The beginning of 2023 saw some changes in both the men’s and women's teams, as they continued to build on a successful 2022. For the men’s team, we welcomed Finlay McRobbie as first-year J19, Finlay has been in the junior ranks of CDF for a number of years, and we’re excited to have him join the National Road Series team. We also welcomed Andrei Navalov and Sam Welch. We said farewell to [...]

The Cycling Development Foundation is excited to announce Cycle Motion as a partner for the 2023 season!   The crew at Cycle Motion will bring on board three of their major brands for the team: Ride Mechanic, Infinit Nutrition & Rocket Wheels.   "Cycle Motion is a West Australian wholesaler that offers a broad range of cycling products and a bespoke wheel building service. Since founding Cycle Motion in 2013 our team [...]

We’ve had a fantastic couple of months leading into the Christmas and New Year break at the JCA, some of our most exciting events and notable achievements are outlined below! First, our BMX duo of Sam Langford and Jenson Higham have been tearing it up across both state and national events. Sam was recognised at the Port Hedland junior sportsman event for the second year running and achieved 6th at the recent [...]

The team has had a busy few months, racing at the National Racing Series (NRS) events at Cycle Sunshine Coast and Spirit of Tasmania Cycling Tour. In between those two events, the team all came to Perth for a training camp in the lead up to the Tour of Margaret River. The women’s team are showing how well they are working together, continue to get stronger each race. At Cycle Sunshine Coast, [...]

SMEC once again backs the Laverton Cycling Project   The Cycling Development Foundation (CDF) are excited to announce SMEC as a major partner for the Laverton Cycling Project for 2022-2023. SMEC have been seminal to the establishment of this program which assists Indigenous, Youth and Community through cycling related programs aimed at improving health, well-being and mentoring in the greater Laverton area. This most recent partnership is part of a long term [...]

  The Cycling Development Foundation are pleased to announce that Mary Tennant, our Chairperson for the previous two years has agreed to continue in the position for a further 12 months. Mary reflected on the last 12 months with the CDF: "I am pleased to accept the position as Chair of the Cycling Development Foundation (CDF) for 2022. The CDF was formed in 2016 to support cyclists and provide a platform for [...]

NATIONAL ROAD SERIES (NRS) UPDATE Brad Hall, CDF Sports Director   It has been an incredible start to the 2022 season with 4 events occurring within 6 weeks of each other. This has all occurred within the back drop of an on boarding process commencing in September of 2021, which introduces each athlete to the training environment that exists at the Cycling Development Foundation NRS Racing (CDF) team. This allows athletes to [...]

LAVERTON CYCLING PROJECT UPDATE Sabine Bird, Laverton Cycling Project Co-ordinator   The inaugural Laverton Cycling Program has begun! We have started our inaugural regular bike program in Laverton! This program sees us gathering kids and adults for bike rides and skills sessions and promote a healthier lifestyle in the community. One crucial part of this program is to liaise with various entities around town to build a viable group of riders, find [...]

JUNIOR CYCLING ACADEMY UPDATE The Junior Cycling Academy, which is financially supported via the incredible efforts of Jim and Lisa Bond and Dave at Cashmanagement, serves a long term purpose of developing athletes toward high performance outcomes in cycling. We presently service athletes from mountain bike, cyclocross, road, track and BMX across an age spanning 7 to 18 years. Clearly each individuals needs are different and thus the training systems we employ [...]