Castlemaine Cycling Club members excel at Nationals

Castlemaine Cycling Club members Zaren Fong-Sutton, Jade Madden, Bryce Nicholls, Hope Harnetty and Leshae Madden are proudly pictured after their state titles success.
Castlemaine Cycling Club members Zaren Fong-Sutton, Jade Madden, Bryce Nicholls, Hope Harnetty and Leshae Madden are proudly pictured after their state titles success.

Last weekend five riders from Castlemaine Cycling Club headed to Melbourne to compete at the State Titles held at the Darebin International Sports Complex (DISC). All riders came away with experience, personal bests, and some great results.
On Tuesday evening the club were thrilled to learn that junior competitor Bryce Nicholls and senior rider Jade Maddern have each won selection to compete at the Nationals in Brisbane in March off the back of their state title success.
Bryce Nicholls attained a bronze medal in 500m Time Trial and finished 7th overall in the Point Score, he also finished 5th in the 5-8 Final and recorded Personal Bests in the Individual Pursuit and Flying 200m.
Senior rider Jade Maddern won a gold medal in the Kilo final and a bronze medal in the Sprint final. Jade also recorded a PB in the Flying 200m.
Leshae Maddern finished 5th overall in the Sprint match and also record PB’s in the 500m Time Trial and Flying 200m in a terrific effort.
Zaren Fong-Sutton also notched up two fantastic PB’s in the Kilo and Flying 200m.
Hope Harnetty also had a cracker of weekend placing 5th overall in the 500m Time Trial, 6th in the Sprint Match, 9th in the Point Score and recording PBs in the Individual Pursuit and Flying 200m.
The Castlemaine Cycling Club would like to congratulate all five riders on their efforts and wish Bryce and Jade all the very best at the Nationals next month.
The Castlemaine Cycling Club riders would also like to thank Ken Madden for all his hard work and support provided over the weekend of competition.

Lisa Dennis
Editor of the Castlemaine Mail newspaper and senior journalist on our sister paper the Midland Express. Over the last 24 years Lisa been proudly reporting news in the Mount Alexander and Macedon Ranges communities.