The NSWIS Cycling Program aims to enhance national team selection opportunities for senior elite and elite development athletes while assisting them to achieve success internationally. It is a decentralised National Training Centre (NTC) program which supports a large number of athletes residing regionally or competing overseas with professional road teams.
The NSWIS Cycling Program targets elite and emerging cyclists in NSW. The program supports some of Australia’s top senior and junior cyclists from the track and road disciplines. The Emerging Athlete Program caters for up to 90 athletes from regional and metropolitan areas across two tiers. The program is camps-based with the daily training environment provided by network coaches or Regional Academies of Sport.
The NSWIS Cycling Program has been supported by the Bankstown District Sports Club (BDSC) since 1999.
The NSWIS Cycling Program is led by 45-time national cycling champion, Gary Sutton. Since the start of the NSWIS (1996), under the guidance of Sutton as Head Coach, the NSWIS Cycling Program has assisted athletes to achieve their dreams, boasting three Olympic Champions, eight Commonwealth Champions and 17 World Champions (senior and junior).
As an athlete, Sutton competed at the 1976 and 1980 Olympic Games and won gold in the teams pursuit at the 1978 Commonwealth Games. Unfortunately for Sutton, his pet race – the 50km point score (in which he won the 1980 World Championship) – did not become an Olympic event until after he retired. “When I started out at 13, I was the worst bike rider anyone had ever seen,” Sutton, whose first bike cost one dollar (and another $50 to “do up”) said. “I told my parents that I was going to the Olympic Games and they just laughed because I hadn’t won a race yet. Cycling was a challenge for me. I couldn’t accept that I could be so good at other sports, and not be able to win a bike race."
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2009 - 2012 Proposed Cycling Program
NSWIS Cycling Scholarship Holders
| Gold |
Silver |
Accociate - Trade Team |
Katherine Bates
Natalie Bates
Graeme Brown OAM
Ben Kersten
Bradley McGee OAM
Stephen Wooldridge OAM |
Rochelle Gilmore
Kaarle McCulloch
Mark Renshaw
Phillip Thuaux
|
Christopher Sutton
Dean Windsor
David Tanner
Angus Morton
|
| Bronze - Tier 1 |
Bronze - Tier 2 |
Development |
Robert Lyte
Katie Brown
Skye-Lee Armstrong
Elizabeth Georgouras
Kate Nichols
Mitchell Pearson
Matthew Pettit
Jackson-Leigh Rathbone
Amanda Spratt
Andrew Taylor
|
Lauren Kitchen
|
Ashlee Ankudinoff
Alex Carver
Sally Cowman
Luke Cridland
Luke Davison
Megan Dunn
Jessica Griffiths
Katie Jones
Richard Lang
Jackson Law
Scott Law
Lachlan Morton
Sam Spokes
Aaron Donnelly
Paul Fellows
Peter Lewis |
NSWIS Cycling Coaching Staff
Head Coach: Gary Sutton
CNSW/NSWIS Regional & Coaching Development Coordinator: Graham Seers
For further information please contact the NSWIS on (02) 9763 0222 or email info@nswis.com.au
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