General News
5 Questions with Emily Petricola
November 13, 2018Emily Petricola is a WC4 classified para-cyclist striving to make the Australian National Para-Cycling team for the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics. In 2007, following the sudden onset of numbness throughout her body, Emily was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. She was 27. Subsequent and frequent MS attacks severely impacted Emily’s sight and balance. Further debilitating symptoms she…
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5 Questions with Leann Jones
November 2, 2018At SKCC we are so very fortunate to have lots of amazing and motivating supporters and Leann is another of these, thank you Leann!!! The club is thankful and grateful for your loyalty and leadership on the Tearaway Tuesday rides which is an incredibly popular ride amongst our members! We wanted to share a…
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5 Questions with Helen Johnson
October 17, 2018Helen and her husband have 3 children aged 11, 13 and 14 and Helen started cycling in 2013 or 2014 as a way to keep fit because running started to take its toll. Helen’s hubby also rides and was keen to join him on his bike! Helen found her way to SKCC in late 2016;…
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5 Questions with Yow Keat Tham
September 20, 2018Keat joined SKCC around the end of 2014 after signing up to do a sprint distance triathlon having not ever ridden a road bike! A colleague of Keat’s was a member of SKCC and suggested he join the club to get some experience and to learn how to properly ride on the road. While…
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5 Questions with Matt Pringle
August 22, 2018Matt was talked into riding, and then racing, by a close friend when he’d finished rowing and found running wasn’t an option anymore (medical term is cactus knees). Matt can still remember his first race on the old SKCC criterium circuit when someone said simply, hold Kevin Ford’s wheel and don’t let go!! Next was…
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Notice of Annual General Meeting for St Kilda Cycling Club
August 2, 2018SKCC'ers! It's that time of the year again for the St Kilda Cycling Club's Annual General Meeting!! And in true SKCC style we'll be turning this into a social event by combining with our awards night! We'll provide the nibbles, and drinks will be available at bar prices. What: SKCC AGM and Awards night…
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5 Questions with Mel Jacobson
July 11, 2018SKCC are delighted to be able to provide our readers with a bit more of an insight into one of our longstanding club members and supporters. Many of you will know Mel Jacobsen and for those of you who don’t, next time you see her, we encourage you to go and introduce yourself to this…
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5 Questions with Lewis Fulcher
June 18, 2018Lewis is one of the hard working members of our SKCC Committee and still finds the time to race his bike!! Lewis has been racing and riding since he was 14 while growing up in country Victoria before making the big move to Melbourne in 2009. After many years of racing against SKCC, he decided…
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5 Questions with Michael Leung
May 29, 2018Michael first dipped his toes into road cycling when he bought a road bike second-hand early last year. Before that, he was commuting to uni on an old touring bike. Michael joined SKCC in June 2017 because he wanted to meet more people in cycling, and St Kilda was a club that offered beginner bunch…
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5 Questions with Kay Doidge
May 15, 2018This is Kay’s second year with SKCC and came to the club in a round about fashion. Kay’s friend Ell patiently mentored Kay on surviving Beach Road, appropriate cycling fashion (Kay learnt that apparently hockey socks are not the go) as well as assisting with taking the leap from riding a hybrid to a roadie…
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