Murray HALL

HALL Murray

Australia, Melbourne, 1 October 1953

professional from 1978 till 1989
1978
individual
1979
individual
1980
individual
1981
individual
1982
individual
1983
Ramon Cycles - Nissan
1984
Action Cycles - Galli
1985
Action Cycles - Galli
Repco Cycles
1986
Repco Cycles
1987
Repco Cycles
Barclay Engineering
1988
Barclay Engineering
1989
Repco Cycles
Glen Parker Cycles - Ricardo (occasional)

career highlights

Australian champion, pursuit 79
Australian champion, madison (+ Dave Sanders) 80
Australian champion, 10000m 85
Australian champion, scratch 85
Griffin 1000 Tour 85
1 stage Griffin 1000 Tour 84
2 stages Griffin 1000 Tour 85
2 stages Herald Sun Tour 81 / 82
Australian G.P. - Melbourne 81
Tour of the North 81
1 stage Boag's Tour 85
Colac 81
Geelong 81
Bullsbrook 85
Casino to Casino - Launceston 85
Perth - Beverley 85
6 days of Launceston (+ Dave Sanders) 79 / 80

Macca's career

MC FARLANE David

Australia, Leongatha, 31 August 1959

professional from 1984 till 1995

1984 Action Cycles - Galli (till April)
Santini - Conti - Galli (from May)
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1985 Action Cycles - Galli
Peugeot Cycles
Castlemaine (only Herald Sun Tour)
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1986 Peugeot Cycles
individual
Compass Building Society
Moe (only Herald Sun Tour)
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1987 Compass Building Society
Rare Spares (occasional)
Terry Hammond Cycles (occasional)
Repco Cycles (occasional)
Vicbike (only Herald Sun Tour)
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1988 Compass Building Society
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1989 Polli - Mobiexport
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1990 Ray's Bicycle Centre
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1991 individual
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1992 E.J.Steel Garage
Giramondo Cycles
Medibank Private (only Herald Sun Tour)
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1993 Jayco
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1994 Jayco
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1995 Amcal Chemist

career highlights
Australian roadchampion 92
Australian trackchampion, teams 87
Victorian 50 km pointsrace champion 86
Victorian 100km roadchampion 88 / 92
2 stages in Griffin 1000 Tour 84
1 stage in Herald Sun Tour 84 / 86 / 93
Midlands Tour 87
Geelong 86
Mt Buller 92
Ararat 93
finished 134° in the Giro d'Italia 84

David MC FARLANE

I remember when i met Macca for the first time. It was after he finished the Giro d'Italia in 1984. I went for a beer with Gary Wiggins in Ghent. In the "Waterhuis aan de bierkant", THE place to be in that time we found Macca sitting at the bar with Leon and Lois Watchorn. David was, compared to Gary, a very shy guy. Later i found out that he was just a calm man and not that shy at all. He stayed in Belgium for the rest of the season.

In 1985, when i went to Australia for the first time (a 4 weeks holiday trip) David picked me up at the airport. Silly me, after a few km's on the road, asked how it came i hadn't seen a roo yet.

So Macca took me to Melbourne Zoo for a 3 hour walk around the park. I just had a 30 hours journey from Belgium behind me.

I finally arrived in Leongatha where his mum and dad welcomed me. The very next morning, my first Australian breacky! Toast (we knew that too in Belgium) and waaaaaa they have Nutella too. What a mistake!!! i putted 2 inches of Nutella on my toast, had a bite, first didn't know what happened, second everybody laughing their heads off, finally i spitted out my toast! They we're trying to poison me. I took the jug: VEGEMITE !!! I must admit that since that trip i still eat that stuff in Belgium.

the rider:

In 1975 David became U16 state champion and won the silver medal at the Australion U16 road championship. As an amateur he was two times Victorian road champion. David came to Europe a few times to ride the "kermesses" and criteriums. Twice he made the Australian selection for the Worlds (86-Colorado Springs (road and track) and 87-Villach (road)).

Abroad he won the Tour of Tahiti.

In Australia he won severall races on the road including 9 times the Gippsland 3 day Tour, stages in the Sun Tour (3) and Griffin Tour (2). Macca started 11 times in the Sun Tour and finished all af them!

The Australian Roadtitle in 1992 was his most prestigious win. He beated Gavin Parsonage and Tim Jamieson for the gold medal in Warrnambool.

