Castlemaine Cycling Club stalwart Emma Waldron has blitzed the competition at the 2022 AusCycling Masters Track National Championships at the Anna Meares Velodrome in Brisbane, picking up a raft of medals.
The local mum has produced some fantastic rides in recent Castlemaine, Bendigo and state competitions and competed as an independent entrant in the Masters division at the national event.
Waldron’s husband and fellow club member Daniel Jackson also excelled at the competition.
On the opening day Monday April 11, Waldron competed in the 500m Time Trial first up and won bronze.
Next was the Team Sprint.
“Unfortunately our third rider crashed out of competition earlier in the day. So we had to do a mad scramble to find another lady that wasn’t already in a team,” Waldron said.
“Our final team was myself, Gab Belz of Brunswick in Melbourne and Fiona Viscoli from Western Australia. We qualified in second and missed the win in the gold ride off by just 1.7 seconds!”
The final race of the opening day was the 60-lap Pointscore.
“We were combined with the Women’s Masters 1-3. I finished fourth overall but first for the Women’s 2. For the first year champions were awarded Australian Champion jerseys as well as the gold medal,” Waldron said.
“On day two I only had the one event, the 40 lap Scratch Race. It was the last race of the day. This time we were combined with the Masters 1-4. I finished 5th across the line and claimed silver for Women’s Masters 2,” she said.
Jackson also competed on Day Two. He finished 5th in the Men’s Masters 4 750m Time Trial.
“He finished up the campaign with a 6th in the Men’s Masters 4 Keirin final on the final day of competition on Thursday,” Waldron said.
The pair and daughter Chloe are now enjoying a well-deserved holiday break!
