The Ballad of Ramblin' Rodriguez

Electricity has been returned to DDCXHQ, so here are the prizewinners and podiums from Sunday. The full results are being reviewed and will be up soon, along with the race report.

Photos are rolling in, tag your tweets and instagrams with #DDCX so we don't miss them, or email us a link to your photosets.

Hamish snuck off once the racing was done so that he could spread the gospel of CX to a wider cycling audience:

Photo Albums:
Huge album from Brian Mangano

Brian Mangano's early picks
Corinna Brown
Nick Cooke
Athletic Focus. 1. 2. 3.
Open Cage . 2. Womens CX
Bike Box / Schwalbe
Baudman
Leigh Schilling
Mik Efford

Writeups:
Alex Meyland

Podiums
Kids Boys
Nathan Bof
Adam Boyd
Liam Collier

Kids Girls
Sienna Gibson
Mae Czechowski
Darcy Giuliani

Open Men
Jack Lamshed
Ben Walkerden
Duncan Murray
Anthiny Natoli
Colin Bell

Open Women
Bec Williamson
Michelle Scurr
Heather McInulty
Daniela Kirchlinger
Angela Merriam

CX B Grade Men
Ben Healey
Jason Gelsie
Adam Blazevic
John Czechowski
Cam Woolcock

CX A Grade Women
Jenna Makgill
Lisa Jacobs
Mel Anset
Tory Thomas
Jenny Macpherson

CX A Grade Men
Paul van der Ploeg
Adrian Jackson
Warrack Leach
Alex Meyland
John Groves

Battle of the Balance Bikes
Tristan Jackson
Dominico Kellet
Leon Cobbledick

Impact Massage Holeshot
Paul van der Ploeg
Karen Hill

Jet Black / Stans Wheels #zeromechanicals: Shaun Urie
Oldest rider: Sundae Commuter & ??
CycleOps DFLest racer: Lauren Mittiga
Most Inappropriate Bike: Mudguarded & racked touring bike
Massage Oil Shop Women's consistency: Shelley Green
Nwad's Best use of Argyle: Craig Towers

Full Results
Note: If you are not on this list you:
* Had a number that couldn't be seen by the judges
* Didn't cross the line on the final lap
* Are a victim of an honest judging error, and we apologise, we're not perfect. Who knew?

Seven devils all around you

In case you hadn't noticed the tweets and facebook posts, pre-reg is live for this Sunday's race.

Register here

Rego will close on Friday so that we can adjust the grading and publish a start list. Registration is closed. If there are still slots available (likely), you can register on the day. There are slots available in Open/Any bike Men & Women, Kids, CX Women. CX Men A & CX Men B are very full and slots will only open up as riders scratch.


If you don't have a CA/MTBA/BMXA licence, or didn't purchase a DDCX Season Pass at the prologue, we will be selling them on Sunday. YOU MUST HAVE A LICENCE BEFORE YOU REGISTER/PAY/COLLECT YOUR NUMBER.

Start list is published at the bottom of the post, showing your grade and bib #.

We will update this post with timing for the day and other details as they emerge.

Until then, tweak your tyre pressure, wash your skinsuit and don't be like me and bend your derailleur hanger & derailleur six days before the race.

STOP PRESS: 

Apparently there's some 'rapha women's 100' ride also scheduled for Sunday the 7th of July. Now, personally I'd rather see all the women getting rad at DDCX instead of riding along Boring Beach Rd, being videoed in sepia (mud is naturally sepia!), but I'm weird like that.

So in order to maximise the women's field this weekend we are moving the women's CX race to the last race of the day (315pm), and extending women's registration until right before the race, so you can do the 100, switch bikes, pull on your finest #SKINSUITSUNDAY lycra and get on down to Harrison St for the real fun.

Schedule:
(subject to minor variations on the day)
Volunteer arrival: 0830
Registration Open: 1030
Course Open: 1100
Racing starts: 1200
Final Registration Closes: 1220
Women's CX Registration Closes: 1500
Racing ends: 1615
Stakes up, bunting down: 1620
Presentations: 1630

Race Times:
Kids: 1200
Open M&W: 1230
CXM B: 1320
CXM A: 1415
CXM W: 1515

Inside your ribcage there's a carousel

Not confident with your barrier jumps and remounts? Want to work on your cornering?

Commuter Cycles are hosting a skills session this Saturday and everyone's welcome. Even sharks.