On the track he won the Victorian 50 km pointstitle and only Gary Sutton could beat him for the gold medal at the Australian pointsrace championship in 1986.

Today David still rides mountainbike races. He recently finished the 100km Otway Odyssey. David and his wife Maree got two sportif sons.

And yes they ride a bike, Jordan and Thomas Mc Farlane, names for the future??

All pics still available, just e-mail: thealice40@hotmail.com

David "dumps" ALLAN

Australia, Melbourne, .. May 1951
Australia, Maldon, 6 June 1989

professional from 1975 till 1989

1975
Frisol - Gazelle (from September)
1976
individual
Frisol -Gazelle
1977
Shimano
1978
Shimano
1979
Shimano

1980
individual

1981
Castlemaine
individual
1982
Castlemaine
1983
Mainline Cycles
1984
Mainline Cycles
Cycles Eddy Merckx
1985
Mainline Cycles - Galli (foto above at the Northcote Velodrome (DVH))
Rare Spares
Santini - Krups - Conti-Galli (occasional in August)
Fangio - Ecoturbo - Eylenbosch (occasional)
1986
Rare Spares - Mobil
1987
individual
1988
individual
1989
individual

career highlights

Australian champion, pointsrace 80
Australian champion, team pursuit 85
6 of Newcastle (+ P.Sawyer) 76
Austral 76
Bendigo Madison 76 / 80
Herald Sun Tour 80
Melbourne - Warrnambool 76 / 79 / 82

Leongatha cycling Carnival - the honour roll

Leongatha 2000m wheelrace:
79 Nyhuis Josh
80 Bowles Ross
81 Bundy Peter
82 Hammond Gary
83 Clarke Glen
84 Svenson Mark
85 Hammond Terry
86 Pate Stephen
87 Neiwand David
88 Kypriotis Chris
89 Solari David
90 Kelly Shane
91 Douglas Shane
92 Davis Tony
93 Mc Kenzie David
94 Ryan Luke
95 Pate Stephen
96 Wilksch Todd
97 Aitken Brett
98 Clarke Hilton
99 Young Darren
00 Kersten Ben
01 Hopkins Jeff
02 Sanderson Nic
03 Keirl Damian
04 Price Ben
05 -
06 -
07 Collins Russell
Leongatha sprint derby - Sid Patterson Memorial
83, 84, 85, 86 Pate Stephen
87 King Darren
88, 89, 90, 91 Neiwand Gary
92 Kennedy John
93 Beyer Mark
94 Peden Anthony
95 Harry Darren
96 Neiwand Gary
97 Kelly Shane
98 Pate Stephen
99 -
00 Dajka Jobie
01 Wilksch Todd
02, 03 Dajka Jobie
04 Thorsen Daniel
05 -
06 -
07 Kelly Shane
Leongatha - Victorian motorpace championship
83, 84, 85 Clarke Glen
86 Wallace Shaun (GB)
87, 88 Mc Carney Wayne
89 Pate Stephen
90 Solari David
91, 92 Mc Carney Wayne
93, 94 Mc Grory Scott
95 Aitken Brett
96 Pate Stephen
97 Aitken Brett
98 Pate Stephen
99 -
00 Allan Matthew
01 Young Darren
02 Clarke Nathan
03 Wilksch Todd
04 Clarke Nathan
05 -
06 -
07 Mueller Gary
Leongatha keirin
83 Mc Farlane David
84 Patterson Rick
85 Clarke Glenn
86 Patterson Rick
87 Mc Carney Wayne
88 O'Brien Shaun
89, 90, 91 Pate Stephen
92 Davis Tony
93, 94, 95, 96 Pate Stephen
97 Hill Darryn
98 Mc Caig Brent
00 Neiwand Gary
01 Hopkins Jeff
02 Kelly Shane
03 Dajka Jobie
04 Woods Barry
05 -
06 -
07 Kelly Shane
Leongatha, women sprint derby
97 Ferris Michele
98 Demarte Rahna
99 Hubbard Rosealee
00, 01 Higginson Lyndelle
02 Gilmore Rochelle
03 Meares Kerrie
04 Meares Anna
05 -
06 -
07 Berry Jessica

