Northside Racing - 2010 Dates 

The current Northside program is detailed below.

The detailed Northside start/finish/circuit details are located in Upcoming Events section of this website.

BiciSport members are welcome to all Manly, Central Coast & Northern Sydney Club events. Entries are taken on the day, and close 30 minutes before the advertised start time. All races are cancelled in wet weather for safety reasons, except ATTA time trials

Last updated September 6           

September

18 - Road Race (Calga)

19 - Criterium (Mt Ku Ring gai)

25 - Road Race (Calga)

October

3 - Time Trial (Calga)

4 (Mon) - Criterium (Mt Ku Ring gai) 

10 - Road Race (West Head)

17 - Criterium (Mt Ku Ring gai)

November

7 - Time Trial (Calga)

14 - Road Race (West Head) 

December 

5 - Time Trial (Calga)

12 - Road Race (West Head) 

HOW DO I START ? 

Races organised in the Northside program are conducted by the following clubs - 

*  Northern Sydney, BiciSport, Manly Warringah, ATTA, & Central Coast clubs 

*  Members of other clubs are most welcome to all events listed.

To compete in these races you need to be affiliated with a registered cycling club for insurance purposes. You can easily affiliate by contacting one of the Northside clubs.

Please note -

*  That all northside club races are cancelled in wet weather for safety reasons (with the exception of ATTA time trials at Calga).

*  If weather conditions are "doubtful" you should assume the event has been cancelled.

*  Club races allow entries "on the day" (no later than 30 minutes before the advertised starting times). Entry fees vary between $7 and $10.

*  BiciSport team members are requested to wear team clothing at all northside and CycNSW races (this is not a requirement when BiciSport members are out training)

*  Don`t forget to take your racing licence (or receipt of m`ship) with you to every race. This should be presented to the local race official at the sign-on entry desk.

*  Accredited Helmets - please note that the only helmets permitted to be used in competition must be Australian Standards (AS) approved helmets. Helmets that are Standards accredited carry a small silver sticker inside the helmet stating that fact. If you have purchased a helmet overseas or on the internet, it will in all likelihood not be Australian Standards approved and this will nullify your accident insurance at races. Race officials conduct random helmet checks for AS certification, and if not shown, your race entry will be refused.  

*  What grade do I ride when I have my first race ?. 

At your first few races you should -

 * enter C or D grade and see how you go

 * as you progress, and feel more comfortable, you can be promoted to a higher grade at a later date

 * it may take 5 or 6 races in C grade to get the swing of things

Some golden rules when you start racing -

 * never look down when changing gears, or searching for a water bottle

 * never look around if you hear a crash behind you

 * dont overlap the (rear) wheel in front of you

NORTHSIDE COMBINE - a brief history 

The northside combine programme has evolved since the early 1980`s. Northern Suburbs Club (now called Northern Sydney Club) conducted Saturday afternoon races from Duffys Forest (the finishing line is still painted on Wyong road at Duffys Forest) to West Head, road races from Berowra to Calga & return, as well as criteriums at the Warriewood Shopping Centre. Manly Club also conducted circuit races around the Warriewood Valley (finishing near the Flower Power Nursery at MacPherson Street) for many years, as well as weekly races to West Head through Church Point.

The Warriewood Valley hosted Metropolitian Road Championships for many years, and during the 1970`s the Championship course was two laps of Mona Vale Rd, past Bahai Temple, Tumbledown Dick Hill, Forest Way, Wakehurst Parkway, then back to Warriewood Valley. 

The advent of Saturday afternoon shopping in the mid 1980`s, plus increased traffic congestion, saw a general switch to Sunday morning racing, and the introduction of criteriums in the summer. Northern Suburbs was the first Sydney club to introduce summer criterium racing into Sydney in the early 1980`s (up until that point there was no summer road racing in Sydney). Mt Ku Ring gai criteriums commenced in 1982 - Beaumont Rd was just a dirt road up until that time, and the housing development in the Warriewood Valley prompted the switch of venue to Mt Ku Ring gai.

Criteriums have briefly been held at Brookvale and Cromer, but discontinued due to increased traffic pressures. West Head races were switched from a Saturday to a Sunday in 2003, and to a Terrey Hills shops "start/finish" in 2005 to ease traffic concerns along McCarrs Creek Road. In 2010 the West Head races have generally started/finished at the Elvina Track carpark on the West Head Road (2k along the West Head Road).

Central Coast Club were added to the northside combine programme from 2000, and Central Coast races are based at Calga & Wyong.