Sport
26 Feb 10 | THE date for the 50th running of the McDonalds Grafton to Inverell Cycle Classic has been set with the prestigious event to take place this year on October 23.
16 Feb 10 | HEINRICH Haussler is the toast of Inverell today after claiming the green jersey in the Tour Qatar over the weekend and he did it against the odds.
09 Feb 10 | The Racing Kangaroos cycling team has debuted in fine style following a successful weekend in Inverell.
12 Jan 10 | ETHAN Kimmince has just returned from the national open event, the Jayco International Bay Criterium claiming second overall.
08 Jan 10 | THE Tour Down Under marks the first appearance for Scott Sunderland’s Sky Pro Cycling team represented by a seven-man squad.
05 Jan 10 | TALENTED local cyclist, Ben Fox from the Real Aussie Kids team is off to an outstanding start to the season with a second place finish at the Cronulla International Criterium on December 19 and 20.
27 Nov 09 | THE newly formed Racing Kangaroos Cycling team is making some serious leaps and bounds. The team, which was the brainchild of Australian and NSW cycling coach, Kurt Polock along with Heinrich Haussler, winner of Stage 13 of the Tour de France is proud to unveil another addition to its elite development squad.
06 Nov 09 | IN one of his most candid interviews to date, local cycling sensation Heinrich Haussler spoke exclusively to the Inverell Times upon his return for the civic reception held in his honour yesterday at the Inverell Shire Council Chambers.
03 Nov 09 | HEINRICH Haussler has arrived in Inverell today to attend a civic reception in his honour this Thursday November 5 at the Inverell Shire Council Chambers.
28 Oct 09 | HEINRICH Haussler will be in Inverell to attend a civic reception in his honour on Thursday November 5 at the Inverell Shire Council Chambers.
23 Oct 09 | HEINRICH Haussler will be in Inverell to attend a civic reception in his honour on Thursday November 5 at the Inverell Shire Council Chambers.
07 Oct 09 | SCOTT Sunderland was born November 28, 1966 and is a former professional cyclist, now Sports Manager and Consultant. Sunderland was born in Inverell.
01 Sep 09 | MORE than 70 cyclists from around the state competed in the inaugural Heinrich Haussler Inverell Junior Two-Day Tour.
Twenty-one Inverell Cycle n Tri Club juniors competed in eight of the nine divisions and took out the overall yellow winners jersey in five of them.
31 Jul 09 | THE Sapphire City Mountain Bike Challenge will take place this Sunday August 2, starting at the Inverell showground at 8am over a 20km loop course.
The ride is a two-person relay covering the 20km course taking in tar, four-wheel drive and single track that no doubt will be a challenge for many.
24 Jul 09 | IN what is shaping as an intriguing climax, Thor Hushovd of the Cervelo Test team and teammate to Inverell-born cyclist Heinrich Haussler, only has to survive the final three stages of this years Tour de France to secure the coveted green jersey in Paris on Sunday.
21 Jul 09 | INVERELL-born Heinrich Haussler has claimed his maiden stage win in Stage 13 of the Tour de France in teeming rain and slippery conditions.
Haussler, 25, also known as the “Racing Kangaroo’’, was born in the Sapphire City, but went to Germany as a 14-year-old to pursue his dream of becoming a professional cyclist. He lives about 30km from Colmar and trains in the area. It is a course he knows and loves. My how it has all paid off.
17 Jul 09 | HE has crashed twice within two stages and had to battle back from the brink both times.
Not because he can win any of the coveted jerseys, well, not this year anyway but because Heinrich Haussler is a team man and anyone who knows anything about cycling knows that it is a team sport.
14 Jul 09 | Approaching the Pyrenees the title aspirations of Heinrich Haussler and the Cervelo Test Team looked promising until the unthinkable happened.
Haussler, pushing to make up time on the Astana riders heading the peloton Messrs Contador and Armstrong, crashed heading into Gerone.
03 Jul 09 | INVERELL born cyclist Heinrich Haussler is continuing to make his mark on the international cycling circuit, and has been chosen for the Cervlo Test Team for the world’s biggest cycling event, the Tour de France.
08 May 09 | Inverell cyclist Ethan Kimmince has returned from the Australian National Cycling Championships in the Under 19 Age Division without a medal but still performing in the top range of his age group.