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Rob Graham Memorial Time Trial
Rob Graham Memorial Time Trial Sponsored by Formtech Engineering
This event will be held at Yarra Junction on July 21.
The format will be similar to previous years with:
a sealed handicap, a race against standard times for your age and the Eastern Veterans Time Trial Age championships (eligble to Eastern Members only).
Please note that: to qualify for the handicap section of the event, riders must have ridden in a minimum of 3 Eastern races this winter season before the TT on July 21.
Riders who have not qualified are still eligble for the fastest time and age based times prizes.
Entries close July 17th.
A wee reminder
The VVCC and affiliate clubs are coming down hard on certain types of behaviour especially the practice of inappropriate urination.
Where toilets are provided you must use them, if you are caught not using them you will be issued a $100 fine and be suspended from racing for four weeks, a second offence will see that penalty doubled and a third offence will see you looking for a new sport.
Most Eastern venues have toilets available, or close by, use them.
Club Championships
Next week (21/4/2007) is the Club Criterium Championships at Casey Fields.
Don’t be put off by the age group classification, you never know what might happen on the day and some of the top guns will be away walking the last couple of kilometres up Mt Baw Baw.
Click here for the list of ages for Saturday's championships
Vale Rob Graham
A tower of strength candle is lit.
Rob Graham was involved in a freak accident on his way to join the Tuesday riding group in their ride into the city by the Yarra bike path. He swerved to allow two schoolgirls to stay on the bike path and his front wheel has landed in a rut on the edge in the grass, which stopped the bike and he fell straight on to his head and left shoulder.
The witnesses gave resuscitation until the ambulance arrived. The damage to C1 and C2 was so complete, the spinal cord was severed.
Late on Wednesday Rob came out of an induced coma and was told by the doctor the full extent of his injuries. Rob decided that his life would be better served by donating his organs and his life support systems were turned off on Friday morning.
Rob's memory will live on in the people who receive his organs; they are extremely fortunate as we all know he was super fit and his organs are in top condition.
A few of us were fortunate to see him win by 100 metres or more in his last A grade race at Northern on Sunday. Rob took off in the last lap in that familiar low crouch he used to great effect in time trials which were his forte. He then streeted the opposition.
Rob was a fine man, an outstanding club member and we will miss him enormously.
Our deepest and sincerest sympathies extend to Julie, Adam, Elissa, Yasmin, mother Irene, father Peter and his extended family.
