Category: Velodrome

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Hey let’s look back at 2018 with riders who love the Maurice Kirby Velodrome in Noble Park

David Koroknai: state and national champion. Has ridden on the track for as long as he can remember

Adrian Savio: local resident, supporter and first sponsor of the newly reformed Noble Park Dandenong Cycling Club Inc.

Jeff: avid Noble Park cyclist, always looking for a new cycling adventure. Has been to Alice Springs and back

David Padfield: always found churning laps on his way home from his commute from Dandenong

Abbey: local and inspirational little rider that never wants to stop riding. Little sister to Australian track champion Kelland O’Brien

Fangio: when not winning A grade crits at Sandown, this local speedster can be found taking Strava KOMs at the track

Dean: 20 years, 20 laps per day, everyday on the same bike his wife bought him 20 years ago.

Samil: lives down the street to the velodrome and loves to ride out gentle laps whilst chatting about his Azerbaijani heritage

Zoran: another rider seen cutting gentle laps to improve his health and fitness. Blink and you’ll miss him

Kim Nguyen: local activist of the Save Noble Park Velodrome campaign. Here pictured with Olympian, Mick Hollingsworth

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Dandenong Journal: Builder rides to the rescue

Builder rides to the rescue By Cam Lucadou-Wells (6th December 2018)

Adrian Savio, front, with riders Joe Gubatanga, John Inguanti, Kim Nguyen, John Beech, Robert Jamieson and Ryan Koroknai at the Parkfield Reserve track. 188542_01 Picture: CAM LUCADOU-WELLS

A Dandenong builder has emerged as the first major sponsor of a revived cycling club at Maurice Kirby Velodrome.

Adrian Savio, of Savio Projects, has weighed in with cyclists mounting a case for the velodrome’s retention at Parkfield Reserve, Noble Park.

Greater Dandenong councillors are set to decide on 10 December whether the velodrome’s proposed demolition will be delayed until March.

This would give Cycling Victoria and the proposed Noble Park-Dandenong Cycling Club time to prove that cycling at the track was viable.

Mr Savio, a recreational cyclist, has donated $1000 towards the set-up of the club.

It ensures organisers will reach their desired $2000 crowdfunding target. Continue reading “Dandenong Journal: Builder rides to the rescue”

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Kim Nguyen talking on Macquarie Sports Radio: 26 August 2018

Kim Nguyen, a local cyclist, talks to Macquarie Sports Radio on Weekend Afternoons with Clinton Maynard & Craig Willis about Saving Noble Park Velodrome, Maurice Kirby’s career as a 3XY sports broadcaster, the Pedals Club of Victoria and why saving this historic velodrome from certain demolition by the City of Greater Dandenong on behalf of all the velodrome’s user, is important for not just Noble Park, but also for all cyclists in Melbourne’s South Eastern suburbs.