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Here’s the latest Consistency Awards table – as at the Stamps Rd race on 16 October 2022.  AHCC All Adelaide City Edge Consistency Award 2022 – Results at 2022 10 16

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Here is the updated Consistency Award table at 25 Sept 2022  : AHCC All Adelaide City Edge Consistency Award 2022 – Results at 2022 09 25

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Here is the latest table of progress results for the AHCC All Adelaide City Edge Consistency Award 2022

Results are up to and including the Fox Creek Lite race on 4 Sept 2022

AHCC All Adelaide City Edge Consistency Award 2022 – Results at 2022 09 04

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Here’s the points table for the Alpe d’All Adelaide Series after Round 2 (Harrogate Rd on 15 May):  AdAllAd – Series Points Table at 2022 05 15

One more round to go: Fox Creek (Lite) on 4 Sept. Check it out here: https://entryboss.cc/races/9925

To be in the running for overall series glory, you need to do all 3 series events or race 2 and volunteer at one.

More info on the series is here: https://www.adelaidehillscc.org.au/our-events/alpe-dall-adelaide-series/

Big thanks to our series sponsors:

• All Adelaide City Edge: for all things real estate, contact Paul and the team: https://www.alladelaidecityedge.com.au/
• Project wine: http://www.projectwine.com.au/

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We are stoked to showcase wines from Gomersal Winery at Round 2 of the Alpe d’All Adelaide Series – the new Harrogate Rd course: totally epic  😊

If you are on the podium, you’ll be taking some goodies home from this great local winery.

All the better, you can get a 20% discount on purchases when you shop online here: https://www.gomersalwines.com.au/shop

Just use the discount code AHCC20

It gets better: for every dozen bottles that clock up using this code, $20 will be donated to the club. Winner!

So check the site out and stock up on some terrific wines.

Event entries are here: https://entryboss.cc/calendar/ahcc

When racing on open roads, normal road rules for cyclists are not relaxed.

A key element of safe road racing is how you position yourself on the road.

You must ride to the left of the road, well clear of the centre of the road (regardless of whether the road has line markings). There are many reasons why riding up against the centre of the road is not acceptable:

• It breaks the law: road rules require riders to ride as far to the left as is safe to do.
• Cars (including race officials) coming up from behind who want to pass the bunch can’t do so without breaking the ‘safe passing distance’ road rule.
• If riding too close to a centre dividing line there is no room for any safe drift to the right (say, a wind gust from the left, slip in concentration).
• The ‘no margin for error’ to the right would also break AusCycling racing rules if the line is crossed.
• Riding too close to the centre of the road is dangerous in terms of oncoming traffic.

For more on this, including some ‘good riding’ and ‘bad riding’ pics, check here: https://www.adelaidehillscc.org.au/our-events/safe-racing-on-open-roads/

Race safely and we all win  😊

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Here’s the third post in our ‘Safety’ series of club values. Here, we look at why riding safely and following the road rules is more than just a safety issue.

Our events require sanctioning from AusCycling and we need to meet their safety, racing rules and road rule requirements. We are one of the few AusCycling clubs that run regular road races, especially over the types of courses we use, so we are very protective of our ability to continue to do this.

All of our races require SAPOL and local government approval. Years of work have gone into developing these relationships and a reputation as a club that does the right thing. This can all be trashed very quickly if SAPOL or local governments have reason to believe rider behaviour on the road does not live up to their requirements.

We have also had instances of complaints raised to the club by the general public about rider behaviour and have had instances of the local police observing our races. Mix this all together and, without diligent attention to how we all behave on the road, we risk not being able to run races at all.

Race safely and we all win 😊

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Here’s the second post in our ‘Safety’ series of club values. Today we look at Commissaires and what there are there to do at our races.

Our commissaires are there to keep you safe, manage risks, and deal with problems and incidents.

Our comms check the course to identify problems that might pose a risk to you. They brief you at race start on things you need to be aware of. They are active on the course keeping an eye on traffic that might impact on riders and warn you of approaching vehicles. If there is an accident, they manage the situation to keep injured riders safe and to get needed help.

Commissaires are not there to be race police. Sure, if they see a rider breach a racing rule they will take down a number if they can but remember, commissaires:
• Volunteer their time and deserve our respect. No one wants to get out of bed in the morning and give up their time to drive around a course doing the distasteful job of imposing penalties on riders for bad behaviour.
• Must drive safely and not be distracted. They cannot sit in the car writing notes or listing rider numbers without risking their own safety and the safety of others on the road, including you.
• Cannot just ‘pass the bunch and pull them all over if they are behaving badly’. Safe passing distance road rules need to be met (more on this in a later post) and commissaires cannot put themselves in danger of colliding with oncoming traffic.

Race safely and we all win 🙂