Sam does it again at Synergy Park

Following on from the previous post, we just want to congratulate Sam for another great result over the weekend with his 3rd place at Synergy Park criterium. Sam was in the money on both Saturday (4th Nundah) and on Sundays race.

Good work Sam.

More team success

This weekend has proven to be another successful weekend of racing for the team...all thanks to Sam. On Saturday the team turned up to Nundah for the local club crit, where the team raced really aggressively. From the gun, Taylor attacked and took a small group with him. This was brought back soon, but from that point on it was attack after attack.
Matt was active through the whole race, always forcing the pace and softening the pack up so that Sam could then get himself into a break at the end of the race.

Sam got himself into a good working break in the finale, and put in some more of his famous big turns at the front and made sure his break stayed away. For the last 10minutes of the race, the break worked well together and with the rest of the team monitoring any moves that might try to get across, it looked good for a result.

Sam's group stayed away until the finish, but with not the strongest sprint, Sam came in for fourth place, so the Campos Coffee was on him.

To back this great effort up, Sam raced out at Synergy Park Criterium on the following Sunday and managed to get himself 3rd place.

With the Oakey Kermis next week, it's clear Sam has plenty of form.

Twilight Series Finale

Wednesday evening was the final round of the annual and popular Twilight Series held at Nundah. Following on from Callum's 4th place the previous week, the team was confident in getting a better result this week.

It was a hot evening, yet the field was really big. Nundah is infamous for being a windy circuit, which always results in a hard race. Tonight was to be no exception. The boys put in a great effort, with Sam marking all of the early moves. Several times Sam got himself into in a break with Malcolm Rudolf (Jayco-Skins rider and u23 National Rep), yet the two combined was too much of a risk for the pelton, who brought these dangerous moves back each time.

With no successful break being able to get away, the race was coming down to a bunch sprint. Dougie then started to organise a lead out train for Callum, and proceeded to put in massive turns to keep the pace high. Unfortunately there were too good a sprinters in the field, with Matt Ryan taking the win. There's always next week.

Sam finds early form

The team turned out to the Murarrie Criterium on Saturday morning and knew it would be a hard race given the strong wind around Brisbane. We knew it would be important to ride at the front from the start so that we could stay out of trouble, which would be guaranteed with the wind.

From the gun a move went and Matt Murray was in the break. The bunch let this group go and for the first 20min of the race, the group worked really well to stay away. This group gained an advantage of more than 30 seconds, however this was all the chasing group wanted to let get away. Just before the Prime, this first break away was brought back. Matt then settled into the group to try and recover for the last part of the race.

Soon after the Prime, another break with some strong riders got away and Sam was there with them.

Sam was super strong today and did some great work in the break to make sure it stayed away. In the closing stages, Sam new he was going to have to attack if he was going to beat the likes of Jon Cantwell (Aussie Crit Champ - Pro rider) and Jack Anderson (Pro Rider) in a sprint. So with 1km to go, Sam attacked hard with Cantwell. Unfortunately the other riders in the break didn't want to let this go and Sam was brought back to the group. The race was then decided in a small group sprint with Cantwell taking an easy win. Sam came in for 5th, which was a really good result.

Callum Gets the Points

On Wednesday night Hamiltopn Pine Rivers Wheelers had the 4th round of their popular Twilight Criterium Series, at the Nundah Crit circuit. The 4th round was a points race with 2 points being provided to the first rider across the line on each lap. with a big field including Australian Crit champion, Jonathan Cantwell, it was always going to be a tough evening in the saddle.

New team rider Callum O'Sullivan lined up with the team for what was going to be a fast race and came up with the goods. Callum got equal 4th place after winning 3 sprints and collecting 6 points.

Good work Callum! The first results for the team in 2011. No doubt Callum and the team will continue to bring in the results.

New Champion System kit

So now that the team has been announced, we are now able to get on with the season ahead. There will be loads of racing this year and we'll be in plenty of comfort while wearing our new Champion System kit. Over the weekend we received our new kit and it looks great.

Everything about this kit is first class. The colours are perfectly matched, the cut is sensational and the comfort is better than any kit I've ridden. In particular, the "Endurance" chamois is like a pillow - just what you want for thouse 6 hour trips through the hills.

I can also attest to the kit being a good race kit. On Sunday, the team headed out to Synergy Park for a charity race to help raise money for the flood victims. There was a great turnout and I'm sure the Ipswich CC raised much needed funds for the flood appeal. So while the team supported a good cause, it was also the first time we were able to race in the new kit. All I can say is that I didn't notice it, which is the best compliment I can give a kit, because that means it did just as it was supposed to and didn't give me any discomfort.

Thanks again champion System!!

The Team

We can now proudly announce the list of riders who will represent Campos-Ashgrove Cycles, presented by Champion System. The riders for the 2011 season will be:

1. Matt Murray
2. Tom Szollosi
3. Taylor Charlton
4. Sam Volkers
5. Doug Freeburn
6. Callum O'Sullivan

Over the next few weeks we'll start providing some rider profiles, pictures and other details of the team equipment and racing schedule.

We are also looking forward to preparing for the season ahead, with the Foodworks Teams Series being a big goal for the team. This new teams series is set to be an awesome series of races, which will include hard road races, time trials, team time trials and criteriums. There will be at least 15 teams involved, so the competition will be of the highest quality.

New Team Jersey - 2011 season

Finally we can show you the new team jersey for the 2011 season. We are very proud of the look that we've established and can't wait to get out on the road in our new Champion System kit.

We would really like to thank Champion System for their great help in putting all this together and designing such a professional looking kit.

We now hope to be able to announce the new team for the 2011 season as soon as we can. We are still negotiating with a few riders for 2011, so as soon as we can we'll announce the team.


With the new Foodworks Team Series to be held in SEQ, we will now have a 6 man team. This will mean we can now represent in all of the major races across the region and always be competitive.

Also stay tuned for some small changes to the look of the blog as we seek to update with new team colours and team riders.