2021 Perth – Laverton Cycling Classic After months of preparation and fundraising, the Perth-Laverton Cycling Classic finally took place for the 18th – 25th of September. Day 1 saw our team assemble in Bayswater ready for an 8am departure. From there they headed north on the cycle path to Muchea, where they were greeted by the lovely ladies from the local CWA. After an amazing country morning tea, it was back [...]
New CDF Board Member The Cycling Development Foundation would like to welcome Julie De Jong to the board of the Foundation. Julie has many years’ experience in the State public sectors, and has been involved in a diverse range of activities ranging from high level transformational change, project management and leadership of innovative solution development. Julie was with the former Department of Mines and Petroleum and prior to that the former [...]
NEW MAJOR PARTNER – CHAMBER OF MINERALS AND ENERGY The Cycling Development Foundation and Laverton Cycling Project are delighted to welcome the Chamber of Minerals and Energy as a major partner for the 2021 Perth-Laverton Cycling Classic. We spoke to CME’s Chief Executive, Paul Everingham about why they chose to support the Perth-Laverton Cycling Classic: “CME regularly supports a range of organisations that seek to improve their local communities. In [...]
NATIONAL ROAD SERIES TEAMS With no National Road Series Racing occurring over the last 6 weeks, we have made time for our NRS teams to focus more on process then outcome. What this means from an application perspective is to either take an off season (2-3 weeks) or focus on aspects in training that require attention and can be completed away from the taper/recovery periods around high importance racing events. Despite [...]
PERTH-LAVERTON CYCLING CLASSIC RIDER JERSEY The Perth – Laverton Cycling Classic team are proud to present the 2021 rider jersey. The Jersey will be worn by the riders in the Perth-Laverton Cycling Classic for the duration of the ride. The Jersey design was chosen by the 2020 Perth-Laverton Riders as the winner of the 2020 Laverton Emerging Art Prize (LEAP) award. School children from the Laverton Remote School were [...]
Update from Sports Director Brad Hall National Road Series Racing 2021 has started well for our Veris Racing athletes with riders attending the Melbourne to Warrnambool (VIC) and Grafton (NSW) events already this year. The Melbourne-Warrnambool event was a good eye opener for both our male and female athletes with some tactical and technical racing across the 270kms showing up a lack of racing fitness going into the event. A highlight [...]
CDF CHAIRPERSON UPDATE The Cycling Development Foundation are pleased to announce that our current chairperson, Mary Tennant, has chosen to continue in this role for the coming year. Read Mary's acceptance letter below: "It is with pleasure that I accept the position of the Chairperson for the CDF for another year. 2020 had its challenges for all of us especially for members of the Veris Racing Team who were not [...]
GO FOR 2&5 SCHOOL HOLIDAY CYCLING PROGRAM The CDF is committed to promoting, supporting and providing for the development and increased participation rates of junior, female and male cyclists. The Laverton Cycling Project was developed as a result of consultation with stakeholders in the Laverton Community and has provided programs for children and adults over the past few years. As a result of our commitment to the children of Laverton we have [...]
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Veris Racing are pleased to announce a new event partnership with Cashmanagement for the Perth-Laverton Cycling Classic. This iconic event raises funds and awareness for the Laverton Cycling Project that supports, mentors and provides access to cycling resources for health, fitness, well-being and sport. This program forms part of Veris Australia's Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) as many of the participants are indigenous to the area, whilst also involving the collaboration of various [...]
