The state is fine-tuning a team to compete at the Oceania Track Cycling Championships in Adelaide from October 10-13 which includes both newcomers and veterans of the international stage.

Launceston’s Lauren Perry was the only female training with the squad at the Silverdome this week but will be joined by fellow multiple junior world champions Georgia Baker and Macey Stewart at the Adelaide Super-Drome.

And Tasmanian Institute of Sport coach Matthew Gilmore said such experience is vital for a team also including young pursuiters Tristan Aylett, Zack Gilmore, Michael Astell and Josh Duffy plus sprinter Ryan Lawson.

“There’s a big cross-section of experience here,” Gilmore said.

“Lauren provides a lot of feedback and others are building experience which is what the institute is about. Instead of me preaching all the time they can listen to their peers which is great.”

The titles will involve 40 events across elite and under-19 categories.

Gilmore said Australian state teams are pooled and then divided up on their strengths and weaknesses giving national coaches a chance to look at athletes in a different environment.

“That’s great and forces them to adapt quickly,” he said. “Our focus is to get them ready because it is an important event to qualify spots for worlds and through that for the next Olympics.”

Launceston’s Catelyn Turner came 13^th in the under-17 girls’ criterium at the national junior road championships in Bunbury, Western Australia.

City of Burnie’s Dalton Stretton was 10^th in the under-17 boys’ race while clubmate Campbell Palmer was 19^th among the under-15 boys.

Mersey Valley’s Eugenie O’Rourke was 15th in the under-15 girls’ race.

Tasmanian cycling fans will have a decision to make on Sunday, November 11.

That is the date for this year’s Stan Siejka Classic criterium in Launceston but also marks the second day of the opening round of the Asia-Pacific Continental Enduro Series in Derby.

Beginning on Saturday, November 10, the series will also visit Mount Buller in Victoria (December 1-2), before heading to New Zealand with Nelson on February 9-10 and  Christchurch on February 16.

Derby’s main commitment with the Enduro World Series will be on March 30-31 next year when it hosts round 2 of the 2019 calendar.

The National Road Series’ Tour of Tasmania will follow the Stan Siejka, from November 12-18.

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