Leongatha cycling Carnival

Leongatha, Victoria. The largest commercial centre in South Gippsland.
The town is 133 km south east of Melbourne via the South Gippsland highway.
About 5000 people live in this small town.
Its the home town for former professionals as David Mc Farlane (pro 1984-1994), Terry Watchorn (pro 1954) and John Sauvarin. (pro 1987-1992, who died in April 2006)
The city has an outdoor cycling track. Every year since 1979 the Leongatha Cycling Club organized the Leongatha Cycling Carnival. Twice i was the guest (togheter with my wife Lieve) of the Watchorn family at the time the carnival was on, February 2004 and March 2007.
For Terry and Gwenda Watchorn its a real hectic period. From the search for sponsors, hanging up banners throughout the town, sweeping the track (with the local fire-bigade) and negotiating the contracts with the riders! Even their house becomes a temporarily hotel. In 2004 we spend our days at the Watchorns together with the Meares sisters, Nathan Clarke, Darren Young etc...
What you need when you organize an outdoor event is .....nice weather. You'll say, no problem in Australia and that is most of the time correct. The two times i was there it was more then 35° C.
And that is hot! But unfortunately when it is that hot, you get big thunderstorms and haivy rains. That is what happened in 1999, 2005 and 2006.
Despite the big efforts of some of the clubmembers, the funds for the 2008 edition where not found. A very big disappointment for Terry.
When you look at the honour roll of the different races over the years you find names of Stephen Pate, David Mc Farlane , Shane Kelly and Gary Neiwand.


from l to r: barb neiwand, ron neiwand, gwenda, terry, meself and darryl veale
kerrie meares, terry wallace, rosealee hubbard and leon watchorn

Gary's career

Yallourn (VIC), 20th November 1952 - Newcastle (NSW), 25th January 2008
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professional since 1976

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1976 Falcon Cycles (from August)
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1977 Falcon Cycles

Australian Champion, Kilo

Australian Champion, teams pursuit (with L.Norris, L.Venn and P.Sawyer)

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1978 Harry Quinn - Freewheel

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1979 Marc -Superia

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1980 Marc - Carlos - VRD (till end March)

Marc - Clement - VRD (in April)

Marc - IWC - VRD (from May)
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1981 Fangio - Sapeco
Melle (Belgium)

Eeklo (Belgium)
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1982 Galli - Sannino

Van de Ven

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1983 Marc - Ecoturbo

J.Aernoudt - Marc

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1984 Kotter's Racing Team (till end June)

Fangio - Marc - Ecoturbo (from June)

European Madison Champion (with Anthony Doyle)

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1985 Marc - Ecoturbo

Fangio - Ecoturbo - Eylenbosch
Bremen 6 (with Anthony Doyle)

2 stages in the Griffin 1000 Tour (WA)

Melbourne Cup on Wheels (VIC)

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1986 Marc - Ecoturbo

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1987 Marc - Ecoturbo - Heydens (till March)

individual (from April)

Centurion (occasional)

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1984 Ghent "Kuipke" with his European champ-colors

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he also finished 2nd in the Rotterdam 6, Bremen 6 and Grenoble 6, won many track events alover Europe.

he finished many times top 10 in Belgian kermesses.

Gary Wiggins

My first message is a very sad one, cause my good friend Gary Wiggins died last friday, 25th of January in a hospital in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.
This man that i met the first time at the Ghent 6 back in the early 80's became one of my best friends ever. He was the reason for my neverending interest in the wonderfull country of Australia. He talked me in to it. He made me going on holiday to Melbourne in 1985. Since then i would go back as much as i can. He introduced me into the cycling world. He "dropped" the first Aussies at my house to stay for a few days. (they ended staying the season, lol).
I went to several races with Gary, in Belgium, Holland, England, Germany. We had great times drinking a few beers now and then.
But on top of that he was a great rider. He won the Bremen 6, he was European Madison champion, he won stages in the Griffin tour and he won Belgian kermesses.
Unfortunatly he had also bad luck, specially last thursday when somebody bashed him on the head, or hit him with a car. Police still try to figure out what really happened.
He was also proud of his son, Bradley.
We saw eachother last a few years ago. Gary, we will miss you!

Australian cycling

I've been several times to Australia to visit good old friends that used to be bikeriders in Europe. Many times i spoke with this people (with a few VB's or MB's) about the Australian cycling history. No one seems to know of any book or site where all names of the former champions, a list of professionals or even results of the most important races are kept for the future. Well, i will try to get as many information on this subject on my blog. All help is welcome!
See how far we can get in the coming weeks, months or even years!
Dirk Van Hove