CHARLES COIN CLASSIC

COOKY KILLS THEM !
CHARLES COIN WHEELS OF FIRE

Cookie ON FIRE at Laidley….He wins AGAIN…..

There were 3 members from Team Dalby contesting the harsh winds at Laidley on Sunday Tony Nolan in the Masters C 78km race, John Cook in Masters B 104km race and Brady Cumming in Elite B 104km Race. All of the boys were pretty keyed up to get amongst it and looking forward to hold the places or improve on the SEQ TOUR points positions.

Brady currently in 1st.

John currently in 2nd

Nolesy currently in 2nd.


Brady was out on the course first wearing the Elite B Leaders Jersey, his race was combined with the Masters A. The Master A riders are extremely tough and are often referred to as STOGS (Scarey Tough Old Guys). There were constant attacks throughout the race and after each 13km loop the lead seem to change until a 2 man breakaway held the rest off. Brady managed to get into a 5 man group off the front of the main pack and held there until the sprint for 3rd, Brady finished 6th place. Despite being very sick in his lead up, he was happy with his result and is still out right leader in the SEQ TOUR.


Cookie was next to hit the road. Cookie is currently in 2nd place behind Trevor Gordon in his SEQ TOUR Category. He certainly had his weet bix for breakfast as he was ON FIRE…. Cookie led the charge from the very beginning, attacking and making the race his own. Lap after lap Cookie came around in the lead bunch which eventually came down to 5 riders with minutes on the main bunch. As they came into the main finishing straight it was like watching the Tour de France, riders playing cat and mouse, not wanting to lead out UNTIL Cookie pounced like a man processed and hit the finish line with about an inch and a half to the 2nd place getter. After John gave his adoring crowd a Number 1 salute he was congratulated by his exhausted counterparts… Cookie is now looking to go all the way in the next few races to take the TOUR lead. Awesome stuff.


Nolesy led out fast in his race, they were quick to size up the opposition. There was no stuffing about it was straight into the business end of things, team Bikeline has a strong attendance in this race and were all doing their jobs to keep their team leader up the pointy end. Nolesy was in a fantastic spot after the 4th lap, in a 15 man breakaway, he looked comfortable and in his element. On the bell lap as he came past his adoring fans, he looked hurt (BLOODY CRAMPS!!), he seemed to work through it as best he could. The final 15 busted up on the last lap, this breakaway were flying, they had nearly lapped other guys in the same race. Nolesy had a little sip of toughen up and in his final dash for the line held on the place 14th.

Gold Coast Airport Marathon

Gold Coast Airport Marathon

It was a cool and crisp morning on Sunday the 1st July and even thought we Dalbyites are accustomed to the cold, we were feeling the chill. This year there were 5 competitors from TEAM DALBY, “Eddie’s Angels” Bron Green (Half Marathon) , Clare Byrne (10km) & Rachele Cumming (10km) and in the boys corner Mark Green (10km) and Jackson ‘Jacko’ Cumming in the Junior Dash (2.25km).

Bron started our well oiled machine off at 6.30am, joining 5000 other hopefuls in the 21km half marathon. This was Bron’s 5th Gold Coast Half Marathon and had hopes to do well. It was an awesome sight to see thousands of runners, all shapes and sizes out there doing their bit. Bron had an awesome race, she put the foot down in the last 5km and cruised in at 1 hour 34 minutes, she finished 11th in her age (35-39) category. (Pony also made the run in 1 hour 34 mins).

Jackson was next at 7.15am, the up and coming of Queensland talent were all there to be seen decked out in all the gear. Jacko had not had a good lead up and had been quite sick in the weeks prior to the big race, but he’s tough and he toughed it out. This was Jacko’s first big event and the excitement was very noticeable. There were 400 kids in this race and Jacko completed the 2.25km course in 12 minutes finishing 53rd in his 7 – 8 years category. He raced against kids up to 18 months older than himself. Well done little dude.

Next up it was the SOUL 10km with Greenie, Clare and Rach taking part. Although still a little cool, it had started to warm up into a lovely day. With 4000 competitors it wasn’t going to be easy to find some space to run comfortably. The gun went and it was about 2 minutes before we had crossed the START line. Our times are calculated by a computer chip on our shoes that registers went we cross start/finish, so an accurate time can be given. All 3 runners had had varying levels of training throughout the lead up and were all anxious to see what they were capable of doing. This was Clare and Rach’s first big running event and both were a little overwhelmed by the sheer amount of people. It took about 2km to get some space, very crowded and hard to get a rhythm going. We were all reasonably happy with the end result but knew we could go faster had it not been so slow at the start and again at the finishing shoots (2 traffic lanes down to ½). Greenie finished in the time of 46 minutes which placed him 60th out of 296 in his age category, Clare in 51 minutes which placed her 21st out of 225 age competitors and Rach in 54 minutes which placed her 67th out of 396 in her age category. Another Dalbyite Lyn Cuskelly was also a face in crowd in the 10km; Lyn had an awesome run in 52 minutes which placed her 14th out of 170 runners in her age category.


All in all the goals that we had set at the start of this year had been met (and then some). We are all keen to step up again next year and maybe a few Marathons might be run !! OR maybe just a half