Administrator. ASCC Constitution Updated After many years of the subject being mentioned, action was taken this year to finally update the ASCC constitution, which was seriously in need of an overhaul. My gratitude goes to Secretary Andrea Martin for her work in drafting the revision and ultimately getting it officially updated. Term Deposits Opened for ASCC Funds At the suggestion of Treasurer Laurie Berryman, funds that had traditionally sat in one account were transferred into three separate term deposits. This not only will provide a greater level of interest for our reserve, but by being split, still allows for flexibility should we need to draw on funds with short notice e.g. for an urgent purchase with significant outlay, or where a grant is applied for but we must also make a contribution. Thank you Laurie for your advice and guidance on this for the betterment of the club’s financial resources. Trophy Overhaul Together with the constitution, another area that was in urgent need of change was the trophies. Some were overflowing and in need of replacement, while others were just old and outdated. Some awards were very similar in purpose and intent, with duplication occurring in several instances. Accordingly, Ben Kaethner, Kathy Moylan and I met and made what were considered necessary revisions which will hopefully make for more meaningful award presentations. Notable Achievements ASCC Members in the medals at the 2023 AusCycling Masters Track National Championships Congratulations to ASCC members Kym Hansen and Mike Heyburn who each graced the podium at the Anna Meares velodrome in April. Mike had an awesome ride in the M7 IP final and Kym cleaned up in the M9 category, including gold in the 500m TT final. Amongst the officials was none other than our own Mandy Hargreaves, doing her National Commissaire duty! ASCC Members in top 10 in 2023 AusCycling Road National Championships Congratulations to Clive Hickey for his top 10 finishes in the Road and Time Trail Nationals. Graham Tjilpi Buckley Earlier this month Tjilpi completed the 210km Round the Bay in a Day ride in Melbourne. Again. Last year, Tjilpi was the oldest participant (85) just – by 4 months. I am not aware, but I’m guessing at 86, he may have comfortably been the oldest this year. You continue to inspire us all, Tjilpi! Max Yffer President ASCC October 2023    

Riders with an AusCycling “Lifestyle Licence” can join track training. An “All Disciplines Race Licence’ is required to participate in any races on the track. If you have never held an Auscycling licence and you are interested in trying track you can also take out a 4 week trial licence with Auscycling and attend a few sessions, prior to purchasing an appropriate ongoing licence. Visit AusCycling for memberships and Licences https://www.auscycling.org.au/membership Visit AusCycling for a 4 week trial licence: https://www.auscycling.org.au/membership/other/free-trial If you have any questions simply call: Mike Heyburn - 0413443270 - michael.heyburn@gmail.com Reg Hatch - 0409949343 - reg.hatch@hotmail.com   Minette Van Wyk – 0498370644 mvanwyk693@gmail.com

Riders with an AusCycling “Lifestyle Licence” can join track training. An “All Disciplines Race Licence’ is required to participate in any races on the track. If you have never held an Auscycling licence and you are interested in trying track you can also take out a 4 week trial licence with Auscycling and attend a few sessions, prior to purchasing an appropriate ongoing licence. Visit AusCycling for memberships and Licences https://www.auscycling.org.au/membership Visit AusCycling for a 4 week trial licence: https://www.auscycling.org.au/membership/other/free-trial If you have any questions simply call: Mike Heyburn - 0413443270 - michael.heyburn@gmail.com Reg Hatch - 0409949343 - reg.hatch@hotmail.com   Minette Van Wyk – 0498370644 mvanwyk693@gmail.com

The premier sponsored event of the year: King & Queen of the Hills is sponsored by ASCC patron Jan Heaslip, Bond Springs Station. Everybody to Sign on at ASCC clubrooms, Cameron St 9.45am.  Categories include: Race (Female, Male, Adult and Junior) and Social: Remember to bring your membership card and a helmet with the AS/NZS 2063 sticker. Race starts 10am, Social ride will start 5 mins later. Neutral to MVR and race to High Point Marker (17km).  Other prizes include the Alexis Rhodes female sprint and the Tony Muscat male sprint, in honour of past members.  Lunch at Bond Springs Station. Registration for this ride is required. Hit button below to register all riders, non riders, and if attending lunch.   All those attending lunch are asked to bring either a homemade salad or homemade dessert to compliment the finest quality beef supplied by Bond Springs.  ASCC will provide non-meat options, soft drink, plates, knives, forks etc.    If you have any special requirements or questions please contact the race Director Max Yffer.