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1920 - The Rockhampton Amateur Wheelers was established
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1960 - The first Rockhampton Cup on Wheels was run & won by John
McMaster on the newly bituminized track
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1961 - The first Capricorn Cup (a women's race) was won by C.
Ball
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1965 - Baxter Oval was officially opened at the Australia Day
Meeting
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1967 - The club's first Australian champion, Greg Shuker was crowned
for the U17 Sprint
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1977 - Kenrick Tucker Jnr. became the Under 19 Australian sprint
champion and was selected to represent Australia at the World Junior Track
Cycling Championships in Austria
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1978 - Kenrick won the gold medal in the sprint event at the 1978
Edmonton Commonwealth Games. He was the first Rockhampton person to represent
Australia at the Commonwealth Games
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1978 - Mayor Pilbeam announced that a replica Edmonton Commonwealth
Games track would be built to commemorate Kenrick's achievement.
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1980 - The Kenrick Tucker Velodrome was constructed at its current
location on Berserker St, beside the North Rockhampton swimming pool
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1981 - Russell Tucker won the 15km Junior National Championships
and Michael McLachlan was the first Rockhampton road cyclist to win an
Australian title.
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1982 - Kenrick Tucker won a sprint gold medal at the Commonwealth
Games in Brisbane
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1983 - Hubert Opperman officially opened the Kenrick Tucker Velodrome
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1989 - The Rockhampton Amateur Wheelers became the Rockhampton
Cycling Club. During Ted Price's Presidency lights were erected at the
Velodrome
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1992 - Benard Panton became Rockhampton Cycling Clubs' first world
champion at the World Junior Track Championships, winning the Pointscore
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1994 - Kenrick Tucker won the Club's first Masters Title at the
World Masters Championship for the sprint and time trial.
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1995 - Kerrie Meares became the Club's first female National Title
winner for the U17 sprint and 500m time trial
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1997 - The club hosted the Junior, Senior and Masters State Championships.
Anna Meares secured her first national title winning the 500m time trial.
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2000 - Kerrie Meares won the Elite Women's U19 500m time trial
at the World Junior Track Championships and Rockhampton Cycling Club hosted
the Sydney Olympic Track Cycling sprint team
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2001 - Anna Meares won 500m Time Trial at the World Junior Track
Championships
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2002 - Kerrie and Anna Meares were selected for the Manchester
Commonwealth Games, with Kerrie winning gold in the sprint and 500m time
trial. Anna won a bronze in the sprint
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2002 - Wade Cosgrove won the U19 Mens 1000m Time Trial at the
Junior World Track Cycling Championships
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2002 - Russell Tucker won the Masters 1000m Time Trial at the
World Masters Championships
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2003 - The club hosted the State Championships (junior and senior)
with 4 Juniors selected to represent Queensland at the National Titles
in Adelaide. The majority of the Queensland Senior team was selected from
the RCC to compete in Sydney after RCC riders took out 19 of the 23 medals
won by Queensland at those titles
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2003 - Miles Olman became the Junior World Points Score Champion
at the Junior World Track Cycling Championships in Moscow, Russia
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2003 - Several of the Club's elite riders continued competing
in the European tour events.
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2004 - Anna Meares becomes a Senior World and Olympic Champion
(Youngest Female Ever) and World Record Holder in the 500m time trial
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2004 - Miles Olman wins two World Junior Track Championship Titles
in the Teams Pursuit and Madison and a silver medal in defence of his
Junior World Point Score Title
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2004 - Rockhampton Cycling Club hosted the Athens Olympic Track
sprint team
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2005 - Jeremy Hogg wins a bronze medal in the Team Sprint at the 2005 JUnior World Track Championships in Vienna, Austria
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