South Aussies at Super Worlds!

Now that the dust has settled on the first-ever Super-Worlds (all the cycling disciplines’ World Championships in one place at one time) we want to take a belated moment to recognise the contribution of South Aussie athletes who travelled to Glasgow to represent Australia on the world stage, and what better time than before a weekend jam-packed full of racing across a bunch of disciplines right here in SA!

We were well-represented among all of the cycling disciplines, from BMX Challenge to Road to Track to Downhill and Para-Cycling (Road & Track), and we can be proud of the performances of every single one of our South Aussie athletes.

Just a few highlights (and there were plenty of highlight-worthy performances!) included:

• Jayden Bradbrook (Cross Keys BMX) winning a World 1 plate in 11 Boys BMX Challenge (for the uninitiated, that means he won!) and Penelope Blackwell (Happy Valley BMX) with a W2 plate in 9 Girls

• Four Silver medals on the track to SA athletes Alex Manly (Madison), Matt Glaetzer (Team Sprint, Kilo), Leigh Hoffman (Team Sprint), and Darren Hicks (Para MC2 IP)

• Darren Hicks’ Silver medal in the Men’s C2 Road Time Trial to go with his Silver from the IP on the track

You can go through the many, many news articles about Super Worlds over at the AusCycling Glasgow Event Hub, and while some of the athletes listed below are still overseas or on the international racing circuit, you can also see a handful of them in action racing this weekend! The 2023 Hutsix BMX State Championships are taking place at the Sam Willoughby BMX Facility on Majors Rd in O’Halloran Hill hosted by Cove BMX, Inside Line DH MTB Club are hosting the SA Downhill State Champs at Willunga, and the Cervelo Super Series heads to Kadina and Moonta this weekend to race the Copper Coast Cup. Make sure you get out to something this weekend – there's plenty of bike racing to go around!

Full list of SA athletes from Worlds (let us know if we missed anyone and we’ll add them!):

Event	Name	Race Category	Club
BMX Racing	Matthew Tidswell	U23	Cove BMX
BMX Challenge	Penelope Blackwell	9 Girls	Happy Valley BMX
BMX Challenge	Eva Culley	10 Girls	Cove BMX
BMX Challenge	Isabella Blackwell	13 Girls	Happy Valley BMX
BMX Challenge	Lars Blackwell	8 Boys	Happy Valley BMX
BMX Challenge	William Adams	9 Boys	Happy Valley BMX
BMX Challenge	Ethan Fenton	9 Boys 20” & Cruiser 12 & Under	Cove BMX
BMX Challenge	Jayden Bradbrook	11 Boys 20” & Cruiser 12 & Under	Cross Keys BMX
BMX Challenge	Lucas Zetter	12 Boys 20” & Cruiser 12 & Under	Cove BMX
BMX Challenge	Heath Culley	13 Boys	Cove BMX
BMX Challenge	Riley Lawrence	13 Boys	Cove BMX
BMX Challenge	Preston Murray	16 Boys 20” & Cruiser 15-19	Cove BMX
BMX Challenger	Noel Adams	Cruiser 50+	Happy Valley BMX
MTB Downhill	Troy Brosnan	Elite Men	Inside Line Inc.
MTB Downhill	Kael Foale	Junior Men	Inside Line Inc.
Para-Cycling Road	Grant Allen	Elite Men H4	Port Adelaide CC
Para-Cycling Road	Kaitlyn Schurmann	Elite Women C1	Port Adelaide CC
Para-Cycling Road	Meg Lemon	Elite Women C4	Port Adelaide CC
Para-Cycling Road	Keiran Murphy	Elite Men B	Port Adelaide CC
Para-Cycling Track & Road	Darren Hicks	Elite Men C2	Norwood CC
Para-Cycling Track	Meg Lemon	Elite Women C4	Port Adelaide CC
Para-Cycling Track	Beau Wootton	Elite Men B	Port Adelaide CC
Road	Rohan Dennis	Elite Men	SA
Road	Will Holmes	U19	Norwood CC
Road	Joshua Cranage	U19	Norwood CC
Track	Oliver Bleddyn	Elite Men	Norwood CC
Track	Sophie Edwards	Elite Women	Adelaide University CC
Track & Road	Alexandra Manly	Elite Women	Central Districts CC
Track	Chloe Moran	Elite Women	Central Districts CC
Track	Maeve Plouffe	Elite Women	Port Adelaide CC
Track	Matthew Glaetzer	Elite Men	Central Districts CC
Track	Leigh Hoffman	Elite Men	Whyalla CC
Track	Matthew Glaetzer	Elite Men	Central Districts CC

Honourable mentions to all of the athletes representing Australia who came up in other states (and are members of interstate clubs) but call SA home!