Coaching Staff

People that have presented on the May 2008 Camp:

	Stuart McKenzie has raced and won many Australian state and national titles. During 1989-90 rode with a French team. From 1991 till 1994 he was part of the Victorian Institute of Sport program. Stuart is an accredited level 2 Cycling coach. He has a wealth of knowledge and over 25 years of cycle racing experience. Stuart currently coaches cyclists competing at national and world level; which include Belinda Goss who recently finished 3rd in her event at the world track champs this year. Stuart will be discussing high performance training technique at the camp.
	Matt Brindle is a certified Functional Strength Personal Trainer specialising in core strength and flexibility. Matt is an endorsed posture and flexibility instructor, nutritional lifestyle coach and certified AOK practitioner. Matt has working in the fitness industry for over ten years and is based in Melbourne. Matt co-developed the Power-Up Functional Strength DVD for cyclists in conjunction with Cycling-Inform. Matt will provide the latest insights into functional strength and core fitness training for endurance cyclists wanting to excel at their discipline.
	Shane Perkins is one of the top three fastest sprinters in Australia. He has just recently returned from the World Track Championships in Manchester, England. Shane is a world champion sprint cyclists and rides and trains with the best sprinters that Australia has to offer; Ryan Bayley, Daniel Ellis, Mark French, Shane Kelly, Ben Kersten, and Scott Sunderland. At the end of almost every race the only thing between you and a 1st place is how well you sprint. It’s critically important that you learn how to master the art of sprinting if you want success. He is joining us to specifically help you master the art of sprinting.
	Brendan Rowbotham, Team Captain of the CCCC Elite Team and co-creator of the RaceRight Camp has a passion for helping cyclists achieve their goals. He has struck the perfect balance for managing cycling demands, work, study and family commitments. Brendan has raced for the last thirteen years using a special approach to optimise his training and time management. Successes include winner of the Inexa Summer Criterium Series and a top ten finish in the Melbourne to Warrnambool. Brendan knows what it is like to juggle real life commitments with cycling and will share a wealth of tactical and proven training and racing experience with participants of the RaceRight Cycling Camp.
	Jace Drain is a lecturer at Deakin University in the area of exercise prescription and exercise physiology. He is also nearing completion of his PhD which investigates muscle glycogen (energy) regulation and has a research interest in cycling. He has previously delivered presentations to cycling groups on the areas of training for performance (using current research i.e. cadence training) and nutrition. He was also involved with the Drapac-Porsche team during the Tattersalls Cup races and the Herald-Sun tour (main focus was hydration and in-race feeding).
	David Heatley is the director of Cycling-Inform and co-creator of the RaceRight Cycling Camp. He has represented the Wellington Centre at the nationals and medalled at regional centre events in New Zealand during the 1980’s. David runs the Cycling-Inform company while racing at the top level of national Veterans Cycling racing in Australia. David created the very successful Original Bright Boot Camp. Cycling-Inform’s remote coaching program run by David has achieved great results with his riders at the South Pacific Championships and Veterans State and Nationals. David also coaches the current woman’s 35-39 Victorian Criterium Champion.