Northern Vets Cycling Club

📣 WHITEMORE-HAGLEY STATION LANE 48.2km GMS THIS SUNDAY 10AM

We’re racing this Sunday at Whitemore, taking on 2 laps of the Hagley Station Lane circuit. This was a brilliant race last season when we held a handicap on the same course 🚀

The race starts in Whitemore travelling north and turning left onto Meander Valley Road, left onto Hagley Station Lane, left onto Black Hills Road, around the corner to the right and turning left to stay on Black Hills Road, before a final left onto Whitemore Road to cross the finish line for the first time. The race finishes on the same long, slight up hill on the outskirts of Whitemore after lap 2.

Entries are open now on entry boss:
📲 https://entryboss.cc/races/31802

🗺️ As always, if you’re not familiar with the course, ensure you download the course from Ride With GPS and upload it onto your bicycle computer.

You can find the course map here:
📲 https://ridewithgps.com/routes/20023200

🚨 Race Result will be in use this Sunday so please remember your seat post number.

The ride out this week leaves the Country Club Avenue roundabout on Westbury Road at 8:45am sharp.

⏰ Racing starts at 10am so please ensure you arrive at least 30 minutes before and you are present for the compulsory race briefing at 9:45am.

🚧 Thanks to the team for this weeks' race:
Race Director: Leigh Pridmore
Lead Car: Leigh Pridmore
Medical Car: James McKee
Registration Desk/Corner Marshal: Lance Beament
Trailer/Course Setup: Leigh Pridmore

If you’re part of the race day team, please arrive at 9am ready to lend a hand.

RAILTON SUPERVETS CYCLE RACE – new series - Race 1 – 3.9.2026

Online Entry now available on Entryboss – see link below.

NVCC are proud to support the 2026 series of Supervets races for our more mature vet riders, initiated by our own Supervet Tim Burford with the assistance of long-term vet rider Pete Dadson.


Tim’s idea was to provide a handicap race for males 60 and over, and for females 45 and over, to be run as an additional NVCC race on the calendar, midweek, once per month, on a circuit at Railton.

We will conduct 4 races in this 2026 series. The first 3 will be at Railton on the first Thursday of September, October, and November. The final race will be in mid-December at Hagley as part of the NVCC final race of the year. Prizemoney will be awarded to placegetters in each race; plus overall series placings will be determined for all 4 races with successful Supervet riders presented after the final race.

We invite all riders that meet the entry age and licence criteria to come and compete in race 1 of our 2026 series, weather permitting, on Thursday 3rd September at 10am, completing 3 laps of a 15km circuit starting in Railton opposite the toilet block on Kimberley Road. The race will finish at a safe location on Native Plains Road, close to the return to Railton.

Entry is online at Entryboss – See link below. Please enter early so we can confirm starting handicaps before race day. All riders must have a current AusCycling licence.

https://entryboss.cc/races/31807

If you are age qualified for this race, then come and support Tim and his helpers for a competitive ride in a fun and friendly environment – and please stay after for a coffee and debrief at the Limestone Café in Railton.

See link below for course map:

https://ridewithgps.com/routes/50093236

Please come and support this race if you can as its continuation will depend on having sufficient entries. At our last race it was great to see some familiar faces who hadn’t raced for a while, along with our regular riders who have achieved Supervet status.

We look forward to seeing new and returning riders at Railton on September 3rd.

Regards, Tim and Pete.

The state gravel champs is just around the corner. If you did our Saw Pit Hill Gravel race give some thought to supporting HWDDCC and the state champs. The course is pretty smooth, not too lumpy and starts in Fingal just over an hour from Launceston 🔥

📣 We are excited to be hosting the 2026 Tas State Gravel Championships this year!

🚵 Tower Hill Gravel will have junior to Elite level racing!
📍 Sunday 6th September

✍️ Entries are OPEN via EntryBoss https://entryboss.cc/races/31331 and post event meal and hot drink included your entry 🍔☕️🚵‍♂️

🤝 If you want to come on up and lend a hand for the day please let us know!

