Tolland Open Weekend

Saturday Event Information - Tolland Graded Scratch Criteriums

Venue: Wagga Wagga Multisport Cycling Complex, Pomingalarna Reserve, Bagley Dr, Moorong, NSW 2650

Course: Click here for course map (anti-clockwise direction)

Sign-on: 12:30pm

First Race: 1:30pm

Event Schedule

NB: All start times are approximate. Please ensure you arrive well before your start time

Prize money

$7000 total prize money

Criterium General Information:

• Toilets on-site
• Drinkable water on-site (note signs)
• Full changeroom & shower facilities available on-site
• Parking will be along Bagley Drive and within the Golf Club Carpark
• There is a service station on the Corner of McNickle & Sturt Hwy for food and drinks
• Pits will will be available for riders to place spares
• Riders will be permitted 1 lap out for a recognised mechanical
• No laps out will be permitted in the final 3 laps of any race 
• Presentations to be held on-site following each race

Sunday Event Information - Barry O'Hagan Handicap

Venue: Ladysmith Memorial Hall, 28 Tumbarumba Rd, Ladysmith NSW 2652 (18km outside of Wagga Wagga)

Sign-on: 8:30am

Race start: 10:00am

Course

• 90km handicap
• 1.7km out to the circuit
• 5 laps of 17km circuit
• 8km back to the finish line
• Click here to view to view the course map
• Drinks zone - top of Dairy Hill on 3rd & 4th laps. Riders may take on drink bottles in this zone

Prize money

$8000 total prize money

* First Riverina club rider across the line will receive a voucher
* Minimum of 15 Female entrants required to pay out female specific prize money
* $100 for every bunch on 1st lap, 1 x $100 per lap thereafter

Criterium General Information:

• Toilets available at the back of Ladysmith Memorial Hall 
• Drinkable water on-site
• Parking will be along Tumbarumba Rd - Please be conscious when parking and leaving the event not to obstruct the finish line or vicinity immediately after finish line 
• Riders are reminded that the event takes place on open roads, and all road rules must be obeyed when riders are warming up, or if they are dropped and abandon the race
• Ladysmith General Store will be open and well stocked throughout the day to support the event
• Presentations will take place inside the Ladysmith Memorial Hall immediately after the event
• Riders MUST return their bib numbers and transponders to the sign on desk or will be charged the replacement cost of transponder ($160) and number ($50)

About Barry O’Hagan

This year’s Tolland Open handicap has been named to honour Barry O’Hagan. Barry is the founder of Tolland Cycling Club, was the long term president of both Wagga and Tolland Cycling clubs, and is a life member of both. He was an exceptionally accomplished cyclist in his day, competing at an international level, and winning major races over a 38 year period. Examples of large wins included the 1959 Devonport Wheel in Tasmania, 1960 Wynyard wheel race in Tasmania, 1960 3000m La Trobe Wheel Race in Tasmania (with prize money equivalent to 3 years wages), 1960 Sydney “Cup on Wheels” race, 1962 Launceston Wheel race and 10 mile scratch race, and 1963 St Helen’s wheel race in Tasmania. In 1962 Barry become one of only 6 “scratch men” in Australia, which included the legendary Sid Patterson four time World champion. He won the 1992 Cootamundra Annual road classic, and in 1997 won the Australian Road Race championships in his masters category. This event turned out to be his last race ever as a failed back operation ended his cycling career.

He was also an accomplished rugby league player and coach, playing in three Group 20 grand finals with the Wagga Kangaroos, and playing in the Riverina representative team in 1962. He worked as a shearer alongside all of these achievements.

Barry continues to contribute to cycling in the Riverina region, with his ongoing involvement in Tolland Cycling Club, as well as handicapping for interclub racing events in the Riverina. We are very excited to name this race to honour his previous and ongoing achievements.

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