{"id":559019,"date":"2026-03-25T05:00:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T05:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/559019\/"},"modified":"2026-03-25T05:00:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T05:00:11","slug":"clubs-in-focus-coburg-cycling-club-celebrates-130-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/559019\/","title":{"rendered":"Clubs in Focus: Coburg Cycling Club celebrates 130 years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It was a celebration that brought generations together as Coburg Cycling Club marked an incredible 130 years of history at their clubhouse at Coburg Velodrome.<\/p>\n<p>From nine-year-olds to 96-year-olds, the club\u2019s youngest and oldest members celebrated, a fitting reflection of a club that continues to connect riders across generations.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"1458\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Coburg130-37.jpg\" width=\"2048\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The club&#8217;s youngest and oldest members celebrated the milestone.<\/p>\n<p>The event was rich in nostalgia, with memorabilia and historic photographs on display, capturing moments from across the decades. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are a\u00a0club that has remained true to its purpose. Bringing people together through the joy, challenge, and camaraderie of riding,&#8221; track co-ordinator and club historian Sam Gebert said.<\/p>\n<p>A special highlight was the era of the 1950s, with cycling historian Ray Bowles showcasing images that brought the club\u2019s past to life.<\/p>\n<p>The club has produced champion riders such as Snowy Munro, one of the first two Australians to compete in the Tour de France; Darren Lapthorne, the 2007 Australian road champion; and more recently, transplant national champion Tamaryn Stevens. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"1492\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Coburg130-30.jpg\" width=\"2048\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Historic photos were part of the celebrations.<\/p>\n<p>The celebrations also recognised another milestone, with the club\u2019s velodrome turning 50 later this year.<\/p>\n<p>Built by 1956 Olympian Dick Ploog, the track remains at the heart of racing at Coburg and continues to play a key role in the club\u2019s weekly competitions and community activity.<\/p>\n<p>The club holds Wednesday night track racing, Saturday criteriums and recreational road rides on Sundays. Coburg Cycling Club are also about to start a program aimed specifically at teaching young women how to ride bikes.<\/p>\n<p>With around 70 members today, Coburg Cycling Club continues to build on its proud history while welcoming new riders into the fold.<\/p>\n<p>AusCycling\u2019s\u00a0Clubs in Focus\u00a0showcases the outstanding things that our clubs are doing for grassroots cycling and riding. Use our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/auscycling.org.au\/find-a-club\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">club finder<\/a>\u00a0to explore your local club.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It was a celebration that brought generations together as Coburg Cycling Club marked an incredible 130 years of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":559020,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[445],"tags":[49,48,635,82],"class_list":["post-559019","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-cycling","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559019","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=559019"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559019\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/559020"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=559019"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=559019"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=559019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}