When: 3pm-5pm Saturday 22nd June (we’ll have a vego friendly bbq at the end)
Where: Meet at Commuter Cycles, 14 Prentice St, Brunswick. If you’re running late and we’re not there, we’ll be running the actual session at Gilpin Park (Albert St, Brunswick)
What to bring: A bike with knobbly tyres.
Please rsvp to info@commutercycles.com.au or on Facebook so we can plan accordingly.

Full details here: http://commutercycles.com.au/news/2013/cyclocross-101-skills-session-saturday-22nd-june/

Oh, time, time, time is on my side, yes it is

Heads up people, entries for the entire national cyclocross series and for round 1 (Adelaide) close this Sunday night. Entries for the Sydney & Melbourne rounds will remain open until a week before those races.

Go here to register: http://cycling.org.au/?ID=46779

Put my name at the top of your list

Attention Racers! Here are the start lists for tomorrow night's Jeff Hannemann Memorial Cyclocross races, aka the 2013 Dirty Deeds Cyclocross Prologue.

Of note:

• CX-Men will be divided into FOUR (4) heats of 30 people each. We decide who goes where, no discussion will be entered into.
• CX-Women will run with Open-Women.
• There will be a very very VERY limited number of spots in CX-Women, Open-Women & Open-Men available on the day. Plenty of kids slots left, bring 'em down!
• If you believe you pre-registered and aren't listed below please forward your confirmation email to ddcx.entries at gmail dot com and we'll look into it. No confirmation email? You messed up the form somehow. Buh-bow.
• There may be spots available in CX-Men, however they won't become available until riders scratch on the night as we are currently at capacity. I know, I'm as shocked as you are. Cyclocrossing hey?
• If you wish to nab one of these spots you'd best get to registration when it opens at 530pm tomorrow and put your name on the standby list. First come, first served.
• If you wish to scratch, email  ddcx.entries at gmail dot com ASAP.
• If you have a CA / MTBA / BMXA licence, bring it with you, or proof of payment. No licence, no race, no arguments.
• If you do not have a CA / MTBA / BMXA licence you will need to purchase a DDCX Season Pass. These will be for sale from 530pm tomorrow, they are $50.
• If you are a 13 or under kid, you can purchase a Kidz licence for $16.
• Race entry is $10 for adults, $5 for kids.
• CASH ONLY, please bring correct change.
• Yes it's going to be hectic at the registration desks, but be polite to the volunteers as you may find yourself without a race entry if you behave like a jerk.
• Registration opens 530pm
• Course opens 600pm. No number, no helmet, no practice.
• Racing commences 7pm with kids & open, at this point CX-M riders that haven't collected their number will be scratched and standby riders will fill the empty slots.
• Each grade will get two short races, kids will finish earlier so they can have a nap before staying up late to watch the Giro.
• After the racing is done and presentations are over, head to the Lomond Hotel for the after party, hosted by The New Timer.

Sorry about the text dump below, HTML isn't my strong suit. Do a Ctrl-F!

Have fun!
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CX-Men

Surname    First Name
Abbey    Josh
Akse    Jelmer
Arnold    Christof
Baker    Kristan
Balding    Dyon
Barrett    Wil
Batchelor    Aaron
Bell    Colin
Bethel    Alan
Blazevic    Adam
Braunsteins    Peter
BROWN    MICK
Buckle    Andrew
Butler    Jason
Carroll    Steven
Carruthers    Sean
Christie    Heath
Clark    Brad
Cobbledick    Marcus
Collett    Russell
Collins    Nathan
Cotterell    Nicholas
Cowburn    Andrew
Cranswick    Charlie
Crosbie    Michael
Cryan    Dominic
Czechowski    John
Dann    Michael
De Luca    Leigh
de Soto    Damion
Deane    Nicholas
Denis    Patrick
Doran    Simon
Dowling    Benzy
Drehlich    Mark
Dungey    Che
Eastick    Brad
Edwards    nicholas
Efford    Mik
Farr    Dean
Fitzsimmons    Hamish
Flaherty    Jason
Floyd    Lee
Giuliani    Nazario
Godfree    Mikkeli
Graham    Justin
Greenwood    Philip
gribble    Al
Griffiths    Blake
groves    john
Guttmann    Laurence
Hartill    Chris
Hartnett    William
Hawkins    Austen
Hay    Grant
Haydon    Simon
hayes    james
Healey    Ben
heitmann    gareth
Henry    Travis
Higginbottom    Tristan
Hildred    Jy
hogan    greg
Holder    Michael
Huntley    Alex
huth    gareth
Iwanov    Alex
Jackson    Adrian
Jeffries    Liam
Jones    Luke
Kah    Danny
Kerr    Hayden
King    Adam
Kurka    Thomas
Kyle    Robert
Larkin    Paul
Le Page    Laurent
leach    warrack
Lee Shoy    Courtenay
Lett    Nick
Mahoney    Nick
markey    peter
Matthews    Lachlan
Maughan    Tony
McBain    Jason
Meyland    Alex
Mitchell    Nick
Moore    Dan
mos    mark
Murray    Aaron
Norris-Jones    Cory
Oliver    Paddy
Payne    Steven
Phillips    Bruce
Phoon    Vei
Powell    Edward
Ratcliff    Kirk
Redenbachs    Paul
Rehlinger    Pierre
Robinson    Neil
Ruiter    Reuben
Schilling    Leigh
Simons    Craig
Slaney    Sam
Smith    Nick
Smith    Chris
Stewart-Jacks    Alistair
TOWERS    Craig
Tran    Dean
Van Der Berg    Roger
vandenbergh    adrian
Vaughan    Adam
Vellacot    Huw
Vlass    Ben
Weir    Stuart
Whiting    Matt
Winn    Cam
Woolcock    Cam
Yeatman    Paul