The countdown is on 🥳

AusCycling - TAS Clubs and Community Launceston City Cycling Club Mersey Valley Devonport Cycling Club City of Burnie Cycling Club Northern Vets Cycling Club

🏁 CARRICK - WHITEMORE - OAKS 47km GMS RESULTS AND PHOTOS 📸

A great turn out and a brilliant morning of racing at Carrick on a new course for NVCC.

While it was a new course it feels very similar to the the Oaks Road - Liffey Road - Bishopsbourne Road circuit, just with a few more lumps towards the finish.

With an moderate east-south-east to south easterly wind, there was little tailwind to be found on the course, with only the very short stretch on Meander Valley Road providing a break from the near constant headwind.

The conditions, combined with the relatively flat course, made it difficult to get away. The attacks still came thick and fast, up any small incline, down any small descent and out of every corner but in the end, there was no getting away and the race would come down to the final kilometre to determine who would win.

In A Grade, Peter Jeffers was rewarded for attacking with 800 metres to go, finishing in 1st place 2 seconds ahead of Andrew Daly.

In B Grade Sam Pratt showed composure in the final 200 metres, coming off the wheel of Darren Turner to cross the line in 1st place, 3 bike lengths clear of Darren in 2nd.

In C Grade Emily Walker launched her sprint from the 200 to go mark to put daylight between herself and the rest of the field, eventually crossing the line just 1 second ahead of Grant Maken, who secured 2nd place in a neck and neck sprint with Stef Shearer.

In D Grade Suze Hodgins secured victory in her first race back after a long time away from racing with a well timed effort to close and pass Melissa Snadden in the final 100 metres.

In E Grade Garry Cooper showed that he is back in top form, finishing in 1st place after riding away from E Grade and powering all the way to the line.

In F Grade Leigh Pridmore waited until the final 300 metres to move clear of Gerry Fraser and Jessie Lockhart, taking the win by a couple of seconds.

🙌🏼 It was a pleasure to see Suze Hodgins back racing and we were also pleased to welcome new rider Jessie Lockhart for his first race.

🤝🏼 Good work by all of the race day team including Peter Dadson, Kathryn Woolston, Laurie McKeon, Leigh Pridmore and Ricky Allen.

📸 Thanks to Peter Dadson, Martin Simpson and Melissa Snadden for today’s photos

🏆 RESULTS

A Grade
Pineapple Peter Jeffers 🥇
Andrew Daly 🥈
Iain Hodgins 🥉

B Grade
Sam Pratt 🥇
Darren Turner🥈
David Bingley 🥉

C Grade
Emily Walker 🥇
Grant Macken🥈
Stef Shearer 🥉

D Grade
Suze Stacpoole 🥇
Melissa Snadden 🥈
Brenden Paul Simpson-Kitt🥉

E Grade
Garry Cooper 🥇
David Murray 🥈
Matt Bonham 🥉

F Grade
Leigh Pridmore🥇
Gerry Fraser 🥈
Jessie Lockhart 🥉

Our next race is Whitemore-Hagley Station Lane GMS in 2 weeks’ time. Thanks to Kaine Arkley we have set up a heap of races on EntryBoss so clinking the link below and check them out.

Please keep getting those entries in early and encourage your mates to sign up and come racing so we can have more great race days like today 🚀

📲 Enter now on EntryBoss: https://entryboss.cc/calendar/nvcc

Northern Vets Cycling Club
AusCycling - TAS Clubs and Community
Launceston City Cycling Club
Hobart Wheelers / Dirt Devils Cycling Club
Mersey Valley Devonport Cycling Club
City of Burnie Cycling Club
Cradle Coast Cycling Club (CCCC)

📸 A few photos taken on lap 2 during today’s race. We missed the D/E bunch because a car was coming.

⚠️ We’ve been asked not to park in the carpark at the hall tomorrow so we will meet at the sports ground on South Street:

📍 https://maps.app.goo.gl/gXggV9kh6Xw6gPhE6?g_st=ic

Remember, there is a ride to the race at 9am from Prospect.

See you at 9:45 for the race brief 🤝🏼