Western NSW Cycling Unknown

Leone Roach (Eddy) goes to the 1970 World Cycling Championships.
Featuring Mark Windsor, Leone Eddy, Tom Maloney.
Set in the late 1960s and early 1970s, this is the remarkable story of a schoolgirl’s journey to the top of World Cycling from the track in Tamworth in Country NSW.
At 15 years old Leone Roach stunned everyone when she had a successful hour record attempt in Melbourne in Jan 1969. This was followed by further hour promotions in Tasmania and a successful attempt on England’s Val Rushworth’s Hour Paced record at Melbourne Olympic Velodrome in late 1969.
Australian Cyclist Boss, event promoter & official Bill Long then organising Leone’s attendance at the 1970 World Cycling Championships in Leicester UK, with the people and cycling community of Tamworth getting behind Leone's (the Ponytail Express) bid for a World title.  

This Podcast is part of the NSW Cycling Club Series by the CNSW Heritage Commission.
The Harlequin Wheelmen Club was formed in January 1982 with links to the Bathurst NSW League of Wheelman Cycle club which had been functioning for almost a century, established in 1893 by one of Australia great early Pro Riders on the Penny Farthings, Mr George Wibird.
The Harlequin club founded by David Roggiero when other Pro League cycle clubs across NSW including Bathurst CC were moving across to the NSW Cyclist Union (The Amateurs) who were winning the battle for control of the sport in Australia. The Harlequin Wheelman* Cycling Club becoming a refuge for the homeless Pro riders while the integration of the sport was occurring in the 1980s & 90s in Australia. This is the David Roggiero and Harlequin Wheelmen Club story which is based in Sydney North and affiliated with Auscycling. In recent times the club has been the state's top performer at the Cycling Age National Championships.
(*Note "Wheelman" is a 19th century historic cycling term referring to cyclists that have entered events with a cash prize).

Remembering Uncle John Windsor.. (08/01/1944 - 06/02/2019)
This is a 1-minute clip from an interview with John Windsor on his first race car from his rally cross days at Catalina Park at Katoomba and Towac Park at Orange (which for a period he was president of the club).

In 1903 Promoter Hugh D McIntosh hosted a 1mile handicap at the SCG with world record prizemoney and around 60,000 spectators. Top international cyclists (including Major Taylor) would come to Australia for the event which was won in 1903 by American N C Hooper who had been allocated a very generous 75yds by organisers.
While the event created plenty of headlines and drama it would be only contested a handful of times till legendary Aussie promotor John Scott established the event on Sydney’s Camperdown Velodrome in the 1970s and 80s.
This podcast looks at John’s Scott’s life as a cyclist and sports promoter and how he ensured that the Sydney Thousand would be long remembered as one of Australia’s greatest Cycling Promotions.
The Podcast features Audio from John Scott, Greg Scott, Geoff Scott, Robert Wallis, Alex Fulcher and Heritage Committee Chair Mark Windsor

The last time an Australian won the legendary Race Across America (or RAAM) was around a quarter of a century ago, however in 2022 Kiwi Born Aussie Allan Jefferson put his name in the history book when he defeated Svata Bozak and Swiss super star Nicole Reist in the 5000km race across the United States.
In this short 14min interview we catch up with Team Jefferson support crew member Gary Hamer of the Bathurst Cycling Club for an insight into what is often considered the toughest cycling race in the world.

"InForm TMX Make" rider Luke Tuckwell talks of his 2022 Euro Cycling Trip:
Great to catch up with Bathurst Cycling Club member Luke Tuckwell (who riders for InForm TMX Make) on his recent trip to Europe to race for Team Bike Terenzi in Italy and for the AusCycling Junior team across Europe.
After attending the recent Auscycling Webinar on Developing Cyclists Pathways, it was interesting to listen to Luke, as it emphasized the stress on aspiring young full time Australia Cyclists in Europe, faced with the latest trends by Pro-Cycling to get younger cyclists into the Pro Peloton.
The interview does stress the importance of the AusCycling junior development program and the role "InForm TMX Make" is playing in the development of young Aussie Cyclists.