============================

CX-Women

Surname    First Name
Anset    Melissa
Baggs    Chloe
Brown    Claire
Combe    Nadia
Garrett    Wendy
Green    Shelley
Gurner    Erica
Low    Vinca
Macpherson    Jenny
McDonough    April
McSwan    Amity
Mittiga    Lauren
Munsterman    Maartje
Nelson    Diane
Petran  Adele
Phillips    Amy
Richards    Deborah
Scurr    Michelle
shinn    courtney
Simpson    Josie
Stewart    Verita
Williamson    Bec
Wilton    Emma

 ============================

Open-Men

 Surname    First Name
Adin    Robert
Barber    Ben
BERZKALNS    DREW
bickerstaff    phil
Custom Cycles    Larrys
Deane    James
Edwards    Patrick
Frank    Michael
Hartnett    William
Heiskanen    Tate
Hodges    Adam
Hughes    Benedict
Jones    Adam
Kuc    Anthony
McInulty    Peter
Peacock    Craig
Ripp    Paul
Scarlett    David
Shackleford    Dave
Supreme    Coffee
Thynne    Jim
Trainers    CycleOps
Urie    Shaun
Walkerden    Ben


 ============================

Open-Women

Surname    First Name
Belz    Gabrielle
Hill    Karen
Ilievski    Gayle
Mahon    Angela
McInulty    Heather
Slocum    Bridget
SOUTHWELL    JO


 ============================

Kids

Surname    First Name
Bell    Ruben
Buckle    Michael
Davey    Kieran
Giuliani    Remy
Gregory    Lucas
Hughes    Emily
Jirovec    Eddie
mcconnell    Lachlan
Mcconnell    Campbell
Parlevliet    kallum
Treadlie    Jacob
Urie    Josh
Urie    Jack
Williamson    Bec's Son

weekend adventures at Darebin Parklands

Another busy weekend for the Dirty Deeds crew.

Saturday was the third and final Women's CX Development session. It was great to see some familiar faces who had been to the previous training sessions who were able to practice and build on their skills. A few new riders also came along and picked up the basics with ease and a few giggles.

It has been so great to see so many come out to give cyclocross a go and develop the necessary skills to look totally badass riding cross bikes.

Pre reg for the Prologue is now open and we are keeping a close eye on the entry list to see if we can break some new records for women's participation. Fingers crossed (pun intended).

Cycling Victoria are circulating a survey to get feedback on the sessions, so if you haven't already, let us know what you thought and if there was anything we could improve upon.

Less talking more riding Nik! (photo stolen from Mark Drelich, thanks Mark!)

Sunday was the Darebin Parklands 40th Birthday celebration and the Dirty Deeds crew and friends headed out to help revegetate the Western side of Mount Puffaflo. 

We totally heart Darebin Parklands and are always keen to give something back to the venue who provides Dirty Deeds with some of its best racing. It had nothing to do with cake, honest. 

2000 Kangaroo Grass plants went in the ground. 

Tate getting rad with a pick. 

Park cake!

Negotiation Limerick File

So pre-reg is going faster than Blakey's sewing machine applying patches to battle jackets.

If you are thinking about coming out, or know someone you want to line up against get them to hurry up and sign up.

Registration will close on WEDNESDAY at SEVEN PM. I shout because I care.

Also, rather than put that bike away for a bit after Friday why not procrastinate on washing it until Sunday afternoon and go and race either of the CX events happening then.

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