Lachlan open the meeting and welcome Leigh Howard and Family along with Tim Smyth

Daryl Pobjoy called a committee meeting for the IGFR next week they have 33 confirmed players, with some paying a deposit and others the full amount.

Steve spoke on the use of Club Runner to organise members for the BBQ and was still learning how to use the program.  Saturday the team is  Alan Ollis, Daryl Podjoy,Peter McKenzie, Lachlan Miles . John Steel mentioned that he is available on the 7th November.

Henry asked that we keep our working with childrens check up to date, the application is all on line. Some discussion followed on the age of the Scouts helping, they supply a person every 4 weeks.

Graeme Wood introduced Leigh Howard as our guest speaker.

Leigh spoke of his time as a track cyclist

Four-time world champion and Olympic bronze medallist Leigh Howard has announced his cycling retirement after a successful career spanning 13 years. Leigh retired off the back of realising his Olympic dream at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, winning a bronze medal in the team pursuit alongside Sam Welsford, Kelland O’Brien, Lucas Plapp and Alex Porter.

Regarded as one of Australia’s brightest talents on the track as a junior, Leigh delivered on the plaudits from the get-go, winning a 2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championship bronze medal in the omnium at the age of 18 before attaining his first rainbow stripes in the same event a year later in Poland.

Leigh would claim back-to-back Madison world championships in 2010 and 2011 with Cameron Meyer before departing the Australian Cycling Team track program to fully commit to his burgeoning WorldTour career, which began in 2010 with Team HTC–Columbia.

Leigh returned to the Australian Cycling Team program in 2018, winning Commonwealth Games gold at Gold Coast 2018 with Alex Porter, Sam Welsford, Kelland O’Brien and Jordan Kerby, while also becoming the first team in history to break the three-minute fifty-second barrier (3min 49.804secs).

A fourth world championship gold would follow in 2019 in Poland with Alex Porter, Sam Welsford, Kelland O’Brien and Cam Scott, smashing their world record in the process with a time of 3min 48.012secs.

Leigh said he doesn't make the best public speaker but he can answer questions. So how do you pick the position in a team? Leigh said if your legs don't feel good you have to be honest and allow another team member to win. While racing you get given bikes you'll have three or four bikes to ride racing bike legal minimum is 6 to 8 kg so most bikes weigh 7 kg, in the last five years nutrition has been the biggest change in cycling. We used to train on salads now we are trained to absorb calories.

Legh was asked how did you cope with the spectators as you were racing along doing 60 K? Leagh said cycling is like the soccer. It's a very popular sport and you'll be riding along and looking ahead. It's like a funnel and narrows in, but as you get closer, the people part and you pass through, and like soccer you ride for teams and then you come back and ride for your country. Riding professionally you can earn around €200-€300 per year. The first female rider has gotten a million euro contract.

Leigh was asked what's the fastest speed you've riden? Whilst on the Tour de France through a mountain stage he got two puntures and to recover you can get behind a support vehicle, going downhill he achieved 123.7 km an hour.

In Australia there is no clear path to Europe. The AIS doesn't send people to Europe. It is daunting living in another country not speaking the language and the teams don't care how good you are in Australia.

Graham  thanked Leigh for his time. The raffle was drawn in the meeting closed.