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)
*
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
*
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