Left to right Back row:
Neil Stephens, Brian Stephens, Gary Sutton, Greg Clifton, Michal Crowe,
Raymond Crow. Left to right Front Row:
Cameron Forge ,Sean(Plugger)O'Conell
Hans Ledermann, his wife and myself at the Australian Pro Track Nationals
1985, same meeting.
1982 , Age 16.
1st 1000m Burramine Wheelrace, Yarrawonga, Victoria.
1st 1600m Burramine Wheelrace.
(1min 46sec, set track record that stood till track closure in
2005)
Funnily enough this was 16 years after my father had won the same
wheelrace.
Lavington 3200m Wheerace Finalist, Albury, New South Wales.
4th 2000m Austral Wheelrace, Melbourne, Victoria.
1st Goulburn to Sydney Pro Open, 240km.
(Youngest to ever win, 19yo )
1985
Victorian State Track Championships:
1st Under 23, 4000m Individual Pursuit.
2nd Under 23, 1000m Sprint.
Australian Track Championships:
New South Wales U/23 Team Captain.
1st U/23 1000m Sprint.
1st U/23 4000m Individual Pursuit.
1st U/23 30km Points Score.
3rd U/23 8000m Scratch race.
1st 1000m George Picken Memorial.
(2nd - Hans Lederman, Swiss National)
Inaugural Launceston Boags 2 Day Super-Madison,
Youngest competitor, Invitation only.
(Won by Danny Clark/ Neil Stephens )
Awarded Commonwealth Bank U/23 Pro Cyclist of the Year.
2nd 100km U/23 Victorian State Road Championship.
1st 100km U/23 New South Wales Road Championship.
Fastest time, 100km Yarrawonga Pro Open, Victoria. (Handicap)
1st Norm Simper Memorial A-grade 100km Scratch race, Pro-Am.
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory.
Field included Australian Institute of Sport
1984 Olympic Road Squad,
Scott Sunderland, Neil and Brian Stephens,
New South Wales Pro Senior
State Road Squad, Repco Trade Team, etc.
Contracted Glandular fever 2 weeks
prior to Australian Road Championships,
lost 6kgs in 7days and was forced to take 1 year off.
1987
1st New South Wales 100km U/23 Road Championship.
2nd 120km Young Pro Open , New South Wales. 1st U/23 rider.
Career ended in mid-season accident and following unsuccessful
reconstructive surgery, torn anterior cruciate ligament, medial meniscus and
co-lateral ligament on left knee. Surgery also left me with a hernia in
the lower aspect of the left quad 5' long and 3' wide.